Retro Shops/Bargains/Auction Links

Steve X2

Taito F3 and Puzzle Bobble 4 in the marketplace for 35 euro
It's had the region mod done on it, not that it's much of a mod.

CathalDublin

One for Mr Ciderman
http://www.ukvac.com/forum/williams-robotron-uk_topic340137.html

MrVestek

Myrddin wrote: »

My thoughts exactly. It's this kind of half assed approach to things that bothers me about them. If they had a website with an ordering facility, not only would many more people be likely to buy from them in Dublin...but the whole bloody country! But no, can't be spending money these days on things like interweb sites :rolleyes: The RAGE...if you're watching....get a bloody website together dudes! It's very cheap, & would overnight increase your coverage over the whole country. Yes it'll cost a little, yes it's hassle packing up stuff to post, but it pays off...that's why other shops, y'know, do it

I don't think they have the staff to cover it at the minute to be honest with you.

Just like working in an IT environment this standardised practice. is something that needs to be set up from the get go as it can go so far that to back track would be way too much work and too much disruption.

Andrew76

Myrddin wrote: »

My thoughts exactly. It's this kind of half assed approach to things that bothers me about them. If they had a website with an ordering facility, not only would many more people be likely to buy from them in Dublin...but the whole bloody country! But no, can't be spending money these days on things like interweb sites :rolleyes: The RAGE...if you're watching....get a bloody website together dudes! It's very cheap, & would overnight increase your coverage over the whole country. Yes it'll cost a little, yes it's hassle packing up stuff to post, but it pays off...that's why other shops, y'know, do it

Lol they really rub you up the wrong way with not having an online shop. :pac:

They're too small for that imo and I don't think it would be 'very cheap' to setup. You'd need some sort of real-time stock management system to keep track of your stock levels (stock coming in, stock ordered, dispatched, returns...) - you'd probably also need to start barcoding the stock and use a scanner/til system that hooks into the backend system. No way you could keep track of things manually. It would add up to a few quid indeed.

Myrddin

MrVestek wrote: »

I don't think they have the staff to cover it at the minute to be honest with you.

Not sure I buy into that tbh, the shop could easily put a practice into place whereby items get posted out twice a week only. Orders get taken automatically via the would-be site...& a staff member packs them up when they get a chance over the course of the day. The site automatically removes the bought item from the inventory, & all the admin side of things is automatically done (in terms of inventory management etc). The only thing that needs to be done is the for bought item to be packaged up, an invoice printed out, & the address put in place form the order. Two postage days a week, tuesdays & thursdays say...sorted. No extra staff needed. It's a small store, not a corporate giant...these things are all easily implemented given the right approach. The payoff for the extra effort is the store gets a nationwide presence (and the potential for far greater sales figures that goes with that), rather than some clunky, & frankly ridiculous, facebook method of online trading.

Just like working in an IT environment this standardised practice. is something that needs to be set up from the get go as it can go so far that to back track would be way too much work and too much disruption.

Huh? The RAGE is too big of an entity now to get a dedicated website together which you can buy from? I have to be misunderstanding you there...

CathalDublin

Steve SI wrote: »

Taito F3 and Puzzle Bobble 4 in the marketplace for 35 euro
It's had the region mod done on it, not that it's much of a mod.

Seriously, take that down until next month:D

CosmicSmash

MrVestek wrote: »

I don't think they have the staff to cover it at the minute to be honest with you.

Just like working in an IT environment this standardised practice. is something that needs to be set up from the get go as it can go so far that to back track would be way too much work and too much disruption.

And that's exactly how I would feel about buying from them.

Steve X2

CathalDublin wrote: »

Seriously, take that down until next month:D

Haha, ah it has to go this weekend. It's been annoying me and in the way for ages. Tried to move it on before but no takers so dropped the price to silly low and hoping a regular here will grab it.

CiDeRmAn

CathalDublin wrote: »

One for Mr Ciderman
http://www.ukvac.com/forum/williams-robotron-uk_topic340137.html

It's beautiful!
I can't have it though
Best I can do is have it running on the Candy once I get a 2 player CP.

o1s1n

Steve SI wrote: »

Haha, ah it has to go this weekend. It's been annoying me and in the way for ages. Tried to move it on before but no takers so dropped the price to silly low and hoping a regular here will grab it.

