Dreamer of the year (Arcade Edition)

o1s1n · 24-09-2020 02:55PM

Yeah I really like those American style wood paneled CRTs but the idea of having something with a Nokia badge on it that's not a phone is just bizarre

CathalDublin · 28-09-2020 08:52PM

40,000 games on a raspberry pi4
https://www.adverts.ie/21679025

Dr Bob · 30-09-2020 01:17PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Yeah I really like those American style wood paneled CRTs but the idea of having something with a Nokia badge on it that's not a phone is just bizarre

Weird thing is I knew about Nokia as a maker of decent TVs back in the 80s and early 90s long before I knew them as a phone company

CathalDublin · 30-09-2020 05:11PM

CathalDublin wrote: »

40,000 games on a raspberry pi4
https://www.adverts.ie/21679025

Shame, seems to have been take down for piracy

bmorrissey · 06-10-2020 10:21AM

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/sega-mortal-kombat-game/18508571

Must have missed this version of Mortal Kombat, always wanted to play as Iori in MK :rolleyes:

06-10-2020 01:50PM

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/out-run/21728738

Thought it was a bit much then I seen the checkered floor

Star Lord · 06-10-2020 02:36PM

BrownFinger wrote: »

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/out-run/21728738

Thought it was a bit much then I seen the checkered floor

Surprised he doesn't have red curtains on the walls, because his pricing is from another place...

o1s1n · 06-10-2020 03:26PM

I'd love to know how he prices things. Here's one with it's box on ebay in great condition for 125gbp.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Tiger-Electronics-Grandstand-Out-Run-Electronic-LCD-w-Supersound-1989/274463349715?hash=item3fe74a5bd3:g:0b4AAOSwmFde4ND3

06-10-2020 03:58PM

o1s1n wrote: »

I'd love to know how he prices things. Here's one with it's box on ebay in great condition for 125gbp.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Tiger-Electronics-Grandstand-Out-Run-Electronic-LCD-w-Supersound-1989/274463349715?hash=item3fe74a5bd3:g:0b4AAOSwmFde4ND3

I think modern vintage gamer or someone of that ilk did a review of them recently ,a review of just how bad they were!

Skerries · 06-10-2020 04:57PM

it was Nostalgia Nerd

The_B_Man · 10-10-2020 06:00PM

I could have sworn I seen a modded one of those Outrun toys, but I must have mixed it up with this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4N2GVX-XKg

airmax87 · 30-10-2020 12:40PM

Now I could be very wrong because I haven't been up to date with CRT/PVM prices since selling my collection to another poster here about 5 years ago, but 3.5k for this !
A very very nice monitor, are they really going for this these days ?
No disrespect to the seller if they're on here.
https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/jvc-dt-v1710cg-hi-res-hd-monitor-same-like-sony-pvm-bvm/21714419

o1s1n · 30-10-2020 12:44PM

That will be listed forever for that price, nobody would ever pay it.

I think it might be a case of a wife who doesn't like an old CRT in the house so he's listed it 'to sell' :pac:

Doge · 31-10-2020 08:02PM

Our Chinese friends are selling modded mega drive 2 PCBs in transparent acrylic cases for ridiculous money:

€ 146,33 | MEGA DRIVE 2 VA4 VERSION CONSOLE -- ALL REGION SWITCHABLE,RGBS,S,COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT STERO AUDIO OUTPUT!!
https://a.aliexpress.com/_m08Pu0V

Jack burton · 01-11-2020 06:22PM

Those acrylic cases look great though

KeRbDoG · 01-11-2020 08:19PM

Doge wrote: »

Our Chinese friends are selling modded mega drive 2 PCBs in transparent acrylic cases for ridiculous money:

€ 146,33 | MEGA DRIVE 2 VA4 VERSION CONSOLE -- ALL REGION SWITCHABLE,RGBS,S,COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT STERO AUDIO OUTPUT!!
https://a.aliexpress.com/_m08Pu0V

Looks like a complete repro PCB/board though, wonder if they have worked lots of AV magic into it?

The Last Bandit · 01-11-2020 08:44PM

Ya its a clone of the last Model 2 board version alright, looks like only a few minor changes were done to it. Using a Fujitsu rgb encoder instead of the usual Sony one along with a separate RGB amplifier and a second crystal.

