RoryDropkick
Member
I can 4th and 5th Goo Gone and Magic Eraser. We use those at the store to clean our games up and they come out fantastic. Sometimes it can't fix that nasty-ass cigarette smell though.
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SNES Game Collecting (Tips, discussion, and info for like minded collectors)
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sixteen-bit
Member
Wrap a sheet of fabric softener tightly around the game for a couple days. That can often neutralize the smell.
Fox Mulder
Member
Sure, but you only have to lightly scrub until the marker is gone, I've never had issues with it.
Magic erasers live up to the name.
That does work. I often find things at goodwill that need cleaning, and the first step I begin with is tying items in a plastic shopping bag with some fabric softener sheets for a few days. I did get a GameCube that had cat piss all inside it somehow, that was interesting.
I'd do plastic card with the filter put the rubbing alcohol on it and clean clean clean.
As for the insides I just use a compressed air can.
Edit: Also when I got my grimy ass NES last year complete with carts with gross writing on them, my mom had some orange spray bottle called Goof Off. It was INCREDIBLE. Sharpies just washed away.
As for the insides I just use a compressed air can.
Edit: Also when I got my grimy ass NES last year complete with carts with gross writing on them, my mom had some orange spray bottle called Goof Off. It was INCREDIBLE. Sharpies just washed away.
That was the stuff I was thinking about.
I am gonna go pick some up and clean up this SNES I got.
Goof off is awesome, but leaves things greasy.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Yeah, that's seems to be about as good as it gets on ebay.
I got both Illusion of Gaia and Blazer for $22 back in November.
ARghhhhh :'(
It's the first SNES game I bought in almost two months so I can't complain.
IrishNinja
Member
absolutely; i struggled to find it for about that price a few months back. i hear that one had a low print run stateside, you done good link.
So jjrepro on Nintendoage was talking about how easy it is to convert a super famicom game to an english version while keeping the same cart. That would be a pretty awesome service, and with what would seem like less work.
Would be cool to have say... FFIV or V with the SFC cart, art, and english translation.
Would be cool to have say... FFIV or V with the SFC cart, art, and english translation.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I dunno... there's something kinda sacrilege about taking a perfectly good game and then fucking it up.
IrishNinja
Member
yup, that's who did my SMT 1-2, FF V, Terranigma, Mana 2 etc...great work for cheap too!
i've heard this argument, and i get where it's coming from, but fuck it i bought those madden '94s & college slam copies, and they're better games now
MarkMan
loves Arcade Sticks
Just got back from a business trip in New York. Found this at a shop. I am happy.
It took me 5+ years to find a complete/mint copy of this game. I've had my loose cart forever now... finding this in the store made my jaw drop.
My initial reaction can be seen on my vine post, lol.
https://vine.co/v/b95B7eKDH9E (turn volume up)
DAMN
whew.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Just got back from a business trip in New York. Found this at a shop. I am happy.
It took me 5+ years to find a complete/mint copy of this game. I've had my loose cart forever now... finding this in the store made my jaw drop.
My initial reaction can be seen on my vine post, lol.
https://vine.co/v/b95B7eKDH9E (turn volume up)
DAMN
whew.
DIE.
Nice
Seven Force
Banned
Just got back from a business trip in New York. Found this at a shop. I am happy.
It took me 5+ years to find a complete/mint copy of this game. I've had my loose cart forever now... finding this in the store made my jaw drop.
My initial reaction can be seen on my vine post, lol.
https://vine.co/v/b95B7eKDH9E (turn volume up)
DAMN
whew.
How much did you pay?
tiggerkiddo
Member
What amounts to pennies for him.
IrishNinja
Member
goddamn that's beautiful...almost wish i'dve kept the box but it'd never have survived all those hurricanes/moves
MarkMan
loves Arcade Sticks
$300
IrishNinja
Member
easily coulda been worse...any chance that figure came with it?
man i still wanna get a plush Mr. Saturn one day too
man i still wanna get a plush Mr. Saturn one day too
Any interest in a GAF group buy for Universal Game Cases?
My quote was $72 shipped for 100 cases.
If I could find two or three other people to split the cost then it would be much more affordable.
I would have to do some more research, but it seems it would only cost about $10-$15 per person to ship the cases.
That would mean the final cost would be around $30 per person, with each person getting around 30 cases.
That store looks amazing by the way.
My quote was $72 shipped for 100 cases.
If I could find two or three other people to split the cost then it would be much more affordable.
I would have to do some more research, but it seems it would only cost about $10-$15 per person to ship the cases.
That would mean the final cost would be around $30 per person, with each person getting around 30 cases.
Just got back from a business trip in New York. Found this at a shop. I am happy.
