Retro console and games thread

sirlemonhead · 5 May 2016 at 15:25

Larrs888 said:
I can confirm these third-party ones are excellent, I bought two recently and they are top notch!

Cool! Thanks barmyllama, Larrs888. I need to pick up two

Rebel=UK= · 5 May 2016 at 16:19

The reproduction carts finally arrived (took almost 3 weeks) but happy with them.
Already ordered a few more (Megaman: The Wily Wars, The punisher and Gunstar Heroes)

Made a video of me and the bro playing hyperstone

Firestar_3x · 5 May 2016 at 17:53

Larrs888 said:
Nice, I have been thinking of one of those idea quad boxes for my retro consoles as well. My TV unit is rubbish for top loading CD or cartridge consoles as there isn't enough height. Did you spray the backing MDF black yourself or did it come pre painted?

Thanks

Works really well, might buy another for the left side and move the sub.

The unit itself was already black, each 'cube' is 30x30cm iirc, so bags of room, get it in a sale, was something like £20, from the high street catalog shop.

Kosmiche · 7 May 2016 at 14:31

Recently got a slim ps2 with about 25 games...got these today to add to the collection for under 8 quid delivered :

barmyllama · 8 May 2016 at 12:43

Picked up Ratchet and Clank 1 and 3, Tekken 5, Infamous 2 and Dark Souls from the car boot today, all for £10.

Realised when I got home I already had Datk Souls, so I'll sell that on and I should cover costs.

Haze · 8 May 2016 at 17:12

spotted this today, thought it may interest some of you

http://goo.gl/2XkVWG

pdaboy · 8 May 2016 at 21:30

Latest pickup

barmyllama · 8 May 2016 at 21:30

Haze said:
spotted this today, thought it may interest some of you

http://goo.gl/2XkVWG

Link doesn't work for me

Haze · 8 May 2016 at 21:46

barmyllama said:
Link doesn't work for me

http://www.biddleandwebb.co.uk/lotd...e&clientuuid=&campaignid=0&vendorcampaignid=0

if that does not work, it is in the room 2 catalog and lot 1575

barmyllama · 9 May 2016 at 13:27

Nintendo mini classics at Lidl today £3.99 each.

http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/our-offers-2491.htm?action=showDetail&id=33355

Picked up one of each

Thesnipergecko · 12 May 2016 at 11:47

Updates since I posted this in my own thread, the TV has arrived and so has the Gamecube

My mate and I spent several hours on a Saturday night watching lots of old videos on YouTube of retro games.

Modern games just aren't doing it for me at the minute so I decided to source and invest in some retro stuff.

I also have my PC (spec in sig) a PS4 and Xbox-one

The First Three

Original in mint condition

Temporary TV

Then came the Dreamcast

With of course a copy of Shenmue

Controllers were a bit knackered so I ordered some new ones

The Station so far

Waiting for this to arrive

The space in the middle on the bottom shelf is reserved for a Gamecube.

I think I've spent around £200 so far and for that I've got:

TV
SNES
PS1
PS2
PS3
XBOX
Dreamcast
Gamecube

Extra's that I've bought

2x controllers for each console
Scart RCA adapters for each console
A few software titles.

Maybe List:

Mega Drive II
N64
Wii
360

barmyllama · 12 May 2016 at 12:19

I watch Classic Game Room on YouTube, I enjoy it enough to donate via Patreon.

http://www.classicgameroom.com

I also regularly watch Metal Jesus Rocks, GameSack, The Game Chasers and a few others.

kinger8938 · 12 May 2016 at 16:19

Tempted by a snes for sale in mm, but i have no bostalgis for the system

Not sure if its a good buy or not

bobbyspangles · 12 May 2016 at 19:28

In terms of price it's pretty much on the money, however if you want one, then you can do a lot worse than buying from a forum member.

No yellowing too which is good. I've never had a SNES that wasn't orange.

phatboy · 12 May 2016 at 21:47

barmyllama said:
I watch Classic Game Room on YouTube, I enjoy it enough to donate via Patreon.

http://www.classicgameroom.com

I also regularly watch Metal Jesus Rocks, GameSack, The Game Chasers and a few others.

Most of my saturn import purchases have been thanks to those channels lol

barmyllama · 13 May 2016 at 01:01

phatboy said:
Most of my saturn import purchases have been thanks to those channels lol

Just ordered Under Defeat HD for PS3 after watching old Classic Game Room videos.

I can't believe that the Xbox 360 got all the Japanese shmup love and the PS3 had about 2.

Got my eye out for a Japanese PS2 so I can play some of the Japanese exclusive shmups for PS1 and 2. Particularly Thunder Force 5 and 6.

phatboy · 13 May 2016 at 04:33

Under defeat is brilliant on ps3. I snagged s copy ages back when some dude on ebay had sealed versions for 4 quid posted!!

barmyllama · 13 May 2016 at 07:57

I've had to pay more than £4 for it. I was looking on eBay and prices are basically £25 and up. But I found GameSeek had it new and sealed for £15 delivered. I figure it's not going to get any cheaper so I bought it. If I find one cheap then I can always sell it on.

I've also been looking on Amazon.com for PS3 we didn't get in the EU and again it's far cheaper than eBay.

Rebel=UK= · 13 May 2016 at 09:01

Had a great morning shame I didn't have more money had to pass on Atari lynxs, master system 1's and loads more games, but think I picked up most of what I wanted for the collection paid £50 for all this all all boxed ones complete.

barmyllama · 13 May 2016 at 10:15

Nice buys.

Where are you going to find all that and having to pass on other stuff?

I went to the car boot last week and the best out there was very common PlayStation 2 games and not a lot else.