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Sanyo MBC with Sanyo CRT 70, Time Bandit and many more extras

$ 1848

Availability: 51 in stock
  • Condition: Scratches to paint on monitor. Usual wear and tear for a computer this age.
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Vintage: Yes
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
  • Brand: SANYO

    Description

    One of the Holy Grails of video game collecting. It's about as rare as they come. I spent years collecting this stuff and never once saw it being sold all together like this. Many of the items I never once saw for sale but came across them by chance and extreme luck. This auction is made up of parts from all over the world.
    For auction here is -
    - A Sanyo MBC-550. This one has been upgraded about as much as possible. It has dual disk drives (making it a Sanyo MBC-555), it has a CGA card, and it has a joystick port. Both drives are tested and working as is the joystick port.
    - A Sanyo keyboard. (Only Sanyo keyboards work with these machines).
    - A Sanyo CRT-70. These things are as rare as they come. A genuine Sanyo colour monitor to match the MBC.
    - All the operating system disks needed to run the computer.
    - A working copy of the game Time Bandit. Tested and working. (This is possibly rarer than the CRT).
    - A working copy of the game Cash Man. (Also very rare)
    - A working copy of the game DC-10.
    - A working copy of the game Thunderchief.
    - All three discs of the software Picasso.
    - Some other disks. Utilities, Worstar etc...
    - A homemade connection cable for the monitor. I probably should have added resistors to this but it's functional and has all the parts needed if you want to add them yourself.
    - Complete manuals - the service manual, parts list, etc. Everything you would possibly need if anything ever went wrong with it.
    - A spare mother board (for spare parts).
    Owning this you would be having a unique vintage gaming experience and becoming one of the very few in the world to play one of the rarest versions of a great game (Time Bandit).
    THINGS TO NOTE:
    - The monitor has scratches and may need some touching up with a silver pen.
    - When I played it a year ago everything was running perfectly. When I tested it for this auction there were some red lines appearing on the monitor. I'm not sure if this is an issue with the cable I created. But it's running smoothly so I'm confident any vintage computer expert could sort the issue.
    - The monitor has a touching vertical hold. It takes time to get it to stabilize (this could be because I didn't add resistors to the cable).
    - Computer is 120V but the monitor is 240V. If you are in the US you will need a transformer.
    PLEASE NOTE: My country is in a covid lockdown this will also mean shipping may be delayed as we are in the highest level lockdown which means only supermarkets and essential services are open. It also means I'm selling off some of my stuff so there is a silver lining to that for you.
    This will be very heavy to ship. It's 30kg and on the very limit of weight that is allowable to ship. But I have a lot of time in lockdown to package it and make sure it is as safe as possible for International shipping. I may have to split the packages if the weight is too much.
    I will open it up to offers in a few weeks but if anyone has been searching for this, this is your chance.