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Lunar

* 11-Aug-2016(#1)

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Retro Trade Thread

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Let's Play Together! - December

Pulse Man

Let's Play Together! - November

Mega Man X

Who's On?

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Thread Description
Wow, can't believe it's been more than a year since we started RTT. I feel like we have become a community of our own within GameTZ. We have our regulars and even some new comers. I hope 2018 brings us more like-minded retro gamers who will come here for a place of retro inspiration. When I started Retro Trade Thead (RTT), it was called "The Retro Trading Thread", kinda like how FB was "The Facebook", heh, I was just hoping for a group of retro gamers who share the passion and the thrill of collecting and playing Retro games. The result so far has exceeded my expectations and more. I am playing more retro games more than ever and while my collecting is on and off, I know I have been enjoying more retro gaming in 2017 than my previous 5 years combined. I hope RTT members have similar experiences. 2018 will be an even better year, as we have established group events like RTT Secret Santa and our monthly Game of the Month, which is getting more popular as more people participate. I am hoping to bring RTT Podcast in 2018 where 2-3 RTT members will talk about monthly topics and other aspects of retro collecting.

Retro game buying and selling, collecting, playing, collectarding, upscaling, speedrunning....whatever your retro passion is, RTT will have a place for you and for everyone who participates in our discussions, whether occasionally or frequently, will continue to find value and fun in our thread.

Thank you for participating and making RTT the hottest topic every month in 2017!

Old Topic Description

This thread was originally created to encourage traders here at GTZ to do more trading, especially retro related stuff. It has turned into a lot more and I am so grateful to everyone who contributed to this thread and have kept it going for nearly 6 months now. I hope this thread will continue to thrive and everyone who reads/participates in this thread will gain some value or knowledge out of it.

We will still have Trade lists up here, though it's been a while since anyone updated. I encourage everyone to look over their lists and post updates.
There is also a section for gorgeous pictures of game rooms that active participants of this thread have shared. Feel free to share some pics of your collection or game room.
I will be adding another section for information regarding video quality of retro gaming systems on modern displays and how to improve them.
There is rather some extensive discussion regarding how to improve the display quality of retro gaming systems and if you are new to this like I am, you will find it very informative.

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GTZ has become a marketplace where the most commonly traded commodity is

. I want to start an effort to get some trades going and to discuss some good games perhaps you never heard of or interested in but want to discover/know more of. For example, I just got intto shmups after years of ignoring the genre and I love to discover new(to me) and rediscover old ones(Sonic Wings comes to mind).

No pressure here. Feel free to discuss anything retro. Perhaps throw out some WTTF targets and what you have to offer. I am sick of browsing people's year old Available lists.

Some examples:

- WTTF/WTB/LF
- What you think is awesome game/series/whatever
- Potential games you have up for trade
- Pics of what you have/what you would love to get/what you think is the bestest awesomest game ever
- Show off your latest finds/adds to your collection

3rd Generation:

4th Generation:

5th Generation:

6th Generation:

Handheld:

Info on Improving the Quality of Video Output For Retro Systems on Modern Displays

Coming Soon

In the meantime , check out:

My Experience with Upscaling (DVDO Processors)
https://www.youtube.com/user/mylifeingaming

Reference Links
http://retrorgb.com/
http://retrogaming.hazard-city.de/

Retro Resources

The PC Engine Bible
Neo Geo Master List
Famicom Game List

Let's Play Together!

Pulse Man - December 2017

Mega Man X - November 2017

Monster in My Pocket - October 2017

Castlevania - September 2017

Ninja Gaiden - August 2017

Games Beat in 2017

Lunar's Completed Games

Sega CD - Lords of Thunder (2-3-17)

Japanese PS2 - Mushihimesama (2-15-17)

Japanese Saturn - X-Men vs. Street Fighter (2-17-17)

Neo Geo CD - Sonic Wings 3 (4-17-17)

Red Alert (5-16-2017)

Seirei Senshi Spriggan (5-17-2017)

Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting (5-19-2017)

Street Fighter Alpha (6-3-2017) w/Ryu on 4 Stars
image Arcade Gears Wonder 3 (7-24-2017)

Kamiko (7-30-2017) w/Yamato

Kamiko (7-30-2017) w/Uzume

Root Letter (7-31-2017) Crossing Paths Ending

Kamiko (8-4-2017) w/Hinome

Ghost Sweeper Mikami (8-7-2017)

