August 2015 - What summer is finally perhaps coming??? Let's get stuff!

[Thom Grayson]

With regards to Superchops recent pickup...

I too, very coincidentally, just made a pickup including a white GBA and a bundle of games. Should be getting it in the next few days.

One of the games is even the same!

[Lashek]

Picked these up over the last few months, but I've not been posting here. Been focusing on myself with a little bit of collecting mixed in.

The first picture was local pickups from Goodwill.

Second picture I found at one of the big Goodwill's while some friends were visiting (I dragged them along and they also got some things)

Third picture are some games a friend brought to me in exchange for my old nVidia Geforce 570 GTX graphics card and some RAM (unexpected, as I gave them card and RAM free).

Not Pictured: A spare slim PlayStation 2 that a buddy of mine at work brought in and gave me.

[wiggy]

My Craigslist pickup and impulse buy from ebay.

The gameboy advance sp and finding nemo were an ebay purchase that I semi regret.  It was pretty beat up, has no charger and was bedazzled but I had bought it just because I assumed it was backlit and just wanted the screen anyway.  Unfortunately this wasn't one of them so it was a little lesson in making sure I do my research before making a purchase lol.  However, I don't have an sp in my collection so I just decided to buy a new shell and plug and just make the best of it.

The rest of the stuff was from a local guy on craigslist.  (story in the craigslist thread).  The white gba works flawlessly and is in really good shape.  The glacier one not so much.  It's pretty beat up and is missing the battery cover.  It also doesn't seem to read any game I put in.  I haven't taken it apart yet to clean it up but will do so when the new shell for that one arrives.  I'm hoping for the best but I knew the risks going into the purchase lol

The GBA is a pretty damned robust system. Of all of nintendo's non-DS systems, it is by far the toughest IMO. I think I have about 10-15 or so that couldn't be saved for one reason or another out of the hundreds that we modified over the last couple of years.  I'm willing to bet that a little love can get t working.

What are the issues you're experiencing?  I can help you diagnose and fix it if you'd like. I've repaired more than I'd like to count and there are only a few typical issues that they have which are very easily resolved with a couple of little tricks

[Superchop]

The GBA is a pretty damned robust system. Of all of nintendo's non-DS systems, it is by far the toughest IMO. I think I have about 10-15 or so that couldn't be saved for one reason or another out of the hundreds that we modified over the last couple of years.  I'm willing to bet that a little love can get t working.

What are the issues you're experiencing?  I can help you diagnose and fix it if you'd like. I've repaired more than I'd like to count and there are only a few typical issues that they have which are very easily resolved with a couple of little tricks

Besides not being backlit ; p The system seems to power up fine but just stays stuck on the boot up screen.  No matter what game I try none of them play.  The gameboy text comes up fine, sound is fine but then that's it.

[monjici]

The GBA is a pretty damned robust system. Of all of nintendo's non-DS systems, it is by far the toughest IMO. I think I have about 10-15 or so that couldn't be saved for one reason or another out of the hundreds that we modified over the last couple of years.  I'm willing to bet that a little love can get t working.

What are the issues you're experiencing?  I can help you diagnose and fix it if you'd like. I've repaired more than I'd like to count and there are only a few typical issues that they have which are very easily resolved with a couple of little tricks

Besides not being backlit ; p The system seems to power up fine but just stays stuck on the boot up screen.  No matter what game I try none of them play.  The gameboy text comes up fine, sound is fine but then that's it.

That happened to me once and it was caused by filthy contacts. Hopefully I had a game boy cleaning kit. Worked like a charm

[Mick Dundee]

try using an old credit card/id/gift card and some very thin cloth with a few dabs of alcohol if you cant get or don't have a cleaning kit.

[wiggy]

The GBA is a pretty damned robust system. Of all of nintendo's non-DS systems, it is by far the toughest IMO. I think I have about 10-15 or so that couldn't be saved for one reason or another out of the hundreds that we modified over the last couple of years.  I'm willing to bet that a little love can get t working.