They've a Famicom type thing in the background as well. Maybe acrylic wrapped clones are the new cool thing to have...

Jack burton · 01-11-2020 11:56PM

I'd love a mega drive translucent case, just love the look of those kind of consoles

The skeleton Saturn is just so cool!.....it even says it on it

deadl0ck · 15-12-2020 04:49PM

This guy/gal looking for 100 quid for a C64 mini (or as it says in the ad "C64 Retro Games Console") : https://www.adverts.ie/22441427

Dr Bob · 15-12-2020 06:58PM

deadl0ck wrote: »

This guy/gal looking for 100 quid for a C64 mini (or as it says in the ad "C64 Retro Games Console") : https://www.adverts.ie/22441427

Thats the fullsize version not the mini , so I think 100 quid wasn't far off what it sold for . Plus theres a second joystick , so its not that bad all things considered

deadl0ck · 15-12-2020 07:34PM

Dr Bob wrote: »

Thats the fullsize version not the mini , so I think 100 quid wasn't far off what it sold for . Plus theres a second joystick , so its not that bad all things considered

Ahhh - my bad - I though it was the Mini from the pic

Stoner · 21-12-2020 12:42PM

Haven't been too many dreams lately. It's a pity as I love this thread.

L1m1tless · 06-01-2021 09:58PM

R@RE

Jack burton · 10-01-2021 05:04PM

A lot of stuff I would have considered dreamer material is actually getting sold. I saw someone pay roughly €20 for a sonic 1 a few weeks ago!

Seen some drama on the mini arcade cabs facebook, people slagging them over price etc.

Inviere · 11-01-2021 10:00AM

Jack burton wrote: »

I saw someone pay roughly €20 for a sonic 1 a few weeks ago!

Not only has it gone really silly, but for anyone new to collecting, it will ruin the experience. Sonic 1 for €20, I adore the game, but in no way is it ever worth €20.

o1s1n · 11-01-2021 11:49AM

Wow, if that's the price games that sold 15 million copies are going for, I'd hate to see some of the rarer prices these days :eek:

I'm totally out of the loop as to what things cost now, don't really buy games anymore and I've tried to stop searching things I already own on ebay as I'm sick of suddenly having to treat my games as if they should be in a museum display.

Jack burton · 11-01-2021 07:48PM

You're better off.

It's really become a joke the last while with people just throwing money at it. Wish I held onto some of my rarer stuff and made more money off them now haha

Steve X2 · 11-01-2021 10:29PM

Amiga hardware in particular seems to have gotten insanely expensive in the last 12-24 months. I'd hate to be starting out collecting for that now!

And then on top of that the Amiga scene has so many toxic people in it these days that its a nightmare for anyone starting out and asking question on the various Facebook groups or forums. But that's a whole other conversation :0/

The Last Bandit · 11-01-2021 11:12PM

Steve X2 wrote: »

Amiga hardware in particular seems to have gotten insanely expensive in the last 12-24 months. I'd hate to be starting out collecting for that now!

And then on top of that the Amiga scene has so many toxic people in it these days that its a nightmare for anyone starting out and asking question on the various Facebook groups or forums. But that's a whole other conversation :0/

Absolutely, love the Amiga but its got one of the most dysfunctional, backstabbing, batsh1te crazy communities out there.

Ya and prices have gone to hell.

Gradius · 11-01-2021 11:32PM

That brexit thing isn't going to help anything, makes eBay a lot less attractive.

A lot of stuff may end up walled in within the UK. And that in turn will maybe push prices up elsewhere.

I was looking to buy a joypad, about 40 euro in UK, but with the added tax it brings it to over 60, and that's without shipping cost. So it kind of gives the go ahead for European sellers to bump it up too.

Unless things change, I can see prices going doolally altogether. I was fairly familiar with Sega Saturn stuff (already mental), but looking now it's really gone off the deep end. Common stuff that was 20 quid like Nights is now over 100 in some cases? House of the dead from 20 to over 100, and that's not even the sought after stuff. I'm trying to get what I can sooner than later, which is probably madness too. Who knows where it's headed?!

Dreamer of the year (Arcade Edition)

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