Final Fight (8-13-2017)

Ninja Gaiden (8-14-2017) Clear Time - 1:27

Contra (8-18-2017)

Bucky O'Hare (8-18-2017)

Bust-A-Groove (8-25-2017) w/Heat

Akumajou Dracula (9-10-2017)

Shadow of the Ninja (9-15-2017)

Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (9-22-2017)

Monster in my Pocket (10-6-2017)

Rare Replay - Battletoads Arcade (12-2-2017)

Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (12-2-2017)

Retro Posters/Ads/Brochures - I love looking through these.

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Retro Nostalgia - Random pics snapped from old magazines that really got my nostalgia flowing.

Retro Nostalgia #001
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Game Rooms

Antipop's Game Room

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DefaultGen's Game Room

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ErickRPG's Game Room

KiltedGunstar's Game Room

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sharif's Game Room

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Gypsy

23-Dec(#41)

ErickRPG wrote:

> I also suddenly feel like adding my blu ray an 4k movies to my gametz collection

> list. My movie collection is much like my video game collection. Not a huge collection,

> just personal favorites and lots of top movies.

I would keel over if I tried to add all my movies in one sitting.

Gypsy

23-Dec(#42)

tonymack21 wrote:

> Gypsy wrote:

>> Lunar wrote:

> |>> I tried to play Shining Soul the othet night right before sleep, I fell asleep

>> before

> |>> the intro finished. Could this be the end of RPGs for Lunar? Stayed tuned....

> |>>

>> Lul.

>> I think I'm gonna play Witcher 2 again soon.

>> Ramping up towards Witcher 3.

>> @tonymack21

> excellent..... excellent.... i look forward to vicariously living through this

> again through you.

> if you are unfamiliar with the witcher 1, i have youtube vids that are excellent

> to catch up on the lore and world.

I've played them all before. Just replaying. Replayed the first earlier this year.

Gypsy

23-Dec(#43)

Lunar wrote:

> I forget what it's like outside of this thread. All this nasty crap and negativity.

*goes to check general*

tonymack21

23-Dec(#44)

Gypsy wrote:

> tonymack21 wrote:

>> Gypsy wrote:

> |>> Lunar wrote:

>> |>> I tried to play Shining Soul the othet night right before sleep, I fell asleep

> |>> before

>> |>> the intro finished. Could this be the end of RPGs for Lunar? Stayed tuned....

>> |>>

> |>>

> |>> Lul.

> |>>

> |>> I think I'm gonna play Witcher 2 again soon.

> |>>

> |>> Ramping up towards Witcher 3.

> |>>

> |>> @tonymack21

>> excellent..... excellent.... i look forward to vicariously living through this

>> again through you.

>> if you are unfamiliar with the witcher 1, i have youtube vids that are excellent

>> to catch up on the lore and world.

> I've played them all before. Just replaying. Replayed the first earlier this year.

fantastic

Gypsy

* 23-Dec(#45)

DiamondDave wrote:

> Yes, Witcher II was the first multiplatform release.

> Witcher 1 was... rough. It was okay but it definitely had some rugged edges and

> didn't have quite the same casual appeal, pick up 'n play factor that Assassins of

> Kings and Wild Hunt had. Think Mass Effect 1, then 2, then 3. (Arguably I prefer

> the first one more myself, but as the game progressed more and more people were more

> satisfied with the mechanics as time went on and they were more accessible... but

> Witcher 1-3 to me just got better and better)

tonymack21 wrote:

> yes witcher 1 is rough. if you try it first dont let it dissuade you from 2 and

> 3.

It was going to have a console release but crap happened or something.

I guess it's a bit rough. I have pretty large ass blinders for this style of RPG. It was REALLY easy, and I had the difficulty up. Also you can completely cheese the final boss, so that's something that should be done.

The main thing Witcher does for me, much like Mass Effect, is it makes me actually pay attention to the game world. I almost never get that from Japanese games these days. Notable exception for Yakuza.

Noid

23-Dec(#46)

Okay! I'm ready to jump on this bandwagon and officially change my vote for "Game of the Month" in January 2018 from...

