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Pyongyang · 02-08-2011 6:56pm

safetyboy wrote: »

How much was Do-Don-Pachi Daioujou

'A few bob'.

Oddly I actually bought it off a person who lives in my old home town in the UK. Small world. Delighted with it though, the discs and the box and reg card, manual etc are all in 99.9% top condition. There's no scuffs or anything on the discs at all.

In fact because my PS2 is chipped I'm going to make a backup of both the game disc and the DVD disc and use backups instead. I want to keep both these games and the DVD in top nick.

Retr0gamer · 02-08-2011 6:58pm

Ah souky. What an amazing shooter.

Pyongyang · 02-08-2011 6:59pm

luas_dublin wrote: »

Cex over in the uk won't post to an Irish address normally BUT if you pay by paypal it works so you get free shipping

I took note of this and placed a rather massive order of about 874 squillion PS2 and DS games at the weekend. Excitement, She Wrote!

Pyongyang · 02-08-2011 7:02pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Ah souky. What an amazing shooter.

Absolutely. Can't wait to use my Virtua Stick Pro with it. It may not be worth as much as DDP:DOJ in terms of €'s, but it means a lot to me. Hence I'm going to mind it like a child!

Retr0gamer · 02-08-2011 7:40pm

Was going to buy Do-Don-Pachi Daioujou a few times when it was new but when I tried it on my chipped system I hated the game. If I had bought it I could have been rich

At least I've an original Souky complete with spine card which is a far superior game imo.

Optimus Prime · 02-08-2011 9:49pm

Heres a few pics of the nintendo stuff i got for 50. all boxed games contain manuals and the plastic bags the games came in, along with a few posters etc in some. zelda has instructions and the secrets and maps thing. :pac:

Pyongyang · 02-08-2011 9:52pm

Lovely haul there keithgeo, what a bargain you got it for too! I'd love a NES/Famicom, loads of memories. Duck Tales would be high on my list!

Jack burton · 02-08-2011 10:01pm

Keith you ****er, that is an amazeballs haul for that price

Optimus Prime · 02-08-2011 10:07pm

I know, i couldnt believe it, i got in first on friday or something with the offer, but couldnt collect until today. I was worrying all weekend in case something went wrong, or it was fake or something. but it wasnt!! happy days.

o1s1n · 03-08-2011 8:06am

Scumbag! Remember that Metal Slug NGP game I won for a tenner? Just got a cancelation notice from the seller -

Reason for cancel transaction request: Buyer requested shipment to a country I don't ship to

Seller comment: the listing clearly states uk only auction & no contact was made before purchase by the bidder.

First time that's ever happened

Stay away from retro_frix

Pyongyang · 03-08-2011 8:43am

I've not had that happen before. Usually I just buy the item and discuss postage later. I have had to cancel two items this past week though as no matter what I tried, postage couldn't be added. So the seller cancelled the transaction and we sorted it out directly through Paypal.

o1s1n · 03-08-2011 8:49am

Did you try clicking the 'request total from seller' button? That should have allowed him to alter the postage price.

I generally email UK sellers beforehand just in case. They never say no.

Thought I'd take a chance on this one seeing as the game is so small. Ah well, just means I'll have to try and get it cheaper somewhere else

Pyongyang · 03-08-2011 8:55am

Yep. I always do. I jump through all the right hoopes and 9/10 it works. Just this last week it's been acting up.

For large items I also discuss using www.parcel2go.com as it works out far cheaper than using a direct site (usually). For example, one seller wanted £36 to ship my CIB Super Famicom. I politely pointed the seller to that website and had shipping reduced to £20, insured and tracked.

safetyboy · 03-08-2011 9:33am

Is £8.50 for 2 megadrive games boxed too much postage from the UK?

Dr Bob · 03-08-2011 9:42am

safetyboy wrote: »

Is £8.50 for 2 megadrive games boxed too much postage from the UK?

if its just postage yeah
I've had small items (meg box size) sent recently via RM for about £1.70 , conceivably two boxes might fit but even sent as 2 its only 3.40 , he's adding a fiver on as profit.

Pyongyang · 03-08-2011 9:48am

safetyboy wrote: »

Is £8.50 for 2 megadrive games boxed too much postage from the UK?

Yes. Costs me less than that for 5 PCE/STN titles shipped from Japan.

