Rediscovered retro - now with added Master System!

[optimus]

Evening lads! (I'm guessing that there's not too many ladies around these parts)

Long time reader but first time poster.
Thought I would sign up and get a bit more involved in the retro scene - nice to see its still alive - of sorts.

Bit of background -
About 6 or 7 years ago I was very much into collecting the retro.
Mostly this involved re-buying games from my childhood and a few I never got around to playing or affording as was the case back then.
This was at a time when I was working at a well known computer games shop a couple of years before the BIG retro revival started.
As such I came into contact and posession of some very nice bits and bobs.

Well anyways, back to the post - about 4 years ago I decided that I simply wasn't interested in retro anymore and decided to sell up and invest the money into new hobbies such as collecting music and golf - which is VERY addictive on the equipment side of things.
Around this time I packed some stuff away that I didn't feel right selling or it just wasn't worthwhile selling.

Today I re-discovered that wonderful box!
I had completely forgotten about it.

So this evening I have had the joy of rifling through some games of yesteryear.
This weekend shall see the rise of the Megadrive / Master System / SNES / Dreamcast in the front room - I don't think they will even run on the lcd will they? ha!

Just thought I would share this nice little moment with you.
There are some lovely games in there...

[jdanddiet]

Welcome, lucky you didn't throw all that stuff away! Should all work fine on your LCD but you may be juggling cables for a while!

[optimus]

So I've had a bit of a play around today.
Managed to get the Megadrive up and running on the lcd so enjoyed a bit of Zero Wing!!!
Quality little game.


Here's an example of of what greeted me upon opening up the box:





I plan on going through everything and giving it a proper sort.
Maybe I will document it all here if there is any interest?
Forgot how much stuff was put away!

[r0jaws]

It's always fun to be nosy with other people's stuff.

[PacSuit]

You've got a nice little collection there. Wonder what else is hidden in that box of retro wonders.

[TwoHeadedBoy]

What's that big tall SNES game there? Nice box, whatever it is.

[harlequ1n]

What's that big tall SNES game there? Nice box, whatever it is.

That's the box for 三国志英傑伝 (Sangokushi Eiketsuden, roughly Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Legends of the Great Heroes) and according to Wikipedia it's a spin-off of the Romance of the Three Kingdom war simulation games. Originally released for the NEC PC-9801, it was later ported to Macintosh, MS-DOS, Windows, Saturn, Super Famicom and Playstation and got a Gameboy Advance port in 2005. Of course this game was Japan-only.

[TwoHeadedBoy]

Well I couldn't've asked for a more subtantial answer.
Cheers Harley

[optimus]

What's that big tall SNES game there? Nice box, whatever it is.

That's the box for 三国志英傑伝 (Sangokushi Eiketsuden, roughly Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Legends of the Great Heroes) and according to Wikipedia it's a spin-off of the Romance of the Three Kingdom war simulation games. Originally released for the NEC PC-9801, it was later ported to Macintosh, MS-DOS, Windows, Saturn, Super Famicom and Playstation and got a Gameboy Advance port in 2005. Of course this game was Japan-only.

Thanks harlequ1n!
I always knew it was a Romance of the Three Kingdoms game but could never pinpoint the sub title.
This was about 4 or 5 years ago mind.

Romance games are bloody hard! Got rid of the ps2 version because of this.
Kept this one for the artwork mainly

[optimus]

It's always fun to be nosy with other people's stuff.

Indeed it is! Hence I plan on continuing with the slow drip of photo's as I raid the box.

It's a big box...

[optimus]

And so the adventure continues.

After a nice blast of Zero Wing the other night I continued to sort through this treasure trove.
(technically it was all in the loft and not underground but hey, the name works...)

Stumbled across these two beauties!



I can't begin to think how many hours I once put into House of the Dead 2.
Had the arcade machine up near uni also. That got some hammer.

So is there a trick to getting the Dreamcast gun to work with LCD's? I know that the PS2 ones had issues.
I don't want to get everything unpacked and set up only to find disappointment...

[GigaPepsiMan]

Chrono trigger is worth a lot of money now.

[C=Style]

Yeah that Chrono trigger is wort a lot of money. Nice one! It looks to be in really good nick too. If I found one like that it'd be up on ebay within 10 minutes lol

[Antiriad2097]

So is there a trick to getting the Dreamcast gun to work with LCD's? I know that the PS2 ones had issues.
I don't want to get everything unpacked and set up only to find disappointment...

They won't work with TFT, Plasma - anything except a good old fashioned CRT. Even a modern 100Hz CRT will fail. It has to be old school standard def 50/60Hz CRT.

Its the way the tech works, it reads the electron gun scanning across the screen. Other display types don't work like that.

[Overheat]

Mine won't even work with my CRT (and that's from 1984!!! - maybe too old - lol)

Anyway, just wanted to add to the WOW on the Chrono Trigger find - you're looking at a £100+ games there mate! Good find!