Topic: Your latest retro purchase

well, theres that, but i didnt get final doom

Yesterday I got a gamecube and it's gameboy player but I didn't get a disc so I'm looking here to see if anyone would be willing to give me their pal UK disc if so could you message me at [email protected]

...no, seriously dude, the Start Up Disc alone - no equipment included - seems to be worth over 30 GBP at the bare minimum. I highly doubt you'll find people who'll just give it to you...

Ahh well does anyone have who would be willing to trade for an eshop card?

That's Better - might want to post that in the Trade thread, too.

Thanks don't suppose you have a gameboy player disc or if you know someone who does?

I'm in Ye Olde America, so though I do have one (and know a store that has 3 of them...), they wouldn't be much help to you. I only know its worth from browsing a couple sites. It seems to be difficult to find in the UK in general. It definitely wouldn't hurt to ask around, then, though I would also recommend looking up to see if there are any retro game stores and/or pawn shops in your area, see if they got anything. (Probably better to call 'em up if you can) Mom & Pop stores especially would be good, since sometimes they'll be a bit more reasonably priced, at least in this case - I mean seriously, how many people would really be interested in having just the start-up disc? It'd be a tough sell, so maybe they'd lower the price so they can get something from it.

An american one might be useful to me any idea if it works with free loader?

dat ironic thread

What do you mean?

Yes, according to our own RadioShadow: https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/retro/uk_game_boy_player_w...

Bit complicated, though, but if you already have the Freeloader and a TV that's NTSC compatible (Basically, you're using it on a TV that's not really old), then it might be worth it if you don't mind needing to use the Freeloader every time you want to use the GB Player.

US people can't use UK eShop codes, though. Found that out the hard way. If you want a person from the US to give you a disk, you'll have to find something else to trade...not to mention shipping would be expensive...

Ahh might leave it then or use amazon.com do you know anywhere worth taking a look for them in the uk?

I knew of a few places, but none of them had it. I did, however, stumble upon an article that lists quite a few of them, which also include the locations: http://www.retrocollect.com/Articles/the-ultimate-retro-gamin...

Ahh so your saying I could check some of these stores out or is their a product search method?

It depends on the store. Some of them are online only, some of them are retail-only. Some do a bit of both I guess. I just figure it'd be a good starting point/handy list, since again, the GB Player is a bit hard to find, so it's not gonna be easy to get ahold of in General. If I were you, I'd look for the ones you can get to and call them up since online retailers tend to price things rather expensively - you still have a better chance of finding a reasonable price with a brick & morter store.

Ahh well cheers I'll let you know how the search is going later

Is the freeloader you have one of the ones you can use homebrew with ? If it is you can just get a dirt cheap usb gecko and load it from that.

Its just a disc that let's you play imported games

I thought it was a while back someone bought a copy of Mickey's Dangerous Chase for Game Boy.
I realized they never ported Rescue Rangers to the Game Boy, and I wonder if that game was similar enough for Capcom.
Can't otherwise explain why they'd port The Little Mermaid and even TaleSpin but not RR (which seemed like the most popular Capcom Disney NES game next to DuckTales).

And I don't know if I mentioned I realized that Brandish 2 Expert CIB I bought a little while back turned out to be a double (looks like I had a sunfaded copy already).

Found these for $1 each today. Bought them cause I can dig some big box PC games.