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I'd buy that for a $: Retro bargains

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    #1202
    MontgomeryClift
    Registered Users Posts: 1,057 ✭✭✭MontgomeryClift


    BrownFinger wrote: »
    I'll be all over one of them but my arcade is under construction.
    Ive also just been in this house 4months and I've brought in 2 new machines all ready..........

    That's what houses are for. No more guilt.


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    #1203
    BGOllie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭BGOllie


    there's 16 machines in my house, 15 of which are mine :D
    Although having sheds does help :)


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    #1204
    eddhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    BGOllie wrote: »
    there's 16 machines in my house, 15 of which are mine :D
    Although having sheds does help :)

    Lol hoarder


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    #1205
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,417 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Nice 20 inch 4:3 trini over on adverts

    https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/sony-trinitron-flat-screen-crt/19205223

    Guy seems to be offloading all his retro gaming gear too.


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    #1206
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,417 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Anyone ever fancy buying a Silent Scope rifle from an arcade machine to try and mod?

    Seems like a good deal, £87 for the whole lot with a working scope LCD.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silent-scope-Arcade-Konami-Genuine-Gun-Sniper-And-Base-Fatal-Judgment-2/123889296118?hash=item1cd860a2f6:g:vRwAAOSw87RaxTxi


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    #1207
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Nice 20 inch 4:3 trini over on adverts

    https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/sony-trinitron-flat-screen-crt/19205223

    Guy seems to be offloading all his retro gaming gear too.

    He seems to be shooting for the moon with those prices though!


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    #1208
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,417 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Yeah they're not cheap, few lovely things in there though - an RGB modded 2600 for one! (so now you can see all three pixels in each game with extra clarity)


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    #1209
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Anyone ever fancy buying a Silent Scope rifle from an arcade machine to try and mod?

    Seems like a good deal, £87 for the whole lot with a working scope LCD.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silent-scope-Arcade-Konami-Genuine-Gun-Sniper-And-Base-Fatal-Judgment-2/123889296118?hash=item1cd860a2f6:g:vRwAAOSw87RaxTxi

    The guy i bought the Sega Rallys off had a silent scope cab, it was one where you win money for playing it though? It was gold coloured cab.


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    #1210
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Yeah they're not cheap, few lovely things in there though - an RGB modded 2600 for one! (so now you can see all three pixels in each game with extra clarity)

    A what?
    I've a composite modded 2600.... Seems to be clear enough!


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    #1211
    Doge
    Registered Users Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭Doge


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Excellent, did you pick up the Megadrive pad? Interested in hearing what you think of it!

    It arrived yesterday. Apparently theres much higher latency with the Bluetooth one compared to 2.4ghz wireless one,
    But I was playing Revenge of Shinobi briefly on my android phone with it and it felt amazing and I didn't notice the latency.

    I'm sure they'll be fine unless you're speed runner.

    Don't have time to do a proper post ATM. And I still have to order the wireless receiver for the mega drive.


    I ordered twice by mistake and instead of refunding one they refunded both. Lol

    Going to order them on singles day.

    Why are the super Nintendo ones so expensive though? 33 euro for 1?

    The SF30 Pro is much cheaper.


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    #1212
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    The Switch controllers are supposed to be pairable now, in Android 10...
    I must give it a whirl with my OnePlus 6, it recently updated to that version


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    #1213
    KeRbDoG
    Registered Users Posts: 4,215 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Yeah they're not cheap, few lovely things in there though - an RGB modded 2600 for one! (so now you can see all three pixels in each game with extra clarity)
    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    A what?
    I've a composite modded 2600.... Seems to be clear enough!
    But surely if you modify a "collectible" console it becomes less collectible as it wasn't kept original?


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    #1214
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,184 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    The Switch controllers are supposed to be pairable now, in Android 10...
    I must give it a whirl with my OnePlus 6, it recently updated to that version

    DualShock 4 is also compatible with Android 10 I believe.

