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o1s1n · 07-02-2010 3:07pm

What's this? Oisin is excited about getting a dual shock controller for 9 euro including postage?

Oh wait.. the analog sticks are concave rather than convex?

The handles are longer than normal?

Yep, I got an uber rare SCPH-1180 on ebay this morning! For next to nothing..these things are so rare that nobody really knows their true value. And I have a box for one stored away too.

The analog sticks rotate like mini steering wheels to mimic the playstation flightstick. If you press the analog button twice it goes into 'flightstick mode' and turns green rather than red.

I don't know whether to stick it up on ebay along with the box or hang onto it?

Maybe put it up for some silly expensive price and see if I get some interest.

Anyway, on to the pics!-

ghostchant · 07-02-2010 6:59pm

I managed to find my concave analog controller in my attic a couple of weeks ago, I know the box is up there somewhere too but haven't come across it. How much are they meant to go for (with the box that is)?

o1s1n · 07-02-2010 7:30pm

ghostchant wrote: »

I managed to find my concave analog controller in my attic a couple of weeks ago, I know the box is up there somewhere too but haven't come across it. How much are they meant to go for (with the box that is)?

That's the thing, nobody really knows. I've searched the internet for an answer and there just isn't one.

All I ever find is talk of this super rare controller, how they rarely if ever come up for sale..how they're much nicer to hold than a normal dual shock, everyone wants one etc...but I have yet to come across one that is being sold for what it is. The only ones I've seen have been mistaken for dual shock therefore they sell for nothing.

And that's just the controller. I've never seen a box for one other than the one I happened to get in a Playstation job lot a while back. So it really would be worth your while trying to find it in the attic.

Professey Chin · 07-02-2010 10:02pm

o1s1n wrote: »

What's this? Oisin is excited about getting a dual shock controller for 9 euro including postage?

Oh wait.. the analog sticks are concave rather than convex?

The handles are longer than normal?

Yep, I got an uber rare SCPH-1180 on ebay this morning! For next to nothing..these things are so rare that nobody really knows their true value. And I have a box for one stored away too.

You sonuvabitch:mad::pac:

Jack burton · 07-02-2010 10:51pm

Just had a bit of an ebay session and got some megadrive games

got

Maximum Carnage
Greendog
Toejam and Earl 2
and Ghouls and Ghosts

all for about 30 including postage so not too bad

Atavan-Halen · 09-02-2010 12:11am

Woo! Got a PM to say Pokémon Gold is en route

Augmerson · 09-02-2010 12:56am

o1s1n wrote: »

Here's a couple of pics of the case -

Doesn't really do it justice though, it's so lovely in person. It's also huge. Would happily fit any console you throw at it.

Trying to think of another use for it though. Bit big for my netbook..might be an excuse to buy a really big laptop :pac:

The more I look at that case the more I wish it was mine lunchbox.

weeder · 09-02-2010 2:08am

I love that particular controller o1s1n, havent got one but had a loan of one off of a cousin for some time, lovely yokes, wouldnt be afraid to try and retrofit it with dualshock 2 or 3 internals for push sensitivity.

o1s1n · 09-02-2010 10:10am

Augmerson wrote: »

The more I look at that case the more I wish it was mine lunchbox.

You'd want to have one massive lunch to put in that. It's more like a dinner box. For five people.

weeder wrote: »

I love that particular controller o1s1n, havent got one but had a loan of one off of a cousin for some time, lovely yokes, wouldnt be afraid to try and retrofit it with dualshock 2 or 3 internals for push sensitivity.

That's not a bad idea. The Japanese version did have a vibration function, but it was removed for the Western release.

Augmerson · 09-02-2010 2:51pm

o1s1n wrote: »

You'd want to have one massive lunch to put in that. It's more like a dinner box. For five people.

If I could fit the following:

Litre of Milk.
Orange Juice.
Apple.
Grapes.
Pasta.
Cinnamon or Maple & Pecan Pastry
Uzi submachinegun.

I would be happy.

o1s1n · 09-02-2010 2:58pm

Augmerson wrote: »

Uzi submachinegun.

I would be happy.

