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[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: RAFFLE!! CIC Shape Shifter Super CD-ROM Raffle 3-29-13 WINNER PICKED!!]

My wife picked out the name and the winner outta the 22 entries is: Carparama !!

Congrats to the Winner!

Just PM me your full name and address and I will ship it out first thing tomorrow.

To those who didn't win, thanks for entering and there will be plenty more raffles coming in the near future :-)

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Trade TG-16 docking base]

Found Beyond Shadowgate :-)

I also have a extra docking base for trade w/ retro cave turbo cd power supply.
I don't have the cd drive, but you can still use the AV's and memory back up.

PM ME

thx

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Retro Video Game Collecting as an Investment?]

Hey everybody,
 
I know I'm new here and just wanted to get peoples thoughts on this topic I was just pondering with my wife yesterday....

Why do we collect these retro video games...is it nostalgia, we just wanna play the games we had as a kid or the ones we never got to play as a kid or from what I mostly hear from collectors is that its an investment....investment for who? I mean if you plan to sell off your entire collection before your 6 feet under.. yeah I could see it as a investment (assuming the value rises)..

But most collectors not all, seem to tell me that they are going to leave it for their kids so they might get some money or joy out if it....I don't understand this concept. What I mean is that I buy these games mostly cause of nostalgia and I want to play the games that I played or never got to play as a child. To me collecting videogames is a bad investment....well for future monetary gain that is.

Our Children won't get their nostalgia from nes,snes, genesis, Turbografx 16, and so on...it will come from the PS3's, Wii's or 360's....their wont be a demand for these games when our generation dies off. Even my two year old niece throws the Nintendo controller across the room and points straight to the Wii U gamepad.. LOL. (in my head I think shes like get this old shit outta my face and give that new high tech shit).

Are these games we cherish so much just gonna be become useless plastic one day that no one wants? Most of the younger generation these days I talk to when I go to my neighborhood retro game store tell me that they wouldn't want to play a nes, unless the story line or something connects to a recent new release on current generation. They couldn't see themselves spending money on anything nes or snes related...some don't even know what Turbografx 16 is.

So I just wanna hear everyone's thoughts on this topic. Are we collecting for ourselves or for our future off spring? Do you think these games will be worth anything 50 years down the line? Will our children wanna play these games? Or are we just gonna die in our chairs with a controller in our hand ( what a way to go! :-P )

Personally I am gonna sell off my collection one day when I decide its time...or give it away to someone less fortunate. I can already see that my nieces and responses from other young generation that they have no interest..

Let me know what you all think :-)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Introduction to the forum...sort of LOL]

Hey guys I had posted a sale thread and decided to take some advice and let the members here get to know me better.

I am semi-new...
I have always collected ( only buy games that I wanna play...so sort of collecting) for the Top systems...NES, SNES, GENESIS, and decided that i have had enough with them and go for the system I only obscurely ever heard bout and about 5 years ago I ordered a RGB modded PC engine DUO_R w/ region switch ( i did research and found out that the US Turbo DUO is basically junk with faulty caps an all) and I have never looked back.....
and Yes the RGB to Component/HDMI picture (Framester MINI) will make your eyes bleed with joy...you just can't stop staring at the screen...

I have since grown to adore the Turbografx 16 and the unique library of games ( Dracula X, Bonk Series, Splatterhouse, just to name a few). I can't believe this system was not more widely known...This system should have gone toe to toe with the Genesis and Snes if it had been marketed correctly. I think we all can agree that the marketing was BALLS!!

Well Now I have quite a few games for the system and love every single one...yes even the sports games and Keith Courage   I also constantly watch spida1a's reviews...does amazing and honest reviews.

I can't wait to meet more of you and get to know your passion for this system.

THX

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Closed Thread]

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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Burned PC engine & turbografx 16 games Question???]

I need to get down to bottom of this question and i finally need a straight answer from some intelligent pple. the question is basically:

" do burned copies of games affect the laser on the system negatively? does it shorten the life of the the laser?

Someone for the love of god...PLEASE HELP!!

:-)