Retro game stuff talk

[Dipkid]

@itskryode googled a VHS cover template pdf, made the artwork in illustrator/Photoshop. Cutted w a CNC 👍

[FlyingTomahawk]

It's been a while since I hunted down some retro games, now with the cold weather work has become quiet and we got more time to visit game and used stores.
This weeks results

Dr. Mario (Famicom) 324 Yen
Verytex (Mega Drive JPN) 4354 Yen
Thunder Force II (Mega Drive JPN) 2702 Yen
Darius II (Mega Drive JPN) 2896 Yen
Super Real Basketball (Mega Drive JPN) 842 Yen

I told my self that I won't be collecting or buying any retro games especially Mega Drive stuff but it is really hard to resist especially if you find very good deals. I am especially proud of the Verytex purchase. That game goes for 10,000 - 12,000 Yen (for mint condition ) at the moment and I paid only 4354 Yen.

The game is mint as you can see here

In fact all Mega Drive games are in mint condition and I paid less than what they are currently worth.
Got my MD JPN collection to 56 games. 367 to go. To be continue...

And here a super expensive, rare MD game. 69,800 Yen ($636 USD) !!! Just to remind us why we actually shouldn't start to collect retro stuff. Thank god for repros.

I ordered one of those MD JPN reproduction games. Curious to see what the quality is like in comparison to real MD JPN games. I ordered Eliminate Down for 15 bucks. The original MD version is currently sold for 120,000 Yen ($ 1093 USD)
I'll post pics and info as soon I get it.

[obsidianspider]

Really nice. You'll have to share more of your Hard Off visits with us!

I know what you mean about buying stuff. Since I got my EverDrives I've shifted to only buying certain games, and when I do, I'm only going for boxed stuff.

[obsidianspider]

I love mail from Japan! (Links are to my Instagram posts with closeups, etc.)

ミスタードリラーエース ふしぎなパクテリア (Mr. Driller Ace: Fushigi na Pacteria)

す〜ぱ〜ぷよぷよ通リミックス (Super Puyo Puyo Tsuu Remix)

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

Wow, your Japanese has definitely improved.
You can even write game titles now. 😉😁

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

@obsidianspider

Wow, your Japanese has definitely improved.
You can even write game titles now. 😉😁

Haha, that or I can google them. I am very very VERY slowly learning, but I am lost looking for characters on a keyboard.

[FlyingTomahawk]

Another one down

Visited 4 stores today. Just the usual stuff.
This one store had a bunch of "regular" MD JPN stuff behind glass.

[celly]

Although not as impressive as @FlyingTomahawk or @obsidianspider, I did trek to the other side of town today to a used game store. Swapped up some loose carts and some Gameboys for some store credit. Left with these bad boys. I saw the Extreme Green Gameboy Pocket and couldn’t NOT get it.

[obsidianspider]

Today 伝説のスタフィー2 (Densetsu no Stafy 2) arrived in 9/10 condition.
With this addition I only need Densetsu no Stafy 3 to have the whole series.

Also, since Krikzz is now on Instagram I decided to get everyone together for an EverDrive family photo. I need to get a SuperGrafx so I have an excuse to get a TurboEverDrive ;)

[FlyingTomahawk]

Went to visit my favorite retro game store. That store is really old school. When i visited Japan for the very first time, around 18 years ago, that store existed and looked exactly same. Good memories there. I used to have a far better salary then and therefore spend tons of money there. Sorry for the bad video quality but I don't think it is allowed to take pictures or film in there so it was more of a hush, hush do quickly thing. Just slow down the time on youtube to watch it slower.

They always have a great selection of games even very rare stuff. Like for example Eliminate Down for MD JPN.
I asked the girl if she could take it out of the glass case and show it to me. So she takes out the game and pulls out a carpet knife and cuts open the wrapping. The way she handled that game gave me goose bumps and my face got all white. I almost wanted to tell her "hey, you do know that this game is worth half your monthly salary right?" lol
Anyways I asked her if I may take some pictures for you guys and she said "yes, sure". So without further ado I present you Eliminate Down MD JPN Price 88,200 Yen +tax

They had lot more like Battle Mania 2 for 64,800 Yen +tax

man I just wish I had a case full of money today, I'd be the happiest person.

[Dipkid]

@FlyingTomahawk oh man I remember my so far only trip to Tokyo. Stumbling in to Mr potatohead in Akihabara was insane! Heaven on 5 floors 😊 (they had like pallets with free sfc games lying around. I wanna remember it as free, my Japanese is non existing)

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

Eliminate Down MD JPN Price 88,200 Yen

So you got two?

[obsidianspider]

As a fan of Kirby games and Puyo Puyo, Kirby’s Avalanche has been on my list for a while. I finally found one complete in about 6.5-7/10 condition for a good price. Now to pop some Puyos.

[FlyingTomahawk]

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[space cadet]

I just put a ghost case on a xbox and next soft mod

[A Former User]

You guys call that retro ?
This, is retro. Lol.

Seriously, I can't believe a near 40 year-old, black and white computer with no graphics or sound, can fetch so much money, today.

[Clyde]

@John_RM_70 Oh man, that reminds me of my C-64 Mastertronic cassettes collection back in those days … I kept them in a special suitcase for music cassettes.

[A Former User]

@Clyde Yeah, I tried to collect, in the last few years, a Mastertronic collection across all my systems - C64, C16/Plus4, Spectrum, Amstrad, MSX, BBC. And realised this was not only impossible, it was going to cost me quite a lot. I used to love this publisher, back in the day, and I would regularly ride my bike 3 miles to get to my nearest games shop just to see if they had any new Mastertronic titles.

[Clyde]

@John_RM_70 Yeah, well, I gave my collection to relatives in Eastern Germany right after the reunification in 1990. From today's perspective, I kind of regret it, but I think I would still do it for said relatives, and as a hard determinist, I don't think that I could've acted differently anyway. 😏

[A Former User]

@Clyde I would love to find their DISK collection, these are very rare - I have only seen a handful appear on ebay over the last few years, across a few platforms (C64, Atari 800, ST, Amiga).