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What are some of your recent buys /vr/? Pic related; I went to a local toy convention and found a dreamcast on sale for $25 with controller and cords.

>tfw my nephews think crazy taxi is awesome

>> No.1437060

buy a CRT, SD consoles look way better on them than in LCD screens

>> No.1437075
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>>1437060
Yeah, I'm just in south carolina visiting my brother. I got a CRT back at home for all my retro consoles. But the dreamcast scales pretty well on his TV even without the VGA box.

>> No.1437137

>>1437060
changing the aspect ratio is 4:3 is all you need to do. crts arent worth the hassle and dont look that great. you plebs need to get over this crt bullshit.

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>>1437137

>> No.1437149

>>1437043
Are Dreamcasts difficult to find?
I've accumulated 3 over the years, and I have four controllers now.
Only game I really have for it that's really worth playing is Power Stone 2.

>> No.1437159

>>1437149
in some areas
I know locally around me only the pawnshop has them and theres was a huge stack which made sense because the store was selling them for a ridiculous price

>> No.1437167

>>1437060
Dreamcast looks perfectly fine on LCD through VGA, fuck off CRT faggots

>> No.1437168

>>1437159
I've got a pretty neat setup nearby, there was a Play N Trade that bought the rights to their store from corporate.
They generally sell pretty cheap, I think I got a DC for twenty dollars or so there.
They sell tons of old systems, I may pick something up there soon enough. I'm pretty new to this board, so I'm not sure what I need to be getting.

Some prices seem a bit inflated. FF7 hovers above $40 there, not sure if that's normal.

>> No.1437173

>>1437168
$40 isn't too bad actually if especially if it's black label good condition
generally any FF game 40 and below is a good price

>> No.1437181

>>1437173
Neat, I'm glad I picked up a copy then.

>> No.1437189

>>1437167
it's just a suggestion fag

>> No.1437201

Is the Dreamcat version of Crazy Taxi better than the PC version? I heard that the PC version is missing some tracks, but other than that?

>> No.1437684
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1437684

got these 2 weeks ago for €100,-

currently looking at a Resident Evil PC on eBay for €40,-. Is that a fair price?

>> No.1437695

>>1437189
Yeah, lets make it blurry for no reason.

Hell, a good plasma does everything that a decent crt does without the weight, maintenance and magnetic problems you can get on a crt. Can still burn in though. Eh, oh well.

>> No.1437706

>>1437684
>pal
you done goofed

>> No.1437741

>>1437706
consequences will never be the same

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>>1437043
>Those wires

>> No.1440814

>>1437043
Moho
Kotobuki Grand Prix
Both for 5€ for Psx

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$50 for all this yesterday at the flea market

>> No.1440867

Just woke up this morning and found out I won a Shun Megami Tensei II auction for 7$. Feels good.

>> No.1440873

>>1437684
>buying PAL games
I share your pain. Just get Swap Magic for the PS2 or get a backwards compatible PS3, learn moon and then order games from glorious nippon. Your wallet will appreciate the gesture.

>> No.1440886

>>1437043

>playing Dreamcast on an LCD
>incorrect aspect ratio
>having a TV that small
>mounting your TV to a wall
>placing it that high
>all those wires
>sitting that far away

It's like you sat down and mapped out the perfect sequence of incorrect decisions at every possible opportunity,

>> No.1440935

Went to an estate sale and found a suitcase full of atari 7800 and 2600 games as well as a 7800 prosystem and several manuals, controllers and other hookups and a few NES games along with it for...$10.

>> No.1440943

>>1440865
You bought fifty dollars worth of shit.

Why would you even get an NES that fucking yellowed? I bet it reeks of cigarettes.

>> No.1440945

>>1440943
>cigarettes
It's a chemical in the plastic retard

>> No.1440950

>>1440943
>an NES
>an Nintendo

>> No.1440984

>>1440886
It's like you actually have autism,
oh wait, you probably do

>> No.1440995

>>1440950
>an NES
>an enn ee ess

Not seeing a problem here, chief.

