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Steve X2 · 21-05-2011 3:18pm

Gonna head into The RAGE on Monday or Tuesday and see whats left.
Hopefully the have a few bits of interest.
I won some Swarovski vouchers in work, wonder can I trade them for retro things:D

I've stuck them on adverts so hopefully I can get an old beat up console instead of some shiny crystally thingys.

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CiDeRmAn · 21-05-2011 4:10pm

Super Mario Sunshine is vastly underrated by gamers, it may, perhaps, be the weakest of the 3D Mario games but it is head and shoulders above anything appearing on the PS2 and Xbox at the time.
I started it up again recently and was pleasantly surprised.
Now the setting still grates a bit, the pursuit of the shadow Mario is a drag at times but other than that its a blast.
The water and mud effects are very nice indeedy.

Retr0gamer · 21-05-2011 4:55pm

Mario Sunshine is massively enjoyable. I loved it. It had it's flaws, some of the shines were a bit too hard and the blue coins were a stupid idea and since there's no way to keep track of them you need a faq to find them all. It gets unfairly criticised due to being not up to the same standards as the rest of the mario series. It's far better than ratchet and clank, Jak and Daxter or any other pretenders to the crown.

pdbhp · 21-05-2011 5:49pm

Went to Rage earlier got me some Gameboy games.
Terminator 2 by LJN:eek: (has to be garbage)
Gargoyles Quest
Waverace
Missile command

Retr0gamer · 21-05-2011 5:58pm

Ah ****e didn't know gargoyles quest was there!

Terminator 2 on GB is indeed one of the worst games ever made. AVGN covered it.

johnny_ultimate · 21-05-2011 6:02pm

Did any recent RAGE visitors notice if a)Shenmue 2 Xbox was still there and b) how much it was?

pdbhp · 21-05-2011 6:04pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Ah ****e didn't know gargoyles quest was there!.

It was €4:D

Retr0gamer · 21-05-2011 6:45pm

The guy says he isn't selling Shenmue 2 until he beats it himself.

Relikk · 21-05-2011 10:00pm

As far as I'm aware a Mega Drive 2 PSU differs from a Mega Drive 1 with regard to the connection on the console end (I think it's smaller), and your Mega Drive sounds like it's an Asian PAL model and not a Japanese model and will display at 50hz.

James Howlett · 21-05-2011 10:50pm

Here's my latest acquisitions this past two weeks:

SNES game is Turtles in Time
Gameboy game is DuckTales
and
GBA game is Crash Nitro Racing

I loved the Syphon Filter series when they originally came out so I'll enjoy replaying them. I never owned any of the games, just rented/ borrowed them before.
Deathtrap Dungeon I remember to have been pretty hard, not just in terms of AI but also figgity controls... should be fun.

Retr0gamer · 21-05-2011 11:59pm

Syphon filters aged quite badly. Hope you're not too disappointed.

Helix · 22-05-2011 1:18am

thinking of getting a snes powerpak, anyone got any experience with them?

theyre quite pricey at $145 so wanna make sure theyre decent. could buy 5 snes' for that, fortunately we've got one in the house id like to make use of

http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?products_id=84

CiDeRmAn · 22-05-2011 10:38am

Visited Balbriggan market this morning, looker pretty poor but then found a saitek snes fight stick, tunnel b1 for the ps1, the Go Ape music cd from around the launch of Donkey Kong Country and, the best of the lot, a perfect Nes Four Score multiplayer adaptor, all for a fiver. Saw some PS controllers but they were very grubby I'll get some again.

Feck it, strolled back and got two grubby PS controllers and an Xbox memory card for 3 euro. I couldn't resist!

Steve X2 · 22-05-2011 2:15pm

Anyone heading to the car boot sale in the point village next weekend? I think it's the first week of it.

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Atavan-Halen · 22-05-2011 9:52pm

Steve SI wrote: »

Anyone heading to the car boot sale in the point village next weekend? I think it's the first week of it.

I might do. Will be at a carboot sale on saturday as well.

New purchases:

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It's being shipped out tomorrow to me. It's brand new and sealed. No idea what the 2nd box is though! And not a bad buy at £22.98 posted. Also should be collecting this:

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At the weekend so lots of Japanese pokémon goodies

CiDeRmAn · 23-05-2011 7:22pm

So, what the heck is that in the last photo? A pokemon game before it was called pokemon? A knock off? I am entirely ignorant of the whole field so forgive me, please...

Atavan-Halen · 23-05-2011 7:29pm

It's just the Japanese version of Pokémon green. We got Blue and Red over here and instead of Blue, they got Green in Japan! It's the exact same game though

Optimus Prime · 25-05-2011 10:34am

Finally got myself a complete in box Zelda link to the past for the snes! Ive a boxed atari 2600 on the way too with 3 boxed games, only cost be 16euro!

Mr.Saturn · 25-05-2011 10:39am

atavan-halen wrote: »

I might do. Will be at a carboot sale on saturday as well.

