should i mod my skeleton saturn?

so, now i got this beauty here and i am in a deep inner struggle to either

1) mod it with blue ccfl lights, region switch, 50/60hz switch etc.

or

2) leave it stock standard.

 

They aren't particularly rare, so mod away.

 

I voted 'no mod' on that, but in hindsight, maybe it would be cool. I love my modded Saturn. I remember wanting a modded one so badly all those years ago...

 

blue leds would look awesome.

 

Ugh, mod a stock Saturn and keep this as a collectible.

 

I'd put blue leds inside, and if you have to sell it, just remove the leds... Just don't make any hole to the machine! xD

 

Aren't these "limited edition" in the same way silver PS2s are? They're really common. I wouldn't call it a collectible.

EDIT: just checked, there were 50,000 of them apparently. Not like he's modding a Maziora.

 

By Skeleton Saturn, do you mean the "This is cool" HST-0021 one or the HST-0022 Derby Stallion ? IIRC there were around 50,000 0021s but 20,000 0022s.

Whilst that may be the amount produced, some were most likely destroyed at some point, for whatever reason.

Is it boxed and complete? If so, it would be a shame to mod, IMHO.

There were over 100,000 Ford Mustangs made in the first year. However, I'm sure most Mustang enthusiasts would be up in arms if someone wanted to hack a '64 Mustang about ;-)

 

Now now, let's keep our comparisons as "apples to apples" as we can. A quick search indicates that the silver PS2 was apparently "limited" to 500,000 units, so fair shout, there's more of them around. Still, I don't think any game console commercially released in quantities of tens of thousands or more really counts as particularly limited, so hell I'd mod it if I felt like it. Then again I'm pretty utilitarian with my hardware, it needs to do what I expect of it first, and look pretty second.

 

Of course, it wouldn't be the first one. Lawrence at NFG did this years ago, and then sold it.

http://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=140

 

I'd seriously go for it... IMO, a modded system, especially when done great (like Lawrence did), has to be very valuable, since it will be unique, with no other system like it (at least for some time).

 

NEVER mod a special edition system!

 

If you are going to mod it then make it a switchless mod so you don't have stupid holes in the machine and don't put blue LEDs in the machine, as 1 - It'll make your interesting machine look chav like and 2 - Blue LEDs are so passe now, every chav and his dog uses them, if you want to replace some of the internal LEDs then use colours that never get used in consoles like Yellow, Pure Green, Cyan, Magenta....

 

Give it a try.

 

I'm with you on the blue LED, it's gone from not being available to being completely fucking overused in everything. A smoke-translucent yellow saturn could be really interesting, though...

At what point do you stop calling a system special edition and just call it a different colour or style or whatever? By the time you get to 50k units I really have to ask what "limited" means.

 

It depends on whether you paid huge amounts for a mint, boxed unit and are about to modify something that a collector would be happy to buy, in which case I'd probably leave it alone. If it is a loose unit, unboxed and showing signs of usage and therefore unlikely to be worth very much second-hand or of great interest to a collector, then modify it (why the hell not, you own it!)

As for blue LEDs - I have a used them on a MINI Naomi cabinet recently and despite them being used elsewhere to death, I still think it looked good as it suited it. They are easy to swap anyway so why not try a few different colors? See what suits. Doesn't the clear edition have a red switch on the front? If so, then go for a matching theme... Not actually seen one for absolutely ages so might be mistaken. Will now have to go and find it online lol.

So, I opt for the 3rd option you missed out lol - Do as you please!

 

Yeah, that's a fair call actually. Mint/boxed in perfect condition I'd have reservations about if it was my own. I'd buy a unit-only to mod, though, if I had the desire to do it in the first place.

 

Just get an RGB LED if you can't decide what colour you want - have it change colour even! Why not, you're making it look like a Christmas tree anyway!

LEDs are naff. The case is clear, it's obvious you've used LEDs. If you had some way of masking the LED and making it an even spread, or a wash between two colours, then maybe.

It isn't the blue LED that is passé, it is using LEDs to light things in general. Blue indicator lights are fine. LEDs in general to mod things like this... booooring.

 

Meh... I got a brand new Skeleton Saturn and I didn't hesitate to add a mod board in it. Aside from that, I didn't do anything else to it. It really doesn't look too much diffrent, even with the board inside.

 

He's not talking about a chip, he's talking about lights and switches - i.e. drilling holes.