The Revenge of the Post Here When You Get Something New thread

CiDeRmAn

Mother of gods, just got a text from Parcel Motel to inform me that one yesterday mornings purchases has been delivered to my friendly neighbourhood Parcel Motel!

There's something quantum about it all, I'm sure of it!

The Last Bandit

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Mother of gods, just got a text from Parcel Motel to inform me that one yesterday mornings purchases has been delivered to my friendly neighbourhood Parcel Motel!

There's something quantum about it all, I'm sure of it!

You can thank Royal Mail more that Parcel Motel really. Anything I've ordered from the UK takes at least a week via the An Post route and 2 -3 days via Parcel Motel so its actually worth the premium if speed delivery is needed.

Myrddin

nuxxx wrote: »

Very jelly, only got the loose versions :mad:

Yeah they're basically pornographic, I couldn't refuse. I only bought them for the articles though

antor

Got this at a car booty yesterday for the pricey sum of €3. He was looking for a fiver but I managed to haggle him down

Shenmue has never looked so good

o1s1n

Picked up a Sega ST-V with Die Hard Arcade from the Mitch man.

Now just have to hunt down a Souky cart

Andrew76

Had the pleasure of playing STV Sheinryu recently, excellent game and worth picking up if you can.

Ianobeano

antor wrote: »

Got this at a car booty yesterday for the pricey sum of €3. He was looking for a fiver but I managed to haggle him down

Shenmue has never looked so good

You got a VGA box for 3 euro !!!!!????? Jesus wept...... careful of the switches, they have a tendency to snap easily.

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

First n64 game I've bought in about 5 years! Kinda want to get the collection out of storage.

Not a good game to get the PAL version of. It's incredibly fast meaning it's more severley affected by PAL slowdown than other games. I need to get it in NTSC myself.

o1s1n

Andrew76 wrote: »

Had the pleasure of playing STV Sheinryu recently, excellent game and worth picking up if you can.

Never heard of that one. Just had a look on youtube, very Raiden-esque! Will definitely pick that up

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Not a good game to get the PAL version of. It's incredibly fast meaning it's more severley affected by PAL slowdown than other games. I need to get it in NTSC myself.

I was thinking that myself! The collector in me bought it, couldn't say no to a complete boxed version for a tenner.

Myrddin

Nice GET! on the STV o1s1n, your building quite the collection of arcade hardware man :cool:

o1s1n

EnterNow wrote: »

Nice GET! on the STV o1s1n, your building quite the collection of arcade hardware man :cool:

I think I'm close to my limit, they take up so much feckin space! I've a Raiden board and two more MVS carts waiting in Bray to be collected :eek:

James Howlett

pdbhp wrote: »

Got loads of games today in Smyths.

Blast works on Wii
Golden Sun Dark Dawn on DS
Warioware D.I.Y on DS
Resident Evil Revelations on 3DS

All of these brand new for the gargantuan price of € 20.98 happy days:D

Picked up a copy of Resident Evil myself courtesy of your notification here, nice one

o1s1n

For those interested in a size comparison (mainly because I had it in my head that ST-V carts were really small)

Andrew76

Speaking of sizes, is the GBA cart the smallest game media there's been? Actually no, the DS cart is smaller. Or is there another cart smaller again?

Atavan-Halen

Andrew76 wrote: »

Speaking of sizes, is the GBA cart the smallest game media there's been? Actually no, the DS cart is smaller. Or is there another cart smaller again?

Pokemon mini carts are minuscule!

Retr0gamer

Andrew76 wrote: »

Speaking of sizes, is the GBA cart the smallest game media there's been? Actually no, the DS cart is smaller. Or is there another cart smaller again?

Vita games are very small. Wonderswan games as well would be smaller than GBA game carts.

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Vita games are very small. Wonderswan games as well would be smaller than GBA game carts.

Game.com carts are pretty tiny too. Not sure if theyre as small as all this modern flash based stuff but they were particularly small when they came out.

