Retro game stuff talk

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider
Yeah it did work.

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk How many shops are on your itinerary for today?

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

LoL... 3 shops. Just finished one.

The Famicoms are in not so bad condition. Whiter than most others that I have seen.
A bit expensive though.

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk $75 for a boxed FDS? That seems like a pretty good price based on other photos you've shared, and way cheaper than eBay.

I'm really liking how Famicom games came with lots of different colors of plastic for the shell. NES games were mostly gray.

How much do undesirable Famicom games sell for? The donor game for my Super Famicom screen was a soccer game I found on eBay for $4, but my decent shape Super Mario World was $15. Still not sure what I'll do with that. I'm thinking a shadow box with a background of a level in the game printed out if I can find a place that will print it. I have a feeling a photo printer wouldn't do it due to copyright.

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

undesirable Famicom games go for 100-200Yen

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk if/when you find a Famicom and/or other stuff to send to me I'd like you to grab a few of those. I really like the screen on my Super Famicom Pi, and I haven't seen anyone else do that yet, so I'd probably replicate it and maybe improve on it for a Famicom build.

Ugh, I'm so jealous of the abundance of retro game shops near you. By me there's ONE, and their inventory is really small.

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

Another white GBA
not so rare after all

Some more looking on eBay tonight is showing clean, working ones going for $40+, geeze.

Have your coworkers started questioning your visiting myriad game stores every day on your lunch break yet?

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

lol, the co-worker is THE Hard-off and used stuff store expert. He is the one that drives me around. I'm just joining him. ;-)
He is into tablets and phones and he collects Saint Seiya figures.

I won't be going to any stores for the next couple of days though. Visiting the stores in such short cicles doesn't bring much you need to go once a month to see different items.

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

I won't be going to any stores for the next couple of days though.

Giving us time to think up more cool stuff for you to find? I see ;)

[FlyingTomahawk]

Yeah, something like that. :-)

The list currently looks like this,

obsidianspider

Grey Game Boy Pocket (mint condition)
White Game Boy Advance (currently on hold)
Famicom max $10-20 (as good as possible condition)
Famicom undesirable games

edmaul69

Famicom (as good as possible condition)
My Famicom controllers
Super Game Boy controller

Did I get it right?

[edmaul69]

@FlyingTomahawk looks right to me. Thank you. Light scratching is ok on the super gameboy super famicom controller. Not really a super huge deal if you can find one or not. I can buy one off ebay as they are on there all the time.

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk Quite the businessman. We'll have to find a way to exchange private contact info. The forum isn't good for stuff like that.

Regarding the GBA:

Now that I'm doing more looking on eBay I see that I should have told you to get the white GBA that you saw yesterday. After seeing how much working ones here in good shape are selling for I'm not so sure I'll be able to find one anywhere near what the shops there have them going for.

If you see another one that works in very good shape for 1700Yen or less, please pick it up for me. (battery cover intact, stickers not all mangled, but screen can have some scratches, they reproduce the screen covers). If you see one that has a really nice shell, but is electronically dead, I'd say use your judgment on price. I could always swap out the guts, but the case is the rarity.

Regarding the Famicom undesirable games: It can really be any game, I'll be swapping out the front sticker like I did with my Super Famicom build. I'd like two that are yellow plastic like Mario 3, but the front label will be changed out. The back label in good shape would be preferred. I'd like two just in case I mess one of them up ;)

If you're willing to add to the list:
What do Mario games usually sell for? I know you said they were collectors items, but I wasn't expecting something for 50Yen either.

[obsidianspider]

@edmaul69 said in Retro game stuff talk:

I can buy one off ebay as they are on there all the time.

$60+ for one controller?! Wow!

[edmaul69]

@obsidianspider yeah. I have been forced to pay that much for a few of the pc engine controllers i have bought. :(

[MadRikXIV]

@obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

@FlyingTomahawk if/when you find a Famicom and/or other stuff to send to me I'd like you to grab a few of those. I really like the screen on my Super Famicom Pi, and I haven't seen anyone else do that yet, so I'd probably replicate it and maybe improve on it for a Famicom build.

Ugh, I'm so jealous of the abundance of retro game shops near you. By me there's ONE, and their inventory is really small.

One, that's all I have near me, and as they are asking something like £80 for a Sega MegaDrive, it's not even worth a visit.

[FlyingTomahawk]

@edmaul69

Is this what you were looking for?

[edmaul69]

@FlyingTomahawk yes it is. :)

[FlyingTomahawk]

@edmaul69

You see the price right? 1980Yen ($17-18)
I think that's the price range you can expect for this controller.
This one is untested. Meaning they don't know if it works or not. They have a return policy which allows you to return items within 1 week if they are faulty.
That would be not possible if I would buy it and send it to you.
If you want that one I can go again at a later time and see if they still have it.
Also keep in mind that you gonna get a Famicom + additional controller set and adding that Game Boy controller is gonna raise the shipping weight.
Just to be cautious I would suggest to add around $30 for shipping in your calculation.

Just tell me if you need that or if you skip.

[obsidianspider]

Based on what I've seen on eBay that seems like a great price. Aside from it being shorted out, what could really be that wrong with it?

[FlyingTomahawk]

Not sure what could be wrong with it but if edmaul69 says he wants it I would of course ask the staff there to take it out so that I can check the buttons and also if it has scratches or not.