Arcade and Retro General Chat in Karkariko Village Tavern: Live Ocarina Music

o1s1n · 03-04-2014 10:24am

Mine is gone now, so no use to me

The Last Bandit · 03-04-2014 10:26am

No room for it

Mine is still in the press taking up valuable "shoe space" apparently so could also be destined for a skip.

03-04-2014 10:28am

o1s1n wrote: »

Mine is gone now, so no use to me

Gone to that great big arcade in the sky??

o1s1n · 03-04-2014 11:16am

Left behind in my previous residence.

So am going to assume the person who moves in after me will be a CRT hobbiest who will restore it to it's former glory /head in sand

o1s1n · 03-04-2014 11:34am

Did anyone see a show on last night (I can't remember what channel) about collectors in the UK?

They had a guy on it with a Star Wars collection containing 35,000 pieces :eek: it completely filled his house (he had a wife and children too!) floor to ceiling boxes.

They took it all out and put it in a warehouse just to show him the scale. Whole floor of the warehouse was full, the size of it was insane.

Funny thing was they were all 'do you feel embarrassed/ashamed at all?' - but he just didn't get how mental the collection had gotten, had a big smile of pride across his face.

Then they had a crazy oul one with 300 dolls and 76 prams. Her poor grandkids hadn't a clue what to do with it all once she passed on.

There was also a guy who had 22,000 die cast toy vans. Think those little matchbox toys.

His whole attic was covered in them. All still sealed on card. 22,000 of the same type of van, just in different colours/with different artwork.

Anyway, it made me feel like less of a freak

DinoRex · 03-04-2014 11:36am

I saw a documentary about Star Wars fans on Netflix. Those collectors are crazy, there is so much utter tat with the Star Wars brand name on it and they have to have it all.

03-04-2014 11:37am

Yea I seen that show,
Last week there was a fella with £250,000 worth of taxidermy,
it was pure class.

I didnt understand how the lego storm trooper was worth so much,
surely anyone could make it.......i mean it is made out of lego!

CiDeRmAn · 03-04-2014 12:36pm

Steves collection laid out will be like that, except in his case it'll have to be two warehouses full! Full of identical precious things.

Doge · 03-04-2014 12:38pm

DinoRex wrote: »

there is so much utter tat with the Star Wars brand name on it and they have to have it all.

A bit like the user's on here that own a CD-i eh?

MrVestek · 03-04-2014 12:40pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Funny thing was they were all 'do you feel embarrassed/ashamed at all?' - but he just didn't get how mental the collection had gotten, had a big smile of pride across his face.

That really annoys me about people. I collect somethings but try to keep it to scale, some toys... props... video games etc.

I know it annoys the crap out of Shannon but it makes me happy and she sees that... to a point anyway. I don't want to fill the house with junk either, I keep it nice and neat and on display to the best of my ability.

If it's not harming anybody then who are they to judge? I think living a normal 9-5 going to the pub all the time kinda lifestyle is boring.

Do I go around telling people they need to sort their life out and rediscover their inner child?

No because it's none of my business how anybody else lives their life.

CiDeRmAn · 03-04-2014 12:52pm

I think people tend to legitimately worry when you start collecting your faeces in shoeboxes and your urine in milk bottles.
That's usually when my colleagues step in and say enough is enough.
A mint diorama of Han and Greedo really isn't much to be concerned about, even if you own 26,000 of them.

ghostchant · 03-04-2014 1:50pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

A mint diorama of Han and Greedo really isn't much to be concerned about, even if you own 26,000 of them.

If it pretty much fills your house floor to ceiling, which is also supposed to be home to your wife and kids, then I think it'd be fair for them feel a bit put-out by it. Didn't see the show, just saw mention above of the 'filling the house' part

o1s1n · 03-04-2014 1:56pm

ghostchant wrote: »

If it pretty much fills your house floor to ceiling, which is also supposed to be home to your wife and kids, then I think it'd be fair for them feel a bit put-out by it. Didn't see the show, just saw mention above of the 'filling the house' part

That definitely was extreme and he did come across as really selfish as a result. The poor kids even had stack and stacks of boxes of starwars stuff in their bedrooms :eek:

CiDeRmAn · 03-04-2014 2:02pm

I can see a few kids in these parts having to share living quarters with twin sit down cabs and Pinball machines!

Star Lord · 03-04-2014 2:08pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I can see a few kids in these parts having to share living quarters with twin sit down cabs and Pinball machines!

Lucky kids.

DinoRex · 03-04-2014 2:30pm

waveform wrote: »

A bit like the user's on here that own a CD-i eh?

I don't think collecting all the tat available for the CD-i would fill even a single drawer.

CiDeRmAn · 03-04-2014 3:19pm

Buying all the good stuff for the CDi is surprisingly cheap and easy to do, given there isn't any and so can be gotten everywhere and will cost you nothing.
Picture it,
Call into your local butchers or retro game shop and ask for all the good games for the CDi and you'll walk out with the same haul, empty handed.
Unless you're Retr0gamer...
Poor deluded b@stard

o1s1n · 03-04-2014 3:24pm

Is it wrong that I keep thinking of the 3DO when people say CD-i and vice versa? :pac:

Myrddin · 03-04-2014 3:35pm

I set out a few years ago to pick up all the decent CD-i games, despite not owning the machine. It can be done cheaply, & relatively quickly despite the apparent rarity of some of the titles. I keep them all on display too, here's a pick I took recently of the collection

johnny_ultimate · 03-04-2014 3:41pm

Just to preempt Retr0's inevitable comment:

No, that platforming Zelda CDi game is not misunderstood, even if you give it a chance. It is very well understood as the complete rubbish that it is :pac:

o1s1n · 03-04-2014 4:04pm

Are there many CD-i on this forum?

