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General / Re: Yellowing screens of moderns handhelds?

« on: Today at 05:57:41 am »

I think dry climates wouldn't do much.

The only thing in which dry climates damage items is usually because such places are hot as hell. and when it's hot things break down faster.

But if you got dry plus a moderate or somewhat cold temperature stuff should last longer on average.

Dry climate is fine as long as the temperature is reasonable. To much Humidity is always bad, unless where talking about living things such as plants

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General / Re: Yellowing screens of moderns handhelds?

« on: March 29, 2023, 06:36:14 am »

This reminds me of those old school toys in them plastic packaging. those plastics often turn yellow. Those are super fragile to the enviroment

That being said, This is super rough you even have it on the current gen console like the switch this is quite horrifying 

Do you live in a above average humid enviroment or something?

Even my old ass handheld consoles don't have this yet. even my og gba or ds lite the latter which is used so much that the top screen is almost falling off in which I need to alter the screen to get an image, Mainly use my 3ds xl for ds games these days, so ds lites don't get much usage here

Eitherway, never heard of this issue, thanks for bringing it up it's definitely something to pay attention to.

Perhaps they had some bad batches while making them lcd's, which could also be a thing in which poorly made models will get this issue sooner.

One theory is that the screens do this when they go long periods without being powered on

I don't think this is the case. otherwise a majority of 2nd hand ds consoles would have a yellow screen. Since let's be real high odds of those consoles never been turned on for a very long while before being put up for sale.

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General / Re: How Many Stopped Playing Your Consoles Due To Crashes

« on: March 24, 2023, 01:50:05 pm »

This is some next level stuff here. I can't even imagine what it would be like living like this. I'm sorry.

That said, i'm suprised a certain member hasn't come into this thread calling you guys bullies yet. Maybe I only got that because I'm an unknown.

Most of the longtime members are used to this guy's crazy topics, It's just another day at the office.

His stories are so crazy you won't find many that would defend em.

And they have only gotten more crazy overtime. His old stuff is pretty tame compared to his newer Outbursts.

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General / Re: How Many Stopped Playing Your Consoles Due To Crashes

« on: March 23, 2023, 09:38:14 pm »

There is a thing going on online and even creeping offline between hidden LAN network connections, I am now going to give away a whole chunk of my collection to charity hopefully tommorrow becuase I can't play any video games anymore because of hackers causing my games to crash if and when I start beating the CPU, or what I believe to be the CPU. After looking online I found out that I'm not the only one who is suffering instant unknown game crashes due to not bugs, but hackers who hack into the games inner codes and break peoples game.

Nobody is safe and knowing this has prevented me from playing any console game for 4 years now both online and offline, if you think this is impossible , your wrong your wrong your wrong, and if you think this will not happen to you your wrong your wrong your wrong. Mostly everyone could be affected at this point.

Bitches do this shit for fun instread of enjoying games they prefer to mess with the codes for laughs anf fuck people over and over again taking all the enjoyment out of gaming for 1000's of people worldwide.

Maybe it's just your pc getting old. everything will wear down eventually. and or get outdated which means more crashes bugs.

Not to mention if where talking consoles especially older ones since this is a retrogaming forum. Those are offline so I don't really see the issue with those

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General / Re: March 2023 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New

« on: March 18, 2023, 04:28:26 pm »

Have been picking up few items here and there but not to much

switch

smt V 25 loss
Daemon & dQ builders 7.50 a pop loss

Star wars last jedi snes

Box manual and posters etc 20 euro loss. Might find a cart for cheap someday

Game gear games cib 5 euro a pop loss

dragon crystal
power rangers
land of illusion
Ninja gaiden

Free deals all cib

sonic heroes ps2 promo

cube

wave race
crash nitro cart
Harvest moon another wonderfull life

My biggest deal was a nice gameboy set. stoked to still find those in this era

all cib

polarium advance
rayman advance
rayman 3
boxxle
GTA
Heroes II
Donkey kong country advance. Pretty common title but has always elluded me. one being in nice shape that is 

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Classic Video Games / Re: What are your most wanted or top ten wanted Sega Genesis games

« on: March 17, 2023, 09:39:23 pm »

