RARE in the USA but Cheap in the UK
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- Retro hunting in London. Lots of stuff from eBay UK and a few pickups from local retailers.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Unboxing
1:07 Xbox Crystal
2:20 Sega Master System 2
4:33 Neo Geo Pocket
6:10 Atari Lynx
7:13 Sinclair ZX Spectrum
9:09 Local Pickups
10:42 CEX Stores
13:21 Outro 
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The master system 2 was released in the United States they are just very rare. I have one that’s a us model.
I had no idea!! Woa that's awesome, that must be a really rare system. I plan to do an NTSC conversion on one and an RGB mod on the other.
It barely was released here (around the time the Genesis was). The one we got has a lighter shade to the case and is definitely pretty rare. Side note: it actually has a built in game like the later model 1 Master Systems did.
Metal Jesus Rocks featured it in one video with another collecter.
@@aegonthedragon7303 Yep mine has Alex kid built in
I had one too, think my parents ordered out of the Sears wish book. The genesis and snes was already out.
Oh you're gonna love the Speccy when you get it working! All us in the UK who were brought up in the early 80s have great memories of playing games on this beauty.
Haha I'm really looking forward to it.
And better memories of doing tape to tape copy and taking the original back to the shop.
R TAPE LOADING ERROR was a pain in the arse though.
I kept my broken one from when I was 5 and eventually fixed it. No power. The PSU DC cable had shorted to the braid and I had an AV adapter cable kit that matched the socket. I soldered it ok but it's a tight fit.
I made a SCART cable which worked great on our Sony, but gets double vision on my Samsung TV/PC monitor upstairs so I lost interest.
The tape belt had also become oval so didn't load games well until replaced. I think the head needs cleaning often with alcohol.
The issue 2 was mine with 16K updated to 48K and interface 1 and micro drive
I remember back in the 90's in the uk I took 20 master system games to numerous 2nd hand stores to sell or exchange and all of them said it wasn't worth the space in their stores to buy them anymore at any price...oh how times have changed.
An absolutely fascinating and interesting video.
I'm from the UK and it is always interesting to find that some of our old retro stuff can occasionally be rare in the States. Mind you - on my trips to the USA I loaded up on NES titles that were as common as muck to you guys but super scarce in the UK, that makes retro trips in other countries great fun. Ghosts n Goblins, £30 plus -unboxed for NES, $10 on your patch.
Enjoy discovering the Spectrum- a beloved UK system if ever there was one!
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Thanks for the sub!!
Also from UK :)
Beloved system? Unless like me you owned the C64.
Glad you're back, man. Can't wait for the new videos! By far the best and most relaxing repair channel I've come across.
Thanks for the high praise my man. Cheers.
@@BorderlineOCD I love how you seem to have this baseline for every repair you do. You're not afraid to redo a repair if you're not entirely happy and always show this to us, the viewers. Hence the name of the channel, I guess!
It amazed me a few years ago that rare stuff in the UK was considered common disposable in Japan. Oddly talking to store staff in Japan revealed that the same devices as UK spec were coveted in Japan. I gave contact details to one store owner for my local games store as they had shelves full of gear they cant shift in the UK. The two stores set up a system where one would send JP spec and swap for UK spec. They sold each device for double what the native consoles sold for.
Some nice finds indeed.
I got a crystal xbox earlier in the year from a charity shop I volunteer at for £10 boxed with 2 controllers and splinter cell, also got a gamecube from them for £10.
Also found a S&R PS4 for £10 the other day on FB marketplace, there's plenty of deals to be had you just got to be in the right place etc.
I often take a look around local charity shops and car boot sales to find games/dvds that I can flip at CEX for instore voucher credit, although most people have wised up to what they have so the rarities are really hard to find and you may be able to get a slim margin for other things.
That ZX Spectrum +2 keyboard fault *could* be a simple fix. I’m pretty sure it has a two layer membrane (mylar) in it, if you part the layers and give the contacts a wipe over, then put it together and re-assemble the keyboard, it will quite likely work. I’ve done this myself a few years ago.
The original rubber keyed and 128k toaster Spectrums are the ones valued by collectors in the UK. The models with built in tape recorders are Amstrad manufactured and don't have the design style of the original Sinclair computers but are more practical. Amstrad made a very unsuccessful Europe only console GX4000 but sold it with faulty power supplies
Yeah I gathered this while looking at the available models and reading up about it. I really liked the appeal of the all-in-one unit though as a first comer to the system. I guess given I lack any nostalgia with it I didn't really mind.