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dunno001

23-Dec(#47)

Gypsy wrote:

> ErickRPG wrote:

>> I also suddenly feel like adding my blu ray an 4k movies to my gametz collection

>> list. My movie collection is much like my video game collection. Not a huge

> collection,

>> just personal favorites and lots of top movies.

> I would keel over if I tried to add all my movies in one sitting.

Yeah, that ain't happening for me. Maybe a shelf at a time, though even some of those might take a couple of hours. Likewise, I've considered adding my game collection here, but that's also a daunting task. Maybe if I do one system at a time...

Gypsy

23-Dec(#48)

DiamondDave wrote:

> Sometimes I get offers that remind me why nobody wants to trade on the site anymore,

> I was getting PTSD

> "I want this, can offer e-credit or cml"

> "I'd be happy to take PSN"

> "What do you value it at"

> "looks like this is $20, and I saw this game you had but yours is worth more"

> "how much"

> "about double but I'm not paying for the game"

> "I saw these 80 billion games, make an offer"

> "ok, I see this this this and this, what do you think"

> "I think those are worth $5 a pop on Amazon, need more"

> "Ok, I was looking at eBay listings but looking on Amazon, they're worth double your

> valuation..."

> "*links to lowest auction prices visible on eBay*"

> "Oh, we're back to eBay now, OK, well yes, auctions are usually lower than BIN prices

> (resists urge to spam 20 auctions where $40 game went for $30), well you had a list

> of 80 billion games you wanted, I'm sure you can come up with a trade that we can

> both find fair"

> *user logs off*

> *starts to type "OR willing to take PSN still", stops, backspaces*

> "I know this music." *declines offer*

You know, I'm not sure what is worse... A bullcrap list with nothing on it or a list with tons of garbage. Although I guess I'm acquiring 360 garbage right now but still, you know what I mean.

This value derp off is all too common. In my head I'm thinking I know who you had this exchange with. There are a handful that I know are super obnoxious about trying to bullcrap values. And this is why I have so many repeat transactions with people here instead. Like it took Lunar and I about 1 message each to agree to the value difference on SW and Ys III.

Lunar wrote:

> This song and dance @Gypsy and I know very well. I mentally keep a list of users

> to avoid lol

Yeah we pm about this crap.

dunno001

23-Dec(#49)

Gypsy wrote:

> Lunar wrote:

>> This song and dance @Gypsy and I know very well. I mentally keep a list of users

>> to avoid lol

> Yeah we pm about this crap.

I've been thinking I should prolly start a list of people to not bother with, but I've yet to do so. I've had a few trade offers that just became more of a hassle than it would've been worth, and I ended up declining them. A few others I can see that no effort was actually put into them- no, I won't give you my $40 game for your $10 game; I tend to decline them instantly. I know I like haggling some, but I would hope that my offers aren't unreasonable to others.

Gypsy

* 23-Dec(#50)

@dunno001 I make mental notes. There are some people that when they message me, I know crap ISN'T getting done.

I haven't received an actual offer as crapty as your example in awhile. Which wasn't surprising before because I keep my available list empty. But right now it has Popful Mail on it so I'm kiiiind of surprised I haven't received a horrible blind offer yet. I guess it's the holidays and I need to give the trolls time. image

ErickRPG

23-Dec(#51)

dunno001 wrote:

> Gypsy wrote:

>> ErickRPG wrote:

> |>> I also suddenly feel like adding my blu ray an 4k movies to my gametz collection

> |>> list. My movie collection is much like my video game collection. Not a huge

>> collection,

> |>> just personal favorites and lots of top movies.

> |>>

>> I would keel over if I tried to add all my movies in one sitting.

> Yeah, that ain't happening for me. Maybe a shelf at a time, though even some of those

> might take a couple of hours. Likewise, I've considered adding my game collection

> here, but that's also a daunting task. Maybe if I do one system at a time...

I keep all of my movies rather streamlined. Never having too huge of a collection. The only problem I see is that it's all alphabetical. So unlike on my shelf, I can not organize all of the Ghibli films with their nice slipcovers all in a row on my collection list. So I might just say screw it. Would be wonderful if I could have all the 3D bds together, 4K together, and sets like Studio Ghibli.

DiamondDave

23-Dec(#52)

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It's time, I need all my Streets of Rage thugs to sound off for Game of the Month.

