Dreamer of the year (Arcade Edition)

o1s1n · 04-02-2020 8:56am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Something very very wrong and very very bad happened to this cab...
http://www.adverts.ie/19751037

Edit: I don't think it's the sellers fault, but feck...

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CathalDublin · 05-02-2020 2:08pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Something very very wrong and very very bad happened to this cab...
http://www.adverts.ie/19751037

Edit: I don't think it's the sellers fault, but feck...

A recent thread starters name springs to mind

Skerries · 06-02-2020 10:27pm

is it made from mahogany?

pasta-solo · 10-02-2020 1:56pm

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/arcade-cabinet/19782962

I really hope people aren't fooled by these. A pi3 with a cheap monitor/electronics and some wood for €1,350 is madness. €350 would be closer to a fair price, and even then, probably too high.

Retr0gamer · 12-02-2020 9:57am

Wow, They are unbelievably ugly.

RasTa · 16-02-2020 11:26am

It's what they where designed for....

Skerries · 17-02-2020 7:46pm

is that video for the soundtrack of some games?

We will rock you - Boulderdash
I want to break free - Breakout
Hammer to fall - Donkey Kong

CiDeRmAn · 17-02-2020 7:49pm

Skerries wrote: »

is that video for the soundtrack of some games?

We will rock you - Boulderdash
I want to break free - Breakout
Hammer to fall - Donkey Kong

Sparks43 · 17-02-2020 7:51pm

Skerries wrote: »

is that video for the soundtrack of some games?

We will rock you - Boulderdash
I want to break free - Breakout
Hammer to fall - Donkey Kong

I approve this post totally

o1s1n · 17-02-2020 8:55pm

Skerries wrote: »

is that video for the soundtrack of some games?

We will rock you - Boulderdash
I want to break free - Breakout
Hammer to fall - Donkey Kong

A Kind of Magic Carpet
We are The Eternal Champions
Jet Set Radio Ga Ga
Bohemian Parappa the Rapsody

This is way too much fun :pac:

BGOllie · 17-02-2020 10:49pm

Another World Bites the Dust

beejee · 17-02-2020 11:02pm

Seven seas of rygar
Tie your mother brain down
I want to jailbreak free
Spread your legendary wings
Fat bottomed time girls
I want it alcon

Goodnight

The Last Bandit · 18-02-2020 8:05am

Street Fighter man
We will Rockman

Skerries · 18-02-2020 3:32pm

Who wants to live forever - Dark Souls
Don't stop me now - Sonic the Hedgehog

o1s1n · 18-02-2020 3:44pm

Hammer to Fallout
I'm going Slight Mad Dog McCree
Blazing Star on a Sunday Afternoon
Love of my Half-Life
Persian Princes of the Universe
Tie Your マザースリ Down
Seaside Rendezvous with Rama (okay so that's a bit more Arthur C. Clarke!)

CiDeRmAn · 18-02-2020 7:33pm

Sweet divine Christ on a hoverboard!
What's become of you all???

The only videogame and tune that are indelibly linked are
Gran Turismo and the Chemical Brothers remix of Everything Must Go, by the Manics.
Okay, okay, if I'm going all in I'll throw in We Are Explosive by FSoL and Wipeout 2097...

I might be getting this challenge all wrong, but I don't care!

Retr0gamer · 19-02-2020 9:36am

Eh, What about

All I want - Offspring in Crazy Taxi
Superman - Goldfinger in Tony Hawks.

mondeo · 26-02-2020 8:16pm

CD 32 for 600....

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/amiga-cd32-with-terrible-fire-expansion-pack-and-extras/19887322

Stoner · 27-02-2020 10:16pm

mondeo wrote: »

CD 32 for 600....

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/amiga-cd32-with-terrible-fire-expansion-pack-and-extras/19887322

I got mine for 5 euro,
Plus a box of boxes games
I didn't even negotiate, guy was packing up at a car boot sale

What a terrible controller

The Last Bandit · 27-02-2020 10:20pm

They've definitely gone up in price a lot recently and this also has an accelerator but still its stupid money for it..

CosmicSmash · 28-02-2020 8:44am

Whenever I see an ad starting with the line below or something similar I always wonder does the seller even want to let it go.

