Yeah. I put in a reasonable best offer on it considering the condition and didn't even get a response. Not sure why they even bothered posting it with the best offer option. Either way, I don't have the game but I'll probably just find it locally if nobody's willing to make a deal in the world of eBay. I've got plenty to play until I find it.
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Sega Genesis/MegaDrive Appreciation Thread: Alien Storm > Golden Axe
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Yeah. I put in a reasonable best offer on it considering the condition and didn't even get a response. Not sure why they even bothered posting it with the best offer option. Either way, I don't have the game but I'll probably just find it locally if nobody's willing to make a deal in the world of eBay. I've got plenty to play until I find it.
You're fine! You'd have to actively try to rust carts enough to turn them into duds. Even with rust I've cleaned "dead" carts back to life. An yeah, brown can just be the color where the pins meet the rest of the circuit board.
Shadow Hog
Member
Rubbing alcohol would be better, since AFAIK it doesn't rust the contacts like water almost certainly would.
Gunstarheroes
Member
Get hyped. I was really pumped that a nice dude around my area sold me a copy of Shining Force 1 and Phantasy Star IV complete, with very minimal damage to the box for PSIV, for 75 bucks flat. I just had to drive 15 minutes, totally worth it for one of the best games on the system.
Now, its been a while since i got my itch, but i live near a city in NY called Rochester, which has about 7 locally owned game shops called Game Craze, and they do all systems. I spend around 100 dollars, but here is my haul.
From left to right, top to bottom, it's: Fighting Masters, Pocohontas, Outrun 2019, Battle Squadron
Mansion of Hidden Souls (Sega CD), Red Zone, Mazin Saga Mutant Fighter, Crack Down, Ultimate Qix, Bonkers, Power Rangers: The Movie
Battletech, Marble Madness, Fatal Labyrinth, Gadget Twins, Math Blasters, Phantom 2049, Art of Fighting
Thunder Force 2, Cyberball, Virtual Pinball, Street Smart, World Of Illusion, and The Humans
Besides Art of Fighting and Cyberball, everything is CIB and in great condition. Cyberball and Art Of Fighting are CIB, but the manuals are pretty rough (Art Of Fighting's box is pretty rough too)
baxter2231
Member
i have a genesis 3 but it keeps freezing on me. I think the problem has to do with the cartridge slot. If i touch the game slightly, or console moves a bit it will immediately freeze. Even if im not touching it or moving it with the controller cable its so sensitive it just freezes randomly. Has anyone have or know what this issue is or how to fix it? Could it just be its dirty in there and when it moves it disconnects, looks pretty clean as is? Was thinking of taking it apart and looking at it to see if there were any obvious things i could see wrong with it.
ok i looked up some stuff and cleaned the pins and its now working and i can jiggle to cartridge and move the system and its working fine. All it needed was to be cleaned ! I had 2 others that were "broken" a fat which i think had to do something with the start button which i see there are fixes for. Also a 2 which i forget what its problem was, probably just needed a cleaning too. Hopefully it stays this way when its completely dry.
ok i looked up some stuff and cleaned the pins and its now working and i can jiggle to cartridge and move the system and its working fine. All it needed was to be cleaned ! I had 2 others that were "broken" a fat which i think had to do something with the start button which i see there are fixes for. Also a 2 which i forget what its problem was, probably just needed a cleaning too. Hopefully it stays this way when its completely dry.
IrishNinja
Member
^helluva haul for $100, gunstar!
the one upside to ebay boning sellers these days (and this is also why im now comfortable buying out of state over craigslist to) is that as a buyer, you have all the power; you can reverse a charge & send shit back if its not to your liking, and the seller kinda has to deal. if i pay a premium and something wasn't properly disclosed? i wouldn't hesitate...now see this $20 blue game gear, this dude failed to mention the angles of visibility on it, but then it was $20 shipped with a few games so i kinda knew what i was in for, heh
the one upside to ebay boning sellers these days (and this is also why im now comfortable buying out of state over craigslist to) is that as a buyer, you have all the power; you can reverse a charge & send shit back if its not to your liking, and the seller kinda has to deal. if i pay a premium and something wasn't properly disclosed? i wouldn't hesitate...now see this $20 blue game gear, this dude failed to mention the angles of visibility on it, but then it was $20 shipped with a few games so i kinda knew what i was in for, heh
Chiaroscuro
Member
It is even worse when the seller setup ebay automatic responses for the offers and appears to accept nothing more than a $ 0.50 discount... Why botter? Ebay limits your offers to three to each item, and sometimes I reach the limit with reasonable offers.
IrishNinja
Member
oh man those dudes are such a waste of time, i hate that. what's even dumber is wasting 3 attempts at someone who clearly doesn't want any offer below selling cost, and like 10 minuets later 3 emails from ebay reminding me i was rejected
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
Beast Wrestler came in today think im going to pick up all of Renovations games
IrishNinja
Member
haha...i love renovation, never even heard of that one! please post impressions when you get around to it man
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
its a cool concept for a game just really really clunky
IrishNinja
Member
aw shit son, it's like King of the Monsters, i loved that shit
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
just used amazon lets hope i dont get burned bought gain ground for $29 and master of monsters for $69 this is the one i hope i dont get burned on all they say is "very good" under the condition but the description just says comes complete with box and manual lets hope when it comes it dosnt look like its been through a fire then shot out of a cannon into a wall
sixteen-bit
Member
LMAO. In my experience Amazon's "Very Good" is subjective. It runs the gamut from practically new to awful.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
god i hate using these sites so god damn much ugh man i know its going to come and its going to just be a box full of live bees
Any Genesis game I bought since launch back in the day had its tag bent and removed cleanly before I even booted up the cart. As you said, they would look ridiculous on a shelf and not functional for stacking either.
