Retro console and games thread

kinger8938 · 14 Jan 2017 at 10:09

Tee Hee Johnson said:
You have the correct approach which seems to be lacking from many retro collectors.

I used to manage a charity shop and would use sites to get an average price of game, take a few quid off due to charity shop and I would be pretty damn happy when it sold. I got money towards budget and someone got a bargain.

People sadly want everything for nothing now, not just retro games

Thats true, makes me understand it all more to some extent cheers. Im not saying i want it for free btw i agree the charitys need as much as they can its just this is the first case ive seen on something being well above the price online etc. I like the way you used to do it, that seems the best bet for both parties

malachi · 14 Jan 2017 at 11:47

Charity shops are great but it rubs me the wrong way when its pure greed and they use eBay as an benchmark. Coming to a point now its cheaper to import your retrogames from other countries which is a shame.

Anyway, ordered these from the US. Never came out in the PAL regions and the Megaman Legacy Collection on current gen consoles only has 6 games while the Megaman Anniversary Collection has 10 games. £21 for both.

kinger8938 · 14 Jan 2017 at 12:00

i have never played a megaman game :O (runs and hides)

barmyllama · 14 Jan 2017 at 12:02

^^

Neither have I.

I was looking at the Mega Man X collection just yesterday, at that price might pick both of them up now.

MattyH · 14 Jan 2017 at 17:00

kinger8938 said:
Thats true, makes me understand it all more to some extent cheers. Im not saying i want it for free btw i agree the charitys need as much as they can its just this is the first case ive seen on something being well above the price online etc. I like the way you used to do it, that seems the best bet for both parties

ive noticed that it tends to be the smaller charity shops that charge more rather than the bigger ones (scope,acorns etc) well in my area anyway

kinger8938 · 14 Jan 2017 at 22:15

MattyH said:
ive noticed that it tends to be the smaller charity shops that charge more rather than the bigger ones (scope,acorns etc) well in my area anyway

I guess its down to the oerson running the individual store to set the prices not sure! But te find i mentioned before was feom Oxfam so i guess its across the board

steve5424 · 14 Jan 2017 at 22:42

All the charity shops where I live never have any videogame stuff.

ThestigGT999 · 14 Jan 2017 at 22:51

steve5424 said:
All the charity shops where I live never have any videogame stuff.

similar issue tho you can get fifa, pes or any other sports game lol

ShiWarrior · 15 Jan 2017 at 12:30

Just got these today from my local facebook selling group

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Price was NOTHING

kinger8938 · 15 Jan 2017 at 16:08

^GG! Tempted to get a slim ps2 for ps1/ps2 games

Also what should I expect to pay for a PSP? Fancy grabbing one as I used to have one with cafe etc but just can't seem to find it! May have sold it not sure! Mrs wants to play Loco Roco again!

Jamesyboyjim · 17 Jan 2017 at 12:16

steve5424 said:
All the charity shops where I live never have any videogame stuff.

Same, I often check them all when on my lunch break (as I have nothing better to do

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montymint · 17 Jan 2017 at 13:08

Made a custom gameboy with a Raspi0 for my 10 year old nephew to introduce him to 8 and 16 bit games.

Case was a little damaged, but it works ok. Small lipo battery powering it but he still gets an hour and a half off a charge.

here's it just about wrapped up

http://imgur.com/gallery/iHPMc

and an old WIP video of the SD card Cart working.

K@rl · 17 Jan 2017 at 17:08

I'd be interested in hearing a bit more about the PiBoy - have you got a build log or anything. Is the cartridge the battery?

I've made a Pi game table but this looks waaaaaay cooler.

montymint · 17 Jan 2017 at 17:25

I don't have my own build log, but I used a lot of instructions from sudomod, which is a forum which covers this in great detail.

there is also a sellers section where people have made custom PCB's to make the build easier. I used one so i didn't need a teensie board or to cut traces in the original gameboy (in fact, I was able to use a cheap chinese shell).

The cart is actually the sd card. Inside there is a custom board that has the sdcard slot in it. You then wire a GBA cartridge reader to the Pi0 which then allows you to have a way of getting at the card without the need to dismantle the gameboy.

The battery is a lipo that sits inside of the battery housing in the back (which is all cut out to allow for the wiring to fit).

I think I have some more older videos showing the mess which I can put up later if you want.

MattyH · 18 Jan 2017 at 12:15

ticked a huge want off my PS2 Collection list today finally got a European PAL copy of Fire Pro Wrestling Returns

Whoop · 18 Jan 2017 at 13:12

I finally got round to buying a scart lead for my Sinclair Spectrum... :cool:

ShiWarrior · 18 Jan 2017 at 14:24

speccy +3 via scart ! nice !

kinger8938 · 20 Jan 2017 at 18:47

Decided to line the wall of the game room with old game art work! This is the first! Came out really well!

Will get some more and put them up soon!

cee-S-dee · 20 Jan 2017 at 21:15

2 more Data Disc ltd Vinyl release's to add to the growing collection. These are sooo good!

barmyllama · 20 Jan 2017 at 22:26

kinger8938 said:
Decided to line the wall of the game room with old game art work! This is the first! Came out really well!

Will get some more and put them up soon!

Did you print that yourself or buy it and frame it?

cee-S-dee said:
2 more Data Disc ltd Vinyl release's to add to the growing collection. These are sooo good!

Nice.

Maybe resize the image or put it in spoiler tags?

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