Platinumfungi

Hey all! I'm looking to purchase a poor condition/broken R.O.B. the Robot for a project I'm working on. So if it has scratches, cracks, discoloration, damage, etc, I might be interested. It does not need to work properly. If you have anything, please message me with a photo or two and how much you're asking. Thanks! Platinum

Hey all! I'm trimming down my personal collection and have a lot of items I'll slowly be listing here for sale. I'm also open to trading, so if you have any items available let me know. I've been part of the retro gaming community since the early 2000's, and have had hundreds of transactions across most of the main forums including: Game TZ, Nintendo Age, Atari Age, Neo-Geo.com, PCEngineFX.com, Digital Press, and Racket Boy. I'm also on eBay and some of the main social media sites including: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram . In addition, I've been part of the "Tech Support" and "Modding" sub-groups on many of the forums for years and have helped many people get their vintage hardware up and running again. So, all that to say - I've been around a LONG time and I'm not going anywhere, so buy with confidence. I'm a very detail oriented collector, and will always provide thorough descriptions of all items. I take excellent care of my games. *SHIPPING* - Will be actual cost by whatever method you request. Let me know your zip/shipping code and I'll get you a shipped quote. All items will be appropriately packaged (fragile items will never be sent in a bubble mailer). *ITEM CONDITION* - I try to be very detailed and accurate with my descriptions. Warning - Some of these descriptions might get long-winded, lol. *PHOTOS* - I'm not the best photographer, but I try to take large photos that accurately depict the condition of the items. If you need any more photos, just let me know. I'm getting photos of all the items taken and uploaded as quickly as I can. *SMOKE FREE/PET FREE* - All items from my personal collection have always been kept in a smoke and pet free environment and away from direct sunlight. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ CURRENTLY UP FOR SALE: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Controllers - Two Available. OEM, grey button versions in excellent condition! They honestly look brand new as though you just took them out of the box. Everything is clean and the plastic still has that shiny gloss look to it. They still have the manufacturer's inspection stickers on the back, and the Serial Number stickers look new. I purchased these about 15 years ago from a collector, tested them, and then put them on a shelf display and never actually used them. These also come with a strip of black velcro to keep the cords neatly managed (that's how I keep all my cords tidy). PRICE - $16 each - Flip Out! - Cart, manual, and box with inner cart tray. Price - $25 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Shadow of the Beast - Manual only. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Burning Fight - AES - English Dog Tag version - Cart, manual, case with artwork insert. Comes in a clear plastic collector's protective slip case. I will provide lots of details on the condition if interested, but here's a PHOTO ALBUM. PRICE - $400 - Last Resort - AES - English version - Cart and case with artwork insert. NO MANUAL. Comes in a clear plastic collector's protective slip case. I will provide lots of details on the condition if interested, but here's a PHOTO ALBUM. PRICE - $400 - Magician Lord - AES - English version, has the infamous "double label" on the cart - Cart, manual, case with artwork insert. Comes in a clear plastic collector's protective slip case. I will provide lots of details on the condition if interested, but here's a PHOTO ALBUM. PRICE - $300 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Duke Nukem: Zero Hour - Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. - Hexen - Cart only. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. - Jet Force Gemini - Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. - Tetrisphere - Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. - Yoshi's Story - Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Adventures of Lolo, The - Cart, manual, and box (has styrofoam block). Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. - Anticipation - Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. - Back to the Future - Cart only. - Bubble Bobble - Manual only. Comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. - Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout - Manual only. Price - $6 - Friday the 13th - Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. - Goonies II, The - Cart and manual (manual has damage). Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. - Iron Tank - Cart only. - Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II - Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. Price - $12 - Kirby's Adventure - Cart only. - Metroid - (Classic Series yellow 1992 version) Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. - Nobunaga's Ambition - Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. - P.O.W. Prisoners of War - Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. - R. C. Pro Am - Cart only. - Shadowgate - Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. - Shadowgate - Manual only. Comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. - Skate or Die - Cart only - Star Tropics - Cart and manual (manual is damaged from where the letter was removed). Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. - Super Mario Bros. - 5 screw cart only. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. Price - $12 - Super Mario Bros. 2 - Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. - Super Mario Bros. 3 - Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. - Wizards & Warriors - Cart and manual. Manual comes in a collector's clear plastic resealable slip bag. Cleaned and thoroughly tested. Price - $15 - Yo Noid! - Cart only. - Zoda's Revenge: Star Tropics II - Cart only. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Sega 32X Console - Includes console, Sega brand power supply, and AV cables to hook up to both a Model 1 or Model 2 Genesis. (Does not include any spacer or metal grounding spacer brackets, but I never used those and the system always worked perfectly for me.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Android Assault - Disc, manual, case with artwork insert. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ - El Viento - Cart, manual, case with artwork insert. Some light sun fading to artwork insert. - Zero Tolerance - Cart, manual, case with artwork insert. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Blackthorne - cart and manual _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Lots more items coming soon! - Dive Alert: Matt's Version - (Neo Geo Pocket) - Cart and clear plastic case. - Mega Man 9 Press Kit - Complete in box. - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - (Game Gear) - Cart only. - Turbo Express system instructions/manual.