I need to dig out my games sometime and take some pics. Loved my Genesis. Including the $20 copy of MUSHA I bought at EB over 20+ years ago...my favorite shooter of all time.
The only games that aren't CIB are ones I grabbed at Funcoland in the late 90's on the cheap for my Nomad.
Shadow Hog
Member
Alt:
"You can do this one in every 30 times and still have 97% positive feedback."
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
lol
I hope my PSIV is actually in very good conditions... 2hours until i get home to check it!
IrishNinja
Member
^doesnt amazon say very good = box but maybe no manual or something? if a seller puts it in the wrong bracket, i'd return it. it's troublesome, but at least you have an out!
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
really good condition
sixteen-bit
Member
If you've got a Playstation 2 capable of playing Japanese games, I'd recommend Phantasy Star Complete Collection. It has 1-4 (with English translations) + Gaiden (untranslated).
IrishNinja
Member
god, i wanna get like half that Sega AGES line too, one day
Chiaroscuro
Member
2x, but for Saturn.
sixteen-bit
Member
Saturn Ages Outrun is the truth. I want to pick up Space Harrier next.
I got ya beat man. I paid $9.95 for my MUSHA 20 years ago.Any Genesis game I bought since launch back in the day had its tag bent and removed cleanly before I even booted up the cart. As you said, they would look ridiculous on a shelf and not functional for stacking either.
I need to dig out my games sometime and take some pics. Loved my Genesis. Including the $20 copy of MUSHA I bought at EB over 20+ years ago...my favorite shooter of all time.
The only games that aren't CIB are ones I grabbed at Funcoland in the late 90's on the cheap for my Nomad.
I am a fan of the tags. It's part of the box! I don't tear them off. You just bend them forward for stacking on top. That's how they came boxed when we got them new at EB back then.
The only Sony or Microsoft i own is PSP!
I always went SEGA and Nintendo for consoles, don't really know why!
Is Phantasy Star Gaiden the Gamegear version of PS1 or its a completely different game?
NinjaCatfish
Member
I might just be able to join you in appreciating old Sega stuff. A friend's uncle has decided to offload allof his old gamey stuff he's had lying around the house forever, and offered for me to come around and have a look and make an offer.
I've been to his house in the past, and specifically remember there being at least a Mega Drive and Sega CD, plus I assume an assortment of games.
I've been to his house in the past, and specifically remember there being at least a Mega Drive and Sega CD, plus I assume an assortment of games.
sixteen-bit
Member
Good luck, hope you find some good ones.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
gain ground showed up
IrishNinja
Member
Rygar is tearing through the Renovation catalog and i'm mad jealous!
also, Ninja Catfish, please update with what you find - i love stories like that man. i hit up my buddies on the block growing up for genesis games; one sold his, the other can't find them yet but gave me MMX2 & a few dozen SNES games, basement/attic treasures are just the best...especially when they're the copies you grew up playing!
also, Ninja Catfish, please update with what you find - i love stories like that man. i hit up my buddies on the block growing up for genesis games; one sold his, the other can't find them yet but gave me MMX2 & a few dozen SNES games, basement/attic treasures are just the best...especially when they're the copies you grew up playing!
NinjaCatfish
Member
Success! Went over to the guy's place, and had a few hours of nostalgic Sega fun while we tested out all the carts and such.
$100 got me this!
Road Avenger also has Cobra Commander in the case, with the title on the other side of the case. Most of the carts work, found a couple that wouldn't start, but I'm sure after a little bit of cleaning I can revive them.
So yeah, quite happy with the find
$100 got me this!
Road Avenger also has Cobra Commander in the case, with the title on the other side of the case. Most of the carts work, found a couple that wouldn't start, but I'm sure after a little bit of cleaning I can revive them.
So yeah, quite happy with the find
IrishNinja
Member
you sonofabitch
it cost me easily 2x as much to replace 80% of that, haha...a model 1 with a buncha classics, congrats man!
it cost me easily 2x as much to replace 80% of that, haha...a model 1 with a buncha classics, congrats man!
not to encourage piracy but when you weep @ snatcher prices, bear in mind Sega-CD comes from that era where CD-R's aren't blocked...the more you know!
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
damn nice pick up
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
You should be pitying him instead, imo. All I can think when I look at that photo is "50hz
".
IrishNinja
Member
...man i always forget about 50hz, you got a point though...
on the upside? everytime i get slowdown in an genesis SHMUP i like to think "devs wanted a mercy hookup here!" so uh they just get more of that, all over
on the upside? everytime i get slowdown in an genesis SHMUP i like to think "devs wanted a mercy hookup here!" so uh they just get more of that, all over
NinjaCatfish
Member
Testing out Sonic 1 was super noticeable. The music was just sooooo slooooow. I hear you can reasonably easily mod the console to speed it up though, so I might possibly look into that.
Sonic 2 and Knuckles seemed to play more or less how I remember them from playing 60Hz versions, I guess they must be 'optimised'.
Sonic 2 and Knuckles seemed to play more or less how I remember them from playing 60Hz versions, I guess they must be 'optimised'.
sixteen-bit
Member
I must remember Alien Soldier better than you because it definitely wasn't an STG
Canadian Psycho
Banned
Lol, right. Maybe he means Final Soldier/Star Soldier/Soldier Blade? If so, it's not even the same console, lol.
How would you describe it then? side scrolling shooter? it does'nt have to be exactly like r-types to be a schmup.
Canadian Psycho
Banned
Fair enough, but it's more of a run and gun.
sixteen-bit
Member
Alien Soldier is an action game. Contra or Metal Slug aren't STGs either. They're Run 'n Guns or Action Platformers/Action Shooters.
Also, there is no c in shmup lol (it's a portmanteau of shoot-em-up)