Charity shops have been getting very greedy on the retro scene for years. Its a shame because in theory they are there for a good cause, given these items for free, to sell at a reasonable price. Not to rip people off.
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Charity shops have been getting very greedy on the retro scene for years. Its a shame because in theory they are there for a good cause, given these items for free, to sell at a reasonable price. Not to rip people off.
I think if they try to find out the approx market value of second hand goods then maybe knock a bit off that then it is fair enough... they are in the business of trying to raise money for charity and giving stuff away for a few quid when it is worth significantly more isn't efficient
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Yea I can understand this and shouldn't moan really. I just think how they put a sticker saying 'CEX price' and then their price was a bit weird.
Wish whoever took them in, took them to the shop next door and I may have got a right bargain
I guess we just expect a steal from charity shops, and that shouldn't be the case as you say it's for a good cause.
Whats the difference between dodgy pirate games and normal pirate gamesLoL are those some dodgy pirate games in the bottom left corner of the first pic
?I hope worms, sensible soccer and cannon fodder work - that would be disappointing.
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Did you manage to try Obscure?
I wanted to love that so much but had to give up on it. It was so immensely repetitive that I just couldn't maintain interest. Plus I hated the upgrade system.
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Not yet! It's on the list
currently playing The ThingPicked up the first two toca games, Monkey Hero, and yet another rally game on PS1, had to find another memory card as two are full!
Is 1MB the max that exist for PS1?
I also have Einhander coming from Japan, and have the PS X Change 2 disc so I can play from NTSC regions using a disc swap method.
Is 1MB the max that exist for PS1?
I also have Einhander coming from Japan, and have the PS X Change 2 disc so I can play from NTSC regions using a disc swap method.
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i think they go upto 8mb not the official ones though
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The Thing is quite tough! Need more med kits! I think it's partly down to the dated controls, find myself fumbling around in the moment and screwing up. Got to a boss last night and have no health and no kits, no chance will try again tnite
will try again tnite
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The Thing is quite tough! Need more med kits! I think it's partly down to the dated controls, find myself fumbling around in the moment and screwing up. Got to a boss last night and have no health and no kits, no chance
Don't think I ever got chance to play that. Is it worth picking up?
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Its not the best! They tried to make an atmospheric survival horror game but it just gets tedious and boring quickly.
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Ummm I would say no having played it now for the first time, it's not aged well
was only like 50p or something at CEX so not bad to have a look. I think the squad system was it's main gimmick. It's decent but not amazing.The Thing popped up on hidden gem lists and even near the top of under rated horror game lists I found. Can't say it deserves a place myself. I wouldn't class it as horror at all, but maybe it's age isn't helping there. That said I recent played silent hill 2 for the first time and that actually disturbed me a bit
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I think tedious sums it up. Feel bad not to finish it but maybe I won't miss much if I stop now and try something else. Also I haven't seen the film, maybe that would drive me a bit more. I understand the game is quite short but I dunno, I think I may move on