Topic: Your latest retro purchase

Holy crap, this was released on DVD?
Must.
Get.

Ginga Fukei Sapphire.
The PSP version (PC-Engine Best Legend of the Galactic Princess Collection), of course because I'm not insanely rich.
And Keroppi's Slashbomb for the Famicom. So I hear it was a Bomberman knock-off, so I don't care if it is Hello Kitty related.

Meant to post this sooner but the talk of old cartoons made me order one of my favs from childhood.

Of course I bought used cause new is kinda ridiculous.

Next I might move onto Danger Mouse.

@RancidVomit86: I remember watching Count Duckula on Nickelodeon at least I think it was Nick back in the late 80's when I went to visit my Grandma in Florida.

@CountWavula I ended paying $40 USD for a used copy. So not that outrageous but still more than high enough for a used set of DVD's.

got xexyz, bucky o hare, the lone ranger, batman, and pow for nes, and king of dragons and super scope 6 for snes for 12$.
the only ones im keeping is xexyz, bucky o hare, the lone ranger, and king of dragons. i got the other games to swap out the back parts of the cart.
just for bucky o hare and king of dragons at 12$ is a win.
in yo' face.

Your powers of sexiness have once again served you well in nabbing a sweet deal.

and i did it offline lol
i cleaned the ones up that needed it. good as new. whats funny is those 4 games im keeping used to be on my list and the odds of me finding them all at the same time was crazy.

I don't know if I've ever played P.O.W. beyond the first stage but that is definitely one of the better 8-bit tunes.
And the missing button perhaps forced SNK to improve it over the arcade (I mean, in that one, is it possible to hit anything without jump-kicking? )

I keep forgetting I should probably buy the Famicom version of Xexyz even though I got a CI NES copy years ago when probably nobody heard of it (not even me until someone told me the game wasn't a Japanese-exclusive).

With Dragon Quest V also being my favourite in the main series, I can see where you're coming from. I finally got off the first continent and I'm loving it so far, especially how much more difficult it is than most other DQ games.

I got two working Neo Geo Pocket Colors (Blue and Clear Green) and a defect unit. It also came with

• Sonic Pocket Adventure
• Pacman
• Neo Turf Masers
• Dragon's Wild

Not a bad package for $35 (approx), I'd definitely pay that amount for the games alone too.

that definitely wont fit my alcohol in that little ole' thing, that looks like a quick friday night.
do they make them in barrel size?

Mine is MAN SIZE... You can even go for a kill screen on it

Import Metal Max 2 Reloaded. Sadly importing 4 after it becomes old is not an option, thanks region-lock.
Captain Ed for Famicom. A very strange (LOL Sony) shmup.
Labyrinth for Famicom. Someone made a (somewhat) Gauntlet-like run and shoot game based on a Jim Henson movie. And, I presume, the final boss is David Bowie. How very 1980s! Unfortunately that "someone" is Activision and Tokuma, the people who brought us Ghostbusters. Better set the expectations low.

This favorite arrived today:

Meanwhile, my NES had been a little touchy loading games lately, so I opened it up — for the first time in its 25+ year life — and cleaned the pin connectors and cleared out the accumulated decades-old dust, so now it works like new once again. However, my NES Advantage is having some major issues, as now when I press the A button it registers as pushing the Start button. Gonna take it apart and see if I can figure out what the issue is.

What method did you use to clean your nes?

I've just bought Zelda game and watch and greenhouse with battery covers and clasps intact. Can't wait to sit down and play with them one thing I have noticed is the difference in prices. You guys seem to get some great deals but it's all pricey in Australia!!!

@rhyno601
Our resident expert on cleaning systems here is the almighty @ogo79 , but basically you can use q-tips and rubbing alcohol to clean the contacts, and maybe a can of compressed air to really blow out the ports and make sure there's no dust or hair in the ports. When I opened it up, I found that one of the reasons (probably the primary reason) my NES was acting iffy was because there was a long, ultra-thin, nearly invisible thread tucked into the cartridge port, which obviously was causing interference with the game contacts.

that wasnt no thread son!
but shpy is right. rubbing alcohol and compressed air will do a nice quick job

@CountWavula: Sorry Holmes, if you are paying double brick and mortar stores on Ebay, then you are using eBay wrong. Retro themed stores are overpriced if you ask this this guy.

Got this recently:

Any game that has a woody cabinet CRT TV on the back of the box I just have to get.

Pikachu GBC, to replace my dead one. RIP li'l guy.