Strange NEC TurboGrafx thing on ebay...

[aaron7]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-NEC-1st-DUAL-8-Bit-PC-ENGINE-Video-Game-System_W0QQitemZ270242723346QQihZ017QQcategoryZ419 3QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

What is it??

[OMF2097]

It's a PC Engine with an AV booster added on the back. Look at all that dust!

It may just need a cleaning, but what a shame it is to see this in that kind of condition.

**Note** The price is a little bit up there as a cheaper(cleaner) one should be easily found. I don't think the Jackie Chan's that rare.

[Zebbe]

What exactly does the AV booster do?

[rscaramelo]

Couldn't he have taken a wipe to it at least? Sheesh!

RC

[madman77]

Haha "This system had the equivalent processing power of a Super NES. But it was during the time of the first Nintendo."

[OMF2097]

What exactly does the AV booster do?

An AV booster allows you to use a composite connection (Yellow video plug, white audio plug) as opposed to the RF/Coax connection.


Couldn't he have taken a wipe to it at least? Sheesh!

RC

Sacramento, CA must be going through a wipe drought. This guy didn't care about the system whatsoever.

I'd buy it for a dollar though (need the parts).

[MrSparkle]

wow what a cool idea to store HU cards i never thought of that! and yea that thing is pretty damned dirty. Jackie Chan is about as rare as super mario 3 :P .

[OMF2097]

wow what a cool idea to store HU cards i never thought of that! and yea that thing is pretty damned dirty. Jackie Chan is about as rare as super mario 3 :P .

It could've definately used some "Mr. Sparkle". Damn crap on it needed to be banished to the land of wind and ghosts.

[Ed Oscuro]

Haha "This system had the equivalent processing power of a Super NES. But it was during the time of the first Nintendo."
Ignoring the Super NES's video chip, at least as much...the SNES has a gimped main processor after all.

And yes, during the time of the original Nintendo (the PC-Engine was released way back in 1986, I think, certainly '87). =)

[bb_hood]

wow what a cool idea to store HU cards i never thought of that!.

I tried storing my loose Hu Cards in a card sleeved binder awhile back and its not a great idea, they fall out so easy and the cards are so fat (compared to the regular size of collectable cards) you cant store a whole lot of them.

[figment1988]

nice offer, but honestly, the exorbitant amount of superficial dirt is a complete way to make any game collector shudder.

[Push Upstairs]

I'd buy it for $2.88, not $288.

Maybe he is charging extra for the excessive grime on it.

[ooXxXoo]

I'd like to see,how many times its going to be re-enlisted.....

[Wraith Storm]

I think the text in the OP should have been:

OMG!!! GAMESTOP IS THROWING AWAY ALL THEIR TURBO GRAFX\PC ENGINE STUFF!!!!! MY FRIEND AND I FOUND THIS IN THEIR DUMPSTER!!!

[Ed Oscuro]

One RARE game is a late 1980's Jackie Chan Game that has the story of his current Movie Forbidden Kingdom.
SOLD!!!

Nevermind that the "airplane games" are probably amongst the most valuable stuff in there...still, gotta give 'em props for tryin'.

[OMF2097]

Buy it now: $880.00.

Yup. It's nice to have big dreams.

[Battlehork]

I tried storing my loose Hu Cards in a card sleeved binder awhile back and its not a great idea, they fall out so easy and the cards are so fat (compared to the regular size of collectable cards) you cant store a whole lot of them.

I've used baseball card pages, in conjunction with deck protectors sleeves for Yu-Gi-Oh sized cards. Put the Hu-card into the sleeve connectors toward the bottom, then put the sleeves into the pages so the label faces the right way. They don't fall out anyway.

[Jimid2]

Buy it now: $880.00.

Yup. It's nice to have big dreams.

Big dreams? Technicolor, LSD-induced delusions, more like... @_@

[diskoboy]

Buy it now: $880.00.

Yup. It's nice to have big dreams.

In the condition it's in, he'll be lucky to get $8.

And talk about delusional... "Alrighty Folks, This may be the BEST FIND for Video Games on EBAY for a while. This Gaming System dates back 1987, back when NINTENDO Super Mario Brother's 1 first came out (around that time). "

You're off by 2 years, pal.

