Retro console and games thread

kinger8938 · 25 Jul 2017 at 22:13

I haven't the link at hand but a YouTube video posted here recommends a similar product (not sure if it's the same one)

It was £22 but on sale down from 49.99 at the time. So far it's doing well, games look crisp enough I don't really know too much about the ins and outs unfortunately but for me it's exactly what I was after. Not sure I would try it for £50 but at £20ish it was worth a punt

VTR · 25 Jul 2017 at 22:25

It's this one, gone up to £23.99 now

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00RMMGOGS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I bought it at £22.99 last week (thanks for the link) but not tried it out yet.

kinger8938 · 25 Jul 2017 at 23:02

Yea that's the one I have

MrMarvelous · 26 Jul 2017 at 01:20

Haha, SEGA thinks they're Nintendo with that pricing.

Give it a few weeks, price will plummet on that mini-Megadrive.

steve5424 · 26 Jul 2017 at 11:05

MrMarvelous said:
Haha, SEGA thinks they're Nintendo with that pricing.

Give it a few weeks, price will plummet on that mini-Megadrive.

It's nothing to do with Sega thought we established that.

x-st · 26 Jul 2017 at 11:14

MrMarvelous said:
Haha, SEGA thinks they're Nintendo with that pricing.

Give it a few weeks, price will plummet on that mini-Megadrive.

It's ATGames...they've got a history of producing Sega nostalgia systems with generally poor reviews. If Sega really cared about this they'd do it themselves, and do it properly. Oh for the Kalinske days!

kinger8938 · 26 Jul 2017 at 13:05

Enjoying resident evil 0 on gamecube at the moment! Didn't realise at the time how much it was just like classic resident evil. I owned it but never got far.

elh_2009 · 26 Jul 2017 at 13:16

x-st said:
It's ATGames...they've got a history of producing Sega nostalgia systems with generally poor reviews. If Sega really cared about this they'd do it themselves, and do it properly. Oh for the Kalinske days!

i have one of the mega drive systems, its shocking, the sound is terrible, the infrared on the controllers is shocking to say the least and the general emulation isnt great

GhostWKD · 26 Jul 2017 at 14:10

kinger8938 said:
Yea that's the one I have

Perfect I've bought one to give a try

kinger8938 · 26 Jul 2017 at 16:26

GhostWKD said:
Perfect I've bought one to give a try

Nice! I have yet to try it on a bigger tv, so far just my monitor

Digital X · 27 Jul 2017 at 15:43

Arrived earlier

ShiWarrior · 27 Jul 2017 at 15:50

wicked !
nice one

Digital X · 27 Jul 2017 at 16:07

As you can imagine, finding it is normally hard.. but my "weekly rare ps1 game" lookup on eBay paid off, as one appeared when I searched newest. £25.

no_1_dave · 27 Jul 2017 at 17:48

digitalx said:
As you can imagine, finding it is normally hard.. but my "weekly rare ps1 game" lookup on eBay paid off, as one appeared when I searched newest. £25.

Am I missing something?
It can be had for £9.99 here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ONE-One-M...278430?hash=item41cb18dc9e:g:ZtcAAOSw44BYk0S~

There is also a listing for £8.99

Digital X · 27 Jul 2017 at 23:33

Oh, well I haven't come across many copies then. Oh well..

dowie · 28 Jul 2017 at 06:12

elh_2009 said:
i have one of the mega drive systems, its shocking, the sound is terrible, the infrared on the controllers is shocking to say the least and the general emulation isnt great

AT Games supposedly have claimed that the emulation has changed, sound issues will be resolved and the controllers won't be infrared on the new HD mini megadrive

on the other hand it seems they'll still fill half of it up with crappy filler games, god knows why they feel the need to do this as Nintendo managed fine with the new mini and future snes without this sort of nonsense

I doubt it will face any of the same stock problems so I reckon I'll wait until the reviews come out

GhostWKD · 28 Jul 2017 at 10:52

So I got my Scart to HDMI converter and to be honest it's not a massive difference but I think it was still a worthwhile purchase as it fixes the aspect ratio on the N64 for the larger TV

Straight to TV;

Via converter;

Penguin top left shows the real improvement mind

exhashdotdot · 28 Jul 2017 at 12:30

So I unearthed a pristine copy of Legend of Dragoon from my mum's house the other day.

Reckon I should sell it? Seems to go for a lot on eBay. It actually turns out I have quite a few rare games at home.

kinger8938 · 28 Jul 2017 at 13:09

After a bit of advice really. I have a raspberry pi3 with retro pi installed. I've used it a handful of times and have decided to sell so want to put it on MM. I'd imagine that's allowed? Or would I be best selling it as a raspberry pi 3 with nothing on it? Not trying to make money based on what's on it just want to move the unit on really.they are great, I just don't really need it after all

malachi · 28 Jul 2017 at 15:04

exhashdotdot said:
So I unearthed a pristine copy of Legend of Dragoon from my mum's house the other day.

Reckon I should sell it? Seems to go for a lot on eBay. It actually turns out I have quite a few rare games at home.

Keep it, I have a few rare games too. Not going to sell them even though I collect retro games.