Buying retro consoles

Narj · 30 Nov 2012 at 09:16

Right,

I'm at the stage where I'm ready to start a retro collection, however, I'm struggling to find the stuff I want. Are there any UK specialist places that people could recommend, because eBay is pretty pants these days tbh.

I'm looking to get a US SNES and a Sega Dreamcast (not sure which version of the DC I should get, advice?

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JoeBoi · 30 Nov 2012 at 09:54

I'd look on ebay to be honest mate. I don't know of any UK specialist places I'm sure any shops that deal with Retro games would be quite expensive.

You should probably check out a few charity shops loads of people get good deals in there. Check out the Retro gaming thread.

dannycivic02 · 30 Nov 2012 at 14:48

Ebay and second hand shops last week saw a boxed dreamcast in cash convertors for a tenner in the warmer months get round the car boots. But as joe said specialist shops are expensive they know how much things are worth or they wouldn't make any money.

chewyuk · 30 Nov 2012 at 14:54

Places like cash converters and flea markets usually have old consoles and games. You just have to dig around!

Retromatic · 30 Nov 2012 at 21:28

Check out local ads also, i.e : Friday-Ad.

I re-started a retro collection earlier this year and over the course of about 2 months I got loads of stuff quite cheap.

Regy53 · 30 Nov 2012 at 21:39

this time of year probably isnt a great time to start to be honest.

Narj · 1 Dec 2012 at 09:32

Aye I suppose prices will be inflated due to people buying them as Christmas presents.

If I get a Dreamcast, should I get the VGA box? I'm trying to do a bit of research on it and can't see if I should buy a US/Japanese region one or not. :/ I'm after a US SNES because that was obviously the best one (even if it was flippin' ugly).