    I miss the DualShock compatibility of the Xperia Z3/5 phones. I wish my Honor 10 was on Android 10 so I could emulate stuff at work...

    Z4XyW61.jpg


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    #1215
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,417 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Super-Famicom-Box-Console-Nintendo-JPN-Mario-5Games-No-Key-Untested-Free-Ship/254243128002

    A Super Famicom hotel box thingy for €315 delivered from Japan. Seems like a bit of a steal.


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    #1216
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,417 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Would love to know what happened to feck it up so much, I'd assumed they were hard as nails metal boxes!


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    #1217
    Inviere
    Registered Users Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭Inviere


    o1s1n wrote: »
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Super-Famicom-Box-Console-Nintendo-JPN-Mario-5Games-No-Key-Untested-Free-Ship/254243128002

    A Super Famicom hotel box thingy for €315 delivered from Japan. Seems like a bit of a steal.

    Safe enough to assume 'untested' means broken, as it usually always does in my experience. I mean, plug it in and see if it powers on :confused:

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    #1218
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,417 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Inviere wrote: »
    Safe enough to assume 'untested' means broken, as it usually always does in my experience. I mean, plug it in and see if it powers on :confused:

    Actually that might explain the cheaper price :(


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    #1219
    Inviere
    Registered Users Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭Inviere


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Actually that might explain the cheaper price :(

    Option A - advertise it as non working, and take a hit on the price.
    Option B - advertise it as 'untested' (ingeniously) and make the price attractive.
    Option C - advertise it as 'untested' (genuinely), and potentially lose out on money.

    I dunno, I'm just very cynical when it comes to stuff marked untested. I mean all you 've to do is plug it in and connect it to a tv to check. I don't know of very many people who wouldn't bother doing that, and be able to make more money from a sale in doing so.

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    #1220
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,717 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Ya untested is typically broken.. broken I can deal with, its when parts have been stripped off I get annoyed...

    I usually check what else the vendor is selling or sold recently, if its tea-cosy's and a Daniel O'Donnell tape then there is a good chance the console has been found in the cupboard and genuinely untested.

    However, if they're selling other consoles.... its borked.


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    #1221
    Jack burton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,772 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    sugarman wrote: »
    Yeah same, although it depends, theres certain sellers in Japan i've taken a gamble on for dirt cheap gameboys and controllers and such that just needed a good cleaning inside and out marked as untested / parts. A lot just shift a massive volume of product and genuinely dont have the time to test each and every one, particularly low value items..

    Famicons are a good example, they go for about a tenner shipped untested because theyve no LED indicator to even show theyre getting power and they only have RF out.

    Gameboys with screen burn too, 99% fine apart from the screen which is a quick fix or can simply be swapped out for now widely available backlit screens.

    I usually check the Japanese junk listings and if something is dirty then potentially worth the gamble. A clean as a whistle "untested" machine is usually a no no


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    https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/pandora-box-6-wooden-double-screened-diy-mini-arcade-bartop-18565-using-promo-stack-at-aliexpress-deals-pandoras-box-official-3328733
    Might be useful to someone here, looks like a good price for what you get, two player bartop with a Pandora for £185


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    #1223
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,180 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    The Last Bandit wrote: »
    Ya untested is typically broken.. broken I can deal with, its when parts have been stripped off I get annoyed...

    I usually check what else the vendor is selling or sold recently, if its tea-cosy's and a Daniel O'Donnell tape then there is a good chance the console has been found in the cupboard and genuinely untested.

    However, if they're selling other consoles.... its borked.
    yup
    If the seller has all the powersupplies/ cables etc from working machines in other ads it's usually a given that its knackered.
    I've bought untested before from non console sellers and usually 9/10 times it's either worked or worked with a little TLC .


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    #1224
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,417 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Not exactly A&R so apologies (!) but seems like too good a deal for people to pass up

    A lifetime VPN subscription going on over in bargain alerts for €14

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058029427

    Just tried it there and it works perfectly for US Netflix.

