[What's in your Wii Collection?]

Super Paper Mario

Lego Star Wars CS

Guitar Hero III

Super Mario Galaxy

Mario Kart Wii

Boom Blox

Wario Land Shake It

Wii Music

New Super Mario Bros Wii

Sonic Colors

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Kirby's Epic Yarn

Donkey Kong Country Returns

[How much is the most money you have spent on a single game?]

70$ for Secret of Mana but it's a great game. But it doesn't need to be 70 dollars let alone it's probably even more than that now.

 

Who's behind upping the prices of SNES games?

[WTB: Game Boy/Advance/Sega Game Gear Games]

I am but at the moment I'll sleep on it. I'll definitely consider in a few weeks - just bought a bunch of game boy games a few days ago.

[Wanted: Super Game Boy Sound Repair]

Ok I'll look into buying another one then.

[Wanted: Super Game Boy Sound Repair]

I need my Super Game Boy fixed - the sound on the games is not working.

[WTB: Game Boy/Advance/Sega Game Gear Games]

Bump - found The Lion King on Game Gear.

[WTB: Game Boy/Advance/Sega Game Gear Games]

Bump - found Crash N-Tranced.

[WTB: Game Boy/Advance/Sega Game Gear Games]

No stickers or damage on labels please - also no names on the cartridges. No bootlegs either please.

 

Game Boy/Color

 

Batman - 3.99

Bugs Bunny Crazy Castles 1, 2, and 4 (4.99 each)

Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions - 2.99

Darkwing Duck - 4.99

Ducktales 1 and 2 - 4.99 each or both for 9.99

Looney Tunes (Color Version, in a black cartridge) - 9.99

Nemesis - 3.99

TaleSpin - 4.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan - 4.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back From The Sewers - 6.99

 

Game Boy Advance

 

Banjo Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge - 9.99

Donkey Kong Country - 11.99

Donkey Kong Country 2 - 11.99

Donkey Kong Country 3 - 11.99

Doom - 24.99

Doom II - 34.99

Gradius Galaxies - 12.99

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past + Four Swords - 19.99

Pac Man Collection - 3.99

Rayman Advance - 4.99

Rayman 3 - 4.99

Sonic Advance 3 - 7.99

Spyro: Season of Ice - 3.99

Super Ghouls N' Ghosts - 19.99

Wolfenstein 3D - 14.99

 

Sega Game Gear

 

Aladdin - 4.99

Jungle Book - 4.99

Tails' Adventure - 9.99 (Not sure how much this goes for)

TaleSpin - 4.99

[Services wanted: Game boy repairs]

Well I found out why the screw wouldn't go in. That square thing with a hole was supposed to go where the battery cover screw screws into! Damn I'm an idiot.

 

Either case it still needs the volume slider fixed.

[Services wanted: Game boy repairs]

I have a few jobs that need to be fixed...

 

Game Boy Original - Ghost lines on screen, likely needs new caps.

 

Game Boy Color - Speaker needs to be replaced. Also would like a front lit screen and a new battery cover (Clear Purple).

 

Game Boy Advance Original - Would like a backlit screen on it - very hard to see.

 

Game Boy Advance SP AGS 101 - The volume slider seems to be very staticy and sometimes moving it even up makes the sound go out unless I move it more. Could use a new speaker, and volume slider cleaning. Update - Figured out WHY the screw wouldn't go in. That square thing wasn't in the right spot! Well that solves that mystery. Still need to see about getting the volume slider cleaned and maybe a new speaker.

[Are people really this stupid?]

Funny you should ask, if you type in Disney VHS and search that on eBay, you'll see idiots putting them up for thousands of dollars. How they haven't been banned from eBay is beyond me.

[PS2: Unable to read Disc when playing DVD movies]

Yeah I just bought a 15 year old DVD player that still works perfectly.

[PS2: Unable to read Disc when playing DVD movies]

Good to know - I'll grab a DVD player from Goodwill that works.

[PS2: Unable to read Disc when playing DVD movies]

Anyone know if there's any cheap repair services around for maybe 10$ + shipping? I'm having a lot of trouble with watching tv shows on DVD on my PS2, and I don't want to get a DVD player since I'll have to buy another power strip and have to use a component video switch.

