Post your latest retro purchase/acquisition

[Dr Skinnybones]

what's in SF Collection?
Alpha 2 Gold, Super SF2 Turbo or something?

[jaxter]

what's in SF Collection?
Alpha 2 Gold, Super SF2 Turbo or something?

SF Alpha 2 Gold
SSF2
SSF2 Turbo

I got these 2 in a auction from ebay last night

Strikers 1945
http://i10.ebayimg.com/07/i/001/04/39/b768_1.JPG

Strikers 1945 II
http://i16.ebayimg.com/05/i/001/04/39/bcd9_1.JPG

God knows what happened to the cover of Strikers 2 but it was $34 including shipping for the both of them so I can't complain.

[Rambo]

So should I by a PAL Saturn or a NTSC one?

Where will I get more games from?

[Lazlow]

NTSC if you want it to be worthwhile

[Rambo]

And what about a Famicom? Has anyone seen these for cheap?

[Ezri]

Why the ****** would anyone want a Famicom? :\

[Nintendork]

They are pretty cool looking.

[Ezri]

If you enjoy the stylings of Fisher Price.

[schnappy]

Get a PAL saturn and then an action replay, that is what I have. Unless you understand JAP and can therefore get all the common games like Daytona and VON and play them just as well in JAP.

Same goes for Famicom, just that I don't have one :( I'm after a SNES+converter or SFC though :)

If you enjoy the stylings of Fisher Price.

They are a Family Computer :P

[Nintendork]

If you enjoy the stylings of Fisher Price.

Fair call, it's mainly the controls that I'm drawn to.

[KickyFunkFresh]

Super Metroid (SNES) - $25


My SNES collection is now complete :)

[Lezard]

yanno, I still don't have that game.. >_>

[Mike-Towns]

Bootleg PC copies of Metal Slug 1, 2, 3 and number 4, $1.50 each at an op-shop.

[Lezard]

Is it in Korean? I distinctly remember coming across a blog saying the Metal Slugs got officially released on a cd-rom in SKorea but I never could get it confirmed. Whats the quality of it like? Can you post pics?

[schnappy]

Would also like pics, they sound interesing. Play-Asia sell one of them (metal slug 5) I think for PC, and I think it is Korean. It's around $30 if I remember right.

[Marble]

A while ago I bought a cart only copy of Sonic on MD for $5. I needed to get another copy as my original one was destroyed when my friend and I made a guitar out of a MD.

Also; Turbo Outrun and Zero Tolerance, both complete for $3 each.

[Revoltix]

A while ago I bought a cart only copy of Sonic on MD for $5. I needed to get another copy as my original one was destroyed when my friend and I made a guitar out of a MD.

Also; Turbo Outrun and Zero Tolerance, both complete for $3 each.

Zero Tolerance ROCKS!! Favourite game as voted by me '94-'97 lol

[Marble]

Zero Tolerance ROCKS!! Favourite game as voted by me '94-'97 lol
Haha. It was a massive "Why not?" purchase for me and all I knew about it was that it was an FPS. I've only briefly played it but it's not nearly as bad as I expected it to be. Graphically it's kinda like Doom but I find it awesome that it has strafing in it.

[DrSeti]

The last one i got was an Atari lynx with the old game Basketbrawl. but i havent found many more games for it unfortunately.

[DrSeti]

Oh, and Cybermage, i found it at a little cash converters store one day. An old school FPS/RPG that was way ahead of its time.

[Revoltix]

As you may or may not know I begun a sell off of all my old systems (prob 3-4 years ago), and back I thought 'hey, all I have that's retro is my ps1', but that was cool, until I went to work last thursday.

My boss gave me, for free, at no charge, a sega saturn with one controller, a nintendo 64 and a megadrive 2. I thought that was nice of him =)

This morning it was toast, coffee and theme park! (usually just toast, coffee and good morning america) *sigh*

[DrSeti]

Lol, nice of your boss, saturns are pretty rare these days.

ANyone seen any game gears laying around?

[madmangohan]

one of the GT's a visit once in a while had a game gear. it was like $60 or something <<
...and my local GT had a saturn last time I was there as well (I think for $60 once again).
I've been tempted to get them, but I've also been tempted to fix my current consoles/handhelds before I do anything i'll regret (which at this rate could be a while)

[Revoltix]

Lol, nice of your boss, saturns are pretty rare these days.

ANyone seen any game gears laying around?

Can't help with a game gear, but rumor has it that there IS a master gear in my computer room somewhere. (thats the adapter that allows you to play master system games on your game gear) It worked last time I used it, once i find it i will sell it

[schnappy]

I've been after a master gear!!!!1111oneeleven.

I have a game gear. Not the greatest handheld but it's by Sega so it deserves to be praised. My game gear was one of my first retro purchases, though I think it was before I said "this is better than collecting pokemon cards". Though I would like to note that I said "pokemon cards are ghey" long before I said... fap fap fap. Got it boxed for $15 at a garage sale. Box isn't in top shape, the foldy-over-the-side flap is gone, with the end it should be on scuffed on all four edges. Console itself is great with the awesome SEGA SPORT promo material!

[aceaussie]

My last retro purchase was Mario Kart 64, Love it.

[Space_Monkey]

Sega Mega-Drive

Boxed with Sonic the Hedgehog

$25

Market

[Ezri]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/chriscubed/P9090001.jpg

$29

[timecrisisking]

Raided a cash converters and two different game stores today.

N64 Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask - $11
N64 Doom 64 - $11
N64 Pokemon Puzzle League - $12.50
PS1 Oddworld Abes Oddysee - $19.95
PS1 Worms - $19.95
PS1 Medievil - $12.50
PS1 Time Crisis: Project Titan - $19.95
PS1 Driver - $9.95
PS1 Theme Park - $12.50
PS1 Croc: Legend of Gobbos (for my girlfriend) - $12.50

Bit of a retro splurge, couldn't help myself.

[schnappy]

N64 Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask - $11

I'll take it, thanks.

[timecrisisking]

Found out Majoras Mask required an expansion pack to run. Sold it on Ebay last night with a Buy it Now for $22.50 + postage.

I went back to Cash Converters today as I found out last night my N64 AV cable died, and the prongs on the power cable had been bent behind my wardrobe.

Boxed Transparent Green N64 console (as new) - $39.00. Opened the box and found a Mario Party 2 cartridge in perfect condition as well, was a nice bonus. :)
Super Mario 64 N64 - $11.00
PS1 Memory Card - $7.00

[schnappy]

^^ all three of those deals are mad. The cashies near me is crap.

Also, you could have got a bit more for MM :)

[Adios]

Mischief Makers - $50

Expensive... But my childhood memories are fulfilled! It's just as good as I remembered it to be!

[madmangohan]

I went back to Cash Converters today as I found out last night my N64 AV cable diedIt died?
I had a tough time finding PAL AV cables for my 64, so I just bought a set from GT's and modified it by adding a resistor to bring the colours back down to normal. About $10 total <<

[timecrisisking]

Long story short the AV got squashed behind my wardrobe and the audio wire broke. So I was only getting picture and no sound.

Was playing Doom 64 last night and making my own sound effects to keep me amused, lol.

[Ezri]

Found out Majoras Mask required an expansion pack to run. Sold it on Ebay last night with a Buy it Now for $22.50 + postage.
Why didn't you just buy an expansion pak?

[Adios]

Found out Majoras Mask required an expansion pack to run. Sold it on Ebay last night with a Buy it Now for $22.50 + postage.

You gave up the best Zelda game damn you!

[timecrisisking]

Why didn't you just buy an expansion pak?

Don't love my N64 enough to justify paying $20+ for something which will marginally increase the graphic capabilities.

More goodies from the markets:

2x N64 controllers - both sticks as new BUT the guy cut off the cables that connect to the console (because he wanted the wire inside, some people have no brain seriously). Bought purely to swap over the sticks to my other controllers.
Goldeneye N64 instruction manual
Blue Gameboy Pocket

The lot for $10.00. :)

[Ezri]

Don't love my N64 enough to justify paying $20+ for something which will marginally increase the graphic capabilities.

It also allows you to fully play all of Perfect Dark, which makes the Expansion Pak worthwhile alone.

[Revoltix]

I agree, one of the single most important must have's of the N64 is the expansion pack.

Starcraft 64 just isn't the same without it....

or perfect dark, or DK64 etc...

[grimace06]

I agree, one of the single most important must have's of the N64 is the expansion pack.

Starcraft 64 just isn't the same without it....

or perfect dark, or DK64 etc...

I don't think you could even start up DK64 without the expansion pack?

[madmangohan]

DK64 and LoZ:MM were the only two games that required (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_Pak#Required_to_play) it just to play (and all dd64 games...)

Alot of games alowed various minor changes with the pack (Pod Racer allowed a higher resolution for instance), although some, like Perfect Dark, required it to get the most out of the game.

If you can pick them up for $20 at GT's, i'm sure you'd find it cheaper elsewhere.

