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lilshawn:
most of those consoles average about 75 on okay condition units, but with covid and people getting into classic gaming, it's pushed the prices up. most of those systems are between 99 and 150 now.

around here anyways... even used Nintendo games which where all basically 9.99 with popular games going for about 19 are now going for between 14 and 19.99 for the crud no-name games and some of the popular ones are gouging over 30.

lots of fun games to be had on any one of those systems though. i think you can pick up JA region n64 carts for a couple bucks each in some places. super cheap.

Vigo:
For price reference, I bought both a Japanese N64 and Gamecube from Ebay a couple weeks ago. Bundled with cables, controller and n64 had a game (Just Nagano, nothing great). Each one was $57 shipped. Easy enough to region fix. I also bid on that red one but didn't get it, it went for $65. These days, Japan consoles are pretty easy to get a hold of, and if you hunt enough they are affordable even with today's prices.

pbj:
Yep, the last three consoles I've purchased in the last two years (PC Engine Duo, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast) have all been Japanese variants because they're cheaper than the US counterparts.  Has only caused one issue with one Saturn game (Die Hard Arcade) playing in Japanese because it's apparently checking your bios chip.  Nothing else has cared.

Duo was ~$180 from Japan with a controller and AV cable.  Tested and fully working as described.

Saturn was $90 with power cord and controller from some guy in Denver  - supposedly had a working drive but didn't.  He kicked me back $20.  (moot point because I put the ODE in it). 

Dreamcast was $40 shipped "not working" with no accessories from Hawaii, but it was at the main menu in the photos.  Drive worked fine after a pot tweak.  Again moot because I've got an ODE.

Where you get creamed on these things is the accessories.  Dreamcast was especially painful for cables, controllers, memory cards.  Was probably in closer to $100 by the time I could actually use it.  Despite what the internet will tell you, you're only getting marginal results at beast bleaching those things.

bobbyb13:
Can't imagine bleach is good for that plastic.

A friend gave me an old computer crt monitor and when I went to decase it the whole box just crumbled in my hands.

When I see funky stuff out here that maybe didn't exist on the mainland I always check to see if it is some "grail" thing that one of you console maniacs might appreciate getting as a surprise.

I won't promise anything but it is worth maybe putting in a request for bizarro Japanese ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- that I could stumble upon out here.

PL1:

--- Quote from: bobbyb13 on March 07, 2022, 11:52:46 pm ---Can't imagine bleach is good for that plastic.

--- End quote ---
Pretty sure he's talking about the "retr0bright" process using Hydrogen Peroxide.






Scott

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