HAHA, speaking of which, I've been looking for a case to store my airsoft MAC 11. Should fit in that perfectly...:D

Joe Musashi · 09-02-2010 5:14pm

My Dreamcast just arrived.

Less typing, more unwrapping.

Augmerson · 09-02-2010 5:40pm

Joe Musashi wrote: »

My Dreamcast just arrived.

Less typing, more unwrapping.

Noice wannnn!!!!

Joe Musashi · 09-02-2010 6:36pm

I got a nasty surprise.

There's no power lead, despite it being listed on the ebay ad. :mad:

Edit - I do have a power cable from the original Xbox that seems to fit in fine on the Dreamcast.

Would this one work? I don't want try it without finding out first and end up blowing it up.

o1s1n · 09-02-2010 6:45pm

It's just a normal figure of 8 cable thingy. You get them in everything. The only way you could do damage is if it was an import console. It's not an import console is it?!

Joe Musashi · 09-02-2010 6:52pm

o1s1n wrote: »

It's just a normal figure of 8 cable thingy. You get them in everything. The only way you could do damage is if it was an import console. It's not an import console is it?!

No, it's not.

That's good to know that it will work. I'm still going to go after the seller for the lead though, considering that it was listed.

o1s1n · 09-02-2010 7:16pm

If he's a decent seller he should have no problem sending that out to you.

But anyway, enjoy the Dreamcast! I'm only beginning to get into it myself too. Make sure to get Ikaruga and Under Defeat

/Edit - Just got Soukyugurentai for the Saturn. Was also going to get Kaitei Daisensou but have heard a lot of discs don't boot due to a bad pressing that wasn't recalled. Will have to just stick to MAME with that one.

o1s1n · 10-02-2010 11:05am

Seems to be my lucky week.

Just won this from an Irish seller -

You may notice the sticks are concave like my other one...:D

o1s1n · 10-02-2010 11:50am

My mother just bought a ps2 in a second hand shop in Dun Laoghaire for 30 euro..including some games, controllers, buzz controllers and that.

Seems not all of them are following that no electronics rule.

She rang me up asking did I want it. Was a bit rich for my blood as I'd only get it to sell on. So it's going to my little cousins instead.

Gotta love having a mother who scours second hand shops for games and consoles..I trained her well

Jack burton · 10-02-2010 12:09pm

Just won Ghouls 'n Ghosts for the Megadrive for about 6 euro. Pretty happy, will post pics when i get it

Atavan-Halen · 10-02-2010 3:25pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Seems to be my lucky week.

Just won this from an Irish seller -

You may notice the sticks are concave like my other one...:D

o1s1in you crazy mo fo!

o1s1n wrote: »

My mother just bought a ps2 in a second hand shop in Dun Laoghaire for 30 euro..including some games, controllers, buzz controllers and that.

Seems not all of them are following that no electronics rule.

She rang me up asking did I want it. Was a bit rich for my blood as I'd only get it to sell on. So it's going to my little cousins instead.

Gotta love having a mother who scours second hand shops for games and consoles..I trained her well

Awesome, wish mine was like that

And I wish the charity shops in town would get something decent every once in a while.

On another note, Pokémon Gold arrived today so that's me sorted for mid-term next week

Will also pop up pics of my collection soon

batari · 10-02-2010 4:15pm

Picked up the following for the Gamecube today:

Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4
The Sims
Viewtiful Joe
The Sims Bustin' Out
Gameboy Player Start-up Disc

No Gameboy Player though..

But for a tenner all in, I'm happy out.:pac:

o1s1n · 10-02-2010 4:19pm

atavan-halen wrote: »

o1s1in you crazy mo fo!

If I keep this up, I might make my fortune in reselling these things

atavan-halen wrote: »

Awesome, wish mine was like that And I wish the charity shops in town would get something decent every once in a while.

On another note, Pokémon Gold arrived today so that's me sorted for mid-term next week Will also pop up pics of my collection soon

It's a gradual thing. It went from me being a kid and not being allowed more than 1 console, to her actively seeking them out. The trick at first is to pretend that you're going to sell them on.

'oh no, don't buy it..it's just that it's worth about three times what they're selling it for'

/mothers eyes light up with euro signs.

