So, I was glancing over news from the world of retro video games today and had to do a double take. I’m used to people repackaging or emulating old consoles. Heck, The Retron 5 does exactly this blending a large handful of classic console hardware emulation into one definitive, inexpensive $130 package. There’s also the Retro […] More
This is an interesting item that presents a creative way to distribute a soundtrack in a post-CD world – a mock cassette tape which folds out to reveal a USB plug is actually a flash drive containing the soundtrack for The Last of Us. Great pains have been taken to make this item look authentic, […] More
No item on eBay jumped out at me tonight as a “star of the show”. So, for a very hefty price, you too can have a creepy statue of Miles “Tails” Prower in your home! This large advertising piece gives me Big Boy statue vibes. Can you feel the sunshine, does it brighten up your […] More
My sweet spot for obscure system peripherals continues. This time, we have the Famicom Network System Adapter, a modem for the Japanese Famicom that allowed the system to go online and download various news, jokes, and pre-internet miscellany. Interestingly enough, it also read a HuCard-like proprietary game format, allegedly to read cards containing online-enabled versions […] More
Retrozones annual Christmas cartridge has finally hit their shelves and this year, there’s also a SNES cart! Both games feature lots of blinking LEDs on the carts (top loader recommended) and contain original homebrews. The SNES game is Christmas Craze, where you dodge aliens and grab gifts or fight your friends with snowballs in two […] More
13 Sealed NES Games This seller is selling a bunch of Nintendo 64 game boxes with manuals. He’s got 4 lots. Most of the lots has doubles and triples.. Lot of 125 lot of 81 and another lot of 72 More
NTDEC (Nintendo Electronic Co.) was a Taiwanese company that manufactured games and accessories for the NES and Famicom. NTDEC produced a large number of pirated copies of games between 1989 and 1991, which were sold in Asia and in the USA via mail order. Unusually among pirate cartridge manufacturers, NTDEC cartridges are often identifiable by […] More
Midines is a hardware / cartridge interface (game) that enables MIDI control of the 8bit NES sound chip. It also includes NesFX, a retro graphic visualization that is seeded by the incoming MIDI sound data. The latest version features 256 samples (accessible in two keyboard banks) featuring TR707,TR808,TR909,LINN,Amen+other breaks, stabs, and essential chip battlz. I […] More
I’m traveling for the next couple days, and have already missed a few things. However: Nintendo NES StAdiUM EvEnTs US NTSC VeRSiON VGA 75 NIB (As titled from the auction). The puncuation speaks wonders. As does this gem (see bold): This listing is for a complete, excellent+/near mint, sealed copy of the game and the […] More
From what I understand, Robert Byrne’s Pool Challenge was first know as Cue Stick when it was being developed by Odyssey Software during 1992. It was later passed onto American Video Entertainment. AVE opted to license the game with the then famous shark Robert Byrnes. Apparently Byrnes requested some last minute changes just before the […] More
There are several Korean NES games on eBay at the moment. Condition looks a little rough, but these don’t show up on eBay very ofter. Only one I’ve seen in the last three months has been a loose SMB/DH which sold for $36.00. In Korea the NES was released by Hyundai as the Comboy. At […] More
I posted about this controller a week ago, but now it’s for sale on eBay. Starting bid is US $1,250.00. More