Post here every time you get something new!

o1s1n

pdbhp wrote: »

Picked up Steel Diver 3DS (dont bother buying it)

Really? I heard it was good and was going to check it out

Hank Scorpio

Mario All stars came in the post today, nice cart, mario 1,2,3 the lost levels and mario world 1 are on it

pdbhp

o1s1n wrote: »

Really? I heard it was good and was going to check it out

so far it's rubbish, it's far too slow paced and when the action happens it's messy and unco-ordinated. Also I seem to get shot from off screen a lot.

The audio track is possibly the worst ever, it only has a few sayings "Fire" "surface" "dive" so after 30 minutes playing I want to smash it due to these repetitious words.

Graphically it's not that great either the 3D effect is ok (ish) and comes into its own occasionally

The Periscope mini game just get in the way on of the main mission mode and becomes a pain after the first few goes

Steve X2

nuxxx wrote: »

Mario All stars came in the post today, nice cart, mario 1,2,3 the lost levels and mario world 1 are on it

Do you mind if i ask how much you paid for that? The reason I ask is I got it in RAGE last week as I just really wanted it, but it cost 25 euro. Just wondering how much cheaper it was online.


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Retr0gamer

I'd pay 5-10 for an allstars cart. It's one of the most common carts for the super nintendo so not worth much at all. Even at 10 it's pushing it. Go to any car boot sale and you'll probably get a SNES with all stars for 10

o1s1n

If you're going cart only then you should be able to get Mario All-Stars for under €15. It's not hard to come by at all.

Steve X2

I mean i knew i was paying over the odds for all-stars with mario world. But I just wanted it that day as I got a SNES as well and hadn't played one in months as my old one died.

Retro games are getting pricey these days. It goes for 20 Euro on Ebay.


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K.O.Kiki

Pyongyang wrote: »

Yep that's the one I ordered. Glad to hear it has 'fun stuff' in it as stock. Though I like to fiddle so will look to add more 'fun stuff' further down the road.

Can you change the sticks to bats instead of ball tops? I think I'd prefer a bat, I have trouble finding a comfortable grip with the Hori EX2 on my 360S.

Bat top mod only requires screwdrivers.

You want to order Sanwa LB-30N.
ArcadeShop.de & AkihabaraShop.jp sell it WITH the required adapter.

Then just open your baseplate, use a flat screwdriver to remove the balltop, and finally add the bat top.

Optimus Prime

o1s1n wrote: »

If you're going cart only then you should be able to get Mario All-Stars for under €15. It's not hard to come by at all.

I think you pay a bit more for the one with Mario World on it aswell though?

Steve X2

keithgeo wrote: »

I think you pay a bit more for the one with Mario World on it aswell though?

Yeah, about 20 euro on Ebay as far as I can see. So 25 euro is ok in RAGE, when you take postage into consideration.

Still, retro game prices are really on the increase, me no likey.

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o1s1n

keithgeo wrote: »

I think you pay a bit more for the one with Mario World on it aswell though?

A little bit more yeah. I didn't even know that cart existed until recently! Saw it a few months ago while browsing ebay. Thought it was a Chinese pirate at first.

Steve SI wrote: »

Yeah, about 20 euro on Ebay as far as I can see. So 25 euro is ok in RAGE, when you take postage into consideration.

Still, retro game prices are really on the increase, me no likey.

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Are we talking boxed or unboxed?

When I said €15, I was talking about cart only including postage from ebay.co.uk. I took it at €10-12 for the game and the rest for postage.

I just had a look on ebay.co.uk and the best buy it now price seems to be about 9.50 sterling - which is €10.84. So I was about right with that estimate

If the RAGE copy is boxed, then €25 is a good price. If it's not boxed..it's a good bit more than it'll cost you online. But I guess it's a popular game so someone will probably see it and buy it.

Steve X2

o1s1n wrote: »

A little bit more yeah. I didn't even know that cart existed until recently! Saw it a few months ago while browsing ebay. Thought it was a Chinese pirate at first.




Are we talking boxed or unboxed?

When I said €15, I was talking about cart only including postage from ebay.co.uk. I took it at €10-12 for the game and the rest for postage.

I just had a look on ebay.co.uk and the best buy it now price seems to be about 9.50 sterling - which is €10.84. So I was about right with that estimate

If the RAGE copy is boxed, then €25 is a good price. If it's not boxed..it's a good bit more than it'll cost you online. But I guess it's a popular game so someone will probably see it and buy it.

