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Dreamer of the year (Arcade Edition)

Tallon · 2011-05-31 11:22:19

So, following on from the highly successful 'Dreamer of the year' thread in Motors and the few auctions that pop up here every now and again, I though it would be a good idea to start a thread for Retro stuff that... Well, baffles belief at the price they are looking! Exhibit A Has to be a mistake :eek:

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#1202 14-10-2013 4:30pm

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http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/arcade-machine-355-games/3952938

what is it with people putting tiny screens in cabs like that?

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#1203 14-10-2013 4:50pm

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the groutch wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/arcade-machine-355-games/3952938

what is it with people putting tiny screens in cabs like that?

More to the point why are people putting LCDs in full size cabs:eek:

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That would make a class jamma cab
shame

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#1205 15-10-2013 6:27pm

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Batrider-Armed-Police-by-Raizing-Rare-PC-Version-/271298599142

There never was a port of the Arcade PCB on any system .

So a worthless Chinese bootleg copy containing an old dos version of mame and one rom for a mere US $240.00 :eek:

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#1206 15-10-2013 6:58pm

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Hah! I think my one cost a tenner

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#1207 15-10-2013 7:56pm

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o1s1n wrote: »

Hah! I think my one cost a tenner

I thought it was Pyongy but you where the one that bought that Batrider when I bought PC Gunbird II from that Korean seller

We are rich mate :pac:

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#1208 15-10-2013 8:15pm

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Casey120 wrote: »

I thought it was Pyongy but you where the one that bought that Batrider when I bought PC Gunbird II from that Korean seller

We are rich mate :pac:

Fancy going halves on a yacht with the proceeds?

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#1209 15-10-2013 9:17pm

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o1s1n wrote: »

Fancy going halves on a yacht with the proceeds?

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#1212 17-10-2013 10:44am

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http://www.adverts.ie/nintendo/very-rare-nintendo-in-orignal-packaging/3969224

Jaysus.

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#1213 17-10-2013 10:50am

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Jaysus indeed! It's one of those crazy rare NES 001 units. I'll offer 1k

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#1214 17-10-2013 4:43pm

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haha must.. not.. post.. on .. ad..

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#1215 17-10-2013 4:45pm

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Just spotted this..

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/slot-machine-mid-70s/3972290

I sold that to him about 3 months ago for 30 quid haha

edit, i actually sold it to someone else, who fixed it, then sold it to this lad for 50 quid now he is trying to sell it on for 200!!

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#1216 17-10-2013 8:02pm

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o1s1n wrote: »

Jaysus indeed! It's one of those crazy rare NES 001 units. I'll offer 1k

yeah that guy must have SWS (Storage Wars Syndrome)

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Thats a 160 euro bill all day...............

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#1218 17-10-2013 9:23pm

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urbanledge wrote: »

Thats a 160 euro bill all day...............

YUUUUUUUUP!

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http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/mame-dos-based-arcade-machine-116533485.htm

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#1220 18-10-2013 10:37am

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urbanledge wrote: »

http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/mame-dos-based-arcade-machine-116533485.htm

Love this line:

This runs MAME in DOS with a DOS frontend. Windows based MAME machines lack the air of authenticity whereas this machine has an original feel about it.

Because we all know that arcade machines back in the day ran DOS... :pac:

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#1221 18-10-2013 1:03pm

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So on the one hand we have modern pretend arcade hardware and on the other hand we have genuine pretend arcade hardware from the old days.
Poor deluded b@stard, and the poor deluded b@stard who'll buy it.

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#1222 18-10-2013 1:28pm

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I wonder what the code behind creating an 'air of authenticity' is?

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#1223 19-10-2013 3:10am

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Retr0gamer wrote: »

I wonder what the code behind creating an 'air of authenticity' is?

[PHP]10 PRINT "Authentic!"
20 GOTO 10[/PHP]

:pac:

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#1224 19-10-2013 10:58am

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martineatworld wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/nintendo/very-rare-nintendo-in-orignal-packaging/3969224

Jaysus.

Couldn't resist posting.

Some chancer.

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#1225 19-10-2013 1:58pm

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Edit: wrong thread!

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#1226 21-10-2013 9:57pm

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I can't link to it but you should have a gander at the arcade machine on Adverts, 1500 for a nasty pc based cab.
Best is the great sales patter by the seller.

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#1227 21-10-2013 10:01pm

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I can't link to it but you should have a gander at the arcade machine on Adverts, 1500 for a nasty pc based cab.
Best is the great sales patter by the seller.

That has to be the best one ever. The guy is deluded. Either that or he added a 0 by mistake.

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#1228 21-10-2013 10:03pm

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Linky:

http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/voyager-retro-arcade-games-console/4012529

looks like he stuck a sheet of wallpaper on the front of it.

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#1229 21-10-2013 11:02pm

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the groutch wrote: »

Linky:

http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/voyager-retro-arcade-games-console/4012529

looks like he stuck a sheet of wallpaper on the front of it.

€1500 WTF???
That things worth about €200 if thats an arcade CRT in it, maybe another €50 for the multigame

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#1230 22-10-2013 7:51am

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"The Voyager Arcade Machine features a massive 37 retro arcade classics! Now you won't have to fork out ridiculous amounts of cash for old 80s machines with bits likely hanging off and a few loose wires!"

