Official Sega-16 Haul Thread. 4.0

[ELabit]

When I move to Tampa, can I visit? Haha

Hell yeah I have game parties all the time

[Joe Redifer]

Japanese SMS with US converter to play US games with FM

Where's the US converter?

[ELabit]

Where's the US converter?

forgot it in the pic but it looks like this unit. makes the games stick out but it's worth it for the FM

[Hidden_Darkness]

Japanese PlayStation 2 Slim Console (SCPH-90000CB)

Amazon Japan had a good deal on these earlier in the week, so now I have a spare just in case my Japanese PS2 Fat dies.

Loose Rainbow Islands for the Famicom

Rainbow Islands has all of a sudden become one of my favorite games of all time. This version is pretty good, but the Mega Drive version is still my favorite at the moment. I'm currently on the look out for the PCE CD version of the game. I hope it's worth the high price it goes for.

i'm just curious, how did you order off of amazon japan? i've been wanting to order a jp ps2 off of there for a while.

[JFLY]

I used a forwarding service called Tenso (http://www.tenso.com/en/). They give you a Japanese address (which is the same for every order you make) to use when checking out, and when the address gets the order, they ship it out to you EMS. Of course there's a service and shipping fee, but you're free to order anything online in Japan. I've been using them for about two years, and they haven't failed me yet.

[Ace]

The second game I ordered from Japan came in 2 days ago.



Akumajou Densetsu... hell yeah! It's a damn shame Nintendo had such stupid policies in North America, because I tell ya, the VRC6 is something else. Absolutely phenomenal sound; puts the simplistic PSG-only soundtrack of Castlevania III to shame.

It was quite pricey, though. This loose copy of Akumajou Densetsu cost me about $40 shipped. I've never spent that much money on a single loose game. I don't care, though, I'm enjoying this game a lot.

[Hidden_Darkness]

I used a forwarding service called Tenso (http://www.tenso.com/en/). They give you a Japanese address (which is the same for every order you make) to use when checking out, and when the address gets the order, they ship it out to you EMS t. Of course there's a service and shipping fee, but you're free to order anything online in Japan. I've been using them for about two years, and they haven't failed me yet.

thanks jfly, that really helps alot. I've never used a forwarding service to order from amazon japan so i'm glad to hear that one is reliable. how much did you pay for your slim ps2? I just looked on there and the black slims are about $174.

[David J.]

Intel 2500k
Corsair 550D
ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE

Starting work on a computer for a MAME cabinet....want to build it now and get the cabinet when I move. Would have waited on almost all accounts, however Microcenter had some great deals on processors and motherboards so I saved like $60 over newegg that I just had to do it. I have the SSD I want to use, PSU and Windows 7 on the way from Newegg as the PSU was much much cheaper..

[Hidden_Darkness]

I bought a few gba games today for prices too cheap to pass up and a rpg for wii called fragile dreams.

gba games, cart only:

summon night $2.50
demi kids: dark version $1
demi kids: light version $1
dave mirra freestyle bmx 3 $1
megaman battle network 3: white $1.25
megaman battle network 5: team protoman $2.00

wii:

fragile dreams $20 (complete)

i'm really not impressed with the megaman battle network games so far, but for under $5 I can't complain. i'm not too sure what to think of fragile dreams yet, seems like a decent action rpg but i've only played a few minutes of it.

[jerry coeurl]

Luna Video Games:



Chocobo Racing (PSX) - $29.99 + tax
Conquest of the Crystal Palace (NES) - $7.99 + tax

Also got 3 bucks off on my purchase 'cause the dude who works there is really cool.


eBay:



Final Fantasy VIII & IX (PSX) - $27.52 shipped

When I got home from the game store, these had arrived in the mail. Really good condition, and totally complete (FFVIII has the manual and the mini strategy guide, and FFIX has the manual and the PlayOnline advertisement). Never played FFIX at all so I'm excited about that one.


Goodwill:



Winback: Covert Operations (PS2) - $3.99
Predator (DVD) - $3.99
Janet Jackson, Control (CD) - $2.99
Prince & The Revolution, Purple Rain (CD) - $2.99

Stopped by Goodwill a little later. Some good stuff for great prices!

[MrMatthews]

Also got 3 bucks off on my purchase 'cause the dude who works there is really cool.

Ian?

[jerry coeurl]

Yup! You've been to Luna before, then? Ian's a cool guy, and he really knows his stuff. Whenever I go by I end up spending waaay too much time just talking to him about games or whatever.

[MrMatthews]

Never met him. I live in Sacramento. But he shows up on a lot of Pat the NES Punk videos.

[InternalPrimate]

I've seen Ian around way more than the owner recently. Both are great guys. How do you like the new Newport location Jerry? Bigger. Even though there's way more traffic on Newport, I haven't had trouble finding parking yet.

[gamevet]

Intel 2500k
Corsair 550D
ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE

Starting work on a computer for a MAME cabinet....want to build it now and get the cabinet when I move. Would have waited on almost all accounts, however Microcenter had some great deals on processors and motherboards so I saved like $60 over newegg that I just had to do it. I have the SSD I want to use, PSU and Windows 7 on the way from Newegg as the PSU was much much cheaper..

Isn't that overkill for a MAME cabinet?