nes/snes retro duo! pics, review, hacking info 7/27/10
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Hey Joel Schmidt,
wow you bought 3 retros at once? 79.99@ slackers thats insane lol. Which play n trade store did you get the retros from? the one i got mine from told me that innex is actually sold out of the retros right now and will be 2-3 weeks till they get more in for stores...i need to get 2 for my friend and his girlfriend haha, thanks
wow you bought 3 retros at once? 79.99@ slackers thats insane lol. Which play n trade store did you get the retros from? the one i got mine from told me that innex is actually sold out of the retros right now and will be 2-3 weeks till they get more in for stores...i need to get 2 for my friend and his girlfriend haha, thanks
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just do a search on the net for one. i was able to find one for $44 shipped. look at all places like ebay, amazon, half.com, etc... just look around! most stores will probably be sold out at the moment.pixelbomb wrote:i need to get 2 for my friend and his girlfriend haha, thanks
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Hi LovableChevy,
Thanks , i might just do that. I just like to support the local game stores , for some reason hehe. with that said, all 3 Stores around here are all sold out and back ordered...
thers a new review up on youtube about the retro duo.. dont know if its anyone that posted here ,but found it interesting and pretty good.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xZBN5c7V2G4
Thanks , i might just do that. I just like to support the local game stores , for some reason hehe. with that said, all 3 Stores around here are all sold out and back ordered...
thers a new review up on youtube about the retro duo.. dont know if its anyone that posted here ,but found it interesting and pretty good.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xZBN5c7V2G4
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That's Slackers for you. They believe in the "older systems and games should be sold for more because of the laws of supply and demand" rule. a good example is Mega Man X2. They are selling it for $70 at one of their stores.... yet I've seen it on ebay for $30-50.Life of Brian wrote:Yikes! What a ripoff!Joel Schmidt wrote:Incidentally, for anyone wanting a good laugh today. The company Slackers has decided to sell the Retro Duo for $79.99 and is telling customers they should make reservations as it is an extremely rare system and sells out almost immediately.
I really do want a Retro Duo now. If I ever come across one cheaply enough I'll snap that sucker up and have it built into a portable in no time...
As for a Retro Duo... well PnT here is selling them for $44.99. There IS a 20% discount card too.... it is supposed to be used in person, but maybe I could convince the owner to apply it for you. At the very least (if and when he gets more), it'd probably cover the cost of shipping.
I didn't buy them.... I have a FC Dual and aside from the case design, is almost the exact same thing as the Retro Duo. The store owner left them sealed and in the back room until I could get up there. I was the only one that even knew they had come in... not even the other employee knew yet. So I can personally vouch that they had not been used prior to my testing of Battletoads. I think they only have one right now and that one is mine an employee bought one after I finished and the owner has purchased one for use as a permanent display/test unit.pixelbomb wrote:Hey Joel Schmidt,
wow you bought 3 retros at once? 79.99@ slackers thats insane lol. Which play n trade store did you get the retros from? the one i got mine from told me that innex is actually sold out of the retros right now and will be 2-3 weeks till they get more in for stores...i need to get 2 for my friend and his girlfriend haha, thanks
PS: anyone want to help me come up with an ad to promote Play N Trade's prices versus Slackers?
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hehehe Go for it. I've been "accidentally" leaving 20% off discount cards in "random" spots at some of the Slackers storespixelbomb wrote:i guess theyre out too then , i was about to ask if they shared inventory with other play n trades and could bring one to cali. thats a good price though, they charge 49.99 here,
but nothing beats 79.99 LOL
i could stand outside that store and sell them for 69.99
Honestly, I have no clue how many he tried to order. We were getting rather fed up with Innex. They kept claiming the order had been sent and even sent a FedEx tracking number that later turned out to be bogus (for two days it said it had been shipped but then suddenly came up as invalid).
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sorry! i just realized i never said anything in reference to your pictures! i can't see anything that is wrong with it. at least not that would be wrong with the nes side. there does look like a weird blob on one of the snes chips, but you said that side works great... *shrugs*DukeNukenFourEver wrote:I'm just gunna buy a white system to go with my black controllers. If this one breaks down on me I'll just cling to my Twin for life, since that will make it the only clone to work out for me decently.
i really hope the next one works out better for you!
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oh no! i better hurry up and finish mine...Life of Brian wrote:I ordered my Retro Duo yesterday
$43 shipped! Woohoo!
which color did you get? and where did you order from? are you just planning on ripping it apart for a portable? and will it be a dual portable or just another snes...?
*gets excited to see someone else mod retroduo*
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I don't know if anyone here has seen this yet, but it wouldn't hurt to include it: Digital Press forums Retro Duo information
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thanks for posting that link, LoB! i don't know why i didn't think to do that... i gave them this link... oh well!
so i finally got battletoads in the mail last night. didn't have time to test it yet. but, the game looked pretty dirty. so, i'll clean it up real nice and test it out tonight. see if i can settle this score of it working or not.
so i finally got battletoads in the mail last night. didn't have time to test it yet. but, the game looked pretty dirty. so, i'll clean it up real nice and test it out tonight. see if i can settle this score of it working or not.
they call me the Queen of Bondo, though maybe i should be called the Queen of Epoxy Putty
current project - code name: blue mushroom!
current project - code name: blue mushroom!