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I'd buy that for a $: Retro bargains

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  • #652
    CosmicSmash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭CosmicSmash


    Those cables are great, I picked one up on a recommendation from Oisin a few years ago and the image quality is excellent.


  • #653
    Inviere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,759 ✭✭✭Inviere


    Box of A&R related gubbins for free - https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057897299

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  • #654
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I know digital is heresy around these parts but fanatical are doing a Steam bundle deal for €3.09 that includes System Shock 2 and the legendary edutainment title Zoombinis.
    There's a load of other sh1te there too that i'm not familiar with.
    https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/fanatical-anthology-awesome-bundle


  • #655
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Retr0 has the urge to make little Retr0 babies whenever System Shock 2 is mentioned.
    He said it was hard as rock, I'm assuming it's the game....


  • #656
    Shapey Fiend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭Shapey Fiend


    Heard about a site called https://www.g2a.com the other day that I wasn't previously aware of. Great way to buy Steam keys at a big discount and is perfectly legit from what I've heard.


  • #657
    Inviere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,759 ✭✭✭Inviere


    Shapey Fiend wrote: »
    Heard about a site called https://www.g2a.com the other day that I wasn't previously aware of. Great way to buy Steam keys at a big discount and is perfectly legit from what I've heard.

    Not precisely perfectly legit, it’s a grey area key reseller.

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  • #658
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Shapey Fiend wrote: »
    Heard about a site called https://www.g2a.com the other day that I wasn't previously aware of. Great way to buy Steam keys at a big discount and is perfectly legit from what I've heard.

    I'd be wary. Have a read of this.
    https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/4fntxu/gray_market_key_resellers_and_what_they_mean_for/

    I recommend CDKeys.com, their keys are from cheaper countries but they don't do the shady stuff G2A do.


  • #659
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,853 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Retr0 has the urge to make little Retr0 babies whenever System Shock 2 is mentioned.
    He said it was hard as rock, I'm assuming it's the game....

    In all seriousness the game is so good it will give anyone a serious stalk on.
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  • #660
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    In all seriousness the game is so good it will give anyone a serious stalk on.

    This is some sort of local yokel colloquialism I will assume....

    Danny-Healy-Rae-696x406.jpg


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  • #661
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    They have a copy of Deathsmiles for the 360 here in CEX Santry for €15.
    Not bad.


  • #662
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,290 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    They have a copy of Deathsmiles for the 360 here in CEX Santry for €15.
    Not bad.

    Someone should request it to be sent to another store, Santry don't deserve the sale :D


  • #663
    com1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 460 ✭✭com1


    If you are in the neighbourhood - Golden Discs on Henry Street Dublin is running a 10 titles for €10 at the moment for DVD, CD and games, mix and match - closing down sale. I saw a couple of racks of PS2 and DS games (I didn't look too closely so I don't know what is there). I think they are open a couple of days next week too.


  • #664
    CosmicSmash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭CosmicSmash


    The Psikyo Collection Vol. 1 is on preorder on Play Asia. It's not too expensive either.

    https://www.play-asia.com/psikyo-collection-vol-1-multi-language/13/70c7gd


  • #665
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    CosmicSmash wrote: »
    The Psikyo Collection Vol. 1 is on preorder on Play Asia. It's not too expensive either.

    https://www.play-asia.com/psikyo-collection-vol-1-multi-language/13/70c7gd

    I wonder if it's a glorified portal for downloading the games, or are they physically present on the cart with no downloads necessary?


  • #666
    CosmicSmash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭CosmicSmash


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I wonder if it's a glorified portal for downloading the games, or are they physically present on the cart with no downloads necessary?

    I think it's going to be a physical Korean release. Korea got a physical release of Battle Garegga on the PS4 when everywhere else got a digital one.


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  • #667
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,290 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    I wonder will the one in The Square close too. Are they all second hand shops? Because they're right across from CeX in there...

    How many times has Golden Discs closed now? I think they just need to stop now, same with HMV...


  • #668
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,262 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Something you don't see too often, a PVM-2130QM

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153126113617?ul_noapp=true


  • #669
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Something you don't see too often, a PVM-2130QM

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153126113617?ul_noapp=true

    That is a thing of rare beauty


  • #670
    Shapey Fiend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭Shapey Fiend


    I went to a gallery show in Limerick College of Art & Design a couple of years ago and they'd loads of those Cube TV's playing the various video exhibits.


  • #671
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,262 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Interesting looking cocktail poker machine for 120

    https://www.adverts.ie/other-electronics/rare-arcade-poker-table/11314485

    Poker burn on the monitor, but at that price it might be a nice project.


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  • #672
    omb0wyn5ehpij9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,095 ✭✭✭✭omb0wyn5ehpij9


    sugarman wrote: »
    No, this one is only a pop up outlet store. Theyve said their other shops are business as normal and only a weeks ago they reported €12m turnover for 2017.

