Retro console and games thread

Windle · 5 May 2006 at 00:08

I seen a portable Mega Drive type thing in Gamestation today. Had a screen and everything. Cart when in the top and stuck out. Was Mega something...

Was £100 for it and 9 games i think.

fergie666 · 5 May 2006 at 00:13

Haly said:
I'll take the credit though
Always like to keep my consoles in the best condition possible

credit where credit is due !

must get round to buying some games for it some time lol (still only got the 2 :eek:

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fergie666 · 5 May 2006 at 00:18

not enough Game Gear pictures in here, so heres some more of mine

no one else own a game gear ? i got my 1st one on UK release day, think it was 1991. still got it too

theo · 5 May 2006 at 00:35

fly14i said:
not enough Game Gear pictures in here, so heres some more of mine

snip

no one else own a game gear ? i got my 1st one on UK release day, think it was 1991. still got it too

still got a working game gear somewhere around here, but the top bit of the screen is broken and i think the warranty has run out, but i wsa playing some racing rally game on it a few weeks ago, was part of a 4in1 game pack

McDaniel · 5 May 2006 at 01:03

oh dear my cousing had a Game Gear, i loved California Games!!

JaFFa · 5 May 2006 at 03:06

edit: will add pics

Bonjour · 5 May 2006 at 06:01

fly14i said:
not enough Game Gear pictures in here, so heres some more of mine

no one else own a game gear ? i got my 1st one on UK release day, think it was 1991. still got it too

Got a Jap and an English one. Still pretty good by all accounts.

fergie666 · 5 May 2006 at 09:10

post some pics up !

GSXRMovistar · 5 May 2006 at 09:17

This thread makes we really wish I didn't sell off my Megadrive & Matersystem collections, both had 40+ games and everything mint in boxes.

Out the garage I've got several Game & Watch games (no boxes though), and a huge box containing a Specturm +2 and loads of games/extras (light gun, mouse/art package).

Loving some of the bizarre Sega stuff posted.

dannyjo22 · 5 May 2006 at 09:21

markyb said:
Great thread. Love the old retro consoles.

Anyone have the Sega 32x here?
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Yeah I did and 4 games at 60 quid each. Mine was a bit poorly though, it wouldnt play megadrive games with the 32x bit. I had to keep taking it apart so I sold it on. It was a very poor buy on my part.

My first ever cartridge based game was Jack attack for the plus 4. Sort of made it a console

Wang Computer · 5 May 2006 at 09:26

The Gamegear Shinobi version was rather ace, IIRC.

I gave my machine away soon after my parents bought the Super Nintendo, however. Well, that and the fact that the GB was superior.

A few pics of my favourite 16-bit era game ever, Chrono Trigger:

These screenshots don't fully illustrate the magnificence of the graphics.

NokkonWud · 5 May 2006 at 12:09

theo said:
still got a working game gear somewhere around here, but the top bit of the screen is broken and i think the warranty has run out

Ya think!?

Needles · 5 May 2006 at 12:16

Anyone still got an atari lynx, I had one of those (the gamegear had sold out

) ditched it years ago, twas broken, but it was vey cool but extremely large I think mines was the 2nd version.

DailyGeek · 5 May 2006 at 15:08

I picked up a lynx a little while back

I have a lot of retro stuff but can't get pics yet

Mr Spew · 5 May 2006 at 17:51

The Game Gear was good, but man, 2 hour batteries killed it - my GameBoy would last hours upon hours, and I'd always borrow the Game Gear on the bus to school for a few minutes on Sonic, good memories those.

Whoop · 5 May 2006 at 18:07

Needles said:
Anyone still got an atari lynx, I had one of those (the gamegear had sold out ) ditched it years ago, twas broken, but it was vey cool but extremely large I think mines was the 2nd version.

Someone sold me a Lynx Mk 2 in the mm a few weeks back (a good deal too) but I saw a Lynx Mk 1 at a car boot at the weekend, casing was battered to death but the guy had owned it from when it came out

Wanted £20 for the machine and 4 games but not in that condition

Whoop

andi · 5 May 2006 at 18:14

Consoles these days just don't have the same quality of naming schemes

XBox 360? PS2? Wii?

Pah, Sega WonderMega!!

benjo plz. · 5 May 2006 at 18:21

fly14i said:
Snoopy Tennis

anyone else got any game & watch handhelds ?

these things fetch a fortune on fleabay

I used to have a Mario one of them and iirc a Donkey Kong one, but I think they both got destroyed :\.

fergie666 · 5 May 2006 at 18:33

Phnom_Penh said:
I used to have a Mario one of them and iirc a Donkey Kong one, but I think they both got destroyed :\.

ive had quite a few over the years

i got donkey kong one xmas from santa

swapped it in the new year for some starwars spaceship thing :rolleyes:

seen a brand new and sealed one on ebay a few months back

it sold for over a grand !!! :eek:

(must invent time machine, go back and kick myself right in the *****)

benjo plz. · 5 May 2006 at 18:36

fly14i said:
(must invent time machine, go back and kick myself right in the *****)

Ditto tbh

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