The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread

[liquitek]

Went to the Vancouver Gaming Expo on the weekend.

TG-16:   Ninja Spirit, Bravoman & Dragon's Curse for $50
PSP:      EA Collection, Burnout Legends & Ridge Racer for $20

All 6 are in fantastic shape and include case, sleeve (TG), manual and game.

Was a good show from what I saw but not as busy as the Retro Expo in March.
There were some deluded vendors selling over priced shite of course, some of which I recognized from March.

Just a block down the street I grabbed 2 lbs of Black pudding from Sherlock's.
I've eaten a quarter of it already.  Bloody amazing.  Cost as much as the PSP games and not sure which I'll enjoy more 

[xcrement5x]

Nice, I'm a big Working Design nut myself.   Which variants did you get?

Took pics of the discs.
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Cool, those are the more common variants found from my experience.  The Arc the Lad has a set where the artwork is all in black/red instead counter to the colored discs you have.  And the other set for Lunar 2 has the secondary cast on the discs (Ronfar/Lemina/Mystere).

If you really get into it, the WD stuff for PSX is outlined very well here:

http://game-rave.com/psx_galleries/gal_workingdesigns/index.htm

Variants for most of the other systems they made games for are well pretty well known too I think, I've got a big spreadsheet put together for my own personal use concerning them though. 

[Opethian]

been a while since I had a PCE hauly.

[chany60126]

your a cave dude! 

[Nando]

Damn Ope! nice lot

[bartre]

well, not finished yet, but since I got the replacement parts in, i got it slapped together to start:

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In addition, I got Us copies of Valis III and Psychosis, two big ones down for me!

[chany60126]

Two big additions to my Neo Geo AES library. Thanks Turbocro for the Shock Troopers, this game rocks! 

[Mathius]

Chany, please send those games my way. I know you just got 'em, but you've had enough time. 

[BlueBMW]

What's an AES?

Bartre, you going to make me some custom joysticks?

And todays haul... WARNING!  BLASPHEMOUS GAME CONTENT!!!

Pair of 68ks and a CD-i gamepad
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A turbo CD setup with arcade card pro and some modern fail.
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[CGQuarterly]

Can those x68k's output 15khz RGB?

Chris

[BlueBMW]

They output 15k, 24k and 31k depending on the software.  Generally speaking most stuff runs at 31k, but quite a few use 15k.  Very few games use 24k.

[Ji-L87]

How much does those delicious X68s cost you anyway? I think I might have asked this before, but I probably forgot the answer

[bartre]

Bartre, you going to make me some custom joysticks?

I could...
what's in it for me

[SuperDeadite]

Man that Expert is DIRTY.

[Mishran]

well, not finished yet, but since I got the replacement parts in, i got it slapped together to start:

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In addition, I got Us copies of Valis III and Psychosis, two big ones down for me!

Where does everyone find all these shells? I have two sets of arcade sticks and buttons to build custom joysticks for a supergun I'm building, but can't find any usable housing for them. I'm ready to just go the homemade wooden box approach. 

Oh, and had a Neo CD front loader with two pads and 11 games come in the mail. A JAMMA harness was also waiting for me in the mailbox today.

[thesteve]

i once built a shell like that for a project.
remember crazy glue bonds acrylic solid and clear (with a bit of practice)
1 drop will go a long ways on acrylic

[dingsbums]

Nice stuff guys 

Here is my recent stuff - the PCE games were my first Rakuten order ever 

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[Ji-L87]

...the PCE games were my first Rakuten order ever 

Nice haul, hopefully the shipping wasn't too bad

[Nando]

Nice stuff guys 

Here is my recent stuff - the PCE games were my first Rakuten order ever 

How was your experience with them? Nice haul!


Bartre: DAMN DUDE!! that's awesome!

*do NOT look at the x68k's! do NOT look at the x68k's! do NOT look at the x68k's! do NOT look at the x68k's!do NOT look at the x68k's!do NOT look at the x68k's NOoooooooooooooooo

[bust3dstr8]

Picked up a sickly GT in Boston today.  The sound was real bad so it was only $25.

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[turbokon]

Awesome score. Woot!woot!

[SuperPlay]

Nice stuff guys 

Here is my recent stuff - the PCE games were my first Rakuten order ever 

How much was the System card boxed?  I have not seen too many of these around?

[dingsbums]

Nice haul, hopefully the shipping wasn't too bad

The shipping was ok - since the games were super cheap - the complete haul cost me 70 Euro (incl. shipping).

How was your experience with them? Nice haul!

All went well  - games arrived about two weeks after ordering.

How much was the System card boxed?  I have not seen too many of these around?

To be honest - the System Card 2.0 was loose - I made the cover, the spine sticker and the back sticker myself (see my blog).

[Bernie]

Some of my recent pickups. 

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[Frank_fjs]

Nice haul Bernie! I can see you're a quality over quantity guy.

I haven't posted here in a while so here's some of my recent pickings:



^ Yet another FDS console that I brought back to life, I've got a bit of a stockpile of them now. Not particularly difficult if you ignore all the incorrect information on the net.