I recently fixed a master system 2 that only produced a black and white image, could be the same issue as mine, it turned out to be a bad crystal that had gone out of spec and couldn't produce an adequate colour burst frequency. I couldn't get hold of a replacement crystal so I did the DFO mod (Dual Frequency Oscillator) that uses a programmable CDCE913 clock synthesizer chip to generate the correct frequency and is mounted on a tiny PCB that is available online and is the same footprint as the original crystal, it is a drop in replacement.
I also did the RGB and 50/60Hz mod on mine.
Thanks very much for this info, very useful. Did you get the CDCE913 preprogrammed from somewhere or did you also get the programmer and do it yourself? I'll do a bit more research on this.
@@BorderlineOCD I programmed it myself using the programmer you build as part of project, search for DFO mod nfggames. I wired this in conjunction with the 50/60Hz Switch mod so I get the correct frequency selected when forced into PAL or NTSC. This was originally designed for the Mega Drive but uses same frequencies as Master System, I just had to reverse which frequency was selected when 5v is applied to the pad of the DFO by swapping the values around in the programming software since its the reverse in the Mega Drive.
The PAL/NTSC Pin 57 of IC5 of the master system has to be lifted and connected to the middle pin of a SPDT switch, 5V and GND can be found local to IC5 and connected to the outer pins of the switch, A wire from the 5v side of the switch is also connected to the pad of the DFO) when switched to 5v it forces IC5 into PAL mode and sends 5v into the DFO and selects 53.203424 MHz (PAL frequency), when switched to ground it forces IC5 into NTSC mode and no voltage (not connected) on the DFO means it will select 53.693175 MHz (NTSC frequency). Hope all this makes sense, Also check out the rest of the thread for some essential info, like links to a more detailed thread and adding 22ohm resistor to programmer for better reliability.
I believe there are similar projects knocking around, maybe prebuilt, this is just one I came across and went with. Maybe this could also be incorporated with a switchless 50/60Hz mod.
@@Adrian_Finn Thanks for the detailed write up. I'll definitely do a bit more research on this. Cheers bud.
@@BorderlineOCD You're welcome, one other thing I used the DFO 5V DIL14 version and the pad on the DFO I referred to is labelled "S0". Happy researching.
Great to see you visiting my home town in Birmingham and my local CEX in the city Center. Looking forward to seeing you getting the Spectrum working. Huge part of my childhood here in the UK along with Commodore.
I like how polite you were with the staff at CEX :)
Oh my word, I am so excited to see this! Hope you had a good trip my homeland my friend!
I did! Was a great trip and happy with the goodies I brought back with me.
Hope you had a great time in the UK. Glad to see you back with some great finds. Can't wait for those repair videos
I did buddy, it was great fun. Mostly around London and Birmingham this time. Hope to see more of the country in upcoming visits.
@@BorderlineOCD i have never been. My wife has family in Ipswich. Next time i go visit my family in Italy, i will make a stop in the Uk
That looks like one of the best CEX store I’ve saw
Nice to see you back! Such a great haul, and I'm looking forward to the upcoming videos. Take care and be safe.
Thanks!
Been patiently waiting your return! most righteous finds!
Thank you buddy.
Really cool that you’ve visited Birmingham and have family there. I live very close to there in the UK and it’s great to know that you had a good visit and picked up some nice deals. 👍
12:06 that's the third ever (and second oldest still trading) CeX, which is on Tottenham Court Road (TCR) in London and opened in 1995, replacing the first ever one which had opened in 1992. The one on nearby Rathbone Place was the second ever (and very oldest still trading) CeX, opened in 1993.
I went to both in 2018 after learning about them, when the TCR store still had its old silver frontage sign with Computer Exchange, "cex" and "buy sell exchange" on it, (but after the windows had been painted red), but I since saw on a The Retro Future or Elliot Coll video that it been replaced with the standard red national chain CeX frontage sign in 2019. I expressed my disappointment in the comments, and someone told me that the old sign had been put inside.
Sure enough, at 12:12, they have recycled part of the old sign, albeit with added red, into some sort of "EST. 1992" wall piece thing. I'll take it!
You can get a very nice lcd replacement for the Lynx. It’s commonly known as the McWill lcd mod.
The BennVenn mod is much better than the McWill mod.
@@RBKing80 I can’t really compare as I only have the McWill mod on both of my Lynx 1’s. However I do have a BenVinn Gameboy color LCD mod and it is great!
