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[Galdius]

I just got back from the US and got some games and a console:

Another 3DS:

Some PS1 games:

Some PS4 games:

A PS3 and Xbox game:

The titles that I was missing for a US Vita fullset:

 

[Rizzi]

My greatest pick up of 2013, which I bought for the grand total of £5.

29" 4:3 Sony Trinitron CRT:











I also got a Mega Drive with a 50/60hz mod for £20, boxed with all original instructions and two pads:





and an amazing RGB modded N64 via gaffer Baphomet 666 in exchange for my GBASP 101 and EZ Flash IV. Not going to post the image of the console itself, as you all know what the N64 looks like, but here's how crisp the image is now:



Retro gaming heaven, I tell ya

I am insanely jealous.
Edit: Okay, seriously are we all picking up Vagrant Story now? I really like this trend.

 

[Rich!]

I am insanely jealous

heh, just wait until you see this:

SNES looks fantastic on it

I also got a Mega Everdrive (label and cart designed by myself) and an Everdrive 64 when I was earning quite a bit in my old job:

Was worried I'd have to sell them, but my new job has solved all my money issues, thankfully.

 

[Rizzi]

Oh man. That's beautiful.

 

[Storm Prelude]

Look what I've found for 5 Euros today.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Can't recall when I last updated, so this from the holidays too:

.25 at a pawn shop! Yes, a quarter.

Loved the first book, can't wait.

A gift.

From Amazon's sale, and

gifted. Got a Vita for it.

Some PC pickups:

First Tales since Abyss:

 

[speedlolita]

My greatest pick up of 2013, which I bought for the grand total of £5.

29" 4:3 Sony Trinitron CRT:

I won a 16:9 one of those and promptly skipped it. Widescreen CRT are just awful.

Nice get, I prefer how games look on a smaller CRT though. I use a Sony KX-14CP1 myself.

 

[entremet]

Got a good eBay deal earlier in the week. Just showed up today!

You can never have too many Virtua Stick High Grades!

One of my favorite sticks. Love the design and colors.

I missed out when it was being sold. Seems so long ago now.

 

[cj_iwakura]

It's a shame how the worst one of the series is the one they chose to localize.

I really wish people would stop propagating this. It's a great game, still.

Drakengard 3 Original Soundtrack is out?

I assume it's from the LE. It came with all three, I think.

 

[4444244]

Recently picked up a CPS3 system - Superbios, so I can play all 6 CPS3 games.

Ps: NewGeneration > Turd Strike. ;o)

 

[isny]

Recently picked up a CPS3 system - Superbios, so I can play all 6 CPS3 games.

Ps: NewGeneration > Turd Strike. ;o)

Can it not play CPSII games?

 

[ManBearPig]

Got this baby open box $45 off. Was going to buy a black one but couldn't resist the open box.

iPad Air 64GB:

 

[MrMooMoo]

Got some Multicolor LEDs for my PC

Stuff from last month.

Friend went to Japan and I told him to get me stuff.
Kurisu Figma, Little Oreimo figures, Kuroneko cardholders and some spare Sony buds

Music from P4 and Steins;Gate

TWEWY Soundtrack. (I was really excited for this, the music from the game is amazing)

Plus a bunch of chocolate.

My best GET of 2013?

The subie.

 

[4444244]

Can it not play CPSII games?

No, the CPSII is a separate game system (see those green coloured things in the left of the first photo).

Whereas CPSII used a motherboard and individual game boards that slotted together, CPSIII uses a motherboard with changeable SIMS, a disc drive and a security cartridge that contained specific game data.

Typically you had a base CPSIII motherboard and drive, then got the cartridge and CD for each game (there were only 6 games for CPSIII - 3 SF III ones and 2 Jojo's and one other).

Of course Capcom also had the retarded suicide battery set up for the CPSIII and it was far worse than the CPSII which is relatively easy to change.

The CPSII now has a 'fix' whereby some chips are reprogrammed so that you do not need a battery.

Most recently Darksoft developed a superbios for CPSIII which meant that you no longer needed a battery in the security cart.

In addition they have now got all 6 games running from 1 CD.

I had been putting off getting a CPSIII set up for ages because of the issues, but now that this is fixed, I decided to go for it.

I'll be setting this up in my cab sometime soon for the full set up (need to sort out a kick harness). In the meantime it's rocking my supergun.