What are the issues you're experiencing?  I can help you diagnose and fix it if you'd like. I've repaired more than I'd like to count and there are only a few typical issues that they have which are very easily resolved with a couple of little tricks

Besides not being backlit ; p The system seems to power up fine but just stays stuck on the boot up screen.  No matter what game I try none of them play.  The gameboy text comes up fine, sound is fine but then that's it.

That happened to me once and it was caused by filthy contacts. Hopefully I had a game boy cleaning kit. Worked like a charm

^^^ This.


Been a while since I posted any pickups. They've all conveniently been sitting in a pile in my basement, so I gathered them up and took a pic before finally finding homes for all of them.



PS3:
Fallout 3 (FREE)
Marvel Super Hero Squad (FREE)
Devil May Cry 4 & Dead Rising 2 (double pack, new $17)

360:
4x Rockstar Revolution (.50 each, new, just wanted the cases)

WiiU:
Ducktales Remastered (gift)
Captain Toad (gift)
Assassin's Creed 3 ($7.99 new)

PS2:
Tokyo Extreme Racer Drift (FREE)

SNES:
Treasure of the Rudras (got the box and manual free, made the game myself)
Star Ocean (gift)
Hyper Metroid (made myself)
Metroid Eris (made myself)
Yoshi's Island + (we randomly found this at the shop a few months back. I think someone cancelled an order before it shipped at one point and we never re-listed it. Mine now )

NES:
Final Fantasy 7 (2 variants, traded with a new found fellow repro maker)
Megaman Collection (trade with same fellow)

Famicom:
Devil World, Kid Dracula, & Gargoyle's Quest 2 (traded at CCAG for product)

3DS:
Skylanders Giants - Portal Owners Pack (new, $4.99)

Genesis:
TMNT: Hyperstone Heist, Splatterhouse 2 & 3 (traded at CCAG for product)
Megaman Wily Wars, Golden Axe 3, Monster World 4 (test carts that I made for RCG. Thought we might give Genny repros a try...)

Saturn:
NHL 97 (FREE)
NBA Live 98 (2 copies, FREE)

Hardware:
Mario, Yoshi, Luigi, and Princess Peach Wiimotes
DS lite (Metallic Rose, CIB $7)
DS lite (Black, CIB $11)
DS lite (Navy Blue, CIB $11)
2DS (transparent red & blue, one CIB, one NIB. Can't recall if I posted these both before or not)
DSi XL (yellow, CIB)
DSi XL (natural white, CIB)
DSi (black, lime green, green, metallic blue, matte blue, light blue white, and pink all CIB. Orange, red loose. Full set of non-limited edition colors)
PSP (radiant red, CIB, $39)
PSP (vibrant blue, CIB, $36)
RCG Super Famicom and SNES GBAs (these were the prototypes and they've just been sitting on my desk for about a year. Figured I'd give em a home )
NES Blinking Light Fix (totally worth it for anyone who's still wondering)

And a random E3 lunchbox with some goodies in it from a friend.

[PinBiohazard]

The GBA is a pretty damned robust system. Of all of nintendo's non-DS systems, it is by far the toughest IMO. I think I have about 10-15 or so that couldn't be saved for one reason or another out of the hundreds that we modified over the last couple of years.  I'm willing to bet that a little love can get t working.

What are the issues you're experiencing?  I can help you diagnose and fix it if you'd like. I've repaired more than I'd like to count and there are only a few typical issues that they have which are very easily resolved with a couple of little tricks

Besides not being backlit ; p The system seems to power up fine but just stays stuck on the boot up screen.  No matter what game I try none of them play.  The gameboy text comes up fine, sound is fine but then that's it.

That happened to me once and it was caused by filthy contacts. Hopefully I had a game boy cleaning kit. Worked like a charm

^^^ This.


Been a while since I posted any pickups. They've all conveniently been sitting in a pile in my basement, so I gathered them up and took a pic before finally finding homes for all of them.



