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CiDeRmAn

CosmicSmash wrote: »

I'm not exactly sure, but I'm happy in my ignorance. I think it helps you achieve higher scores in Pulseman if you're wearing it, this may or may not be the truth.

To be used in conjunction with a DC trance pack, and plenty of lube?

Corholio

Could be Nintendo's new 'wearable quality of life' tech.

Jack burton

I was really wondering if game prices will ever come down again. Like will any of us ever see games that sell for 1000s now loose a decimal place?

I checked out pulseman prices and really regret not picking it up a few years ago

o1s1n

I guess once they all start to suffer from bit rot and leaking capacitors the prices will plummet fairly fast :pac:

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Jack burton wrote: »

I was really wondering if game prices will ever come down again. Like will any of us ever see games that sell for 1000s now loose a decimal place?

Usually when it's brought out again like on digital download no?

Jack burton

Not for general collecting, like the digital release of earthbound didnt really effect the price I dont think. Like any game can be played digitally after a few minutes on google �� and with the likes of the everdrive they can be played on original hardware.

Atavan-Halen

There will come a point where people will say "y'know, I'm not going to remortgage my house just to get a loose copy of earthbound" and prices will start to drop. By how much I don't know. But I'd very much doubt we'll be seeing the days where you could pick up a decent collection of games for pocket money. If there is a significant enough drop what you might see is those people who were buying up loads of games to resell start to flood the market with their stock so they don't have loads of games that are "worthless" to them. Which would be great IMO. I remember when I started getting interested in retro games in 2008/9 €50 was the higher end of the price scale and picking up megadrive games on eBay for silly prices like €6 posted was common.

o1s1n

One thing which may hamper a drop is people not wanting to sell at a loss.

If I spent €250 on Earthbound for example, I'm not going to let it go for €150. I've quite a few things in my collection that I'd only ever sell if I were to at least get what I paid.

It really just boils down to demand. At the moment, retrogaming is 'cool' and prices reflect as such. It wasn't 'cool' when many of us started collecting years ago, which made things cheaper.

How long that spotlight will stay on classic videogame collecting who knows. I don't see it going away anytime soon though.

Jack burton

Yeah thats pretty much my view aswell, cant see it going away soon. Toy collecting is gone the same way aswell I think

The Last Bandit

Picked up this trio of faulty boards. Double Dragon, Thunder Hoop, Pit Fighter.



Good scrubbing and cleaning the sockets got Pit Fighter work again - horrible game btw, wonder if it can be converted ?

Double Dragon has no audio (common fault) but its missing caps and the ones remain are wrecked so hoping for a quick fix. Played through to the end but not the same without the sound track.

Thunder Hoop is missing sprites, audio, bad colour but entertaining enough (on mame) so worth attempting to fix anyways.

CiDeRmAn

Thunder Hoop... He he...

Los Lobos

Ah jaysus pitfighter, that brings back memories!

One of the first games I remember playing.
In the black church in on the N7.
I bet the cab is still there. What a dump

Andrew76

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Picked up this trio of faulty boards. Double Dragon, Thunder Hoop, Pit Fighter.

Nice to see the green of PCBs in this thread again! Been too long. Although not exactly thrilling to hear you got Pit Fighter working, even worse than Dino Rex that is! :pac:

Hopefully you can get Double Dragon back to 100%, all time classic arcade game that is. :cool:

CiDeRmAn

"Yaay! Pit Fighter is working again " said no one, ever.

Next week, Bandit repairs a Rise of the Robots cart!

eddhorse

Andrew76 wrote: »

Nice to see the green of PCBs in this thread again! Been too long. Although not exactly thrilling to hear you got Pit Fighter working, even worse than Dino Rex that is! :pac:

Agreed, good to see people still picking these up.
I only own two, a 60-in-1 and 1943.

KeRbDoG

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Picked up this trio of faulty boards. Double Dragon, Thunder Hoop, Pit Fighter.

How did you get on with the CPS2/Super Street Fighter II board(s)? All working fine I hope, the fan needs replacing from what I remember.

The Last Bandit

KeRbDoG wrote: »

How did you get on with the CPS2/Super Street Fighter II board(s)? All working fine I hope, the fan needs replacing from what I remember.

Ya CPS2 works perfect, fan is loud alright but I'll replace that when I strip it down for a clean up.

Anyone know if the CPS2 game stickers/label are available ?

The Last Bandit

Many thanks to LongZ for King's Valley cart MY MSX finally has a purpose now !!

Retr0gamer

That game was great fun, hopefully I can find a MSX and a copy.

BGOllie

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Many thanks to LongZ for King's Valley cart MY MSX finally has a purpose now !!

nice!
now you need an MSX2

Theres a game that looks like kings valley I used to play with my uncles when I was a kid.
I could never remember the game or the system but the system took carts in the back and had a separate tape deck.

it was the same side on view but there was more levels and I think bats would swoop down and attack you.
I think you could see above ground but the main gameplay was underground.

any ideas?

Edit
I think the character was almost a stick man too!

CiDeRmAn

Picked up Deadly Premonition at last, not the PS3 version but the 360 original.
I'm not sure when I'll get around to it, or if I like it when I do, but couldn't go wrong for a tenner in CEX.
They also had a copy of No More Heroes for the PS3, a game I never see out there, but it was 18 euro.

FixitFelix

Picked up this defender cab off Mitch today!
Was butchered into a poker machine,but my plan is to restore it back to its original glory.
I will post a restoration thread when i get started but it will by no means be a a fast paced event.

Thats gonna be sweet as,
Defender is on the 19-1 hori board.

Star Lord

BrownFinger wrote: »

Theres a game that looks like kings valley I used to play with my uncles when I was a kid.
I could never remember the game or the system but the system took carts in the back and had a separate tape deck.

it was the same side on view but there was more levels and I think bats would swoop down and attack you.
I think you could see above ground but the main gameplay was underground.

any ideas?

Edit
I think the character was almost a stick man too!

Doesn't quite look like it, but it reminds me of Roland on the Ropes, which was set in pyramids, used to play it in our neighbours house on their Amstrad CPC464

BGOllie

...sooo, this arrived

Los Lobos

Star Lord wrote: »

Doesn't quite look like it, but it reminds me of Roland on the Ropes, which was set in pyramids, used to play it in our neighbours house on their Amstrad CPC464

Or maybe house of usher on the amstrad?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2vQ4hhwUieg

MontgomeryClift

Jack burton wrote: »

I was really wondering if game prices will ever come down again. Like will any of us ever see games that sell for 1000s now loose a decimal place?

What we're seeing now is an asset bubble, so yes, prices should come down with a crash some time, but only once they have reached laughable levels, which could take a while.

Buy an Everdrive.

Hank Scorpio

On that subject 1 euro is equivalent to the dollar now, so buying ntsc + postage costs doesn't seem worth it anymore