Yes! I have created repair guides for several of the NEC systems, and would be happy to do so for other retro systems if we had a place to put them . I'd love it if we had a Tech Support forum here! Back when the www.pcenginefx.com forums were still live (they are read only now), I made what I believe were the first repair guides on that site that we then used as the template for later guides. We turned them into stickies and it worked really well for the community. Here's the page with all the (read only now) guides. Let me know if this gets created as I could offer quite a stack of resources to everyone! I have many guides already made, could make more, and have done repairs and customizations on practically every system from the 70s, 80s, and early 90s. I'm no expert, but I'd love to share what knowledge I have.

The interaction you described here with this seller sounds like a red flag in my humble opinion. If someone is selling very valuable collectables but has very poor communication, I'd pass immediately. Not being willing to provide more photos and/or details of a high valued item is another red flag. I've been burned a handful of times by dishonest sellers over the years, and this just seems too risky to me to spend that kind of money.

Whoa! Now there's a forgotten memory. Now that you brought that to my attention, I actually vaguely remember that! I was wanting to play Ninja 5-0 at the time and was excited to find your box and manual . Great to see you again over here Gen. I also recently unfroze my old GTZ account so you might see me pop up there as well.

Hey Frank! Are you "Frank" on GTZ? You and I are both old timers over there, haha. I don't think we ever traded though? I haven't been active on there in ages, but was for many years. That was the first gaming community I was ever part of. I made an account there waaaay back in 2003. Good times. Hope to talk to you around these parts.

Hey Brock! Welcome. Tons of NA community members are now here, yes If I hear of any good collection database software I'll let you know!

Welcome Hakota! Are you just looking for NES boxes, or other Nintendo consoles as well? I'm getting ready to post some items for sale and need to double check as I might have some spare boxes for a few random games. Also, that's awesome that you're a translator . I'll keep that in mind as I might have a small project from time to time that I could use some help with.

Thanks! You still have the Starwing SFC I see?

Thank you for the welcome everyone! Any thoughts on a "Tech Support" type forum here? Any recommendations on who to talk to help make it happen? Any info is greatly appreciated - I'd love for VGS to be the main site/forum that I upload all my repair info to if people would have interest in such a resource.

Thanks Bri! That's definitely one of my most popular projects. I still get contacted on a pretty regular basis seeing if I'd make more of them.

Hey everyone! Platinumfungi here . I made an account a few months ago, but didn't have time to be active until now. I thought I'd introduce myself. I've been a member of many of the retro gaming forums for ages (some since the early 2000s), but usually I'm mostly a lurker and don't post very often. I was on Nintendo Age for years, and had quite a few transactions through the marketplace (100+ from what I recall...?), but hadn't been active in awhile. One day I went to log in and found out about the downfall and subsequent migration of most of the members over to this community - I'm happy this site exists, and to have found it! I'm an artist, maker, and retro gamer. Besides playing a lot of retro games, I try and create fun new things to bring to the retro gaming community. Sometimes it's custom and/or backlit NES systems, other times props or costumes, and occasionally I plan and host retro gaming digital events (like the "Nintendo Power Scavenger Hunt" in the summer of 2018). Life has kept me busy with other endeavors for some time now, but I'm finally working on some new custom NES systems and it's gotten me excited to be more active in the retro community again. Do we have a "Tech Support / Modding / Customizing" sub-forum of sorts here? For years, I helped compile useful repair/customizing information and tried to help troubleshoot individual's hardware problems. Unfortunately, as some of those forums died out, or massive changes took place, that information either disappeared or isn't as accessible. For example, the www.pcenginefx.com forums went READ ONLY in early 2019. At one time I was compiling lots of useful hardware repair information for that community, but now I can't add any more. (Here's an example of a repair chart I made for the Turbo Duo/PCE Duo systems.) If we have, or had, such a forum I'd love to help create resources to help everyone! Thanks for making this site and creating a place for us retro lovers to hang out! I'm looking forward to chatting with you all.