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Best Place to get Retro Games

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  • #32
    Flaregon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 560 ✭✭✭Flaregon


    FifaPlaya wrote: »
    Ok appreciate the advice
    u may get lucky, with n64 and snes at the bookmart, only zelda and that get over priced and u have to ask to see them, so u can find hidden gems.


  • #33
    FifaPlaya
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭FifaPlaya


    Flaregon wrote: »
    u may get lucky, with n64 and snes at the bookmart, only zelda and that get over priced and u have to ask to see them, so u can find hidden gems.

    Ok but im just starting of with the cheaper stuff at great pricesas im on a limited amount of pocket money from my parents


  • #34
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    FifaPlaya wrote: »
    Ok but im just starting of with the cheaper stuff at great pricesas im on a limited amount of pocket money from my parents

    If you're on a limited budget start off with the common essentials. Stuff like Sonic on the megadrive or Starwing on the SNES and build your collection from there.


  • #35
    FifaPlaya
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭FifaPlaya


    Atavan-Halen wrote: »
    If you're on a limited budget start off with the common essentials. Stuff like Sonic on the megadrive or Starwing on the SNES and build your collection from there.

    Thanks for the great advice


  • #36
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    I'd start with:

    SNES
    Super Mario World
    Super Mario All Stars
    Super Metroid
    A Link To The Past
    Axelay
    Donkey Kong Country
    Contra III
    Chrono Trigger
    Street Fighter 2 Turbo
    Turtles In Time

    Megadrive
    Flashback
    Gunstar Heros (absolutely essential)
    Sonic 2
    Road Rash 2
    Zombies Ate My Neighbours
    Comix Zone (think that's hard to get though)
    World of Illusion
    Ristar
    Quackshot
    Desert Strike

    That'd get ya started nicely.

    edit: oh, and Streets of Rage 2 on the Megadrive, can't believe I forgot that.


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  • #37
    FifaPlaya
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭FifaPlaya


    krudler wrote: »
    I'd start with:

    SNES
    Super Mario World
    Super Mario All Stars
    Super Metroid
    A Link To The Past
    Axelay
    Donkey Kong Country
    Contra III
    Chrono Trigger
    Street Fighter 2 Turbo
    Turtles In Time

    Megadrive
    Flashback
    Gunstar Heros (absolutely essential)
    Sonic 2
    Road Rash 2
    Zombies Ate My Neighbours
    Comix Zone (think that's hard to get though)
    World of Illusion
    Ristar
    Quackshot
    Desert Strike

    That'd get ya started nicely.

    edit: oh, and Streets of Rage 2 on the Megadrive, can't believe I forgot that.


    What would be the average prices for the games?


  • #38
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    FifaPlaya wrote: »
    What would be the average prices for the games?

    I'm not a collector but that really depends, something really popular and easy to get shouldnt be too expensive but it depends on where you get them really. Some shops can vastly overprice things that shouldnt be more than 10-15 quid, if even that. Car boot sales are probably a good bet, people sell lots of stuff they find in their attic.


  • #39
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,793 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Have you seen the stupid prices Chrono Trigger on the SNES goes for? Not really one to be recommending to someone with money issues! Also Zombies Ate My Neighbours is better on the SNES imo.


  • #40
    Tomo.Murphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 664 ✭✭✭Tomo.Murphy


    To be fair, the whole SNES list would be €20-30+ each in a shop here. The last time I saw Metroid in the rage they wanted €80-90 boxed in dodgy condition.


  • #41
    FifaPlaya
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭FifaPlaya


    krudler wrote: »
    I'm not a collector but that really depends, something really popular and easy to get shouldnt be too expensive but it depends on where you get them really. Some shops can vastly overprice things that shouldnt be more than 10-15 quid, if even that. Car boot sales are probably a good bet, people sell lots of stuff they find in their attic.

    Ok i see


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  • #42
    Mr.Saturn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    Oh, another one, Oxfam Home on Francis St have a dedicated, tiny section for retro games that goes all Doge with the 'Collector's Items: Rare' (It was literally barely bigger than a shoe box on my last visit). They're just in front of the CD/DVD shelf on a table, and everything is around 7 quid, or well, their Dreamcast stuff was last time I was in there. Their PSP stuff, however, is scattered amongst the DVDs.

    The charity shops up that way, on the Thomas St area, have been pretty kind to me in terms of PS2 stuff. A couple of the shopping arcades on Meath Street sell games. One is on your left as you're walking toward Thomas St nearest the turn off from Liberties College that sells mostly PS3/360 stuff, and there's another further up near Ladbrokes that sells a lot of PS2-era sport shovelware, but it's trade-in kinda things, so I imagine there's plenty of stock turnover.


  • #43
    FifaPlaya
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭FifaPlaya


    Mr.Saturn wrote: »
    Oh, another one, Oxfam Home on Francis St have a dedicated, tiny section for retro games that goes all Doge with the 'Collector's Items: Rare' (It was literally barely bigger than a shoe box on my last visit). They're just in front of the CD/DVD shelf on a table, and everything is around 7 quid, or well, their Dreamcast stuff was last time I was in there. Their PSP stuff, however, is scattered amongst the DVDs.

    The charity shops up that way, on the Thomas St area, have been pretty kind to me in terms of PS2 stuff. A couple of the shopping arcades on Meath Street sell games. One is on your left as you're walking toward Thomas St nearest the turn off from Liberties College that sells mostly PS3/360 stuff, and there's another further up near Ladbrokes that sells a lot of PS2-era sport shovelware, but it's trade-in kinda things, so I imagine there's plenty of stock turnover.

    Appreciate the info


  • #44
    Flaregon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 560 ✭✭✭Flaregon


    Mr.Saturn wrote: »
    Oh, another one, Oxfam Home on Francis St have a dedicated, tiny section for retro games that goes all Doge with the 'Collector's Items: Rare' (It was literally barely bigger than a shoe box on my last visit). They're just in front of the CD/DVD shelf on a table, and everything is around 7 quid, or well, their Dreamcast stuff was last time I was in there. Their PSP stuff, however, is scattered amongst the DVDs.

    The charity shops up that way, on the Thomas St area, have been pretty kind to me in terms of PS2 stuff. A couple of the shopping arcades on Meath Street sell games. One is on your left as you're walking toward Thomas St nearest the turn off from Liberties College that sells mostly PS3/360 stuff, and there's another further up near Ladbrokes that sells a lot of PS2-era sport shovelware, but it's trade-in kinda things, so I imagine there's plenty of stock turnover.

    I go to the oxfam home there a lot of the time and find nutting been dead for a few weeks wish me luck tommrow , the ones on Thomas street are good but there 3 euro a pop avaragly.

    My local ones are 1 euro, 2 for Ds, and I'm the only one buying from them, was told I'm the only one looking by staff lol.

    P.s most likely the least retro collector here, but I have a key advice, pick a system also disk based is system will be easyer to find games for.

    I collect gamecube, wii, ps1 and my main collection is ps2. There much less compotition for them at the moment vs cart based systems.


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