[timecrisisking]

I priced them as costing roughly $20 on Ebay, the only shop with one locally was Gamesmen Penshurst which was $39.95 (boxed, mind you). I'm not interested in DK or LoZ:MM so I just don't see it as a worthwhile purchase.

I also forgot to mention a controller pack and rumble pack were included in the $10 lot from the markets.

[schnappy]

Perfect Dark 64 needed it for single player, which is pretty much the whole game.

[madmangohan]

I priced them as costing roughly $20 on Ebay, the only shop with one locally was Gamesmen Penshurst which was $39.95 (boxed, mind you)....and I picked mine up boxed from GT's for $20 >>

[timecrisisking]

Bought a few more games last week, which arrived today.

PS1 Metal Gear Solid - $30 plus postage (complete with case and manual)

and as a way of saying thanks, the seller gave me 7 free games of my choice from a list he wrote up (all are original PAL versions, PS1 games are complete even though the cases aren't original, PS2 games are disc only)

PS1 - Soviet Strike
PS1 - Nuclear Strike
PS1 - South Park
PS1 - Donald Duck Quack Attack
PS2 - Crash Tag Team Racing
PS2 - Swords of Destiny
PS2 - Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly

Nothing better then free games. :)

[Dizrythmia]

Gekisou Sentai Carranger, the hardest to find Sufami turbo game. Only $21 on Japan Yahoo Auctions. Now I only have Ge Ge Ge No Kitarou left to get & I'll have a complete set of Sufami games.

[jaxter]

Gekisou Sentai Carranger, the hardest to find Sufami turbo game. Only $21 on Japan Yahoo Auctions. Now I only have Ge Ge Ge No Kitarou left to get & I'll have a complete set of Sufami games.
How do you get past the language barrier for Yahoo?

[Revoltix]

I don't think you could even start up DK64 without the expansion pack?

True story - hell it sounds good, I might even test it

[Dizrythmia]

How do you get past the language barrier for Yahoo?

That's the trick. You don't! You just have to know what you're looking for & have the text for it in Japanese to copy & paste into Yahoo. Then use Celga, Rinkya or one of those services to bid for you when you've found what you're after.

[Ezri]

Cannon Fodder (Mega Drive) - complete, $10.00
Power Strike II (Master System) - boxed, $10.00

[consoul]

Two (yes 2!) Nintendo Virtual Boys.
+ 2 controllers, stand, visor, AC adaptor, battery pack and Wario Land (US) cart.
USD$54. :)

[schnappy]

consoul; Can I borrow one? :)

I got Road Rash for Sega Saturn (Complete with promo material!) in its VHS style case - $10!

RE: DK64 without expansion:
There was a time when I had DK64 without an expansion... it just brings up a screen saying that it requires an exp pack. You can't do anything.

[Dizrythmia]

Two (yes 2!) Nintendo Virtual Boys.
+ 2 controllers, stand, visor, AC adaptor, battery pack and Wario Land (US) cart.
USD$54. :)

Great, so when you've got one in the oven you can play the other one :)

[schnappy]

Great, so when you've got one in the oven you can play the other one :)

I don't get it.

[Machine of God]

Good find on the virtual boy.

I've got a US one fully boxed with all instructions and little baggies. I've got about 13 or so games for it fully boxed as well.
It's good fun but gives me a cranking headache after a while.

[Ezri]

Snowboard Kids (N64) - complete, $9.95

[timecrisisking]

Sega Game Gear spending spree!!

Castle of Illusion - $6.50
Crash Dummies - $5.50
Dracula - $5
Ecco the Dolphin - $5
Factory Panic - $5.50
Global Gladiators - $9
Joe Montana Football - $5
Psychic World - $7
Woody Pop - $9
World Class Leaderboard Golf - $5

All are boxed with manuals and the hard to find Australian versions.

[schnappy]

so many game gear games in one place! And all boxed? Where'd you get them from?

[timecrisisking]

Ebay.

Some dude was selling his collection, had to go through 3 pages of cart only games and US versions to find the good stuff.

[Roman Salute]

Got my retro duo today and hurriedly made a bit of space for it & the tv. It played 3 out of the 5 games I threw at it I'll try cleaning the other two. I've never had a snes or nes before so it's a pretty cool thing to get. That said I'll probably be more excited when I get the gen-x dual station ;p


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[Ezri]

Got my retro duo today and hurriedly made a bit of space for it & the tv. It played 3 out of the 5 games I threw at it I'll try cleaning the other two. I've never had a snes or nes before so it's a pretty cool thing to get. That said I'll probably be more excited when I get the gen-x dual station ;p


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I assume these aren't region locked right? Does it output in 50 or 60Hz?

[NetherWind]

Doesn't matter much on a newish tv that has AV ports, it will allow the game to be run at either Hz setting. Might run into trouble on older TVs though

[Ezri]

Doesn't matter much on a newish tv that has AV ports, it will allow the game to be run at either Hz setting. Might run into trouble on older TVs though

It's more that I would like it to be able to play PAL games in 50Hz because some PAL games screw up badly when you scale up the refresh rate. I have a Samsung HD LCD, so 'age' is not really an issue. :-P

[schnappy]

After seeing a lot of those familclane 2 in 1 thingys etc that one looks quite solid. Might be cheaper then hunting down a Super Famicom... I want to play my jap versions of Zelda and Mario Kart :(

[Ezri]

I have a Super Famicom and a US SNES, it just isn't practical to have them all setup simultaneously.

[Roman Salute]

My American SNES games play in 60hz on that machine. Of all the clones it's probably the best one, I got it due to the region free ability. I cleaned up the game that didn't work btw (street fighter II turbo) and it worked after that.

Got the gen-x dual station on the way should be here tuesday so that should be sweet, hopefully the controllers are decent since it doesn't allow real controllers. These clone systems aren't as good as having the real hardware but they're still pretty good to have and handy for not having to swap systems for sure.

[schnappy]

My American SNES games play in 60hz on that machine. Of all the clones it's probably the best one, I got it due to the region free ability. I cleaned up the game that didn't work btw (street fighter II turbo) and it worked after that.

Got the gen-x dual station on the way should be here tuesday so that should be sweet, hopefully the controllers are decent since it doesn't allow real controllers. These clone systems aren't as good as having the real hardware but they're still pretty good to have and handy for not having to swap systems for sure.

You could have got a Megadrive/gen and then a Master-Mega converter? Or do you need it to be region free?

[Mike-Towns]

You could have got a Megadrive/gen and then a Master-Mega converter? Or do you need it to be region free?

Aren't Master-Mega converters pricey...and I thought the Genesis was region free?

[Ezri]

The Genesis is not entirely region free. Most games released prior to 1993 are universal, be they PAL, US or JAP. From 1993 onwards, security lockouts started being used and most post-1993 MD/GEN games are region locked. EA games are largely region free though.

Master System's are completely region free, however.

[schnappy]

Aren't Master-Mega converters pricey...

Not last time I checked.

[Dizrythmia]

I don't get it.

The Virtual Boy has a fault with glitchy visuals. One of the most popular ways of fixing this is to take it apart & put the parts in question in the oven:

http://www.virtual-boy.org/projectvb/projects/DisplayFix.htm

[Roman Salute]

I dunno in the early 90s I went to canada and the states and one of the things I brought back was a genesis copy of world heroes (a bad port of a bad game but I was excited) and I had to rent a converter just to play it and I remember that being very bulky and awkward. I reckon I should be sweet with the clone hardware but if there's something that doesn't work I desperately wanted to play I wouldn't be opposed to picking up an MD or genesis, dunno about a japanese MD though a lot of those games are very expensive.

Anyway I've got something incredibly cool on the way besides the gen-x, should arrive later on in the week I'll post pics then. Going game hunting on tuesday too at an indie store I found by accident recently with old systems and games piled everywhere. Hopefully they've still got that pal parodius for the saturn.

[NetherWind]

Is it an EB store that sells PSX, N64 and whatnot or an actually good to honest independent indie store?

[schnappy]

Got a jap Saturn game at the market today:
Victory Goal 97. $5 - I figure I won't be stumbling across jap games everyday so why not?

[Roman Salute]

Is it an EB store that sells PSX, N64 and whatnot or an actually good to honest independent indie store?

Nah it's a dead-set run by one guy ghetto looking operation, it was awesome. I found it by accident when I had an hour to kill way out in pine rivers. There were way more old games then new ones but I was hard up for impulse cash when I found the place so I couldn't get anything. Old consoles were stacked on top of each other 4-5 feet high & the bloke at the counter didn't even acknowlege us. I thought places like this didn't exist anymore so hopefully they're still open haha.

Surprisingly, I got my gen-x dual station today (thought it would arrive tomorrow). Interesting system for sure, the controllers are nicely made & certainly better then the ones that come with the retro duo so that's lucky I suppose.

I only have a few pal mega drive games to test until I can find my genesis world heroes but I got some interesting results. Aladdin is region locked to pal systems (lol) so it didn't work, there's a switch on the back of the machine that changes the region to overseas or japan so I suppose overseas means American. Thunder Force II worked fine & didn't have any black borders. I don't have a pal MD to check (sold mine to a mate like a dickhead) but I think it might do the PAL games that work in 60hz.

