Retro console and games thread

phatboy · 1 Mar 2013 at 07:57

Sylv said:
Game trader, that a facebook thing?

yeah closed group you can join...few rinsers on there who blatently pick them up for pennies at charity shops all sell as madly inflated prices but the few guys i have dealt with have been cracking and asked sensible money for stuff

malachi · 1 Mar 2013 at 08:50

phatboy said:
great....need to go hunt that down now then lol......if it is better than the UK version it must be epic!

Or you could pick up DOA2: Hard*Core for the PS2, if you have one. Which is the same as DOA2 LE with more enhancements. I own all home console versions of DOA2 but I still prefer DO2: LE on the Dreamcast.

PiKe · 1 Mar 2013 at 12:21

Is it worth bothering with a component cable for a PS2 or does the fact that hardly anything supports progressive scan make it largely pointless?

malachi · 1 Mar 2013 at 13:30

PiKe said:
Is it worth bothering with a component cable for a PS2 or does the fact that hardly anything supports progressive scan make it largely pointless?

It made a difference with me playing the later ps2 games such as FF12 and God Of War 2.

cee-S-dee · 1 Mar 2013 at 15:54

My mother asked me to sort some of my old stuff out as she was having work done and i came across this!

Had Mario 3 in the cart slot and is still in pretty good condition. Just need to find the AC adapter and pads now and i'm set from some retro goodness

phatboy · 1 Mar 2013 at 20:03

got to love old gaming finds! awesome

PiKe · 1 Mar 2013 at 20:33

I need to start going to car boot sales.

Larrs888 · 2 Mar 2013 at 08:47

phatboy said:
great....need to go hunt that down now then lol......if it is better than the UK version it must be epic!

it has more characters, levels, costumes and a bonus gallery I think. Its pretty close to DoA2 Hardcore that came out on PS2. I'm going to try and get a copy of DoA 1 next as I never had that during my ps1 days

PiKe · 2 Mar 2013 at 15:42

I got myself a PS2 today with 16 games, eyetoy and 2 controllers for £31.

I completely ignored the PS2 when it was current so can anyone suggest any PlayStation exclusives I should play?

Sylv · 2 Mar 2013 at 16:17

Picked up:

Mint CIB - Jet Force Gemini - £1.80
Die Hard Trilogy - £1
Mint CIB - Tennis (Gameboy) - £4

Pretty successful day! Thanks for turning me onto Game Trader phatboy

ONESHOTKILL · 2 Mar 2013 at 16:50

i have been on game trader a couple weeks now but havent bought anything,tbh i am sick of seeing people saying "OFFERS" then when you give them offers they want a stupid price,if i want ebay prices id just buy on ebay

Sylv · 2 Mar 2013 at 17:03

Tbh I'm not a great fan of Facebook, but I'm on the look out for a sega saturn!

phatboy · 2 Mar 2013 at 17:26

PiKe said:
I got myself a PS2 today with 16 games, eyetoy and 2 controllers for £31.

I completely ignored the PS2 when it was current so can anyone suggest any PlayStation exclusives I should play?

if you can find a cheap enough copy Gradius V was AMAZING!. PS exclusive wise god of war games, shadow of the collosuss and ICO are meant to be amazing and the Tekken games were pretty awesome along with Gran Turismo 4

I am personally a big fan of Ridge Racer V and NFS hot pursuit 2, it was by far the best version and made the Cube, PC and Xbox versions look shambolic!

phatboy · 2 Mar 2013 at 17:29

Sylv said:
Picked up:

Mint CIB - Jet Force Gemini - £1.80
Die Hard Trilogy - £1
Mint CIB - Tennis (Gameboy) - £4

Pretty successful day! Thanks for turning me onto Game Trader phatboy

glad to be of help,

as said above the "offers" people who then want 55+ quid for a copy of wind waker or worse for other games do make me laugh.....there are some them that blatently make a living scoping out charity shops and boot sales and selling them on via Game Trader

On the other side of it though the good people are there as Sylv has shown

Pc-Gamer12 · 2 Mar 2013 at 17:30

Ends tomorrow !

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160978946544?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

ONESHOTKILL · 2 Mar 2013 at 17:37

i want a Dreamcast with sega bass fishing and the rod!!

what makes me sick is when the dreamcast was nearly dead,i went into a games shop in Newcastle and they had loads of games for like £1 , £2 each and loads sealed games and they had like house of dead with the guns for pennies and loads of other accessories for next to nothing and i am sure i came out with a xbox game or some other rubbish.

Steve_bullockuk · 3 Mar 2013 at 11:55

PiKe said:
I got myself a PS2 today with 16 games, eyetoy and 2 controllers for £31.

I completely ignored the PS2 when it was current so can anyone suggest any PlayStation exclusives I should play?

Give The Getaway games a try. Love those.

WatchTower · 3 Mar 2013 at 12:09

Bought these Barstools from B&Ms. I think they look great and only £35 each. Can't complain. hehe

imb4tman · 3 Mar 2013 at 12:16

WatchTower said:
Bought these Barstools from B&Ms. I think they look great and only £35 each. Can't complain. hehe

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/341/54406441363001408492121.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

Looks great. Don't stop at the bar stools, now to make a bar and add a pinball machine.

WatchTower · 3 Mar 2013 at 14:36

imb4tman said:
Looks great. Don't stop at the bar stools, now to make a bar and add a pinball machine.

I'm saving my Pennies. lol I may get a cocktail cabinet for Shmups.