my first dreamcast *UPDATED*

Nintenter · Post by **Nintenter** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 2:18 pm

well ive repainted my first dreamcast (it used to be silver...if anyone remembers....it was a horrible paint job)

1. painted it black (looks a whole lot better)
2. placed a lid switch on the side (had to....i messed the lid up...so no lid...heh)

Nintenter · Post by **Nintenter** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 10:00 pm

nobody cares?

0newinged · Post by **0newinged** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 10:10 pm

nice paint job man

just hope the disk doesn't fly off and hit you in the eye or something

TheGreatCraig · Post by **TheGreatCraig** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 10:19 pm

Hahahaha thatd be crazy, yet funny at the same time, no offense.

Alexvrb · Post by **Alexvrb** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 10:47 pm

Get a replacement lid from somewhere, they're very cheap and you could get like a transparent one. Dreamface is the cheap one that is all over, lik-sang has it, play-asia, lan-kwei, etc. If you aren't satisfied with the color, you could just paint it (now that you are more skilled). I hope you didn't throw away the old lid, the replacement ones don't come with the DC swirl logo.

ian · Post by **ian** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 11:31 pm

no!!!!!!! leave the lid off it looks sweet

farrell2k · Post by **farrell2k** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 2:19 am

That does look good. You should get a transparent lid.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 4:04 am

Sweet, i've seen "frosted" transparent lids......Can you get completely clear ones

Nintenter · Post by **Nintenter** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 2:22 pm

well i have a lid switch in both of my dreamcasts...my other one has a lid on it but i never put the lid down anyway (since i dont have to) when playing games. I'll eventually get a replacement lid (maybe transparent) for it though, but for right now no lid.

I hope you didn't throw away the old lid, the replacement ones don't come with the DC swirl logo.

heh...i painted over the swirl logo on my old lid (twas before i knew you could take the logo off)

mmmm....poppycock....

riva16 · Post by **riva16** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 4:10 pm

My DC used to have no lid when i messed up a paint job. Looked cool. But DC's looks better with lids.

Alexvrb · Post by **Alexvrb** » Wed Sep 03, 2003 10:40 pm

With any CD-based console, its better to have a lid of some sort on. Dust, anyone? Other crap that can get in it? Want to damage your CD/GD unit?

Nintenter · Post by **Nintenter** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 11:07 pm

With any CD-based console, its better to have a lid of some sort on. Dust, anyone? Other crap that can get in it? Want to damage your CD/GD unit?

Yes. Yes I do.

TheGreatCraig · Post by **TheGreatCraig** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 1:07 am

Alexvrb wrote:With any CD-based console, its better to have a lid of some sort on. Dust, anyone? Other crap that can get in it? Want to damage your CD/GD unit?

Not very much dust can get in from there. Only place is where the laser moves which would just make the dust go to the bottom of the laser pan. The only risk that i see with having no lid is someone touching, or something falling, on the spinning disc... Wouldnt be pretty.

riva16 · Post by **riva16** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 2:12 pm

Didn;t this console used to be orange. I could swear the pic I used on my site was this console, but orange. I think it might be the switch thats giving me the idea. Looks good man. Get a transparent lid,a nd install two white LED's by the CD for a nice night time effect. Trust me!

riva16 · Post by **riva16** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 2:16 pm

Ah ha! It was this console that was orange before. The pic looked pink, remember. It's on my site under Nintenter's name. The switch IS what made me think that. You have a window in that DC's lid though. SO, it might be a different DC.

Nintenter · Post by **Nintenter** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 8:15 pm

my orange one is still orange...this one was the silver one. I edited the pic to make it look orange if you check out my site.

Alexvrb · Post by **Alexvrb** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:09 am

You had to edit the pic to make it look like it actually did? LOL

riva16 · Post by **riva16** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 11:12 am

Ohh, ok. I switches match, so thats why I thought that.

Nintenter · Post by **Nintenter** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 12:25 pm

Ohh, ok. I switches match, so thats why I thought that.

well..actually the switch in my orange one is bigger, but yeah, both the switches do the same thing.

Alexvrb · Post by **Alexvrb** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 3:13 pm

I hope you don't use your current avatar for your typical soldering work...

my first dreamcast UPDATED

my first dreamcast UPDATED