General Arcade & Retro Chat' Special Championship Edition

Anyone ever actually get their order from Strictly Limited Games? Shipping dates constantly moved out and getting withered

Think I preordered in Oct 21 to be dispatched in Feb 22 and now it's saying 2023. Feel like I gave em long enough but it's my first order, might try cancel

Here's hoping for a bangin' soundtrack!

No, you need to keep checking their manufacturing update page. A lot of people were very annoyed with the delays to the Cotton Reboot CE though as it was delayed by 18 months before it eventually was released.

That's pretty long, not there yet it's like what 14 months but maybe I'll try hang on it's prob gonna be a similar timeframe and I'm this long waiting already. Appreciate ye letting me know, I'd asked elsewhere had no reply

Trying to return a defective 3DS on Ebay and, Christ, it was almost make you nostalgic for the buffoons on Adverts. Ebay, in fairness, have been more than accommodating but the seller himself is an absolute loon, god love him. I have him dead to rights, so no worries there, but it baffles me that someone would operate with such venom, dishonesty and sheer hatefulness and still expect to run a successful online store.

That's really cool. Be interesting to see what comes of all the work he's putting in.

I actually have the FZ-35, FZ-21, Konami arcade boards and lots of other M2 bits and pieces. When I actually think about the amount of money and time I spent years ago on M2 its crazy. And hopping on a plane to Japan to arrange to ship things back home. Madness, but fun madness at the time.

I'd say the prices are just mental these days for anything M2 related. Even the standard 3DO FZ1 is way overpriced at the moment.

Still eagerly awaiting the bursting of this bubble I've been told was imminent for the last 12 years. 2020 really did a number on gaming prices.

It will surely collapse at some point. But I dont have the patience for it. Having given away most of a collection that would now go for eye watering amounts, I have been hoovering up every bit of retro (and modern) I can find for the last 15 months. I catalogued what I could in price charting (most of the C64, Spectrum, Amiga, ST, Amstrad stuff and other one offs notwithstanding) and there's apparently 67k hanging on the walls. I suppose I would prefer the prices to collapse on balance so I could get more. The objective is a comprehensive history of gaming. All the consoles of note, all the games of note for each one. And maybe a nice collectors piece or two for each.

Space is my issue though. Really struggling there. I already took out all the PC stuff and put it back in the attic. Briefly looked to see if any of it was worth selling on eBay. Saw some weird stuff. Awful game called flying heroes.. big box about 20 in europe... 150 in the USA. I dont understand PC game collecting at all these days.

A lad im friends with has a podcast and released an episode yesterday talking about collecting etc.

He was just hoovering up games and then just decided to sell off a huge chunk and now only gets a game he knows he wants to play till completion.

I've slowed down a ton on collecting, mostly due to 2 kids now and not as much disposable money for me. That said I still have a garage absolutely stuffed with games/toys/arcade machines/VHS/laserdisc. So I'm not a good example of someone who's downsized 😂

That's what I did back in 2004. I got rid of 80% of it, stuffed the rest in the attic where it remained until earlier this year.

Then I bought an xbox 360 and bought games to finish them and that was it. Wouldn't buy the xbox one until all outstanding 360 games were finished. So maybe this is a cycle and will happen again in a couple of years.

I have made the gaming room somewhat functional rather than a display type of deal. 60 inch 4k tv at one end with an Xbox Series X, 360 and original, plus a PS5, 4 and 3, a Nintendo Switch, Wii U and a retron 5 all plugged in and ready to go. Mostly the kids use that side of it to play ratchet and clank and have just dance parties when their friends are around. I have honestly played more co-op lego games than anything else for the last year.

The other end of the room has a 21" CRT with a PS2, Master System, Megadrive/MegaCD/32X, Saturn, Dreamcast, NES, SNES, GC, N64, Neo Geo CD, Phillips CD-i all plugged in and ready to play. (The Neo Geo gets the most use). And of course there are handhelds all around the room ready to play.

The only machines I have to take out of a box to use are the Atari Jaguar, Intellivision, 2600, ST, Colecovision, PCEngine, 3DO, C64, Amiga, Amstrad, Spectrum etc.. I have a vectrex ready to play on a shelf.

I have built up quite a backlog of broken consoles to fix: An Amiga CD32 that only plays in black and white, a Virtual Boy that only works in one eye, a PC Engine GT that needs a recap etc.. Anywhere in Ireland does this ? I did send a couple of bits to the UK, but they are super reluctant to take stuff since Brexit "it will be too expensive with customs - I dont care lads, make it work, money no object - ok then its too much customs paperwork etc...."

I think the whole world is collectively coming back around on the 3DS if its prices are anything to go by. I've gotten majorly back into the scene recently and would legit front the 3DS right up there with the PS2 for GOAT status.

About three to four years ago I was walking by a second hand shop on Capel Street and there were a good 40-50 3DS games in the window, for four euro a pop, many of which were brand new/still sealed. It was absolutely bizarre. Loads of RPGs too. Asked what the story with them was and apparently some lad just randomly left them all in to be sold.

Bought about 20-30 of them if I remember correctly, all in the attic at the moment and I haven't gone near them in ages. Must have a look to see what's there actually as all I remember is Persona Q and Etrian Odyssey IV!

Haha! I remember taking photos of them years back and posting up here, can't seem to find them though!

I've to go through the last of my games in the attic sometime soon so will get some snaps when they come down.

I had a look on google maps and it's currently called CASA. There's a door in the middle with a window display each side. Enable Ireland is right beside it.

Funnily enough it's actually the same shop myself and a mate found a massive hoard of consoles about 15 - 20 years ago upstairs. He was wandering around second hand shops asking if they had any old consoles and they said they'd some bits and pieces - directed him upstairs to a store room.

Was this massive pile of cables and electronics about 4-5 foot high. Eyes fell out of his head. Gave me a call and I was down to him in ten minutes, both of us searching through the pile like a pair of mice scurrying about. Always remember it being the place I found my N64 expansion RAM which I still use to this day :D

I mean, I’d nominate the 3DS as the GOAT on the basis of it being backward compatible in addition to its own library. The only thing going against the 3DS is Nintendo pointlessly region locking it.

Are you playing on an OG series 3DS? My new model XL gives me an age on battery.

I bought a minty Japanese N3DSXL last year, and performed the region change, and obvious custom firmware install - https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058166235/handheld-hijinks-vol-1-llxl/p1

Someone said to me people are gone mad in Gamecube atm seems to be hard to get anything GC related, anyone else see that too?

I'm trying to stay away from temptation, hoping I can get a few bits in the new year.

Anyone have any interesting coffee table books? (Or should I say large format hardbacks, not sure if coffee table book is a common phrase, people get confused when I mention it!)

Just watched Tested's favourite ones of 2022 and there's a few interesting ones in there. Had a browse at Bitmap Book's website and I see there an unofficial Mega Drive compendium coming out in the new year, also have my eye on their Game Boy Box Art collection and the first person shooter book.

Any good non-gaming ones? I borrowed a horror movie one off my sister and it was a bit crap, it was just the author explaining what they liked about each movie. Felt like I was reading the script of an amateur YouTuber's top horror movie video!

The CE for that one was a bit wild. The rigid outer sleeve had all the weapon icons on the front and played the soundbite for collecting them when pressed.