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>le spoopy season
>guyz, it's time to play some medievil and weegee mansion's lol!
Fuck that. It's time for some real horror. Share your worst /vr/ memories. Lost games, lost friends, weird sexual experiences, whatever. Hit me with your truly harrowing shit from days long gone.
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My dog once got into my finished basement while I was grabbing a soda and pissed on a stack of 30 some GCN games. I had a bunch of shit like PSO, Wario World and Gauntlet DL that would be collectively worth thousands now. All mint CIB. I'm still butthurt about it and he's been dead for 9 years.
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Let my dad throw out my original nes because we thought it was broken(connector issues)

Passed on a 100 dollar Vectrex, even though i needed a replacement controller for mine(controller by itself is about 200-300)

Passed on a 3 dollar copy of Stunt racer for the n64 to grab some crappy 5 dollar snes game(now its the last US game i need for my collection)

Stupidly threw out my pokemon red/yellow/trading card game/stadium and n64 system boxes

Passed on a 15 dollar copy of Princess Tomato on nes (recently got a copy, so past slightly redeemed)

Passed on getting a N64 DD back when they were still reasonably priced as a Christmas gift from my mom, inorder to get the collectors edition of Spore
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>>12075430
Similar to OP pic, my dad one day when i wasnt home came into my room and took the pc i used strictly to play old dos shit on(this was early 2000s) to take to work to use for god knows what. I never got it back, pretty sure he threw it out after because it was "old tech". To add salt to the wound, i had a big Kirby Air Ride store display decal plastered on the case. He took that off and i found it in his car, but now it had a big crease on it because he stepped on it or something. I felt like i got raped or something, just the whole thought of "why the fuck would you do this?"
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>>12075536
>Passed on getting a N64 DD back when they were still reasonably priced as a Christmas gift from my mom, inorder to get the collectors edition of Spore
holy lel
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>>12075536
>that deleted image
Uhhhhhhh
Bro...
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>>12076124
Janny doesn't like pics from medical text books.
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>>12076141
The question is, why did anon feel the need to upload that, and why did he have it saved in the first place?
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>buy Deep Fear off of eBay
>that will be $500 USD + shipping + import fees + tip + tip tax + VAT +penis inspection tax
>get the game
>save it for a few months so I can play it during spooktober
>open the game case
>"wtf this retard seller used scotch tape to affix the disc inside the case"
>slowly try to remove the tape
>everything going well
>suddenly, near the end it tears the top layer of the disc art off, rendering the first disc completely unplayable
>too late for returns
>eBay seller basically tells me tough fuckin luck
Still sour as shit about this.
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>>12076168
Fucking hell. If it's any consolation, the jap version is like 5 dollars and all the voices are in english.
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>>12076182
I bought a new one eventually, but it sucked.

Another one, and I know I'm opening myself up to ridicule with this one:
>buy a CIB copy of Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak from a reputable eBay seller
>Do the deal over Paypal
>Turns out the box is a repro
>But I find this out after a month goes by, and PayPal doesn't honor the returns after this time
>I file a claim and it gets rejected
>But I paid him over two installments, so I file a second claim at a lower value
>Claim approved
>I ship him a shitty repro cart and get $500 back
>Still out $3200
I was a retard and that was totally my fault, but the difference between the repro and the genuine box was a very small detail most people wouldn't know to look for
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>>12076197
Also I ordered the game when I was away from home, so I didn't have a chance to unbox it until after the 30 day grace period. Lesson learned
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>>12076197
>Still out $3200
Look I own a lot of physical media but why are you spending that amount of money on any one thing? I have a very low ceiling in terms of what I pay for games but even with more valuable things I have I don't really ever pay more than £100.
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>>12076197
Fuck. I'd be happy to get a loose copy for under a thousand.
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>>12076210
>why are you spending that amount of money on any one thing?
I exchange money for goods and services that I enjoy.
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>>12076218
I think the game that was included in my purchase may actually be legit. Not in great shape, but I should be able to sell it for $700-800.
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>>12076225
I'd probably pay 600-700 for a copy, possibly more if i had stuff to trade towards it. I have a jap little samson, so it's the last big buy purchase i need for the nes with no cheaper international versions(except years ago when apparently there were south America copies put on ebay that were significantly cheaper, possibly sub 100)
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>>12075430
One day I was all alonenby myself playing Mickey Mouse's Haunted Mansion on my Gaymeboy and then a skeletroon popped out. Spooooooopy
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>>12076219
$3200 for a game is pretty silly.
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>>12076361
If you think that's bad then never look into Neo Geo collecting.
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Best friend in school for 5+ years asked to borrow a bunch of my ps2 stuff since he had family coming to visit, being a retard I let him, of course next day he didn't turn up at school
Knocked his house for like 10 minutes till a neighbor got fed up of it and told me a moving truck was there earlier, RIP my eyetoy and 10+ ps2 games
Still kinda surprised that he didn't tell a single person he was moving away, just so he could steal maybe $100 of stuff
Looked him up years later and he was in prison for robbery too, won't mention his race but it did reinforce some stereotypes
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>>12076379
Lmfao
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>>12076365
You could probably mortgage a house on that.
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>>12076379
what a cunt
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>>12076361
I could afford a Lambo with the money I've spent on my game collection, but I'm happy with my 2015 Chevy because:
different people like different things
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i unplugged the gameshark from the ps1 while my brother was playing it and it wiped his memory card with all his rpg saves
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>>12076379
lmao fuck man, that sucks
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>>12075441
Couldn’t you clean it off?
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You want a real horror show /vr/? Well, I’ll give you one.