Really tempted at that price (which is just silly to be honest!) But just don't have the space for it really

Steve X2

o1s1n wrote: »

Really tempted at that price (which is just silly to be honest!) But just don't have the space for it really

If it doesn't get moved this weekend I'm going to let the guest dog have at it, he likes PCB

CiDeRmAn

Steve SI wrote: »

If it doesn't get moved this weekend I'm going to let the guest dog have at it, he likes PCB

:eek:

TechnoFreek

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

It's beautiful!
I can't have it though
Best I can do is have it running on the Candy once I get a 2 player CP.

Any progress on the panel cidey?

CiDeRmAn

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Any progress on the panel cidey?

I've found a local steel fabricator that does small pieces with laser cutting.
While they don't appear to have done a cp they have examples of thin steel with holes cut, so I'm hopeful.

Los Lobos

o1s1n wrote: »

Receive stock - price stock - announce stock and list it for sale.

These steps are not interchangeable.

Yea but we all watch video's by the game chasers, and do they ever just pay the prices they're given?

What i mean is a shop selling retro games is a different animal, its not some chainstore so if the guy behind the counter knows that you're a collector, he'll meet ya in the middle, in my experience anyway.

I walked in a while back, saw a few boxed 2600 games at ridiculous prices, got talkin with ray, we haggled and done a deal. Win win!

TechnoFreek

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I've found a local steel fabricator that does small pieces with laser cutting.
While they don't appear to have done a cp they have examples of thin steel with holes cut, so I'm hopeful.

Any sense of price. Can't imagine a one off being cheap.

CiDeRmAn

No idea yet, I don't have a set of plans to give them either, so sizing will be difficult.

TechnoFreek

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

No idea yet, I don't have a set of plans to give them either, so sizing will be difficult.

I think you're mad going that route. I can think of three different lads online who offer those panels and have done all the hard work with measuring etc.

Player1 Gaming: Shane

eddhorse wrote: »

Not sure who here said there was a new gaming shop in Maynooth.

http://www.player1.ie

They have the standard PS3 PS4, Xbox , Nintendo and preowned.
I spotted a sega megadrive and numerous games for NES, SNES, Megadrive, N64, gameboy advance.
Some NES ones attached, sorry for the bad pic.

They also have a 2 player Mame machine.

Best of luck to them.

Eddhorse,

Glad you found us. We are still in our infancy, open just 3 and a half months now. We are working on building our retro game library so what you saw when you visited will definitely grow over the coming months. The website is still an early build too and will also be improved so be sure to check back. We have just started putting some of our retro games on the website for sale too but it is still work in progress. Anything sub 10 euro will probably be store walk in only but the stuff that is online will be free shipping in Ireland .

My name is Shane and I'm the boards representative for Player1 Gaming, feel free to contact me or call the store with any questions.

Regards,

Myrddin

Player1 Gaming: Shane wrote: »

Anything sub 10 euro will probably be store walk in only

That's my only criticism, personally I'm far more likely to buy in bulk with lower priced games. If you had games up on the site that were <€10 with free delivery, I know I'd prob do a fair bit of buying from you guys. While I'd still consider the dearer games, I think I'd be less likely to buy them. If it's at all feasible, you should consider throwing ALL your games up on the site Otherwise, great job...the free national shipping thing is how it should be done. If you get up & running, maybe consider the likes of 3 for 30 type deals etc

Player1 Gaming: Shane

Myrddin wrote: »

That's my only criticism, personally I'm far more likely to buy in bulk with lower priced games. If you had games up on the site that were <€10 with free delivery, I know I'd prob do a fair bit of buying from you guys. While I'd still consider the dearer games, I think I'd be less likely to buy them. If it's at all feasible, you should consider throwing ALL your games up on the site Otherwise, great job...the free national shipping thing is how it should be done. If you get up & running, maybe consider the likes of 3 for 30 type deals etc

Great feedback Myrddin.
When you do free shipping anything sub 10 euro is hard to break even on but I think you may have hit the nail with the 3 game bundle deals. I'm sure we could do some of our cheaper games at 3 for 10 or 3 for 15 and make it viable that way as it would be one shipment.

We'll discuss the sub 10 euro side of it here and post back if we can work something out.

Other suggestions are totally welcome too!

Myrddin

Player1 Gaming: Shane wrote: »

Great feedback Myrddin.
When you do free shipping anything sub 10 euro is hard to break even on but I think you may have hit the nail with the 3 game bundle deals. I'm sure we could do some of our cheaper games at 3 for 10 or 3 for 15 and make it viable that way as it would be one shipment.

We'll discuss the sub 10 euro side of it here and post back if we can work something out.