 

[Skilletor]

Recently picked up a CPS3 system - Superbios, so I can play all 6 CPS3 games.

Ps: NewGeneration > Turd Strike. ;o)

Third Strike definitely had the weakest backgrounds out of the SF3 trio.

 

[speedlolita]

Everything else is vastly superior though.

 

[Rizzi]

Man, you guys buy some awesome stuff.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Recently picked up a CPS3 system - Superbios, so I can play all 6 CPS3 games.

Ps: NewGeneration > Turd Strike. ;o)

lol, putting that widescreen mode to use I see.
I wonder why they didn't include it in 3s?

 

[entremet]

No, the CPSII is a separate game system (see those green coloured things in the left of the first photo).

Whereas CPSII used a motherboard and individual game boards that slotted together, CPSIII uses a motherboard with changeable SIMS, a disc drive and a security cartridge that contained specific game data.

Typically you had a base CPSIII motherboard and drive, then got the cartridge and CD for each game (there were only 6 games for CPSIII - 3 SF III ones and 2 Jojo's and one other).

Of course Capcom also had the retarded suicide battery set up for the CPSIII and it was far worse than the CPSII which is relatively easy to change.

The CPSII now has a 'fix' whereby some chips are reprogrammed so that you do not need a battery.

Most recently Darksoft developed a superbios for CPSIII which meant that you no longer needed a battery in the security cart.

In addition they have now got all 6 games running from 1 CD.

I had been putting off getting a CPSIII set up for ages because of the issues, but now that this is fixed, I decided to go for it.

I'll be setting this up in my cab sometime soon for the full set up (need to sort out a kick harness). In the meantime it's rocking my supergun.

Warzard/Red Earth was the other game.

Never ported, which is a shame.

 

[FrankNitty]

Got a good eBay deal earlier in the week. Just showed up today!

You can never have too many Virtua Stick High Grades!

I love that stick. I still use min on a regular basis. I wish I would have gotten 2 of them. Definitely one of my favorite stick. In my top 3 for sure. Which is

VSHG
Old School Namco Soul Blade stick (grey and yellow)
And my all black namco stick that was for Tekken Hybrid with the red namco on the side made by you.

 

[speedlolita]

I love that stick. I still use min on a regular basis. I wish I would have gotten 2 of them. Definitely one of my favorite stick. In my top 3 for sure. Which is

VSHG
Old School Namco Soul Blade stick (grey and yellow)
And my all black namco stick that was for Tekken Hybrid with the red namco on the side made by you.

I bought a really beat up VSHG, replaced the overlay with faux carbon fibre (yeah, kinda ricey but it feels nice on the wrist), installed green parts to suit the Astro City 1p side and installed a PS360+. Easily my favourite arcade stick in terms of how it feels to play on. So sturdy and heavy and with my config the button layout isn't dumb.

 

[MarkMan]

I love that stick. I still use min on a regular basis. I wish I would have gotten 2 of them. Definitely one of my favorite stick. In my top 3 for sure. Which is

VSHG
Old School Namco Soul Blade stick (grey and yellow)
And my all black namco stick that was for Tekken Hybrid with the red namco on the side made by you.

Good picks. The Namco arcade stick is still my fave

 

[deddonpachi]

some games and a korean horror movie

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

Genesis: Midnight Resistance

 

[Gameboy415]

-I've been on a Gargoyles kick lately so I had to check out the Graphic Novel - it was great! The second volume was pretty good as well, but it's a shame the series is on hiatus for the foreseeable future.
I loved the Hsu & Chan comics in EGM back in the day and had a few issues of the comic so I couldn't pass up the Graphic Novel.
I got the MGS: Rising guide from GoHastings 50% off Used Products New Years Sale - it was marked 'used' but showed up brand new and sealed!

-I got all of these movies for between $1.80 & ~$3 each from GoHastings 50% off Used Products Sale.
Everything arrived in great condition (Freddy vs Jason was new & sealed!) except for The Eye - it looks like a dog chewed on the case and someone stomped on it!
It'd cost me more than I paid for the movie to ship it back but the discs are (somehow) fine so I'll just swap out the case I guess.

-I got Hyperdimension Neptunia & Lumines from GoHasting's 50% off sale and grabbed the other somewhat-hard-to-find games from Best Buy in a B2G1 deal last week.
I was pretty miffed that TMNT didn't come with the insert (or a manual, for that matter), but I was able to find a replacement insert on eBay for a few bucks so it'll still end up being much cheaper than buying a pre-owned copy from Gamestop (or anywhere else, for that matter).

