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Nerdkiller1991

MY CONTRA 4, LADS AND LASSES!

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Inviere

I remember buying that a few years back & thinking straight away "that couldn't be legit!" Turns out it was, it's just a beyond awful cover

Mr.Saturn

Just saw CeX are selling Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door for 78e. Was about to lambaste them as thieves and scoundrels 'til I saw that was the general ballpark for what it goes for these days. I don't understand the discrepancy between its PAL price and its NTSC release. The latter can be gotten relatively cheap but the PAL version gains a tenner every time I look away. Is there a reason why one version out-prices the other so dramatically? The PAL version didn't seem to have experienced any limitations in supply compared to its US equivalent.

Like, hell, even a pre-owned, Player's Choice copy can comfortably sell for 83e and that's with the merchant having 22 copies readily available:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/PAPER-MARIO-THE-THOUSAND-YEAR-DOOR-GAMECUBE-GAME-PAL/271933940486?hash=item3f5086a306:m:mM1FGbnjqxmQ67_2KcB-H5w

Nerdkiller1991

So, uhhh...Toy Show tonight.

smurf492

Nerdkiller1991 wrote:

So, uhhh...Toy Show tonight.

I expect to see a snes mini at some point....

Tom Mann Centuria

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Please support your local Secret Santa!

So Christmas is a coming, and even if you aren't going to be lucky enough to make it to the annual night of Beer in my house, I'd hope you'd be game enough to take part in the Secret Santa 2017 edition!
Check out the official thread here and see what the rulez are.
It's always a good laugh.

That link brings me, amongst other things, to a Japanese man hugging a pillow

CiDeRmAn

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

That link brings me, amongst other things, to a Japanese man hugging a pillow

Your point being?
I mean, you know where you are, right?

Tom Mann Centuria

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Your point being?
I mean, you know where you are, right?

It's kerazy and zany, I know that much.

Thargor

Absolutely love this art from the cover of Battletech: Mercenaries, its so perfect! What are the chances of finding it as a poster I wonder? Id frame it for my future games room. From a good 4 part series Polygon just did on the history of Mechwarrior.

I really hope Mechwarrior V is good.

Firefox11

I'm just waiting for my Crash 2018 Annual and Calendar with artwork by Oliver Frey.

CiDeRmAn

Thargor wrote: »

Absolutely love this art from the cover of Battletech: Mercenaries, its so perfect! What are the chances of finding it as a poster I wonder? Id frame it for my future games room. From a good 4 part series Polygon just did on the history of Mechwarrior.

I really hope Mechwarrior V is good.

I was a player of Battletech in college, back in 89/90, great game.
The PC games from the mid 90's were superb, particularly 2 and 3, had them both on my Windows 95 machine, with a MS Sidewinder stick, just brilliant!
The same engine was used in Interstate 76 as well.

And here's a quick search for high res battletech art
link

Retr0gamer

I really miss that genre of pseudo sim games. Loved mechwarrior 2 and the tie fighter games.

Retr0gamer

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Just saw CeX are selling Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door for 78e. Was about to lambaste them as thieves and scoundrels 'til I saw that was the general ballpark for what it goes for these days. I don't understand the discrepancy between its PAL price and its NTSC release. The latter can be gotten relatively cheap but the PAL version gains a tenner every time I look away. Is there a reason why one version out-prices the other so dramatically? The PAL version didn't seem to have experienced any limitations in supply compared to its US equivalent.

Like, hell, even a pre-owned, Player's Choice copy can comfortably sell for 83e and that's with the merchant having 22 copies readily available:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/PAPER-MARIO-THE-THOUSAND-YEAR-DOOR-GAMECUBE-GAME-PAL/271933940486?hash=item3f5086a306:m:mM1FGbnjqxmQ67_2KcB-H5w

It's a RPG for an unpopular console. People seem to equate that to rare and expensive and then the market slowly reflects that. Paper Mario 2 sold relatively well and is in no way rare.

o1s1n

Holy crap, anyone see how much Ronnie just listed a Pony III for??? -2495 :eek:

That's quite literally twice the price I bought my one from him for a few years ago. (And I thought that was expensive!)

witnessmenow

Hey All,

I'm buying a particular Gameboy Advance Game for my reddit secret santa, I picked one up on ebay which I'm guessing by the wild variation in prices and just from the few minutes of research I've done on GBA games that it's a knockoff.

Is there anything to look out for or check? I don't think I have anything that can play GBA games so I won't be able to test it before forwarding it on, are they generally ok? Worth including any warning with it?

Thanks

I'm also making a nice enclosure for it, I'll share when they have received it (worried they might be one here!)

CiDeRmAn

GBA games on Ebay are cursed with knockoffs.
But there are ways to determine if it's genuine, from the label to having a peek at the circuit board.
Here's a link to some telltale signs

https://www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-a-GBA-Game-Is-Fake

witnessmenow

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

GBA games on Ebay are cursed with knockoffs.
But there are ways to determine if it's genuine, from the label to having a peek at the circuit board.
Here's a link to some telltale signs

https://www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-a-GBA-Game-Is-Fake

Cheers for the links.

Without even receiving it I'm going to give it a 95% chance of being fake :P

Has anyone had much issues with the fake stuff?

Retr0gamer

witnessmenow wrote: »

Cheers for the links.

Without even receiving it I'm going to give it a 95% chance of being fake :P

Has anyone had much issues with the fake stuff?