And yes, more pics..pics pics pics!

atariman wrote: »

Picked up the following for the Gamecube today:

Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4
The Sims
Viewtiful Joe
The Sims Bustin' Out
Gameboy Player Start-up Disc

No Gameboy Player though..

But for a tenner all in, I'm happy out.:pac:

Nice! That's a fairly random buch of stuff. Was it in a second hand shop?

batari · 10-02-2010 4:29pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Nice! That's a fairly random buch of stuff. Was it in a second hand shop?

Charity shop dude, where retro gaming goodness is alive and well:pac:

God bless little old ladies behind the counters who'll give stuff to you for next to nothing.:pac::pac:

And God bless those Mammies who keep giving their sons' Games away to Charity shops.:pac::pac::pac:

Kimbot · 10-02-2010 7:34pm

Just got myself a brand new PS one in the box unopened for €4.99 with a game.

o1s1n · 11-02-2010 9:27pm

Got Loaded for the ps1.

1.25! Ebay.ie really is great for cheap ps1 stuff.

Jack burton · 11-02-2010 11:57pm

These just arrived in the post today, all complete and in great condition.

Kimbot · 12-02-2010 12:05am

Greendog.... no way, I only ever got to play 10 minutes of that game and loved it!!

o1s1n · 12-02-2010 12:06am

Ooooh Maximum Carnage. That usually costs a bit. I hope you didn't pay too much?

Jack burton · 12-02-2010 12:09am

o1s1n wrote: »

Ooooh Maximum Carnage. That usually costs a bit. I hope you didn't pay too much?

Whole lot for about 35 including shipping so it wasnt too bad

Yeah I pulled out my old vhs promo video and saw greendog and just had to get it.

haha watching that video again whoever was playing the games was really bad, I must get a new copy of that if i can find it

o1s1n · 12-02-2010 12:16am

Nice, the chepaest buy it now on ebay at the moment is 25 pounds. With an added 5 pounds for postage. That and Toejam & Earl are worth more than what you paid for the whole lot.

Now, your next task is to find out which revision of the Revenge of Shinobi you got

Jack burton · 12-02-2010 12:19am

I was already playing it, didnt get far before I had to go though, i think it might be 1.1, the spiderman TM shows up and the copyright date is 1989 1991 so its not 1.00 anyway

o1s1n · 12-02-2010 12:26am

I think 1.01 is the earliest PAL version that exists. Have never heard of a 1.00 copy turning up.

Although, who knows.....most people probably couldn't even get passed the waterfall level now to check!

Joe Musashi · 12-02-2010 8:24pm

I got a few more MD games, not exactly a surprise eh? :P

The Japanese copy of Moonwalker arrived and I got Earthworm Jim 1 and 2 today. Jimmy 1 doesn't have a booklet but I'll pick one up somewhere.

Joe Musashi · 13-02-2010 1:46am

Joe Musashi wrote: »

No, it's not.

That's good to know that it will work. I'm still going to go after the seller for the lead though, considering that it was listed.

Tosser never got back to me about the power lead. They did however find the time to leave 11 feedback messages to others today. :rolleyes:

It makes me wonder if there is something else up with the console. It seems to make a lot of noise and makes a few strange noises when reading discs. Although, from what I've read the Dreamcast is supposed to be quiet noisy apparently.

Also, I was playing one game and the console seemed to reset itself. I've tried it a few times sincee and that hasn't happened again. Strange.
Maybe I touched something on the console without knowing and that set it off butI really don't think so.

Kimbot · 13-02-2010 10:56am

Joe Musashi wrote: »

Tosser never got back to me about the power lead. They did however find the time to leave 11 feedback messages to others today. :rolleyes:

It makes me wonder if there is something else up with the console. It seems to make a lot of noise and makes a few strange noises when reading discs. Although, from what I've read the Dreamcast is supposed to be quiet noisy apparently.

Also, I was playing one game and the console seemed to reset itself. I've tried it a few times sincee and that hasn't happened again. Strange.
Maybe I touched something on the console without knowing and that set it off butI really don't think so.

It might be the Dreamcast random reset problem.

If so take a look here for easy fix:

http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/sega/dc-reset.htm

The DC is noisy but not too bad.

