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by Green Gecko » Thu Mar 08, 2018 7:05 pm

I went with the unboxed NES and and a smattering of games across gen 1 and 2 :)

Boxed would have been nice but not sure I really want Mario bros that much and it's not hard to find (and see below for my ultimate solution that just happened to be in the cabinet , I've always wanted to play super Mario world since I got a fake eBay GBA cart that died 15 years ago)

The NES is great condition, got 2nd controller

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Excitebike
Snake Rattle and Roll (thanks Kerr I had no idea this was a classic Rare platformer and 2 player as well)
Blaster Master

SNES
Super Mario world plus all stars

Megadrive
Steel Empire
Streets of Rage boxed complete , near mint (£19)
Sonic and Knuckles

N64
Jet Force Gemini complete (excellent condition)

Should be fun

It was tempting to get Zelda ALTTP and Super Metroid but already played them..

And the gold Zelda cart was gone already!

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by kerr9000 » Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:24 pm

Awesome buys GG, you cant beat the Streets of Rage games, I have all 3 on my shelf and very happy about it as well.


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I grabbed this for £15 complete

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And I got this for £1.50 with everything in it soundtrack, art cards , game etc

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by Green Gecko » Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:40 pm

Vagrant story is great, I have it digital on ps3. Holds up fairly well on the HDTV .

Similar price in the shop when I saw it, interesting action battle and targeting system. The comic book style dialogue is less plodding than most RPGs scrolling text boxes.

I considered secret of evermore on the action RPG front but it's a little dear for what seems to be considered a slightly sub par Mana like game that came from Square's first US studio. I think I will hold out for a reasonably priced cart of Secret of Mana to play 2 player co op.

I have to play through Earthbound on Wii U and also got rune factory on 3DS before I pick up any top down RPGs to be reasonable.

Forgot the mention there were 2 gradius spiritual/other name GB games for 5 and 4 quid , Nemesis 1 and 2, originally for the MSX. Might be a fun pick up for shmup play in bed on the GBA SP as I don't actually have any portable shmups apart from both Oopa games on 3DS, which are strange things (not your normal linear level and formations, just gooseberry fool going on randomly everywhere). I reckon someome will snap them both of up though.

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by kerr9000 » Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:56 pm

I have played Evermore, its not a bad game but Mana is a lot better, every time I see Evermore its £40 or more.

I have one of the Nemesis games I think its 2, its a good game.

Just thought these might be of interest to some there videos of my Master system and Gameboy collections (only original and color) forgive the rubbish side ways cam etc




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by Cheeky Devlin » Sat Mar 10, 2018 12:11 am

Well my Saturn is now equipped with an RGB SCART Cable and a modded-AR Cart so it can play backups of games I downloaded already owned. :shifty:

Looks really nice, especially on my HDTV where everything is ridiculously crisp and clear. No fuzziness at all.

RGB :wub:

My VMU turned up today as well so once the DC RGB Cable arrives I'll be getting that all set up too.

Then it's onto 50/60hz modding the Saturn.

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by Green Gecko » Sat Mar 10, 2018 1:46 am

Really need to try some sort of solution for big N64 picture as some games like banjo tooie and jet Force Gemini (as I just discovered) have wide-screen modes which is pretty great. Some European geezer seems to make S-video cables for 64 that I could then convert to scart as my TV doesn't have a socket. Will that just overly process the picture and not produce much benefit though hmmm.

It's possible to accept s video through a graphics card but that would be a total ballache to set up monitoring.

It's certainly enjoyable, my set does an enviable job (although 240i retro stuff looks abysmal) but having played n64 games on emulators and sin and punishment on Wii U with hdmi I know it can be so much better.

Really enjoying my birthday treats, here are some photos I didn't really plan on sharing.

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(Not great label but hard to beat the value versus picking up all the NES and SNES game separately)

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by Victor Mildew » Sat Mar 10, 2018 7:43 am

Retro stuff :wub:

You'd think a retro game shop would know better than to put those bloody stickers over everything :dread:

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by kerr9000 » Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:09 am

Your right Ad7 some of these places really don't seem to think about it. The blaster master , yeah great it's on a part of the cart you can easily pull it off and clean but when the stick prices on cart labels etc it's highly annoying.

Its great to see your stuff GG I'm a big fan of empire of steel as well it's a cool game.