>> No.1441005

>>1440984

>It's like you actually have standards

FTFY

>> No.1441007

>>1440945
i.e. Nicotine.

>> No.1441008

>>1440950
>not realizing the phonetic spelling of the letter "N" starts with a vowel

>> No.1441013

>>1441007
derp, nicotine doesn't bond with plastic. it stains. it's an element in cheap Nintendium that ppartially oxidize over time causing the color to change.

>> No.1441046

>>1440995

I cant stand when fuckers say "Ness" and "Sness"

>> No.1441083

>>1441046

Ugh me too. Although I really really hate "sness." The "ness" I can tolerate better for some reason.

My brother says both and it drives me up the wall.

>> No.1441581 [DELETED] 

>>1437167
>plebs
Surely you know what this word means right?

Enjoy the input lag.

>> No.1441584

>>1437137
Surely you know what this word means right?

Enjoy the input lag.

>> No.1441637

>>1441584
input lag is just a buzzword for when you suck and need to git gud
That was sarcasm..

>> No.1441756
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Picked all of these up at a convention last week. One table was selling old domestic games, and another table was selling old imports.

Defender 2 for NES
Tecmo Super Bowl, Chakan and Space Harrier 2 for Genesis
Final Fantasy 3 for SNES (picked this up on behalf of a friend)
Virtual Pro Wrestling 64 (JP) for N64
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Advanced Guardian Heroes Capcom Classics Mini Mix (Bionic Comando, NES version of Strider, and a NES-styled version of Final Fight), Astro Boy: Omega Factor (JP, at about half the price the domestic cart goes for these days), and Legend of Starfy 2 (JP) for GBA

Not that this has anything to do with vidya, but I also got Scott McNeil's autograph at the con.

>> No.1441767

>>1440865
Nice. That Saturn alone is what would sell for that much around here. Get some magic erasers and goo gone and spiffy them bitches up.

>> No.1441868

>>1440865
kinda sucks you got a yellowed NES, but you got rather nice SNES's (as another anon said, magic eraser). That Saturn is a nice bonus, but make sure it actually works (not likely to fail though, those lasers are made out of stolen Nintendium)

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Haven't run into much from normal hunting (damn resellers)

Though I did get the complete .hack series off a local Craigslist ad about 2 months ago for $85
The CIB Checkered Flag and Tempest 2000 are from my lgs, cost around $20 after I traded in a few of my doubles for in-store credit

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1444659

picked up this at the fleamarket yesterday for 3.50!!!!!!

>> No.1444662

>>1444298

Checkered Flag is probably the only Jaguar game I'd like to play.

>> No.1444672

>>1444659

Bullshit

>> No.1444679

>>1440865

The last flea market I went to only had about 5 PS2 games. If I had even a fraction of that luck...

Living in the midwest sucks for collecting unpopular things.

>> No.1444681

>>1444672
i'm telling you mane! tree-fiddy!

>> No.1444687

>>1444659
More like 350, amirite hue.

>> No.1444749

>>1437695
>blurry

exactly, SD games on LCD screens look blurry as fuck, use a CRT if you're gonna play a Dreamcast, plebeian. That's fine if you don't have one, but denying CRT is best for non-HD games is just stupid.

>> No.1444751

I bought a Bomberman game for the PS1. I don't even own a PS1. It was $4 at a thrift store mint. I just had to.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAbmgXYQOmA

Just went on a trip to St. George.
Nothing great turned up. Just some stuff to fill in the collection.

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1444813

I don't have many quality toy stores, thrift shops or flea markets around here.

Since I live in the Silicon Valley all the resellers just check ebay for their prices.

>> No.1444880

>>1444813
Where in the Silicon Valley do you live? I live in south San Jose, and there's a really good flea market down here.

>> No.1444920

I got a 21" Sony CPD-E540 for $10. It's a little beat up, but it works beautifully.

>> No.1445246

>>1444880
I live in San Jose as well, but every time I go to the Flea Market, there are either bad condition things, over priced items, or just shovelware. Not worth the hassle.

