Are eBay threads allowed? I'm kind of new to buying retro games, used to just emulate them and it seems like eBay is generally the best place to find them. So eBay thread I guess.
Share your best bargains, worst losses etc. Is sniping the only viable way to get games at decent prices?
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I got these for $180 recently. More then I should have paid, but I can afford it. Got to rebuild that N64 collection.
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>>3211895
I've had 2 good buys on Ebay:
MINT Sega Genesis Gen 2 W/ 2 contollers and
>Sonic 2
>Sonic 3
>Sonic & Knuckles
>Earthworm Jim
>The Lion King
>Aladdin
>Toejam & Earl: Funktron
>NBA Jam:TE
>Jurassic Park
>Mortal Kombat 3
>Combat Cars
>Game Genie
All CIB
Got it all for $80 Canadian after taxes and shipping
And a SNES game lot:
>Earthworm Jim
>Starfox
>Lion King
>Barts Nightmare
>Zombie's ate my Neighbours
>Top Gear
>Bassin Black Bass
>Super Mario World
>SMW:Yoshi's Island 2
>super Mario Paint
>NHL Stanley Cup
>Tetris 2
>Super Punchout
>DKC 1,2&3
>TMNT: Turtles in Time
All for $150 Canadian after tax's and shipping
These were both 2 years ago, right before the retro reselling REALLY took off…
I don't even look at Ebay nowadays...
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im also interested in what kinds of deals people have gotten
I just realised Phantasy Star is the only well known oldschool jrpg I haven't played yet, because I was focused mainly on NES, SNES and PSX/PS1.
I want to play it and the sequels on my Android tablet. What are the best versions to emulate? Is the collection for GBA any good?
Phantasy Star thread?
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Skip the GBA ports. SMS and Genesis emulators work just fine.
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>>3208252
Enable FM Sound Unit in your SMS emulator and play with the SMPower translation patch.
THEN play PS2 on the Genesis. If the grind is too much, you could use an XP hack, I guess.
PS3 is optional, as it's a side-story with some references to the other games, and it's honestly kinda shitty compared to the rest of the series.
PS4, the magnum opus of PS and arguably the greatest JRPG of the '90s, then awaits you.
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Phantasy Star Collection for the Playstation 2
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>constant episodes
>get popular
>make a Patreon
>1 shitty episode monthly if you're lucky
If this happens literally every time someone/some group makes a Patreon, why do we enable it?
>dvd sales
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>we need the money so we can do less
If Billy spent half the time he did jerking off with Melvor at Jay's place for 'Stuff people sent us' as he did editing, the show could be 2-3 episodes per month.
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>>3206660
i dont
but countless others do, perhaps thinking it will keep the content coming quicker
it never does, look at spoony or anyone else who relies on patreon, they just almost stop completely as if they're made it and there is nothing else to prove.
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>>3206650
I don't get this shit. Why not just play games instead of watching people play them?
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>>3206675
they chase them at markets and shit, they barely ever show themselves playing them.
What's the most nostalgia has cost you? I played pic related when I was ten or 11 at the Best Buy, I always longed to play it as an adult, and after dropping like $250 on the whole setup I was like man this game is a piece of fuck
Just wondering other's similar experiences
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Yeah, the ads for that game made it look fantastic
Too bad it's kinda shit
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They nailed the atmosphere for the tech they had, though.
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>>3204547
You shoot someone and they explode in a puff of smoke wtf
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THE WORLD S MOST POPULAR VIDEO GAME SYSTEM
post bootlegs, knock-offs and oddities
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>>3188474
I had that as a kid.
Whole eastern Europe had it because famicom did not sell here.
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>>3188489
I figured you had Dendy like the Ruskies. I suppose it doesn't matter they are all just famiclones in different housings.
This thing could make you asian?
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>>3188490
There are at lest 4 variants that i have seen as a kid and one of them is dendy.
>atari 2600
>terminator/super ending man
>famicom direct ripoff
>dandy
As far as I know people pushed specific clone in USSR and everything else in the rest of the eastern block states.
>This thing could make you asian?
Rarely chinese symbols were used on anything expect the fucking rom hacks but not knowing the name of the games we just made up titles that were universally used by everyone even adults.
ex.Adventure island was called Skateboard
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Last one hit 500
Its better to have it all in one thread than to have it all over /vr/. If you want to talk about anything YouTube or Eceleb related put it here.
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>E-Celeb Thread
Great!
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QUICK! Claim your e-celeb waifu before someone else does!
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>>3184387
First line is dumb because Dreamcast, a 6th gen console, got allowed on here.