Only fake gba game I got was from Rage.... :mad:

Try Lukiegames on ebay, his gba games have been all genuine from what I bought.

Mr.Saturn

witnessmenow wrote: »

Cheers for the links.

Without even receiving it I'm going to give it a 95% chance of being fake :P

Has anyone had much issues with the fake stuff?

Eh if you can make it through all the Youtuber-ness, the young one here runs a game shop and gives a few good pointers for spotting fake stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqwDN-njSls

Anyone ever into the Pokemon GBA games knows the agony of going from "awesome, I can forward my team to the new games" to "oh, wow, this thing doesn't even save."

o1s1n

Don't mean to keep banging on about the price of things, but christ, everything has gotten a little bit..over the top hasn't it?

I've been out of the arcade collecting scene since my cabs were in storage - now that I'm getting them out soon I've been looking over the value of a few items.

My Pony went into storage worth €1300, now apparently it's coming out worth €2500 (?!)

Ibara was locked away in there too after I'd bought it a year previously for €275, looks to be selling on AO and ebay for €700-800! (thought that might be some special 'black label hyper japanese super otaku r@@re version' but no, it's the regular PCB.

Loads of other PCBs, including MVS carts have jumped too. What gives? Are videogames the new bitcoin??

Inviere

I'd say availability has gone down over the years, with people storing/hanging onto their items...while demand has increased in that same time...so essentially a supply and demand thing imo. It's gone nuts though, I'm glad I'm mostly out of it now. I've kept a few treasures, and stuff that actually means something to me, but hanging onto games/consoles that live in storage boxes 365 days a year is something I began to see as madness. If I'd room for everything it'd be different, but I don't.

Shapey Fiend

You'd think with things like PCB's they're sufficiently enthusiast that the audience for them wouldn't balloon but apparently not. Like I'd never buy a PCB but Youtube and just the internet in general seems to have put people up on what's what. All the people who 10 years ago would have been like "Oh, let me buy an XArcade stick for the real experience" are now versed in what sort of gates the Korean customs have.

My bosses son came into the office today and started rattling off Marvel superhero lore at 300 miles an hour, and he's football playing jock. I never envisioned a world in which most people are far nerdier than me!

CiDeRmAn

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

You'd think with things like PCB's they're sufficiently enthusiast that the audience for them wouldn't balloon but apparently not. Like I'd never buy a PCB but Youtube and just the internet in general seems to have put people up on what's what. All the people who 10 years ago would have been like "Oh, let me buy an XArcade stick for the real experience" are now versed in what sort of gates the Korean customs have.

My bosses son came into the office today and started rattling off Marvel superhero lore at 300 miles an hour, and he's football playing jock. I never envisioned a world in which most people are far nerdier than me!

Blame the internet.
A decade ago, finding much of this information would have required a person to read enthusiasts press, fan sites, heaven forbid even read the source material.
Now a quick dab on a keyboard and you've access to the kind of topic minutiae that would have certainly got you, back in school,

No friends
Beaten up
Never know the touch of a woman

Plus, we're living in an age of trivia, when having this sort of detail has social value.
And mobile smart devices has made actual learning moot in many casual interests.
"How do I install Pacman on a PC?"
Tappity tap
And off they go.

geotrig

o1s1n wrote: »

****ing hell retro gaming

Tell me about it ,my purchases have come down 10 fold in the last few years to be nearly non existant now ,early 2000's when no one wanted this **** was great ! now as you said Ibara is being put up for 700-800 ,also note not many are selling for that.

Thing is its all become real cool as oppossed to the old "state of that thing " information is readily available and all the hip IT guys with money to burn are buying in and constantly paying over the odds ! its the same cycle happening ,someone puts up a pcb at an inflated price and everyone "used" to laugh and think, never gonna sell , 20 mins later some noob ,lol, /me just jealous of their riches!! comes along and offers the asking , those crazy ebay prices of old all seem reasonable now ...and dont even get me started on the crazy zone that is yaj , i dont even bother to browse there anymore

i have all those regrets of the odd pcb i really wanted and put on the long finger to pick up later on down the road and just cant justify the price or afford any longer !

i used to buy games for older consoles as it was cheaper now i just get the new games !

Retr0gamer

I'm hoping it's a fad like hipster donuts but I very much doubt it.

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I'm hoping it's a fad like hipster donuts but I very much doubt it.

Cronuts FTW!

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I'm hoping it's a fad like hipster donuts but I very much doubt it.

I find it hilarious that people who wear skinny jeans would make donuts a fad.

I look forward to the new incoming hipster craze of sweat pants and mumus.

CiDeRmAn

o1s1n wrote: »

I find it hilarious that people who wear skinny jeans would make donuts a fad.

I look forward to the new incoming hipster craze of sweat pants and mumus.

I appear to be at least half way ahead of the curve,
Woohoo!

smurf492

o1s1n wrote:

I find it hilarious that people who wear skinny jeans would make donuts a fad.

Come to galway... You get free donuts when you buy skinny jeans and vice versa... Plus our new new Starbucks is growing hipsters at an alarming rate

Andrew76

Doughnut ya lazy Americans! :P :P

But what the feck is a hispter doughnut? Do you mean those doughnut shops popping up all over the place with crazy flavours?

The only doughnut shop in Dublin I recognise is the little kiosk place on O'Connell St. Sugar or chocolate or gtfo!

This place (donut...:rolleyes:):

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