Rolling Thunder 2 worked after I cleaned it twice and displayed in full screen as well, but the controls were incredibly unresponsive and it skipped right past the character select screen, not letting me choose. Might have something to do with the mode button since the gen-x doesn't have one, I've read about games that need the mode button to boot up not working on this system so any games that don't allow the 6 button controller won't work on the system. It's still cool to have though, love the MD in all its forms especially the harsh-arse sound chip.

[madmangohan]

Nah it's a dead-set run by one guy ghetto looking operation, it was awesome. I found it by accident when I had an hour to kill way out in pine rivers. There were way more old games then new ones but I was hard up for impulse cash when I found the place so I couldn't get anything. Old consoles were stacked on top of each other 4-5 feet high & the bloke at the counter didn't even acknowlege us. I thought places like this didn't exist anymore so hopefully they're still open haha.
For the love of god don't say the place is called Gamerz (I live in Pine Rivers).
I didn't think any place could be more expensive than EB until I went into there <<
Although I admit it was neat seeing a stack of MD stacked up for almost no good purpose.

[schnappy]

Just arrived:
Sega Rally Championship
Crazy Taxi

Both Pal for Dreamcast - $6 + $4 for postage for both of them - from ebay!

Awesome.

[Roman Salute]

For the love of god don't say the place is called Gamerz (I live in Pine Rivers).
I didn't think any place could be more expensive than EB until I went into there <<
Although I admit it was neat seeing a stack of MD stacked up for almost no good purpose.

Yeah although there wasn't as much stuff as I remember and I swear there was a much larger stack of consoles. I did drop by there today and picked up a snes pad and parodius on the saturn which didn't work so I'll have to go back. Everything was very expensive but lots of the carts are boxed and everything, and it's really nice to see so much shelf space for old games. So gamerz was a bit of a letdown, I was stoned when I found it the first time so I glamorised it a bit.

On the way home though I stopped by a 2nd hand shop and it didn't look like anything was there but there were a few mega drive games at the counter & one genesis game - sonic 2 for 5 bucks so I asked for that, and they pulled out a shitload of ex-rental snes games from a little cupboard under the counter, all 5 bucks as well. They didn't have eftpos and I didn't want to get any more cash out so I just picked up 40 bucks worth and got my woman a tea set she liked. I'll have to go back there though there were some great games I didn't pick up. So out of that I got Parodius, Twinbee, The Firemen, Contra 3, & 2 American SNES carts World Heroes and Kikikaikai. Got an action replay as well. The people at the 2nd hand shop had a mega drive with columns hooked up they were really cool.

I didn't do too badly out of today non-working disc aside. At least I got a working version of Parodius. The week's not over yet though still got one more bit of hardware to arrive.

The snes pad works on the retro duo but only in the 2nd player port, it's moot though since I want it for fighters and like the 2p side better anyway. I took a pic of the new clone systems next to a wii to illustrate the tiny size of them, great stuff.

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[Dizrythmia]

Nah it's a dead-set run by one guy ghetto looking operation, it was awesome. I found it by accident when I had an hour to kill way out in pine rivers. There were way more old games then new ones but I was hard up for impulse cash when I found the place so I couldn't get anything. Old consoles were stacked on top of each other 4-5 feet high & the bloke at the counter didn't even acknowlege us. I thought places like this didn't exist anymore so hopefully they're still open haha.

Sounds like Gamebizz in South Australia. The guy bought out a HEAP of MD & SNES games when retailers didn't want them anymore, so they sell brand new 16 bit games. They ARE at brand new prices I might add, but if you want a game mint in box with book that's the place to go. Dunno how much "new" stock he has left as I haven't been there in a while.

[schnappy]

Some games are now going for more than the 'new' prices... *thinking of Daze Before Christmas*.

[samhead_64]

Nice work mate! Firemen is an awesome game, you'll throughly enjoy it.

[Roman Salute]

You bet I love the fireman game :) I've played the ps1 version and this is much better imo. Responsive controls and an interesting theme, it's very nice indeed.

I've got some new stuff, first up is a master system II with a power light, reset button, pause button on the controller, composite & s-video plugs, 50/60hz switch & mark III switch. It's been over 15 years since I owned a master system, sold mine to cashies when the rf lead starting going bad so this one is a nice way to get back into it. Came with Sonic 1 & 2 as well as action fighter which is pretty cool for spy hunter fans (*raises hand*).

I had to go back to gamerz to exchange the faulty game and it wasn't even open, had to go round the back & get the **** to open up then did the exchange for a $35 copy of Land of Illusion but what the hell, it's in very nice shape and that was almost my favourite master system game.

On the way hope stopped by for another round at that 2nd hand shop and grabbed Sonic 1 MD, F-Zero, Final Fight 2, Mega Man X 2, Super Street Fighter 2, Super Ghouls and Ghosts, Aero the Acrobat & Shaq Fu all $5. Can't wait to play shaq fu again ;p those tiny sprites and shit controls and some alright music (which is probably worse on snes I usually like MD music better with multiplatform games), I have great memories of this game. Anyway pics below & I'm pretty happy with that, going to spend an hour cleaning all that stuff then I'll have a kick arse gaming session.

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[madmangohan]

...$35 for land of illusions <<

[Ezri]

(which is probably worse on snes I usually like MD music better with multiplatform games)

Are your ears filled with urine or something?

[schnappy]

How come all you guys have good pawn shops near you... all I have is a Cashies with horrible, horrible prices and nothing worth buying anyway. $5 for a boxed Mega Man X? I'm jealous... :|

[Roman Salute]

Are your ears filled with urine or something?

I listen to harsh music in general and the rougher sound of the MD is much better for my tastes. Sure enough I booted up shaq-fu this arvo and the music was much worse then the MD, all the atmosphere was gone. Seriously in just about every multi platform game I've played the snes sounds overly clean, pompous and fruity compared to the MD tunes. Cleaner is not better in my book. Should note I'm only talking about the music though.

How come all you guys have good pawn shops near you...

The one I went to was about half an hours drive away but I did 70-80 most of the way so it didn't take as long. I always make note of any 2nd hand shops I go by and check in eventually. Some places that look like they don't have anything end up having a stash of games somewhere and even op shop warehouses have games.

[timecrisisking]

Last week from the markets and salvos...

Sonic Spinball Master System - Silver - Mint - $6.00
Mortal Kombat 2 Master System - Silver - No Manual - $6.00
Snoopy Tennis Gameboy Colour - Boxed Brand New - $4.00
Genuine Sony PS2 Remote Control + Receiver - $5.00
Mario Party 4 Gamecube - Complete - $2.00
Starfox Adventures Gamecube - Complete - $2.00
Spiderman Gamecube - Complete - $2.00
Lost Kingdoms - Complete - $2.00
Magical Mirror Mickey Mouse - Complete - $2.00

Today from the markets...

Transparent Gameboy pocket - with manuals, mint but no box - $5.00
Gameboy Original (ie the chunky one from 1989) with 10 games (inc Simpsons, Pokemon Pinball, Harry Potter etc), link cable, carry bag, AC charger - $20.00
N64 Pokemon Puzzle League - cartridge only but perfect condition - $4.00
Genuine PS2 Memory Card - $4.00
Xmen 2: Clone Wars Megadrive - Mint - Silver $5.00

Wonder what next week will bring! :)

[schnappy]

Oh come on TCK! You must go to every market in the country. I went to the market last week and found... one sega saturn game! And it was just one of those $2 Jap ones that no one cares about.

I should become your stalker :D :D :D

[Knuckle Children]

Picked up Paper Mario 64 in mint condition from our local video shop for $40 (They knew it was a sought after game, just not how sought after ;)). The box had been kept on the shelf in a hard plastic cover, so it's in smicko condition and the cartridge has no ugly video shop engravings/stickers/texta. I'm happy to finally get a complete copy of this game to play, at a reasonable price.

[the_tic_begins]

Picked up Chrsitmas Nights (jap version :( ) for $12 on ebay.

[Ezri]

I listen to harsh music in general and the rougher sound of the MD is much better for my tastes. Sure enough I booted up shaq-fu this arvo and the music was much worse then the MD, all the atmosphere was gone. Seriously in just about every multi platform game I've played the snes sounds overly clean, pompous and fruity compared to the MD tunes. Cleaner is not better in my book. Should note I'm only talking about the music though.

I guess I don't understand how you find it better. The SNES is a joy to listen to - the MD is like a pimped up microwave beeper.

But you seem pretty set on your opinion so I won't try to change your mind.

[schnappy]

Though I do prefer SEGA over Nintendo mostly, the x and z gen (whatever NES/Master and SNES/SMD were) were ripped up by Nintendo. Master system really sucked, SNES rocked. But the Saturn and Dreamcast are superior to the N64 and Gamecube respectively :)

[Marble]

But I'm sure that we can all agree that Shaq-Fu is shit no matter what system you're playing on.

[Roman Salute]

I guess I don't understand how you find it better. The SNES is a joy to listen to - the MD is like a pimped up microwave beeper.