I grew up extremely wealthy in the 80’s and 90’s. When being a multimillionaire had actual weight to it and still meant something to people. I got into gaming at an early age, around 3 or so, and was hooked: so my parents, being the type of people consumed by having everything for a particular thing, showered me with things. I had every console you could dream of and sometimes I even had 2 or 3. Had the best of the best with TVs, electronics, computers, etc.

So, fast forward to the age of 11; parents are getting a divorce, the money is draining in lawyer fees, etc. My mom has a huge sale and asks me what I want to do with my stuff (1,000’s of games, probably close to 3 or 4. All CIB. Strategy Guides. Consoles with boxes and manuals. Video game and other kid magazines. VHS tapes, laser discs, LEGOs, action figures, etc. A literal dream for anyone, even more so now. A holy grail even.

So I told her what any other kid would.. get rid of it! It’s old! It’ll never be worth anything! Besides, I could use some of the money for new things! Why would anyone pay for all this old stuff?

It still haunts me seeing the retro market explode with shit I owned and just sold for nothing. That I could have started my own retail spot with everything I had but I just let it go for pennies on the dollar. And I know if I tried to get it back now it’d be a metric shit ton of money.
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>>12075441
You are retarded for being irresponsible with your dog and nice things
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>>12076379
>won't mention his race but it did reinforce some stereotypes
I had a similar unmentionable race friend who i naively let borrow my game boy color and got it back with a scratched to fuck screen and missing battery cover. He also tore the picture of fierce deity link out of my majoras mask players guide because he thought it "looked cool".
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>>12076917
>So I told her what any other kid would.. get rid of it! It’s old! It’ll never be worth anything!
I don't believe you. That isn't how an 11 year old thinks and I don't imagine an 11 year old would willingly give up all of his worldly possessions in the middle of a divorce just because they are le old toys, especially without the promise of new ones as a dangling carrot.
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>>12075430
>It's time for some real horror
real horror doesnt exist in video games.
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super mario 64.... enough said
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>>12077137
It's not how a normal 11 year old thinks - it's how an 11 year old who has had thousands of gifts dumped on him his entire life thinks
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>>12077137
That's how I thought, anon. I had no foresight whatsoever that things may become more valuable with time because I was raised in an environment where if you wanted something, you just went out and bought it. The big sale, during my parents divorce, was because my mother had to let the house go and she was forced to downsize because she couldn't afford the $6,000 mortgage every month. And it's hard to take the possessions inside of 14,000sqft home and put them in a 3,000sqft home.

For example, my father yelled at me once because I got a C in a class. Yelled and spanked me. I cried, I cried, I ran off to my room, refused to talk, eat, etc. The very next day? He shows up with a brand new GameGear, with all the accessories, as an apology. This is the environment I grew up in. Mom was mad I missed an assignment. She took my PS1 (non dualshock) and chucked it down the stairs and then chucked it at a brick fireplace, shattering it. Few days later, I was at Electronics Boutique getting a brand new Dualshock PS1 as an apology.

I didn't give up everything, mind you, but I let a ton of shit go because I had no idea these things would become valuable because I grew up in a household where.. like I said, if you wanted something, you just went out and bought it. My Christmas's were like... 50 presents to open and that was just my haul.

I'm not saying this as a brag, but just to give context to how I grew up. Now? I have children of my own, I spoil a little bit, but I try to enforce having pride of ownership, taking care of your things, all that, and being more thoughtful with the money.
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>>12075430
>be me
>find out emulation exist
>me, and friends playing 3-player games on a single fucking keyboard
>enjoying the hell out of it
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>>12076379
>Still kinda surprised that he didn't tell a single person he was moving away, just so he could steal maybe $100 of stuff
Maybe he did the same to other kids too?
In the UK asylum seekers would get juggled between cities every few years, so the kids usually learn they can get away with shit like that (parents might even encourage it too)
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>>12077973
>>me, and friends playing 3-player games on a single fucking keyboard
Damn, that is spooky.
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>>12077889
>exchanging stories on an anonymous fishing forum is parasocial
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>get a copy of Yoshi's Island from local game shop
>plug into my SNES when I get home, screen is all glitchy and it ultimately doesn't work
>inspect it, smells like cat piss wtf
>ah well, I'll return it later in the week
>have two friends over the next day
>one of them was quietly known among our group for having a disgusting Joe's Apartment level of horrendous living space, her apartment also constantly reeks of cat piss
>she's in the bathroom for a minute, take the opportunity to ask my other friend
>"Hey dude smell this cart, does this smell like what I think it does?"
>"Augh wtf dude why does it smell like cat piss lol"
>"idk man isn't that crazy lol"
>revolting friend walks back into the room, unaware
>ask her "Hey does this smell weird to you?"
>virtually no reaction, "No? Smells fine to me"
>me and normal friend exchange horrified/amused knowing looks
>later return the cart and they swap it out with a clean normal working copy, all's good
>but confirmed that that chick is so immersed in cat piss she doesn't even smell it anymore
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>>12079180
Did you fuck her?
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>>12076379
No fucking way bro tell me you just made this up. What grade were you in? You had to be in high school I just cannot imagine an elementary school kid having this mindset.
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>>12079420
God no, there were no fewer than three untreated insect infestations going on with her at any given time. None of us are even friends with her anymore, she also had turbo psychobitch BPD. Don't know why we put up with her shit for so long.
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>>12079598
We were like 12/13, idk what US grade that would be
Think he was stealing shit from me for a while really, had a bunch of things go missing that I'm 90% sure he snatched, didn't put that together till after he moved though.



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