Post here every time you get something new!

SdoowSirhc

I got 3 GBA games for free:cool:
but 2 of them are does 2-in-1 crappy ones
but the other one is Donkey Kong!:D

sparkthatbled

Pyongyang wrote: »

Well done on the haul, can't believe that lot was €3.50! :eek:

Glad that Spectravideo got snapped up. I was tempted to go look at that myself, never got round to it. Does it all work?

Yeah works perfect (and there's a more common NTSC one with less peripherals and no power adaptor (so untested) on ebay for €500 right now), as does the NES that came free with it! Just finishing up cleaning up everything and discovered the joystick with red buttons we got with the megadrive is for the spectra video. What are the odds?

I probably wont be back to that market again anytime soon. I was just passing and popped in and the guy with all the stuff for 3.50 said it was garage-clearance stuff for a friend who is emigrating. Looks like pure fluke for me.

Pyongyang

Glad to hear it all works.

The Spectravideo computers are sort-of rare but, forgive me if I'm wrong, if you're looking to flip it I doubt you'll get £500 for it, though I know nothing about those systems and their rarity aside from they were something to do with MSX systems in Europe which, as you probably know, MSX systems command a few bob these days.

I'd certainly recommend putting it up for sale in specialist areas though as you'd probably not garner much interest elsewhere. Either way, if it's a flip, you'll certainly make a few bob so fair play to you for taking the chance on it.

edit: Wait a sec, you got a FREE NES with the Spectravideo? Nice one!

CiDeRmAn

Damn, was considering making the trip next Saturday to check out the retro goodness...
I'll just sit in and weep like usual instead.
But I'd have to wonder, what else s there that I'm likely to want at the market?
I dont think there is likely to be any consoles I don't already have.
Maybe some games?
We will see, MD and Snes games are becoming hard to find, lots of PS2 though.

sparkthatbled

The NES was in the pics on the ad, asked the guy if everything in the picture was included and he said yeah. I think he thought it was a peripheral because it was roughly the same size, shape and colour scheme as the tape deck. Feel a bit guilty for keeping my mouth shut on that but i doubt he would have cared, it was his brothers old stuff, not his!

@Ciderman: I was at the same market in Tallaght once before and it was dreadful, there was one person selling ps1 games and wanting 10 each for them. So you might get lucky, you might not.

All tested working now except the megadrive in the 3.50 lot which powers on but no picture.

Dr Bob

I was passing Rage today so..

seeing as sparks has been talking about the 8 bit micro versions lately I kinda had to

alpahaeagle

I was in line to buy the Spectravideo system but when I did get in contact with the guy, the only time we could meet was Friday @ 17:30...I was unable to meet as we had a system failure here in work...Darn it to hell and all.... Good luck with the system........;)

Hope you enjoy........

Good week all round......

Just bought a couple of systems.......:p

Photo' as soon as I get them........

Could buy 3 other systems going cheap......have to see what I have left.....Good side is I don't have a credit card....so no Buy now and pay later.....:)


Going to put a bread bin Commodore 64 up in trade section if anyone interested......:rolleyes:

CiDeRmAn

Got another PSone, no screen this time...
Got a bunch of games with it too, only a fiver.
Gonna see if I can find an official screen and then sell it for a profit.
Not buying too many more PS1/one or N64s, they are starting to pile up, unwanted


Oh, picked up a HP Touchpad in Harvey Norman this morning for €129, that's the 32gb model.
The interface is muck, the response times are poor and it's a second rate tablet really, but....
They are working on an Android, Gingerbread, replacement OS and that'll take care of all that sh1te and let me access to all the apps I want on a pretty fast and well featured device.
Yesterday it was €579 and today €129!
The 16gb version is €99!
Don't know when or if the other vendors are dropping their prices, Pc World, Currys, Komplett etc, have to wait and see, but they are probably sold out at Harvey Norman already.

safetyboy

alpahaeagle wrote: »

Going to put a bread bin Commodore 64 up in trade section if anyone interested......:rolleyes:

What kind of price?

Pyongyang

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Oh, picked up a HP Touchpad in Harvey Norman this morning for €129, that's the 32gb model.

Happy with my iPad but for €129 it's hard to shy away. Might try to get down there this week and snap one up. Probably gone though.

edit: It's €399 at Currys and PC World for the 16gb version.

edit 2: Which Harvey Norman by the way? Reckon the one on O'Connell Street would have some in?

Steve X2

Hmm, might grab me one of those touchpads for that price.

I mean at that price I can come up with something to use it for.