But you seem pretty set on your opinion so I won't try to change your mind.

Well I think you're crazy for saying sonic 2 & streets of rage 2 are better then the third entries in those series given the advancements made in the depth of the gameplay but I do understand it's a personal preference and it's pretty much the same thing here with me & the MD tunes. I listen to acts from the actual noise genre sometimes, I don't like 'nice' music for the most part. Don't have a heart attack but I think the Streets of Rage 3 soundtrack is brilliant. It's filthy, harsh and repetitive just like the game.

In any case I haven't heard anything on the snes that's come close to SOR2 or Sonic 3 for good tunes but I've played way more MD games then snes ones so only time will tell. Nintys little jingle-like things aren't going to do much to change that though that's for sure. If I can find more snes games with music like Super Aleste or that doujin hentai slideshow thing then I could possibly be a bit less negative towards it.

But I'm sure that we can all agree that Shaq-Fu is shit no matter what system you're playing on.

Haha yeah it was even worse then I remember. I'll have to pick up the MD version sometime as well :)

[schnappy]

I think we're speaking generally not certain titles. Overall I think the SNES has better sound across its line up of games, though the music in the Sonic games does, I agree, shines.

[Knuckle Children]

I've unpacked the SNES and have been playing DKC a bit lately (in lovely 60Hz), and I still think that some of the music and ambient effects in the game are incredible, even 14 years after it was released. It really showed graphically and aurally how far the console could be pushed.

I do also have a special spot for SoR2 and Revenge of the Shinobi's soundtracks though; some of the MD's best

[the_tic_begins]

I just picked up a saturn with two controllers and 4 games on ebay.
Die Hard Triolgy, Virtua Fighter 2 (already own it) Manxx TT Superbikes and Sega Rally.
Good price, average price or ass rapped price.
It was selling at $22 till a few mins before auction ended and me and another bidder got into a war.

[schnappy]

I just picked up a saturn with two controllers and 4 games on ebay.
Die Hard Triolgy, Virtua Fighter 2 (already own it) Manxx TT Superbikes and Sega Rally.
Good price, average price or ass rapped price.
It was selling at $22 till a few mins before auction ended and me and another bidder got into a war.

... so you got it for... ?

[the_tic_begins]

... so you got it for... ?

Woops, thought i put the price in.

$80 plus postage. The seller is in melb so ill be doing a pick up though.

[schnappy]

ouch! That is a lot. Well maybe not anymore, but everything seams to have come up. Lat chrissy I got my Dreamcast for $100 with a heap of stuff, now i reckon I could easily get $200 for the stuff I got then. Throw in the stuff I've added, probably $350'ish.

[Ezri]

Well I think you're crazy for saying sonic 2 & streets of rage 2 are better then the third entries in those series given the advancements made in the depth of the gameplay but I do understand it's a personal preference and it's pretty much the same thing here with me & the MD tunes.

I am not sure when I said SoR2 is better than SoR3 (you might be thinking of someone else?) as I have never even played SoR3!

Sonic 3 on the other, blows chunks. It's a very pretty looking game, but the level design is horrendous (too many unavoidable deaths than can only be overcome through trial-and error) and it's too short.

EDIT: Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (PSX) - $10, complete.

[Marble]

IMO, Sonic 3 is the perfect length and has the best level and boss design in the series. Besides Marble Garden. That was garbage. And you can lock it on to S&K for a bigger game if you really want.

[Argeaux]

I just got Donkey Kong Game and Watch, so know I own all the Game and Watch games I was hoping to collect: Manhole, Fire, Fire Attack, Chef, Parachute, Octopus and Donkey Kong.

[Roman Salute]

I am not sure when I said SoR2 is better than SoR3 (you might be thinking of someone else?) as I have never even played SoR3!

Sonic 3 on the other, blows chunks. It's a very pretty looking game, but the level design is horrendous (too many unavoidable deaths than can only be overcome through trial-and error) and it's too short.

What I was thinking of was hyper issue 178 with the quote in the sonic 2 bit of the reader top 50 "the best 2d sonic title". I suppose since I've played through sonic 2 only last week I can agree the levels are designed a bit better but they are pretty much the same sort of levels, hill one, water one, one with lots of bumpers and annoying stuff, one with moving terrain bits etc but Sonic 3 & Knuckles with the save spots, 3 shields, character selection & abilities, tunes like the hydro city, flying battery, ice cap & boss theme & very nice presentation pushes it over imo. The SOR thing I must have got from another top games article that had one of your quotes in the SOR2 bit but if you've never played the third that would explain it. Apologies for not being entirely correct in all of that. For the record I'm not playing devils advocate or anything, there's just lots of stuff that's objectively pretty poor (like the MD sound chip) that I find lots of good in. I've always been that way for better or worse.

Moving along with some new purchases, hit up 2 op shop warehouses in what could only be described as a spectacular failure, if I was smart about it I could have gone back to the one with the $2 games, it closed down a few days ago, would love to know where the stock went but I still managed to find some decent stuff in Cashies and Gametraders, neither cheap or expensive really.

Got the american super gameboy for $20 shipped from ebay it's in very nice condition and works well.

Sakura Wars was $20 as well in nice condition with a spine card and everything so japanese heavy or not I can see what that's all about.

Landstalker with a torn label was $15, won't matter 'till I get a pal MD again since it's another bloody region locked game.

Wario Land II and Street Fighter Alpha were $10 each and I'm a true dickhead because I was only reading the other night that the super gameboy won't play GBC-only carts. Oh well time to get a GBPC for the third time.

Power Strike for $8. Love Compile shooters, they're all so damn good.

World of Illusion, King of Fighters 95, Ninja Gaiden Shadow, Turrican, Solar Striker and Motocross Maniacs were all $5. Yay for kof 95, that port is great not quite NGPC standard but as good as say Garou Densetsu on the game gear. Wish I'd have had that for my GB back in the day instead of killer instinct, MK and SFIIWW.

Finally, ordered a japanese MD copy of one of my all time favourite kusoge - Deadly Moves/Power Athlete. I just chucked it in the cart with a play-asia order ended up being $13. Should get that on monday.

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[schnappy]

I didn't know there were any Street Fighter games on Gameboy, I should try and get that SFA. Also, it isn't a "GBPC", there is the Pocket (Which is the same size as a Color, but only a B&W GB), and the Color. There is also the Gameboy Light, but I do not think it was released locally. Quite valuable they are.

[Marble]

Power Strike is pretty hawt but it's amazingly hard, even for its' genre's standards. It has a sequel which is also very good.

Recently bought,
Metroid Prime
Sonic 2 SMS
SMS controller

[schnappy]

2 Dreamcast controllers and a fishing controller arrived today :)

[extra_anchovy]

my last successful trip to the flea market I got these

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2600 cartridges for $1 each

http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp9/extra_anchovy/12-10Lot2.jpg
Sega Master System II for $10 but it was faulty - picture has a green colour. probably because the genius seller forced the wrong end of the RF cable into the console.

http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp9/extra_anchovy/12-10Lot3.jpg
Super Nintendo games lot for $30. Unfortunately the Pinball PAL version cart was faulty as well as the converter. Still the games worked out being less than $3 each.

and my last successful trip to a second hand games store (not gametraders), i got these:

http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp9/extra_anchovy/15-10Game1.jpg
http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp9/extra_anchovy/15-10Game2.jpg

$20 I think for the both of them. I sold the double pack to a UK Sega Master System collector for $60.

[Marble]

Super Nintendo games lot for $30. Unfortunately the Pinball PAL version cart was faulty as well as the converter. Still the games worked out being less than $3 each.
And you can make a very nice profit from Secret of Evermore if you want, even in that condition.

[the_tic_begins]

What is Secret Of Evermore worth, very good/mint cart only.
Ive got a spare in my cuboard gathering dust.

On topic:

Panzor Dragoon $12 saturn
Daytona USA championship ed $15 saturn

I need to find a copy of Nights

[Marble]

What is Secret Of Evermore worth, very good/mint cart only.
Ive got a spare in my cuboard gathering dust.
Well I sold my complete copy on ebay for $60 not including post, and have seen a cart only one sell for $40ish before.

[extra_anchovy]

And you can make a very nice profit from Secret of Evermore if you want, even in that condition.

yeah I thought that too but It only sold for $15 on eBay :(

[Marble]

yeah I thought that too but It only sold for $15 on eBay :(
Even so, if it only worked out to cost you $3... :)

[the_tic_begins]

Ill give my cart away if someone can produce a good condition copy of nights on saturn

[Ezri]

Secret of Evermore is a piece of crap - I wouldn't hesitate getting rid of it on eBay for profit.

[schnappy]

Secret of Evermore is a piece of crap - I wouldn't hesitate getting rid of it on eBay for profit.

You seam to have an oppinion on everything. Strong ones too.

Out of curiousity, what do you think about Desert Strike, Jungle Strike etc series?

[Ezri]

Out of curiousity, what do you think about Desert Strike, Jungle Strike etc series?

They are solid, although by the time you get to Urban Strike it's a little boring and unoriginal. But I love the the first two.