@@apr2499 The BennVenn is a drop in solution. No soldering required and the screen is nicer
@@RBKing80 Wow that sounds amazing! The McWill mod for the Lynx 1 was NOT drop in. It required a bunch of soldering.
Thanks for the tip boys. I didn't know there was a drop-in solution for the Lynx, that's pretty awesome!
I'm from Birmingham! Its pretty cool to see you go around a CEX I visit often haha! Nice video.
Thanks!
Nice effort, looks like you had fun :). Can't wait to see the Neo Geo and Spectrum vids. Good luck!
Mad to see you going round my local CeX.
Glad you are back! Hopping for more of your videos !
Thanks buddy. Cheers.
Cool how you showed us how you bought those games.
Those CEX shops are amazing. I now understand. If only they had those here in the Netherlands. Thanks for another great video!
Nice finds!
That Crystal Xbox, I'm jealous :)
When I got my Master System II I was kind of disappointed as the first Master System (with its native RGB output) is better in every way I can think of...but still it's nice to have one in your collection.
Can't wait for those repair videos :)
Welcome back, good sir! Really love the look of the Crystal Xbox and the MSII, which we got those in North America. Japan and Europe always got the interesting stuff.
Thanks buddy. I was corrected and informed that there is indeed an NTSC SMS2, but quite rare and never sold in large numbers. So apparently they are out there.
@@BorderlineOCD Yes it's true. There is an NTSC Master System 2 and I own one. However unfortunately the system is grey and the Master System II of my youth back home in the UK was Black.....I was thinking of switching the cases !
Great video
I’ve never seen anyone use packing chips in a suitcase like this before! Lol :)
Hope you had a good time mate! It's awesome you got a Crystal Xbox, I actually own one too and used one of your modding videos to mod mine with the Aladdin chip. Luckily I have 2 Crystal controllers too, shame you didn't manage to get some but at least you have the centre piece 😁
Nice to hear you hard modded your system and non of that soft mod crap. Good man.
Hi, I know the first CEX store that you went into in the video well :-) whenever I go into Birmingham I call in for a look to see if they have anything I’m after.
Just a couple of interesting points:
CEX is actually not called C.E.X…… it is called SEX. Even in their tv ads they unbelievably call it SEX (odd I know !)
You also said about the warranty being a couple of days when you buy from them, it’s actually 2 years. Everything they sell comes with a standard 2 year warranty. I have actually bought from them used rather than new from another retailer for the reduced cost plus that extra cover.
Yep, the sex exchange. I'd love to exchange some sex! Hasnt happened to me in over a decade.
The free Wifi's also called Unprotected CeX 😁
Wow time flies, just noticed you haven't had a video in ages, glad to see you back and glad to see you got a great haul that'll hopefully turn into a bunch of videos for us to vicariously enjoy.
Do you have any mom-and-pop (as in, non-GameStop) stores around you? Might be worth finding out, you might find some good pickups or maybe see if they'd be willing to give you some units they can't/won't fix. Also flea markets this time of year can sometimes find some goodies.
A couple of nearby thrift stores but haven't had much luck yet, although I've done it enough to know you need to keep checking because once in a blue moon you'll land something worthwhile. I like the video-game store idea. I live in Bend, OR and there are certainly a handful of those. Thanks for the tip!
Glad you found some nice items in the U.K, cant wait for more content.
Thanks buddy. Cheers!
Great you're back man. Your channel is awesome
Glad you're enjoying the content.
Dang that's a massive CEX, the ones I have seen in videos before are all small corner stores.
Cool. I can't wait to see these repair videos!!!
Thanks!
I was beginning to worry about you. Glad you’re back 👍🏼
Haha thanks man. Just enjoying the summer. Long cold winters where I live :)
Welcome back to this side of the pond! Like the other commenter said, Master System 2 was sold in the US. I picked one up years ago to replace a model 1 with a bad controller port.
That's awesome buddy. I was surprised to hear it was released here but you learn something new every day!
Hey! Great to see you back online.
Interesting that you gravitated to CEX, which is a store with a lot of important UK gaming history. Back in the late 80's/early 90's, the UK was undergoing a massive boom in Japanese/US imports, and one of the original/best stores was a little shop in London called the 'Tottenham Court Road [C]omputer [EX]change. This was a big player in the import scene, but eventually became a national franchise when the popularity of imports died down, and they sold more 2nd hand stuff.
They are considered expensive over here, but if you're happy with what you paid, thats the only important thing.
