So my lovely old, retro NES arrived last week. I was eager to play on Mario 3 with the tiny square controllers so I hooked up the machine, slid in a game and hit the power button………
Nothing! Just a white screen.
I did what all people who have experienced a Nintendo games console would have [...]
Posted by Ninja Geek on 03.02.2009 at 10:47 am// Tagged: Geek Project , 72 pin connector, Mario 3, nes, retro
Finally!!!
The days has come. After looking on eBay for an old NES for approaching a month now I finally managed to seal a deal. The thing is I was actually outbid on the item and only got offered the system on a 2nd chance offer. I’m just thankful for little boys using their parents account [...]
Posted by Ninja Geek on 02.23.2009 at 12:47 pm// Tagged: Geek Project, Random , 2nd chance offer, ebay, nes, nintendo, winning bid
I must have bid on 15 auctions for either a PSOne with screen or NES Console and was outbid on everyone of them. I started to think of other ways to get an old console but when I first considered the project I thought it would be easy to win one on eBay. Anyway I [...]
Posted by Ninja Geek on 02.11.2009 at 1:01 pm// Tagged: Geek Project, Random , console, ebay, nes, psone, searching
The “project” took a step sideways the other day, the auction for the NES console closed with the final bid being about $30 more than I’d hope to have paid. Thinking about it I would love to have an old style NES and not chop it up so maybe the NES to portable challenge may [...]
Posted by Ninja Geek on 02.06.2009 at 4:13 pm// Tagged: Geek Project , console, ebay, Geek Project, nes, project, psone
When I was looking at buying the old NES and SNES consoles I came across a web site called RarityGuide.com - Price Guides, the site is great to look up old games for both of these consoles as well as Playstation 1 & 2 games and the consoles themselves along with a load of other [...]
Posted by Ninja Geek on 10.29.2008 at 1:22 pm// Tagged: Geek Gaming , nes, rare games, snes