CiDeRmAn · 03-08-2011 10:54am

So many ebayers pad out their prices with postage, especially with some of the surprisingly low BIN prices, the postage is nearly always padded, to trap unsuspecting buyers.
I had a massive row with a US ebayer about the postage on a DVD player, she was looking for very stupid money, so I used her own recorded dimensions of the item as well as the weight and looked it up on the USPS site, at the rate she was posting it at, and I sent her the postage rate.
We eventually reached a compromise and I saved myself about 100 dollars in the process.
Threatening reporting or poor feedback is drastic but often gets someones attention.

o1s1n · 03-08-2011 12:26pm

Einhander ending in Ireland in 15 minutes. Will probably sell for the minimum bid of €35 if anyone wants it -

http://cgi.ebay.ie/EINHANDER-SONY-PS1-NTSC-COMPLETE-SQUARESOFT-RARE-/330595587703?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_205&hash=item4cf9085677

Steve X2 · 03-08-2011 12:38pm

Just got my iCade delivered to my desk in work from Firebox(as well as a few non retro things).

Will put it together later this evening and post a few pics for anyone interested.

I think it's going to make a very nice iPad dock for me when I have it modified the way I want and get a few skins made for it.

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Retr0gamer · 03-08-2011 12:40pm

NGPC arrived today. Not had time to try it though. Too busy with this thesis

safetyboy · 03-08-2011 1:06pm

Can you play all the games on your iPad with the iCade or only ones that come made for it?

Steve X2 · 03-08-2011 1:15pm

safetyboy wrote: »

Can you play all the games on your iPad with the iCade or only ones that come made for it?

Only the ones that have been updated to work with it. But if you have a jailbroken iPad(like I do) you can use the iCade with iMAME4All

Plus, more games on the app store are starting to support it. It makes sense for some games and no sense at all for others. I'm happy enough with iMAME4all to be honest.

The iCADE is basically just a fancy bluetooth controller for the iPad.

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CiDeRmAn · 03-08-2011 1:22pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Einhander ending in Ireland in 15 minutes. Will probably sell for the minimum bid of €35 if anyone wants it -

http://cgi.ebay.ie/EINHANDER-SONY-PS1-NTSC-COMPLETE-SQUARESOFT-RARE-/330595587703?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_205&hash=item4cf9085677

BUgger!
Just saw this link!
Arse biscuits!

Is there any point in sending a message to the seller?
Hoping he'll sell to me for the 35?

johnny_ultimate · 03-08-2011 4:02pm

Picked up the boxed Probotector on the MD that somehow survived the weekend in le rage without being sold. No manual, but can't complain for 25 euro

o1s1n · 03-08-2011 4:07pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

BUgger!
Just saw this link!
Arse biscuits!

Is there any point in sending a message to the seller?
Hoping he'll sell to me for the 35?

Yep, I'd say he will. I bought two other Shmups from him for around the same price. He seems like a decent chap.

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Picked up the boxed Probotector on the MD that somehow survived the weekend in le rage without being sold. No manual, but can't complain for 25 euro

Nice!

CiDeRmAn · 03-08-2011 5:16pm

Yeah, he emailed me that we can come to an arrangement.
Einhander in my ein hand for €40!
Happy dippy dappy day!

johnny_ultimate · 03-08-2011 5:22pm

Have to sort out that blasted sticker, and box needs a clean, but otherwise in excellent nick so happy with that

Pyongyang · 03-08-2011 5:35pm

Nice work with those, especially Einhander. I have the NTSC-J version and love it. Probotector is an awesome game too, nice work.

Nothing new in terms of games for me today but my wife just gave me a nice, new, SP-OCD, CIB iPhone 4 as a gift! Takes my Apple haul up to an iPod Classic, iPad, Apple TV 2 and now an iPhone 4. :cool:

Anyone know where to get those Shure iPhone headset/mic yolks?

o1s1n · 03-08-2011 7:43pm

johnny_ultimate - Megadrive cart labels are suprisingly strong. I had a sticker like that on my Streets of Rage 3 and was able to remove it with just water. I pretty much just kept making the sticker damp until it came apart and rolled off in bits.

Nice find anyway! I was in there this afternoon and they seem to have caught on with prices. Any of the fancier games were priced spot on according to ebay.

Retr0gamer · 03-08-2011 8:06pm

I think the great Johnny Ultimate/Musha robbery of 2011 really got to them.

CiDeRmAn · 03-08-2011 8:34pm

o1s1n wrote: »

I had a sticker like that on my Streets of Rage 3 and was able to remove it with just water. I pretty much just kept making the sticker damp until it came apart and rolled off in bits.

The crap on the label of the cart may come off but the persistent rotting stench of the old-hat gameplay remains!

Steve X2 · 03-08-2011 8:41pm

iCade:

You can also stick on whatever ball top you like if you have a few lying around

Or with an adapter you can go American style:

All in all a very excellent addition to my man cave.

