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

CosmicSmash

Keno wrote: »

Will the one below work, does anyone know?

I think they're good for most US or Jap consoles, but I would prefer to source suitable 220v power supply if it was possible.

I picked up a psu for a super famicom from Consolegoods a while back, it doesen't get near as warm as the original jap psu plugged in to one of them adapters you were looking at.

Consolegoods are a decent supplier, maybe not the cheapest but I never had a problem with anything I got from them before and I've only heard good things said of them.

Click the snes icon on the left and go into consoles and accessories to see the range of psu for us and jap consoles.
http://consolegoods.co.uk/

Kylo Ren

Monkeykube wrote: »

I think they're good for most US or Jap consoles, but I would prefer to source suitable 220v power supply if it was possible.

I picked up a psu for a super famicom from Consolegoods a while back, it doesen't get near as warm as the original jap psu plugged in to one of them adapters you were looking at.

Consolegoods are a decent supplier, maybe not the cheapest but I never had a problem with anything I got from them before and I've only heard good things said of them.

Click the snes icon on the left and go into consoles and accessories to see the range of psu for us and jap consoles.
http://consolegoods.co.uk/

Thanks for that. I was looking at that site earlier but since it was a bit more expensive I said I'd choose the other one.

"UK mains adaptor/power supply unit for imported USA SNES consoles" for £13.90 do the job?

Also, will the cables with the console work on our TV's or will I have to buy new ones?

CosmicSmash

Keno wrote: »

Thanks for that. I was looking at that site earlier but since it was a bit more expensive I said I'd choose the other one.

"UK mains adaptor/power supply unit for imported USA SNES consoles" for £13.90 do the job?

Also, will the cables with the console work on our TV's or will I have to buy new ones?

The lads name is Robert Webb, best to send him a mail to make sure on the psu but to me it looks like the one you want. You may get cheaper shipping with parcel motel given the weight of the psu, cables are different on the ntsc consoles so you will need a rgb cable. They have the cable listed at 5.90 on the same page.

pdbhp

Anybody having difficulty with Ebay, I just logged in and reset my password as per the mail from Ebay and blamo!! my account is suspended.

Well that's strange as I have not bought or even logged into Ebay for over a year.
Just waiting for a reply from a customer assistant, not happy at all with them

Edit: Fair play they sorted it immediately, seems to be a small issue with the password reset mumbo jumbo.

CiDeRmAn

pdbhp wrote: »

Anybody having difficulty with Ebay, I just logged in and reset my password as per the mail from Ebay and blamo!! my account is suspended.

Well that's strange as I have not bought or even logged into Ebay for over a year.
Just waiting for a reply from a customer assistant, not happy at all with them

Edit: Fair play they sorted it immediately, seems to be a small issue with the password reset mumbo jumbo.

Once someone doesn't buy a BMW on your account and have it shipped to the Philippines you should be fine!

pdbhp

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Once someone doesn't buy a BMW on your account and have it shipped to the Philippines you should be fine!

That's what I was expecting but when I checked my account there was no suspicious activity (except my suspicious activity).
There was no issue at all the nice girl helped me out and it took approx. 2 minutes, fair play to her.

CiDeRmAn

pdbhp wrote: »

That's what I was expecting but when I checked my account there was no suspicious activity (except my suspicious activity).
There was no issue at all the nice girl helped me out and it took approx. 2 minutes, fair play to her.

She didn't say she was called Sinead but spoke with a heavy eastern European accent?
If so expect a shipping container full of strippers to be delivered to your house in the morning.
Be sure to be in so you can sign for the delivery.
A large gent called Vlad will swing by in an unmarked van to collect them....

pdbhp

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

She didn't say she was called Sinead but spoke with a heavy eastern European accent?
If so expect a shipping container full of strippers to be delivered to your house in the morning.
Be sure to be in so you can sign for the delivery.
A large gent called Vlad will swing by in an unmarked van to collect them....

I would love a container full of strippers to turn up, it would beat the usual bills that come through the door.

I presume they were in the Ireland office in Blanch and have heard ye olde tales of the Nissan Micra of lore

CiDeRmAn

You ramraiding genius....

johnny_ultimate

And another console is about to be officially declared 'retro': http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-03-sony-to-discontinue-psp-in-japan-next-month

Start vacuum wrapping your UMDs for maximum grading potential!

o1s1n

I'm just amazed Sony are still making PSPs. For a console I always thought was a bit of a failure, 10 years really isn't shabby at all.

I guess all those jrpgs gave it a second lease of life!

pdbhp

Well the PSP became the JRPG machine of choice from about 2011 onwards and the Vita has now taken over so for once Sony and Co. are doing something right.