[extra_anchovy]

Even so, if it only worked out to cost you $3... :)

yeah thats true and I was happy to get rid of it, I hate having cartridges with torn labels.

[Marble]

Secret of Evermore is a piece of crap - I wouldn't hesitate getting rid of it on eBay for profit.
I agree, although I don't like most games of that genre. I do love Secret of Mana, though.

[Nintendork]

yeah thats true and I was happy to get rid of it, I hate having cartridges with torn labels.
I think I saw that on eBay, I was gonna buy it because it was goin for so cheap, then I realised why it was going so cheap, I was so close to buying it too.

[Roman Salute]

I didn't know there were any Street Fighter games on Gameboy, I should try and get that SFA. Also, it isn't a "GBPC", there is the Pocket (Which is the same size as a Color, but only a B&W GB), and the Color. There is also the Gameboy Light, but I do not think it was released locally. Quite valuable they are.

The street fighter alpha on gbc plays really well it's worth checking out. I could have sworn my 2nd gameboy was called a game boy pocket colour but that was a long time ago and I 'lost' it (someone stole it probably).

Power Strike is pretty hawt but it's amazingly hard, even for its' genre's standards. It has a sequel which is also very good.

Power Strike is tough yeah but picking the right subweapon helps. I wish it had that sub weapon from zanac that revolves around the ship and bombs any targets that fall under the circles. I've played that sequel, it looks very nice for an 8 bit game and plays well too, hopefully I'll find a copy soon.

Picked up a couple of $2 games from cashies, nothing exciting & got my copy of power athlete.

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[Ezri]

I agree, although I don't like most games of that genre. I do love Secret of Mana, though.
It's not that I don't like the genre, I just that Evermore is BAD example of the genre.

I mean, on the SNES alone you have Secret of Mana, ChronoTrigger, Terranigma and Final Fantasy VI/III.

The problem is that Evermore was not made by Squaresoft Japan, but by their American subsidiary.

[timecrisisking]

Dino Crisis PS1 (complete) - $5 from Cashies

[SpearrO]

I just picked up the PS2 Metal Slug Collection (1 - 6 & X) for $20 Brand New (!) at my local Blockbuster! Theres 2 more copies there if anyone is interested.

[timecrisisking]

Super Nintendo + 2 controllers + RF cable + power cable - $20 from the markets.

I'm sure there were more bargains to be found but it started raining literelly 2 minutes after I bought the SNES so everyone got washed out.

[Lazlow]

Giving serious thought to paying $312 for a Neo Geo cart D:

[Revoltix]

After it seems like a thousand years, I got myself a near new copy of Panzer Dragoon II Zwei for Saturn, for a mighty $7, seems almost criminal.

Overall impressed with the game, never played it prior to this morning.

[extra_anchovy]

just got back from the markets with a small 2600 lot. for $25 i got - vader 2600 with power supply, 3 wico style joysticks, 3 rank/broken/taped up joysticks, 5 carts: space invaders, human cannonball, outlaw, air-sea battle and frogger.

[schnappy]

Giving serious thought to paying $312 for a Neo Geo cart D:

MVS or AES? It might be worth paying all that and getting a converter and buying MVS carts cheap from AussieArcade.

[punkgorilla]

Bought (or should that be rebought?) Goldeneye for $7 yesterday.
Would've been fine but my N64 decided it doesn't want to work. The light comes on but that's all.

[Ezri]

Bought (or should that be rebought?) Goldeneye for $7 yesterday.
Would've been fine but my N64 decided it doesn't want to work. The light comes on but that's all.
Probably dirty contacts on the console cartridge connector and/or the cartridge itself. Cleaning with some sort of mild evaporative alcohol (e.g Windex) should yield results.

[schnappy]

Or metho (-lated spirits). Incase you don't have windex.

[punkgorilla]

I gave it a quick clean-up and it's working almost as good as new now. Thanks for the tip.

[Lazlow]

Or metho (-lated spirits). Incase you don't have windex.

Metho is not exactly mild, is it?

[Ezri]

Yeah I would avoid metholated spirits. It can be very corrosive on plastics. Windex is great because it is essentially metho, but diluted to the point where it is not corrosive.

[Lex]

Yeah I would avoid metholated spirits. It can be very corrosive on plastics.

take this advice, my warped bin lid can attest.

[Lazlow]

I have visions of schnappy's games looking like Dali pieces.

[extra_anchovy]

I use diggers isopropyl alcohol, you can get it at hardware stores. it works great and its fine on plastic just don't get any on the cartridge label. i've also heard of people using pencil erasers on the contacts but have never tried it myself

[timecrisisking]

Metho on a cotton tip works well.

Pencil erasers are good for cleaning the actual plastic of the cartridge itself.

Back on topic, picked up the following from the markets this morning:

Destruction Derby PS1 - Case no manual - $1
Theme Park World PS1 - No case or manual - $1
Space Channel 5 Part 2 PS2 - Case and manual - $7.50

[Roman Salute]

I picked up another version of puzzle bobble this time for DC at st vinnies for $1. Disc isn't in too bad a shape either. Saw a loose super punch out for $20 at game traders and couldn't help it. It works so no complaints there it's really nice to have a copy of such a classic.

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[Cranky]

Picked up a 3D-O with all leads, controller, light gun (boxed) and Demolition Man (complete) for $30. It's NTSC-u and come with a step down converter and some sort of television signal converter.

Now to get a copy of Mad Dog McCree...

[Ezri]

Nice work! Is it a Panasonic or GoldStar unit?

[Cranky]

Panasonic.

I was just about to leave the cashies but thought I'd have one more look in case I missed something. They kind had it hidden away. It was actually $19 for the unit and $9 for the gun. The woman I was dealing with threw in demolition man for free saving me a fiver.

[extra_anchovy]

I was just about to leave the cashies but thought I'd have one more look in case I missed something. They kind had it hidden away. It was actually $19 for the unit and $9 for the gun.

wow you found it that cheap at cashies?!! all the cashies around me are RIP OFFs - toasters NES $145!! thats an extreme example but still its dam rare to get something for a reasonable price. yeah 3dos are sweet I need to get me one sometime soon, I managed to get a Road Rash for $6 at a gametraders a while back but have no system to play it on.

Now to get a copy of Mad Dog McCree...
yeah thats a great game and the rest of the series. some other great games for the system are Space Hulk, Road Rash and Alone in the Dark. all are best played on a 3do IMO

[timecrisisking]

Bought a Sega Saturn lot from the markets today.

Sonic 3D
Virtua Cop 2
Mighty Hits
Virtua Cop
Baku Baku
Clockwork Knight
Sega Ages Vol.1
Virtua Racing
Theme Park
Manx TT Superbike
Pebble Beach Golf Links

Sega Rally case and manual only (no game disc)
Daytona USA case only (no game disc or manual)

All above games are complete with case and manual, and are Australian PAL versions.

All for $40. I would have gotten a complete Daytona USA Championship Edition as well for an additional $5 but someone else grabbed it seconds before I did. :(

Just need a console to play them on now...

[Machine of God]

Picked up the following 3do games on the weekend.
All of them brand new.

Wolfenstein 3d
DOOM
Syndicate (ohhh so good)
Wing Commander 3
Hell (this is really bad)

[schnappy]

^^ Amazing. How much they cost? Anything less than $50 and I will cry myself of jealousy xD

@TCK: Interested in selling Sonic 3D and Theme Park?

[Machine of God]

40 dollars each, got the 5 for 200.

The store still has a fair few more there. This shop is a goldmine.
If you want more info just ask.

[Machine of God]

Also i know i payed a lot but i like to support this guys store.

[schnappy]

Hmmm... does he have any Dreamcast games? Or Saturn?

Metal Gear/ Solid games?

[the_tic_begins]

ive just listed a 32x mega drive add on with games in the auction hut

[Machine of God]

does having 8 copies of virtua fighter on saturn behind him along with another 200+ games count?

[Roman Salute]

Wow @ the $30 3D0. I saw a 3D0 in a 2nd hand shop this week, 4 controllers all leads everything looked like it was taken care of and it came with 56 games, but they wanted $600. The bloke at the shop said it had been there for a few months.

[Ezri]

I would see if I could knock him down to $500, and then sell off all the shitty games on eBay (which in a collection of 56 3DO titles, would probably be 75% of them).

[jaxter]

Console-only DC, $25 + $13 shipping from ebay.
Now I can finally play my copy of Capcom VS SNK

[schnappy]

Console-only DC, $25 + $13 shipping from ebay.
Now I can finally play my copy of Capcom VS SNK

WHAT?!?!?!? That's ridiculously cheap! Ebay Australia?

[jaxter]

WHAT?!?!?!? That's ridiculously cheap! Ebay Australia?

Yeah, it was a buy-it-now that was only just listed.
Anyone want to sell me some AV cables?

[schnappy]

I have spares. But I'm to jealous. Stuff you!

Well they aren't spares, they're third party ones I bought to replace my lack of first party ones. I use a vga cable anyway... just get a vga cable. $30 IP or so.

