Retro game stuff talk

[obsidianspider]

I lost my bid on the sweet New 3DS bundle I had been watching all week that had just about every Zelda and Mario DS game, but I think in the end I prevailed. Tonight I found a "barely used" one and won it for $97.

Barely used, still has original cases. The stylist pen box has been opened but all the pieces are in the package. The Mario cover case package has not been opened, neither has the cartridge carrier case box.

Now, to mod, or not to mod…

[lilbud]

@obsidianspider Mod, flash carts work on new 3ds, buy a big enough sd card, and you'll be good

[obsidianspider]

The AGB-101 showed up today, and by all accounts, it appears to have been done well/correctly. The case isn't perfect, but I knew that going into it.

Of course I took it apart.

I'm thinking about getting a BennVenn voltage regulator for it, but I want to test things out with some rechargeable batteries first to see how the screen reacts. On normal AAs, it's just fine.

[CodeDrawer]

Hey @obsidianspider So you got the screen from a DS?

[obsidianspider]

@CodeDrawer No, the screen is from a Game Boy Advance SP, model AGS-101. Though, I'm not sure if it is a reproduction screen or not as it was pre-assembled when I bought it.

[CodeDrawer]

@obsidianspider Okay. I'll try and use the adafruit screen for my pi boy zero.

[obsidianspider]

@CodeDrawer This isn't a Pi project. It's a Game Boy Advance that's been modded to use a backlit screen. It's otherwise stock.

[CodeDrawer]

Oh, cool!

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

Guess where I am now at this very moment?

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk probably a place that has Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages for less than I just paid for them. ;)

(Hopefully they're real)

Oh, and you need to post photos. We live vicariously through your trips to Hard-Off.

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

You guessed right. :)

Unfortunately even after 2-3 months absence not much has changed.
They still had the white GBA for 2160 Yen but the grey Game Boy Pocket was gone.
They seem to have increased their Nintendo DS junk stock.

Plenty of buttons and displays to salvage I guess.
Still it is always a great feeling to be around so many retro games or game stuff in general.

[CodeDrawer]

All the gameboys! :O

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk I'm still kicking myself over that gray Pocket. I should have told you to get it, even with the scratched screen. The rest of it looked really nice. Oh well, there will be others I'm sure.

Thanks to your instigation I've picked up a few things on eBay (some handhelds and some games) but I'm not looking to have a stockpile of systems like that plastic tub full of broken DS Lites. ;)

[obsidianspider]

The postal carrier today brought me a nice package from Florida. Not bad for $107 including shipping.

Oh, and there's a charger in that black zipper bag. ;)

I really don't need the Mario cover or the 3DS game holder, so I'll have to find a way to sell those. I don't see any brick and mortar stores that carry them that I could exchange them for store credit.

[A Former User]

You can give me that.

[obsidianspider]

Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages came in the mail today. They appear to be legit and both work. I think for $34 including shipping I got a decent deal. I would love CIB, but those are going for $60+ each. I don't think I need boxes and manuals that badly at this point in my life.

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

1st, what is a CIB?
2nd, why did you take the games apart? lol
3rd, why is the pokemon GBA SP so damn expensive?

[lilbud]

@FlyingTomahawk

1. Complete in Box
2. Probably checking to see if they are legit copies/See if batteries are good
3. Limited Edition...probably

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk @lilbud beat me to it.

I opened them up to check the boards to make sure they weren't reproductions.

I still don't "get" Pokémon. But the real SPs were limited edition. The problem is that there are tons of repro shells.

As an aside, I have to wonder how many of the now banned 3DSs will be dumped on eBay. There's no way to check that kind of thing before buying. Luckily the one I bought last week doesn't seem to be affected.

[lilbud]

@obsidianspider I still have my GBA SP, not limited edition or anything. But it is an AGS-101, the backlit one.

The inside is really nice, the outside looks like shit.
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