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Andy!! · 18-01-2013 03:53PM

Steve SI wrote: »

Haha Oops.

I was out tech and retro shopping in South Korea and then went up to North Korea on a trip of Pyongyang and a few other places (with an official group as its the only real way).

Didn't think S.K. was that big a destination for retro shopping. I would imagine part of the appeal of buying something import only would be that it is Japanese.

That N.K. trip must have cost you an arm and a leg, I definitely need to do that while there still is a N.K. though!:pac:

Steve X2 · 18-01-2013 04:08PM

Andy!! wrote: »

Didn't think S.K. was that big a destination for retro shopping. I would imagine part of the appeal of buying something import only would be that it is Japanese.

That N.K. trip must have cost you an arm and a leg, I definitely need to do that while there still is a N.K. though!:pac:

Not so much a retro shopping destination but for tech gear its excellent as a lot of it never gets released outside of South Korea.
The trip up north wasn't exactly cheap all right but totally worth it. You must plan that well in advance as you need a Visa and have to jump through a few hoops to get in and there are loads of restrictions, rules and laws that you have to stick to. Having an Irish passport is a big help though.

Andy!! · 18-01-2013 04:45PM

Steve SI wrote: »

Not so much a retro shopping destination but for tech gear its excellent as a lot of it never gets released outside of South Korea.
The trip up north wasn't exactly cheap all right but totally worth it. You must plan that well in advance as you need a Visa and have to jump through a few hoops to get in and there are loads of restrictions, rules and laws that you have to stick to. Having an Irish passport is a big help though.

What kind of tech are you referring to? All I can think of is smartphones that have TV aerials here.

Wasn't your visa alone for the N.K. trip like 2K? Got a link to the company you went through?

Steve X2 · 18-01-2013 05:08PM

Andy!! wrote: »

What kind of tech are you referring to? All I can think of is smartphones that have TV aerials here.

Wasn't your visa alone for the N.K. trip like 2K? Got a link to the company you went through?

The tour operator will look after the visa and that sort of thing as long as you provide all the required info.
http://www.newkoreatours.com

If you go don't make the same mistake as myself and another guy and head off on your own to get some pictures of "the real" north korea. You will be shot/jailed/have things put in you etc etc.

Andy!! · 18-01-2013 05:19PM

How much did the trip set you back if you don't mind me asking?

What kind of gadgetry did you pick up over here?

Steve X2 · 18-01-2013 05:26PM

Andy!! wrote: »

How much did the trip set you back if you don't mind me asking?

What kind of gadgetry did you pick up over here?

The North Korea part was about €3500 and the south Korea, well, I'm not sayin

I picked up various smart phones, tablets and some other gadgets while in Seoul for decent prices.

Andy!! · 18-01-2013 05:35PM

Wish I could find a Nexus 7 here. Seems the tables have turned! :P

o1s1n · 18-01-2013 05:48PM

Steve SI wrote: »

Not so much a retro shopping destination but for tech gear its excellent as a lot of it never gets released outside of South Korea.
The trip up north wasn't exactly cheap all right but totally worth it. You must plan that well in advance as you need a Visa and have to jump through a few hoops to get in and there are loads of restrictions, rules and laws that you have to stick to. Having an Irish passport is a big help though.

You went on a trip to North Korea? Amazing! I've always wanted to do that.

Did your minder pretend the Ryugyong Hotel didn't exist?

Nerdkiller1991 · 18-01-2013 06:44PM

o1s1n wrote: »

You went on a trip to North Korea? Amazing! I've always wanted to do that.

Did your minder pretend the Ryugyong Hotel didn't exist?

Didn't they just refurbish that into a telecommunication tower with a revolving restaurant? Although, knowing North Korea, only 7 people will probably use whatever service it provides.

Retr0gamer · 18-01-2013 06:58PM

Glad to see those developers from Bohemia Interactive out of prison and back with their families.

Andy!! · 18-01-2013 07:10PM

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Didn't they just refurbish that into a telecommunication tower with a revolving restaurant? Although, knowing North Korea, only 7 people will probably use whatever service it provides.

I would be very surprised to hear they pulled that off haha. :pac:

Atavan-Halen · 18-01-2013 10:14PM

Interesting....

http://www.mcvuk.com//news/read/surprise-game-looking-to-acquire-hmv-stores-after-stronger-than-expected-xmas/0109461

Steve X2 · 18-01-2013 10:21PM

o1s1n wrote: »

You went on a trip to North Korea? Amazing! I've always wanted to do that.

Did your minder pretend the Ryugyong Hotel didn't exist?

They brought us near it but not close enough so we could see inside it (it's apparently just a shell with very little done internally). He said it would be opening in the near future blah blah blah. Load a bull$hit really, we all know its empty

Atavan-Halen · 18-01-2013 10:34PM

How many can you get?

http://tinyurl.com/MegadriveQuiz

the groutch · 18-01-2013 10:56PM

atavan-halen wrote: »

How many can you get?

http://tinyurl.com/MegadriveQuiz

an embarassingly bad 38

Retr0gamer · 18-01-2013 11:57PM

44/50. Stupid sports games.

Sparks43 · 19-01-2013 12:18AM

Anyone else having trouble with the nintendo servers?

Cant dl anything on the WiiU and cant even play Mario kart ds online

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 19-01-2013 12:37AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imh_23iJOz8

deathrider · 19-01-2013 12:40AM

39. A few of them were comeplete flukes though.

OwaynOTT · 19-01-2013 01:23AM

I win with 34. Wasn't enough sports games.

o1s1n · 19-01-2013 01:39AM

42. Sports games got me.

That and I selected 'The Simpsons' for the itchy and scratchy game!

Nerdkiller1991 · 19-01-2013 02:22AM

34. Not too bad for someone who hasn't played Mega Drive in years.

Retr0gamer · 19-01-2013 03:49AM

Yes:

Never has a game cover scream 'Don't play me!' so loudly.

Sparks43 · 19-01-2013 03:52AM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Yes:

Never has a game cover scream 'Don't play me!' so loudly.

Agreed

johnny_ultimate · 19-01-2013 03:59AM

I think this might be amongst the worst covers for a game actually worth playing:

**** slowdown, at least the PAL cover is appropriately elegant :pac:

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 19-01-2013 04:26AM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I think this might be amongst the worst covers for a game actually worth playing

reminded me of this
images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRt1BWsTHoaRotufB1ZOT5vKkA4uZDVL0P4ji-Z_20NE-Z91M6W

Andy!! · 19-01-2013 05:24AM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I think this might be amongst the worst covers for a game actually worth playing:

**** slowdown, at least the PAL cover is appropriately elegant :pac:

Yeah the cover we got was very purdy.

krudler · 19-01-2013 01:16PM

atavan-halen wrote: »

How many can you get?

http://tinyurl.com/MegadriveQuiz

41, some guesses, the rpg and sports ones. I'm not really sure why anyone would think a game with a screenshot with Batman in it would be anything other than...Batman?

CiDeRmAn · 19-01-2013 01:24PM

Sparks43 wrote: »

Agreed

Yeah, some games just scream, "Don't even open me, RUN FAR, RUN FAST!"

CiDeRmAn · 19-01-2013 01:29PM

But this is my collections worst cover of something very good,

I present Mobile Lightforce 2, awful cover, some awful art in the intro but, turns out, it's really Shikigami no Shiro, which is pretty good stuff.

Mobile Lightforce has exactly the same cover art, formatted to a PS cover ratio and without the tell tale number 2 on the front.
Again, it is hiding something great too, Gunbird!

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