It was unboxed in RAGE. The cart is in mint condition but no box or manuals or any of that.

Edit:
I bought a fair bit of stuff that day so I did get a discount. I guess the real price of the cart was about 21-22 euro inc discount


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Hank Scorpio

Steve SI wrote: »

Do you mind if i ask how much you paid for that? The reason I ask is I got it in RAGE last week as I just really wanted it, but it cost 25 euro. Just wondering how much cheaper it was online.


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11 euro or so off ebay, won a auction. The all stars cart including mario world seems to be more expensive than the one that was shipped with the original console back in the day. Postage was 3 Steling so overall it cost nearly 15e

Edit:

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?LH_BIN=1&_trkparms=65%253A1%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1&rt=nc&_nkw=a+link+to+the+past+snes&_dmpt=UK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS&_ds=1&_fcid=99&_localstpos=&_sc=1&_stpos=&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&gbr=1&_sop=2&_sc=1

*sighs*

Tallon

Guy walks into work today and goes: "You're a geek aren't you?"

I said yes, and he hands me this

:eek:




It's factory sealed and the box was too, looks like it could have been a refurb

Retr0gamer

Steve SI wrote: »

Retro games are getting pricey these days. It goes for 20 Euro on Ebay.

It's like FF7, it's popular but about as rare as nitrogen in the air you breathe. If you pay over the odds for it then it's your own fault but for a game that nearly every SNES comes bundled with when sold online you'd be an idiot to pay 20 for it unboxed. A tiny bit of effort to look for it outside of ebay will land you it cheap.

Steve X2

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's like FF7, it's popular but about as rare as nitrogen in the air you breathe. If you pay over the odds for it then it's your own fault but for a game that nearly every SNES comes bundled with when sold online you'd be an idiot to pay 20 for it unboxed. A tiny bit of effort to look for it outside of ebay will land you it cheap.

Meh, I wanted it right away so I paid for it. No big deal really.

I work hard so I spend hard


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Retr0gamer

You're adding to the problem! *shakes fist* :P

Steve X2

Retr0gamer wrote: »

You're adding to the problem! *shakes fist* :P

Nah, we need to pump money into the economy, not hold onto all of it.

Even if it means spending a bit more on our retro bits and gadgets.

WAIT, who said that........... Get off my computer guy


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Retr0gamer

I very much doubt that the government is seeing money off of ebay sales :P

Optimus Prime

Couple of new ones, pics might be a bit big just a couple of games and nes i got today, boxes on the games are a bit wrecked but wanted to play the games themselves..

Steve X2

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I very much doubt that the government is seeing money off of ebay sales :P

Thats why I got it in RAGE.

I'm guessing the goverment get something from that unless Mr Rage is doing the ole fiddly diddly with the receipts


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Pyongyang

This just landed on my desk all the way from Hong Kong. :cool:

7sr2z3fely84g5

*removed,slowly realised against aup charter,oops

o1s1n

Kailyn Beautiful Technique wrote: »

*removed,slowly realised against aup charter,oops

:eek:

Ah! I didn't get to see it. Now it seems all mysterious. What the hell did you get?!

Pyongyang

Bit the bullet (pun originally not intended, but now upon realization that it's a sort of pun...it is) :

7sr2z3fely84g5

Quick post dont quote-
*yoink!

o1s1n

Ah man, there's no way that stuff is against the charter. Chinese hacks are retro videogame history too, whether people like it or not

I'd love to start collecting them myself. You really get some weird stuff!

I was obsessed with Duke 3D for the Megadrive for years and managed to pick up an official copy a while back. Hail to the King baby!

ondafly

what could this be



finally !



and of course my new shmups

Pyongyang

I just had a crisis.

CiDeRmAn

I'm playing something far more modest, Mario Picross for the GB on the GB Micro (via some jiggery pokery not needing mention here!).
I have to say, I rather like Picross, and have both GB Mario Picross titles to work through.
The recent 3D Picross game for the DS is rather excellent too.

marko93

Would a jap PS1 game work on my PS3? I really want Cyber Sled

Pyongyang

marko93 wrote: »

Cyber Sled

Blast from the past! I remember playing that in the arcades. That my second blast from the past game today, earlier I stumbled across this one hat I recall playing in the arcades too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fGFiOo7urA

Relikk

marko93 wrote: »

Would a jap PS1 game work on my PS3? I really want Cyber Sled

If it's not a Jap machine then sadly, no. Only PS3 games are region free. PS1 and PS2 still retain their region restrictions.