Los Lobos

Ordered the Vecflash today, heres hoping it lands by friday, can't wait! Now, any recommendations of what games to start with?

safetyboy

Got a couple of them Ikea Detolf cabinets today to try tidy stuff up. Every time we went to get them over the last few weeks they would be sold out by 10:30am

need to figure out where I'm going to put them before I build them so I assume they will lye unbuilt for weeks

They are nice though.

There heavy bastard. Hope you didn't have to get the bus!

CiDeRmAn

Los Lobos wrote: »

Ordered the Vecflash today, heres hoping it lands by friday, can't wait! Now, any recommendations of what games to start with?

I don't think you understand, everything will fit in it, all the official releases and all the homebrew that matters, it'll all fit and the flashing software will make a decent menu too so it's simple to navigate.

Los Lobos

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I don't think you understand, everything will fit in it, all the official releases and all the homebrew that matters, it'll all fit and the flashing software will make a decent menu too so it's simple to navigate.

Hmm, Richard himself said it holds 31 games, so with homebrews etc its a lot more than that. I think there are the guts of 80 odd games out there now.

Jack burton

So yep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioo0ukZ6P-4

the groutch

So NTSC-U for gamecube, is this an actual thing?
Seem some for sale and wasn't sure if they were legit.

Jack burton

Sent off stuff from an eBay sale last Wednesday up to the buyer in Dublin. It was just standard post. Buyer is saying the item still didn't arrive

Anybody have experience with anything like this?

DinoRex

This is kind of cool... an RPG where you only get to click once:

http://shimage.net/one-tap-quest/

Star Lord

DinoRex wrote: »

This is kind of cool... an RPG where you only get to click once:

http://shimage.net/one-tap-quest/

Or not at all...

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CiDeRmAn

Jack burton wrote: »

Sent off stuff from an eBay sale last Wednesday up to the buyer in Dublin. It was just standard post. Buyer is saying the item still didn't arrive

Anybody have experience with anything like this?

Was it a lot? As in are you going to be out of pocket?
Could be in a backlog after the bank holiday, whats his feedback like?

Optimus Prime

safetyboy wrote: »

Got a couple of them Ikea Detolf cabinets today to try tidy stuff up. Every time we went to get them over the last few weeks they would be sold out by 10:30am

need to figure out where I'm going to put them before I build them so I assume they will lye unbuilt for weeks

They are nice though.

Are they your Masterpiece transformers?

CathalDublin

Jack burton wrote: »

Sent off stuff from an eBay sale last Wednesday up to the buyer in Dublin. It was just standard post. Buyer is saying the item still didn't arrive

Anybody have experience with anything like this?

That's a long time alright, I know in my area its a different postman that delivers parcels and he only drops by twice/week so I'd give it another few days before worrying.
Did you put a return address on the parcel?
Did you put enough stamps to definitely cover the cost?
I once stuck 2 60cent stamps on a small package(phone case) and sent it off, packet went missing then arrived back in my letterbox 10days later with a huge sticker stating it was being returned for not paying enough to cover the postage, I went into the post office later on that day and they only charged me 1.05, bastards

STG.Otaku

Jack burton wrote: »

Sent off stuff from an eBay sale last Wednesday up to the buyer in Dublin. It was just standard post. Buyer is saying the item still didn't arrive

Anybody have experience with anything like this?

Unless I know the person, I only send by registered post. Got stung once on eBay for that on a pricey item. Never again.

Build a block list and use the preferences to set requirements for bids on your auctions or BIN items.

If folks don't want to pay the postage premium, especially on an expensive item, I'd be questioning it.

In your case chief, if it was sent standard post, aside from proof of postage you've nothing else to back you up. It's a sad state of affairs when folks try this sort of thing on (assuming that is the case here) but the best thing to do in future is insist on registered post, and if the buyer isn't interested, let them jog on and consider it a bullet dodged.

Myrddin

Registered post all the way for ebay. I wonder though, as a seller, even with proof of postage, if ebay would still side with the buyer.

o1s1n

Just got a lead from a friend - he was buying a poster from a lady he knows and noticed she also had a boxed Super Nintendo with 20 boxed games.

She hasn't a notion how much to sell it all for. Going to send me on a list of the games later today to see if I'm interested.

Here's hoping for lots of Megaman X-3s and no sports games!!

CathalDublin

ebay seems to have gone to **** lately, sellers cant leave neg feedback anymore.
I've recently had a couple auctions won by competitors/someone looking to raise the value of their items with zero/low feedback then not pay for the items, no contact, then leave me negative feedback.

o1s1n

o1s1n wrote: »

Just got a lead from a friend - he was buying a poster from a lady he knows and noticed she also had a boxed Super Nintendo with 20 boxed games.

She hasn't a notion how much to sell it all for. Going to send me on a list of the games later today to see if I'm interested.

Here's hoping for lots of Megaman X-3s and no sports games!!

take her to the cleaners

Jack burton

Only 9 positive feedback on the buyer.

