[Looking for a Leisure Vision or Emerson Arcadia 2001.]

Looking for a console and games. Would like a leisure vision preferably as it would be cheaper for me as I live in Canada. eBay is too high for me.

[My 2600 collection as of nov 17, 2019.]

I got a good sized collection so far even got some rare stuff. Rockin the Vader cus it’s the best vcs in my opinion. 

[anybody got a Bally astrocade for sale?]

Ebay is crazy so im hoping someone on here can help me out. Ive been dying to play one especially the game The Incredible Wizard. Oh and i live in Canada.

[Got my first arcade machine.]

Nice find! My first was a cocktail as well - a bootleg Scramble. Congrats, and welcome to the addicition

 

 

I know exactly what you mean by the control mounting. For some reason that was really common on Japanese cocktails, but not so much in the rest of the world. Of course, a good number of Japanese cocktails were exported, built, or copied outside of Japan using the Japanese control mounting scheme. It always drove me nuts when I'd run across a game I really wanted to play only to find out that the controls were sprouting straight out from the side like exposed plumbing.

 

That said, there are some cocktails that are very playable - Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Gyruss, Dig Dug, and Crystal Castles all spring to mind. The experience is definitely very different to the uprights, though.

 

Looking at that Astro Wars, though, I'm inclined to agree that as it's pretty much just left / right and fire for controls, it's probably not much of an issue. Bonus points for having the original Japanese control panel in unmolested original condition, too.

Yeah the stick is awkwardish but being for just left right movement its fine. I think popeye and others had stciks like mine and would be crampy to use for 4 or 8 directions games. And yeah i like the Japanese on the panels too altho the cards under the glass with the scoring table and the game its self is all in english. But i think Japanese stuff usualy has a mixture of english and japanese on it. My famicom box has some english among the japanese text. But i think we all can agree that the woodgrain finish is rad to the max.

[Got my first arcade machine.]

That's a nice funky old cabinet. Congrats.

Thanks! Love the woodgrain its so 80s.

[Got my first arcade machine.]

I hear ya but seeing how this game only goes left and right its not too bad. But Popeye would be pretty gnarly on a stick mounted like mine it would be better to be mounted like a ms Pac-Man cab.

[Got my first arcade machine.]

If you find a 5 cents coin in the mech, that was me. I was bored

Funny enough besides the 4$ in quarters and one loonie there was stuck in the mech and in the coin basket a nickel was in there too haha.

[Got my first arcade machine.]

Great find, I've been wondering what Astro Wars was like. By the way, is that the one from Tilt in Waterloo? I remember they had one that was out of order.

I got it from the owner of Pin up bar and arcade on unversity in waterloo. Never heard of tilt is it a arcade too?

[Got my first arcade machine.]

I got an Astro Wars cocktail cabnet for 250$ Canadian yesterday Its a clone of Galaxian , a very good clone. Never heard of this game might be rare i dont know. Im just excited to have my first arcade machine.

[Golden era games.]

Looks great! Nice to see some VIC20 love there, too.

Thanks, and yeah the Vic 20 is a nifty computer I think .

[Does anybody else rock a CRT?]

I showed off my 87 Panasonic Color Pilot tv which is still my main tv but here is my other TVs Ive collected, they are all from the 1980s and work great. Ignore the horable Berzerk score, I was trying a The Boss joystick and had a bad game but I thought the pitiful score was amusing tho lol.

[Golden era games.]

Golden era shelf in my game collection. Got some cool new additions like Rubiks Cube and Silver label Gravatar for the 2600.

[Got me a cib 1984 Vader 2600 set with Poster.]

Got a 1984 Vader 2600 set with a Sword Quest poster. This might be my fave model vcs. Rockin some Phoenix on the Panasonic beast.

[Does anybody else rock a CRT?]