[Nebagram]

Are you sure that's dust, and that it hasn't been sat at the bottom of a cat litter tray for the past 10 years? :-/

[Icarus Moonsight]

Strange? What is so strange about a PC-Engine? Perhaps the number of muck-holes it was dragged through to achieve that "premium" protective coating? LOL

At $880... I've had better finds in the commode after a much needed (and releaving) deuce (COOL! CORN!). Failure complete! - for not giving the offered item the VAG treatment. :evil:

[OMF2097]

Just when you thought this couldn't get anymore funnier:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-NEC-1st-DUAL-8-Bit-PC-ENGINE-Video-Game-System_W0QQitemZ270242723346QQihZ017QQcategoryZ419 3QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[IronBuddha]

WTF is this guy on?

[OMF2097]

WTF is this guy on?

Nothing legal I'm assuming.

[Lochlan]

Just when you thought this couldn't get anymore funnier:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-NEC-1st-DUAL-8-Bit-PC-ENGINE-Video-Game-System_W0QQitemZ270242723346QQihZ017QQcategoryZ419 3QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is actually all my fault, because I sent the guy a message on ebay showing him the neo-geo and pcenginefx threads. (I would have probably sent him this thread too if I frequented DP more) I was originally going to say something along the lines of, "hey guy, you're nuts, and a jerk for trying to leech off my hobby," but then I decided that a better approach would be to just show him the threads so that he could figure out for himself that he was batshit crazy with his BIN price (and that he should, y'know, give it a scrub).

I guess he just figured that a lot of people were talking about it so it must be a hot commodity. What a maroon.

And check out the PCenginefx thread for some hilarious photos of the guy I posted. (It's http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=5307.0 for you people too lazy to look). He likes to do that thing where you cross your middle and ring fingers so your hand looks like a "W" -- he's from the streets, yo!

[OMF2097]

This is actually all my fault, because I sent the guy a message on ebay showing him the neo-geo and pcenginefx threads. (I would have probably sent him this thread too if I frequented DP more) I was originally going to say something along the lines of, "hey guy, you're nuts, and a jerk for trying to leech off my hobby," but then I decided that a better approach would be to just show him the threads so that he could figure out for himself that he was batshit crazy with his BIN price (and that he should, y'know, give it a scrub).

I guess he just figured that a lot of people were talking about it so it must be a hot commodity. What a maroon.

And check out the PCenginefx thread for some hilarious photos of the guy I posted. (It's http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=5307.0 for you people too lazy to look). He likes to do that thing where you cross your middle and ring fingers so your hand looks like a "W" -- he's from the streets, yo!

Dude, he needs to sell that system at that price to keep up with his E-Thug persona.

Holla.

[Superman]

It's like a hot stock - the price just keeps going up every day. Of course, for this item, there are no buyers!

[rbudrick]

Dude....don't mess with him. He's a GANGSTA.

WTF!:roll:

-Rob

[IronBuddha]

LMAO He raised the BIN price to $8800! But hey he's throwing in free shipping!

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Somebody should tell him that Super Mario Brothers was released in 1995, not 1997 ...

... then again, maybe nobody should tell him that, the more misinformed data on that auction the better.

[Push Upstairs]

Dude....don't mess with him. He's a GANGSTA.

WTF!:roll:

-Rob

I found the perfect shirt/poster for him.

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/EPH/7721%7EI-Noticed-That-You-re-Gangster-I-m-Pretty-Gangster-Myself-Posters.jpg

[OMF2097]

Somebody should tell him that Super Mario Brothers was released in 1995, not 1997 ...

... then again, maybe nobody should tell him that, the more misinformed data on that auction the better.


Is this dude related to Chad Warden? My guess is that he's "all 'bout dat P.S. Tripple".

The sick part is that he's claiming to give 10% to the WWF. I say revoke his breathing and breeding privileges.

What a C*ckbite.

[PapaStu]

Well since this thread has devolved from a what the heck is this, to the mockery of a now dead ebay auction.... I'ma gonna shimmy this one over to its rightful home.

**mosey on down little doggy**