 

[Smokey]

heh, just wait until you see this:



SNES looks fantastic on it

I also got a Mega Everdrive (label and cart designed by myself) and an Everdrive 64 when I was earning quite a bit in my old job:





Was worried I'd have to sell them, but my new job has solved all my money issues, thankfully.

I see pics of N64 controllers from time to time and wonder how I ever played with that thing.

 

[Rikkun]

Look what I've found for 5 Euros today.

Five? The best I got was 10€ at Saturn in Assago IIRC. Where did you find it if I may ask?

 

[7DollarHagane]

I love that stick. I still use min on a regular basis. I wish I would have gotten 2 of them. Definitely one of my favorite stick. In my top 3 for sure. Which is

VSHG
Old School Namco Soul Blade stick (grey and yellow)
And my all black namco stick that was for Tekken Hybrid with the red namco on the side made by you.

I recently sold mine. I loved it but the PCB was bad and I didn't want to put in more money for a replacement. The PCBs are bad on a lot of virtua sticks.

 

[speedlolita]

Few bits from town this weekend.

Total came to £18.50 so fairly budget conscious. The Metal Gear Rising book being the highlight.

 

[Makoto Yuki]

I just got back from the US and got some games and a console:

Some PS1 games:

Nice! Origins and Anthology, fantastic purchases.

 

[Kibokun]

Traded my S3 (Verizon) in for a Nexus 5 (T-Mobile) and got a new work laptop. (15" rMBP, haswell)

(Crappy pic in bad light from my Nexus 7...)

 

[KillGore]

Bought a 2008 Pontiac Solstice. 35,000 miles and practically new.

Next to my baby. 1994 E36 325i

Spoiler

Ignore the church banner. That street leads to the church entrance.

 

[Kahoona]

Books and games:

New (slightly out of focus) Lego set:

New bookcase:

 

[nabe_shogun]

Finally got around to buying some games I've been wanting for a while.

Also got my textbooks for what should be my last semester at school.

 

[thenexus6]

My start to the year..

Have a Nexus 4 - Love it but felt like I wanted a bigger screen and removable battery. Got the Note 2 pretty cheap so will try it for a while then just flip if I don't like..

 

[DTJAAAAM]

Came back from California today and had the following things waiting for me:

 

[Moskitokrebs]

new game for my 3ds

 

[speedlolita]

Grabbed these cheap off UK eBay. Very pleased.

Please excuse the awful Vita camera, in the process of a camera upgrade.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Got this baby open box $45 off. Was going to buy a black one but couldn't resist the open box.

iPad Air 64GB:

white is the better color anyway

/white 4s and white air here

 

[Moskitokrebs]

Five? The best I got was 10€ at Saturn in Assago IIRC. Where did you find it if I may ask?

I saw these deal here LINK

 

[AnkhWeasel]

New (slightly out of focus) Lego set:
http://i.imgur.com/Mu5jyxn.jpg

Nice Doyle print lurking in the background!

 

[gutterboy44]

Finally got a turntable, Pro-Ject Carbon Debut. Absolutely love it. Now to build a vinyl collection!

 

[Sippin]

Finally got a turntable, Pro-Ject Carbon Debut. Absolutely love it. Now to build a vinyl collection!

Beautiful sight

 

[jimi_dini]

new stuff for me

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

The Eyes of Bayonetta Artbook + DVD

Weiβ Schwarz Project Diva F Trial Deck (English Edition)

DJMax series (assorted PSP titles)

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

SNES: Axelay, Phantom 2040

Gensis: Dinoland

 

[KDash31987]

-Tetris Attack (SNES)

I also forgot to post this last week...

--Barker Bill's Trick Shooting (NES)

 

[cj_iwakura]

DJMax series (assorted PSP titles)

Great games, but Fever and Portable 2 are essentially the same game, FYI.

 

[stilgar]

Finally got a turntable, Pro-Ject Carbon Debut. Absolutely love it. Now to build a vinyl collection!

Very cool.

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

Great games, but Fever and Portable 2 are essentially the same game, FYI.

Yep - but these are mainly for collection purposes I also have the US limited set for Portable 3 tucked away somewhere.