I found a nice little thing for Luigi's Journey:
It has all the correct connections (power 6V, correct connector with the plus on the outside and an ear/line-out jack. So it should be Plug & Play
It's also smaller than the original Emerson recorder so it should within the bracket. There's also a tone control which is nice.
Nice detail: It is a Magnavox and not a Philips f.i. so this is a little bit more "U.S." and fitting to the game
It was made in Japan however and has an all metal chassis so it's not one of those flimsy plastic one's of later years and it feels rather heavy for it's very compact size.
I got out a Q-tip and my trusted bottle of pure alcohol and cleaned the heads and capstan (anyone remember what a capstan is
).
Played an ancient tape I found somewhere and it sounded OK but there was some high pitched noise, like I heard the electric motor interfering.
So I got out the demagnetizing wand that I bought for my monitor degaussing and fired it on the little player.
This did the trick ! It now sounds awesome.
Well.....
As awesome as a mono (voice) casseterecorder of this kind will get. Don't expect MP3 hi-fi quality sound from it.
Now all you need is an endless tape and one of Etienne's repro labels Thorsten !
