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    I don't see the value here.

     

    eBay Auction -- Item Number: 2511382330731?ff3=2&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&item=251138233073&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]

     

    What you're missing is, that idiots like me who don't know anything about auctions or collector's rates, fall for it on a nostalgia-infused impulse.

     

    I know better now, but I'm absolutely positive that I overpaid for my consoles. Although, at the moment I was ready to shell out $500.00 for a Master Component just for the thrill of owning one again, and was surprised to find them for around $250.00

     

    -dZ.

    Uh ... where do you shop? A bare IntV Master Component, unless I missed something, would only cost about $20ish.

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    My only concern is this being online-only. Who knows what the condition of your ordered items will be.

    Exactly the point I was about to make. When I buy a used game from GS, I investigate the game box and manual, and play swapsies until I get something in good condition. Sometimes I have them bring me out 2-3 discs before I find one that's not all scratched up. I've even been told it's against their policy to allow me to look at the disc before purchase. To that I tell them if they want a sale, I want to see what I'm buying.

     

    I will never order a disc based game online from them, and I'd be very wary of even cart based games.

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    I have zero. It's not like a replacement Genesis is hard to come by. I do have three NES systems and 2 SNES systems, but that's not for "backup" purposes.

     

    Chris

    You make a good point. I just prefer to have my backups now, rather than rely on market availability and pricing later when/if a console fails. Each of my backup systems is prepped and ready to play right out of the box. Another thing I use my backups for is the very infrequent times I need to take one somewhere. I don't have to worry about disconnecting the ones I already have hooked up.

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    I think this will drive prices up for the consoles they sell for. Not a good thing for this community. But it may have the benefit of reopening the world of retro gaming to folks who previously left it behind.

     

    As far as refurbishing, I think that's a joke. I've bought and looked at refurbished consoles from them before. Functioning, but not cleaned up, dirt still in the crevices, etc. I've seen them sell consoles that apparently worked, but we obviously on their last legs. I went put looking for a GC in my town. I had to travel to 4 stores, opening 10 "refurbished" boxes before I found onethat wasn't beat to heck, with a non-depressed eject button, and with a 1st party controller that wasn't worn out.

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    First, vacuum everything off with the bristly brush attachment, then go from there. That will help get the residue out from inside items as well that mere wiping off won't. If you can open up the item without any issues, do that as well.

    I once saw a PC where the lady set her ashtray in front of it and used the cabinet ventilation to suck the smoke away. It had a brown layer of "stuff" that was like a layer of brown cardboard colored felt on everything in the PC. The problem with it was it would not turn on from buildup of smoke stuff in the power switch!

    That's as good a story as the "includes free cup holder with every PC" thing.

  12. Posted

    @stardust4ever - Want to test your cleaning skills? Dare you to walk past the local police canine squad with that N64 in your hands. :P

     

    The thing is, I don't think cigarettes change who people are. Good people smoke. Bad people smoke. Friends and enemies smoke. Don't count someone out just because of it. And, no, I don't smoke.

    Was someone bashing smokers?

    I know we have smokers on this board, and I felt it necessary to make sure they know we still love 'em. :) Hearing some of the tales in this thread could hurt feelings. Sensitive, caring side of me, I guess.

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    The thing is, I don't think cigarettes change who people are. Good people smoke. Bad people smoke. Friends and enemies smoke. Don't count someone out just because of it. And, no, I don't smoke.

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    I don't collect boxed stuff, so I don't have the problem of not being able to soak a case in soap water and scrub the crap out of it. But I've had the same problem. Open a newly received box and get knocked over by the smell. Sometimes those items have gone to live in the garage until I could tear them apart to be cleaned. For the most part, I find that just letting parts soak in hot water with dawn for a couple hours, then a good scrubbing removes the smell.

  16. Posted

    Weapons and bolts oh yeah!!!!!!

    Yes, Weapons and bolts!! :D

     

    In a little less than a couple of weeks, I completed the entire first 3 episodes ... again.

    Episode #1 - Played all the way through in normal mode, then couple of levels of episode #1 in Challenge mode and finding they seem to have made it impossibly difficult. Not that it's not doable, but there would be HUGE amounts of grinding just to keep enough money to stay in ammo. Not worth the effort.

    Episode #2 - Played all the way through in normal mode. Didn't do episode #2 in Challenge mode, because, frankly, #2 was the worst of the lot in my opinion.

    Episode #3 - Played all the way through in normal mode, then all the way through again in Challenge mode. My favorite of the 3.

     

    Now I'm playing Tools of Destruction, and moving forward quickly. Gimme a few days ...

    Then it's on to Crack in Time.

     

    I've put the bug in wife's ear that I want All 4 One next, for some multi-player action! Hope it's worth it.

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    Not there yet. I've let my 3 year old play a Pac Man Plug & Plan, but he insists on just pounding the button, and doesn't want to actually move the stick to move Pac Man. He did score over 1000 playing Galaxian on the XE once by just pressing the fire button.

    It won't take long. Once he figures out how to manipulate the controller, you're doomed.

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  20. Posted

    This is the fate that awaits us all.

     

    My (almost) 11 year old is moving up quick, and I can tell I am slowing down. While I'm still better than him at most types of games, he seems to be bypassing me on some of the Wii-style games like Mario Kart Wii, Super Mario Bros Wii, and some of the Wii Sports games. I still get him in FPS, more realistic racing and strategy games, though. It won't be long, I'm sure.

     

    One thing I've noticed is that kids in his age group are only interested in fast action games, but not strategy games. Unless this changes for my kid, I'll always be able to kill him in games like Command and Conquer, or games that require actual use of the noggin to handle situations on the fly.

  21. Posted

    The board is in a different case now, so the wire idea is out. I already tried a different PS, re-cleaned the contacts and checked all the components visually for any solder cracks. Since it seemed to be sporadic from the beginning, I'm kind of thinking it is an actual failing part that finally failed. I think I'm going to shelf this unit for a while and wait until I have another nonworking one and see if I can swap parts for better luck.

  25. Posted

    This is not a question of how many consoles you've collected, or what variety. I just want to know how many consoles you keep for backups. For instance, I typically keep one of each console type connected, and another one stored for the day when the first one dies. If at some point the main one dies, I'll swap it for the backup and buy another backup.

     

    But in the case of my CV or Intv, I have two backups due to their tendency to die. And in the case of my 2600s, I have one of each model, so they act as rotating backups for each other.

     

    So you see this thread is more about utility than collecting.

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