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by Green Gecko » Sat Mar 10, 2018 2:35 pm

Lol, this comes up every time anyone sees them and it gets them going rate hard. They use a special supply of really low yield stickers that come right off anything with no residue whatsoever. Drives them mad on Facebook as someone always says "but those stickers eeeugh" :lol:

It's very helpful being able to see all the prices clearly as the carts are all laid out flat in a cabinet.

Steel Empire (as I believe it's known elsewhere and is the name in the game text) is awesome, the end of level 3 where it reverses direction and you have to speed out of a cavern at 60fps is wicked! I love it when you get surprised like that especially in an old game.

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by Trelliz » Sat Mar 10, 2018 2:44 pm

Picked up a few things from cex in passing; PC copies of Toca Race Driver and NFS III Hot Pursuit,and PS2 copies of Ridge Racer V and Star Trek Encounters. I already had RRV but the paper case slip had been damaged - this copy was in much better nick and cost 50p so seemed a worthwhile improvement.

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by qupe » Sat Mar 10, 2018 7:15 pm

For you NES collectors out there I'd recommend this top 100 list. You might not agree with the order but I have discovered some games through this I never knew about.

https://satoshimatrix.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/top-100-nesfamicom-games-list-all-in-one/

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by kerr9000 » Mon Mar 12, 2018 8:21 pm

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by Preezy » Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:02 am

Sega Mega Drive Collection heading to the big consoles & PC at the end of May
Eurogamer wrote:Sega is launching a compilation of classic Mega Drive Games on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the publisher announced last night. Its release date? 29th May.

twitter.com/Sonic_Hedgeblog/status/973704303637442560


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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by Jazzem » Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:06 am

Preezy wrote:Sega Mega Drive Collection heading to the big consoles & PC at the end of May
Eurogamer wrote:Sega is launching a compilation of classic Mega Drive Games on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the publisher announced last night. Its release date? 29th May.

twitter.com/Sonic_Hedgeblog/status/973704303637442560



This was posted on resetera:

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by jawafour » Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:14 am

This sounds great on paper... but I wonder if it is just a port of the previous 360/PS3 Mega Drive Collection? I love the idea of Sega taking a fresh look at the presentation and the included games.

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by Preezy » Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:18 am

jawafour wrote:This sounds great on paper... but I wonder if it is just a port of the previous 360/PS3 Mega Drive Collection?

Having sold my PS3 and Mega Drive Collection physical copy (much to my deep regret), I'm totally fine with a straight port.

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by Victor Mildew » Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:30 pm

This is pretty much the equivalent of a megadrive mini classic so I'm in

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by kerr9000 » Wed Mar 14, 2018 7:41 pm

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Solar Jetman boxed complete for £6

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Super Bowling Japanese complete for £10 I got this as it was part of my SNES review series and all I had was a cart but I saw this complete and just decided I wanted it.

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by Dig Dug » Wed Mar 14, 2018 8:48 pm

Preezy wrote:
jawafour wrote:This sounds great on paper... but I wonder if it is just a port of the previous 360/PS3 Mega Drive Collection?

Having sold my PS3 and Mega Drive Collection physical copy (much to my deep regret), I'm totally fine with a straight port.

It's a port of the stream mega drive collection.

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PostRe: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat
by jawafour » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:28 pm

THe Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Collection will contain:

Alien Soldier
Alien Storm
Altered Beast
Beyond Oasis
Bio-Hazard Battle
Bonanza Bros.
Columns
Columns III: Revenge of Columns
Comix Zone
Crack Down
Decap Attack
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
Dynamite Headdy
ESWAT: City Under Siege
Fatal Labyrinth
Flicky
Gain Ground
Galaxy Force II
Golden Axe
Golden Axe II
Golden Axe III
Gunstar Heroes
Kid Chameleon
Landstalker
Light Crusader
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium
Ristar
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
Shining Force
Shining Force II
Shining in the Darkness
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic Spinball
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Space Harrier II
Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 3
Super Thunder Blade
Sword of Vermilion
The Revenge of Shinobi
ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
ToeJam & Earl
Vectorman
VectorMan 2
Virtua Fighter 2
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
Wonder Boy in Monster World


So, a few more titles than were in the PS3 / 360 versions but with Sonic 3 / Knuckles missing.


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