Wheels617

23-Dec(#53)

Aye aye double d

DiamondDave

23-Dec(#54)

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Pulstar [Switch]

Lunar

23-Dec(#55)

Alright, lets get an official vote count, pick one of the below or your own choice

Shining Force

Streets of Rage

Gypsy

23-Dec(#56)

DiamondDave wrote:

> {imgt}https://78.media.tumblr.com/0932344a7178fb55439a44... 422 240{imgt}

> Pulstar [Switch]

This screen shot makes me hard.

It's only $8 on PSN I think I gotta grab it.

Gypsy

23-Dec(#57)

Lunar wrote:

> Alright, lets get an official vote count, pick one of the below or your own choice

Shining Force

Streets of Rage

Streets of Rage.

DiamondDave

23-Dec(#58)

Lunar wrote:

> Alright, lets get an official vote count, pick one of the below or your own choice

Shining Force

Streets of Rage

Lunar

* 23-Dec(#59)

I don't think Switch is a reliable system for me to grab games that are multi platform. Glad its on PSN

DiamondDave

* 23-Dec(#60)

Gypsy wrote:

> DiamondDave wrote:

>> {imgt}https://78.media.tumblr.com/0932344a7178fb55439a44... 422 240{imgt}

>> Pulstar [Switch]

> This screen shot makes me hard.

> It's only $8 on PSN I think I gotta grab it.

https://jartravian.tumblr.com/

Tumblr of the guy who made it, used to play WoW with him. He's a heavy NeoGeo nerd and he's got a PVM and I'm jealous of him. I bought him Getting Over It with Bennet Foddy for Christmas because I'm nice like that

Gypsy

23-Dec(#61)

Neo Geo rules only haters like @DefaultGen dislike it. I mean sure there are a lot of fighters but there are plenty of other games too.

Lunar

23-Dec(#62)

Shining Force

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Streets of Rage

DiamondDave

* 23-Dec(#63)

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Gypsy

* 23-Dec(#64)

That second screen shot is amazing.

I'm such a heathen. Dreamcast Akura HDMI into VP30 outputting to VGA through the RGBHV out. Just passing the signal through though. Man Giga Wing is great, gonna have to get the 2nd one again as well. Need to not sell them again this time. -_-

DiamondDave

23-Dec(#65)

Giga Wing's the nasty' shiiiiiit~

Gypsy

23-Dec(#66)

Yeah it's really damn good.

I need to find my 360 VGA cable and try Ginga Force. This dual pack I got from @Lunar looks real nice.

Lunar

23-Dec(#67)

Who wants?

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Wheels617

23-Dec(#68)

"Grand Uppercut", SoR gets my vote

BleedingViolet

23-Dec(#69)

Screw you turncoats lol!

Shining Force all day y'all

Lunar

23-Dec(#70)

Shining Force

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Streets of Rage

PlayYing

23-Dec(#71)

Lunar wrote:

> Who wants?

> {imgt}https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/d9cAAOSwH-daNMb-/s-... 1200 1600{imgt}

I wants, cib?

Kevster

23-Dec(#72)

Lunar wrote:

> Who wants?

> {imgt}https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/d9cAAOSwH-daNMb-/s-... 1200 1600{imgt}

*raises hand*

Kevster

23-Dec(#73)

hehe rats

Kevster

23-Dec(#74)

Got my first ever TG16 today I am excited!

Gypsy

23-Dec(#75)

Happy bday @Kevster ! So close to Christmas too. :)

Gypsy

23-Dec(#76)

Kevster wrote:

> Got my first ever TG16 today I am excited!

Noooice. Someone on another forum just caught the bug too. He got a sweet score on some US games and he can't put down the shooters he has.

Kevster

23-Dec(#77)

Thanks bud! i gots to figure out where to start probably do some youtubing and some such, it came with World Court Tennis! Probably wont do any purchasing for a couple weeks unless i get some birthday cash today the missus is concerned about my purchasing habits for this month lol

Lunar

23-Dec(#78)

Happy Birthday @Kevster!

Gypsy

23-Dec(#79)

How many here put some stupid text in your profile so that it comes up if someone hovers over your avatar? I know @DiamondDave does and I love changing mine up every so often with various nonsense or lyrics.

Lunar

23-Dec(#80)

I did it once for a NG avatar. It was my favorite ninpo from all 3 games.

Gypsy

23-Dec(#81)

I can't stop looping this dumb song.

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