I know Retr0 has one, is that it?

DinoRex · 03-04-2014 4:08pm

I'm a master at Burn:cycle

o1s1n · 03-04-2014 4:18pm

I was well impressed by that Super Mario's Wacky Worlds prototype. Mad that the one half decent looking game was the one that didn't get released.

The Last Bandit · 03-04-2014 4:21pm

I got one and for all its many many faults, it has the best quality composite video output I've seen on any console.

Controllers are stupid though.

Steve X2 · 03-04-2014 4:24pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Is it wrong that I keep thinking of the 3DO when people say CD-i and vice versa? :pac:

o1s1n wrote: »

Are there many CD-i on this forum?

I know Retr0 has one, is that it?

I've no love for them, but have a couple different models knocking around.

Hygro · 03-04-2014 5:09pm

Hey, was thinking about starting an xbox cabinet mame project ... yet again ... I fell off the wagon (assuming that being ON the wagon is keeping up the retro love) a couple of years back after a fool of a friend of mine threw out a couple of poker cab carcasses that I was asking him to hold onto for me to create my Frankenstein's monster of a cabinet. KHAAAAAN!!!

Anyway, the real point of this post is that I bought parts from arcademachines.ie when I upgraded my Supreme cabinet back in 2011, so I went to look on their site again to check out prices for my upcoming summer project, but they seem to be gone as the link doesn't work anymore. Anyone know what happened to them?

Steve X2 · 03-04-2014 6:00pm

The arcademachines.ie guy emigrated to the US or canada I think.
Shop wasn't the best anyway to be honest.

Chris_Heilong · 03-04-2014 9:48pm

I picked up hole saw drill bits in Aldi last night, think they were €11.99. They have the all important 1 1/8 saw for cutting out buttons.

CiDeRmAn · 03-04-2014 11:14pm

Notice Retr0's absence from this thread, he may be crying somewhere...

CiDeRmAn · 04-04-2014 7:22am

For some reason the seller I was dealing with on eBay has locked me out of the auctions for the Kirby stuff.
I was lined up to buy 5 titles, 1 Snes, 4 GB and had shipping agreed but when I hit the pay it now button I was unable and got a message to say the seller had excluded me.
Bum!
Apparently the issue may be with the eBay system otherwise it is odd

Retr0gamer · 04-04-2014 9:01am

I just finished both seasons of the Higurashi anime. It was some of the best tv I've ever seen. It's also the only adaptation of a videogame that doesn't suck. It's got everything, great characters, a mystery to try and unravel and it jumps genres like crazy yet still manages to work and come to a satisfying conclusion in the end.

OwaynOTT · 04-04-2014 10:15am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

For some reason the seller I was dealing with on eBay has locked me out of the auctions for the Kirby stuff.
I was lined up to buy 5 titles, 1 Snes, 4 GB and had shipping agreed but when I hit the pay it now button I was unable and got a message to say the seller had excluded me.
Bum!
Apparently the issue may be with the eBay system otherwise it is odd

Isn't there an option to stop buyers who have bought from you in the last then days from buying again?
Probably that id say.

Dr Bob · 04-04-2014 10:20am

right ..prototype podcast thingy up on my page

lets get geeky

CiDeRmAn · 04-04-2014 11:00am

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Isn't there an option to stop buyers who have bought from you in the last then days from buying again?
Probably that id say.

But I haven't bought anything yet!
I contacted him/her, asked them about combined postage on the items, we agreed on a price and the next day, when I went to pay for them, I get the message that I can't.
My feedback is excellent.
Don't know whats going on.
I sent a couple of messages since and no replies.
Bugger!

eddhorse · 04-04-2014 6:44pm

http://geekischic.co.uk/space-invaders-floppy-disk

Retro Tshirts

CiDeRmAn · 04-04-2014 9:58pm

Now, fix done on the Turbo Express, got sound, lovely lovely sound.
Was lazy though and instead of asking the kerbster to replace all 17 capacitors he just installed an extra one on the wrong side and now is playing Bonks Adventure I'm all its sonic glory!

OwaynOTT · 05-04-2014 12:23pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

But I haven't bought anything yet!
I contacted him/her, asked them about combined postage on the items, we agreed on a price and the next day, when I went to pay for them, I get the message that I can't.
My feedback is excellent.
Don't know whats going on.
I sent a couple of messages since and no replies.
Bugger!

Oh right. Your just being blocked for being a reseller/rebuyer then.

CiDeRmAn · 05-04-2014 12:29pm

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Oh right. Your just being blocked for being a reseller/rebuyer then.

Took me a moment to get that...
Very sarcastic!

I love it!

OwaynOTT · 05-04-2014 1:11pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Took me a moment to get that...
Very sarcastic!

I love it!

Atavan-Halen · 05-04-2014 2:44pm

I submitted a best offer on an eBay item last night and woke up this morning to find out I got it, which I'm delighted about because it's a game that's been on my hitlist for a couple of years and is rapidly going up in value.

Got 3 messages from the seller today within 20 minutes of each other asking for my zip code which is a bit odd as my address is verified and all that. Sent him back a message saying we don't use zip codes in Ireland and sent him my address again.

Just find the thing a bit odd tbh. Any thoughts? He's a Spanish seller so maybe he's just not sure of international addresses.

Myrddin · 05-04-2014 2:46pm

Something to do with how ebay manages & prints address labels? Btw, that 'import fees' addition to ebay is a right *** up.

Atavan-Halen · 05-04-2014 2:49pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Something to do with how ebay manages & prints address labels? Btw, that 'import fees' addition to ebay is a right *** up.

Could be. Should be fine anyway....I hope!

It's absolute pain in the hoop alright. There's a couple of US games I want but any for a decent price always are part of the global shipping program and add on ridiculous import and postage fees.