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by Corazon de Leon » Mon Jun 18, 2018 8:10 am

I've been going back and grabbing some XBox 360 games while they're still fairly cheap - GTA IV for £1 was the latest. Quite happy with that.

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by Drumstick » Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:56 pm

Doesn't seem like I ever posted an up to date picture of my GameCube collection, so here it is.

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by Green Gecko » Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:30 pm

Fun fact, super monkey ball launched with the American style of "only for" label in the corner, probably never to be repeated again, upsetting everyone.

I noticed this originally and still do; I wonder why they are even different, and if there is a reason why somebody apparently forgot to update/fix just that part for the PAL artwork.

The nichest of niche mysteries.

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by kerr9000 » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:24 am

Nice cube collection drumstick lots of awesome titles there.

Today I grabbed two loose NES carts

RoboCop for £6
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StarWars for £7

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by Jazzem » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:32 am

Green Gecko wrote:Fun fact, super monkey ball launched with the American style of "only for" label in the corner, probably never to be repeated again, upsetting everyone.

I noticed this originally and still do; I wonder why they are even different, and if there is a reason why somebody apparently forgot to update/fix just that part for the PAL artwork.

The nichest of niche mysteries.


Ha well spotted, I never picked up on that

Looking over Drumstick's fine collection, I'm surprised REmake, RE0 and MGS: The Twin Snakes don't have the 'only for' label. Seems to be inconsistent with third party. Honestly they could've gotten away with it for Sonic Adventure 2 and especially Ikaruga by that point :p

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by Green Gecko » Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:21 pm

Honestly I think they were well aware they would probably see some other format eventually.

Twin snakes really isn't the same game but that kind of makes sense.

It seems maybe they had to pay extra for that..

Also I thought this was common knowledge but anyway, viewtiful Joe had both pink and yellow sleeves. Mine is pink too.

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by kerr9000 » Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:40 pm

Went to a charity shop and got

Brave: The Search For Spirit Dancer for PS2 complete for 25p
The Jungle book grove party for ps2 complete for 25p
Singstar Anthems for ps2 complete for 25p
Medal of honor European assault for xbox complete for 25p
Sensible soccor 2006 for xbox complete for 25p
James bond everything or nothing for xbox complete for 25p
Splinter Cell for Xbox complete for 25p
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Mashed for xbox complete for 25p

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by Ironhide » Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:53 pm

Drumstick wrote:Doesn't seem like I ever posted an up to date picture of my GameCube collection, so here it is.

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Happy page 200.


Aside from the Mario Party and Resi games, that's very similar to my GC collection.

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by kerr9000 » Fri Jun 22, 2018 3:46 pm

I grabbed The Lost World: Jurassic Park complete for PS1 for £1.50 today, my little purchase of the day.

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by jawafour » Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:04 pm

Drumstick wrote:Doesn't seem like I ever posted an up to date picture of my GameCube collection, so here it is...

That's a lovely set, Drum. I love my original Xbox but, dang, the Cube had some cool games!

kerr9000 wrote:...Splinter Cell for Xbox complete for 25p...

I recall being blown away by the light-rays when starting that game, kerr. Amazing!

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by Photek » Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:09 pm

jawafour wrote:dang

I call my wife out when she says this and she's American.

Stop it Jawa! :capnscotty:

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by jawafour » Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:29 pm

Photek wrote:
jawafour wrote:dang

I call my wife out when she says this and she's American.

Stop it Jawa! :capnscotty:

:lol: . I'm getting into some of the USA style of talking... "kinda", "dang"... s'all good, man!

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by Photek » Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:42 pm

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by OrangeRKN » Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:46 pm

jawafour wrote: :lol: . I'm getting into some of the USA style of talking... "kinda", "dang"... s'all good, man!


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by Trelliz » Sun Jun 24, 2018 2:12 pm

Finally here is some of my very specific physical racing game collection - most obvious gaps are filled by having the games digitally or emulated:

Ridge Racer:
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Polyphony/Gran Turismo:
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Evolution Studios (RIP in Peace :cry: )
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Weird niche games:
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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by kerr9000 » Sun Jun 24, 2018 2:26 pm

I noticed you have import tuner for 360 I have happy memories of that both playing it and making money from it..... It used to be worth a lot in trade/cash compared to how much I'd see it for. I'd see it on a carboot for £1 to £5 and then end up getting like £12 cash or £20 trade for it so would always keep an eye out for it..l purchased and then sold it a crazy amount of times

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by Ironhide » Sun Jun 24, 2018 2:45 pm

As previously mentioned, I'm clearing out my sizeable and sadly unplayed gaming collection and am considering setting up an Ebay shop as I've noticed that most of the higher value games seem to sell for more when listed as "Buy it now" by more professional sellers who have their own ''shop' on Ebay.

Obviously this costs more to do but seeing as I've got over 200 games to sell, with several which I've seen sell for over £100, I'm thinking it might be worth it - has anyone had any experience with selling a large number of items on Ebay in this way? I'm a massive noob to this so I could really do with some advice.

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by Trelliz » Sun Jun 24, 2018 3:51 pm

kerr9000 wrote:I noticed you have import tuner for 360 I have happy memories of that both playing it and making money from it..... It used to be worth a lot in trade/cash compared to how much I'd see it for. I'd see it on a carboot for £1 to £5 and then end up getting like £12 cash or £20 trade for it so would always keep an eye out for it..l purchased and then sold it a crazy amount of times


it definitely looks like bargain-bin trash from the cover, a lot like the Crash Time games, but I always keep an eye out in charity shops/bootsales. I got factory sealed ps2 copies of space channel 5 and the not originally released in the uk sequel for £3.50 each in a guildford charity shop :slol:

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by Victor Mildew » Sun Jun 24, 2018 6:54 pm

I went in a load of charity shops this weekend and all they ever seem to have is fifa and Lord of the rings ps2 games.

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by Green Gecko » Sun Jun 24, 2018 8:35 pm

This was years ago and probably one in a million as no one would seperate them. Happened to be that shop, that town, that misunderstanding it wasn't seperable, or saleable by itself, as it has no functionality.

Yeah charity shops are always shite for games. That's the only thing with massive profit. I held onto it for ages.

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