depths20XX
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Oh, uhh, my bad. Didn't know that.
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SNES Game Collecting (Tips, discussion, and info for like minded collectors)
- Thread starter DidntKnowJack
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Are you sure? I've seen Stumpokapow post about game reproductions and give the link. That's how I found out about the site. He seems to know the rules so I think it's okay, unless something has changed since then.
depths20XX
Member
Such a good pick up and play game. It's cheap too, $5-$10
I don't have a credit card either and I'm using ebay with paypal all the time. If you create a paypal account you can deposit money into it from your bank. At least in Sweden it's just like paying a regular bill using your internet bank. The bank account owner just needs to have the same name as the paypal account owner. So you can only deposit money from your own bank account, not a friends for example. Then it takes two days for the money to transfer to my paypal account. That's really the only negative about not having a CC and using paypal, that you have to wait a few days. It prevents me from joining in the bidding a lot on ebay. Oh and there's a limit to how much money you can handle in 1 year if you don't associate your paypal with a CC. But I've never reached that limit myself.
Good luck! You'll need it.
Quarantine
Member
Anyone print cover arts for the universal game cases? I have a few random games I can't find covers for (probably because their crap). Anyone have any good sites or have covers for these:
dragon ball z
derby stallion II
F1 Grand Prix Part II
Soccer II
Pro Football
Garou Densetsu
Parlord R-5-!
Garou Densetsu Special
3D Ballz
Slam Dunk
Elfaria
Super Soccer
Excite Stage 94
Power League (2)
Super Formation Soccer
I use http://www.thecoverproject.net/ and their forums usually, but figured I'd see if you guys have anything!
dragon ball z
derby stallion II
F1 Grand Prix Part II
Soccer II
Pro Football
Garou Densetsu
Parlord R-5-!
Garou Densetsu Special
3D Ballz
Slam Dunk
Elfaria
Super Soccer
Excite Stage 94
Power League (2)
Super Formation Soccer
I use http://www.thecoverproject.net/ and their forums usually, but figured I'd see if you guys have anything!
Teenage Riot
Neo Member
Which TV do you use? I'm looking at getting a new, small HDTV which would do well for retro gaming as well as watching TV.
Edit: Or anybody else have any recommendations on ~19-25 inch HDTVs which do well with vintage consoles?
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
youd buy that for a dollar?
SkyMasterson
Member
I'm not sure on 19-25 inch HDTV's, but plasmas are amazing for retro games.
Currently, I hook up most of my games using the front AV/S-video jacks and it looks almost as good as a CRT. My Turbo-grafx 16 games look out of this world. I can't recommend plasmas enough.
Has anyone played the game Zelda: Parallel Worlds? I'm curious to try it. My only issue with buying it, is there is no custom cover for it. So would look odd in my display case with no cover. lol
Look on eBay, that's where I got mine for $6. The SNES/N64/GC use the same port for A/V. So they are really really cheap.
Look on eBay, that's where I got mine for $6. The SNES/N64/GC use the same port for A/V. So they are really really cheap.
SkyMasterson
Member
How much would you pay for a copy of E.V.O?
Prices are just so insane for this game and I have a chance to buy a mint copy(cart only) for $170.
Usually I would say fuck that, but this game seems impossible to find for less than $150 nowadays right? (not counting some luck at a flea market/garage sale) and somehow I'm kind of justifying the price. Help, please!
Prices are just so insane for this game and I have a chance to buy a mint copy(cart only) for $170.
Usually I would say fuck that, but this game seems impossible to find for less than $150 nowadays right? (not counting some luck at a flea market/garage sale) and somehow I'm kind of justifying the price. Help, please!
There is, just dig around on TheCoverProject's forums
Yeah, they're really paranoid about the idea that someone's gonna slap them with a C&D or something and get the site shut down, so they don't allow covers for repros, unreleased games, flash carts, etc on the site.