Not looking to negotiate on the price on this, if it doesn’t sell it can be added to my own collection, lovely little item.

o1s1n · 28-02-2020 9:10am

Reeks of 'the wife says it has to go'

Inviere · 28-02-2020 3:47pm

Sometimes it's an item just sitting in a box going unused that someone might want to move on...but get the worth out of it at the same time. €600 seems quite pricey though I must say

mondeo · 29-02-2020 1:17pm

You wanna be stupid to pay anywhere near 600 for a CD32... Chancer.

mondeo · 29-02-2020 1:22pm

Stoner wrote: »

I got mine for 5 euro,
Plus a box of boxes games
I didn't even negotiate, guy was packing up at a car boot sale

What a terrible controller

I picked up an Amiga 600 for 25 Euro at a car boot sale recently. Big box of disks to go with it. I never thought I would find one at a car boot sale these days. Chancers online looking for nearly and upwards of 200 for one ! Years ago I picked up a 1990's NES clone from a car boot sale to. Very interesting system, plays every type of NES cartridge including copies...

CiDeRmAn · 29-02-2020 8:58pm

Hold onto your horses lads and lassies
There's an "Advanced Gaming System" for sale over on Adverts for a mere €140!
With 7000 games

http://www.adverts.ie/19874573

Jack burton · 29-02-2020 10:53pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Hold onto your horses lads and lassies
There's an "Advanced Gaming System" for sale over on Adverts for a mere €140!
With 7000 games
http://www.adverts.ie/19874573

Does it have Mario?

Postage €7.50 is honestly the best part

CosmicSmash · 02-03-2020 6:56pm

I've always wanted a Game Boy plug.:pac:

mondeo · 03-03-2020 10:45am

Amiga 1200 for 450.... Don't care what anyone says, don't care what fancy extras you put into it, they are not worth this. I have two 1200's I got for scrap a few years back and they are in almost mint condition.

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/amiga-1200-recaped-8mb-fast-ram/19923964

Jack burton · 03-03-2020 11:14am

mondeo wrote: »

Amiga 1200 for 450.... Don't care what anyone says, don't care what fancy extras you put into it, they are not worth this. I have two 1200's I got for scrap a few years back and they are in almost mint condition.

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/amiga-1200-recaped-8mb-fast-ram/19923964

In general retro game prices are gone insane. Even common <€10 games are now selling for €30+ sometimes. eBay is just a total write off. And people finding stuff in their attic and looking for hundreds for a bag of games that are damp & untested.

The Last Bandit · 03-03-2020 11:57am

mondeo wrote: »

Amiga 1200 for 450.... Don't care what anyone says, don't care what fancy extras you put into it, they are not worth this. I have two 1200's I got for scrap a few years back and they are in almost mint condition.

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/amiga-1200-recaped-8mb-fast-ram/19923964

That's a daft price, doesn't even have an accelerator..

If you think this is bad, check out some of the prices on the big box Amiga stuff

mondeo · 03-03-2020 1:05pm

The Last Bandit wrote: »

That's a daft price, doesn't even have an accelerator..

If you think this is bad, check out some of the prices on the big box Amiga stuff

People are thick as shyte even thinking about paying those prices. Go around car boot sales, you might find one for 30 or 40 Euro in the back of a van.

Ebay can F OFF, everyone with something 20+ years old think they are sitting on a gold mine. Ebay is the reason gobshts on adverts are putting those silly prices on their stuff. The sun will shine out of my ar$e before I pay 450 for an Amiga, and same should be for everyone else, unless your thick of course.

o1s1n · 03-03-2020 1:13pm

450 is mental, but it's worth noting though that it's been recapped. Apparently recapping one is quite the pain in the tits.

The Last Bandit · 03-03-2020 1:47pm

o1s1n wrote: »

450 is mental, but it's worth noting though that it's been recapped. Apparently recapping one is quite the pain in the tits.

Ah its not too bad, most are smd caps so you just need the right tools and technique. Its a whole lot easer then a Vectrex !!

mondeo · 03-03-2020 2:54pm

o1s1n wrote: »

450 is mental, but it's worth noting though that it's been recapped. Apparently recapping one is quite the pain in the tits.

Its not hard to replace capacitors if you ever used a soldering iron. You can spend 2 hrs or less doing it. Doesn't make it 4 times more valuable after it's done.

o1s1n · 03-03-2020 8:14pm

mondeo wrote: »

Its not hard to replace capacitors if you ever used a soldering iron. You can spend 2 hrs or less doing it. Doesn't make it 4 times more valuable after it's done.

Never said it was worth 450 euro, however with a cap change it's clearly worth more than a stock one.

I am ****e at soldering for example and don't have the time or inclination to get good any time in the foreseeable future, so would happily pay a good bit more for something that had been future proofed.

mondeo · 03-03-2020 8:26pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Never said it was worth 450 euro, however with a cap change it's clearly worth more than a stock one.