    Actually, US Netflix has the original Super Mario Bros show, so there's your A&R link. :pac:


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    #1225
    CosmicSmash
    Registered Users Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭CosmicSmash


    Inviere wrote: »
    Option A - advertise it as non working, and take a hit on the price.
    Option B - advertise it as 'untested' (ingeniously) and make the price attractive.
    Option C - advertise it as 'untested' (genuinely), and potentially lose out on money.

    I dunno, I'm just very cynical when it comes to stuff marked untested. I mean all you 've to do is plug it in and connect it to a tv to check. I don't know of very many people who wouldn't bother doing that, and be able to make more money from a sale in doing so.

    I've had a guy on Adverts question why I was selling a Atari 2600 as untested when all my other ads were for games and consoles and a PSU was only a fiver. The reason it was being sold as untested was because it was genuinely untested and priced accordingly, it came from a colleague in work and I didn't know its history.

    I would have also needed to purchase a game to test it with as I had sold my 2600 collection years ago. I was going to explain this to the potential buyer but on further reflection I just blocked him instead, sometimes it just not worth the hassle.


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    #1226
    CiDeRmAn
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    My PSX was sold to me as borked, and at the low low price of, I think it was €60.
    Took home, plugged in the the step-down... worked!
    Best bargain in my collection.
    The seller was pretty gracious about it too, especially when he other, non-borked one, turned out to be definitely borked.


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    #1227
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,417 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
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    Yeah I suppose the trick is just to see what else the seller is selling.

    If it's loads of odds and ends with no gaming stuff, they either haven't tested it or else tested it incorrectly (Ie - tried to connect the RF cable with it and didnt tune it properly)

    I've yet to buy a cart based console (that I can think of anyway) which was totally borked.


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    #1228
    Inviere
    Registered Users Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭Inviere


    CosmicSmash wrote: »
    I've had a guy on Adverts question why I was selling a Atari 2600 as untested when all my other ads were for games and consoles and a PSU was only a fiver. The reason it was being sold as untested was because it was genuinely untested and priced accordingly, it came from a colleague in work and I didn't know its history.

    I would have also needed to purchase a game to test it with as I had sold my 2600 collection years ago. I was going to explain this to the potential buyer but on further reflection I just blocked him instead, sometimes it just not worth the hassle.

    That's a bit different though, it was an incomplete item (missing a psu), and you'd no games to test it on. So quite rightly, you priced it accordingly and listed it as untested, for a valid reason. It just wouldn't make sense to buy psu's and games to test something. I'm fairly sure I've done the very same thing before with Ataris
    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    My PSX was sold to me as borked, and at the low low price of, I think it was €60.
    Took home, plugged in the the step-down... worked!
    Best bargain in my collection.
    The seller was pretty gracious about it too, especially when he other, non-borked one, turned out to be definitely borked.

    Again though, there was a valid reason there - the seller had no step down so couldn't test it. The guy in Japan selling a Japanese Hotel SFC (which presumably is doesn't have an external psu for hotel reasons) wouldn't appear to have a valid reason, as I imagine you'd only need a kettle lead type power chord to power it up. Ok he might not have any carts to play on it, but for a high value item, most people with pick up a .50c cart to see if it works.

    Low value items as untested makes sense, not really higher value stuff though.

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    #1229
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Bubble Bobble Galaxy for sale on Adverts.
    Runs on the DS.
    http://www.adverts.ie/13317885

    Nice thing is it works on the Taito Paddle controller, which makes it even better.


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    #1230
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,417 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
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    Nice looking boxed Philips CRT monitor, would go well with an Amiga.

    https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/phillips-cm8833-ii-monitor-crt-perfect-condition/19249813


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    #1231
    eddhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Nice looking boxed Philips CRT monitor, would go well with an Amiga.

    https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/phillips-cm8833-ii-monitor-crt-perfect-condition/19249813

    "Retro bargain" "€110"


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