What I'd LOVE to know is that for you handful of guys who state that a CRT TV is your sole TV, why that is? Like what has stopped you from getting a new TV in all these years, especially considering the relatively low prices for some pretty nice sets these days. I'm not even talking 4K HDR/DolbyV sets here, but regular old 1080p-level sets. I can imagine it must take some pretty herculean efforts and significant compromises to rock a small glass screen these days considering most content is optimized for widescreens and at least 720p/1080i resolutions, as well as HDMI connections.

I have a flat screen but its uses are for my computer and bluray playback. But yes most tv i get thru my cable hook up is in hd but it still palys in wide screen it just letter boxes it wirh black bars on top and bottome of the image. I cant say why i love using my 80s sets i just do lol. Hd looks nice i suposebut i prefer the crt look. This tv i did get second hand from a thrift store for 10$ i wasnt alive in 87 to be the origonal owner tho haha. I think the big factor for using a 80s crt is the fact i love the 80s, i collect 80s electronics like crt tvs vcrs booboxes stereo equipment etc. Lol i have around 2 to 3 hundred cassettes mostly heavy metal and rock and i use a 1987 panasonic cassette walkman that i got new old stock off ebay for my portable music it sounds 100% better than an ipod. I got a 80g ipod classic in 2011 when i was in high school as a present and i barley used it lol.

[Does anybody else rock a CRT?]

I use a CRT console tv from 87 for tv , movies and retro video games. Does anybody else rock the cathode ray tube? Pics of your tv would be cool to see, ill post a pic or two of mine.

[Looking to buy a 2 port Atari 5200 machine.]

Oh Ill give your list a look for sure =]

[Looking to buy a 2 port Atari 5200 machine.]

Still had the convos saved and I went with the cheapest option which was 68$ Is this still ok? Let me know :]

[Looking to buy a 2 port Atari 5200 machine.]

How much was that again?

[Looking to buy a 2 port Atari 5200 machine.]

Im located in Canada. I had made an ad before a few months back and had almost set up a deal but had to back out last min because of bills but might be able to afford one now. Would like to get some games too like berserk but might have to wait on that, but who knows let me know what you jave and what you want. :]

[Wanting to buy Atari 5200 2 port system. (Console only!)]

I was just wondering if anyone had spare Atari 5200 2 port machine they could sell me cheap. I was given a machine a month and some ago and after i got some games and a power cable for it ,it turned out to be dead. Like really dead ,someone plugged in an incorrect power supply and and blew a bunch of caps and resistors and who knows what else on the board. So if some one had one and could spare it or sell it or what ever id be very grateful ! I live in Ontario Canada just to let people know. Im not sure how much just a 2 port console by its self goes for but im hoping its like 60$ CAD or under. I dunno let me know and we can work something out im sure lol.

 

 

Thanks for looking!

[Whats the value of an ntsc Seamonster by Puzzy?]

Do they carry the English - French titles on the label?

 

The carts have both english and french titles,being french is second language here in Canada i assume maybe they were meant for a Canadian market?

[Whats the value of an ntsc Seamonster by Puzzy?]

Depending on condition,$60-90. Nice find

Yeah when i saw em i was like "oh nice atari games!". then i looked em up saw they were rare lol

[Whats the value of an ntsc Seamonster by Puzzy?]

Ebay, start at 1 cent, let it run for a week = you will be happy with the final price for sure.

should i do a reserve price? ive never done ebay before so any advice if you have sold on there before would help alot lol. I have a few other doubles of atari and nes games that i could list.

[Whats the value of an ntsc Seamonster by Puzzy?]

I just found two copies of this game for 2$ each at a thrift store and was wondering if anyone knew the value on em. Im keeping one for my collection for sure and might sell one ,and they are the ntsc version that is like a 9 on the rarity scale thing. If anyone knows let me know!

[Looking for an Atari 5200 2 port power supply.]

Unless you're going for a stock power supply, you might consider ordering a new replacement from a store like Retro Game Supply.

 

The power supply for my 5200 stopped working, and the replacement I got from them works without issue.

Oh my god thats perfect! Thanks for the help i just bought one.