SnakePlissken

Maybe ngage game cards?

Dr Bob

Mouse and MarioPaint CIB
TBH probably sticking this guy up for trade, as I'm not really a SNES person lately (I have been thinking about getting the NES collection going again though.

Atavan-Halen

Just one from the charity shop today. NTSC jet set radio and sega gt for the Xbox. Already have sega gt but not jet set radio.

Ianobeano

atavan-halen wrote: »

Just one from the charity shop today. NTSC jet set radio and sega gt for the Xbox. Already have sega gt but not jet set radio.

Nice to get it with the case, I've seen plenty of loose discs out there.

MrVestek

WHERE ARE ALL THESE MYSTERY CHARITY SHOPS LINED WITH GOLDUST?!

Ianobeano

Achilles wrote: »

WHERE ARE ALL THESE MYSTERY CHARITY SHOPS LINED WITH GOLDUST?!

Seems myself and atavan-halen have the same hunting grounds...

CiDeRmAn

The last time I commented on charity shops I was abused by a random forum surfer person...
So no comments this time!

Ianobeano

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

The last time I commented on charity shops I was abused by a random forum surfer person...
So no comments this time!

Charity shop hunts aren't for everyone, quality tends to be lacking, and of course the smell generally puts people off, luckily enough I've found some mint items on my hunts, plus my poor sinuses are a bonus !!!

CiDeRmAn

Typically I only find Fifa and other tripe for the PS2.
I haven't been to the Sunday Markets in while though, next dry Sunday I'll head up.

Ianobeano

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Typically I only find Fifa and other tripe for the PS2.
I haven't been to the Sunday Markets in while though, next dry Sunday I'll head up.

Was at one Sunday gone, what a waste.... however, bright side, popped into Steve Si on the way home and bagged JAP Dreamcast games D2 and Maken X !!!

Jack burton

I did find a MD II for a fiver a few weeks ago. Have it lined up for a rags to riches project!

CiDeRmAn

The arcade stick for the Wii arrived, all for a tenner, including Parcel Motel stay.
And what's it like for a tenner? I hear one or two of you ask, not bad, not great either mind.
The stick seems quite loose, you can move it quite a bit before it clicks and registers the action but, get used to that, and it's serviceable.
I'm damn sure it's not a patch on the official stick but it'll do til find one

MrVestek

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

The arcade stick for the Wii arrived, all for a tenner, including Parcel Motel stay.
And what's it like for a tenner? I hear one or two of you ask, not bad, not great either mind.
The stick seems quite loose, you can move it quite a bit before it clicks and registers the action but, get used to that, and it's serviceable.
I'm damn sure it's not a patch on the official stick but it'll do til find one

Source?

CiDeRmAn

Achilles wrote: »

Source?

Just searched ebay, Wii stick, cheapest item was the Logic 3 Arcade Stick, it sells for around 15 elsewhere.
Apparently it will also work a treat with the likes of Tekken on the WiiU, not that I'm likely to run out and get it anytime soon!

CiDeRmAn

Just sold my kaput 60gb PS3 for €30 and then bought Ni No Kuni for €50 off a guy, so it cost me €20, happy with that.
Now to play the first 20 minutes and then never play it again!!

KeRbDoG

For some reason I've always wanted a Commando arcade board, not that I've played the orignal arcade machine before but have fond memories of playing the game on a Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC464.
Well, I was on holiday in a place with internet access...bad move, eBay happened It was half the price (inc. crazy shipping costs) of another board was I eyeing up before.

A Classic Capcom to JAMMA adapter on route also.



This might just end up in a frame on the wall. While I have a New Net City to JAMMA kit for my cab I can't see myself rotating the monitor

The Last Bandit

Few more cheapo discs picked up.

o1s1n

Bit bored this evening so I thought I'd take that ISS Sample I picked up recently apart.

First interesting thing, no security screws. Just standard ones. I'm pretty sure all the other carts like this I have which I've opened up had gamebits. I guess Konami weren't that concerned with anyone ripping off the code :eek:



Back of the battery looks like it's been hand soldered.



