Second Hand SNES

Craig1981

Craig1981

Craig1981

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One of the biggest regrets of my life (yeah I know, first world problems) was letting my mother talk me into selling off my old consoles. She was of the mindset that if I was getting a new console (going from NES to SNES or SNES to N64) then I couldn't possibly want to keep the old console as well. Fool that I was, I just went along with her. Ohhhhh the regret....

Now I've started to have serious cravings for some old school 16 bit gaming. I'd really love to get a second hand SNES for myself, but am unsure if ebay is my best bet or not. I see theres plenty of consoles on there, but I've heard horror stories of people buying stuff off ebay that turned out to be defective or fake.

Anyone else got any second hand consoles from ebay? Anything I should be wary of? Any pro-tips would be appreciated :)
 
glen8 said:
They are never as good as you remember them
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Few things in life ever are. But I still want one...

RedStarRiot said:
Sometimes better to find an old retro games shop locally, that way you can properly inspect the console. That's what I done, they guy set it up and everything in the store. Had a 2 min play around and bought it.
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I've seen game stores that have a small selection of retro games, second hand of course, but I've never found one that sold consoles as well.

JonnyCasino said:
That was my initial problem I had a 32" CRT which was absolutely enormous, replaced it with a 21" one which fits perfectly in a spare room without looks ridiculous, a tiny freeview box means people can still use it as a TV if staying over.
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The TV in my bedroom isn't much bigger than yours, only 24". Hopefully that wont be too big.

EDIT: http://www.tesco.com/direct/lg-m245...-tv/744-7972.prd?pageLevel=sku&skuId=744-7972

This is the TV I have. Does anyone know if this would be ok for using for playing a SNES with?
 
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*sigh* I do still want a SNES....but this all seems like too much hard work :(

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dual-SNES-C...=UTF8&qid=1371386087&sr=8-2&keywords=SNES+USB

I wonder if I would be better off getting something like this? My main problem with playing SNES games on an emulator is I cant stand playing with the keyboard. The SNES games just wern't meant to be played that way. With something like this and an official controller I can pick up second hand, I could stick to playing roms on my PC.
 
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