Retro console and games thread

phatboy · 22 Sep 2015 at 20:52

rather good one if it is

Trick · 22 Sep 2015 at 21:02

Yeah it's a repro, pretty happy with it, it looks v authentic. The others are originals.

cee-S-dee · 22 Sep 2015 at 21:37

Trick said:
Yeah it's a repro, pretty happy with it, it looks v authentic. The others are originals.

Is it an US cart your getting?

Armadillo · 22 Sep 2015 at 21:41

Don't see the point of repros. Normally so expensive you may as well just get a flashcart.

Also seems weird to me that people are ok with it, but if I use printable cdrs and start burning off rare ps1 games, printing a cover etc, it's just a "pirate" game.

JoeBoi · 22 Sep 2015 at 22:10

Armadillo said:
Don't see the point of repros. Normally so expensive you may as well just get a flashcart.

Also seems weird to me that people are ok with it, but if I use printable cdrs and start burning off rare ps1 games, printing a cover etc, it's just a "pirate" game.

Most would argue because the game wasn't released here I guess.

I really badly want a N64 flashcart. It is so hard to get hold of reasonably priced NTSC games over here. I've got the majority of decent titles but games like Duke Nukem 64 are so OP.

Trick · 22 Sep 2015 at 22:20

cee-S-dee said:
Is it an US cart your getting?

Nah it's a PAL repro. Not cheap but £20 is only the price of a curry. I plan to get the Snes chipped sooner rather than later and then maybe get an ntsc version of CT. Maybe.

Armadillo · 22 Sep 2015 at 23:02

JoeBoi said:
I really badly want a N64 flashcart. It is so hard to get hold of reasonably priced NTSC games over here. I've got the majority of decent titles but games like Duke Nukem 64 are so OP.

I hear you there

. I have a US 64 as well, got a lot of what I want for a reasonable price (carts only), even got bad fur day for cheap (think it was only £35ish). But now they are crazy prices from EU sellers.

Doesn't help that ebay introduced that stupid "international shipping" thing. Drives the prices of even games from the US up

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JoeBoi · 23 Sep 2015 at 07:36

Trick said:
Nah it's a PAL repro. Not cheap but £20 is only the price of a curry. I plan to get the Snes chipped sooner rather than later and then maybe get an ntsc version of CT. Maybe.

I've got mine chipped, certainly a lot better playing games at 60Hz.

I think £20 for Chrono Trigger is awesome, where did you buy that from?

Armadillo said:
I hear you there . I have a US 64 as well, got a lot of what I want for a reasonable price (carts only), even got bad fur day for cheap (think it was only £35ish). But now they are crazy prices from EU sellers.

Doesn't help that ebay introduced that stupid "international shipping" thing. Drives the prices of even games from the US up .

I have really begun to hate eBay over the past few years. I might sell up my N64 pal collection for a flash cart.

barmyllama · 23 Sep 2015 at 08:28

The problem is, where else can you pick up retro stuff?

Charity shops have mostly very slim pickings.

I've been going to car boot sales every week and I haven't seen a single cartridge for any system. The oldest games are PS1 and they're either rubbish games or in such poor condition that they aren't worth buying.

CEX are over priced and PS2 is as far back as they stock anyway. Mostly the same for Cash Converters.

I do look on Gumtree now and there's never much on there either. I've just started looking on Shpock but not much there either.

Ebay is expensive to sell on now, it's basically 15% of your sale price in fees to them and PayPal. Then there's shipping and packing costs which is going to be £3 a cartridge, because you have to use a tracked and signed for service. Otherwise you just get scammed with buyers saying they didn't get their item. So you sell a cartridge on eBay for £10 delivered and you clear a fiver.

I suppose there's always asking on social media, but I'm not on any of them and don't intend to be.

So options are pretty sparse as far as I'm concerned.

Neil79 · 23 Sep 2015 at 14:43

barmyllama said:
The problem is, where else can you pick up retro stuff?

Facebook ( Retro for Sale, Commodore for Sale, Sinclair For Sale, Commodore Amiga, Amstrad CPC 464 )

I tend to hover in RFS, CA and CC464 for my retro needs, and that's where I get the best bargains!

Neil79 · 23 Sep 2015 at 14:45

Oh and another place to try is the forum/website amibay as it has lots of different retro consoles and games

barmyllama · 23 Sep 2015 at 15:18

Neil79 said:
Facebook ( Retro for Sale, Commodore for Sale, Sinclair For Sale, Commodore Amiga, Amstrad CPC 464 )

I tend to hover in RFS, CA and CC464 for my retro needs, and that's where I get the best bargains!

Not on Facebook.

What is RFS, CA and CC464?

Neil79 said:
Oh and another place to try is the forum/website amibay as it has lots of different retro consoles and games

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Neil79 · 23 Sep 2015 at 16:38

barmyllama said:
Not on Facebook.

What is RFS, CA and CC464?

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Just the shortened names of what I listed above.. As for FB, I hate FB too but without it I would never have got the games I have today

barmyllama · 26 Sep 2015 at 19:51

Picked up this lot yesterday for £50

https://flic.kr/p/z7F8hT https://www.flickr.com/photos/99226911@N02/

Over 90 PS2 boxed games plus around a dozen disk only games.

20 GameCube games, a Gameboy Advance SP and 6 carts.

Chucked out about half a dozen PES games.

Deo_volente · 26 Sep 2015 at 21:35

Instant collection, very nice. Is that the Zelda Master Quest disc i can see there?

barmyllama · 26 Sep 2015 at 21:48

Deo_volente said:
Instant collection, very nice. Is that the Zelda Master Quest disc i can see there?

Ocarina disc.

Probably resell most of them, not many exclusives and the ones that are I already had.

pdaboy · 27 Sep 2015 at 08:03

Very nice Barmyllama was that from a car boot sale?

barmyllama · 27 Sep 2015 at 10:26

pdaboy said:
Very nice Barmyllama was that from a car boot sale?

No. I've just started using an app call Shpock on my phone. Just a free classified ads app really.

DEL 707 · 4 Oct 2015 at 16:43

Does anyone own Corporation on the Mega Drive?

I need a scan of the boxart for my UGC.
If anyone can do a 400 DPI scan and upload it, you would really be helping me out.

Superficial · 5 Oct 2015 at 14:19

Looks like a hard core retro market/exhibition is coming in November:

http://metro.co.uk/2015/09/21/massive-retro-gaming-market-planned-in-london-5401476/

The London Gaming Market is setting up shop in Russell Square this November, ready to fulfil your retro Christmas gaming needs.

If you know someone that would rather receive a retro video game than a new pair of socks then The London Gaming Market may be worth checking out.

It’s due to take place on November 15, at the Royal National Hotel in Russell Square. And then again on March 6, July 3, and November 6 of 2016.

You do have to pay to get in though, either £5 between 11am and 12pm or £2 in the afternoon. Although under-14s accompanied by an adult get in for nothing.

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/09/21/massive-retro-gaming-market-planned-in-london-5401476/#ixzz3nhPp1yVL