[Need A Little Help With eBay...]

2 hours ago, kennybrooks said:

If you do not see it in PayPal, you have not received payment.  What makes you believe payment was received?

 

Thanks

The eBay app showed the sold price on the balance page and I thought that would be trustworthy (I guess not).

Thanks for the quick response though!

 

[Need A Little Help With eBay...]

Sorry if this a stupid question but I have something sold on eBay and it seems the person has paid (or is paying) for it. Although when I look on at my Pay Pal, I don't have any evidence showing a transaction. (Also if this helps, I accidentally marked the item as paid). Thanks in advance.

 

Edit: I got the issue solved. Turns out their was a problem with my Email.

[What do you enjoy collecting most other than Atari?]

Famicom definitely. There are so many games that weren't released on the NES it feels almost like a completely different system.

[how did Pizza Chef end up on CCE]

I'm assuming they either had a deal and they somehow got the rom from it, the Brazilian company bought the prototype off the company or they stole it. 

 

it's probably the third explanation 

 

[Are the two Battlefront games worth it?]

I'm a big fan of Battlefront 2 (2005) but I don't feel like getting my Xbox out (plus I lost my controller so it wouldn't matter :p). I know Battlefront 2 (EA) had a horrible launch. Did they fix it?

[What did you buy today?.........]

On 10/19/2019 at 12:09 AM, DragonGrafx-16 said:

 

I saw Twin Bee 1 for $3 and I could not resist buying it though I already have it on a bootleg multicart... but I will now have a legit copy. lol

Did you buy that from the seller Zipangugame? He or she usually sells high-quality games for low prices.

[Do you plan on getting both systems next year]

3 hours ago, pacman000 said:

No; for now I'm planning on playing with what I have. I may buy more games, but I've got little  time to play them, so I'll probably only buy if it's very cheap.

 

Exceptions: If I see an Atari Cosmos, Casio PV-1000, or one of Entex's Video-Handheld things at a store near me, I'd probably try to get it.

I think everyone on here would buy a Cosmos if they found one (I know I would). Also that Entex system looks awesome.

[What's the rarest 2600 game in your Collection?]

Even though it's a 4 on the rarity scale, Return of The Jedi. Death Star Battle the rarest game I own.

[Most Common Games That You Don't Have]

Atari 2600: pitfall 2 (some others I can't think of)

 

NES/Famicom: balloon fight, Mario 2, Mario 3 (NES) and Tetris (NES)

 

Other: a Majority of common SFC games and a Majority of common DS/3DS games 

[How Much Were Compilation Games When They Were New?]

2 hours ago, Gamemoose said:

How far are you going back?

 

The late 90s to late 2000s (very broad I know).

[The hunt for "Dracula Hunter"]

16 minutes ago, ShadowMan44 said:

it's interesting that Japanese arcades just use plain white cabinets, wonder if they use them because boards get switched out all the time...

It's probably that. In Japan, arcades are still businesses instead of passion jobs. If a game isn't profiting they just take the board out and replace it. Much easier than hauling out a bunch of cabinets.

 

I also frequent the lost media wiki from time to time (the only article I ever wrote was about the original version of the film Game Of Death). Your article actually got me interested in Heavyweight Champ!

[The hunt for "Dracula Hunter"]

Welcome to Atariage!

 

I can't tell you I this was shipped outside of Japan, but I can tell you that somebody bought the PCB and control panel for a little over ¥2 million (about 25 grand in USD).

 

You could try to track down the buyer and see if he would dump the rom, but that might be impossible since it was most likely bought by an arcade operator (in the listing, the seller says he/she was only selling the PCB and control panel even though they had the cabinet. Most arcades in Japan use generic white cabinets, so the original cabinet would most likely get thrown out, unfortunately. ).

 

Here's a Japanese Wikipedia article with the auction: https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ドラキュラハンター

 

Good luck with finding this gem! I'm currently looking for Heavyweight Champ 1976 (also lost) so I can relate in this situation.

 

 

[Do you plan on getting both systems next year]

Do the next-gen systems already have a release date?

 

I'm sticking to Nintendo for my modern gaming needs (ironically I play the NES/SNES apps more than I play the modern games) so PS5 and Xbox 4 are a no go for me.

[How Much Were Compilation Games When They Were New?]

I'm typing up a little draft of a YouTube video I have been brewing in my mind for a while (it's about budget gaming), and I was wondering, how much the common compilation game was when it first came out (I was a wee bab when these were being released so I don't know a lot about the marketing for these)?  I'm not talking about collectors editions that had last year's game bundled with it. Think of games like Namco Museum and Sonic Gems Collection.

 

[To share an unreleased ROM or not to Share?]

7 hours ago, PikoInteractive said:

a prototype is Illegal to sell.

May I ask? What if the Developer of the game is selling the prototype? Or it was given to a child of the Developer and the child sells it years later?

[Now paying taxes on eBay in US]

Didn't some sellers already tax people?

[Dumb Question About Nintendo Online]

13 hours ago, Flojomojo said:

I can't read Japanese, but I used to do this kind of thing all the time, especially when other territories got stuff way earlier than we did. 
 

Now most things seem to have global launches, or close to it, and I feel like I'm no longer missing out on most things.

 

What's in the Japanese store that makes it worth the hassle of maintaining the other account?

I honestly don't know. I know there's some games released in the rising sun that hasn't been released yet in North America (don't know what exactly). I only did this so I could have some Famicom games that aren't on the NES app (E.g. Fire Emblem, Disk System versions of Zelda and Metroid, Yie Ar Kung Fu etc etc.).

[Dumb Question About Nintendo Online]

I made a Japanese account for my Nintendo switch and set up a 7 day free trial. I was wondering, after the trial is over, will I be able to use the Famicom and Super Famicom apps with my US account or will I have to buy another switch online membership (the US account has switch online)?

[Famiclone?]

I think I saw one of these in a YouTube video talking about bootlegs, but I've never seen one on eBay. Still wouldn't buy it. They literally just took a remote controlled car gutted it and put a Famicom in it. Sounds cool, but it would probably overheat and melt the car.

 

 

[Switch Friend Code List]

SW-6225-6657-1020

 

Only really play the NES and SNES games but some have multiplayer.

 

 

[Just Got A Switch. Anything I Should Know?]

Just got the $20 a year switch online membership. Looking for a SN30Pro controller now (the joycons are growing on me, but you can use the SN30 as a blutooth controller so im still going to look for one). 

[Super Mario Bros. 2 (J)]

They could of released both SMB2J and SMB2USA in North America, but just called the Japanese version "Super Mario Plus" or something like that and say its for the people who mastered the first game. 

 

I own the disk system version of SMB2J, and its as hard as people say it is. But there are other games that came out during that time which were way harder (Ghost and Goblins, Megaman, Legend of Zelda and Punchout).

[Rarest Stuff You Own?(including Atari)]

Rarest things I have are probably my vectrex and my Sharp Twin Famicom.

(These are more uncommon than rare, but I don't care)

[Just Got A Switch. Anything I Should Know?]

Got a Switch for my birthday and I was wondering if there's anything I need to know about caring for the system.

 

[When does a collection become a collection?]

I go by the "two 3s" rule.

 

3 game systems

 

3 games for each system

 

If you qualify for both, then you have a collection.