Did you manage to get a PAL Gamecube as suggested? The only variant that outputs native RGB 😀
It feels like CEX basically stopped doing retro game stuff at all around the early 2000s and just did ipods and DVDs for a while, nice they've sort of gone back to their roots more recently, even if it's mostly second hand stuff rather than imports.
I almost bagged a faulty Gamecube and Saturn on FB Marketplace with a nice bunch of games too, but for the reasons I briefly mentioned at the end, it unfortunately did not happen. Maybe next time.
I went to the Tottenham Court Rd shop a couple of weeks ago. I bought the odd game from CEX, but mainly buy my consoles on ebay
@@icenode The reason they stopped doing imports was from direct pressure from Nintendo and Sony to ask them to stop selling them, as at the time NTSC imports would often come out before official PAL versions, "spoiling" the official UK releases, but they also blocked import games that you couldn't get in the UK in any form. One week my local CEX had things like Sin and Punishment JP boxed, the next all the imports were gone from the store. Think was about 2007 or so.
I went to Rathbourne Place many times in the 90's. Especially during the PS1, SS, N64 era. They opened a retro store nearer 1998-1999 but rumour was it flopped and eventually burnt down (with suspicion).
Really surprised how expensive master system games are. I used to have loads of them.
Retro games are off the charts these days. They are much more expensive in the US.
Welcome back, great to see you again.
And man, do I wish we had a similar store where I'm from. Best you can get are pre-build PCs, outdated at that, headphones and phone cases, and those generic RGB accessories, no true gaming content, but I at least finally found some tools, still no tri-wing, or all the torx screwdrivers I needed, but it's getting there somewhat.
Cheers.
I know postal services can be unreliable in some countries, but I bet you can get an iFixit-style set on eBay and have it delivered to you. Might take a long time to get there but surely you'll receive it?
Looking forward for the repairs! good finds!
Me too, fired up and ready!
the zx spectrum 128 has been on my import list for a while now. cant wait to see the repair vids.
I can see the love from the UK in the comments for that system. I'm looking forward to tinkering with it.
Good to see you back at it
Thanks my man.
Great video, glad you enjoyed your visit to the UK. CEX are a fantastic store I visit these shops most weeks or visit their online store which is great as it will allow you to collect items or have them delivered to your home.
Hope to see more videos in the near future from your channel. Just as a sidenote, I buy a lot of mobile phones from America which are brilliant much cheaper than here in the UK, what I found though is if you wanted to resell one here CEX won't buy them as they explained phones built for the US market have different setup to ours so the connection is not guaranteed here in the UK though I personally have not had any issues with these hansets.
Glad Youre Back Brother. GREAT Score BTW...
Thanks my man. Cheers.
My first gaming system was an Atari ST 540, Had games like Run the Gauntlet, Black Lamp, Star Goose, Bomb Jack ect ect... and that was in the mid 90's despite its original 1985 launch date.
Nice finds you got there! I need to visit CEX in the future. I love how one of the CEX guys said "Be dramatic! Its for RUclips." BTW are not packing peanuts from hell?
They were super chill dudes (in the middle of dealing with a difficult customer too). The packing peanuts are biodegradable and dissolve in water. I don't even think you can buy the old style styrofoam ones anymore.
@@BorderlineOCD CeX gets a bad rep, they're a business, people forget that. Like a McDonald's worker isn't a chef. Can't believe you have family here and still call it BirmingHAM - it's not HAM at the end!!!
What lovely pickups! I'd prolly remove those AAAs from the neo geo pocket box just incase one day they corrode, I'd hate for the boxes to get damaged
Good call
Some great pickups 👍👍
Thanks 👍
Speaking from the UK and of the right age demographic to remember this tech new, I'm looking forward to your vids on them working. Plus you were lucky to not get a TSA agent aware of the value and have the case confiscated (and resold) :)
I didn't think it would be a problem to bring them in, given they are for my own personal use. Is it not allowed or something? If you add them all up were talking about less than £300.
@@BorderlineOCD Probably meant as a joke as in if anyone searched your case and wanted to have it for themselves, they may abuse their position.
The TSA has no interaction with incoming international travellers or their shipments. You, mistakenly, think they’re the CBP.
Nice video borderline !
Charity shops. Gold mine for retro stuff in the UK
If you weren't already aware, I think that version of Splinter Cell has a load/save game glitch that allows you to load a soft mod on the xbox.