[Ezri]

Yeah, it was a buy-it-now that was only just listed.
Anyone want to sell me some AV cables?

Should be plenty of cheap DC AV leads on eBay and Play-Asia. Failing that, check out some GameTraders in your area.

[Roman Salute]

Picked up some stuff at cashies this week, Gameboy Colour in good shape $15, Tetris for $5, Batman and an 8-in-1 MD cart for $8 each & Atomic Runner/Chelnov for $12.

Went to a pawn shop afterwards and found a 58-in-1 GB cart for $7.50. That place had the $600 3D0 package and I did think about going back in a few months and trying to talk them down a bit. Would be a lot of effort selling most of the games off but I always wanted a 3D0.

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[timecrisisking]

Part of my recent retro pick ups.

Smurfs and Smurfs Travel the World MEGADRIVE - $23
Zoop + Eternal Champions + F15 Strike + M1 Battle Tank + Cyborg Justice + Ferarri Challenge MEGADRIVE - $27.50
Boxed Namco G-Con 45 gun PS1 - $5
Star Wars Battlefront PS2 - $10
Halo 2 Collectors Edition (ie metal casing) XBOX - $10
Super Mario Bros Deluxe GBC - $10
Suikoden Tactics PS2 - $13.40
Resident Evil Code Veronica X PS2 - $13.40
Elevator Action GB - $5 (lol @ game title, I know)
Call of Duty 2 XBOX - $18

[Dr Skinnybones]

Interested in selling Sonic 3D and Theme Park?
I'll sell you my copy of Sonic 3D. Make an offer.

[jaxter]

hmm, turns out that the DC is NTSC-J.

Anyone know what kind of step-down I need?

[Ezri]

You just need a generic 110-240V step down converter. Although it will cost you about the same as your Dreamcast. Check out what Play-Asia has available.

[schnappy]

Lazlow (at some stage - he may of flogged it) had a PAL DC with a busted GD-ROM drive. You could try and get that off of him and swap their power supplies around. I've been wanting to do that but now that Dreamcasts are worth around $100 by themselves - it really isn't economical.

[Lazlow]

Still got it too, was considering turning it into some geek chic tissue box cover.

[Ezri]

Lik-Sang used to sell replacement 110-240V PSU boards for the DC, really cheaply if I recall. Should've picked one up before they disappeared. :(

[madmangohan]

You just need a generic 110-240V step down converter. Although it will cost you about the same as your Dreamcast. Check out what Play-Asia has available.It'll also have to be able to take a certain amount of watts. I know my Jap Dreamcast only uses 22 watts (it's written on the bottom), but its certainly wiser to get a step down thats a bit higher.

[jaxter]

Still got it too, was considering turning it into some geek chic tissue box cover.

You want to sell?

[schnappy]

He could just sell you the power supply, then he could still make a tissue box :)

[Ezri]

It'll also have to be able to take a certain amount of watts. I know my Jap Dreamcast only uses 22 watts (it's written on the bottom), but its certainly wiser to get a step down thats a bit higher.

22 watts is a pretty low rating.

This will easily do the trick: http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-fl-77-2-49-en-15-stepdown-70-1rl8.html

Not sure how much postage would be - could be up to $20AUD. Only other thing you will need is an adapter to convert it's UK plug to to Australian -$10 incl. post.
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-121-49-en-70-i1.html

Of course, getting a PAL DC PSU board is the MUCH neater option (and possibly cheaper depending on Laz's price :P). Of course, if you ever get other import consoles down the track that don't take universal power supplies this could come in handy (although only Saturn, Dreamcast and 1st/3rd generation PS2 spring to mind).

[jaxter]

22 watts is a pretty low rating.

This will easily do the trick: http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-fl-77-2-49-en-15-stepdown-70-1rl8.html

Not sure how much postage would be - could be up to $20AUD. Only other thing you will need is an adapter to convert it's UK plug to to Australian -$10 incl. post.
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-121-49-en-70-i1.html

Of course, getting a PAL DC PSU board is the MUCH neater option (and possibly cheaper depending on Laz's price :P). Of course, if you ever get other import consoles down the track that don't take universal power supplies this could come in handy (although only Saturn, Dreamcast and 1st/3rd generation PS2 spring to mind).
Can I simply replace the PSU with a PAL one and it will work fine?

[Ezri]

Indeed it will. The voltage on the mainboard is identical regardless of what region. The only difference is that a JAP/US PSU can accept 100-120V and the PAL one 220-240V. They output the same on the mainboard side.

Same modification can be done on the Sega Saturn as well.

[schnappy]

Can I simply replace the PSU with a PAL one and it will work fine?

That is pretty much what I said, yeah. It's why I wanted to buy Lazlow's DC, which he wouldn't, with the hopes of one day getting a JAP DC. And now Ezri has just gone and unknowingly told me to track down a PAL and a Japanese saturn.

[Lazlow]

It's why I wanted to buy Lazlow's DC, which he wouldn't

Huh?

I think someone wanted to buy it off me a while ago, but back then I was still trying to source a replacement lens. I have since got one from China that fit too loosely on the threaded arms its supposed to run along to the whole deal has been a dead end.

I just don't what I'd sell it for.

[schnappy]

It was after you got the bodgey lens. If jaxter doesn't want it, I'm still intersested :)

[extra_anchovy]

today was a very fruitful day at the fleamarket even though half the sellers weren't there because of a little drizzle. one of the sellers told me he even sold a boxed nes toaster earlier that day. grr I wish I got up earlier! :mad:

http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp9/extra_anchovy/14-12Total.jpg

some if it I'll keep but most will be sold. private message me if anyone is interested in anything.

[extra_anchovy]

I've been really lucky recently. Yesterday at cashies I scored a Mega CD for the low price of only $12! No power supply but lucky I had one, tested it and it actually works. I also picked up a Streets of Rage cartridge for $3 that day (nothing special) for my brother.

Today at a different cashies I found a 7800 for $20 without a power supply. I tested it with my own power supply and it didn't work so I returned it. I did grab all the 7800 games they for sale though at $7.95 each - Crossbow, Galaga, Ikari Warriors (woo-hoo!) Ms. Pac-man and Pole Position II.

[schnappy]

$12... $12?!?!?!??!

*raises hand*

[timecrisisking]

Sega Saturn Console + Cables - $55
Tekken PS1 - $15
Namco Museum Vol 3 PS1 - $12
Crash 2, Die Hard Trilogy, Battle Arena Toshinden, Resident Evil, Abes Odyssey, Mortal Kombat 4 PS1 - $19
Silver Gameboy Pocket, F1 Race, Super Mario Bros, Carry case - $20
Auto Destruct, King of Fighters 95, Colony Wars, Virtual Pool PS1 - $49.95
Super Advantage SNES Arcade Stick - $25
6x Assorted manuals (5x Gameboy Games, 1x Street Fighter SNES) - $12.00
Pokemon Blue - $1.00 (from Cashies...how do they make profit on that?)

Bought heaps more but that's all I can think of right now off the top of my head.

[extra_anchovy]

$12... $12?!?!?!??!

*raises hand*

hehe yep $12! I was pretty happy about that, best deal I ever got from cashies hands down. not the cheapest mega cd i've bought before though.

[AllSchoolGamer]

my wife just picked up a boxed atari 2600 jnr with 8 games for me for ...have a guess...$3!!!!!!!!!!
but my latest was a 72 pin connector

[extra_anchovy]

wow! now THAT is a great deal. was it from a garage sale? I'm still yet to find any games at a garage sale

[AllSchoolGamer]

wow! now THAT is a great deal. was it from a garage sale? I'm still yet to find any games at a garage sale


nah op shop...i have 1 that is the giver of gifts. i also got a game and watch from there for 50 cents and another time i got a master system 2 + 9 games for it + 8 psx games for 7 bucks

[extra_anchovy]

thats a bargain, I've gotto visit opshops more often. I've just scored some mega CD games: Cobra Command / Road Avenger (2 games in 1 case), Double Switch (my brother bought this), Final Fight CD and Tomcat Alley. I bought these for $6 each, they were at the same cashies I got my mega CD from.

[Roman Salute]

What an amazing price for a Mega CD. I've always wanted one but haven't ever seen one for sale. Hope I can find a good deal like that one day.

I went back to cashies in the valley last week and picked up Mazin Wars Boxed on the mega drive for $12 as well as another 100-in-1 GBA cart which is the same thing as the other one I've got with NES games on it.

I had the incredibly stupid idea to go to Chermside last night for the 24-hour shopping thing and after an hour of wading through a sea of human misery I hit up Gametraders for a Dreamcast VGA box for $20 Sagaia/Darius on Master System & Thunder Force IV both boxed & $10. When I was just leaving I saw all these loose carts 2 for $10 so I grabbed Power Blade and Robo Warrior for NES.

I played Robo Warrior back in the day but could never remember the title and when I saw the cart sitting there I just had this feeling that it was the game and sure enough popped it in when I got home and it was the one. It's like a combo of Bomberman and Zelda or something but better then both imo. That's the highlight for me, it was very exciting to play again.

