The RETRO Gaming Thread!

SNES is my favorite console and by extension GBA is my fav handheld, those are the systems I have the most games for. Nintendo basically was like the SNES era ain’t over yet and went on for another decade with GBA. I still have a soft spot for Gameboy though.
 
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No. I had no need for them honestly. The in-home systems were enough. :lol:

I didn't have a tv in my room until my mid teens in high school, so a Game Boy was a must.

I miss being a kid playing the heck outta a game, even if it was kinda bad, because it'd be the only game you'd get for months. I could probably beat Robocop 2 on the GB blindfolded. And I've been emulating EA Sports PGA European Tour of all games on my TV just for the nostalgia as a kid that put hours into that game and has never liked or played golf in my life. Still can't believe they put Street Fighter 2 on Gameboy, let alone how many hours I put into it.
 
Man... Nintendo collectors are kinda crazy. I mean, I'm a collector myself, but the rare kind that only pays retail but hoards collectible stuff.

Anyway, I just checked to see what my extreme green n64 controller is going for on ebay. Complete with box starts at $425 and goes up to $600. I might just list this thing tomorrow!
 


Used to have Doom on the SNES, and the demo on PC, at a time wanted it badly on GBA
On PC I was a fan of my only FPS along with Wolfenstein 3D (how I hate Wolfenstein 3D lol the ugly colors) : Corridor 7 : Alien Invasion :smokin
Used to have Duke Nukem (2D version) on PC, kind of enjoy it but I wanted the 3D so...
 
Had to toss out an original SNES tonight. I originally bought it at a thrift store 5 years ago. The problem was the ***** *** store manager put it in a box with no lid but held all the contents inside with clear shipping tape. I bought it for $60 and once I got home realized that the rear power connector of the console was broken off. The manager would only give me store credit so I decided to keep it and try to fix it. Ended up buying a $15 replacement part for the broken piece and it still didn’t power on. Well, years pass and I picked up a $5 “fuse” that is usually the culprit.....and it STILL didn’t work. The whole thing ran me $80 to just now toss it in the trash :lol: :smh:

Oh well, the SNES I got a few weeks back works fine. I just figured I could sell the spare console and recoup what I invested. Now I have one SNES and 7 controllers:rofl:
 
Had to toss out an original SNES tonight. I originally bought it at a thrift store 5 years ago. The problem was the ***** *** store manager put it in a box with no lid but held all the contents inside with clear shipping tape. I bought it for $60 and once I got home realized that the rear power connector of the console was broken off. The manager would only give me store credit so I decided to keep it and try to fix it. Ended up buying a $15 replacement part for the broken piece and it still didn’t power on. Well, years pass and I picked up a $5 “fuse” that is usually the culprit.....and it STILL didn’t work. The whole thing ran me $80 to just now toss it in the trash :lol: :smh:

Oh well, the SNES I got a few weeks back works fine. I just figured I could sell the spare console and recoup what I invested. Now I have one SNES and 7 controllers:rofl:
Years back, about 10 years, found old consoles they were throwing at an old job, Megadrive + Snes
I used them for a very few time because of an ex girlfriend which made me throw away a lot of stuff and we finally broke in 2013, so a lot of regrets about this + the SNES was really one, which means the version you guys got in US, so, different from our Super Nintendo, version we got in EU

But like you I kept the pads so I'm happy because it means 2 EU pads and 2 US ones, ours are similar except for the colors

Here's a pic of the Mini, as we can see they seemed to use Super Mario World as inspiration for this

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Again, pic of mini versions but Japanese version looks great

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I remember when Apple and Nintendo were on translucent stuff lol

Used to have this one :

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Regrets

Classic GameBoy cartridges on Advance were unsightly as possible

Do you remember those times parents kept selling your old machines lol

If only they knew...

And made you throwing : I had that problem with N64 and SNES games' boxes
 
My mom tossed the cases for all my old Playstation games once... classics too like Suikoden 1 and 2, Final Fantasy 7-9, Chrono Cross, etc...

Anyway I was super pissed but I actually rebought every single game and still have them all complete to this day.
 
Man... Nintendo collectors are kinda crazy. I mean, I'm a collector myself, but the rare kind that only pays retail but hoards collectible stuff.

Anyway, I just checked to see what my extreme green n64 controller is going for on ebay. Complete with box starts at $425 and goes up to $600. I might just list this thing tomorrow!

Are they actually getting that much though? I find with eBay some of the OD priced stuff ends up sitting on there for years.

Nevertheless even $99 for a N64 controller is whack to me. :smh: :smh: :smh:
 
I dunno, but I'm sure if I undercut the lowest price, which is $425... I'll sell it before anyone else. Either way I don't need the $ so it can sit on there for as long as it needs.
 
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