That's why I hardly shop on ebay.
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I've had mostly positive experiences. Of the hundred or so transactions I've likely done on ebay over the years, only 3-4 of them went poorly for me. You just have to go with really good sellers.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
Same here. Only had one really bad experience, and got refunded for it.
eBay is pretty much the only place I buy my retro stuff from.
Killer games.what's up retro guys and gals =)
my haul from last week:
blast processed
Member
I've bought and sold a good bit and haven't had any issues so far. The only thing I can think of is, someone buying something and no making payment. That's a little annoying.
Nah, we've never heard of it...
Kidding aside, you'll probably find lots of Panzer fans here. The Xbox port is pretty solid, though the Saturn is my go to version. I'm in NTSC land, so i can't comment on PAL, but I know that my Xbox is a later revision, so Panzer Dragoon Orta doesn't like outputting in 480p unless I go in/out of the original game.
Never played on an Xbox 360.
I'm a fan and here's more info on this:
"PAL version crashes after the full-motion video at the end of the third level. However, there is a solution for this that includes unlocking the level select menu by accumulating 20 hours of gameplay. Occasional framerate hitches during full motion videos. Boss fight with Abadd in the Forbidden Memories stage shows heavy graphical glitches. Original Panzer Dragoon is reported to be unplayable, but is fully playable on at least some NTSC systems."
I'm a huge PD fan.
vMagix said:
Looks nice, I'd like one of those SCART switches eventually. For a while I only had one machine running through RGB (my Genesis), but I later got a supergun and swapping between the two has been a pain.
If I ever lose access to a decent CRT, I'd probably just stick to emulators on a variable refresh display. Hopefully by the time this happens people will be able to pick up a dope big low-lag variable-refresh TV anywhere.
Still wouldn't quite be the same, though.
First time I heard about that issue. Just to be clear, is the Saturn Panzer Dragoon included with PAL Orta, to suffer from crashing, or the actual PAL version of the main game?
I hate the games, that's why I own all of them <3
sixteen-bit
Member
hate the game so much you want to keep them from being played by potential fans lol
It's the PC version of Panzer Dragoon actually, not Saturn version.
I'm saving someone from the bankrupcy of purchasing them all (<3 my Pal PDS)
sixteen-bit
Member
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
It's been like 4 over ~9 transactions that were garbage or shady as shit.
One of them the guy said I would have to pay him $16 to ship it and then he would refund me once paypal clears the funds on the 21st of April. Told him no way and then he started talking about it was because his company's credit card never arrived to telling me to fuck off, etc.
The one today the guy has had my money for a week, never shipped or updated but I look at his other items and he has the same game and pictures listed for another auction ending today. Is trying to tell me he is shipping it today and that he has 3 copies of the same game that's why so many listings that are identical...
My game arrived today, hopefully you guys are right that the cheaper sealed stuff is real.
F-Zero has always been super cheap, even new in box.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Yeah, that's the only reason I bought it. I just don't know enough about sealed things to spot fakes so I'm always cautious about them.
davidwhangchoi
Member
Great pick-ups as always, Dave. At some point, you gotta show us your collection!
thank guys! the wii u is pretty good.
nice! yeah grab some ps2 games, they're pretty low priced
i'm with all of you.
nice grab =)
sixteen-bit
Member
I want to work there.
I've still never been to Japan but videos like this make me want to bite the bullet and just buy a plane ticket to visit.
I was actually there on the day Jim (Kidshoryuken, the uploader of the video) was there. We bumped into each other, I recognized him and we had a little chat outside the store. BEEP is definitely the most unique retro game store in Akihabara, with it's focus more on classic Japanese PC gaming and arcade PCB's than on consoles and their games (which they have as well).
Spladam
Member
He listed them on ebay for $250, it was sad to see them sitting there unplayed. It would be an unlikely coincidence that two people owned exactly eight copies of that rare gem.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
More great life decisions, I bought a 16GB Memory Stick Micro for my PSP go.
It's weird though. I got it off Amazon JP (since everywhere else it's crazy expensive) but the packaging is clearly from Europe. I think it's made a little trip around the world; made in China, sent to Europe, back east to Japan, and around again to Canada.
It's weird though. I got it off Amazon JP (since everywhere else it's crazy expensive) but the packaging is clearly from Europe. I think it's made a little trip around the world; made in China, sent to Europe, back east to Japan, and around again to Canada.
IrishNinja
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damn dave, nice haul!
im being a cheap-o (as usual) and holding out for lower prices on DK: TF and Game & Wario, haha. i know i can find em for a tenner if i wait!
im being a cheap-o (as usual) and holding out for lower prices on DK: TF and Game & Wario, haha. i know i can find em for a tenner if i wait!
That made me sick to watch. It could have been a great video if he was able to steady the camera and stop on interesting things instead of constantly moving and making me feel nauseous :/
7DollarHagane
Banned
Gonna be on the lookout for vandal hearts 2 this weekend.
As Jim said, quarters are very cramped at BEEP so it's hard to pull back and get decent footage, also I'm not sure if he knew whether or not they'd actually let him shoot video in the store, so he was probably trying to be stealthy about it. Most stores in Japan are very serious about not filming in them, even in places as mundane as a grocery store.
