Post everytime you get ANYTHING retro. We want to know (^v^)

[tokyochojin]

Looks nice. That's a Japanese MD II right? Much nicer than the PAL one (although I prefer the original PAL MD over all the others).

[noobish hat]

Continuing with my Game Gear collection - up to about 50 now. Enthusiasts will spot a couple of slight rarities, such as CJ Elephant and Excellent Dizzy Collection, which I managed to get very cheap, so I'm happy with those

Used the same strategy as with Banjo Tooie to get a boxed copy of Goemon 2 for cheap; avoid PAL!

Anybody got any other Codemasters games for the GG? I'm trying to get all of them.

[Matt~]

Looks nice. That's a Japanese MD II right? Much nicer than the PAL one (although I prefer the original PAL MD over all the others).

It's one of those asian PAL consoles that popped up new on ebay a while ago, from Thailand. It came with the dodgiest and most dangerous plug adaptor I've ever seen but thankfully you can just use a UK PSU

[acidbearboy]

Matt, what monitor are you using, and what is the box on top of it?

[Matt~]

It's a Sony PVM-1442QM, and the box on top is a Holdan HSR-1000 SCART router. It's there so I can get audio while consoles are connected to the monitor, which was kindly explained to me in this thread -> http://www.bordersdown.net/showthread.php/115436

[speedlolita]

I get audio just fine straight from the console, does that box amplify it a little or just break it off? I figure a small amplifier could help with the audio situation (low level + buzz). I don't mind mono honestly.

[Matt~]

It separates it. I have an rgb scart lead going from the MD into the box, then a scart to bnc lead (R,G,B and sync) going from the box into the monitor, so there's no audio going in there. The box has a left and right audio out to take wherever you please, so I plugged them into my 'theatre system' for amplification and voume control

[Colin]

Couple more Engine shmups for me this week.....

[tokyochojin]

Do you actually play these games or is it just for collecting purposes?

[Colin]

I play everything I buy!

[tokyochojin]

I am impressed mate, I can just about manage getting through around 4 retro games in a month.

[Colin]

Well, you have to remember that especially with the PC-Engine games that i've owned them all before, very rarely will I buy a game for that system I don't know inside out. With them mainly being shmups a playthrough won't exactly take a long time, but I wouldn't buy anything I had no intention of playing. I suppose the only exception would be if I bought a bundle of games from someone in a package deal, there's probably going to be something in there I have no interest in.

[kyo_244]

Got me a nice bunch of snes games.. these are old nintendo stock found in an electronics store.. so these are actually unused and brand new other from the general wear they've had over the years on the outside

[yesteryeargames]

picked up this lot for ?10 from a friend he found it in his loft ,
indy 500 has the 2 paddels complete in the chunky box, there are 2 more in the white box too, all the games are in great condition,

[gordon]

About 5,000,000 nostalgia points. If you added Adventure, Missile Command and Asteroids, I'd swear you'd travelled back in time and pried it from my 11-year-old hands. Nice find. :-)

[edit] This reply made more sense before yesteryeargames edited his post. (In which he asked what the Woody Atari was worth.)