Why they think hosting covers for unreleased games will get them in more trouble than hosting covers for actual retail titles is beyond me, but that is what it is.
It's easy for me to say," Go for it," since it's not my money, but I think I might bite at that price. I've got the dreaded completionist gene, and it kills me to not get CIB or at least the instruction manual with a cart, but if it were me, I'd get the cart at $170. It's just not worth it to try to get that game in great condition CIB.
Sweet. They're cheaper than I thought they would be.
SkyMasterson
Member
Thanks for the quick response...I think haha.
I'm so conflicted. So much to spend on a game, but I know it will keep going up.
Worst case scenario, I buy it, play it and sell it for a little bit more in the future, maybe.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I would say none of them work great for vintage consoles, unfortunately.
1. At that size its going to be LCD, which is not a great tech for old games. Tends to look overly pixelly, bad blacks, and has lag. But most importantly it has to scale the image up to an HD res, and that means it just looks like garbage (and adds more lag). You'd instantly know it if you saw it, it's not just a purist thing. It just looks bad.
2. Most new HDTVs don't have S-Video inputs anymore. That's fine for NES, but SNES you'll be using a bad quality cable into the TV.
If you're going budget, get an old school CRT at a thrift store. There are some awesome latter day flat screen ones that have S-Video and even Component input.
Or, if you're going all out, get a plasma, and pair it with a great scaler/RGB input device like the XRGB mini.
I would like to get one of those... but what are the advantages over getting an old CRT TV? The device is way more expensive.
So... it's just to save space?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Larger screen sizes, perfect screen geometry, and most importantly a flawless RGB input. Unless you live in PAL region (which is its own curse of slowed down games/borders on the screen), you can only use S-Video. But there's nothing like a crisp, perfect SNES image in RGB.
I huddled around an old school CRT for years, and it was fine, but there's nothing like gaming on a big 50" plasma with the picture perfection you always dreamed of (but not the one you typically get from an HD set).
The output you get from an XRGB is actually pretty comparable to what you can get from a nice CRT RGB Monitor.
Here's some pics from a user on shmups.system11.org
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3361389/pics/xrgb/xrgbmini.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3361389/pics/xrgb/2730qm.jpg
One is the XRGB mini going through an HDTV, the other is a Sony PVM.
Pretty damn close if you ask me!
I looooooooove my xrgb
Here's some pics from a user on shmups.system11.org
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3361389/pics/xrgb/xrgbmini.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3361389/pics/xrgb/2730qm.jpg
One is the XRGB mini going through an HDTV, the other is a Sony PVM.
Pretty damn close if you ask me!
I looooooooove my xrgb
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I loooove my Xrgb too !
But yeah those Sony PVM CRTs are the other side of the picture perfect coin, if you don't go the Xrgb route...
Just bought 3 repros for $45 each. Not bad. And hey, if I don't like it, I could always resell it on eBay for $90. lol /evil
Anyways bought the following:
Legend of Zelda: Parallel Worlds (original harder version)
Legend of Zelda: Goddess of Wisdom
Super Mario World: Return to Dinosaur Land
Anyways bought the following:
Legend of Zelda: Parallel Worlds (original harder version)
Legend of Zelda: Goddess of Wisdom
Super Mario World: Return to Dinosaur Land
Canadian Psycho
Banned
Go for it. I see that a cart only copy just sold for $225 yesterday... Unlike Earthbound, this is a genuinely rare game and the word of mouth can only make it become more valuable over time. Weird to say, but $170 is a "great" price nowadays.
Regarding E.V.O., this is pure madness IMO: http://www.ebay.com/itm/evo-search-for-eden-snes-registration-card-extremely-rare-/251231172887?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7e8b7917&nma=true&si=vFEwxjdm2111ds0D%252FC7K37sMSCQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
A Saturn game of some sort. Not sure.
I'm down for translated games that never made it over, played on the original hardware. That's awesome.