Other suggestions are totally welcome too!

Yeah thats understandable, the free post is a great way to incentivise business. As you say though, if you throw up your €10 and below games, you could lock them into a 3 for 30 type deal, to perhaps shift them on & keep the numbers turning. Fair play on being open to feedback, it's nice to see a retailer always open to potential improvements

Steve X2

Player1 Gaming: Shane wrote: »

Great feedback Myrddin.
When you do free shipping anything sub 10 euro is hard to break even on but I think you may have hit the nail with the 3 game bundle deals. I'm sure we could do some of our cheaper games at 3 for 10 or 3 for 15 and make it viable that way as it would be one shipment.

We'll discuss the sub 10 euro side of it here and post back if we can work something out.

Other suggestions are totally welcome too!

Yeah, free postage and good selection of retro games and hardware and you could count on me as a regular customer for sure. I usually have retro deliveries coming in to me ever second day, so I'd be glad to send some of my custom your way if the prices were good

Player1 Gaming: Shane

Steve SI wrote: »

Yeah, free postage and good selection of retro games and hardware and you could count on me as a regular customer for sure. I usually have retro deliveries coming in to me ever second day, so I'd be glad to send some of my custom your way if the prices were good

Great, well keep an eye on the site over the next 2 or 3 weeks and we'll start to update the retro end of things.

CiDeRmAn

A three pack of Gley Lancer, Phantasy Star IV and Musha comes in you can have €30, I'll even cover postage!

Andrew76

Sayonara Umiharakawase is 50% off (down to €12) on the e-shop for 3DS. Retr0 was singing it's praises not so long ago - puzzle platformer I believe. Just in case anyone was interested.

Retr0gamer

Not a puzzle platformer really. More like a platformer with really bizarre rope physics that can be fully exploited to do some very crazy and inventive things. More people should buy and play it!

Tomo.Murphy

Haven't gotten around to the 3DS version yet, but I loved the Super Famicom version. Is the level design any different to the earlier games? From what I've seen of the PS1/PSP games they're pretty much just a port of the original.

Retr0gamer

It's a brand new game, the 3rd in the series.

Tomo.Murphy

What was the 2nd? Was there one on the DS?

Retr0gamer

The first was on the SNES, the second was on the PS1. The DS version has the first and second games together and some new levels. It's pretty hard to find!

johnny_ultimate

Andrew76 wrote: »

Sayonara Umiharakawase is 50% off (down to €12) on the e-shop for 3DS. Retr0 was singing it's praises not so long ago - puzzle platformer I believe. Just in case anyone was interested.

Cheers, didn't even know it had been released on the European eShop.

Game seems solidly enjoyable, but it has been a long, long time since I've played a game so straight-up ugly. Absolutely horrid art design As much as the 'graphics don't really matter' arguments hold some weight, these are almost distractingly nasty.

TechnoFreek

Check out this Neo Geo collection for sale.

http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65186&title=reluctant-mvs-collection-for-sale-in-the-uk-and-sh

Retr0gamer

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Cheers, didn't even know it had been released on the European eShop.

Game seems solidly enjoyable, but it has been a long, long time since I've played a game so straight-up ugly. Absolutely horrid art design As much as the 'graphics don't really matter' arguments hold some weight, these are almost distractingly nasty.

Well the series has always been fugly as ****. Part of the charm. It was indie before that was even a thing, made by a one man team. Purists would recoil in horror if it didn't have crappy backdrops and terrible fish enemies :pac:

o1s1n

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Check out this Neo Geo collection for sale.

Suddenly I don't feel like such a freak :pac:

johnny_ultimate

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Well the series has always been fugly as ****. Part of the charm. It was indie before that was even a thing, made by a one man team. Purists would recoil in horror if it didn't have crappy backdrops and terrible fish enemies :pac:

Proof that purists sometimes should be ignored

The fish designs are amusing, but other than that it's just dreadful looking. Not charming dreadful either. When tiny or one man teams can produce games like Dust, Braid or Device 6, then sadly I don't think there's much defence anymore for such poor artwork for a new game. The game is still fun, mind, but this is one case where stronger visuals would have been a definite benefit. And they could have easily kept the dodgy fish

Andrew76

Just got an email from GOG about their 6th Birthday Sale.