I am ****e at soldering for example and don't have the time or inclination to get good any time in the foreseeable future, so would happily pay a good bit more for something that had been future proofed.

Within reason, abit more yes.

The Last Bandit · 04-03-2020 11:39am

mondeo wrote: »

Amiga 1200 for 450.... Don't care what anyone says, don't care what fancy extras you put into it, they are not worth this. I have two 1200's I got for scrap a few years back and they are in almost mint condition.

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/amiga-1200-recaped-8mb-fast-ram/19923964

Well its sold now (on Amibay) ..

mondeo · 06-04-2020 12:51pm

Bag of Amstrad games and some knackered Sega controllers.. €700.. Lol.

http://www.adverts.ie/20100136

pasta-solo · 06-04-2020 12:54pm

mondeo wrote: »

Bag of Amstrad games and some knackered Sega controllers.. €700.. Lol.

http://www.adverts.ie/20100136

To be fair, "that a rear game and a high price so that price i am looking for is good for the amount of game's I have and controls and sum saga games and controller"

Tom Mann Centuria · 06-04-2020 1:23pm

mondeo wrote: »

Bag of Amstrad games and some knackered Sega controllers.. €700.. Lol.

http://www.adverts.ie/20100136

Showing them all dumped in a plastic bag on the first photo is a nice touch. Really helps me visualise how they've been looked after.

06-04-2020 2:14pm

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Showing them all dumped in a plastic bag on the first photo is a nice touch. Really helps me visualise how they've been looked after.

I remember when I was a kid my granddad used to comeback from the market with plastic bags full of atari 2600 games.
I used to sit there and play each one for a minute then "next"!
They were all crap,probably bootlegs and shovelware from the video game crash.
I do have fond memories of yars revenge though.

o1s1n · 06-04-2020 3:45pm

BrownFinger wrote: »

I remember when I was a kid my granddad used to comeback from the market with plastic bags full of atari 2600 games.
I used to sit there and play each one for a minute then "next"!
They were all crap,probably bootlegs and shovelware from the video game crash.
I do have fond memories of yars revenge though.

Or rare prototypes directly from the Atari factory here, you kept them all right?

06-04-2020 8:57pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Or rare prototypes directly from the Atari factory here, you kept them all right?

All long gone unfortunately :eek:
My uncles were big gamers and the first game I remember playing is Jumpman,
must have been around 86,87.
I think it was on some sort of atari.

o1s1n · 07-04-2020 10:23am

Yeah my aunt was pretty big into games when we were younger too, I remember playing Yar's Revenge and Pacman on her 2600 in between bouts of Megadrive and Snes games.

Actually I was quite fond of Yar's Revenge too, one of the better titles on that console.

It's interesting to look back on though, we knew everything about the Sega and Nintendo consoles at the time, but this weird wood grain machine was a bit of a mystery to us as kids. I think that's half the reason we'd boot it up.

Tom Mann Centuria · 07-04-2020 10:26am

If anyone was wavering at the 700 euro for the Amstrad games, maybe the price drop down to 600 will help you decide. That's right, now just a measly 600 euro.

I'd presume the bag is still included.

phily2002 · 07-04-2020 10:27pm

https://touch.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/street-fighter-2-arcade-cabinet-with-2-bar-stools/19745021#page-top

airmax87 · 08-04-2020 8:40pm

Do these awful pandoras box cabs actually ever sell for that price ?,
Another note, has the price of the dreamcast gone up recently ? I haven't been active here since around late 2015~ and only one on adverts was €150 last time I checked

CosmicSmash · 09-04-2020 2:08pm

airmax87 wrote: »

Do these awful pandoras box cabs actually ever sell for that price ?,
Another note, has the price of the dreamcast gone up recently ? I haven't been active here since around late 2015~ and only one on adverts was €150 last time I checked

If you're foolish enough to sink
1300 into a bar top I reckon you'd be really lucky to to find someone more foolish to pay 1300 to take it off your hands. A lot of those style of cabs end up being withdrawn, especially with a price like that.

airmax87 · 10-04-2020 1:52pm

CosmicSmash wrote: »

If you're foolish enough to sink
1300 into a bar top I reckon you'd be really lucky to to find someone more foolish to pay 1300 to take it off your hands. A lot of those style of cabs end up being withdrawn, especially with a price like that.

I'm seeing them a lot more in pubs/clubs/random spots, that's where I'd imagine most are ending up ; even an after hours rave that wasn't so legal had two of them set up !

Dreamer of the year (Arcade Edition)

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