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Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

CiDeRmAn

And so it begins!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82E7vhtLxNs

And a link to past glories!

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Andy!!

Steve SI wrote: »

Haha Oops.

I was out tech and retro shopping in South Korea and then went up to North Korea on a trip of Pyongyang and a few other places (with an official group as its the only real way).

Didn't think S.K. was that big a destination for retro shopping. I would imagine part of the appeal of buying something import only would be that it is Japanese.

That N.K. trip must have cost you an arm and a leg, I definitely need to do that while there still is a N.K. though!:pac:

Steve X2

Andy!! wrote: »

Didn't think S.K. was that big a destination for retro shopping. I would imagine part of the appeal of buying something import only would be that it is Japanese.

That N.K. trip must have cost you an arm and a leg, I definitely need to do that while there still is a N.K. though!:pac:

Not so much a retro shopping destination but for tech gear its excellent as a lot of it never gets released outside of South Korea.
The trip up north wasn't exactly cheap all right but totally worth it. You must plan that well in advance as you need a Visa and have to jump through a few hoops to get in and there are loads of restrictions, rules and laws that you have to stick to. Having an Irish passport is a big help though.

Andy!!

Steve SI wrote: »

Not so much a retro shopping destination but for tech gear its excellent as a lot of it never gets released outside of South Korea.
The trip up north wasn't exactly cheap all right but totally worth it. You must plan that well in advance as you need a Visa and have to jump through a few hoops to get in and there are loads of restrictions, rules and laws that you have to stick to. Having an Irish passport is a big help though.

What kind of tech are you referring to? All I can think of is smartphones that have TV aerials here.

Wasn't your visa alone for the N.K. trip like 2K? Got a link to the company you went through?

Steve X2

Andy!! wrote: »

What kind of tech are you referring to? All I can think of is smartphones that have TV aerials here.

Wasn't your visa alone for the N.K. trip like 2K? Got a link to the company you went through?

The tour operator will look after the visa and that sort of thing as long as you provide all the required info.
http://www.newkoreatours.com

If you go don't make the same mistake as myself and another guy and head off on your own to get some pictures of "the real" north korea. You will be shot/jailed/have things put in you etc etc.

Andy!!

How much did the trip set you back if you don't mind me asking?

What kind of gadgetry did you pick up over here?

Steve X2

Andy!! wrote: »

How much did the trip set you back if you don't mind me asking?

What kind of gadgetry did you pick up over here?

The North Korea part was about €3500 and the south Korea, well, I'm not sayin

I picked up various smart phones, tablets and some other gadgets while in Seoul for decent prices.

Andy!!

Wish I could find a Nexus 7 here. Seems the tables have turned! :P

o1s1n

Steve SI wrote: »

Not so much a retro shopping destination but for tech gear its excellent as a lot of it never gets released outside of South Korea.
The trip up north wasn't exactly cheap all right but totally worth it. You must plan that well in advance as you need a Visa and have to jump through a few hoops to get in and there are loads of restrictions, rules and laws that you have to stick to. Having an Irish passport is a big help though.

You went on a trip to North Korea? Amazing! I've always wanted to do that.

Did your minder pretend the Ryugyong Hotel didn't exist?

Nerdkiller1991

o1s1n wrote: »

You went on a trip to North Korea? Amazing! I've always wanted to do that.

Did your minder pretend the Ryugyong Hotel didn't exist?

Didn't they just refurbish that into a telecommunication tower with a revolving restaurant? Although, knowing North Korea, only 7 people will probably use whatever service it provides.

Retr0gamer

Glad to see those developers from Bohemia Interactive out of prison and back with their families.

Andy!!

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Didn't they just refurbish that into a telecommunication tower with a revolving restaurant? Although, knowing North Korea, only 7 people will probably use whatever service it provides.

I would be very surprised to hear they pulled that off haha. :pac:

Atavan-Halen

Interesting....

http://www.mcvuk.com//news/read/surprise-game-looking-to-acquire-hmv-stores-after-stronger-than-expected-xmas/0109461

Steve X2

o1s1n wrote: »

You went on a trip to North Korea? Amazing! I've always wanted to do that.

Did your minder pretend the Ryugyong Hotel didn't exist?

They brought us near it but not close enough so we could see inside it (it's apparently just a shell with very little done internally). He said it would be opening in the near future blah blah blah. Load a bull$hit really, we all know its empty

Atavan-Halen

How many can you get?

http://tinyurl.com/MegadriveQuiz

the groutch

atavan-halen wrote: »

How many can you get?

http://tinyurl.com/MegadriveQuiz

an embarassingly bad 38

Retr0gamer

44/50. Stupid sports games.

Sparks43

Anyone else having trouble with the nintendo servers?

Cant dl anything on the WiiU and cant even play Mario kart ds online

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imh_23iJOz8

deathrider

39. A few of them were comeplete flukes though.

OwaynOTT

I win with 34. Wasn't enough sports games.

o1s1n

42. Sports games got me.

That and I selected 'The Simpsons' for the itchy and scratchy game!

Nerdkiller1991

34. Not too bad for someone who hasn't played Mega Drive in years.

Retr0gamer

Yes:

Never has a game cover scream 'Don't play me!' so loudly.

Sparks43

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Yes:

Never has a game cover scream 'Don't play me!' so loudly.

Agreed

johnny_ultimate

I think this might be amongst the worst covers for a game actually worth playing:

**** slowdown, at least the PAL cover is appropriately elegant :pac:

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I think this might be amongst the worst covers for a game actually worth playing

reminded me of this
images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRt1BWsTHoaRotufB1ZOT5vKkA4uZDVL0P4ji-Z_20NE-Z91M6W

Andy!!

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I think this might be amongst the worst covers for a game actually worth playing:

**** slowdown, at least the PAL cover is appropriately elegant :pac:

Yeah the cover we got was very purdy.

krudler

atavan-halen wrote: »

How many can you get?

http://tinyurl.com/MegadriveQuiz

41, some guesses, the rpg and sports ones. I'm not really sure why anyone would think a game with a screenshot with Batman in it would be anything other than...Batman?

CiDeRmAn

Sparks43 wrote: »

Agreed

Yeah, some games just scream, "Don't even open me, RUN FAR, RUN FAST!"

CiDeRmAn

But this is my collections worst cover of something very good,

I present Mobile Lightforce 2, awful cover, some awful art in the intro but, turns out, it's really Shikigami no Shiro, which is pretty good stuff.

Mobile Lightforce has exactly the same cover art, formatted to a PS cover ratio and without the tell tale number 2 on the front.
Again, it is hiding something great too, Gunbird!