Wouldn't mind having pedal controls for the C64 overlays or the MSSIAH. In fact, I can see a real use on the MSSIAH as I could work keyboard and joystick controls together, plus twiddle the paddles.
Unless this would block some keyboard commands as the ordinary Mega Drive controller would, I'd definitely consider.
Well I wouldn't turn my nose up if I had a spare £ 500. I only wish I hadn't binned my mint copies of Godzilla, MC Kids, Spiderman or even Pacman. By some miracle I still kept Isolated Warrior and the Marios.
I know PETs are rare and expensive now but at £ 550 for this one, you're getting a bargain. Pity I don't have a spare £ 550 or the room to put this in.
Now I'm reminded how I understand some people getting so passionate over steam engines.
Re: Reaping the Ebay harvest
Posted: 28/03/2013 - 8:23
by Chris Abbott
How quickly we forget the small screen sizes back then
Re: Reaping the Ebay harvest
Posted: 31/03/2013 - 1:57
by Commie_User
Who needed bigger? And that was the 64th post! Lovely.
And here's a 1Gb hard drive for the Atari ST, £ 135 Buy It Now:
And crumbs, an A1000. I just love these galleries. No wonder all this looked so special in the Eighties, considering how little there was just one decade earlier.
Is the animal fun house sonically unique in some way? Or did you just have one when you were young?
There was a plan at one point in the life of the C64-in-a-joystick-thing which would have involved getting toy manufacturers to fit SID chip emulations into their toys. Never worked out though...
Re: Reaping the Ebay harvest
Posted: 01/04/2013 - 13:55
by Commie_User
I have no idea what the unit sounds like. I won't even watch the promo video unless I lose the bid. But it's cheap and I'll enjoy the surprise.
It's a pity the SID emulations never appeared in toys. I'm sure I would have enjoyed even more strange noises to collect when the devices got old.
And talking of old, just look at this harmonium. If it wasn't collection-only, with me lacking cash and house room, I'd definitely stick a bid down.
And I can't afford even a cheap sitar to fiddle with. Still, they're apparently a great hassle when a MIDI guitar with software can do quite nicely: http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=295
Though this sample pack fits more within my price range and would help an 'Indiany' tune quite well, alongside harmonia, zither, other software and sounds inside my Alesis syndrums or Technics keyboard. I must learn to remember I have more than I thought. I suppose even I can't keep up with the flood of stuff today.
Terminator 2 boxset and plenty of games for £3.20. I don't care what the po-faced say about Margaret Thatcher, I doubt we could quite have these bounties had she not become PM! Look at it all:
Patriotic fanfold paper, as it's ex-RAF Falklands. Rather spooky then, being sold this week of all weeks. And it could also be classic fanfold printer paper, dug out from its 1980s resting place in a cupboard somewhere.
