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  1. Posted

    Then again, some guy lands a good job, gets a good tax return, whatever and has the interest hey the game is there, they just have to shell out some cashola for it. Being the big Jag fan I am I could see myself shelling out $600 if no other option was out there.

     

     

    Man, it's tough.... Battleshphere, or a new paintjob on the 73 Oldsmobile Cutlass...

  2. Posted

    Finding and purchasing of these carts so much hard, practicaly only one chance to see these games is to get a binary ROM

     

    But Jaguar emulation so bad, that I think developers shoud'n be worry about illegal downloading of these binaries

     

    Anyway some people sell even only ROMs of rare games for different platforms, I make it for free :(

     

    Wolfenstein is works well, I dont think that it should be fixed

    But you may replace first $2000 bytes of rom with eniversal encryption key - possible it will work correctly

     

    its 8 Kbytes of code

     

    I kind of agree....

     

    I'd really like to be able to download these games. That said, I don't support allowing the ROMs for games that are currently being sold by active sellers. For example, Sonbird Productions. I've actually bought all of his games (is that Carl Forhan? I've been out of the hobby for a while).

     

    Soccer Kid, Protector, Protector SE, Skyhammer, Hyper Force, and a couple of others (I forget).

     

    And of course the ones from Telegames... I bought all of those too. I've been slacking though, I think there's like 1 or 2 CD games I haven't bought yet... like World Tour Racing.

     

    I still want to get it... but I've just been putting it off.

     

     

    But like all the rare roms... that would be cool. There's some games I'll just never get the chance to see...

  3. Posted

    I hope GoAtari is done for good. The guy was a real jerk.

     

     

    Yeah, he seemed like a decent seller / businessperson when I used to buy from him over the phone back in like 1998/1999... but the last couple of times I delt with him (back in like 2004 or something), he was totally different. I think he just got over it... didn't seem to care anymore.

  4. Posted

    Haven't *bay changed their pricing policies and other policies on certain things

     

    Might be better selling it in the marketplace forum on AA...it might go to a better home and you won't have to put up with the *bay crap

     

     

    Yeah, I recently sold at least 200 some odd items on eBay. I've been trying to clean out stuff... mostly all car parts. I also sold my 81 Trans Am and my 84 Porsche 944. I have too much "stuff" and I kind of wanted to simplify my life somewhat what with a new baby on the way. eBay really screwed up I think. Not three days after I sold the Porsche, they put up some kind of new policy for selling cars. They've basically just increased their profit by about 20%. Of course, that profit comes out of the seller's pocket. I'm not an eBay store or anything, just some dude cleaning out his closet basically... so I can only imagine how much of a pain it must be for all of those people who make it a living. In any case, eBay has the right to do whatever they want... but so do the people who use it... so... I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they start to lose business.

     

    eBay has become too bloated. It's a company that requires basically no overhead whatsoever. Bandwidth / hosting fees, computer programmers, and management. That's all that's needed... but they've ballooned (like most companies do) into a huge corporation, and for basically no reason at all. They have dozens of departments of people that do nothing more than play Solitaire, and come up with ideas and try to come up with marketing partnership deals.

     

    That's what happens when the owner of the company gives a "hands off" approach.

  5. Posted

    What software do you use to catalog your Atari 5200 collection? I would like to use software that allows me to add thumbnails of each item, plus it would be helpful if I could run this on Windows (98se, XP and Vista) computers.

     

     

    I actually wrote something like this in .NET a while back, just a real simple database application that allows you to build sections for each system you get. It was neat, but I honestly think the best thing to do, especially if you're going to go through the work, is to put it on the .NET

     

    Create yourself a web page somewhere, and catalog all of that stuff on the net. It's much more fun, and you can share it with people by sending a link.

     

    That's what I do with all my cars:

     

    http://www.PontiacPerformance.Net

     

    It's pretty easy... all my stuff is strictly HTML. Only a little bit of javascript, but that's only the cheesy menu on the main page.

