Hi all,

Was wondering if any of you also enjoyed collecting and playing with old school gaming systems. I still have my NES, 3do (goldstar), dreamcast ...

Would gladly swap games and buy systems - currently looking for a panasonic 3do in particular.

Also, leads on shops in lebanon that still have old stock are welcome. For example, in Hamra "Al Ajou trading" on the de prague street still has tons of wrapped SNES/Megacd/N64 games. There is also a nice place at the beginning of gemmayze with boxed megadrives and other systems.

Cheers,
lance
I'd really like to play some "classic" 3d arcade games on iPhone.
lance5277 wroteWould gladly swap games and buy systems - currently looking for a panasonic 3do in particular.
Man that's really old school :-)
But it did have some pretty good graphics for the time, and it was a cool console.
I had a friend who had one - back then. But don't get any hopes...
1 - I need to meet him - haven't seen him in a long time.
2 - It is most probably broke or lost.
3 - And if it not, he might still prefer keeping it.

How about ebay?
I've seen some N64s at souk al ahad (flea market) and a Sega Mega Drive. The Sega is definitely a knock-off, but I'm not sure about the N64.
I have a sega Mega drive, still working like a charm, I've had it for like 18 years now :D
Yes megadrive remains very common in lebanon, both original and fake ones.

thanks rolf, I guess you are right I should not get my hopes too high. also in lebanon I think only the goldstar was ever imported officially, not the panasonic (the latter plays backups more seamlessly)

Best
lance
The 16-bit Mega Drive and the Sega Genesis(same thing though) are still the best consoles(i used to own, only Mega Drive remains) with their awesome mascot "Sonic The Hedgehog".
I have two megadrives a genesis with sega cd addon (i got it from the US). And like 5 gameboys with many games. Also have a non functional SNES.
Being exclusivealy a PC gamer, I still enjoy my collection of old PC games. Commander Keen, Dizzy, the original Worms, Prince of Persia, Desert Strike...

I made the mistake of letting some of the CDs get too old to be readable. Sadface.
This thread proves the existence of a lot of gamer wanna-bes.
kareem_nasser wroteThis thread proves the existence of a lot of gamer wanna-bes.
Care to elaborate?
Kassem wrote
kareem_nasser wroteThis thread proves the existence of a lot of gamer wanna-bes.
Care to elaborate?
Simple: Many gamers in the gaming section but they didn't post on this thread(or some that are i expected them to post).
What i meant by wanna-bes are the new "gamers" who suddenly became pros because they mastered FPS games such as CoD mainly.
i wouldn't really call them wanna-be kareem. most of them weren't around a PC during that time.

I still enjoy a few spins of Supaplex, Ultima, Desert Strike etc .... even Moral Combat 1 :P

Sorry Lance, no hardware to give you :P already donated them all years back :) (
Gaming is supposedly about fun, so why bring in this competitive aspect.
Padre wrotei wouldn't really call them wanna-be kareem. most of them weren't around a PC during that time.

I still enjoy a few spins of Supaplex, Ultima, Desert Strike etc .... even Moral Combat 1 :P

Sorry Lance, no hardware to give you :P already donated them all years back :) (
Trust some of them are. Just after all their bragging that they are pros ask them a single question about any other type of game like RPG or action/adventure.
Bassem wroteBeing exclusivealy a PC gamer, I still enjoy my collection of old PC games. Commander Keen, Dizzy, the original Worms, Prince of Persia, Desert Strike...

I made the mistake of letting some of the CDs get too old to be readable. Sadface.
Omg i still have Commander Keen and Prince of persia legit with full boxes and stuff. I also have Wing Commander, Quake and Doom all boxed.
The PC just ownz every console in existence :P
Flakk wroteThe PC just ownz every console in existence :P
Anyone that says otherwise is definitely stupid.
Wing Commander
FTW ! :)
As for old PC Games I really like point & click adventures: (all old lucasArts series)
- Flight of the amazon Queen
- Full Throttle
- Broken sword series (all)

you also have monkey island series.

On console,I traded my hardware for emulators as they take soooo much space!
I still have my dreamcast + Shen Mu somewhere!
Got most of the genesis and super nintendo hits on emulators :)

PS for people who like LucasArts adventure games, the engine they have (scummVM) is available for almost every plattform and you can get it from http://www.scummvm.org/downloads/ and still play every game :)