Standard eeprom chips you see on samples and protos. I do like when the windows have been covered up by the developers



Here's why they didn't care about the security screws, the eeproms have been soldered to the board through little rings. I think my other snes samples have socketed chips? Will need to check.



Only had a quick blast but it looks to be the same as retail. Ah well, can't go wrong with €30!

CiDeRmAn

All good barring Midway 3, never liked it and I have it there.
The other two are gold.

I picked up a few things today,

Kidou Soukou Dion- Snes


1943- Famicom


Twinbee- Famicom


Tiger Heli- Famicom


And I bought and collected them from.... Pyongyang!

Great to see and talk to him again, we won't see him at this Beers but hopefully one soon, all is cool anywho, which is great.

OwaynOTT

o1s1n wrote: »

Bit bored this evening so I thought I'd take that ISS Sample I picked up recently apart.

First interesting thing, no security screws. Just standard ones. I'm pretty sure all the other carts like this I have which I've opened up had gamebits. I guess Konami weren't that concerned with anyone ripping off the code :eek:



Back of the battery looks like it's been hand soldered.



Standard eeprom chips you see on samples and protos. I do like when the windows have been covered up by the developers



Here's why they didn't care about the security screws, the eeproms have been soldered to the board through little rings. I think my other snes samples have socketed chips? Will need to check.



Only had a quick blast but it looks to be the same as retail. Ah well, can't go wrong with €30!

I thought the screws where a bit unusual for a snes cart all right. I never gave it a whirl myself and would be interested if it deviated much from the released version. Is it the jp or uk/euro version?
If its pal I think it is a full year between it and the release, you'd imagine there would be a difference.
Its a steal for 30..I had a guy tell me it was worth 60-70 pounds if it differed much. He sells a lot of those type of things.

OwaynOTT

Also just got first editions of Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett's first two discworld books for €48 including post.
My discworld collection is really coming along and I'm even venturing into variant covers now, which is kind of worrying.

o1s1n

OwaynOTT wrote: »

I thought the screws where a bit unusual for a snes cart all right. I never gave it a whirl myself and would be interested if it deviated much from the released version. Is it the jp or uk/euro version?
If its pal I think it is a full year between it abd the release, you'd imagine thete woukd be a difference.
Its a steal for 30..I had a guy tell me it was worth 60-70 pounds if it differed much. He sells a lot of those type of things.

It was released in Japan in November 94 - a month before this Sample.

However it's the PAL English version of the game... the retail English release wasn't until 6 months later. So it all depends why the English version was delayed so long really! Maybe there's a difference in the translation. I'll have a look out for that.

Price varies a lot. I've bought an early version beta which is worth a good few quid for a mere 40 or 50 on ebay...then bought samples for far more which turned out to be just the retail release on eeproms. Luck of the draw really!

If something is different to retail and undumped, it's always going to be worth a bit...but unfortunately most of these carts had more than one made, so they've all long since been dumped.

Haven't been able to find an image of this around though.

OwaynOTT

o1s1n wrote: »

It was released in Japan in November 94 - a month before this Sample.

However it's the PAL English version of the game... the retail English release wasn't until 6 months later. So it all depends why the English version was delayed so long really! Maybe there's a difference in the translation. I'll have a look out for that.

Price varies a lot. I've bought an early version beta which is worth a good few quid for a mere 40 or 50 on ebay...then bought samples for far more which turned out to be just the retail release on eeproms. Luck of the draw really!

If something is different to retail and undumped, it's always going to be worth a bit...but unfortunately most of these carts had more than one made, so they've all long since been dumped.

Haven't been able to find an image of this around though.

I found to get hard to get any info at all really but thing I don't usually truck with that kind of stuff and didn't really know where to look.
If it turns out to be extremely rare and an absolute amazing find, I expect to be reunited with it now o1s1n and fairly sharpish I might add.