Has anyone watched that Pixel Poetry documentary? Just wondering if it's worth the fiver asking price.

http://www.gog.com/movie/pixel_poetry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UGx99edP60

80s Synth Pop

Monkeykube wrote: »

Nintendo UK had it but cancelled orders to parcel motel addresses, only GAME seem to have had it in the UK. It was available from Germany on preorder here, that link came from over on the Nintendo forum, but seems to be out of stock there now too. Seems to be thin on the ground all over:(

I was looking around online for the Bayonetta 2 First Print Edition. It seemed that http://www.amazon.fr/Bayonetta-2-édition-première/dp/B00NBPD8ZK/ had a copy to order until I translated "Inscrivez-vous pour être prévenu lorsque cet article sera disponible" to basically mean sold out

As a consolation though they had the hard to find "Hyrule Warrious limited edition" still available www.amazon.fr/Nintendo-Hyrule-Warriors-édition-limitée/dp/B00MFPSR2Q

OwaynOTT

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

I was looking around online for the Bayonetta 2 First Print Edition. It seemed that http://www.amazon.fr/Bayonetta-2-édition-première/dp/B00NBPD8ZK/ had a copy to order until I translated "Inscrivez-vous pour être prévenu lorsque cet article sera disponible" to basically mean sold out

As a consolation though they had the hard to find "Hyrule Warrious limited edition" still available www.amazon.fr/Nintendo-Hyrule-Warriors-édition-limitée/dp/B00MFPSR2Q

I may be stupid but what's the difference between the first print bayonetta and the limted edition 2 game?

Star Lord

OwaynOTT wrote: »

I may be stupid but what's the difference between the first print bayonetta and the limted edition 2 game?

Limited edition has the two games. The First Print edition comes in a fancy replica of a book from the game and includes an art of Bayonetta book in it.

OwaynOTT

Star Lord wrote: »

Limited edition has the two games. The First Print edition comes in a fancy replica of a book from the game and includes an art of Bayonetta book in it.

Sold out everywhere I assume

Star Lord

Yup, sold out within the day I think.

CosmicSmash

Didn't know whether to link this here or over in the dreamers thread. A retro gaming console, 250 euro. Only two left, be quick.
http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/retro-gaming-console/6383794

o1s1n

Well here's one which may horrify ciderdude.

A Robotron cab - that's had the bottom section lopped off to cut it down for some reason!

http://www.ukvac.com/forum/fo-williams-robotron-2084-mini-cab_topic340753.html

CiDeRmAn

o1s1n wrote: »

Well here's one which may horrify ciderdude.

A Robotron cab - that's had the bottom section lopped off to cut it down for some reason!

http://www.ukvac.com/forum/fo-williams-robotron-2084-mini-cab_topic340753.html

:eek:

No sign of a price either...

I'd love one though, nearly thinking of that rough and ready cab Mitch has on Adverts and doing a conversion, except I like being married and being physically attached to my gonads, rather than having to appreciate them on a shelf, floating in a jar of formaldehyde.

CosmicSmash

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

:eek:

No sign of a price either...

I'd love one though, nearly thinking of that rough and ready cab Mitch has on Adverts and doing a conversion, except I like being married and being physically attached to my gonads, rather than having to appreciate them on a shelf, floating in a jar of formaldehyde.

That's not a bad cab, needs a good clean up but looks solid. If I had the space I'd take it, cheap base cab for a Robotron conversion as you said. A cab you've always wanted, you can tell Mrs Ciderman you won it a raffle to help raise funds for a needy cause. The cause may well be the reattachment of your b@lls after you return home with it, only time may tell if this will be the case.

If push comes to shove and you do lose your b@lls, I will take it upon myself to sell enough tickets to cover the cost of any surgery you may need in the future as a direct result from the purchase of the cab. It's a win win situation, you get your cab and you get your b@lls back.

CiDeRmAn

Yeah ,
And on a brighter note I could cut it down, like the Robotron one, so I could play it from my wheelchair!

OwaynOTT

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

I was looking around online for the Bayonetta 2 First Print Edition. It seemed that http://www.amazon.fr/Bayonetta-2-édition-première/dp/B00NBPD8ZK/ had a copy to order until I translated "Inscrivez-vous pour être prévenu lorsque cet article sera disponible" to basically mean sold out

As a consolation though they had the hard to find "Hyrule Warrious limited edition" still available www.amazon.fr/Nintendo-Hyrule-Warriors-édition-limitée/dp/B00MFPSR2Q

Will this edition be a french language box and booklet?

TechnoFreek

Starship Troopers Pin over on j+

http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=64009&title=starship-troopers-pinball

the groutch

Bargain

http://www.adverts.ie/6384825