 

Basically what happens is that during a DVD movie, it plays fine for a bit, then it starts freezing, then afterwards it says "Unable to read disc." on the screen. My model is an SCPH-30001R.

 

Quick rant here: Why can't Sony LEARN to make reliable products? I tried a VCR a month or two ago that was from 1996 and it snapped a tape, and beforehand I tried one from 2000 by Sony and it wouldn't eject well 6 years ago. Do they not even bother to test their equipment? Sega Saturns rarely break down, and they use CDs! Why?

[WTB: Working Sega CD]

Found one.

[Which style of thrift store]

I've only been able to find old PC games and VHS at most thrifts I've been to. One time though I was able to get Armored Core for PlayStation 1 at one in Fort Worth, which is a city that's more into music not games.

[WTB: Working Sega CD]

Bump - Still looking.

[Nintendo, What Went Wrong]

Personally I think Nintendo went downhill when they released the N64 - though their first party titles were incredible, most of the 3rd party stuff was just awful. This is why I love the Sony PlayStation 1 miles more than the N64. Ocarina of Time may be one of my favorites but even that was not enough to save the 64. They're very lucky Sega didn't do so good with the Saturn and their first party titles released were masterpieces as mentioned earlier.

 

Their first-party releases on the Gamecube were watered down compared to the N64 and some of them were even just more frustrating games (Mario Sunshine) than their beloved N64 games. I enjoyed the gamecube, but PlayStation 2 is miles better still. The best thing about the GC was the graphics. They didn't have games that looked like N64 games such as Ocarina of Time (Looking at you Grand Theft Auto 3) or Super Mario 64.

[WTB: Working Sega CD]

I'll pay 100$ +shipping for a Sega CD that works and has the ac adapter. If you have Sonic CD (CIB only!) I'll add 30$ to my payment.

[Games We Want Updated & HD-ified]

G-Nome by 7th Level could use an HD remake with better AI and controls. It had a lot of potential back in 1997 but it hasn't held up well.

[What was YOUR very first computer?]

An IBM EPSON that I never figured out how to use. We got a Windows 95 Packard Bell some time in early 1997 with a cohort of educational PC games and a classic mech game called G-Nome (Reminds me of 50s scfi movies like War of the Worlds and Forbidden Planet) which the old disc I think was tossed out originally cause they said the disc was beat up, but got a new disc about 8 years ago. Honestly the Packard Bell was probably the easiest PC I used up to that point, I could NEVER, EVER, figure out how the hell to use an IBM!! Thank god for Windows 95! Definitely owe a lot to Microsoft, even though their newer OSes aren't very good...

 

I probably wouldn't go back to a Packard Bell since those are kind of hard to upgrade or so. Compaq, Gateway, or Dell definitely were better.

[Favorite DOS classics]

Definitely Commander Keen initially, and eventually Jazz Jackrabbit...

 

Full Throttle is still one of my favorite DOS games.. Heck, it's one of my favorite games on any system.

 

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Full Throttle (Which I ironically just got about a week and a half ago) also introduced me to Gone Jackals. I've always had a spot for DOS games... there's just, well, something about 'em. I played more Windows 95 PC stuff but DOS stuff I might have sifted through quite a bit as a kid.

[Windows 98 PC]

Okay I see what you're talking about. I'd have to have a PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard, but the problem is that my desk ain't big enough for 2 keyboards.

 

Should I take a picture of my desk? I was considering putting the older PC on the top of the desk and hooking it to VGA on my monitor. And as you said I'll probably need a PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard. Out of curiosity, does Windows 98 work with today's internet connections?

[Windows 98 PC]

I'd rather have Windows 95, but face it - 98 was more stable and XP has SOME compatibility issues with a few games, not a lot unlike today's PCs.

[Windows 98 PC]

I ordered a Windows 98 SE disk with the key code, so pretty much if I can find a PC that runs Windows XP I could downgrade it and have it on Windows 98 instead possibly.