    I dont think Goldendiscs has ever fully closed, has it?

    I still find it strange they've never sold games/consoles in all their time, surely thats where the last bit of the physical media market hold is these days.

    Golden Discs has never closed down. About 10-12 years ago when times got hard, they closed a number of their shops, but they kept the shops that were still making money. They have had a few pops over the last few years and it seems to be working for them.

    They used to stock all of the latest PS2/Xbox 360/DS/Wii games and consoles, but they pulled out of that part of the market


  • #673
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,262 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Yaton selling 20 NNC cabs with a game in each if anyone has $20,000 :eek:

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A-LOT-20-ORIGINAL-SEGA-VERY-GOOD-CONDITION-NEW-NET-CITY-CABINETS-w-NAOMI-GAME/123211831456?hash=item1cafff58a0:g:ZEwAAOSw~7ZbMPrZ


  • #674
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,290 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    I wouldn't even want to imagine how tricky or expensive it would be to arrange a 20ft container...


  • #675
    frasr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 225 ✭✭frasr


    Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Board €20.80 incl. delivery @ Arrow
    Details over on BA

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057899224


  • #676
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,784 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Free C64 SID album :

    https://c64audio.com/products/sid-effects-double-album-free

    SID_Effects_J-Card.png


  • #677
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Two upright cabs for €750
    https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/arcade-machines-jamma/16003427
    Caveat is the flyback on the Xenon is gone and the other is converted to play driving games.


  • #678
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I know some love them but they are awful looking yokes,
    I wouldnt have one in the house.


  • #679
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,391 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    I converted one to Tetris then sold it to Token, big solid machines but they are almost too big!


  • #680
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,262 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Yeah I have fond memories of the Electrocoin duet and MVS cabs, but the Xenons were never my thing. There's just something a bit off about the design.


  • #681
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,290 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    Optimus Prime wrote: »
    I converted one to Tetris then sold it to Token, big solid machines but they are almost too big!

    I wonder how many machines are original or conversions these days. Seems a good few are conversions. I know nothing about arcade machines. Are originals just hard to find or broken etc?


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  • #682
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Doge


    Electrocoins strike again!

    It's interesting how they modded the racing cab with an old Microsoft racing wheel.

    I wonder how it would feelwhile playing.


  • #683
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Doge wrote: »
    Electrocoins strike again!

    It's interesting how they modded the racing cab with an old Microsoft racing wheel.

    I wonder how it would feelwhile playing.

    I would imagine, with MAME doing the emulation duties, it would work well with force feedback and the relevant games.


  • #684
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,262 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    DaveyDave wrote: »
    I wonder how many machines are original or conversions these days. Seems a good few are conversions. I know nothing about arcade machines. Are originals just hard to find or broken etc?

    Dedicated factory original cabs exist (think Midway Mortal Kombats etc), but a huge bulk of machines back in the day were conversions too.

    The Jamma standard was designed to be modular, so arcade operators would get new jamma boards in with games on them, a new marquee and just stick them in their existing cabs like Xenons, duets etc.

    So the Xenons in those links would never have been an 'original' game if you get me. They were just modular cabs that operators could add whatever game they wanted into them.


  • #685
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,290 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Dedicated factory original cabs exist (think Midway Mortal Kombats etc), but a huge bulk of machines back in the day were conversions too.

    The Jamma standard was designed to be modular, so arcade operators would get new jamma boards in with games on them, a new marquee and just stick them in their existing cabs like Xenons, duets etc.

    So the Xenons in those links would never have been an 'original' game if you get me. They were just modular cabs that operators could add whatever game they wanted into them.

    Ah I see, I wasn't aware it was common with other board types. I thought it was just SNK.


  • #686
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,262 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    DaveyDave wrote: »
    Ah I see, I wasn't aware it was common with other board types. I thought it was just SNK.

    Yep, it's actually how the bulk of arcade games used to work.

    Dedicated cabs are a very western thing. In Japan they mainly had rows of candy cabs and would just pop new games into them.

    Things like Street Fighter 2 would also come with a new control panel (control panels on earlier candy cabs are also all pretty much modular, you can just pop a new one on)

    I've even seen photos of tiny candy cabs like the Sega city with things like the After Burner control panel bolted on, looks mad!

    Edit - here you go, check this out. That monitor is only 18 inches :D

    sega_city.png


  • #687
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Naomi and the banana stick for Monkey Ball, steering wheel for Crazy Taxi and trad layouts for Virtua Tennis.