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>tfw just scored 43 NES games for only $150, including LoZ, SMB2&3, Kirby's Adventure, Final Fantasy 1, Dragon Warrior 1, tested and all working (except one which seems to have corroded contacts, but it's just Destination Earthstar)
>tfw I could easily flip this for 2 (or 3) times what I paid for it, but I won't
>tfw I'm going to play through all of these and enjoy them, care for them, and keep them clean when not in use
Are you triggered, resellerfags?
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Post pic
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>just downloaded a greatest hits comp in 14 seconds with all of these and more for $0 (zero) United States Dollars
are you triggered, money waster?
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>Are you triggered, resellerfags?
this fag pays for games he could emulate fucking l o l
shoulda kept the $150 for groceries and gas
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Series that only work in Retro 2016-05-17 14:55:25 Post No.3221362
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Series that only work in Retro
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Games that are enjoyed best in top down/sidescroller and will never have the same charm in 3D
I think the sonic series is a good example of sidescrolling gottagofast was the best format and moving in to 3D lost any charm it had
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>>3221362
I agree.
Also Castlevania and Megaman.
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>>3221362
All of them
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>>3221362
Anything that is not fighting games.
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I've never played any Metal Slug game so I'd like to correct this. What's the best way to play those games nowadays? Upon googling I noticed Steam had a bunch of them but all the comments are saying it's badly emulated (as usual).
So far what I'm planning on doing :
Metal Slug 1 - ?
Metal Slug 2 - ?
Metal Slug 3 - ?
Metal Slug 4 - ?
Metal Slug 5 - ?
Metal Slug 6 - ?
Metal Slug 7 - DS
What about the remakes, spin-offs, compilations listed over there? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metal_Slug_video_games#Remakes
Are they worth playing?
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>>3220223
Correction
Metal Slug 7 - PSP (under the title Metal Slug XX)
I don't know about the Steam release, as far as I know it's just a hacked Final Burn emulator. That should cover up to MS5.
Anyway get the anthology for MS6.
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Also dude, don't stress over 1ccs. That's for try hards.
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Metal Slug 1 - Saturn
Metal Slug X - PS1
Metal Slug 3 - Xbox
Metal Slug 4 and 5 - PS2
Metal Slug 6 and 7 - lol get out of here
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Such an underrated system.
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more like LameGear
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What was that OP? I couldn't hear you over the sound of changing out my batteries.
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>>3220212
Remember back in the day having to change your TV channel to 3, to play games.
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Remember me deepthroating your mom while you and your dad watched, that was some great shit.
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Hooooo yeah, totally different from changing the input.
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We get it OP, you like trump
congrats
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What are /vr/'s thoughts on Valkyrie Profile? I'm on Chapter 7 so far and while there are flaws, its still really enjoyable. Music is amazing too. Hope the sequel is as good.
Also, who's your favorite party member and why is it Yumei?
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It's definitely in my top 10 games of all time. I love the system of sending your dudes off to Valhalla.
>Also, who's your favorite party member and why is it Yumei?
I think you mean Arngrim.
Also, it's not retro but Valkyrie Profile 2 is definitely worth a run through if you like 1.
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Aelia is best profile.
MY SOULS BURNS...
MY POWER HAS AWAKENED!
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>>3219565
I'll never play this game because nips have NO fucking right whatsoever touching Viking lore.
Fucking gooks, that's MY WHITE HERITAGE, FUCK OF!
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How could one company fall so horribly?
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By selling out to Microsoft
NEXT QUESTION
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>>3219236
During /vr/ times they were great.
Best games on the 64
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>>3219236
Because they couldn't meet a fucking deadline and would send out unfinished games
Your opinion on the hoot sound player?
I'm trying to get it to work and so far no avail
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>>3218158
I like the piano visualizer it has for channels but its all in moonrunes. Make sure your music files are in the right directory.
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>>3218183
I did but nothing happens
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There was a website where the files wouldn't work, I don't remember which one does though
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I just recently found out that there's a handful of retro games that support Dolby Surround, most notably the PS1 and even the SNES.
http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,136/offset,0/p,6/so,0a/
http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,136/p,15/
Why isn't sound a thing here?
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>>3217551
How the fuck does a ps1 output surround over L and R composite audio?
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>>3217558
It's Dolby Surround, not Dolby 5.1, you fucking idiot. If you don't understand the difference, why you don't just fucking look it up instead of expecting everyone to spoonfeed you everything? This shit is easily available online.
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>>3217558
>When a Dolby Stereo/Dolby Surround soundtrack is produced, four channels of audio information (left, center, right, and surround) are matrix-encoded into only two channels. The surround information is carried on stereo sources such as VHS-HiFi, TV, DVDs, 35mm theatrical print optical soundtracks, or television broadcasts from which it can be decoded by a processor to recreate the original Dolby Stereo/Dolby Surround (left, center, right, and surround) mix. Without the decoder, the information still plays in standard stereo or mono.