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Classic Video Games / Re: Games everyone hates but you love?

« on: August 08, 2016, 05:35:53 pm »

Knack on ps4! It's a solid brawler/platformer with tons of replay value and collectibles.

Agreed, really nice old school classic gameplay but too much hate from press and gamers.

Yeah I love Knack too.  Gets so much hate and it's just such a fun game as long as you aren't expecting a revolutionary platformer. 



For me, I always loved The Grinch for the original playstation.  Maybe I was just really lacking in having better games available when I was a kid but I thought this was a great platformer with really cool gadgets.  I got stuck on 99% so I never got to play the secret mini game that unlocks at 100%.  Still bitter about that.

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General / Re: Recently completed/finished

« on: August 08, 2016, 05:11:40 pm »

Just finished Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE

Pretty good game, combat becomes a bit of a slog near the end just watching the combo "sessions" and some of the menu interfaces are clunky for 2016 but I had a lot of fun and the bosses were particularly challenging and required some strategy.  I'm particularly proud of myself for having the attention span needed to actually complete a game of this size. 

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General / Re: August 2016 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased

« on: August 08, 2016, 05:05:06 pm »

Another good weekend haul, just hit the local retro shops. 

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General / Re: August 2016 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased

« on: August 04, 2016, 01:56:02 pm »

More snes stuff

Lufia 2
Super Smash TV
YS III
Breath of Fire

Also hit up Gamestop and picked up some misc ps4/3 and will stuff

Silent Hill Shattered Memories Wii
Bayonetta PS3
Neverdead PS3
Resident Evil Revelations PS3
Fracture PS3
Pinball Arcade PS4
Bound by Flame PS4

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General / Re: August 2016 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased

« on: August 03, 2016, 03:25:57 am »

Offer up has been ridiculous for me lately.   I recommend anyone looking for good deals in their area and if they haven't checked this site, I'd give it a shot.  Lot of people on there that price with eBay and beyond but also a lot of people who practically give it away.

Just got a ridiculous Pokemon find today.  Originally someone had claimed all the game boy stuff but they never got back to the seller so I got all this:

Nintendo DS + 2 game boy sp w/ chargers

Pokemon Soul Silver w/ case and manual (no poke walker)

Pokemon Diamond CIB

Pokemon White 2 CIB

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days CIB

Pokemon Emerald loose

Pokemon Fire Red Loose

Pokemon Leaf Green loose

Super Mario Advance 2 loose

Almost felt criminal.  They have definitely seen better days but a little cleaning of the contacts and they will be good. 

Strategy guides for white and diamond


All for $160

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Modern Video Games / Re: "Limited Run Games" is Producing Physical Copies of Games in Limited Quantities

« on: July 29, 2016, 10:09:48 am »

Anyone get that Breach and Clear bundle?  I took a shot at it and failed miserably.  Got soldner X-2 as a consulation prize. 

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General / Re: SNES Repro Carts- Help needed

« on: July 25, 2016, 04:18:25 pm »

Live a Live...that's such an underrated gem. Does this guy have any more of those for sale?

Unfortunately no.  Those were the only 5 he has.  He's just a young Dad selling off his snes collection so he can take his kids to disneyland.  Nice dude. 

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General / Re: SNES Repro Carts- Help needed

« on: July 25, 2016, 02:27:09 pm »

Yeah, I might just give it back to the guy.  I just get a black screen and then every 25 times or so it'll flash with color or some dead pixels and then die again.  It could just be that the connectors aren't working or maybe the rom is just toast.  No clue. 

The Bahamut Lagoon cart is a bit sketchy as well, it takes a couple tries to boot and it sometimes stops working just after the title screen.  There seems to some weird ghosting or burn in so that could indicate that the rom is failing as well.  I tried it on my brother's mini-snes and it seemed to work a lot better so I'm going to clean my snes guts and see if that will help it play more reliably.  If not, I might try to have him take that one back as well. 

The Clock Tower connectors are wonky too but once it boots (5-10 tries), it works pretty well.  Probably my favorite game out of the 5 so far, so I'm hoping once I clean the connectors on my snes, it'll boot and run more reliably.