Yeah, then charge €1,500

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Also, says it's a 17" horizontal screen when it's plainly a vertical one.
My couple of thousand on my Mame machine are trembling at the 37 selectable games on this one!

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#1232 22-10-2013 7:55am

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Is there a chance that guy meant to put the ad up for 150? That's the impression I got from his reply to Cidey. Might be a misplaced decimal point.

If not then it's most definitely a case of misplaced value!

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o1s1n wrote: »

Is there a chance that guy meant to put the ad up for 150? That's the impression I got from his reply to Cidey. Might be a misplaced decimal point.

If not then it's most definitely a case of misplaced value!

nope.look at his other items
http://www.adverts.ie/memorabilia/rubens-barrichello-ferrari-hand-signed-cap/3408943

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#1234 22-10-2013 8:15am

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Misplaced value alright, in his head!
A grand and a half, imagine how many "80's consoles" that'd buy!
With the wires and everything!

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#1235 22-10-2013 3:07pm

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He has finally seen sense and corrected his Arcade machine price down to a far more affordable 1000, or should that be 100.00?

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#1236 23-10-2013 5:58pm

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I was trawling the Internet, looking for control panel info when I came across this site, a blog of this guy proudly building and explaining the construction of a monstrosity.
And Oh how do proud he'd is too.
But it's disgusting!
Less is more
And here's the link

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#1237 27-10-2013 8:14pm

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http://www.adverts.ie/4051211 about 5 times the value

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#1238 27-10-2013 8:24pm

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http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/the-sword-of-camelot/4050938

Step 1: Find common as muck disc only game
Step 2: Place ad at crazy high price, claim it's super rare, and hope nobody checks value on ebay
Step 3: Get your mate to put in a shill offer which you refuse
Step 4: Stupid person offers closer to asking
Step 5: Profit

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#1239 27-10-2013 8:43pm

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the groutch wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/the-sword-of-camelot/4050938

Step 1: Find common as muck disc only game
Step 2: Place ad at crazy high price, claim it's super rare, and hope nobody checks value on ebay
Step 3: Get your mate to put in a shill offer which you refuse
Step 4: Stupid person offers closer to asking
Step 5: Profit

That's pretty low, as you say the person making the offer knows damn well the games is worth a euro at most. Suprised at people who frequent these parts pulling sh1t like that.

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#1240 27-10-2013 9:28pm

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Monkeykube wrote: »

Suprised at people who frequent these parts pulling sh1t like that.

Thought those names sounded familiar alright, game hunting buddies it seems. I see Black_Star has put in a reasonable offer.

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#1241 28-10-2013 4:40am

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that is scamming, should be perm banned for that

made a thread about it in the talk to section for adverts, stuff like that really irks me

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#1242 28-10-2013 4:47pm

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That's awful scummish behaviour. Is there a link to the adverts feedback thread? (I see the original thread is gone) - would like to see how the adverts moderators handle this.

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#1243 29-10-2013 6:58pm

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I was trawling the Internet, looking for control panel info when I came across this site, a blog of this guy proudly building and explaining the construction of a monstrosity.
And Oh how do proud he'd is too.
But it's disgusting!
Less is more
And here's the link

That's a bit elitist eh?
yeah it's boxy , and its using an unchanged X-arcade (as opposed to taking the buttons and sticks out and putting them into something a bit more organic, and yeah ..I hate the controls overkill of 4 x fourways , an analog and a trackball), but the guys put a ton of work into it , and the finish is quite nice.
Each to their own and all that
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#1244 29-10-2013 7:06pm

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I hate elitism too and any kind of looking down on people, but bad taste is bad taste. This thing is just a perfect example of a bad home build. Look what you're defending, just look :pac:

You could land planes on that CP.

There are no four player games in existence which require that many buttons. It's completely redundant.

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#1245 29-10-2013 7:22pm

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o1s1n wrote: »

I hate elitism too and any kind of looking down on people, but bad taste is bad taste. This thing is just a perfect example of a bad home build. Look what you're defending, just look :pac:

You could land planes on that CP.

There are no four player games in existence which require that many buttons. It's completely redundant.

I see what you're saying
...but I think if you replaced the ginormous aircraft carrier/control panel with something smaller it wouldnt be too bad ..
HE hasnt posted since '05 when he was changinging something monitor wise so hopefully he wasnt zapped by discharging caps on the CRT

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#1246 29-10-2013 7:26pm

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While the quality of work at first looked decent
This is actual tinfoil

and what are all these buttons for?

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#1247 29-10-2013 7:29pm

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Dr Bob wrote: »

hopefully he wasnt zapped by discharging caps on the CRT

Maybe he was adding more buttons/sticks and the control panel fell on him :pac:

Yeah as you said, if you were to remove that CP and put on something which didn't extend into neighbouring timezones, it might actually be okay.

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#1248 29-10-2013 9:41pm

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Your man who was selling that ps1 game sent me a pm saying he was taking the piss, and a random person placed a bid

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#1249 29-10-2013 9:44pm

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What's the going rate for these nowadays, this seems a bit much? - http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/limited-edition-gameboy-advance/3844461

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Myrddin wrote: »

What's the going rate for these nowadays, this seems a bit much? - http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/limited-edition-gameboy-advance/3844461

Hahaha, definitely not that much anyway

I would have priced that at €30-€40 max.

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An empty NES box 50 :pac:
http://www.adverts.ie/4075255

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