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Starting From Scratch...

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  • #32
    ghostchant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭ghostchant


    Meh, as long as I at the very least have something with a SNES emulator and Plok I'm not too fussed. Assuming he doesn't keep his SNES in there that is.


  • #33
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Be careful with collecting, I now have over 100 PlayStation games and about 250 PS2 titles now!
    The problem is, if it is a problem, it becomes very quickly that you don't only want all the great games you used to own but also all the games you wished you owned at the time. Then you quickly end up with a 500 a month ebay habit, you selling blood and semen to support said habit and breaking into Rage in the middle of the night to get that Super Scope you've had your eye on!

    Wait! There's a place in Ireland that buys this stuff? Like do they buy jizz by the once or quality?

    If only I knew about this sooner, might be able to get me a few new cabs!


  • #34
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,753 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Jack burton wrote: »
    Wait! There's a place in Ireland that buys this stuff? Like do they buy jizz by the once or quality?

    If only I knew about this sooner, might be able to get me a few new cabs!

    Think you might be out of luck, it can't be crusted into an old sock....
    Going to have to come up with a different plan to get those cabs...

    How about selling your body?
    TO SCIENCE!
    I believe Aperture Science are looking for volunteers, something to do with mantis DNA?


  • #35
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Damn, if we lived in America everyone could win, I could have everything I want and they'd be a nation of really cool people, because coolness is genetic!


  • #36
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,753 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Hmm, is your love custard "motile" enough to be of value?
    Your little swimmers are no use if the can only do half a length doing the doggy paddle!!!

    It'd make a pretty interesting Adverts.ie offer though...


    Seller: For Sale Boxed and Sealed Super Nintendo with SMW, any offers considered.

    Ole Jack Burton: Offer- 500mls of frozen semen, mostly of known origin, it was a kinda wild night, you know....


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  • #37
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Were talking Ian Thorpe type swimmers here


  • #38
    HeartOfTheCity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 258 ✭✭HeartOfTheCity


    Jack burton wrote: »
    Were talking Ian Thorpe type swimmers here

    Recently come out of retirement and off the pace?


  • #39
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    nono, vintage 2000 thorpe!

    How many consoles you plan on collecting for anyway heartofthecity?


  • #40
    HeartOfTheCity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 258 ✭✭HeartOfTheCity


    Jack burton wrote: »
    nono, vintage 2000 thorpe!

    How many consoles you plan on collecting for anyway heartofthecity?

    After advice from some of the guys here, I'll be starting with one console (one of NES, Mega Drive or N64) and going from there. Eventually, though, I'll be looking to get:

    - NES
    - SNES
    - Dreamcast
    - Saturn
    - Mega Drive
    - N64
    - Gamecube
    - Neo Geo
    - Atari 2600

    Now, where to put it all...


  • #41
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,289 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    If you want to collect Neo Geo then make yourself a consolised Neo Geo out of a supergun. The home console AES games cost stupid amounts of money while the arcade MVS carts are cheap as chips.

    Also you'll get no respect in these parts if you don't own a Virtual Boy :P


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  • #42
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,753 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    If you want to collect Neo Geo then make yourself a consolised Neo Geo out of a supergun. The home console AES games cost stupid amounts of money while the arcade MVS carts are cheap as chips.

    Also you'll get no respect in these parts if you don't own a Virtual Boy :P

    Up to recently not owning a Nes was enough to get you abuse, but sadly this was remedied and now we just consider cross dressing and CDi ownership as key sources of comedy here...

    Also, never mind the VB, get a Vextrex and a Vecmulti flash cart for the true badge of retrogaming honour!!!

    A supergun and MVS mother board is a great way to get the Neogeo gaming for non-mortgage prices, €150 should see with the required hardware and a game or two, the King of Fighters games are cheap as chips, and an excellent Samurai Shodown 2 is pretty cheap too, and something you will always come back to.
    A €50 supergun will also grant access to the world of Jamma arcade boards, G-Net boards and a whole host of gaming goodness as well.


  • #43
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    HeartOfTheCity wrote: »
    Now, where to put it all...

    The Golden Question. My solution? If you can't beat them, build a diy loft conversion gaming den - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=70557478
    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Also you'll get no respect in these parts if you don't own a Virtual Boy :P

    Pay this no attention, he only got his first NES about 4/5 months ago.


  • #44
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    I'm working on somthing a bit more compact at the moment, making a 9 shelved TV stand

    I'll put pics up when its finished but seems to me like it will be a grand little set up for myself


  • #45
    HeartOfTheCity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 258 ✭✭HeartOfTheCity


    EnterNow wrote: »
    The Golden Question. My solution? If you can't beat them, build a diy loft conversion gaming den - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=70557478

    That's just showing off ;) That's pretty amazing alright. Not quite sure I can convert my apartment in quite the same way though. Thinking of building something from scratch or hacking something from Ikea to bits to store the consoles neatly. But I'm getting ahead of myself now.

    Thanks for the Racketboy suggestion. Such an unbelievably clear and helpful site, and now I know I won't be paying over the odds.


  • #46
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    HeartOfTheCity wrote: »
    That's just showing off ;) That's pretty amazing alright. Not quite sure I can convert my apartment in quite the same way though. Thinking of building something from scratch or hacking something from Ikea to bits to store the consoles neatly. But I'm getting ahead of myself now.

    Thanks for the Racketboy suggestion. Such an unbelievably clear and helpful site, and now I know I won't be paying over the odds.

    Not showing off at all, purely to demonstrate that it can be done by diy means at a fraction of the cost :)

    An apartment does restrict you though :( Perhaps look at going down the mountain lodge route? :D


  • #47
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,753 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    A dedicated gamesroom is definitely the way to go, if space permits and your hobby needs it, often though, especially if you focus on a particular console or manufacturer, you could get away with some nice display cases.
    Under the TV or buried in a wardrobe is really not the way to go, be proud of your retrogaming habit!
    You should see the admiring looks the Vectrex gets when it moves downstairs from the gaming cave, people find it fascinating, and get hooked on the Asteroids homebrew!


  • #48
    80s Synth Pop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭80s Synth Pop


    I've picked up ten or so consoles in the past years from the USA NES to the Jap PC Engine. The consoles alone take up a lot of space, never mind the games and the cables. Before you take the plunge though, consider putting a laptop under the TV, picking up the original controllers and then some of these adapters:
    http://www.amazon.com/Retrolink-Nintendo-NES-Adapter-Entertainment-System/dp/B000PDOTXG
    http://www.amazon.com/SNES-Controller-Adapter-USB-Super-NES/dp/B002IXZ5DE/ref=pd_bxgy_vg_img_b
    http://www.amazon.com/Gamecube-XBox-Controller-Adapter-favorite-PC/dp/B000ND3XXA/ref=pd_sim_vg_3

    collectors are going to collect as a hobby regardless, but emulation with the original controllers is an alternative to consider.


  • #49
    HeartOfTheCity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 258 ✭✭HeartOfTheCity


    The heavy spending begins next weekend. Pray for me.


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