Retro game stuff talk
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@obsidianspider yeah the smoke it creates is like a huge chemical fire. There isnt words to describe how toxic it was. I will take the dysentery over that.
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@obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:
Not that I'm in any kind of hurry, but did you end up going back to Hard Off to see if that Gameboy Pocket was still there?
Yeah I went back and checked it out, told the staff to show it to me. Thin scratches on the display, left side. No good.
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Here the images of todays tour.
CPSII
Famicom Sofa!
They really used real games for this.
Famicom Micro
Another white GBA
not so rare after all
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@FlyingTomahawk Interesting that the clear purple GBA was more expensive than the white GBA. You see a lot more of the clear purple ones in the US.
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yeah here too actually. not sure how they make those prices. The last white one was 2160Yen this one is only 1620Yen.
Hard-off is known for it to have different prices depending on the store and location. I saw 4 Famicoms for 540Yen each I went to over 6 different other Hard-offs and none could match those prices. They were mostly 3-4 times higher.
Sometimes you get lucky and sometimes not. I am gonna go again soon to that other store which had those 4 and if the other 3 are still there I'm gonna get them. -
@FlyingTomahawk All of them? Are you going to build a Famicom sofa? ;)
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Hey, that is not a bad idea at all. :-)
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I never realized how big a Virtual Boy is until seeing it in that "living room" setting at the store. That thing is huge! Did it work?
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@obsidianspider
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@FlyingTomahawk How many shops are on your itinerary for today?
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LoL... 3 shops. Just finished one.
The Famicoms are in not so bad condition. Whiter than most others that I have seen.
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@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.
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undesirable Famicom games go for 100-200Yen
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@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.
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@FlyingTomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:
Another white GBA
not so rare after allSome 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?
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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.
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@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 ;)
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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 gamesedmaul69
Famicom (as good as possible condition)
My Famicom controllers
Super Game Boy controllerDid I get it right?
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@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.
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@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.
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