Foreign name aswell but seemed a nice guy. He had me wait almost a week before paying for the item so I might just wait it out and be an absolute bollox about it

Only like 20 quid but first time I've ever had hastle sending anything and I'd be pretty sure it's either a delay or he has it already.

I'll sort it, his money was transfered to my bank a/c anyway .Hastle like this really destroys eBay.

My girlfriend showed me a site yesterday ioffer.com I think it was, had a quick browse and there was a decent selection of games. Could be worth a look

CiDeRmAn

Such a good game,
And Luigi is a mean badass!

STG.Otaku

Myrddin wrote: »

Registered post all the way for ebay. I wonder though, as a seller, even with proof of postage, if ebay would still side with the buyer.

I can confirm they do. Even if you lodge an investigation request qith An Post et al.

Myrddin

STG.Otaku wrote: »

I can confirm they do. Even if you lodge an investigation request qith An Post et al.

Seriously? There's not much incentive at all to be an ebay seller really is there I mean if proof of postage isn't enough, what more can you do?

STG.Otaku

Myrddin wrote: »

Seriously? There's not much incentive at all to be an ebay seller really is there I mean if proof of postage isn't enough, what more can you do?

Yep. You will be asked to provide a tracking number for whatever it is you sent. If you don't have one or didn't send it registered post, the buyer wins. End of.

Been tried on that a couple of times. So now if I sell on eBay I just refuse standard post on stuff I'd rather not lose my arse on.

pdbhp

Whew learning how to code with Java is absolute torture.
Spent the day coming to terms with the loops and whiles, bloody brain is fried.
Must unwind with some Gameboy goodness.

OwaynOTT

Jack burton wrote: »

Only 9 positive feedback on the buyer.

Foreign name aswell but seemed a nice guy. He had me wait almost a week before paying for the item so I might just wait it out and be an absolute bollox about it

Only like 20 quid but first time I've ever had hastle sending anything and I'd be pretty sure it's either a delay or he has it already.

I'll sort it, his money was transfered to my bank a/c anyway .Hastle like this really destroys eBay.

My girlfriend showed me a site yesterday ioffer.com I think it was, had a quick browse and there was a decent selection of games. Could be worth a look

It's more than likely a delay as An Post are terrible. I've had stuff take over a month to arrive a couple of times from within Ireland and two of those were registered and one from a chap on here.
Gube it another week or so but you're screwed with regards to any disputes.




@o1s1n - can I request that the price and content of those Snes games not to be made public knowledge? It would depress me no end, as I'm currently in the process of selling my last Snes games and I don't think I can ever get them back at the prices I paid for the condition they were.
It's a sad year in the owaynott house for retro gaming.
Nice find though. Reminds me of High fidelity.

Atavan-Halen

If videogame box art hadn't changed in 30 years:

http://www.gamesradar.com/what-video-game-box-art-would-look-if-it-hadnt-changed-30-years/

Particularly like Soul Calibur and LA Noire

Doge

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

If videogame box art hadn't changed in 30 years:

http://www.gamesradar.com/what-video-game-box-art-would-look-if-it-hadnt-changed-30-years/

Particularly like Soul Calibur and LA Noire

The GTA V one gave me a rite giggl ther m9!

the groutch

So any plans for a name for the new "Post here when you get something new" thread?

I was thinking - The Arcade & Retro "So What Is It?" Thread

Doge

I nominate "The Arcade and Retro GET Thread!"

Or gets, whichever looks better.

Atavan-Halen

"Show us your GETs!"

CiDeRmAn

"Hmm, I got something new today! So... What is It??"

I'll start a thread for the name then introduce a poll when the options are in.

Then pick the name myself, coz datz how i roll!

Done baby! Link my love pump!

CiDeRmAn

Apparently Retr0's mum has been spotted by a new European telecope mounted camera!

http://www.iflscience.com/space/new-camera-examines-saurons-eye

Nerdkiller1991

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Apparently Retr0's mum has been spotted by a new European telecope mounted camera!

http://www.iflscience.com/space/new-camera-examines-saurons-eye

Retro's ma is the CryEngine logo?

MrVestek

New thread title idea: "Get your GETS out for the lads?.... and Sera. "

DinoRex

"GETS for days, yo!"

Andrew76

So, World's largest video game collection is being auctioned off, I wonder would he consider splitting? :pac:

johnny_ultimate

Might be of interest to some. A new service that ships out 'big box' copies of indie games with a whole load of extras. Interesting pricing structure: based on a surprisingly cheap subscription service, but the game itself is a surprise every month! https://www.theindiebox.com/

MrVestek

So it's bonus month this month. I'm pondering buying a next gen console even though I'm not overwhelmed by either of them, can't think of anything else to spend the gift voucher on really.

So... Xbox One or PS4?