I have been in that CeX in Birmingham! Roadworks were a real pain, but also tried a couple of charity shops around there with not much luck.
Nice big location, inviting store. Good selection of systems too if I was looking for a ready-to-go bundle.
CEX gives a 2-YEAR guarantee on hardware and software 👍🏻
A few folks have mentioned this to me. Basically the guy in the second store said I had a couple of days to return the games if there were problems. I'm not sure what he was referring to (like a grace period?) but great to know about their warranty, 2 years is ridiculous for a used product. That's awesome.
@@BorderlineOCD I recommend getting a members card iv had stuff go bad nearly 16 months after buying it and didn't have the receipt but I got it from a trade for points and used my membership card to buy it they scanned my card saw I used it and replaced it for me even without a receipt
We had a Xbox Crystal and Master System 2 in our household.
Nice video. I recognise the Birmingham CEX.
Excellent work
Looks like you've got a lot of good stuff to keep you busy. I'm interested as to what's involved for a PAL to NTSC conversion 👍
From what I've read in the comments it looks to be a very simple conversion. Hard or soft mod and everything in software. I'm looking forward to messing with it.
Still have my original master system. Now I'm inspired to dust it off and work on it. Thanks brother
Bart vs. the Space Mutants and the Incredible Crash Dummies. That's sums up a good 5 years of my childhood. Enjoy brother.
We have CEX in the Netherlands to but some things are a little different. The oldest system they sell is the Ps2 and you get (I believe it's even by law) a 2 year warranty on all electronics.
Great you are back :-D Cant wait to see you fix all them systems, so please dont take as long a break again :-P
Haha noted.
There are very few game stores in the US that you can get solid deals on retro games. Some places charging more than double the pricecharting value.
CEX's warranties actually cover 1 - 2 years depending on the product. Really good warranties for used kit.
Nice haul! Love the crystal Xbox. I still have my OG green Halo Xbox complete in box from when I bought it back in 2004. Unfortunately I sold my CIB Master System. Don’t know what I was thinking. Great video. New sub!
Thanks for the sub buddy. Cheers.
@@BorderlineOCD you will need to swap out the PSU for a North American one for it to work without an adaptor. You can use your copy of splinter cell and a save game soft mod to edit the eeprom and change the region to ntsc. That'll get it working. It's likely a 1.4 so I would also tsop flash it so that it is region free but your really should miss it worth ntsc eeprom region so it can do up to 1080i with component or hdmi. Euro consoles top out at 480p if they aren't eeprom changed to ntsc.
Very cool vid. There are some good deals in CEX, but I find it is starting to get very pricey- especially Saturn stuff. I had Super Tennis on card for the Master System way back in the day.
The ZX Spectrums of all varies have issues where the membranes degrade over time a simple UK ebay search will find a replacement for around £20 (uk) and its a simple install, need to order one myself for my 48k+.
Great deal man keep it up see you on the next one
Thanks buddy. Cheers.
I wanted a Lynx so badly when I was a kid!
I’m from the UK I live in a city up north of Birmingham called Manchester, games and consoles are very cheap here in the UK, I actually import stuff from Japan to sell here in the UK as it’s cheap and easy to get thru UK customs
Good to know, maybe next time!
I recently moved back from the UK to Australia. I'm so upset I sold my Crystal Xbox, boxed and modded and didn't ship it over with my other stuff! the UK has so many cheap retro gear!
I think all of us have a story like that, sold something you wish you hadn't. Hey, maybe it draws you back into the modding scene and you'll build yourself an up-to-date modded rig.
@@BorderlineOCD Good point, They are so easy to mod these days anyway!
I always wanted to play a lynx. I may have once. It looked like there were some good games on it.
Hey you are back... I live in London and wondered why we were not getting any videos looking forward to watching this later
Thanks buddy. Cheers.
Reply OMG I'm from Birmingham Solihull I can't belive you have family there. What a small world. I could if showed you my collection in my parents loft. C64 , sega master system with light gun. N64, sega Saturn.
Yeeey! My man @Borderline OCD, a console geek and a low-key F1 fan is back with new toys! Can't wait for new vids on the channel! You know Leclerc won't get back for that title fight, do you? Or will he? Cheers from Europe!
Ha it's over for Leclerc this year buddy. Was a stellar start to the season but it's gone too far downhill for any realistic shot at redemption.
@@BorderlineOCD Yeah, Ferrari screwed up big time. "Grande strategia", you know. 😂
Hey, welcome back!
Hey, thanks!