Pyongyang

Steve SI wrote: »

I mean at that price I can come up with something to use it for.

K.O.Kiki

sparkthatbled wrote: »

What make/model/console is that grey 6-button pad?

Also, jealous as all hell

Pyongyang

Received these today:

CiDeRmAn

You're just showing off now!

Pyongyang

Ah no, there's a few faves in there. Espagaluda for a start, the original.

Omega Boost I've never played but it looks unreal. The copy I managed to get is in absolute mint condition too, looks like it was unwrapped and never played or opened.

As for Bing! Bing! Bingo!, well, that's one of my fave Super Famicom games of all time. So is Cosmo Gang: The Video. The Bomberman tin was a must, I've never seen those little tins before.

sparkthatbled

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

What make/model/console is that grey 6-button pad?

Also, jealous as all hell

It's a third party saturn controller and works much better than the official ones.

Retr0gamer

sparkthatbled wrote: »

It's a third party saturn controller and works much better than the official ones.

Looks like the absolutely appalling MK1 western pads that were discontinued and replaced with japanese style pads because they were so terrible while the japanese ones were so great.

Spacedog

Apex classics re-release disk editions and C64 full public domain archive CD...




got 'em from here:

http://www.binaryzone.org/retrostore/

Sparks43

luas_dublin wrote: »

I was passing Rage today so..

seeing as sparks has been talking about the 8 bit micro versions lately I kinda had to

Dont normally end up in this thread but fair play on getting the Nes Boulder Dash

How much did it cost my guess would be €12.95?

I will be honest i gave that game a dogs life in my views towards it but it has grown on me a little bit and well done on owning it

Need to get my own copy back soon (Might be hard as its in Jersey lol)

Pyongyang

I'd buy a C64 again just for those 3 Rowlands games. I remember having Creatures and Creatures 2 at 'full price' but they were well worth the £10 each at the time. I only had the Commodore Format cover mount demo of Mayhem though just as I was leaving the C64 platform.

What a fantastic purchase you made. Brings back many happy memories.

Steve X2

ondafly

welcome to the Candy Club steve

Steve X2

ondafly wrote: »

welcome to the Candy Club steve

cheers

CiDeRmAn

Damn Candy Club, a place I can always see but never enter, ba humbug!

Don't worry little Ikea-Cab, I still love you..... (inadequate little b@st@rd!)

valleyoftheunos

Got most of this stuff a few weeks ago from eBay and Rage and whilst the Wii stuff isn't Retro just yet, it practically is.



Really enjoying Paper Mario, great adventure and Mario polish, a few flaws but fun none the less. Yoshi's Island on GBA is breath taking, seriously beautiful.



This is the real reason I'm posting, picked this wee Dingoo 320 up from GFLood over the weekend, did me a great deal, true gent. Its not quite a massive candy cab but I'm loving it none the less.





Easily hooked up to the telly (I know its anything but authentic or ideal but its fun none the less) and also the projector although I haven't managed to get that quite right just yet.

Dr Bob

Steve SI wrote: »

...ooooh so thats what you were doing instead of waiting in to sell me the lynx..;)

Steve X2

luas_dublin wrote: »

...ooooh so thats what you were doing instead of waiting with in to sell me the lynx..;)

Dr Bob

Sparks43 wrote: »

Dont normally end up in this thread but fair play on getting the Nes Boulder Dash

How much did it cost my guess would be €12.95?

I will be honest i gave that game a dogs life in my views towards it but it has grown on me a little bit and well done on owning it

Need to get my own copy back soon (Might be hard as its in Jersey lol)

ah bit less than that , bit more than I'd like though
(they'd a cheaper unboxed one there as well)
I had a lend of it years ago (my brother had a NES , and my meg died a death while i was in college , so there was a period of about a year or so in 94-95 where the NES was my main games machine)and enjoyed it a lot .
Its a bit cutesified compared to the "classic" look , and the different worlds remind me of the likes of "rockford" but I like it none the less

Andrew76

valleyoftheunos wrote: »

Really enjoying Paper Mario, great adventure and Mario polish, a few flaws but fun none the less.

+1 on Paper Mario, I really enjoyed it too. That Dingoo looks like a handy little device, nice.

CiDeRmAn

Someday someone is going to post "Chlamydia" or "Gonorrhea" to the OP's question "Post here everytime you get something new".
Of course, it is unnecessary to say that no photographic evidence will be required, no.
A pdf of the appointment letter for the STD clinic will suffice!!

Pyongyang

Beautiful cab there Steve Si. Congratulations!