  6. Posted

    For a while I was trying ot go for a boxed 5200 collection - I passed on loose games, and picked up a few boxed games I didn't really need. I figured "why spend a few bucks on loose games when I'll have to rebuy them boxed later anyways?" Now, though, I think I'm done. I'm more of a player - how can I pass up Pitfall 2 for $2 even if it's loose? I'd still prefer to get CIB games, but I think I'm giving up on the boxed collection goal... at least for a while. Even though the 5200 is a very reasonable system to collect CIB games for (Bounty Bob and Meteorites notwithstanding), it's just too expensive at this point. I can't justify the extra money for boxed games, though I do love seeing the boxes on the shelf.

     

    Anyone out there have boxed 5200 collections - and did you go for "only boxed games" or did you simply work on your collection first, then start reacquiring CIB games later? I'm curious if anyone else gave up on CIB collections?

     

     

    Yeah, with fears on the economy, a LOT of people are selling their systems or getting completely out of the scene so to speak. My wife is pregnant, so I've been going through my entire "game" closet and selling a lot of stuff I never thought I would. Not that the economy is really all that bad, but a lot of people are fearing for the worst, so people are holding off or trying to recoupe some of their costs by selling everything again. I've noticed a lot of "collections" being sold on eBay.

     

    I sold my 7800 flash cart a while back too... never thought I'd sell that. I still have my Kroc cart, but I don't think I'm selling that.

     

    I've always tried to get CIB, but I'll always go for loose carts too.

  7. Posted

    No, the 2-ports also have the expansion port.

     

    If I remember correctly, the NES systems also had an expansion port, which I believe was never used either.

     

     

    I don't know if anyone has replied to this yet, but the Nintendo 8-Bit did in fact make use of that expansion bus on the bottom. I don't think officially by Nintendo, but when I went to prep school back in 1990-1992, a bunch of kids who were from Japan had 3.5" floppy drives that were hooked up to this port. This one kid had a bunch of games on floppy disk, and he would just stick them in, hold down the reset buttton, and when he released, the game would load from the 3.5 floppy.

     

    Pretty cool!

  8. Posted

    Interesting that a few XEGS's should show up on ebay considering that it was the worst performing games system put of by Atari (saleswise that is)

     

     

    Yeah, man... that was like almost 4 years ago I posted this original thread. Hah... but yeah, I still have that XEGS. I was thinking of selling it, but I don't think I will. I'd like to start playing it at some point.

     

    With that said, what are some good XEGS / 8-Bit Computer games that they had on cartridge? Are there any decent adventure games? I assume that no game was ever made that permitted saving (like a Dungeons & Dragons game or anything?).

     

    Is this system basically like a 5200 more or less?

     

    What exactly did they plan to do with this system? I mean, was it supposed to be better than a 5200, better than a 7800?? Did it come out after the 7800?

     

     

    The pastel colors are pretty crazy... it's very Miami Vice-ish...

  9. Posted

    Hey guys,

     

    I'm thinking of selling my Krokodile Cartridge. I bought both this, and the one for the 7800 (forgot what it was called). Anyway, as it turns out, I'll never have any time to do any of this... programming for fun, or even playing my Atari 2600. I'm still keeping all my 2600 stuff, but I figured I'll probably never use this, and I might as well try to sell it to someone who can make use of it.

     

    I was thinking of putting it up on eBay, what do these things typically sell for right now? It's actually brand new, I've never even used it once.

     

     

    Thanks,

  12. Posted

    Hey guys,

     

    I'm selling a Magnavox Odyssey system on eBay. It comes with a bunch of boxed games. I'm also selling another game (Wall Street) which is fairly rare.

     

     

     

    Magnavox System + Games http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=270256831512

     

    Magnavox Wall-Street Game http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=270256829317

     

     

    Thanks for looking...

     

    Oh, I'm also selling my Porsche 944 and my 81 Trans Am if anyone is interested. I just bought a 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass to drop my 7.5 liter Oldsmobile 455 big block into!!!

  13. Posted

    This is a quote from Songbird's order page today:

     

     

    J0910J Iron Soldier 2 gold (CD)

    $119.95

    Add To Cart

    Limited authentic gold CDR version with full-color label. Very hard to find! Only 4 units available

    iu think the IS2 cart is more rare and sells for less,but it dont have those cool FMV cut scenes! its best to own both! :D

     

    yes the cd is cool!Cart is worth more than either cd. But songbirds prices are basedon a new game not used!

