Topic: Your latest retro purchase

That's the plan!

I got a couple of NES games with some fantastic soundtracks! What is the best way to remove pen ink from cartridges? Somebody wrote a number on my copy of Dragon Fighter and I want to remove it (under the quality seal as seen in the pic).


Best Batman video game ever?

@Ryno: Well I dont know about best Batman game ever lol, My pick would either go to Batman Returns on SNES or The Adventurs of Batman and Robin on SNES. Yeah the Arkham Series is great and I enjoy it alot but like the movie series Batman games seem to fall in into two categories for me, that would be the Retro Batman games and Current Batman games. So the Arkham games would be the best current gen Batman games and the other two I mentioned would go under best retro Batman game. Dang now I want to go play me some The Adventures of Batman and Robin.

Anyway I am pulling a @Waveboy and going off subject . Totally awesome purchases man. I never even heard of Dragon Fighter and sorry I dont know how to remove pen ink from a cartridge and Batman ugh I didn't enjoy it too much as a kid but thats cause I also got to the third level and couldn't get past it cause I would always lose my lives. One of these days I am going to have to try that one again.

Well, my package arrived sooner than expected, so as promised here is the delicious score.
BEHOLD!


Complete. In. Box.
Everything included — all manuals, the 1986 games catalog and games poster, even the original warranty card!
It's the original 3000 model (built-in Snail Maze FTW) and the Canadian version as distributed in Canada by Irwin Toy — which means that the text on the box and all the manuals is in both English and French. Zut Alors!

Also included with the purchase system were some additional games, all of them also CIB:

Afterburner, Lord of the Sword, King's Quest, Shinobi.
King's Quest and Lord of the Sword were purchases from a rental store, hence the big "SEGA" stickers on the front of the boxes. Haven't decided if I'm going to remove them or not yet.

I am so psyched to finally get a Master System, which I've been wanting for some time now. And when I saw this one was available and included King's Quest (the original Sierra PC game is one of my all-time favorite games), I just had to buy it immediately.

@the_shpydar: OMG that is definitely a candidate to retro purchase of the year . How much did that run you just out of curiosity?

@Tasuki
Only $99, with free shipping (from Canada!). Considering that boxed copies of King's Quest alone can go for $35 - $50 ... well, once I saw the price for this set, I didn't even hesitate to pounce.

Wow! Yeah for that price it would have been stupid not to pounce on it, I sure as hell would have. Man seeing that makes me want to buy some retro gaming piece lol. But for now everything is packed up waiting for me to move. Once I move I think I might start on my Dreamcast collection.

@the_shpydar

@Ryno. That is indeed quite the purchase. Shame it's a cut box.
My Dragon Fighter is Famicom loose because the NES went from a bit pricey to INSANE (though I'm sure mine has caught up since then).

q-tips and 91% alcohol son ,rub lightly, dip the q-tips in water after the alcohol.
repeat process.

Best thing to remove sticker reside?
The games I got from the last seller had some stickers added.

(as for marker, I'm tempted to leave my copy of Castelian alone, with reminders on at least three sides that it's "Carolyn"'s copy
And I don't think that's a valuable game anyways... at least outside Japan.)

Heat the sticker up with a hair dryer, then peel it off. Or wet a paper towel with some olive oil or cooking spray, then rub it on the sticker. It will dissolve/loosen the adhesive and then you can scrape it off.

@Tasuki: I got to say, I didn't think * Batman Returns* for SNES is all that great. And this is come from a big brawler fan. I never played The Adventurs of Batman and Robin, I may have to look into that sometime. The Arkham games were OK I thought though I can admit they are well made, but I just think overall I'm just not into the slower paced games anymore.

@the_shpydar: Nice purchase indeed. The graph paper packaging is such a classic touch!

@KingMike: Yeah, it sucks the box is cut but I got the cart, manual, and the cut box for only a few dollars more then what the cart only is going for. That game is only increasing in value and copies are few and far between so I went for it. I used Goo Gone to remove 2 rental stickers, the ones that leave "VOID" if you peal the top part off of, from the cart so I'm left with the number written in pen. I will try @ogo79's suggestion, not only is he a sex gamer and fine piece of eye candy, he actually has quite the brains too!

yer the first person who has ever called me...smart! finally someone sees my inner beauty as well, not just as a hunk of meat.
you really do love me

Wish me luck in morning fellas. I heard there is a dude having a garage sale tomorrow with lots of nes and Genesis games plus a complete nes action set.

@RancidVomit86: Good luck man don't buy anything I would

@WaveBoy
You're playing your friend's video games while he's doing his chores? Be a pal and help him out!

Now it's hard to imagine Wario once brought me to tears in Mario's castle in Super Mario Land 2.

• Purchased a SNES in mint condition yesterday (no signs of yellowing whatsoever).
• Boxed and complete Legend of Zelda: A Link to the past
• Boxed and complete Bahamut Lagoon (Japanese)
• Boxed and complete Yoshi's Story (Japanese)
• Two different universal adapters for Super Famicon

And the Throne of my collection Kunio-kun no Dodge Ball Zenin Shuugou Tournament (special gold edition), these were limited edition from competitions in Japan back in the 90s. Cost me a good $999 on ebay. But was worth it.

I'm on vacation in France! Picked up a European NES at a Flea Market In Strasbourg for €45 with 2 Controllers, a Zapper, and Mario Bros + Duck Hunt. In working order, just need to replace the Video cable since it's only putting out black and white. It's a bit more than I wanted to pay for it, but I'm happy.

good choice