^ Some more Mark III games to add to the collection.



^ Small bit of PCE goodness.

[PunkCryborg]

nice hauls guys! Frank those are some nice looking mark iii game ::drools::

[CGQuarterly]

Hey Bernie, why does that Dynastic Hero have the American box art but a Japanese spine card?  Did they do two releases of the game in Japan?

Chris

[chany60126]

Hey Bernie, why does that Dynastic Hero have the American box art but a Japanese spine card?  Did they do two releases of the game in Japan?

Chris

DH only had one release in Japan. I'm guessing he either put a Sparky insert in there, or he printed his own US copy of the manual.

[Bernie]

Yeah, with that Dynastic Hero, I put a Sparky insert in there along with the Japanese manual.    Here is what came in today.

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[Terminarcade]

 Wow, some really good games you got there Bernie. Here is some of the stuff I picked up recently, its been a while since I last posted.

[CGQuarterly]

Damn, I've been looking for Shape Shifter.  Some nice pickups you have, there.

Chris

[FiftyQuid]

How is Spy Hunter on the Vita?

[Terminarcade]

How is Spy Hunter on the Vita?

Id say its decent if you can get it for cheap, but it feels more like a downloadable game that should been sold for around 10$. The graphic are bland, gameplay is ok but the car physics are total crap. I got it used for 20$ but to be honest this was not worth it... maybe for 10$... definitely not worth the retail price its asking...

[jeffhlewis]

Ahh...Annet Futatabi. Picked that up a while ago because I had always wanted it (after playing El Viento) but god damn was it disappointing. Great graphics though!

[Terminarcade]

Ahh...Annet Futatabi. Picked that up a while ago because I had always wanted it (after playing El Viento) but god damn was it disappointing. Great graphics though!

Yeah, same here. I'm kinda having fun with it tho... but damn, this game screams "where the hell is my 2players mode!" Would be much better if the 2nd players could play as Ernest Evan, having them finally fight side by side would be awesome.

[Ji-L87]

Man, people have been buying the expensive games I see!
Kaze kiri, Fausetté Armour, Steam Hearts, Mad Stalker, Popful Mail....nice stuff! Color me green with envy. I've got some stuff coming in too, but not of that magnitude :mgreen:

[FiftyQuid]

Id say its decent if you can get it for cheap, but it feels more like a downloadable game that should been sold for around 10$. The graphic are bland, gameplay is ok but the car physics are total crap. I got it used for 20$ but to be honest this was not worth it... maybe for 10$... definitely not worth the retail price its asking...

Man that's disappointing.  You would think by now it would just be a simple arcade port enhanced to HD.  I mean why mess up something that's already perfect?

[nectarsis]

SWEET trade...and my first series to add to the collection

A Fistfull of Stances

Lady Fan

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[PikachuWarrior]

Got Chew-Man-Fu for TG16. Came with case/manual/hucard for $35.00. Decent deal, imo

[TR0N]

Man, people have been buying the expensive games I see! Popful Mail....nice stuff! Color me green with envy. I've got some stuff coming in too, but not of that magnitude :mgreen:

I wouldn't have envy for the pce popful mail it's still the weakest version out there,while the sega-cd version is the definite one.

[MotherGunner]

Chew man fu is next on my list.  There are only a few games left that I want.

[liquitek]

I'm agreement with that good price on Chew Man Fu.  It's a tough one to fine JIC at a decent price.
That's almost exactly what I paid for mine.  Got a Sparky label on it and it looks a lot younger than it actually is 

[Nazi NecroPhile]

Picked up some goodies from the P.O. yesterday: Magicoal, Startling Odyssey, Startling Odyssey II, Nadia - Secret of Blue Water, Cosmic Fantasy 4 - Chapter 1, Cosmic Fantasy Visual Collection (Babette nipples!), Pia Carrot, Can Can Bunny, and an FX-PAD.

[Opethian]

FX games nice

[psychobear]

Picked up a turbo duo and 5 games for 130$ from one of my coworkers today... He wanted 300 for it... He took it to the local retro game store and they only offered him 60$ for the whole thing.
He said he rather take my 130$

[Bernie]

Picked up a turbo duo and 5 games for 130$ from one of my coworkers today... He wanted 300 for it... He took it to the local retro game store and they only offered him 60$ for the whole thing.
He said he rather take my 130$

Excellent deal!

[bartre]

question is, what games?

anywho, my recent pickups:
SS gifts (couple goodies, but not saying which)
Die Hard
Spriggan Mark 2
Valis IV
Tennokoe bank card

and most importantly:

BEEFCASE

[PunkCryborg]

beefcase pics or it didn't happen

[psychobear]

question is, what games?

anywho, my recent pickups:
SS gifts (couple goodies, but not saying which)
Die Hard
Spriggan Mark 2
Valis IV
Tennokoe bank card

and most importantly:

BEEFCASE

Games that I already have but good trade value
Splatterhouse
Bonks Adventure
Bonks Revenge
Raiden
Victory run

[SuperDeadite]

Not gaming related, but worth a picture