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    Next up I'm super proud of. A Neo Geo CDZ, and not just an CDZ but my old one. I sold it years ago with about 30 games for god knows why. I found the old email from the Craigslist add I sold it to back in 2010 and contacted the guy and he sold it back to me at a fraction of what I sold it to him for.

    Was the guy just really looking to get rid if it or has CDZ stuff diminished in value since then?

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    1. Buy the two sizes of gamebits, if you're into gaming you'll need them for everything.

     

    2. If you have to look at your Gamegear from an extreme angel it needs caps.

     

    3. Gamgears are cheep with lots of caps so it makes lots of good soldering practice. You don't need the best gear. It was one of my first time soldering projects and it's not extremely hard and I got a lot of confidence from it.

     

    4. The picture will still pretty much suck :)

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    My 80 column extended card came in and works. I started a little Prince of Persia but am going to hold off until I get a joystick figured out.

     

    One game from my guide I'm interested in is called Amazon, based off the Michael Crichton Book/Movie Congo. But it looks like every file of it is a .nib and as far as I can figure that means it's stuck in emulation land. I played a little on my raspberry pi but I think I'll try to hold off and get my hands on the real thing. What percent chance does an average Apple II floppy have of still working today if I get it from Ebay?

  18. Posted · Edited by Dashopepper

    A couple weeks ago I found "The Book of Adventure Games II" at a thrift sore and got the computer gaming bug again. I have a pretty large video game collection but not much knowledge when it comes to vintage computers. The top result on Google is from AtariAge and like most posts here it pretty much does a complete 360 and ends with people disagreeing abut something off topic. But I figured an Apple IIe is what I'd most be interested in. After a week of looking on Craigslist I made an offer on one with a color monitor but it had sold. So I went for my second choice and made a low offer for it and ended up bringing it home for $100.

     

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    I think I made the better choice as this one came with the serial to USB adapter and a box of new floppy disks. After a few days of a steep learning curve I figured out how to get ADT working and started making some disks (my serial card was in sot 4 and couldn't get it to transfer until I put it in slot 2). My first game I'm playing is from my guide, called "Critical Mass." I'm just about through it and having a lot of fun.

     

    It has an 80 column card so I bought a 64kb extended card from ebay for $9. I have a revision B board so from what I can tell it should work in my machine?

     

    Some questions I have are should I get a joystick and if so which one? Does it just plug in somewhere or is it another expansion card?

     

    What do you do with your ugly yellowed space bars? Can I just pop it off and spray paint it?

     

    Any recommended games or programs I should try out?

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  19. Posted · Edited by Dashopepper

    I never know this pie chart thing existed, thanks for showing me. Now i'm more confused then ever that why some months im 12% and others im 10%. I only sell videogames and systems. The only thing that changes is sometimes I do free shipping, I take it that is what makes the difference?This month's eBay sales and fees

     

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    Total monthly sales $185.55 Total monthly fees 11.65% Based on your monthly fees and credits totaling $21.61, your fees as percentage of your sales is 11.65%

     

     

    The formula I have in my spread sheet for how much I make on a Item with paypal and ebay and everything included is

     

    =(G355-((G355*0.1)+H355+(G355*0.029)+0.3))

     

    with g355 being the total and H355 being the amount I actually pay on shipping. Something must be wrong because I apparently don't have the 4% for papal in there anywhere. I'll have to look into it

     

    *EDIT*

    According to http://finalfeecalculator.com/ebays calculator My formula is correct, I believe they use 3% paypal fee while I use 2.9% for some reason. Where are you guys getting 4% paypal fee from?

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    I guess so ...but what would you have done with it? You wouldn't have played with a massive, ugly, prehistoric game system. Would you have stuck it in storage, hoped that it didn't break down over time, and eventually seek out a buyer many years later? Might as well kick yourself for not buying Apple stock in the early 1980s, too.

     

    Yea, who would want that gigantic super heavy duty molded travel case overflowing with two sizes of intricate screen overlays, game cards, poker chips, play money, and playing cards? So old and outdated! I would just emulate it, it takes up a lot less space that way.

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    Makes my skin crawl just looking at the thing!

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  21. Posted · Edited by Dashopepper

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    Im all about the SNES co-op games. Pocky and Rocky, King of Dragons, Goof Troop. And they say Run Sabre is a poor mans Strider, nope 2 player masterpiece for sure. Plus better versions of Sunset Riders and Doom Troopers.

    I think 16 bit was the perfect place between simplistic games before and bloated games after.

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    I'm amazed at the list of games. This thing is definitely not for me but it's exciting to see Nintendo show a new strategy. They are probably trying to get this thrown in with Pokemon Go in the news cycle to generate more interest. It's the first smart marketing move I've seen them make in awhile.

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    I said I update everyone and I finally got around to ordering a Blinking Light Win.... This thing is freaking fantastic! ...

     

    Blinking Light Win has one fatal flaw though, you'll never have that amazing feeling of pushing that cart in and pressing it down into place :(

     

    Well bedsides being too late to the topic I'll still give my 2 cents. I sold my stockpile of about 15 NES consoles on Ebay last year. I procrastinated for a long time because a dreaded getting them in perfect order so I wouldn't have any complaints or returns. Boiling, bending pins, new pins, lock out chip - I tried everything. All that stuff is completely trash and a waste of time, all you need is this:

     

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    Eliminator Cleaning kit. This exact brand. Wet it with some alcohol slide it in and out with the tray both up and lowered. Take it out and clean the end with alcohol pads and re-insert. You wouldn't believe the crap coming off your pins. It's more abrasive then the junk Nintendo cleaning kits. Sure it will eventually wear down the pins but not anytime soon. I would put my deck up against anybody's including Blinking light Win in a challenge to see who can run the dirtiest cart.

  25. Posted · Edited by Dashopepper

    A Disc Replay opened in Elgin Illinois. They bought up all the old games in the area, had them priced way above Ebay, closed shop after their 6 month lease. TNT Games in Dekalb closed and so did Play N' Trade in St. Charles.

     

    There's still Disc Replays every where else and Gorilla Games in Naperville and Game Corner and Game Worlds in Rockford. But the prices are too high and they don't have enough cool/rare stuff to make it a fun window shopping trip.

     

    The only way a retro gaming store gets away with having reasonable prices is if they have a ton of new inventory coming in. Otherwise they dry up pretty fast.

     

    There was a store around me that made it really easy to spot a good deal. You just had to look at the sticker price and if it was brown and crusty from age it was a good deal. Pocky & Rocky $12, Knights of the Round $15, King of Dragons $10. Needless to say all their good inventory went pretty quickly.

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