Laevateinn
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I was there a couple days ago. I could spend all of my money there. It's a great shop with fantastic prices. I'm going back next February because most of my budget on this trip is going towards a tattoo. I need some time to save up a few grand again to blow it all there. Still, I spent about $120 when I was there and the shop keep gave me the deepest bow that I've ever had done to me. It was great. That's where I'm planning on buying a supergun just before leaving. If we weren't going to Kyoto in the middle of our trip I would have already spend $500 there.
IrishNinja
Member
okay so i'm legit interested in your pickups when you're done (and supergun stuff always sounds awesome) but you've got my attention here
1morerobot
Member
what's up retro guys and gals =)
my haul from last week:
How much did you pay for Game & Wario? I've been looking for it for a while, just a bit out of my ideal price range on eBay still.
Great haul!
1morerobot
Member
Many years ago someone did that to my Super Mario RPG box. Arrived totally crushed.
1morerobot
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^i think i grabbed the alpha anthology for ps2. i think that was ps1 ports but not sure =)
collection addition:
this just came in the mail: Pikmin 3, 2, 1 =)
pkimin 3,2, are sealed. i got them off ebay for 60 shipped which i thought was a pretty good deal.
i also grabbed parasite eve II ps1 a long time ago but forgot to post:
Do the Pikmin New Play Control versions have reversible box art? The Donkey Kong Jungle Beat NPC version does and it's awesome.
kqedequalsvolvo
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After a years of having it lying around in packaging, I finally found someone to RGB mod my PC Engine a few weeks ago (I'm in the UK) and it's all setup now. I don't have the CD-Rom or IFU parts yet so I'm just on the regular HU-cards for now.
Recommendations always welcome (been trawling the PC Engine thread too) - I've only got Space Harrier, Altered Beast, War of the Dead, Rock On and Formation Soccer so far.
I've managed to get to Akihabara once and it's just...mind blowing. You don't know where to look once you're in some of the game shops. In Super Potato, I just had to take a second to calm down and work through one section at a time, there was something I wanted to blow all my money on around every little corner. You can't hoover up stuff as cheaply as years ago apparently, but it was still a lot of (overwhelming) fun and you can pick up plenty of stuff without breaking the bank with a bit of self restraint hehe.
Recommendations always welcome (been trawling the PC Engine thread too) - I've only got Space Harrier, Altered Beast, War of the Dead, Rock On and Formation Soccer so far.
I've managed to get to Akihabara once and it's just...mind blowing. You don't know where to look once you're in some of the game shops. In Super Potato, I just had to take a second to calm down and work through one section at a time, there was something I wanted to blow all my money on around every little corner. You can't hoover up stuff as cheaply as years ago apparently, but it was still a lot of (overwhelming) fun and you can pick up plenty of stuff without breaking the bank with a bit of self restraint hehe.
You're right, my bad.
Thanks for claryfing.
I own and played the US version, so I never had the chance to try it on my PAL XBOX360.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
BEEP is single handedly making me reconsider my "don't go to Akiba" rule. It's really hard to find 8-bit PC stuff anywhere else.
BTW I got my copies of:
Rockman X
Rockman X2
Rockman X3
Super Metroid
I'm also going to make a large list of stuff to get off Amazon JP and get forwarded here in lieu of actually going to Japan this year.
BTW I got my copies of:
Rockman X
Rockman X2
Rockman X3
Super Metroid
I'm also going to make a large list of stuff to get off Amazon JP and get forwarded here in lieu of actually going to Japan this year.
MikeHattsu
Member
They opened in Fall 2015.
I ordered all three Rockman X titles myself a month ago. All arrived from different sellers sans X2. Sent an inquiry yesterday for my item and it's shipping schedule and woke up this morning to a full refund. Lol
D.Lo
Member
Ah yep new.
Laevateinn
Member
Akiba's a gaijin trap but it's not so bad. The prices there tend to be better than Nakano Broadway based on what I've seen the past few days. Although that might be because almost half of Nakano is Mandarake now. I'm not sure if there's anywhere else in Kanto where you can that amount of concentrated geekdom.
I'll post pictures but I'm not sure if what I got this time is as interesting as my other two trips. The first time I went to the Phantasy Star Anniversary concert and the second time was Tokyo Game Show. I also think that I'm running out of stuff to buy and can be more picky (even though I bought a few H games to make my collection more interesting and unique).
PumpkinSpice
Banned
I just really hate the otaku crap. All of it, but especially the porny / maid-cafe / AKB48 bullshit.
Everything I want to do there I can do elsewhere except without the smelly losers and gross shit.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I still don't understand why most of the hobbies I'm into seems to necessitate running into smelly losers. Like, does it have to be that way?
There must be some common factor here that you're missing.... lol jk.
There are smelly losers in all walks of life and all hobbies.
davidwhangchoi
Member
thanks man! DK: TF was 16 bucks shipped. i was trying to grab a black(blue label)
i just picked that up recently. good choice!
man that is getting hard to find at gamestop. they doesn't list it anymore on their website new or used. i found one at a gamestop for about 35 but the artwork was trashed up so ended paying about the same plus tax at a local retro store.
i just looked at pikmin 1 and yeah it has a cool reversible cover. neat! thanks for pointing that out. 2,3 are both sealed so i couldn't check yet. i got these all for 60 shipped so i thought i made out decent for the 2sealed/1clean games.
congrats SheepyGuy! damn... i want those too... time to dig around =)
Yo, Pikmin 3 is like the Super Metroid of Pikmin. It's so good and such a major evolution over the first two games.
IrishNinja
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okay so now i wanna hear about your tattoo & this as well