Live a Live and Star Fox 2 work perfectly.   

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General / Re: SNES Repro Carts- Help needed

« on: July 25, 2016, 01:03:29 am »

Super jealous of you getting a boxed Star fox 2 for basically $40.

Ha, well don't be too jealous.  I can't get the Front Mission cart to work at all... Luckily the guy I bought them from is still in contact so I'm not completely screwed over. 

But, Star Fox 2 works great though. 

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General / Re: July 2016 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased

« on: July 25, 2016, 12:53:28 am »

The repros I got for $40 a piece. 



My SNES hookup came through big.  Particularly excited for Sunset Riders



Found a black label Croc! Also Metal Gear Acid 2 came with a still sealed Solid Eye!



5 bucks a piece, all complete

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Marketplace / Re: doctorlaudanum's Sale and Trade Thread - New items added July 22

« on: July 24, 2016, 02:07:23 pm »

I sent you a PM

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General / Re: SNES Repro Carts- Help needed

« on: July 22, 2016, 04:27:11 pm »

 

lets put it this way. one of the stores I frequent sells repro carts for games at $40-60 a pop for just the cartridge itself, they also do not have anywhere near as good of games as these and people still buy them. if your apprehensive about it just be up front with him he may drop the price down to where your comfortable buying them.

He accepted my offer. I'm excited to try them all out.  Thanks for the advice everyone. 

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General / Re: SNES Repro Carts- Help needed

« on: July 22, 2016, 03:11:53 pm »

I did some digging and I think this is the site where he got them all from.  All the games he is selling are listed on there and the pictures look the same. 

http://www.ocdreproductions.com/BOXED_GAMES/cat1560737_1636977.aspx

I think I'm going to offer him $200 for all 5.  They all look like really cool, fun games and it seems like that would be a fair price for all of them. 

The fact that repros are just that... reproductions, there are no limited runs or out of prints, you just produce more, there really is no "market" for these since you can just go find a producer who will make them for you.  Yes, if you are going to be a giant douche and throw it up on ebay some moron will pay your price likely, but then you're a douche and they're a moron.  If you are buying it for yourself, you just have to make the decision solely on how much you care.  Repros don't have much value nor should they.  If you just want to play the "hack", just load up an emulator or patch a ROM on a Retron5.  If you care about having a fake game on your shelf, then knock yourself out.  Repros are definitely not something you should look at wondering if it'll go up in value.  They never will.

Yeah I definitely am not asking for value so I can flip them and turn a profit, that seems counter-productive.  I was more so just curious about what the average costs were in buying one because I really didn't know much about them and there seemed to be a lot of conflicting info and prices on different websites I was checking out.  Thanks for the good advice. 

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General / SNES Repro Carts- Help needed

« on: July 22, 2016, 02:41:27 pm »

Hey all,

I have recently made contact with a guy offloading his SNES collection and he's given me first dibs on everything. 

He also has 5 Repro carts each with an "official repro" box to go with them and I was wondering if anyone on here was knowledgeable about their general value.  Is ebay sold listings sufficient for fair market?  Some of these I can't find any listings for. 

He has:

Clock Tower- English Translation

Bahamut Lagoon- English Translation

Front Mission: Gun Hazard- English Translation

Live a Live: English Translation

Star Fox 2: English Translation

He's selling them 50 bucks a pop and he just sent me a picture and they look very nice.



I was thinking about getting Clock Tower, Bahamut Lagoon and Front Mission: Gun Hazard and he offered $150.  Is this even remotely worth it?  I've told him I want to think it over before I pull the trigger.  This guy is giving me some great prices on his other official cartridges so I feel like it's probably a good deal but thought I'd see if there were any experts on here that could give me some advice

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General / Re: Retro City Rampage DX PS4 physical copies being re-released by Vblank.com!

« on: July 22, 2016, 01:22:12 pm »

Got one too, thanks for the heads up.   I was order #2360 so there are a few left as of this post!