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Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 8:16 am
by Gemini73
Ordered Burnout 2 on GameCube today.

Also continuing with my picking up PS3 and Xbox 360 titles while they're still cheap as chips. Ordered, for PS3, Battlefield: Bad Company 1, 2 & 3. Cost me just over a tenner including p&p.

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 8:18 am
by Victor Mildew
I've got a shedload of older stuff just sitting around I might be looking to shift if you guys are actively looking.

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 8:22 am
by Drumstick
Gemini73 wrote:Ordered Burnout 2 on GameCube today.

Nice work. It's such a massive improvement over the original.

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 8:26 am
by Gemini73
Drumstick wrote:
Gemini73 wrote:Ordered Burnout 2 on GameCube today.

Nice work. It's such a massive improvement over the original.


Was playing it via Dolphin not long back, but after having to reset my PC I've not reinstalled the emulator but decided, as my favourite Burnout title, I'd like to own a genuine copy.

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 8:30 am
by Drumstick
Gemini73 wrote:Was playing it via Dolphin not long back, but after having to reset my PC I've not reinstalled the emulator but decided, as my favourite Burnout title, I'd like to own a genuine copy.

Cheap as chips too. Got my copy for about a fiver on eBay a few years back.

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 8:34 am
by Gemini73
Drumstick wrote:
Gemini73 wrote:Was playing it via Dolphin not long back, but after having to reset my PC I've not reinstalled the emulator but decided, as my favourite Burnout title, I'd like to own a genuine copy.

Cheap as chips too. Got my copy for about a fiver on eBay a few years back.


Price has gone up a bit. Mine cost just over a tenner including p&p. Happy with that though.

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:10 am
by Gemini73
Will definitely be re-installing Dolphin. A lot of GC game pricing takes the piss. Wind Waker, for example, upwards of £25 in "acceptable" condition. I might understand if it was a rarity, but Wind Waker is about as rare as the availability of Costa Coffee shops.

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:12 am
by Drumstick
Can't beat having a nice, shiny physical collection though.

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:18 am
by Gemini73
True, but I draw the line at paying over the odds for games that are widely and easily available just because it's "Nintendo".

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:30 am
by Drumstick
Another one is SSBM. I have never seen the average price of that game drop below £20 and it was the best-selling game on the system (selling almost double the number of copies of Wind Waker, for example).

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:33 am
by Trelliz
Gemini73 wrote:True, but I draw the line at paying over the odds for games that are widely and easily available just because it's "Nintendo".


Especially as none of those jacked-up fees are actually going to anyone involved in making the game in the first place, but to some scalper on ebay.

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:43 am
by Gemini73
SEGA Dreamcast is almost as bad with some games. It's why I'm snapping up PS3 and 360 games now as no doubt we'll see a spike in pricing some time.

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:33 am
by Cheeky Devlin
Drumstick wrote:Another one is SSBM. I have never seen the average price of that game drop below £20 and it was the best-selling game on the system (selling almost double the number of copies of Wind Waker, for example).

Blame wannabe Smash Pro's snapping up all the copies they can get their sweaty mitts on.

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:18 pm
by Trelliz
Cheeky Devlin wrote:Blame wannabe Smash Pro's snapping up all the copies they can get their sweaty mitts on.


Given how much they sweat/smell, I imagine they go through a decent number of copies a year. :dread:

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:26 pm
by Gemini73
Don't all Nintendo fans avoid personal hygiene? I thought it was part of the uniform?

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:28 pm
by Victor Mildew
Nintendo fans are patiently waiting on a port of last gen deodourant.

Pii Eew

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:47 pm
by Cheeky Devlin
Ad7 wrote:Nintendo fans are patiently waiting on a port of last gen deodourant.

Pii Eew

:lol:

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:00 pm
by Gemini73
Very good. :lol:

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:21 pm
by jawafour

twitter.com/FREEZE64UK/status/1058329693131337728



The C64 Mini didn't really attract me, but a real-size version with a proper keyboard? Oh boy... "I'm excited!" :) .

Re: GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:59 pm
by Gemini73
Definitely be interested in that.