PS3:
Fallout 3 (FREE)
Marvel Super Hero Squad (FREE)
Devil May Cry 4 & Dead Rising 2 (double pack, new $17)

360:
4x Rockstar Revolution (.50 each, new, just wanted the cases)

WiiU:
Ducktales Remastered (gift)
Captain Toad (gift)
Assassin's Creed 3 ($7.99 new)

PS2:
Tokyo Extreme Racer Drift (FREE)

SNES:
Treasure of the Rudras (got the box and manual free, made the game myself)
Star Ocean (gift)
Hyper Metroid (made myself)
Metroid Eris (made myself)
Yoshi's Island + (we randomly found this at the shop a few months back. I think someone cancelled an order before it shipped at one point and we never re-listed it. Mine now )

NES:
Final Fantasy 7 (2 variants, traded with a new found fellow repro maker)
Megaman Collection (trade with same fellow)

Famicom:
Devil World, Kid Dracula, & Gargoyle's Quest 2 (traded at CCAG for product)

3DS:
Skylanders Giants - Portal Owners Pack (new, $4.99)

Genesis:
TMNT: Hyperstone Heist, Splatterhouse 2 & 3 (traded at CCAG for product)
Megaman Wily Wars, Golden Axe 3, Monster World 4 (test carts that I made for RCG. Thought we might give Genny repros a try...)

Saturn:
NHL 97 (FREE)
NBA Live 98 (2 copies, FREE)

Hardware:
Mario, Yoshi, Luigi, and Princess Peach Wiimotes
DS lite (Metallic Rose, CIB $7)
DS lite (Black, CIB $11)
DS lite (Navy Blue, CIB $11)
2DS (transparent red & blue, one CIB, one NIB. Can't recall if I posted these both before or not)
DSi XL (yellow, CIB)
DSi XL (natural white, CIB)
DSi (black, lime green, green, metallic blue, matte blue, light blue white, and pink all CIB. Orange, red loose. Full set of non-limited edition colors)
PSP (radiant red, CIB, $39)
PSP (vibrant blue, CIB, $36)
RCG Super Famicom and SNES GBAs (these were the prototypes and they've just been sitting on my desk for about a year. Figured I'd give em a home )
NES Blinking Light Fix (totally worth it for anyone who's still wondering)

And a random E3 lunchbox with some goodies in it from a friend.

Wiggly, getting them good deals :3

[TDIRunner]

My in-laws went to Alaska for a trip and they brought this back for me.  Not bad.   





Also, I finally found one of these.  I had a chance to pick one up years ago for cheap and I passed, which I now regret.  But I finally found one for a descent price.

[Thom Grayson]

 
I want one of those. Didn't know it existed until just now, but now that I've seen it...

[TDIRunner]

I want one of those. Didn't know it existed until just now, but now that I've seen it...

This existed before the Dual Analog / Dual Shock controller existed.  In fact, the original Dual Analog controller had an option to mimic this controller if you set the analog setting to green.  Only certain games are compatible with this, but there are many good quality games.  A list can be found on Wikipedia. 

[wiggy]

I bought mine new alongside Ace Combat 2. Good times

[TDIRunner]

I bought mine new alongside Ace Combat 2. Good times

That's the first game I poped in to test it.  Good times indeed.  

This isn't my first time using one.  I had one a long time ago while playing Ace Combat 2, but I never owned it.  I don't remember how I got my hands on it, but I've always wanted one since then.  There are a few games on the compatability lst that sort of surprised.  MDK being one of them.  I'm not sure that MDK will be more enjoyable with this controller, but it's worth a shot.

[Raignis]

GameStop was having a sale so, I order from them for the first time. Turned out to be an adventure.




The Skylanders are for my son and one of them is SwapForce. Well, GameStop sent the top half of the one that I ordered and the bottom half of another one. My son noticed it immediately and we took it to a local store who switched it out for the correct one. Ah well

Then I picked these up at a local retro store. My wife's old Nostromo is finally kicking the bucket after twelve years.

[FritzWhite]

Got this earlier today, but I'm not sure it matters anyway because the downloading has stopped progressing past 52% so it might not finish until midnight.