     

    Really? THat's cool... I didn't know that. I just bought the cart a few years ago because I didn't want to have to deal with load times on the CD.

  16. Posted

    Hey guys,

     

    Don't know if anyone cares, but there is a guy on eBay who is selling BRAND NEW Amiga CD-32 systems. I think they came out around 1992. I'm an Atari person, there is no doubt about it... but there are actually a lot of really decent games for it. He's selling them for $50 bucks I think, and then another $50 for shipping (it's from China). My boss and I both bought one and had them shipped together and I just picked them up.

     

    It's kind of funny... apparently this system never really sold in the US due to a law suite of some sort. I really hate to say it, but a lot of the games I'm looking at that came with it (XCOM, Defender of the Crown 2, etc...) are actually better than many of the Jaguar games.

     

    It appears to me to be an "xBox of the mid 90s" so to speak...

     

     

    This is just a picture I pulled off the internet:

    so that guy on ebay is legit? I saw that auction and thought it was fishy since he had "78 brand new CD-32's available"

     

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...rksid=p3907.m29

     

     

    Yup, he sure is. We got two of them here at work. He doesn't ship them so great though... the systems are brand new, but both boxes (while immaculate) were dented somewhat. Not too bad, but the bottom one had the corner of the box pushed in about an inch.

  17. Posted · Edited by 82-T/A

    that's an 87 SE???? Fiero's have long been one of my favorite cars and I'm in the market for an ST / GT 86-88 and that doesn't look anything like an SE model. The spoiler and engine cover alone doesn't look anything like the SE models.

     

    This is an SE I've had my eye on and it's an 86.

     

    I got to sell my bike first then I think i'm going to offer $1500 for it.

     

     

    What are you looking at? An 86-87 SE has a "notchback" with the "aero" package. It may or may not come with a spoiler.

     

    The only thing that designated an SE package was basically the following:

    1 - Aero Package w/ Notchback body

    2 - Auxilary Gauges (87 got the 120mph speedo)

    3 - SE Interior (meant leather steering wheel, upgraded seats with Fiero badging, Fiero map pocket)

    4 - Dual exhaust

     

    That's basically it.

     

    The SE could come with a 4 cyl, or a V6. It was really awkward because, being a 4 cyl, it still had the exact same dual exhaust as the V6 from the catalytic converter back (same one as used on the Indy).

     

    86-88 GT Fieros had the FASTBACK body panels (the window after the door windows and the wrap around taillights).

    85 GT Fieros were identical to 86-87 Fieros.

     

     

    If you're going to get a Fiero, I would recommend that you get an 87. The 87 has all the enhancements that the earlier years did not get (like the upgraded headlights, the slightly better electronics and wiring). But it still uses the same suspension components (meaning that the parts are cheaper). The 5-Speed getrag was also only available in the 87-88 model years (EXCEPT you could also get it in the 86 GT mid-year). The 88 is the best year to get, and the most performance oriented one is the 88 Formula 5-Speed. It has special suspension components though that are year specific. It does handle better, not in skidpad, but in slolam (no bump steer).

     

    I've had about 7 or 8 Fieros, not sure... exactly. But this is my first one, and the only one I currently own:

    post-5426-1214484813_thumb.jpg

     

     

     

    Mine has a luggage rack, which is also an option. You could pick a luggage rack, a spoiler, or nothing (same goes for all models).

     

     

    This picture is a little bit old. It's about 7 years old now. The paint is a little bit faded now, so I'm probably going to get it repainted. I've got two decklids. One with a spoiler, and the original one without. When I get it painted, I will have both painted so I can take my pick. Haha... the trunk lids are easy to take off and put back. Those wheels are also from a GT. They are the 15x7" wheels. The SE only came stock with 14" wheels.

     

     

    Anyway, let me know if / when you decide to get one. Like I said, I've owned 7 of them. I've cut up a couple, restored a few... if there's one thing I know almost everything about, it's Pontiac Fieros (wasted space in my brain). If you get a V6, you can go and buy a junkyard 3.4 from a 93-95 Chevy Camaro or Firebird and it drops RIGHT in. You have to drill for a new starter bolt hole, but everything else drops in.