On a unrelated note I recently picked up two gamecube games to add to my collection. Twin Snakes and Mario Baseball.
All ready have Twin Snakes but the box was a bit tatty and was missing one or two bits of paperwork. Got this for €12 from adverts and it was in Athlone so sister done the leg work on it. Couldn't really pass it up for that price.
Mario Baseball is a new opened copy, like what Xtravision sometimes do, that originally came from Ken Blacks in Portlaoise and I got it from a guy from my hometown. Not an amazing price but still decent at €40 when the condition is looked at.
They are my only gaming purchases since Chrono Trigger and Saturn Bomberman from before Christmas. It really has been a drought for me in the last 2 months.

CosmicSmash

For anybody starting out on the Gamecube route US releases are a lot cheaper in comparison to PAL titles. PAL games have held their value and still command high enough prices for the more sought after games.

o1s1n

One problem with US gamecubes - they don't output RGB.

I have an S video cable for mine and it is better than composite, but it's still not quite as nice as RGB.

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

One problem with US gamecubes - they don't output RGB.

I have an S video cable for mine and it is better than composite, but it's still not quite as nice as RGB.

A €5 XenoGC chip in a PAL console = RGB Region Free Goodness. Though you can use the likes of freeloader, I'm not a fan of boot/loader discs at all

CiDeRmAn

Re Gamecube, I'm pretty happy with it as it is, then again, it doesn't get switched on very often now.
Last new thing for it was Chibi Robo, must pick up a few more things.

CosmicSmash

o1s1n wrote: »

One problem with US gamecubes - they don't output RGB.

I have an S video cable for mine and it is better than composite, but it's still not quite as nice as RGB.

After all these years I have learned something new about Gamecube software. The NTSC software actually outputs in 480p where as PAL software is 480i. Just tried it on a Jap Cube with Star Soldier and it's true 480p. There is no option given on the PAL machine when using the cable. I don't think it would make any difference if you used a NTSC machine with a free loader and PAL games. Why do we always get shafted in Europe by Nintendo and why did they ever put the component port on PAL machines in the first place?

Myrddin

Monkeykube wrote: »

After all these years I have learned something new about Gamecube software. The NTSC software actually outputs in 480p where as PAL software is 480i. Just tried it on a Jap Cube with Star Soldier and it's true 480p. There is no option given on the PAL machine when using the cable. I don't think it would make any difference if you used a NTSC machine with a free loader and PAL games. Why do we always get shafted in Europe by Nintendo and why did they ever put the component port on PAL machines in the first place?

I'll have to check but I'm fairly sure a chipped PAL GC allows you to boot the games in 480p, so the console at least is capable of doing it. Stupid restrictions are stupid

CosmicSmash

If you can find out I would get it done tomorrow, I hope it's not true I read it here. Don't think I would bother replacing all my PAL games at this stage, possibly play backups on a chipped machine if you can still get the cases with the big lids;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_GameCube_games_with_480p_and_16:9_support

CiDeRmAn

I must get my GC chpped so, it was supplanted for some time, in the living room at least, by the GC functionality of the Wii, now the WiiU rules the living room it is the Wii's turn to live in the shade, while the GC will be getting some much needed use at long last!
Chipping will make it region free, yes?
Awesome, the one game I want there is the Mr Driller title, Drill Land.

Myrddin

Monkeykube wrote: »

If you can find out I would get it done tomorrow, I hope it's not true I read it here. Don't think I would bother replacing all my PAL games at this stage, possibly play backups on a chipped machine if you can still get the cases with the big lids;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_GameCube_games_with_480p_and_16:9_support

Its listed as being able to:

Force NTSC display mode - Press X button during disc load.
PAL/NTSC region force

http://www.eurasia.nu/shop/product_info.php?cPath=53&products_id=300

Myrddin

Seems to work alright, its the games that are limited not the hardware:

That's right. I was able to run Baten Kaitos Origins (US) and Adventure Island (J) in progressive mode on a PAL Xeno Gamecube.

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?35214-Xeno-GC/page2