  • #688
    Shapey Fiend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭Shapey Fiend


    I think it's dedicated cabinets killed the arcades in the west, not consoles. Once Daytona and Time Crisis came out they got rid of all the JAMMA stuff. Suddenly all they had were 10, 15, 20k cabinets. Arcades could have had 20 cabinets at 50p a credit for that money and all the chippers, bowling alleys, swimming pools and little spots wouldn't have been cut out of the equation. Social aspect of arcade games should have kept them relevant like the cinema but any industry with Sega and Namco as market leaders was destined to collapse because while they'd a ton of creative geniuses on staff their business sense was bloody awful. Arcade biz killed the arcade biz.


  • #689
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Kirby's Adventure on the Wii, a pretty good game, served as a strong template for the current crop of very good Kirby titles.
    Hard to find, and fairly cheap on adverts
    http://www.adverts.ie/15793232


  • #690
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Doge


    frasr wrote: »
    Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Board €20.80 incl. delivery @ Arrow
    Details over on BA

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057899224

    How did the A&R heads fare with this deal?

    I have to send mine back due to DHL customs duties unfortunately.


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  • #691
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    Doge wrote: »
    How did the A&R heads fare with this deal?

    I have to send mine back due to DHL customs duties unfortunately.

    I didn't bother for that very reason.
    I always get mine from Radionics or pihut


  • #692
    Burzum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Burzum


    Doge wrote: »
    How did the A&R heads fare with this deal?

    I have to send mine back due to DHL customs duties unfortunately.




    Also sent mine back as they were asking for exact same price in charges as I paid for the thing.


  • #693
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    Burzum wrote: »
    Also sent mine back as they were asking for exact same price in charges as I paid for the thing.
    DHL are the worst too, they'd try charge you VAT on a letter, I'd to fight with them for over a week because they were trying to charge me VAT on a drone I sent to DJI in China for repair, I had proof of purchase/VAT already paid, it was only the chassis of the drone too, eventually I got it from them. I always avoid them at all costs now.
    You can click and collect in Radionics
    https://ie.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-microcontroller-development-kits/1373331/


  • #694
    frasr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 225 ✭✭frasr


    Doge wrote: »
    How did the A&R heads fare with this deal?

    I have to send mine back due to DHL customs duties unfortunately.

    It's a mess, currently still with DHL, have to ring them tomorrow so see if I can get it delivered without being charged for duty etc. but I recon it'll be going back to Arrow, tried Arrows customer service, they were useless... so it'll be a credit card charge back


  • #695
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    frasr wrote: »
    It's a mess, currently still with DHL, have to ring them tomorrow so see if I can get it delivered without being charged for duty etc. but I recon it'll be going back to Arrow, tried Arrows customer service, they were useless... so it'll be a credit card charge back

    Good luck with that, they're such a difficult company to deal with, I once got a debt collecting letter requesting €500 VAT for a parcel they delivered a year previously which they never asked for on delivery, furthermore the value of the parcel was less than €100, I was baffled, I told the debt collector I've never bought anything for over €100 and I could prove it, maybe they stuck an extra zero on there by mistake, they never called me back again.
    I've stopped getting stuff from the US unless I really have no other option as the VAT and/duty is just an absolute rip off


  • #696
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Doge


    CathalDublin wrote: »
    I've stopped getting stuff from the US unless I really have no other option as the VAT and/duty is just an absolute rip off

    Mouser are great to buy from for Electronic Components.

    Free shipping over 50 euro and all your Customs duties are paid for.


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  • #697
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    Doge wrote: »
    Mouser are great to buy from for Electronic Components.

    Free shipping over 50 euro and all your Customs duties are paid for.

    never bought from them, must take a look


  • #698
    Burzum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Burzum


    You don't see these popping up much on adverts, am very tempted.
    www.adverts.ie/playstation/linux-for-ps2/16049193


  • #699
    Burzum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Burzum


    sugarman wrote: »
    Dont you need the VGA cable that costs 2 arms and a leg to go with it?


    Yeah here is link to it on ebay https://www.ebay.ie/itm/RARE-Genuine-Sony-Playstation-2-PS2-Linux-VGA-Monitor-Cable-Adaptor-RARE/292501193572?hash=item441a6e0364:g:NZYAAOSwg35aurQh&autorefresh=true
    Lets you make an offer so could probably get if for 55 posted


  • #700
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,564 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Kirby's Adventure on the Wii, a pretty good game, served as a strong template for the current crop of very good Kirby titles.
    Hard to find, and fairly cheap on adverts
    http://www.adverts.ie/15793232

    Nice little bargain. No ones wants it though :(


  • #701
    Inviere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,759 ✭✭✭Inviere


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    No ones wants it though :(

    Stock photo, does it have original box? What condition?
    "good working condition" suggests to me "scratched to bits but still loads anyway"
    Missing manual

    It's a lot of effort to go to to actually even know what you're buying, seller needs to put proper pics up, and elaborate a little on the description.

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