>> No.1445256

>>1445246
You going to Berryessa or Capitol? I went to Berryessa once and it was just like a bunch of shops, so the prices weren't good.

Capitol is like a huge garage sale every day, so there's a lot of potential to find good shit. That's where I got a 3DO for $5, a Saturn with a memory card for $8, and Intellivision for $8, and a bunch of other stuff, including a few vintage computers.

Berryessa's not really worth it, but Capitol is worth checking out.

>> No.1445257

>>1445256
I've been to the Berryessa one, never been to the Capitol one. I'll probably check it out this weekend then, thanks for the tip.

>> No.1445271

>>1445257
No problem. It's open Wednesday through Sunday. Thursday and Sunday are the biggest days. There's a price for admission, but it's not much.

>> No.1445276

>>1445271
If you have a chance, go to GameSpot in downtown San Jose, its rare to find something good, but you can haggle the manager down since he's some younger kid.

>> No.1445295

>>1444659
This is actually how all of these posts seem to me with how shitty the flea markets are around here. I fucking hate Alabama.

>> No.1445996

>>1445276
Are you talking about the Game Shop Downstairs, the one under the PC repair shop?

I just recently started going there after meeting those guys at Rockage. Carl hooks me up with the good deals.

>> No.1446268

>>1444659
>Drill Dozer
sheeeit

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Did pretty well at The Goodwill Friday evening.

PSX haul:

>Symphony of The Night
>RE1 w/ RE2 Demo disc
>Tomb Raider 1&2
>Mega Man 8
>Croc
>Crash Bandicoot Warped
>Crash Team Racing
>Hexen
>MK Mythologies: Sub-Zero
>MK 4

All black label, all marked at $3.99 each.

MFW

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Picked up these bad boys CIB for $30 last weekend

>> No.1446953

>>1446948
>3.5 inch

Glorious. That box contains like 12 floppies, right?

>> No.1446967

>>1445276
>>1445996

So this place is pretty good? Up til now people have told me the prices are offensively high, so I haven't checked out. Guess I'll try it out.

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>>1446953
Only 5 actually. I forgot to post that along with the bundle, the lady offered to throw in the doom 2 strategy guide for free.

>> No.1446986

>>1446967
It's not too bad if you haggle and are into unpopular systems. I like shitty systems, so I usually get a good deal. The other day I got a whole bunch of 5.25" floppies with a few actual games in there for $5 because they've had them around for months and no one else was interested, same deal with a 3DO game.

Really you just have to get on friendly terms with the guys working there and they'll hook you up.

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>>1446934
fucking hell, you got lucky.

My own haul:
HD grafics m1 Genesis for 15 (no cables or controller)
Fightan Vipers for 10 (case is wrecked though)
AC2 for 7 (my personal favourite of the lot)
and, admittedly crappy looky, third party Saturn light gun for 10 CIB

Not bad, considering I pulled this from a Judenstore

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>>1447108
just found this in the cart slot
Remember children, to clean your newly acquired old as shit consoles ASAP

>> No.1447193

>>1446986
Um... maybe I'll skip it. That doesn't sound too inviting.

>> No.1447229

>>1447191
I recently found a dead fly in the keyboard assembly of a synthesizer I bought. It's impossible for a fly to get in there though, so it must have gotten in there as a maggot.

>> No.1447239

>>1447191
I don't get it, what the hell am I supposed to s-- oooooooh.

Ew

>> No.1447247

>>1447239
>>1447229
I thought it was a bit of paper towel leftover from a previous cleaning. Boy oh boy was I ever wrong.

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This afternoon:
SNES pad $2
SNES SFIITurbo & Speed Racer $4 each. More than my cheap ass usually wants to pay, but I needed some games for a system I'm selling soon.
Bootleg GB games (pic) $5 & $1.

Nice to see the local Savers now putting the GB/GBA/NDS games into little plastic bags rather than stickering the game. Though they've taken to the practice of average GB games, $3, Mario/DonkeyKong anything $10, Tetris, $10... It was odd to see Super Mario Land for $10, and some complete DS games next to it for $3.