[schnappy]

Not exactly retro but... I got these at EB for 3 for $40 - $25 each otherwise. All PS2 games
MGS2:SOL
Deus Ex
Half Life

All games I already have, but now I have the PS2 versions of the later games. I intend to sell SOL, though it's in a black case as opposed to my other ones transparent case...

[Knuckle Children]

I just recently bought a complete, mint copy of Super Pang (SNES) for $19.

It's good to have some Pang back in the house. I really wanted Super Pang Collection on PSX though, but couldn't find it anywhere...

[schnappy]

Picked this stuff up from GT:
(BNIB) Atari Lynx Car Charger - $15
PS2 - Red Faction - $10 - A good addition to my set of PS2 FPS's that were good on PC.
Saturn - Area 51. Another good shooting game.

[AllSchoolGamer]

i was lucky to pick up a psx (just the console no cords or controllers) for $5 today from an op shop...even if it dioesnt work at least i have some spare parts

[schnappy]

They're only about $10 at Gametraders now-a-days anyway :)

[timecrisisking]

Picked up the following from GT Moorayfield while I was in QLD.

Pro Pinball Saturn
Xmen Children of the Atom Saturn
Loaded Saturn
Strider 2 Megadrive
Magic Carpet Playstation
Kirbys Ghost Trap Super Nintendo

Total of $59.95 with the buy one get one free promotion. :)

[schnappy]

Getting one of these next week:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Analog_Joystick
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/SonyFlightStick.jpg

[Lazlow]

Only way to play Mechwarrior 2. BTW, I PM'ed you re: the dreamcast >_>

[schnappy]

Yeha, I read your PM, just waiting for some funds to get into the acct. Will transfer the money asap.

BTW, what is the above joystick worth?

[Knuckle Children]

Picked up a complete PAL copy of Vib Ribbon in awesome condition for $34 from ebay uk. I expected to pay more tbh. Can't wait to play this again. Love that pre-Katamari J-pop soundtrack!

me86pCjTpiQ

Anyone who hasn't played this game won't appreciate how good a run is captured in this vid.

[timecrisisking]

Yeha, I read your PM, just waiting for some funds to get into the acct. Will transfer the money asap.

BTW, what is the above joystick worth?

My local cashies has had one in for a few months for $25. I reckon it looks cool but can't justify the purchase as I'd never use it.

[Lazlow]

Picked up a complete PAL copy of Vib Ribbon in awesome condition for $34 from ebay uk. I expected to pay more tbh. Can't wait to play this again. Love that pre-Katamari J-pop soundtrack!

me86pCjTpiQ

Anyone who hasn't played this game won't appreciate how good a run is captured in this vid.

You can pop in your own music CDs to create levels as well, right?

[schnappy]

What on earth do you do it that game? Looks like he is just holding down "run right".

[Nintendork]

You press different buttons/combinations depending on what obstacle you are presented with, it's pretty bad arse.

[Knuckle Children]

You can pop in your own music CDs to create levels as well, right?

Correct. Half the fun is trying to find songs in your collection which create the hardest levels. It's not always obvious either. Classical music and children's music can provide some serious heartache, while metal is sometimes smooth sailing.

[McChimp]

Have just gone nuts on ebay, buying up and GBA SP and am currently hunting down a list of GBA greats, pieced together from several 'Top 10/20' lists. This'll be my #1 project for a while now......

[Lazlow]

Good luck separating genuine carts from the pirated ones.

[McChimp]

Yeah, read all about that. Guess I'm gonna have to be good n' picky with who I buy off.
Although I plan on hitting my local Gametraders and EB to scratch up some games, so hopefully they won't rape my wallet too badly.

[schnappy]

I haven't seen GBA games at EB for a long time, BTW.

Got my analogue joystick today (SCPH-1110), awesome thing. Definately going to have to get a PSX>USB adaptor though... Get more use out of it that way. Ace combat 3 ain't as great as I remember it to be :)

[Knuckle Children]

Yeah, read all about that. Guess I'm gonna have to be good n' picky with who I buy off.
Although I plan on hitting my local Gametraders and EB to scratch up some games, so hopefully they won't rape my wallet too badly.

If you're in Melbourne, check out JB HiFi Doncaster. They have a f***load of new & sealed GBA games for $10-$20. Some real quality titles too. They are all in big boxes stashed under a massive table in the games section, so no-one knows that they're there.

[McChimp]

I've got to make a point of getting over Melbourne way for some shopping as soon as I can afford it. I'm lucky enough that I've come across some good legit copies on ebay, and picked up a couple yesterday. So far I've got Castlevania:COTM, Mario Advance (Super Mario 2), F-Zero, Wario Ware, Final Fight One, Street Fighter Alpha, Gunstar Heroes, Chu Chu Rocket, Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, Pokemon Leaf Green, Wario Land 4. I'm cruising the web right now for a copy of Sonic Advance 3, so I'll see how that goes.

[Lazlow]

http://i43.tinypic.com/9ga735.jpg
Fatal Fury Special & World Heroes 2 Jet

[Lezard]

Day of the Tentacle and Sam and Max $2.50
(It was scratched like buggery but the discs passed with flying colours when I tested it on my pc. phew!)

Core Contingency 2.50
Alice 5.00
Budokai on the cube $12 (probably not that great of a buy)
Aliens Vs Predator 2 2.50 (this game doesn't feel as old as it is. It came out in 01 but I swear I can remember seeing it on store shelves not too long ago)

[Ezri]

Not really into the buying of games at the moment, but I picked a few things whilst I was in the United States

Sega Genesis + Sega CD (model 1) - although the SCD died, possible fuse, cbf fixing atm.
Thunder Force V, Silhouette Mirage and Final Fantasy Chronicles for PSX (all NTSC-US)
Hey You, Pikachu - complete, as new (N64)
transparent red & blue Dreamcast controllers

Would've picked up more stuff, but stupid American Airlines has like a ~22kg weight limit per suitcase, as opposed to Qantas's more reasonable 32kg. My suitcase weighed about 15kg alone!

[madmangohan]

I remember getting slogged over $100 due to an over wieght bag when I was leaving Japan... Thankfully I packed my carry on backpack to the brim, otherwise I fear that would have blown out alot more.
Was mighty pissed when I had to unpack my backpack for the scanning process though since they couldn't see crap past the dreamcast and other electronics I packed into it. Took like 10mins to repack because I was treating the DC like a new born baby.

[schnappy]

How much cheaper would it be to get a JAP Dreamcast in Japan than on more local places, ebay or otherwise? I'm after one. I have a faulty DC now in my possession which I can nab the PSU from :)

[SOX]

How much cheaper would it be to get a JAP Dreamcast in Japan than on more local places, ebay or otherwise? I'm after one. I have a faulty DC now in my possession which I can nab the PSU from :)

Faulty in what way? Because if its the random reset fault that's very easy to fix.

[Lazlow]

It was mine, the laser is dead.

The one that's actually in it now is a "replacement" one I bought of eBay, shipped from Canada, but with Chinese packaging. Its fits too loosely on the drive arms so the threads have no friction and it doesn't move when it tries to read a disc.

So I don't even know if its a legit GD-ROM laser because the box had a DVD logo on it. The unit itself was a dead set replica though.

[timecrisisking]

Got some games from Cashies the other day.
PSX: Stuart Little 2, Disneys Atlantis, CTR, Spyro 2, Magical Tetris Challenge
PC: Pharaoh, Cleopatra, Caesar III
Xbox: Fable Lost Chapter
Fable was $9, PSX games were $3 a game, and PC games were $3 for the lot.

[Knuckle Children]

Picked up Super Pang Collection (PSX) from eBay via best offer for $50 inc. shipping. Expensive, yet a bargain.

[Ezri]

Got some games from Cashies the other day.
PSX: Stuart Little 2, Disneys Atlantis, CTR, Spyro 2, Magical Tetris Challenge

wtf :confused:

[timecrisisking]

Not to keep of course, to sell for profit.

:)

[schnappy]

Nothing wrong with CTR or Tetris.

The rest... I wouldn't have a problem with you burning.

[Ezri]

Not to keep of course, to sell for profit.

:)
Are you serious?! How much profit do you expect to make on those games?

[Rambo]

Just bought a Dreamcast, $100 with one controller and Soul Caliber.

Then bought another 2 controllers ($25 each) with Gears of War 2 trade in. I then realised you can simply download the games and they work in your dreamcast, no chipping required.

[timecrisisking]

Are you serious?! How much profit do you expect to make on those games?

I just made $50 profit on the lot.

[Ezri]

Nice! I forgot people have terrible taste in games/no common sense. :-P

Ebay?

[timecrisisking]

Yep ebay, people buy anything no matter how terrible it is.

[schnappy]

:O :O :O :O $50!?!?!?!

Was that for all of them? Do they usually go that much on ebay? I might start picking up things like that. Maybe the buyer just really wanted one of the games ey...

[Dust]

Mint condition (and I mean, sealed in the original box with two inches of dust on it) of:
X-Wing Collector's Edition (the CD version) and Archimedean Dynasty,

Both for twenty dollars... Me happy :D

[Lazlow]

Just bought a Dreamcast, $100 with one controller and Soul Caliber.

