Retro console and games thread

Housey · 1 Jun 2018 at 10:13

Bailey said:
I need this for my collection mate

Bailey

£29 from eBay, which based on some of the crazy prices out there for good quality versions was good.

LewisRaz · 1 Jun 2018 at 13:42

Got this in CEX for £3. Quite pleased with that. PC collecting is bringing me quite a bit more joy than console collecting lately.

gazzaa · 1 Jun 2018 at 17:52

My new purchase

gazzaa · 1 Jun 2018 at 19:48

my retro cupboard lol

Bailey · 6 Jun 2018 at 14:12

Housey said:
£29 from eBay, which based on some of the crazy prices out there for good quality versions was good.

Not bad, may have to pick this up at some point soon

steve5424 · 9 Jun 2018 at 13:11

I still really want boxed copies of Zelda 1 & 2 for the NEX and Zelda for the SNES. But the prices are getting crazy now. The only Zelda games I don't have in my collection.

pingwing · 9 Jun 2018 at 21:39

steve5424 said:
I still really want boxed copies of Zelda 1 & 2 for the NEX and Zelda for the SNES. But the prices are getting crazy now. The only Zelda games I don't have in my collection.

Keep an eye on mm in the next few weeks! I think it’s about time my SNES collection hits the open market (boxed Zelda with map will be in there)

steve5424 · 10 Jun 2018 at 10:59

pingwing said:
Keep an eye on mm in the next few weeks! I think it’s about time my SNES collection hits the open market (boxed Zelda with map will be in there)

I still can't access it as not enough posts.

Flibster · 14 Jun 2018 at 16:08

Flibster said:
The 1960 monitor... Not so much. Recapped and replaced the power transistors. Working, but colours are out and screen is squished. So time for some more reading into monitor rebuilding.

Monitor update... replaced almost everything now. Seriously, all the diodes, most of the resistors and the remains of the capacitors that I hadn't done before. And holy hell... It's ALIIIIIIVE!!!

Actually looks better now than it has in many a year. Wonder how long it was slowly dying...

On the monitor side... just picked up from a local auction an odd as hell monitor, but it's sure as hell going into my arcade build. It's a Eizo 27" 1920x1920 LCD. So it'll do landscape and portrait without rotating the monitor. Going to have to rebuild the control panel, as it's wider than the 20" 4x3 that was going into it, but hell it's worth it. Can use the blank space around the image for some artwork or control schemes and so on.

steve5424 · 15 Jun 2018 at 09:27

Saw a Sega Master System converter for the Mega Drive yesterday in CEX for £30.

Good price?

vanpeebles · 15 Jun 2018 at 09:31

Sounds slightly cheaper than average, unless it was the second one which goes for a fair bit more.

steve5424 · 15 Jun 2018 at 09:35

vanpeebles said:
Sounds slightly cheaper than average, unless it was the second one which goes for a fair bit more.

It's the rounding looking one with the card slot in the front.

vanpeebles · 15 Jun 2018 at 09:43

Ah that's the first one, was it boxed or on its tod?

steve5424 · 15 Jun 2018 at 09:43

Unboxed.

vanpeebles · 15 Jun 2018 at 09:47

£30 is what it's worth really

Not a bargain, but not ebay prices either.

steve5424 · 15 Jun 2018 at 10:32

I might go pick it up at lunch.

They had a good condition boxed SNES Sim City for £18 too.

vanpeebles · 15 Jun 2018 at 10:50

That's not a bad buy, I reckon the SNES version is one of the best. I always enjoy playing it anyway

steve5424 · 15 Jun 2018 at 10:52

vanpeebles said:
That's not a bad buy, I reckon the SNES version is one of the best. I always enjoy playing it anyway

I used to own it and sold it about 4 years back. Had it since it came out. Used to love the game so much.

vanpeebles · 15 Jun 2018 at 10:56

Sounds like you are picking that up at lunch too!

pingwing · 15 Jun 2018 at 22:58

sounds like you haven't put sim city down since!