Atavan-Halen · 13-02-2010 6:27pm

I got... *miniature fanfare*

Pokémon stadium in the "new retro shop" which is now half clothes shop aswell =/ It appears to have magically fixed itself since last time.

TanG411 · 14-02-2010 4:17pm

I bought Gran Turismo for the PS1 for €4.

I'm really happy as it was a racing game I always wanted when I was younger.

weeder · 14-02-2010 4:51pm

been in ps2 mode lately, bought a network adaptor and a dvd remote coming to 30 euro altogether, bought a usb to ide adaptor last night for ummm "backups" aswell as 2 of these

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200436442779&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

the software included is meant to be horribly bad at doing anything but it was the cheapest non chinese component cables.

also no sign of that sp charger after a month so decided to send him a mail only to see hes no longer registered, claim made with paypal so.

Joe Musashi · 15-02-2010 9:18pm

The Dreamcast scart cable came today and I got that copy of Shadow Dancer too.

Jack burton · 15-02-2010 9:52pm

My copy of Ghouls and Goblins for the megadrive arrived today

Atavan-Halen · 17-02-2010 2:12am

Got Backyard Wrestling 2 on the xbox for 2 euro, XIII and Dead to rights on the cube for 2 euro each and a brand new PS1 multi-tap for 15

Augmerson · 17-02-2010 3:36am

Tomb Raider: Legend out of Game. Played Anniversary and loved it, excellent game. Not so gone on Legend, alot more shooting involved. It's like TR 2 in that respect. In the first TR you didn't have many human enemies, but in this one, you kill more people in the first 3 minutes of gameplay than you did in the whole of Anniversary. Still it's early days yet.

Picked up Killer7 and Zone of the Enders last week too. Had Killer7 on the Gamecube before but didn't play much of it, ZotE was the same, ended up selling it off before giving it a proper try, heard alot about it after so willing to give it another shot.

Atavan-Halen · 17-02-2010 4:11pm

Purchases for the last day or two

batari · 17-02-2010 11:29pm

Picked up a fair few Ps1 games today, will post up a list tomorrow as they're all still in work. One that caught my eye was Final Fantasy IX, is this rare?

o1s1n · 17-02-2010 11:54pm

atariman wrote: »

Picked up a fair few Ps1 games today, will post up a list tomorrow as they're all still in work. One that caught my eye was Final Fantasy IX, is this rare?

It's not rare but it's desirable. Late release ps1 game. Lots of people didn't like VIII so didn't bother with it.

Usually sells for between 20-30 euro.

Jack burton · 18-02-2010 12:04am

I have to get a non platnuim version of IX, yes i know i am strange but i feel that all those silver case ends on my shelf are mocking me.

Finally i got a complete copy of streets of rage, should be here in a few days

batari · 18-02-2010 11:31am

Right! Picked up the following:

All Ps1

Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped (Platinum)
Fifa 2001
Rollcage Stage 2
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Theme Park World
Colin McRae Rally (Platinum)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Fifa Football 2003
Final Fantasy IX (Platinum)
Aqua GT
Gran Turismo 2 (Platinum)
Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories
Crash Team Racing (Platinum)
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Plus Bottom Series 1 - 3 on dvd:)

All for €30. I have to admit, I'm collecting more than playing at the mo..

Augmerson · 18-02-2010 10:48pm

atariman wrote: »

Right! Picked up the following:

All Ps1
Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped (Platinum)

Fifa 2001

Rollcage Stage 2

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos

Theme Park World

Colin McRae Rally (Platinum)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

Fifa Football 2003

Final Fantasy IX (Platinum)

Aqua GT

Gran Turismo 2 (Platinum)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories

Crash Team Racing (Platinum)

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Plus Bottom Series 1 - 3 on dvd:)

All for €30. I have to admit, I'm collecting more than playing at the mo..

Deadly, Bottom is so funny

Man I haven't seen that in yonks!

Atavan-Halen · 19-02-2010 7:14pm

Not retro but I got pokémon battle revolution in Harvey Norman for €3.50. I literally snatched it off the shelf when I seen it :P Also going back to that charity shop tomorrow to see if that woman dropped in the Gameboy stuff

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