It took me 5+ years to find a complete/mint copy of this game. I've had my loose cart forever now... finding this in the store made my jaw drop.
My initial reaction can be seen on my vine post, lol.
https://vine.co/v/b95B7eKDH9E (turn volume up)
DAMN
whew.
That store looks amazing by the way.
Seven Force
Banned
Maybe...maybe...but having a cart that looks like this:
Yet plays in english would be great. Not to mention it would be a relatively cheap CIB game (compared to NA FF SNES prices I guess).
In other news:
tiggerkiddo
Member
If I get extra money here soon, I'd be interested.
Canadian Psycho
Banned
Nice and good price too!
What's the name of that shop by the way? If I'm ever in NY, I'd love to drop by.
Got mine for 30 euro (shipping included) but bad condition box and no manual.
Of course I'm talking about the US versione, the PAL english version is extremely rare and goes for hundreds of euro.
Is he for real doing this? I have FFIV, V, VI on SFC (have 3 in english already), and this intrigues me.
bodine1231
Member
I'm interested. Ill pm you
I had one that I forgot all about, he was chilling in the attic. It was the Mother 3 Ninja Scarf Mr. Saturn, turned around and sold it for $130 on eBay. Used that money to buy Earthbound.
I've got a bunch of PAX-East League of Legends stuff up on eBay that ends in 3 days. People pay stupid money for that, if I have some scratch leftover I'd certainly be interested.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
A warning. I've only ordered once, but, I got maybe 4-5 broken cases with my shipment. I kind of assume that's normal. But, maybe not.
eXistor
Member
I've been looking for a complete one myself, but most I've seen go for 100-ish not more.
That's because what you've seen isn't the english language PAL version ;-)
It was only released in Scandinavia and in a very limited quantity.
Thanks for the tip, Ill make sure to communicate with the buyers and let them know that is a possibility.
If three are broken than we will all end up with one less case.
Ill do some more research on shipping and see what the final price would be.
How much does an individual case weigh?
eXistor
Member
Huh, I guess you're right, I could swear it was a fairly common game back in the day.
MarkMan
loves Arcade Sticks
Seven Force
Banned
Sweet. Looks like they really re-organized the store since I was last there.
Catchafire2000
Member
This is by far one of the coolest stores in NYC. I stood in line here to pick up some fighting games.
I'm down. PM sent.
If you hadn't said the store was in New York, I would have thought you were in some other country with a very poor exchange rate. The prices the look horrible! Marble Madness $20? Arcade Mario Bros for $40? $20 for Ikari Warriors!
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
If you're ordering from media shelving, they offer "extra packaging" for $3. I didn't buy it, but I will be next time. Who knows if it'll help.
I just came back from the post office and had them weigh a case for me, it was just under 3 ounces.
Thanks for the help.
So I just calculated it out using the Post Office website.
3 ounces per case, 30 cases, amounts to about 6 pounds. On the Post Office website that would cost about $13. (click other options, than standard post)
http://postcalc.usps.com/MailServic...b=0&MailingDate=5/21/2013&MailingTime=8:00 AM
So the total cost would be $72 for all 100 cases to be shipped to me, then $13 each to send out 30 cases to 2 other people.
That would come to $98, or $32 each.
Anyone have any advice on shipping through USPS, I am not too experienced.
Seven Force
Banned
Huh. So my Earthbound saves got wiped again. This time, it wasn't the battery; For some reason, it took me a few tries to get the game to even boot. When it did, and I got to the save screen, I got a message saying "We're very sorry... but the record of Adventure Number 1 has been lost." I'm guessing the save just got corrupted somehow, because I'm pretty sure you don't get that message if you have a save battery failure on your hands.
Doesn't really bother me though, I beat the game for the umpteenth time weeks ago, and as far as I know, the battery's still good. I just wonder what happened to make the save data corrupt like that.
Doesn't really bother me though, I beat the game for the umpteenth time weeks ago, and as far as I know, the battery's still good. I just wonder what happened to make the save data corrupt like that.
Same thing happened to my Super Metroid, but I didn't get an apology lol.
How do you mean? I sell a LOT on eBay. What I generally do is weigh the package, and then print a label. It's pretty simple really.
Not yet, said he (she? the address references a woman) would stick to normal repros for now, but if so, the fee would be the same.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
They charged me $81.97 shipped (went through Fed Ex). You have to fill out a form on their site with your shipping info, then they'll email you a quote.
Canadian Psycho
Banned
If you're shipping to Canada, please be kind and mark the package as a "gift". I've been hit quite a few times by customs fees and it sucks big time (yes, even through USPS). Never happens when it's marked as a gift though.