Yeah, I noticed last year how much Streets of Rage 3 has skyrocketed. I don’t really understand why, either. It always seemed to be pretty common, and not really in demand because of its weak reputation compared to the super-popular SoR2.

how many years ago was this. because streets of rage 3 was always pretty pricy compared to the prior 2 entries which where also way way more common to find.

it had a weak reputation sure, but unless where talking super long ago it never was really cheap unless it was in a deal. and i can't imagine it ever being cheaper than the first 2 entries for rarity alone. The first entries where in many sega sets. 3 a hell lot less. part 2 and especially part 1 come close to sonic and altered beast rarity. 3 is in the uncommon tier.

Plus it's still part of a loved series. and it's definitely better than part 1 which is pretty choppy. the main downgrade is the music but gameplay and visuals wise it's pretty solid.

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General / Re: What video game has the smartest playerbase? Requiring most intelligence to play

« on: March 17, 2023, 03:25:02 pm »

proffesor layton series, I'd say most of the playerbase is smart there. Might not be a game series that will attract everyone and it's pretty charming. Definitely has some brain breakers.

Old school finanicial games like Aerobizz on sega genesis. Really doubt the average guy is playing those.

If where talking more popular stuff. older entries in civilization would have a majority of the playerbase that is smart. it ain't interesting for allot of folks.

Most verhicle simulators probably also not to attractive to the average joe, I'd imagine most of the playerbase being smart there aswell. than again I can hardly qualify those as games but they technically are.

I personally don't think that many of the more popular rpg's or MMORPG's qualify considering the barrier of entry is quite low. Especially nowadays They where made so that as many people as possible can finish them. also with allot of old rpg's ye got a few easy strats that usually work it ain't to complicated.

Unless where talking the super old school rpg's since those need more imagination. stuff like early entries in Ultima, Might & magic. especially at the time Majority of the playerbase was probably pretty smart.

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General / Re: Which games do you value higher than $100?

« on: March 09, 2023, 06:03:14 pm »

I think the question at hand should be rephrased to.

Which games would you buy back at over 100$ if you where in a specific scenario.

For example.

You would lose all your favourite/ most played games. you cannot play them anymore and if you are to go somewhere else they are also sold at these 100 + $ prices. which games would you buy back at over 100$ or would you just simply move on and play lesser games at normal prices.

You gotto put people into a situation in which they would need to spend that amount of money than you can see if folks really would think that a game is worth said amount for the gameplay etc.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Looking for help with SNES Chrono Trigger game/box

« on: March 09, 2023, 08:54:59 am »

Seal only really matters when it's outside the box fully sealed. factory sealed

If you copy is mint and the contents are aswell. even if the manuals etc are in a plastic sealed bag it doesn't surpass the value of a mint used copy.

I think some gameboy classic games had a plastic bag surrounding the manuals etc.

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General / Re: The gamer you were when you joined VGcollect vs. the gamer you are now in 2023

« on: March 09, 2023, 08:22:10 am »

I joined VG collect in 2020, when my original collection-database-site retrocollect went down.

Damn, RetroCollect went down? It's buried in my long post but I started there so it did have some importance to me. That is a shame, I wasn't there long because back in the day (maybe this changed in the near decade) it was focused on UK collectors so it kinda sucked for American collections.

I actually don't know if the site ever went up again, I didn't bother to look it up, for my collection's new home is right here

The site is back up again if where talking the database, but the forum is probably not going to return anytime soon.

That being said I always found that database to be quite messy to use. prefer this one. The forum was interesting though so that not making a return is pretty sad.

I liked retrocollect for it's way to display your collection, but after more than 2 years as member of THIS community, I def prefer VG collect, because I can submit and edit data by myself, helping to accumulate as much and as complete data as possible, making this site a really impressive database for games. Mentioning this, I want to shout out a big salute to all of those dedicated members, checking and correcting all those edits submitted, cause they do a great job! :-)

I'm curious what strong points where there for retrocollect in your vision display wise.

Because from my perspective even on the european stuff most items lacked pictures even outside of niche items and you have less info per specific item compared to vgcollect.