Retr0gamer

You can get the PS1 chipped though or else get a swap disk to play it.

o1s1n

marko93 wrote: »

Would a jap PS1 game work on my PS3? I really want Cyber Sled

I have a PAL copy of that myself. So can confirm that it was released in PAL regions

CiDeRmAn

I have the Pal edition, a bit like Virtual On lite is it not?
For PS tank thrills I prefer Assault Rigs!

There really is quite a gulf between the first year of PS games and the later output, later titles are very much playing the same games that we still play now, the earlier stuff is all over the place, a mix of arcade conversions, 16bit games in PS graphics and newer stuff trying to find a different path.

o1s1n

The first generation of ps1 games are indeed very archaic. It's amazing how much they progressed over such a short period of time.

Retr0gamer

When I saw Resident Evil and Final Fantasy 7 for the first time I was so amazed. The character models weren't that great but thought the backgrounds were so amazing. The lighting was just incredible and I couldn't figure out how they managed to push so many polygons. Then I saw a Gamesmaster review of FF7 that explained that the backgrounds were 2D pictures with invisible polygons matched to them to create the environment and give the illusion that the chartacter was part of the scene. Really spoiled the illusion.

I suppose if I had of been playing with RGB and not though RF on a tiny portable it wouldn't have been so effective of an illusion. That TV brought an extra levelof realism to the PS1 graphics I think. Still remember my friend falling off the chair while playing ridge racer and using the controller like it was a steering wheel.

Pyongyang

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Really spoiled the illusion.

Regardless. Costa del Sol is still brilliant!

johnny_ultimate

And I was a kid so I didn't give a crap

Ah, innocence!

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Still remember my friend falling off the chair while playing ridge racer and using the controller like it was a steering wheel.

Hey!
Kerbdog did that back in 1985, playing Chequered Flag on the Speccy!
He was on a stool in front of the tv playing the pack in game with the Spectrum 48k, you had to play on the keys as well, no joystick, and he was leaning into every corner, bear in mind he was only 4, and then over he went, it was priceless!!

Jimmy Bottlehead

I remember when the chopper took off in Metal Gear Solid on PS1, I nearly creamed myself... seemed so realistic!

Retr0gamer

Remember it well from the demo. Was the first time I felt vibration being used well.

Steve X2

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Was the first time I felt vibration being used well.

Hmmm,



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Retr0gamer

It was no Rez Trance vibrator.

marko93

o1s1n wrote: »

I have a PAL copy of that myself. So can confirm that it was released in PAL regions

Can only seem to find JAP versions on Ebay ¬_¬
Time to check the attic and see if my PS1 and shizz is there :cool:

Pyongyang

Just bought one of these for my Dreamcast (and any future retro consoles I buy, *hint* PC Engine *hint*).

Saved about €25 ordering it from the USA Inc shipping instead of nabbing one on eBay from the UK. I don't mind all these long delivery times while I get my set up together. Once the hard part of the hardware is done, the fun of game collecting can begin!

SLG 3000 is next on my hit list!

http://www.jammaboards.com/store/cga-ega-yuv-to-vga-converter-pcb-gbs-8220/prod_291.html

valleyoftheunos

Am due to collect Super mario Advance 4 (SMB3) for GBA of a fella From adverts on friday, he has been somewhat, how can I put this, difficult to get hold of, so far so we'll see if it actually happens.

Myrddin

Steve SI wrote: »

Nah, we need to pump money into the economy, not hold onto all of it.

What money

o1s1n

marko93 wrote: »

Can only seem to find JAP versions on Ebay ¬_¬
Time to check the attic and see if my PS1 and shizz is there :cool:

I think the PAL version is meant to be pretty hard to find. It's one of those games that isn't really recognised as rare though, so if it does turn up on ebay you'll probably get it cheap.

Here it is for a tenner in Germany. Unfortunately he only seems to send to Germany though -

http://cgi.ebay.de/Cyber-Sled-Playstation-1-PS-PS1-PS2-/260781547334?pt=de_entertainment_games&hash=item3cb7ca9f46

€25 in Germany but he sends to Europe -

http://cgi.ebay.de/Cyber-Sled-Playstation-1-Sammlerzustand-Spiel-/280669535589?pt=de_entertainment_games&hash=item4159353d65