Retro console and games thread

[kinger8938]

21 a good size for crt. Not too imposing lol

Feel your pain on the 8 week jabs ours had em Tuesday

Oh wow! Yea hes been ok so far but lately is a bit fussy in the evenings!

And yep 21" is spot on, the room isnt that big so anything else with a big back would be over kill for me!

 

[Neil79]

Couldn't resist it....

39.99 factory sealed old - new stock

Now you need one of these!

http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/cpc-plus-cartridge-replacement-one-more/

Oh and YOU MUST buy a new PSU, that one will at some point take your GX4000 with it.

http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad...)-gx4000-with-original-power-brick-and-c4cpc/

 

[ShiWarrior]

just trawled the bay for wii games, 5r0 pages later, nothing I want to play really

so I need suggestions on what games to buy

id like something like R-Type though..

 

[cee-S-dee]

Congrats on the TV Kinger8938. 21" is a great size. As you go larger in screen size it starts to introduce issues with geometry etc, so i feel 21" is the sweet spot. How many SCART sockets does it have on the rear? Did it come with a remote? Its one of the later Trinitron's so you did well for £10. Time now to start enjoying it

 

[kinger8938]

Thanks mate! Been looking for trinitrons on gumtree for a few weeks then find 4 in one shop! Yep has a remote, only had a brief go seems to work fine! Quite bright on default settings so will mess with that tomorrow, has atleast 2 scarts will have a proper look when i set it up on a stand etc tomorrow

Seems to be a low humming before i turn on a console, might be normal! In game sound seems good!

 

[phatboy]

just trawled the bay for wii games, 5r0 pages later, nothing I want to play really

so I need suggestions on what games to buy

id like something like R-Type though..

Sin and Punishment
Tatsunoku Vs Capcom
Excite Truck
Metroid Other M - £3.99 @ Argos! http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Search/searchTerm/metroid.htm
Eledees

all fun and cheap games

The Wii had a shooter shortage to be honest

 

[ShiWarrior]

Sin and Punishment
Tatsunoku Vs Capcom
Excite Truck
Metroid Other M - £3.99 @ Argos! http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Search/searchTerm/metroid.htm
Eledees

all fun and cheap games

The Wii had a shooter shortage to be honest

thanks, will take a look at all that now

 

[barmyllama]

Sin and Punishment
Tatsunoku Vs Capcom
Excite Truck
Metroid Other M - £3.99 @ Argos! http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Search/searchTerm/metroid.htm
Eledees

all fun and cheap games

The Wii had a shooter shortage to be honest

Picking up the Metroid game later. They had Skyward Sword for £10 but out of stock everywhere.

 

[ShiWarrior]

skward sword seems to be a lot of money on the bay, is that Zelda by any chance?

 

[bobbyspangles]

I just PAL modded a couple of my own composite video cables. Consolegoods sell them for £5.90+PP but they've been out of stock for a while, and it's not totally clear if the Retrogamingcables one is the right one. It does say it will work on both NTSC and PAL consoles though.

Spoiler

GC

N64

I should really try one without the capacitor to see if it makes any difference.

 

[barmyllama]

skward sword seems to be a lot of money on the bay, is that Zelda by any chance?

Yes it is. The gold limited edition sells well, but I also saw the Wii Motion Plus version in the white box go for daft money a few times. Which is the version Argos don't have in stock for £9.99

 

[bobbyspangles]

You can rest assured if they ever come back in to stock it'll be all over HUKD and sold out in minutes. There will be a load available on eBay though

 

[phatboy]

if anyone wants a free wii component cable i found a 2nd spare one in desk

 

[kinger8938]

Set up ny megadrive to the trinitron earlier! For some reason everytime i turn the megadrive on the aspect ration is like wide then press a button on remote to make it 4:3

However the dreamcast boots up at 4:3 by itself!

Both using rgb cables

 

[cee-S-dee]

Set up ny megadrive to the trinitron earlier! For some reason everytime i turn the megadrive on the aspect ration is like wide then press a button on remote to make it 4:3

However the dreamcast boots up at 4:3 by itself!

Both using rgb cables

Its something to do with how the cable is wired up on PIN 8 in the plug. Sending a certain voltage to that pin determines the aspect ration selected.

 

[bobbyspangles]

I couldn't resist this one. The auction was only live a few hours and the buyer accepted my offer of £45 straight away.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231858012979

Compare with this, the last copy of XD to sell in December,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POKEMON-X...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[phatboy]

Wow....good deal there

Never played the cube pokemon games I must say

 

[kinger8938]

Its something to do with how the cable is wired up on PIN 8 in the plug. Sending a certain voltage to that pin determines the aspect ration selected.

Ah ok, wonder if i shpuld have got one from that retro gaming site instead, supposecits not a real issue though. Picture quality seems fine so far

 

[GSXRMovistar]

How collectable is Gamecube stuff these days? I have a heap of it (Gamecube, Wavebirds, and around 20+ games), worth selling or if going up in value I'm happy to hold on it.

 

[kinger8938]

Certain games have gone up in price lately like the first party stuff zelda etc