I've only ever had a PSOne. In regards to the topic, however, I see model 1 PSX consoles very often at thrift shops these days.
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I've only ever had a PSOne. In regards to the topic, however, I see model 1 PSX consoles very often at thrift shops these days.
Wait, that is not possible because I've been informed by others on Sega-16 that no "real" thieves steal video game systems. What gives? This doesn't jibe with all-knowing posters on these forums...Quote:
Originally Posted by gamevet
They were talking about hardcore "I need lots of money" thieves, and you know that already.
Just drop it.
I had one of these first models. My friend bought it when it first came out in 1995 and he spend like $450 Canadian on it all said and done. He was by far the first person I knew to have a Playstation.
6 months later it was a train-wreak. The plastic rails were so worn out it would only read games if you played it upside down. No one knew why at the time but we just thought it was hilarious! The PSU went on it 3 times! The first two times he owned it. Then he sold it to me for like $80 or something retarded like that. I jumped on it even though it was a crap box. The thing was still worth like $300 at that time! I was so freaking excited to have such a high tech machine at the time but the PSU blew on me like 10 minutes into playing it! Hahaha no joke! But it was only the solder coming into the back from the AC input. So my Dad fixed it for me at the time.
It had a weird RF modulator too that plugged into the mono AV coaxial jacks and had a 3.5mm jack that it must have used for extra power?
Anyway I heard the same thing from a lot of sources. That model PS1 being a really good CD Player. I'm sure it's better than most cheap consumer CD players by the mid 90's but I'm not sure if it really hangs with audiophile level players. But hey anything's possible!
Yeah, they could have stolen my wife's jewelry if that was the case; It was an inside job by the maintenance crew.Quote:
Originally Posted by PimpUigi
My wife called maintenance everytime something was slightly broken. I'd warned her that letting someone check out our apartment that many times will eventually lead to getting ripped off. Luckily we had insurance.
A friend of mine got a brand new PS1 when it came out, about a week or so after launch. I was a bit jealous, all we had was the 2600, my Dad never let us get anything else because that one was so expensive at the time. I can't remember if he ever had problems with it or not.
I've mentioned it before, but all we had was an NES until '95/96 (unless you cound a 2600 in a box in a cabnet in the back of the laundry room that had no AC adaptor -or one that was floating around the house separately, no RF switch box, but several games +2sticks and paddles -my mom had gotten at a garage sale -and got used fianlly ~2000)
Anyway, yeah, Just NES my dad got the year I was born ('89), and PC games. (not all that many, but on top of edutainment, stuff like X-wing, Myst, Return to Zork, some games I only recently realized we had at the time too, and a lot of later games, but that was about it up to ~96)
Jerry Couerl and 17days told me that no real thieves "check out" or even "case" somebody's place for video game related stuff. Just ask the experts...Quote:
Originally Posted by gamevet
Whining on the internet?Quote:
Originally Posted by tz101
WHEN DID THAT START TO HAPPEN?!
I had a release model Playstation, I got it replaced within the first month. It had the extra AV ports as shown in that picture. It played perfectly for years, until recently the drive stopped spinning discs. Fortunately I had 2 later models laying around that I could pinch parts from to get it going again. Never knew they had power supply issue's? Maybe that was US power supply issue?
I got mine after the power supply issue was corrected. (still had the RCA outs)
Also, my Xbox 1 never had a power supply issue either, and it was a launch version.
My Xbox never actually had problems with its power supply, but it was one of the units covered under Microsoft's power cord replacement thingy. Even though I was pretty sure I'd never have a problem, I got the replacement one anyway. You didn't have to send in your old power cord, so I figured, hey, free cord.
That was the lamest recall ever, replacing the cords did nothing, it was a problem with a fre faulty power supplies, nothing to do with the passive cords. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by j_factor
Still, free cord. :D (and it's not propritary either, so you may eventually use it with something else)
dumb ass crack heads will steal anything, we've covered that.Quote:
Originally Posted by tz101
IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE GHETTO, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
Hey, I have had weirder things stolen. When I was younger, I was really into Tamagotchi. I even bought a couple if Japanese Tamagotchi when I visited my relatives in Japan. Anyways, I never really played with those that much, so I kept them in a little Cardboard box on my dresser. ( I think it use to have a ton of candy cigarettes in it or something, and I thought the case looked cool) We were moving from NC to MO once, and we got some really cheap movers to do the job. I wanted to keep a couple of things aside so I wouldn't have a hard time finding them when we moved, one of those things being the box of Japanese Tamagotchi. I just left it on my bed while we went out to get some food, so I wouldn't forget it(and because we told the movers we would take care of the beds, and not to touch anything on them) When I came back, my sheets were ruffled and the box was gone. I think were also missing a lamp and some electronics. Oh, and we didn't leave them alone, we had our neighbor helping them and whatnot. Weird, right?