Which one? Is it any good?

Myrddin · 25-05-2011 12:02pm

keithgeo wrote: »

Finally got myself a complete in box Zelda link to the past for the snes! Ive a boxed atari 2600 on the way too with 3 boxed games, only cost be 16euro!

Its all about the map & secrets book

o1s1n · 25-05-2011 12:02pm

I have the map and secrets book but am missing the damn box!

Optimus Prime · 25-05-2011 12:04pm

haha yeh it has the map and secrets!

Myrddin · 25-05-2011 12:05pm

o1s1n wrote: »

I have the map and secrets book but am missing the damn box!

A bizarre case for sure

How the hell did the documentation survive & the box didn't?

o1s1n · 25-05-2011 12:06pm

It's a weird one. I bought a Snes in a charity shop years ago with about 20 games. All the games came with their booklets and any other documents which were in the boxes...just no boxes.

You think if someone was freakish enough to want to keep every single bit of paper that came with the game then they'd have kept the boxes too?

o1s1n · 25-05-2011 12:30pm

Anyone into Jag stuff? This guy has a pretty amazing collection he's selling off -

http://shop.ebay.com/evillynn723/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562&clk_rvr_id=234971380895

Steve X2 · 25-05-2011 12:41pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Anyone into Jag stuff? This guy has a pretty amazing collection he's selling off -

http://shop.ebay.com/evillynn723/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562&clk_rvr_id=234971380895

Oh No, I wish you hadn't shared that link. Lots of stuff I don't have and Its pay day.

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o1s1n · 25-05-2011 12:51pm

For $899 you could own one of the two known Atari Jaguar 2 prototypes!

I'd quite like to buy one of those AVP sample carts.

Steve X2 · 25-05-2011 12:59pm

o1s1n wrote: »

For $899 you could own one of the two known Atari Jaguar 2 prototypes!

I'd quite like to buy one of those AVP sample carts.

Yeah, A bargain indeed

I have the Catbox at home but it looks different than the one he's selling.
My one is stealth black in colour instead of the metalic silver on his one.

Did they make more than one type?

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o1s1n · 25-05-2011 1:04pm

Haven't a clue about your Catbox. Is it made by ICD?

I didn't realize those things were so expensive.

K.O.Kiki · 25-05-2011 1:07pm

o1s1n wrote: »

It's a weird one. I bought a Snes in a charity shop years ago with about 20 games. All the games came with their booklets and any other documents which were in the boxes...just no boxes.

You think if someone was freakish enough to want to keep every single bit of paper that came with the game then they'd have kept the boxes too?

That's not freakish at all.

I did that as a kid (still would if games weren't DS-small/optical discs).

You keep the manual because it shows you how to play.
You discard the game box because it's just worthless nuisance.
And you keep the console box because it's big & you can store all your crap in it

Steve X2 · 25-05-2011 1:08pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Haven't a clue about your Catbox. Is it made by ICD?

I didn't realize those things were so expensive.

Yeah, They were the only ones to make it I think.

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Pyongyang · 25-05-2011 2:54pm

Today's haul:

1 x PAL PS2 'fat', boxed and most of it still in plastic bags, even the manuals are still sealed.

1 x Memory Card

1 x Controller

16 x Games including:

Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Fantavision
Sonic Unleashed
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Pro Evolution Soccer Management
Pro Evolution Soccer 1, 2, 4, 5
Pro Evolution Soccer Management
Taito Legends 2
Ace Combat: Squadron Leader
Kuri Kuri Mix
Burnout 2
Fahrenheit
Tekken Tag Tournament
Sega Classics Collection

All for €40.

Also picked up Wipeout Fusion, Stuntman (French cover art) and Atari Anthology all for €5.25 from CEX.

Best of all I get to play R-Type: Final and Gunbird which I received earlier this week and am aching to play!

And to round off a good day, I just found out I won two tickets to see Michael Palin tonight in the boards.ie competition today.

Jack burton · 27-05-2011 8:14pm

Just got a complete mint cardboard copy of ICO, proudly standing beside SOTC right now.

Looks like a have a plastic case Ico I might trade now

alpahaeagle · 27-05-2011 9:36pm

Just got a boxed Panasonic fz-10 with Road Rash, Need for speed, Starblade, SAMURAI SHODOWN
Triped. All for 40€. Show pics later
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/games/2182956

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Jack burton · 27-05-2011 9:56pm

HOW THE **** DID I MISS THAT!

Its in Waterford and everything, im genuinely pissed off now

Pyongyang · 27-05-2011 11:00pm

alpahaeagle wrote: »

Just got a boxed Panasonic fz-10 with Road Rash, Need for speed, Starblade, SAMURAI SHODOWN
Triped. All for 40€. Show pics later
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/games/2182956 .

Nice! I loved Starblade. If I remember rightly it had a gimmick cabinet screen no? Wasn't it 3D or something? I forget. Not like the Sega Time Traveller hologram game I mean.

