Reaping the Ebay harvest

[Chris Abbott]

"Excel - the movie!"

[Commie_User]

Well the movies need to wait 'til the HD Advance plops on the doormat. I'm really keyed up now, though I'm in debate with myself if that's best or a spare PS2.....



http://www.discoazul.co.uk/hd-advance-3-0.html


I didn't know about these backup methods, though I didn't have a PS2 until a year or two back. That'll be great to keep the music software should the disc drive fail, though perhaps a good PC emulator will come which can take the discs and USBs.




http://www.auhackershardware.com/playst ... od_37.html

http://www.overstockdistributing.com/pr ... uctid=1047

[Commie_User]

Though I'll have one of these.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COMMODORE-64- ... 461e0b2278


It's a really good game that it's worth having more than just the download. Peck the animals away from the eggs, bone the hens to get more but watch out for their rolling pins if you leave them too long.

[Commie_User]

And aah, this one's got a royal crest on it. So it must be alright.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Harbour-Attac ... OU:GB:3160


Where are the royal crests on the new PS4 games, eh?

[Commie_User]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audio-Cassett ... fresh=true

And I'm having them. Velcro'd to the Retro Wall, I'll have some iconic games on display, like IK+, Spitting Image, Dares Wins, Blockbusters, Sam Fox or Chickin Chase.





http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROCK-STAR-ATE ... 19ec191aa2

...Hamster could be an option. That is, going whole hog and buying them over again just to fit the holder.



Yes, for a quid:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yes-Prime-Min ... fresh=true

Actually as funny and paced as the real episodes, which impressed the show's actual writers.



Plus SF2. Bit of a crap game but the title is legendary.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Street-Fighte ... fresh=true





And Arcade Classics and all, yup yup: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arcade-Classi ... 4ad4434818


I'll have to find Mario Bros another time, unless I stick up my Spectrum one. And there could be a regular cassette Viz soon. Another crappy game with a legendary name.




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Great-Gia ... 43c8cc10ea

....Though maybe not Giana. Look at that, £4,000! Makes even the £200 tape I saw look cheap. And it's not like the 64 version doesn't handle like a JCB anyway.


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OTHER IDEAS:

Bruce Lee: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore-C64 ... 1323932776

Friday 13th: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore-C64 ... 1323932776

[Commie_User]

And this is good. Hmm, yes, I think I will get back into buying the tapes again of the good games.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/On-Cue-Commod ... 5664102a10


Goes with the Playstation ones, funnily enough.

[Commie_User]

And here are two not actually on CSDB.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SHADOWFAX-by- ... NA:GB:3160







The VIC version doesn't look a bad game and it is on elsewhere: http://www.fzroms.com/roms/download-Sha ... 2DbWoFdVmM




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore-C64 ... NA:GB:3160



I'll buy the asteroid one.




And I'd take Sim City if it weren't the wrong format for my holder: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore-64- ... 3a7812c53a




And these seem in such good nick that you scarcely believe they're 30 years old. Especially after being mangled by kids and whatnot. I've known of original Beatle albums barely lasting the end of their decade without becoming too worn and tattered.

[Commie_User]

And Mister Mosquito for the Playstation 2 mate.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PLAYSTATION-2 ... 3a9015e3f0


They liked it in Japan. They would.

[Chris Abbott]

I liked the Vic20 game. That would have really impressed me in 1982/3.

[Commie_User]

Bugger me, it's a Challen: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CHALLEN-Uprig ... 20e5d2a612



And I wouldn't mind of bit of this, with a spare £151:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Harpsichord-s ... 338f4e17a2


But then, that's what romplers are for.

[Chris Abbott]

/me suddenly has nostalgic feelings for Harpsichord piece from Synth Sample...

[edit] and as if by magic....

[Commie_User]

That's a lot of synth, isn't it! I quite enjoy the older works there. I thought keyboard synths of the 80s and later could be a bit too saccharine. Well, far too saccharine, especially on the supermarket-sold cheapo LPs like Telstar's The Synthesiser Album of 1989. But the SID certainly bucks that.



And I saw this device in a charity shop yesterday. It may come in handy for Lman or Analog X64. Wouldn't it?


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Paterson-Syst ... 258df2106c




And bits I did buy in town include a Microsoft Musical Instruments CD-Rom.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MICROSOFT-HOM ... 4ad23e515d


And Cinemania '95. And for far cheaper than on here, like £1 each.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Microsoft-Hom ... 35b624cf22



I'm getting back into my old CD-Roms, like The Genius Of Edison and the Flagtower interactive documentaries about World War 1 or the Space Race. I recommend people delve theirs too. The Web has more these days but you can't often immerse the way the Roms did through their journeys. And there's that good retro flavour now it's all about 20 years old.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Genius-of ... 5894683583

Especially this Edison one, which combines two of 'em. And it does convey the real excitement of the brand new electric street lighting system, vote ticker or phonograph.


The Multimedia Age. Nice.

[Commie_User]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Musical-Instr ... 3ce0cf0c91

Might try this one too. Could go very well with my LP of Yehudi Menuhin talking his way around an orchestra pit, telling you what each instrument's about. And my copy's mint as well.




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YEHUDI-MENUHI ... 4620a2f674

He's happy now.


I like my bits, you do know that.

[Commie_User]

And at last, cassettes they way they looked in the old hi-fi adverts.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pack-10-x-Vin ... 1c3fff2709

[Chris Abbott]

C15s... enough for four songs, two on each side!