Then bought another 2 controllers ($25 each) with Gears of War 2 trade in. I then realised you can simply download the games and they work in your dreamcast, no chipping required.


Though I've read using burnt CDs for games shortens the life of the laser in the drive.

[Ezri]

This is why I have two Dreamcasts - although the older one is dying.

Time for a third methinks.

[timecrisisking]

:O :O :O :O $50!?!?!?!

Was that for all of them? Do they usually go that much on ebay? I might start picking up things like that. Maybe the buyer just really wanted one of the games ey...


Well, not all games will make that much. For just the playstation games $50 profit because of CTR, that went for $20 and the others went for $10ish. I got Fable lost chapters for $9 and sold it for $40.

Mostly disney games and of course the populsar such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Croc. Rare or hard to find games go very well, like Bust a move etc.

Avoid sport games like tony hawk or tekken, dont go well. Try to get the games for $5 or less so you have more profit.

Basically pick a system or two and really know the value of games. So my gf know Xbox and Playstation and Gameboy well, while I know PS2, GC and others like Megadrive.

Good Luck finding some profit

[schnappy]

Only system I really know the value of is Dreamcast, and the damn values keep going up and down up and down. And I'm yet to find any non-internet buys for it that were worth getting.

[Roman Salute]

I've picked up a bit of stuff in the last week:

Gamecube - $25 with controller & leads.
Game Boy Player - $40 after shipping, great condition & not even a scratch on the startup disc.
PN.03 - Got off ebay $24 should be here at the end of the week.

Boxed Mega Drive games $6.50 each: Toejam & Earl, Another World, Subterrania, Bubble & Squeak, Warlock, Wiz & Liz.

Loose MD carts $5 each: Mick & Mack jpn cart & What I think is that RPG Soleil, hard to tell from the font but I hired it out back in the day and enjoyed it, pretty sure it's what I'm thinking of.

MD convertor $10, no clue what I'm going to do with it but looks nice, can't hurt to have.

MD pad $15 Snes style but looked like it might be good for the master system.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3457/3251714399_365c563c2e.jpg

[Knuckle Children]

Picked up complete copies of both Mario Tennis (N64) and Mischief Makers for $53 inc. shipping from eBay. Both boxes are factory fresh and I'm pretty happy to have these games on my shelf again.

Also picked up a complete copy of Arkanoid (SNES) from the PALGN forums for $15, as well as a minty-fresh copy of Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (DC) for $17. Loved that game.

[timecrisisking]

Today I got:
Gamecube with controller: $20
Gameboy Player: $6
Need for Speed Underground 2, Need for Speed Carbon, Need for Speed Most Wanted, Simpsons Hit and Run, Wrestle Mania X8, Pokemon Colosseum, Soul Calibur II all on GC for $5 each.
Sheep, Rayman, Worms World Party on PSX, $3 each.
Daytona USA on Saturn, $18
Mini Classic Nintendo Oil Panic, $12

[Johnny360]

This arrived in the mail this week! :D

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7278/10022009117xx3.th.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10022009117xx3.jpg)

[schnappy]

Is that the model that there were 1800 of or 200 of? I think the red one is the 1800... a blue one went on ebay months ago (maybe even a year :S ) in Melbourne for about $800 AUD.

;) how much did that one set you back?

Also does anyone know why TCK is banned?

[Johnny360]

Is that the model that there were 1800 of or 200 of? I think the red one is the 1800... a blue one went on ebay months ago (maybe even a year :S ) in Melbourne for about $800 AUD.

;) how much did that one set you back?



The one that was for sale awhile ago on eBay from Melbourne wasn't in the best of nick and was missing things from the package. (Missing cap from the VMU).

And it was the red version (Claire).

I got the Claire version also. Cost me just abit over 1k to get it from the U.S. But it's brand new and unused. Very happy.

Was looking at getting the S.T.A.R.S unit, which is the blue one but that sold for around 4k Australian, so it was abit steep for me.

[Knuckle Children]

This arrived in the mail this week! :D

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7278/10022009117xx3.th.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10022009117xx3.jpg)

Forgive my ignorance, but what is it exactly? A Jap DC bundled with RE:CV?

Speaking of DCs, is there anyway to get a better output quality than composite AV? I know they released Scart cables for Euro TVs but that's no good down here, and PAL DCs just hate S-Video (at least mine does; my S-Video cables output a worse quality than the standard composites).

[Lazlow]

There's apparently a VGA cable, some games don't work with it.

[Johnny360]

[QUOTE=Knuckle Children;1013501]Forgive my ignorance, but what is it exactly? A Jap DC bundled with RE:CV?

[/ QUOTE]

A limited edition themed resident evil dreamcast. 1800 claire models made...which were a red console and 200 S.T.A.R.S units made which were blue.

[Machine of God]

get a VGA box, you can force every game i think to output on VGA but some look shocking like any of the capcom 2d fighters.
Games like shenmue 2 look great on my lcd through VGA, the texture quality is incredible.

[Roman Salute]

I was playing around with my VGA box for the DC the other week and the games really do look incredible on the LCD, comparable to and possibly even better than a ps2 through component & I swear Karous looks a bit better then it does on the Wii Milestone Collection, could just be my system bias influencing those opinions though.

I stopped by cashies a week or two ago and picked up a bunch of MD games for 50c each. I mentioned that I just wanted cases so the salesman marked them all down, pretty cool even though normal carts only fit in diagonally on those EA boxes, at least I can pick up a loose copy of Skitchin' sometime now. One day I'll actually clean them up and print out some covers for my loose carts. The low price does well to counteract the shame of owning 5 copies of Altered Beast and those EA sports games.

Grabbed some GB/GBC games as well while I was there: Crazy Bikers, Duke Nukem, Bionic Commando & Oddworld all $5 each, Gargoyles Quest for $12.

Picked up a boxed Power Strike II for $20, it's in pretty good shape so no complaints there.

Finally grabbed a gamecube/playstation convertor but it's moot as I've gotten used to the GC pad and actually like it to some degree. It was only around $10 or so.

Weird to see tck banned, bad trade maybe? I can't believe that fuc**r got the Gamecube/GB player setup for less then half the price I did, I thought I did alright but not $26 alright.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3572/3289982554_72785109e1_m.jpg

[Roman Salute]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3350/3512412078_ca264cfe4e_o.jpg

Got some new stuff recently, $5 each for the MD and SMS games except Ninja Gaiden which was $7. $8 each for the GC Sonics, $15 each for the JPN gameboy games Samurai Shodown and Gradius & finally the most expensive item, an 8MB GC memory card at $20 :( but at least I found one.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/3512415958_573f93ceaf_o.jpg

Today I got Robotech The Macross Saga GBA & Aerostar GB, $15 each but they're boxed w/manual so that's alright. Picked up a Saturn RGB cable for $10 as well.

[McChimp]

Where'd you get Sonic DX from so cheap?

[Argeaux]

My nephew gave me his old Nintendo 64, SNES and NES this week.

The 64 has no controller, so I've ordered one.

The SNES has no controllers, power cable or AV cable. Still scouting around for those.

The NES has one controller but no power cable or AV cable.

He gave me all his games, but not many of them were exciting. Plus his copy of Duck Hunt was sans gun. Mario Kart on the 64 and Dr Mario on the SNES (I think) are the ones I am most looking forward to playing. I've also got a copy of Perfect Dark with extra memory on order.

So, I've got a bit of work to do before I have myself some retro Nintendo console fun.

I've also been told that it would be madness to hook these systems up to an HD TV. What do others think?

[punkgorilla]

I've also been told that it would be madness to hook these systems up to an HD TV. What do others think?

I wouldn't recommend it.

[grimace06]

My nephew gave me his old Nintendo 64, SNES and NES this week.

The 64 has no controller, so I've ordered one.

The SNES has no controllers, power cable or AV cable. Still scouting around for those.

The NES has one controller but no power cable or AV cable.

He gave me all his games, but not many of them were exciting. Plus his copy of Duck Hunt was sans gun. Mario Kart on the 64 and Dr Mario on the SNES (I think) are the ones I am most looking forward to playing. I've also got a copy of Perfect Dark with extra memory on order.

So, I've got a bit of work to do before I have myself some retro Nintendo console fun.

I've also been told that it would be madness to hook these systems up to an HD TV. What do others think?

IIRC, the N64 AV cables work on the SNES.

[Super Sleuth]

IIRC, the N64 AV cables work on the SNES.

Yep, that's right. I'm pretty sure they work on the Gamecube as well.

[Argeaux]

Yeah, they do. I took the cable from the N64 and it fits in the SNES.

I've gotten the SNES working. For some reason the N64 and NES are both receiving power, and their AV cords are fine, but they're not firing up.

Looks like the insides may be crook.

I also got a cheap low def LCD TV so I can set everything up in a room that's not our main telly room. That way I don't have to fight hubby for use of the main TV if I want to play.

[SOX]

I wouldn't recommend it.

Yeah it definitely looks a lot worse on a HD tv