A hack of a real game some dude made, nah.
I wouldn't mind if there were some nice home-made shmups. I love me some shmups.
Someone in the nintendoage brewery put out an SNES demo that was a shmup where you're a slice of bacon shooting other pieces of food on a picnic table.
KDash31987
Member
Keio Flying Squadron 2 for the Sega Saturn.
Canadian Psycho
Banned
Anyone purchased the Ys 4: Mask of the Sun repro for Super Nintendo? Is it worth it? (For the record, I love Ys 1 & 2 (Virtual Console version) and Ys 3 (SNES version).)
I'm really thinking about getting that one along with Terranigma and Tales of Phantasia...
I'm really thinking about getting that one along with Terranigma and Tales of Phantasia...
Right down the road from where I live, some dude apparently hosts big game sales on his front lawn filled with all sorts of retro content. I've talked to a few people and they said they found some really good shit. He's hosting one from 9AM-noon this Saturday. Gonna definitely check it out.
Dr Stabbingworth
Member
lol good luck.
I still have my Battle Kid & the Fortess of Peril cart sitting around here. My god that game is brutal. I really want to beat it sometime although I'm not even halfway yet.
Someone posted some very attractive BIN auctions for Lufia and Earthbound so the collection nears completion. My heart was pounding while trying to decide whether to buy Earthbound or not and researching as quick as possible before someone else bought it.
PetriP-TNT
Member
I was just thinking about how I played DKC2 last weekend and remembered that I bought this bit more than year ago:
Seven Force
Banned
A store I usually go to had these S-Video Cables for sale for $8 or so
These should be fine, right?
These should be fine, right?
Dr Stabbingworth
Member
Yes, although you can get them a little cheaper on ebay.
Seven Force
Banned
Yeah, I know. I don't mind paying an extra $2-3 for the instant gratification, though. (The store in question's pretty close by to where I live)
A store I usually go to had these S-Video Cables for sale for $8 or so
These should be fine, right?
Just a heads up, that is a pic of composite cables, not s-video cables. So be sure you are getting s-video and not composite
McBradders
NeoGAF: my new HOME
Man, some of the games I am after (sans Wild Guns, still too rich for my blood at this time) are kinda expensive
Final Fight Tough is fucking ridiculous money. Was bidding on a complete Zombies Ate My Neighbours but that got out of hand... fast... so I stopped.
I need to unsubscribe from this thread. And also actually dig out my collection again. All I have to hand is recent purchases and I want to play Ninja Warriors Again again.
Final Fight Tough is fucking ridiculous money. Was bidding on a complete Zombies Ate My Neighbours but that got out of hand... fast... so I stopped.
I need to unsubscribe from this thread. And also actually dig out my collection again. All I have to hand is recent purchases and I want to play Ninja Warriors Again again.
Man, I sold my collection way too early back around 2005. The Wii Virtual Console made me nervous and I thought the prices were going to go down. Some of the stuff I sold back then would make people cry at the sight of it these days. Earthbound brand new unopened type of stuff.
This stuff was everywhere at flea markets when I did the bulk of my collecting back in the late 90s/early 00s. It truly was the golden age. It was just me and one other guy that competed for classic games at my flea market then. Now if you go, there isn't much to find and there are a ton of people competing for it.
Most of the desirable games are still the same, but the prices have definitely changed.
This stuff was everywhere at flea markets when I did the bulk of my collecting back in the late 90s/early 00s. It truly was the golden age. It was just me and one other guy that competed for classic games at my flea market then. Now if you go, there isn't much to find and there are a ton of people competing for it.
Most of the desirable games are still the same, but the prices have definitely changed.
Dr Stabbingworth
Member
That's true but it helps to remind myself that these games were $80 new 20 years ago.
That is true. One thing that really worked out in my favor was that I started collecting when the good stuff was getting clearanced out. I pick up a big part of my sealed collection right off of store shelves for pennies on the dollar.