Retro console and games thread

almoststew1990 · 8 Aug 2016 at 19:55

Timber said:
There's loads of answers for this question. 2 of the most commercially successful formats of all time so a massive library to choose from...

...Hope that helps.

Thanks for the massive list, that was very useful and loads of games to check out!

My new faceplate arrived today. I went from this...

To this:

It was £8 on ebay. The screen isn't perfect by any means but it is a big improvement. The LCD underneath is in perfect condition luckily. The new plate is also noticeably more flimsy that the original legit faceplate so I'll have to look after it!

ThestigGT999 · 9 Aug 2016 at 18:53

The Internet Archive just uploaded thousands of playable Amiga games

ShiWarrior · 9 Aug 2016 at 18:56

ThestigGT999 said:
The Internet Archive just uploaded thousands of playable Amiga games

you beat me to it, saw that on my news feed on my phone this morning

ThestigGT999 · 9 Aug 2016 at 19:02

I just found out via facebook

neoglow · 9 Aug 2016 at 19:02

Just tried some games on there through the browser and the 'emulator' had a **** fit and didnt work so its a bit rough round the edges.

Some things work but a lot of titles are missing.

ShiWarrior · 9 Aug 2016 at 19:02

game loads, cant do nothing with it (firefox, ie fails to load)
cant get full screen or turn sound on ?

bobbyspangles · 10 Aug 2016 at 00:30

Expensive day, though not as expensive as it should have been

bobbyspangles · 10 Aug 2016 at 00:36

almoststew1990 said:
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Looking good, though I thought for a moment that was £8 for a Gameboy Micro!

I bought a bunch of replacement GBC/GBA/SP shells and screens from China but wasn't very impressed with the quality of some. The screens especially look the part but scratch really easy. I wrecked one cleaning a finger print off with cotton wool.

ShiWarrior · 10 Aug 2016 at 08:17

looks like a lot of money there bobbyspangles
but all good

EddScott · 10 Aug 2016 at 11:27

bobbyspangles said:
Expensive day, though not as expensive as it should have been

That's a great looking haul!

bobbyspangles · 10 Aug 2016 at 12:24

Thanks, I'm really happy with the SNES it's a real minter. My last one was the worst shade of yellow.

I don't normally go for Wiis but with Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess, Mario Galaxy and about 5 controllers, all for £40 I couldn't say no really. Wind Waker is one of my favourite games, so I'm really looking forward to giving SS a whirl.

phatboy · 10 Aug 2016 at 13:12

I put a load of my doubles / not to fussed over and stuff that I picked up as excess in bundles on ebay few nights ago.

All sold for £170 + postage so that was pretty cool

bobbyspangles · 10 Aug 2016 at 13:51

Was that auction? I've sold a few bulk lots on eBay in the past, usually masses of PS1 and PS2 games and they always fetch a decent price.

That reminds me, I've got a floor to ceiling pile of FIFAs and Gran Turismos and other crap titles on the PS1 I need to get rid of.

kinger8938 · 10 Aug 2016 at 15:20

Just ordered a raspberry pi to have a mess with retro pie for some gaming/trying before i buy etc

ShiWarrior · 10 Aug 2016 at 16:41

bobbyspangles said:
Was that auction? I've sold a few bulk lots on eBay in the past, usually masses of PS1 and PS2 games and they always fetch a decent price.

That reminds me, I've got a floor to ceiling pile of FIFAs and Gran Turismos and other crap titles on the PS1 I need to get rid of.

Oooh Gran Turismo !
I might be up for buying some of those off you!

barmyllama · 11 Aug 2016 at 17:51

I think I've got a complete set of PAL Final Fantasy PS1 games now with these two additions.

Unless anyone knows any different.

ShiWarrior · 11 Aug 2016 at 17:53

nice one, they are worth a lot of money now !

ash888 · 11 Aug 2016 at 19:13

seeing these old consoles and some of the familiar game covers is a real trip down memory lane.

i wish i kept my ps2 now...im sure the ps1 and mega drive are still boxed away somewhere.

phatboy · 11 Aug 2016 at 20:19

bobbyspangles said:
Was that auction? I've sold a few bulk lots on eBay in the past, usually masses of PS1 and PS2 games and they always fetch a decent price.

That reminds me, I've got a floor to ceiling pile of FIFAs and Gran Turismos and other crap titles on the PS1 I need to get rid of.

Yep I started it at 160 and did a 24 hour auction

Drukk · 11 Aug 2016 at 21:36

kinger8938 said:
Just ordered a raspberry pi to have a mess with retro pie for some gaming/trying before i buy etc

I'm waiting for the release of Retropie 4 as just never managed to get 3.8 working smoothly. I know it can work really well but I just could n't seem to work it out, will try again with 4.