One of the few things I'd say it has over vgcollect maybe the looking up part of said database seeing all versions of said games which is a big thing for europe. but most of those would lack pictures and have very limited info. so it's mostly just text.

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General / Re: Which games do you value higher than $100?

« on: March 08, 2023, 07:27:30 pm »

2d fighting games like street fighter alpha 2, smash bros, marvel vs capcom 2 those I would value over 100$

If I where stuck on an island with only 1 of these games I'll survive, since the replay value is endless thanks to online multiplayer.

I invest the most time in 2d fighting games.

Games like mario kart, mario strikers, advance wars would also qualify.

I would however still also value my absolute favourites over 100$ eventhough the replay value ain't endless or even short. Primarily because they do remind me of good times which are worth allot more than a measly 100$.

But again this is in a scenario that I wouldn't own said games otherwise and if we would be living in a society that these games would be sold for over 100$ retail, Naturally with the current market and you already owning said items you'd be less inclined to spend such amounts of money. Let alone double dip on the same product there is no reason to.

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General / Re: The gamer you were when you joined VGcollect vs. the gamer you are now in 2023

« on: March 08, 2023, 07:10:12 pm »

I joined VG collect in 2020, when my original collection-database-site retrocollect went down.

Damn, RetroCollect went down? It's buried in my long post but I started there so it did have some importance to me. That is a shame, I wasn't there long because back in the day (maybe this changed in the near decade) it was focused on UK collectors so it kinda sucked for American collections.

I actually don't know if the site ever went up again, I didn't bother to look it up, for my collection's new home is right here

The site is back up again if where talking the database, but the forum is probably not going to return anytime soon.

That being said I always found that database to be quite messy to use. prefer this one. The forum was interesting though so that not making a return is pretty sad.

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General / Re: Which games would you be willing to pay $100 to own?

« on: March 08, 2023, 05:00:09 am »

With dlc being a thing allot folks spend over 100$ a game these days. or at least close to it.

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General / Re: Which games would you be willing to pay $100 to own?

« on: March 07, 2023, 05:08:39 am »

We all know about gaming having gone up in value to high dollar amounts, including even some low- and mid-quality games. It seems as if nearly every other title for certain older systems reach $100 USD or more. For many of those titles, the current market value is certainly not justified for the item's actual content. In the past decade or so alone, games like Minecraft, Skyrim, Grand Theft Auto V, The Witcher 3, Breath of the Wild, and Elden Ring have released not only to critical acclaim with an abundance of content, replayability, and sometimes even moddability, but at affordable pricing too. There are even certain games that adopt the free-to-play model such as Fortnite that remain fresh years later with the upfront cost of free.

So, I present you all this question: which currently affordable games would be worth paying a high dollar amount such as $100 USD? $200 USD? Higher?

By affordable I assume you mean current and last gen games or old games that are pretty cheap and common today?

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General / Re: The gamer you were when you joined VGcollect vs. the gamer you are now in 2023

« on: March 05, 2023, 07:20:01 am »

2012 / 2013 and joining VGC

This was around the time game collecting was exploding as a hobby, prices were getting higher and a lot more competition. This was where I started to mature and become a bit more seasoned, I learned how to judge the market better, which games were for me and which weren't, how to catch sellers slipping, etc. The era of cheap games was over, my brother had bowed out as a result. I decided to press on, as I had a better understanding of how to find things I wanted, and get the best possible deals. I enjoyed my time trading notes with fellow VGC members, many of us where at a similar point in our collecting journeys. Deals were still possible and the thrill of the hunt was still there. My collection was beginning to take shape and become more what I wanted it to be, and I was reaching the point of owning many of the more popular, highly regarded types of games, but I was thirsting for more of the obscure and what else was out there.

Usa is rough, in those era's retro games where usually still pretty cheap over here in europe. Even for amazing listings you could be days late and have high odds of nobody seeing it so it was pretty fruitfull to even look days or weeks back. I think those days ended over here in 2018 orso. that is when it started to get quite competitive. and we don't talk about past pandemic 

still especially pre 2016 I was a super cheap skate. dollar games for stuff like zelda's for cube and older where not all that uncommon. it was quite plentyfull really. and if it was anything niche you'd be one of the few looking for it, not much competition.