     

    I actually used to have another 1987 Fiero SE / V6 which was a bare bones car. I hated to do it, but I absolutely could NOT get a title for it, so I ended up cutting it up and stripping it for parts. The previous owner (in another state) basically said that if he couldn't have the car, no one was going to have it.

     

    It was a base 1987 SE, and it was loaded with all the performance options. Spoiler, 5-Speed getrag manual, hardtop (no sunroof), WS6 performance suspension package (stiffer springs and shocks), and that's it. The ONLY other option it had was A/C. It had crank windows, non-tilt steering wheel, nothing...

     

    In it's hey-day, it probably ran a flat 15 in the quarter considering the fact that it probably weighed close to 2,500 pounds. (as apposed to the loaded ones like mine which weigh in around 2,700 pounds).

     

     

    Anyway, when you're ready to buy one, shoot me an e-mail.

     

    [email protected]

     

     

    That particular one was a special paint color for that year. The advertising sloagan for that year was "The Fiero goes Gold!". It was a one-year only paint color.

     

    The ONLY thing I don't like about that year is that the SEs only got the 85mph speedometer (it can do closer to 130mph). There was a government law that prohibited cars from having a speedometer that went over 85... something about people being scared and not wanting to go faster than their car says they're going.

    You can get a speedo from an 87 or 88 and it'll drop right in.

  18. Posted

    "Bombs Away". There's no upside to it other than it's really obscure. As of right now, I'm the only one who has one listed on KLOV. This is definitely a case where rare does not equal valuable. :)

     

     

    Hahahah!!! That's funny as s**t!!!

     

    Yeah, I know what you mean. That's what I tell people when I say that I have 1 of 1,100 ever built of the 1987 Pontiac Fiero SE / V6. They say... "I'll give you $1000 bucks for it!".

  19. Posted

    82-T/A: Those 'new-old'stock' CD32's have been known for a while, at least I've seen mention of them on Amiga.org . I am a huge Amiga nut, but I never heard of any lawsuit regarding the CD32. IMHO, the reason it didn't sell as well as it could have was a) Commodore's marketing, or lack thereof. b) timing, there were many other consoles available at the time, or close to the time of the CD32's release c) far too many games were just Amiga games with a CDDA soundtrack. Games that really showed off the CD32 were really few and far between, e.g. Simon the Sorcerer II, even that needed a PAL TV/Monitor to be playable :(

     

    $50 isn't that bad, but another $50 for shipping... ouch.

    Oh, BTW, did your CD32 come with one of those Comp. Pro joypad's as shown on the lower left of the pic? If so, you got real lucky, they are as rare as hen's teeth, and very nice controllers

     

    No, mine just came with that backward "C" shaped one (that's in the lower left corner of the picture on the box). Mine is actually NTSC though. I didn't know about the new old stock. I think the law suite had something to do with Commodore not paying a certain licensing or something????

     

    Most of the games I've been looking at have all been PC titles (like XCOM, and whatnot). Seems pretty cool!

     

     

     

    A bunch of palettes were found some years ago, presumably from the original Philiphine's factory seizure, and they've been selling them off. I got mine boxed one a couple of years back from someone in China (the great unboxing of this is found here: http://www.particles.org/newsite/searchres...e=Submit+Query). It's a good little system, and if you have a 1084 monitor running PAL stuff is no problem at all.

     

     

    Mine is actually NTSC. That's pretty cool... thanks for the link!

  20. Posted

    I was playing in my home arcade, now that I have 3 cabs, I think I can accurately call it a home arcade, even bought a novelty. "Arcade Zone" sign to hang up. I got to thinking while I was playing my World Series the Season cab. Since arcade games are usually, not cheap, and if you do not use emulation, what games have you taken a chance at, wasn't sure about but decided to buy and ended up loving or hating and why?

     

    I for one love my World Series the Season. It's a fairly simple baseball game as they go, but damn if I can stop playing it. I probably play it at least once a day, and now want to start looking for a stat key so I can keep track of my stats.

     

     

    I've owned a few arcade games. The very first one I bought was Missile Command. I bought it in the back of a warehouse of a place called "Mr. PacMan". The place was moving and he had a bunch of stuff back there. This was one of the games he decomissioned. He had all kinds of stuff from that Era, but that game for some reason stuck with me. He plugged it in and it worked. Total with delivery was $250 (this was in 1997). I played it once, and burned out a rom. I took the board out and brought it to him. He said he knew someone who could work on it. I never saw that board again, and the guy ended up moving. So, the cabinet sat empty like that from 1997 til about 2005. I put it in storage for most of that time thinking one day I would work on it.