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CiDeRmAn · 03-08-2011 10:09pm

Hmm, I can see a healthy business in preowned, jailbroken Ipads in years to come.
I take it that's the only way to get MAME onto the device?

It sure looks like its got a purdy mouth there boy!

Steve X2 · 03-08-2011 10:53pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Hmm, I can see a healthy business in preowned, jailbroken Ipads in years to come.
I take it that's the only way to get MAME onto the device?

It sure looks like its got a purdy mouth there boy!

Yeah, you need to jailbreak to get MAME and all the other emu's.

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johnny_ultimate · 03-08-2011 11:08pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I think the great Johnny Ultimate/Musha robbery of 2011 really got to them.

Remember, remember, the third of May.

(disclaimer: I had to search to find that date. I'm not that lame. Pretty lame, granted, but not that bad).

Dr Bob · 03-08-2011 11:38pm

Got a good load of stuff from EnterNow (cheers man!)there today ,
plus a Master gear adaptor from ebay for the grand price of 3.30 Euro delivered

Mastersystem games are fairly playable , although shooters are out as its a bit hard to see bullets!(might get one of the screen magnifiers)

I've a duplicate boxed sonic 2 and resident evil so I'll probably put them up for trade

CiDeRmAn · 04-08-2011 12:55am

Perfect Dark and Goldeneye?

That, an N64, an RF cable and a cheap, 80's TV, now we're talking Retr0's special kinda hell!

Mine has Streets of Rage and banjo music, for some reason, oh and Kerbdog telling me I sold his MegaCD every 10 minutes, like he used to do...

Steve X2 · 04-08-2011 11:22am

The Hyper NeoGeo arrived in work this morning in a huge box with "HYPER NEOGEO 64" written on it(no way of passing this off as a work item

).

The eBay seller sent me the 3 games he listed on the auction. But instead of sending me the used version of the games he sent me 2 new games and only one used. Happy days

He sent me a message the other day to say he was sending me 2 boxed games instead of loose as advertised but didn't mention they were new.

So a brand new sealed Hyper 64 and 2 new games, and the used game as well. Not bad for £22 sterling. Would have been even better if the shipping wasn't £33, but still a decent deal.

So I now have 3 of the 4 games that will work with this board, might as well look out for the 4th on eBay to complete the Hyper NeoGeo fighting collection.

Will stick up a few pics later.

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CiDeRmAn · 04-08-2011 11:54am

Good day today, got my lovely crystal Xbox controller, the large version, to match my crystal Xbox.
Also finally received my Ocarina of Time soundtrack from Nintendo!
They sent it to me within a calender year of my order, that's super speedy for nintendo!

safetyboy · 04-08-2011 2:06pm

o1s1n · 04-08-2011 2:36pm

Nice!

Although I can't say the same for the massive 3d games sticker on the front. Hope it comes off easily!

johnny_ultimate · 04-08-2011 3:26pm

Had been eyeing that Gradius Advance for a while, but just couldn't bring myself to buy the tattered box :pac: Better than nothing for a GBA game though!

On that subject, wandering through 3D games is a heartbreaking experience. There's loads of games and curios I'd like to buy - the Shin Megami Tensei PS2 games, for example - but the price is just too high. And it's a shame, because I know the owners are probably struggling to make ends meet in a high cost location, especially with a game specialising in slightly rarer and more offbeat fare. But a rip-off is a rip-off, no matter how honourable the intentions.

Pyongyang · 04-08-2011 3:39pm

safetyboy wrote: »

NICE! Any other SHMUP's in there? €11.99 is actually a bargain price so long as it's CIB.

safetyboy · 04-08-2011 3:47pm

Just game and manual, the inner box is gone! Gradius is one of my all time favorite games.

Pyongyang · 04-08-2011 4:04pm

Still a bargain. By some cheapo 99c game and rob the inner tray out of that.

CiDeRmAn · 04-08-2011 7:02pm

A sheet of card and a scapel, make your own innard for the box!
No one need ever know!!

pdbhp · 04-08-2011 7:09pm

safetyboy wrote: »

I'm no english teacher but doesn't "pre used" mean before used ie. new. They'd want to get thier act together

CiDeRmAn · 04-08-2011 7:13pm

You should march in there and tell them!
They'd love it!
Possibly be the best thing you could do!
Of course, they may then charge you more.....

pdbhp · 04-08-2011 7:18pm

I don't think they'd be able to handle me, seriously I'm already angry because of the sticker just imagine a lunatic like me in a shop like that:D

Pyongyang · 04-08-2011 7:19pm

Might take a wander there tomorrow, see what the story is with any video games of a specific niche genre they may or may not have in stock.

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