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Fatal Fury 2 for PC Engine Arcade CD-ROM² for $8.
-Needed an Arcade CD-ROM² title to test my Arcade Card Pro and Arcade Card Duo on original hardware.
-Junk Capcom Power Stick Fighter for $15 (no cables).
The awkward name was meant to sound like the Capcom Play System arcade board and home console (CPS Changer). The CPS Changer actually took Super Nintendo Entertainment System controllers so this was mostly sold to be used with SNES/Super Famicom and CPS Changer.
Yes, the cables were detachable so they could make cables for various additional consoles as well as a wireless adapter. In Japan it also included a 15-pin cable for Nintendo Family Computer. In the USA they changed the name to the equally-awkward Capcom Fighter Power Stick which also included a cable to be used with the original NES (maybe later Japanese versions included this cable for the AV Family Computer?). I actually found one of those NES cables at Goodwill, so I already have an extra cable for it.
If you're wondering what good an NES cable is for a 6-button arcade fight stick, well, NES and SNES controllers are actually compatible with each other as long as you adapt the physical pins. Done! I also found an American version with the SNES cable at Goodwill several years before so I now have two for head-to-head play. Unfortunately, the American version uses lower-quality sticks/microswitches so I'll probably end up overhauling both with new switches and such. There's also no battery door or accessory port (used for the wireless adapter) on the American version.
-Junk Nintendo AV Family Computer controller for $10.
Except for the shorter cord, this is the exact same as the revised "dogbone" controller for the American NES. Most people remember the boxy black/gray/red controller but Nintendo revised it in 1993, after the SNES was a thing. This happened along with the "toploader" NES in the USA and the AV Famicom in Japan.
I don't know why they listed it as "junk" because it worked perfectly and was not in bad shape. I took it apart without even testing it since I've found two of them in the past with the cable merely unplugged inside... but it was attached. I reassembled without even cleaning and it worked great.
-Junk PC Engine standard controller for $18.
Some pins were pushed in too far (shorter than the rest) so I used some needle-nose pliers to pull them out. One pulled all the way out but it seems they are supposed to be able to do that because I put it back in and it worked fine... just like the 5-player multitap I did the same thing to several months ago (paid $0.75 for that; tested with all 5 controllers).
Tested this controller with and without a 5-player multitap. The Run button was not very sensitive so I cleaned it and it works great.
-Junk PC Engine Turbo Pad for $20.
Straightened some bent pins on the controller cable and it worked great. I moved the guts into a replacement translucent Smoke shell from Retro Game Restore in Taiwan and installed a brand new replacement cable anyway to gain a couple inches. PC Engine controller cables are notoriously short!
-Junk Sega Saturn for $15.
Haven't tested it yet but it the description says it doesn't read discs. I paid half as much (¥780) for
the last one I got which was also sold as "junk" but that one
worked perfectly. Only got the cheaper price by flying to Japan so $15 is a great price too. With multiple optical drive emulator replacements on the market to play games from SD card, the ability to read discs was never a concern.
-Junk Sega Saturn Virtua Stick.
Supposedly has higher-quality parts than the American version, just like the Capcom stick. Unfortunately, it doesn't have microswitch buttons. Looks like an authentic arcade Seimitsu stick inside but I haven't taken apart my American version to compare. This one had something sticky gumming up a few of the buttons but that cleaned up well. Used a heat gun to move the rubber feet back to their original position and now it's as good as new.