For me, these arrived today:

First up Smash TV, one of my all-time favourite games. I can't believe the nick it's in. Looks like it was literally unwrapped from the box and kept in a vacuum sealed room!

Usual stuff, NTSC-J, CIB, RC-OCD:




Next up, to compliment my SHMUP collection, the complete series of Area 88 on DVD. Not NTSC-J alas, but Japanese 2.0, English 5.1, English subtitles and not SG-OCD but sealed nonetheless!

valleyoftheunos

Pyongyang wrote: »

Beautiful cab there Steve Si. Congratulations!

For me, these arrived today:

First up Smash TV, one of my all-time favourite games. I can't believe the nick it's in. Looks like it was literally unwrapped from the box and kept in a vacuum sealed room!

Usual stuff, NTSC-J, CIB, RC-OCD:

How did it smell!?!

Pyongyang

Haven't sniffed it yet, sure it'll be tangy though!

Jack burton

heres what arrived for me in the last while







Now this megadrive I got is a bit different to other ones I have, for what I gather its german, so hopefully it wont decide how much my other consoles get to spend

ondafly

a few pickups I've gotten my hands on over the last few weeks



Jamma to Taito adapter



and the most important of them all ! Bubble Bobble





Having some issues with it though, so off to do some trouble shooting :pac:

CiDeRmAn

Bubble Bobble, its like they found some happiness and enshrined it in silicon, one of the greatest games of all time tbh, smashing stuff.
It's on my bucket list of games I want to own in a cab, along with Robotron and Star Wars.

Hmm, a German Megadrive...
Has it tried to invade Poland yet?

pdbhp

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Has it tried to invade Poland yet?

Buuurrnnrn Germany!!

Don't mention the war:pac:

Jack burton

Well it seems to have taken a place on top of my shelves and strangely all the games from every system besides the megadrive have all been thrown into my bin and set on fire.

Could just by the weather thats causing that aswell though

ondafly

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Bubble Bobble, its like they found some happiness and enshrined it in silicon, one of the greatest games of all time tbh, smashing stuff.

ah its true - best game ever FACT. Sure even look at the chip with Bub on it, can't ask for more really. Killed many an hour playing it with my cousin on board an irish ferry to Cherbourg many moons ago!

Optimus Prime

Got these today for my ever growing boxed NES collection.

Pyongyang

The cover for Soccer is utterly hilarious. That should be a music album cover.

Optimus Prime

Pyongyang wrote: »

The cover for Soccer is utterly hilarious. That should be a music album cover.

haha its like the guy on the left is wearing speedos at the beach. its like steve-o about to get kicked in the b*lls :pac:

valleyoftheunos

keithgeo wrote: »

Got these today for my ever growing boxed NES collection.

Is there anything more impressive than a boxed NEX collection? I don't go in for boxes from that era myself as I have neither the money nor patience for tracking down good examples but when you see a bunch of them together, my do they look good.

katharinewheel

I'm a newbie here but I thought I'd share anyway.

Anyways, these came in the post during the week. Did a little happy dance when they arrived.

Optimus Prime

valleyoftheunos wrote: »

Is there anything more impressive than a boxed NEX collection? I don't go in for boxes from that era myself as I have neither the money nor patience for tracking down good examples but when you see a bunch of them together, my do they look good.

Probably my main collecting obsession is Boxed NES games and consoles. I must have had about 15 NES pass through my hands in the last 6 months, i usually buy em if they have a few games with them, region free and put in new 72pins in the consoles, then release them back into the wild for another 20 years :pac: I keep the games i dont have though so i usually make my money back on the consoles and my collection of games grows! ive about 40-50 boxed NES games now i think.

Pyongyang

katharinewheel wrote: »

I'm a newbie here but I thought I'd share anyway.

Anyways, these came in the post during the week. Did a little happy dance when they arrived.

A shooter fan. YAY!

alpahaeagle

This arrived in the post yesterday My childhood returns........:D
Lusa_dublin I think you have one yes ????

James Howlett

keithgeo wrote: »

Probably my main collecting obsession is Boxed NES games and consoles. I must have had about 15 NES pass through my hands in the last 6 months, i usually buy em if they have a few games with them, region free and put in new 72pins in the consoles, then release them back into the wild for another 20 years :pac: I keep the games i dont have though so i usually make my money back on the consoles and my collection of games grows! ive about 40-50 boxed NES games now i think.

About time for a picture wouldn't you say?

Dr Bob

alpahaeagle wrote: »

This arrived in the post yesterday My childhood returns........:D
Lusa_dublin I think you have one yes ????

I do indeed , not boxed though or in that good nick, so well done there