davyK wrote:

I forgot about those sleeves NES carts came in. Was that first party thing only? Can't remember now.

All games had them, first party have Nintendo written on them in red. Third party are plain black.

regmcfly wrote:

No joy, but found this which seems to be worth at least £100 so that's something.

Neat. The TV show was rubbish, but still better than the Ewok films. Kids these days think the worst thing about Star Wars is Episode I/Jar Jar, but they ain't seen shit.

Theres a bit in the holiday special where grandpa wookie puts on his porn vr helmet to watch some star wars space porn in his big chair for porn and it's the funniest thing I've ever seen

And there's a guy who gets lit by pouring his pint into a hole on the top of his head

regmcfly wrote:

I seriously did not make that up

He seriously didn't.

I've seen the special and at least one of the Ewok films, back in the days of VHS rental, and even my infantile brain knew they were turbo gash.

Going back to a previous topic, 16 bit consoles and Tetris games, the latest issue of Retro Gamer mentions what I think is definitely a contender for the most expensive retro title crown. A company I forget the name of started selling Tetris for the Mega Drive, only to fall foul of the lawyers, when it was pointed out to them that their license didn't cover Japan. The game was hastily recalled, but a handful (fewer than 10) made it into the wild. The last time a copy came up on eBay the seller had a buy it now price of US$1,000,000.

Yeah, it was decades before Pajitnov saw any money from his creation. In Soviet Russia, etc.

I know we all love the Dreamcast in here, this guy has made me reasonably jealous:

http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=43479

One to add to your console curio list Swirl The Dreamcast Control Unit. Never heard of one before but basically one that was made for internet cafés.

Blue Swirl wrote:

I've seen the special and at least one of the Ewok films, back in the days of VHS rental, and even my infantile brain knew they were turbo gash. Going back to a previous topic, 16 bit consoles and Tetris games, the latest issue of Retro Gamer mentions what I think is definitely a contender for the most expensive retro title crown. A company I forget the name of started selling Tetris for the Mega Drive, only to fall foul of the lawyers, when it was pointed out to them that their license didn't cover Japan. The game was hastily recalled, but a handful (fewer than 10) made it into the wild. The last time a copy came up on eBay the seller had a buy it now price of US$1,000,000.

That copy might have had Pajitniov's autograph on it.

davyK wrote:

Has a boxed official versus link cable. Nice.

New nerdiest thing I've read on this forum.

retroking1981 wrote:

Yeah I think a modded SNES mini is the way to go, both financially and for modern conveinience.

And today B arrived home with a modded nes mini. It's an early birthday present for me and a late present for him. Have a couple of nes, snes and gba on there. A lot of fun so far, need to order 2 extra snes controllers though, for street fighter. Guess the 8bitdo ones will be the best options?

Do you happen to remember which ones they were?

At first B was convinced we needed wireless, so we bought a cheap one at Target, with the idea of returning it when we found a better option. That one has a terrible d-pad (you should have seen him getting angry while playing Mario 3), but also kept losing the connection.
So now we need wired ones, but so many of them look cheap and fake.

If anyone has experience with the wireless 8bitdo for the classic, would be nice to hear your opinion about them.

As long as the input lag isn't too bad. According to B the controller that came with the NES classic is slower than the original, and that's why he was so bad at Mario 3. He ordered two of them anyway, now he figured out how easy it is to return things here (most companies don't care about the state of boxes etc) he's gone on a spending spree.

I'm just enjoying Kirby's Adventure.

So here's some updated pics of the collection. Sorry for the glare, but I've got those hardback plastic cases on them all to protect the boxes now.





Since my last pictures in has been:

Chrono Trigger
Super GnG
DKC
DKC2 
DKC3
Sunset Riders 
R-Type III
Mega Man X
Mega Man X2
Gradius III
Super Mario RPG
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Legend of the Mystical Ninja

Out has gone (with reasoning):

Flashback - will get on Switch
Out of the World - will get on Switch
WWF Royal Rumble - bit redundant
WWF Super Wrestlemania - cack
Desert Strike  - better on Mega Drive
Jungle Strike  - better on Mega Drive
Urban Strike - better on Mega Drive
PGA Tour Golf - bit redundant
NHLPA 93 - I prefer 94
Madden 95 - bit redundant
Krustys Super Fun House - cack
Barts Nightmare - cack
Virtual Bart - cack
Itchy & Scratchy - cack
Tiny Toons Buster Bursts Loose - bit meh
Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse - bit meh
DOOM - hard one to sell but ultimately redundant
Wolfenstein 3D - hard one to sell but ultimately redundant
Revolution X - cack
Rock N Roll Racing - bit meh

Got rid of some good games there but I only want to keep what is a true SNES classic and games that don't have superior elsewhere. The glaring games still in my collection that go against that are the Street Fighters, but for some reason it just feels wrong to get rid of those despite recently getting the 30th Anniversary Collection. And yes I know Final Fight is a poor conversion but I want to keep 2 and 3 so 1 stays. 

I'm still after...

Zombies
Actraiser
Mega Man X3
Wild Guns
Space Megaforce
Ninja Garden Trilogy
Super Double Dragon
Sparkster
Pocky and Rocky 2
Pocky and Rocky
Lost Vikings
Earthbound
SOS

... but most of those are super expensive.

Are there any other recommendations? 

Should I sell the Street Fighters?

I'm pretty much full on emulation now apart from my SNES, I've told so much over the last few years.

Atm the SNES is definitely staying!