To my knowledge, the Master System 2 DID actually release in US, it was just in very limited quantities.
Great to see you bagged some bargins and even better they've gone to a good home.
Indeed, this is where consoles come for another chance at life :P
I have that exact model ZX Spectrum. Once you open it up you'll see that it isn't a very complex machine. If your only fault is the keyboard, there are a lot of sites selling replacement membranes but you might just actually need to cleanup your original membrane and socket in the first place. Good luck with games via tape. :) The more data they have, the longer it takes, Lotus Challenge takes nearly a full 20mins. There are flashcarts available that will allow you to load games instantly off of SD or CF cards.
I've never owned a system with a tape drive. Will be interesting to experience. Looking forward to tinkering with that machine for sure. Ordered an RGB SCART cable for it. Now I just to stop being a little b!tch and pony up the cash for an upscaler once and for all.
@@BorderlineOCD OSSC works fine but if you can splurge a bit more, the TINK5x Pro also works fine and has a lot of extra goodies that can make your experience really awesome.
@@BorderlineOCD The membrane on these is in two layers so you might have luck peeling them apart, thoroughly cleaning and sticking back together again. Most of the new membranes on sale are for the 48k / 128k+ models as the +2s don’t tend to go in the same way
great pick up!!!!
Thanks!!
CEX has cornered the pre-owned market in the UK. They don't actually sell anything new anymore. You can trade in old games and electronics for cash or credit. You can also order online which lists stock in every single store.
It's a good business model, especially for a visitor like myself. Funny that I can't access their website from the USA to see any local inventory, they seem to have some IP address blocking so I'd probably need a VPN.
When I was younger I had the ZX Spectrum +3 (floppy disk version) but being the inquisitive kid that I was, I read the manual about writing my own game using the line by line code it gave - and I accidentally formatted all my game disks. So my parents decided to get me a +2 instead as I couldn’t wipe the cassette tapes that way 😂
That’s pretty funny. That floppy version looks cool but they’re quite expensive and didn’t seem to have as much support in the retro scene.
The warranty is actually 24 month for nearly everything
Ive been into that exact one a few times when Im in birmingham
We have CEX here in Australia although I have never seen retro stuff (systems or games) in one, nor have I seen PC games. I did pick up a used transparent pink off-brand wired xbox 360 controller from a CEX though (I wanted it for Nintendo 64 emulation and for some PC stuff that supported it)
It's amazing that Australia is even on the electric yet.
I have one of those crystal xboxes its great but the UK models for some reason dont output 720P they only go as far as 580I. I did install a backend using the splinter cell save game glitch and have forced it to output at 720P, looks much better!.
Zee Ex Spectrum :) You're forgiven, it is the first time I've ever heard it pronounced like that. I think that would be the easiest fix as the mainboard was still similar to the 16K/48K models and the keyboard was a simple ribbon attachment. They could easily come loose if owned by someone who got easily angry at games (!) Glad you got some bargains, sorry about the strikes and lastly I'm jealous of that sweet, sweet exchange rate you have right now.
Welcome back my freind
Thanks my man. Cheers.
Oh wow, I've been to that CEX at 10:51 😮
Yep, Birmingham. Ironically I found most of the stuff at the smaller locations but I enjoyed checking out that store.
Yeahhhhh ,thank god bro you are back
Thanks buddy. Cheers.
Glad to see your back mate, I sent you an email about the ZX Spectrum with some tips and information that may be usefull
Thanks for the useful tips James. All the best buddy.
next tinme iin the UK see uf you can get to what we call Boot sales. They are outdoor markets often held at the weekend,There you can often pick up PC and games for silly prices if you haggle a bit. Usally folks will tell you if they are working and most are honest.
They are gold mine for old console games.
It’s a two to three year warranty! It’s crazy. They’re professional scalpers though for new things
Birmingham!! I work just near the cex store
love the master system was my first computer too lol, alex the kid built in to the computer lol
Next time you're in Birmingham, check out the excellent Entertainment World in Marston Green area near the airport.
Oh you do have one of the best ports to the spectrum included as a freebie assuming it works R type is a really good game for the system.
Nice to know your family lives in sunny Birmingham I live in brum as well. Can't beat the brummies for a bargain.
Sister goes to college there.
Just call it a Speccy, we all know what you mean 🙂
I also have a +2 in NTSC land (Canada), so I'm super curious to see how you get on with it !
we had the same first computers!
We have CEX here in Australia as well. 2 year warranty on all goods.
Good to know!