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Post by playgeneration on May 11, 2010 22:23:18 GMT
Wow you did well there, and it goes to show how cheap we still have it with sms collecting.
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Post by playgeneration on May 8, 2010 23:50:12 GMT
I very much doubt it was a general retail box, as the SMSII was sold in the same two boxes regardless of the bundle. The last editon was the Jungle Book one - a slip cover over the usual Sonic built in SMSII. And the Megadrive was sold in its own unique box all the way to the end.
As for Sega not repairing consoles sent by owners or shops, I'm sure that did happen. While the SMS is a simple design, there would still have been manufacturing faults which created dodgy consoles. It wouldn't have been common - and then neither are these blue boxes. I returned my original new SMSII back to the shop as it didn't work - that was a dissapointing xmas day!
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Post by playgeneration on May 8, 2010 13:37:41 GMT
Thats a very nice price indeed! I'm sure it would have gone for a good lot more if some other sms collectors had seen the auction too.
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Post by playgeneration on May 8, 2010 13:30:46 GMT
Welcome, and the sms is a great choice of system for discovering more about 8bit gaming, as there are plenty of classic games.
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Post by playgeneration on May 8, 2010 13:28:34 GMT
I think this has come up before, and someone said that a repaired/refurbished console from Sega would come in such a box.
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Post by playgeneration on May 8, 2010 10:30:32 GMT
Thats very cool, I'd never seen or heard of it previously either. What countries ebay was it on? I didn't spot the auction on ebay.co.uk
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Post by playgeneration on May 7, 2010 21:28:20 GMT
I bet Ghosts and Goblins will fetch the most, guess something like £20-£30 as it looks proper mint.
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Post by playgeneration on Apr 30, 2010 8:07:31 GMT
Its up to you to decide really, its your collection so don't go by what a few other people on the internet say you should have to make a 'full set'. And actually a complete set of every US released game wouldn't end at 114 anyway, as theres the blue stickered re-releases, minor variations etc.
As far as I am concerned, the barcode stickers are of little importance. The games are exact same European releases, and a barcode sticker to me is of no more value than a shop price sticker.
If someone peeled off the sticker on their US copy of a game (as I imagine quite a lot of people would have done), it suddenly becomes a Euro game and not a US one, its quite silly.
The people that say the barcode stickers are essential generally either already have them, or are only buying the US games and wont even consider buying any Euro games - which is a shame for them really as there are many excellent sms games not released in the US.
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Post by playgeneration on Apr 23, 2010 21:34:36 GMT
It depends on the circumstances I suppose. If the postage you paid really was a clearly low amount, and you got the item for a good price anyway, then perhaps its worth paying. The seller may not be used to selling outside of Germany (as many don't), and misjudged the price. It would be understandable that they wouldn't want to lose money because someone from outside Germany bought it.
I would be inclined to pay it myself (if the item in question is worth having), and as long as the postage on the parcel matched what was paid, then thats OK. If the actual postage is lower than what you pay, you should be able to claim it back from ebay/paypal with no problem.
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Hello
Apr 20, 2010 20:22:01 GMT
Post by playgeneration on Apr 20, 2010 20:22:01 GMT
So you've got your house, and what sounds like a big room for sms storage, is the collecting going to resume again?
And I'll be looking forward to those pics, always great to see your stuff. Think I need to get another bookcase in here somewhere, the sms collection is somewhat overflowing now...
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Post by playgeneration on Apr 20, 2010 17:40:30 GMT
Hey everyone. Just bought 3 NFR carts (choplifter, shooting gallery & world grand prix) I was wondering how one can be sure that it is genuine and not just a stripped cart with a sticker on? (No offence to the seller of course, I know he frequents this forum) I think these games can sometimes have different boards inside to retail ones, would be interesting to see a picture of them if you open the carts up. They look genuine enough to me from that pic though.
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Post by playgeneration on Apr 19, 2010 17:44:06 GMT
Thanks man, I'm happy to have smurfs2 again at last, I'll be keeping this one for sure!
I've got most of my US games in the UK actually, I doubt I would have started collecting them if I had to buy them all from the US and pay the extra for postage.
I bought Smurfs 2, Classic RVT and Sports Pad Footbal all from segafreak_NL on the assembler games forum.
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Post by playgeneration on Apr 19, 2010 16:31:10 GMT
My latest haul: US versions of Cloud Master, Great Golf, and the US exclusive Sports Pad Football take me up to 57 US games now. With the elusive Classic release of Robocop Vs Terminator now in my collection, I only have the Classic version of Master of Darkness left to aquire. Oh and I picked up some Smurfs game too, I think it might be one of the rarer sms games
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Post by playgeneration on Apr 13, 2010 11:59:23 GMT
There isn't any metal RF shielding in a SMS1, which is what dastari has by the sounds of it.
The shielding in a sms2 is screwed down with the board, once unscrewed the shielding and board come out as one piece. If you want to take the board out of the shielding there are little metal tabs which you need to fold back.
Buying cans of compressed air just seems exorbitant to me, dangers of static are exaggerated and I like to live dangerously!
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Post by playgeneration on Apr 12, 2010 21:42:38 GMT
The cartridge connector in a master system doesn't really get bent out of shape from use like in a NES console. The usual culprit for a game not starting is simply dirt or dust - on either the connector in the console, or on the connecting edge of the cartridge.
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