     

    Fast forward a few years, I was searching on eBay and bought a "working" PCB for $90. I brought the machine back home from storage and put in the board, and it didn't work. Apparently one of the roms was dead. I searched and searched and found this place called Arcade Shop where I bought a Missile Command daughter card. Basically, it goes inline of the 6502 chip. That fixed it. I also ordered a bunch of other stuff from them and rebuilt the buttons, the coin mechanisms, and the T molding, the control cover, and rebuilt the trackball.

     

    I play it every once in a while... I mean, there's only so much you can do with Missile Command, but it's awesome. And it fills that "void" in me every time I walk into that room and see that arcade machine! hahaha...

     

    I've also got a Galaga that I bought for my wife (although the cabinet is totally busted).

     

    I used to have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cabinet that was a JAMMA cabinet. I then would randomly buy cheap Jamma boards on eBay and swap them in and out. It was pretty cool.

     

    With the exception of a few classics (like the original raster Asteroids, or something like that), I probably wouldn't buy another arcade machine. I would realistically just look into building a MAME cabinet.

  21. Posted

    Missile Command - although far more complete, with the glass, plexi and bezel, this one will not power up:

     

     

    Hey Lost Monkey!

     

    If no one else has mentioned it yet, 9 times out of 10, the problem with the Missile Command PCB is due to the roms. I have a standup Missile Command which I've more or less restored (it was already in decent shape, just fixed a few things and repaired the PCB). I bought a daughter board from a place called "Arcade Shop".

     

    This is their URL:

    Arcade Shop

     

     

    This is what I bought:

    Missile Command Daughter Board

     

     

    It's called the "Multi-Game Kit". So... I mean, Billy Mitchell might tell you it's not authentic, but it's the full Missile Command. It's great because it includes both Missile Command and something called Super Missile Attack. It also stores your high scores on flash rom (without needing power backup). It actually stores everything on rom. Rather than needing to deal with all of the dip switches to adjust all the settings, he's created a special configuration screen which you can use to set everything using the trackball and buttons. It works awesome. I set mine to $0.50 per game (you can also set it to free play). So... if I want to play, I have to put in 50 cents.... (which I empty once a year and put into an ING savings account. I'll eventually move it over to a 403b for eduacational purposes for my kids).

     

    Anyway, he has a bunch of other stuff... like the cone caps for the buttons, rebuild kits for the track balls, side art, etc, etc....

     

     

    By the way, don't know if you know... but they made a "sit down" Missile Command back in the day. How awesome is that?

     

    Let me see if I can find a picture on Google...

     

    Here you go:

     

    paul_missile_command.jpg

  22. Posted

    Hey guys,

     

    I've got a Jaguar and all the accessories and stuff, but I am thinking of building a MAME cabinet (with a computer) that I can play my games on. I'd prefer to keep everything in the box and in the closet and just play something that I can switch between systems. I've already got an NES emulator, a game boy emulator, an Atari 2600, 5200 and Genesis emulator as well as a few others. Just wondering if I can get a Jaguar one.

     

    Of course, I'd need to be able to download the roms too... ???

     

     

     

    Thanks!

  23. Posted

    Hey guys,

     

    Don't know if anyone cares, but there is a guy on eBay who is selling BRAND NEW Amiga CD-32 systems. I think they came out around 1992. I'm an Atari person, there is no doubt about it... but there are actually a lot of really decent games for it. He's selling them for $50 bucks I think, and then another $50 for shipping (it's from China). My boss and I both bought one and had them shipped together and I just picked them up.

     

    It's kind of funny... apparently this system never really sold in the US due to a law suite of some sort. I really hate to say it, but a lot of the games I'm looking at that came with it (XCOM, Defender of the Crown 2, etc...) are actually better than many of the Jaguar games.

     

    It appears to me to be an "xBox of the mid 90s" so to speak...

     

     

    This is just a picture I pulled off the internet:

     

    cd32.jpg

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