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

[Mayhem]

I can fully understand... even though a lot of the US Cube games I bought were in the $5-15 region each, I still figure that's about 5000 grand (pounds) I've spent on it. But that was over the space of 3-4 years so it wasn't that much of an outlay in time, something like 100 quid per month on average.

As for the PS1, I know someone with a complete US set (including almost all variants!) so that is quite possible too...

[kevkev]

not something i bought. but i found an old A4 shop display card for super sf2 turbo on the 3do. quite a cool akuma drawing with yellow eyes. i had a poster as well but that got binned.

[mezzanine]

That Sigma Joystick looks AWESOME!! Please, can you give some information on it, and what it costs? It looks ideal for a cab project I'm considering.

Well, it's one of the better known Japanese Superguns. You can see some pictures and details of an older version here

They're not cheap (around £130 new?), GP over at www.gamengai.com/forsale.php can get you one at a slight markup but with the shipping on that it adds up to a lot of money. I got mine from the forums here.

[Profit]

Some mint copies of Mario. Pyramids, Radar and MS Puzzle are all a bit mediocre.



Catrap got some decent reviews, but it's a bit of a chore to do all the levels.

[J0e Musashi]

That Sigma Joystick looks AWESOME!! Please, can you give some information on it, and what it costs? It looks ideal for a cab project I'm considering.

Lol, putting a Sigma in a cab...

[Sabreman]

Starting down the treacherous and financially ruinous path of collecting old computer games. Mainly RPGs, and mainly stuff I never had at the time because I didn't get a PC until 2001. I'll be playing them in DOSBox, but with this stuff you've really got to have the books, maps and trinkets

[mezzanine]

Starting down the treacherous and financially ruinous path of collecting old computer games. Mainly RPGs, and mainly stuff I never had at the time because I didn't get a PC until 2001. I'll be playing them in DOSBox, but with this stuff you've really got to have the books, maps and trinkets

Nice find. I've just got a complete 5.25 copy of Darklands and should have Ultima VII: The Black Gate and Master of Magic arriving soon ( surface mail.. )

[capcom_suicide]

Lol, putting a Sigma in a cab...

But it looks perfect! I can't get hold of an old Jamma cab here, so was looking at building one. Using a Supergun would allow me to plug in original jamma boards and interface to a pc for emus. Would save me quite a bit of effort on the project.

[Mayhem]

Starting down the treacherous and financially ruinous path of collecting old computer games. Mainly RPGs, and mainly stuff I never had at the time because I didn't get a PC until 2001. I'll be playing them in DOSBox, but with this stuff you've really got to have the books, maps and trinkets

Join the dark side

But true, there's a lot of fun, value and coolness about many of the old packages. I do have complete Ultimas 1-6 here for the C64 for example (with the stuff for U5 as shown).

[The Glider]

Some nice puzzlers there Profit & in lovely condition too. I'm a bit behind on my puzzle collection & that's another three to add to the wants list.

[chaoticjelly]

I love the smell of musty Ultima cloth maps in the morning.

Whatever happened to free maps and stuff with games.. I always loved those things..!

[Yakumo]

I love the smell of musty Ultima cloth maps in the morning.

Whatever happened to free maps and stuff with games.. I always loved those things..!

Come to Japan mate. We are always getting free stuff. With Bio Hazard Umbrella Chronicles I got a Bio Hazard leather wallet. Ghost Squad came with a very nice pin badge in a case. No More Heroes came with a metal replica of the main weapon. Dekatora Matsuri came with a model truck. There are loads of other free gifts too.

Yakumo

[Sabreman]

It's different though, I think. In the old days you used to get a bunch of stuff by default that was all to do with the game, whether it be a lavish manual, novella, or cloth map - it was all stuff with a direct impact, stuff that drew you deeper into the gameworld. Some of the modern special editions are nice, but essentially it comes down to meaningless paraphernalia. I remember reading the novellas that came with Elite, Starglider and Driller among others, and they really set me in those worlds. A limitation of the hardware of the time maybe, but it seemed that developers were truly interested in world-building and they'd do that through those external means.

That's partly why old computer games have a much stronger nostalgic pull for me than console games. I'm not knocking console collecting at all, but when I buy an Amiga or PC game and I get that kind of stuff in it, it feels like it's worth having as an item as well as a favourite old game to play.

[huyi]

i love collecting gameboys and old gameboy games :P i recently did a video of my old gameboy collection and recently purchased gameboy colour, in vid 1 there is only my gameboy colour shown with games, in vid 2 all my gameboys that i have so far are shown and in vid 3 all my gameboy games accessories and original boxes are shown and still complete, comment if you wish

vid 1


vid 2


vid 3


yeah sorry a few of my recent handhelds are in vid 2 & 3 but there is plenty of retro stuff in there though.

[Yakumo]

Two nice items through the post today. The pretty hard to find X-Band version of Satun Bomberman factory sealed and MDK 2 signed be the MDK2 team.



Yakumo