Retro console and games thread

TC_Overclocker · 28 Feb 2011 at 10:38

Well I'm currently hunting down and buying all the boxes Mario games I can get my mitts on. I'll post the updates as they arrive...

Firestar_3x · 28 Feb 2011 at 10:41

WatchTower said:
That looks absolutely brilliant mate.

Cheers, got a parts sourcing problem at the moment, hopefully i can get some more bits shipped over from the US next month.

Last thing i did was fit the coin door (which i need to buy the proper security bolts and lock for):

iamtheoneneo · 28 Feb 2011 at 11:10

just won outtrigger for a £5 - bloody bargin. seriously surprised no-one else bidded on it given that its pretty rare

iamtheoneneo · 28 Feb 2011 at 15:55

that guy with the dc i wanted came back to me with a counter offer after i said i would pay £50 (more than reasonable)

he wants £80! not sure what planet he lives on.haha

Cavallino · 28 Feb 2011 at 15:57

Well in fairness I think the condition of the console is quite good with full packaging etc?
Perhaps there is some aspect of the price in there?

TC_Overclocker · 28 Feb 2011 at 16:15

Older boxed consoles do fetch a premium especially if all packaging is present... There's a boxed DC going on the famous auction site now... Currently at £26 and finishing in 30 mins...

iamtheoneneo · 28 Feb 2011 at 16:30

the condition is good yes but i think hes trying to boost the price with the other new items all of which you can get on the bay new for £5 a pop.

TC_Overclocker said:
There's a boxed DC going on the famous auction site now

yeh and im hoping to get it....and i suspect id get it cheaper than £80! one went yesterday in amazing condition for £31 lost out in the dieng moments

Cavallino · 28 Feb 2011 at 16:50

So did you get it ?

iamtheoneneo · 28 Feb 2011 at 16:53

some ****er bid with 6 seconds to go and i lost. what a noob

hahah im not annoyed honest

Cavallino · 28 Feb 2011 at 16:54

Ah bugger. Unlucky bud! There are plenty more DCs though

iamtheoneneo · 28 Feb 2011 at 16:57

ya another day another bid...will get there in the end.

Margaret · 28 Feb 2011 at 17:24

My Dreamcast is like new, but came unboxed and I got it for £27 with 3 games, that guy is having a laugh.

Cavallino · 28 Feb 2011 at 17:26

I think the price premium for retro consoles shoots up when it comes in a box of good condition.

So the trick is to find a decent condition console and a decent condition box on ebay, put em together and sell for profit

orderoftheflame · 28 Feb 2011 at 18:14

£80 sounds like a rip.

I think I paid £40 for mine fully boxed with 3 controllers, 3 VMUs, 3 rumble packs, keyboard and ~20 games.

My best bargain of the last few days... Perfect Dark for the N64 complete and boxed for £2.20.

iamtheoneneo · 28 Feb 2011 at 20:30

Very nice , that's a steal at that price!

~>Dg<~ · 28 Feb 2011 at 22:49

certain consoles even though rareish can still fetch peanuts i should know i used to buy and sell them for a living obn the bay

markets and bootsales still best place for silly finds but a lot of prep work if you want to get the real finds and be on early.

bay used to be very good for bargins but a lot have wised up to the rarer stuff and a lot of tat and fake crap on there aswell.

a lot of boxes can be reprints and unoriginal.

there are different grades on stuff and very little things can make a hell of a difference to how much you pay.

best low to cheap games which still fetch decent money go for snes stuff. mega drive waste of time and games go cheap unless rare jap ones or just rare games which are rare not just titled rare

some ps1 games fetch big money but not many collect them.

anyone interested in snes should try american ebay

a lot of places have brand new smaller versions of the snes and new models or almost new and with shipping can be worth bringing over . same goes for games where you can get big buys of like 100 games in a bundles for 100 dollars sometimes from ex rental places and so on.

i used to have play consoles and then minters that wouldnt be touched.

iamtheoneneo · 1 Mar 2011 at 19:17

finally got a dc in the auctions tonight £19+£12 shipping.so thats good....its fully boxed has all the inserts and plastic wrappings.

orderoftheflame · 1 Mar 2011 at 19:29

iamtheoneneo said:
finally got a dc in the auctions tonight £19+£12 shipping.so thats good....its fully boxed has all the inserts and plastic wrappings.

Good price.

Any games? If not, what are you planning on getting.

JoeBoi · 1 Mar 2011 at 19:50

~>Dg<~ said:
anyone interested in snes should try american ebay a lot of places have brand new smaller versions of the snes and new models or almost new and with shipping can be worth bringing over . same goes for games where you can get big buys of like 100 games in a bundles for 100 dollars sometimes from ex rental places and so on.

Whats the Snes Mini like and do you have to use a step down or can you use a UK PAL snes plug?

I keep buying loads of N64 games but am having so much trouble getting hold of Duke Nukem 64!

At the moment I have:

Super Mario 64 (NTSC & PAL)
Doom 64 (NTSC)
Donkey Kong 64 (NTSC)
Resident Evil 2 (NTSC & PAL)
Quake (NTSC & PAL)
Command and Conquer (NTSC & PAL)
Golden Eye (NTSC & PAL)
WWF No Mercy (NTSC)
Zelda OOT (NTSC)
Zelda MM Gold Cart (NTSC)
Mario Kart 64 (PAL)

I also wanna get my hands on the PS1 Resident Evil games so I can replay them on the PS3.

iamtheoneneo · 1 Mar 2011 at 19:56

orderoftheflame said:
Good price. Any games? If not, what are you planning on getting.

ya so far i have/or waiting to be delivered are:

power stone
outtrigger
tomd raider
sega rally
vf3tb
bustamove 4
rayman 2

i need/desire:

msr
power stone 2
sonic adventure
dead or alive 2
soul calibur
mvc1+2
sf3
shenmue 1+2

so the usuals really