Something about that FZ-10 design I love too, one of the better looking consoles I think.

Congratulations on a fun purchase.

pdbhp · 28-05-2011 4:46pm

Picked up a mint copy of Shadow of the Colossus in GameStop for €11 might just stick it up on adverts or fleabay since I already own a copy of it.

Myrddin · 28-05-2011 6:42pm

alpahaeagle wrote: »

Just got a boxed Panasonic fz-10 with Road Rash, Need for speed, Starblade, SAMURAI SHODOWN
Triped. All for 40€. Show pics later
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/games/2182956 .

Fantastic find, nicely done.

Atavan-Halen · 28-05-2011 11:25pm

A few nice items this week

First up, most recent purchase at the car boot sale this morning. Not much at all at it but did come across a lady who was selling a bunch of random controllers and accessories so picked up a Dreamcast VMU, SNES controller and Rumble pak (I think) from her for €2. She had lots of DC controllers and a few GB games but I didn't really want more.

Not really a purchase but was clearing out my nanny attic for stuff she wanted to sell at the car boot sale and came across a honeybee MD adapter that I thought was throw out long ago!

Then picked up from a fellow boardsie the Jap Pokémon green. It's in great condition and every leaflet it with it! Also the Jap GB game boxes are amazingly cute.

And then finally the Jap Pokémon channel. It was brand new and sealed but I want to play it :P Comes with the game disc and then another disc that has something to do with pikachu. But the actual plastic case is in this cool translucent yellow

Also comes with some e-reader cards inside too! Anyone know if the cards are region locked? I've a US e-reader.

So yeah! That'll be the extent of my purchases for a while :P

Retr0gamer · 29-05-2011 12:44am

used to use a honeybee adapter for mercs on the MD, jap version:)

o1s1n · 29-05-2011 12:53am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

used to use a honeybee adapter for mercs on the MD, jap version:)

Pointless yolks. They are akin to cutting the tabs on the cart slot. They dont do any region bypassing at all. Just physical.

Retr0gamer · 29-05-2011 1:08am

Well it was afriend of mine that had it with an ex rental game he bought.

pdbhp · 29-05-2011 10:31am

atavan-halen wrote: »

and a few GB games but I didn't really want more.

Not even a text to alert me to GB games:(

Atavan-Halen · 29-05-2011 11:10am

pdbhp wrote: »

Not even a text to alert me to GB games:(

They were only extremely rare and highly sought after. Nothing you'd be interested in :P

pdbhp · 29-05-2011 11:13am

atavan-halen wrote: »

They were only extremely rare and highly sought after. Nothing you'd be interested in :P

and you know I'm only interested in generic mass produced sports games;)

Atavan-Halen · 29-05-2011 11:20am

o1s1n wrote: »

Pointless yolks. They are akin to cutting the tabs on the cart slot. They dont do any region bypassing at all. Just physical.

Or cutting chunks out of the actual cart which is done to one or two of my jap games :mad:

CiDeRmAn · 29-05-2011 12:05pm

Regarding Starblade, it was not in 3d but was on a large curved screen via projection, filled your peripheral vision so appeared more.immersive.

In Balbriggan market just now, picked up a bunch of gba games for a fiver and also, at another stall I got a PS multitap, a PS2 multitap, a playstation mouse and a Malcolm negcon all for a fiver as well! So a good trip out.
They also have a complete original Xbox there as a firstgen PS, easy to run backups on one of those, I have 3 ps' already so to buy another would be greedy!

pdbhp · 29-05-2011 12:19pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Regarding Starblade, it was not in 3d but was on a large curved screen via projection, filled your peripheral vision so appeared more.immersive.

In Balbriggan market just now, picked up a bunch of gba games for a fiver and also, at another stall I got a PS multitap, a PS2 multitap, a playstation mouse and a Malcolm negcon all for a fiver as well! So a good trip out.
They also have a complete original Xbox there as a firstgen PS, easy to run backups on one of those, I have 3 ps' already so to buy another would be greedy!

Anything good GBA wise?

CiDeRmAn · 29-05-2011 12:30pm

Not really, digimon racing, some scooby doo games, an xmen2 game, I'll have to have a look through the bag when i get home.
Very pleased with the multitaps and the mouse though. I can play Alien Resurrection properly now! And play 4 player Crash Team Racing on the tiny psone screen!

James Howlett · 29-05-2011 1:11pm

pdbhp wrote: »

Not even a text to alert me to GB games:(

I picked up some GameBoy games yesterday in Gamesexchange on Talbot street. 3 for 2 offer so I got Final Fantasy Adventure, Contra and Pokemon Red.

Shop Keeper had them in a box behind they counter and if he hadn't said it to me I wouldn't have known he had any. He said he has a few boxes of SNES and N64 games loose behind there so just ask if you're ever in there.

I did have a look at the SNES games but they weren't great.

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