Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

OwaynOTT · 22-01-2013 11:13AM

Hey guys. Good morning. Quick question for ye all.

I just got offered €150 for World Heroes Jet on Neo Geo Aes. Now it's boxed and in good condition but correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that a tad over priced for what I had thought was a fairly common game and not at all 'l00k r@re!'

o1s1n · 22-01-2013 11:27AM

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Hey guys. Good morning. Quick question for ye all.

I just got offered €150 for World Heroes Jet on Neo Geo Aes. Now it's boxed and in good condition but correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that a tad over priced for what I had thought was a fairly common game and not at all 'l00k r@re!'

I would have thought so too. Do a search through ebay ended auctions just to make sure before selling it.

I take it it's a PAL version? Maybe that's a bit more expensive than the NTSC one?

johnny_ultimate · 22-01-2013 12:06PM

Amusing Edge review of that mad looking Final Fantasy iOS game that was released last week: http://www.edge-online.com/review/final-fantasy-all-the-bravest-review/

Ouch. Square Enix, forever destined to dig holes for themselves.

OwaynOTT · 22-01-2013 12:24PM

o1s1n wrote: »

I would have thought so too. Do a search through ebay ended auctions just to make sure before selling it.

I take it it's a PAL version? Maybe that's a bit more expensive than the NTSC one?

I can't find any auctions that come near that price.

The problem I'm having is I cannot tell the difference between NTSC and pal version. I've tried searching to find out but nothing. I've Ben asked on a few forums to no avail.

The offer was through eBay and the buyer has nearly 100 feedback and has been around for a bit so I reckon it's a genuine offer. However, with the farting around I've gotten in that lot I'm not sure.
I'm still waiting on the reply and its possible that the buyer will realise that maybe it isn't worth so much.

22-01-2013 12:32PM

Achilles wrote: »

Was playing Puzzle Bobble the other day via Mame... brought back so many memories of being in the arcades years ago.

That's such an amazingly addictive game. It's the one game that everybody, gamer or non gamer, has always played on any mame cab I've ever owned. Simple, pick up and play games with lots of hidden depth are always the ones that go down the best.

Puzzle Bobble, Street Fighter, Bomberman/Dynablaster, and Pacman or Miss Pacman always seem to be the ones that everyone has always appreciated on any of my cabs. Even the missus (who is not a gamer by any stretch of the imagination) will play a 2 player game of puzzle bobble with me from time to time....

Nerdkiller1991 · 22-01-2013 01:06PM

Sera wrote: »

This post made me think...

Retr0gamer · 22-01-2013 01:18PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Amusing Edge review of that mad looking Final Fantasy iOS game that was released last week: http://www.edge-online.com/review/final-fantasy-all-the-bravest-review/

Ouch. Square Enix, forever destined to dig holes for themselves.

I'm even more annoyed because I thought it would be a localisation of bravely default

Augmerson · 22-01-2013 04:04PM

Guys, what do you recommend to open up a Gamecube console? I don't have the required tool. Priced it on eBay and couldn't find a cheap one. Watched Youtube videos of people melting pens with a lighter to try and remove the screws, seemed a bit too far and don't want to damage the console (or get high off plastic fumes). Anyone tried this before?

Atavan-Halen · 22-01-2013 04:09PM

I tried doing the pen and lighter before to open up a SNES. Didn't work as the pen couldn't get a good grip on the screw. I'd say just get one if the screwdrivers, they're only a couple of euro on amazon.

Augmerson · 22-01-2013 04:33PM

I might just have to do it but I don't have an account on Amazon and prefer using eBay as an account/paypal is already set up there.

Dr Bob · 22-01-2013 04:49PM

If you're buying online this guy is pretty decent
http://www.rewind-bits.co.uk/
think theres a discount code for A&R's as well somewhere
Also this dude on adverts has a shop too in Dublin
http://www.adverts.ie/machinery-tools/new-tri-wing-screwdriver-nintendo-dsi-ds-lite-wii-gba-nds/1470165

o1s1n · 22-01-2013 04:53PM

Don't open it! You'll void the warranty!

MrVestek · 22-01-2013 05:06PM

You usually get tri wings on those multi bit sets you can buy too.

Myrddin · 22-01-2013 05:07PM

Achilles wrote: »

You usually get tri wings on those multi bit sets you can buy too.

Gamecube isn't a tri-wing, its a gamebit

MrVestek · 22-01-2013 05:10PM

EnterNow wrote: »

Gamecube isn't a tri-wing, its a gamebit

Ohh ok I thought I remembered reading years ago that they were triwing.

o1s1n · 22-01-2013 05:16PM

A gamebit should cost peanuts on ebay. One of the most useful tools in a retrogamer's arsenal

Jack burton · 22-01-2013 05:28PM

Have to get both sizes though! Extra small and extra large, they've got both!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 22-01-2013 05:29PM

MrVestek · 22-01-2013 05:58PM

Sera wrote: »

Sonic The HedgeDog?

Augmerson · 22-01-2013 06:06PM

Dr Bob wrote: »

If you're buying online this guy is pretty decent
http://www.rewind-bits.co.uk/
think theres a discount code for A&R's as well somewhere
Also this dude on adverts has a shop too in Dublin
http://www.adverts.ie/machinery-tools/new-tri-wing-screwdriver-nintendo-dsi-ds-lite-wii-gba-nds/1470165

Is this the right piece?

http://www.rewind-bits.co.uk/gamebit-by-rbits-one-3-8mm-gamebit-1.html

deathrider · 22-01-2013 06:41PM

Just picked up two Ninja Turtles games for PS2. One stalls about a minute into the first level, and the other is a NTSC. Sickened!

Retr0gamer · 22-01-2013 06:49PM

deathrider wrote: »

Just picked up two Ninja Turtles games for PS2. One stalls about a minute into the first level, and the other is a NTSC. Sickened!

Cosmic karma is doing you a favour.

deathrider · 22-01-2013 07:03PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Cosmic karma is doing you a favour.

The NTSC one has Turtles In Time as an unlockable. I thought that would do great for one of the Insert Coin videos we do for HSN.

Retr0gamer · 22-01-2013 08:27PM

One word: Mame.

One sentence: The snes version is better.

deathrider · 22-01-2013 08:44PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

One word: Mame.

One sentence: The snes version is better.

I'm not a big believer in the whole Mame craic, and I don't have a copy for my SNES. Not to worry though. I have plenty more tricks up my sleeves for th videos.

CiDeRmAn · 22-01-2013 09:18PM

Just spent a lovely day hanging out with my new pals on Jamma+...
Not a cross dressing cosplayer, a hopelessly drunk Pokemon fiend or a pantry owner in sight!
Which is why I missed this place so much!
Still, my work pc let's me on there which is cool and I've a request in to see if someone has a pcb I'm after.
Spread the Cidey love around, that's what I say....

Myrddin · 22-01-2013 09:33PM

deathrider wrote: »

I'm not a big believer in the whole Mame craic

Have you ever played it through a 15Khz arcade screen in a real cab? Its almost 1:1 compared to the real boards

msc1 · 22-01-2013 09:37PM

I love pong!

CosmicSmash · 22-01-2013 09:57PM

msc1 wrote: »

I love pong!

There's a thread all about that on a forum called Jamma+ :rolleyes:
http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/

deathrider · 22-01-2013 10:16PM

EnterNow wrote: »

Have you ever played it through a 15Khz arcade screen in a real cab? Its almost 1:1 compared to the real boards

Nope, I sure haven't, but I'd imagine it's quite impressive. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with Mame, I'm just saying I'm not into it.

Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

Comments