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sanny87
05-01-2012, 04:27 PM
Does anyone know where I can pick one of these up at a good price, just bought an N64 on ebay and thought I'd get one and realised they are a bit pricey.
are they region locked? sorry if my noobieness is making you feel mildly ill.
brendand
05-01-2012, 04:41 PM
ummm i have no idea if they are region locked but there is quiet a few on ebay atm but boxed ones are harder to come by cheaply
brendand
05-01-2012, 04:45 PM
just googled they are region free apparently
sanny87
05-01-2012, 04:47 PM
thanks guys, didnt realise google woulda come up with the region question thought it was quite a technical thing.
brendand
05-01-2012, 04:48 PM
no probs :) !
sanny87
05-01-2012, 05:03 PM
Do the 3rd party expansions work just as well?
takeshi385
05-01-2012, 05:13 PM
No region lock.
Though I don't know about pal.
alphagamer
05-01-2012, 05:14 PM
Do the 3rd party expansions work just as well?

Some of them get quite hot, better go 1st party!
sanny87
05-01-2012, 05:28 PM
right ok, need to splash the cash then =P
brendand
05-01-2012, 05:41 PM
it is worth it Perfect dark is a amazing game
sanny87
05-02-2012, 01:04 PM
Got one off ebay for £15.49. Thanks for the advice.
APE
05-02-2012, 01:58 PM
Amazing what a piece of fiberglass and two RAMBUS chips will go for on eBay. I've been tempted to clone them but I've yet to find appropriate chips.
sanny87
05-02-2012, 04:36 PM
Amazing what a piece of fiberglass and two RAMBUS chips will go for on eBay. I've been tempted to clone them but I've yet to find appropriate chips.
I was a bit annoyed paying that, but it sounds like I'd have been more annoyed if I knew what you know =D
alphagamer
05-02-2012, 04:39 PM
I had lots of luck when I purchased my N64 consoles, in 3 out of 4 the expansion pak was already installed :-)
Wvisions
05-02-2012, 04:56 PM
Yeah the trick is to buy bundles with the paks still in the consoles. Most people forget that they're there. I know I do.
sanny87
05-02-2012, 05:13 PM
I had lots of luck when I purchased my N64 consoles, in 3 out of 4 the expansion pak was already installed :-)-would be good to have one already in the N64 I bought, will have to wait til it arrives.

Yeah the trick is to buy bundles with the paks still in the consoles. Most people forget that they're there. I know I do. -I didnt realise they were so costly til after I bought my N64 =S
APE
05-02-2012, 05:43 PM
I was a bit annoyed paying that, but it sounds like I'd have been more annoyed if I knew what you know =D

If you knew what I knew about the world you'd probably be greatly annoyed daily.

Thing is, the expansion pak is VERY simple so I have to wonder how the 3rd parties managed to botch it.
Zoinkity
05-02-2012, 07:21 PM
Amazing what a piece of fiberglass and two RAMBUS chips will go for on eBay. I've been tempted to clone them but I've yet to find appropriate chips.

It seems like you answered your own question though.
Ebay is full of pirates and highway robbery. Occationally you see really funny ones like "ULTRA SUPER RARE GYROMITE LAST CHANCE $50 RESERVE".

Come to think of it you can probably kick one all the way up to 10MB without an issue, though one would wonder why. Well, some carts scale memory allocations though...
sanny87
05-03-2012, 07:07 AM
If you knew what I knew about the world you'd probably be greatly annoyed daily.

Thing is, the expansion pak is VERY simple so I have to wonder how the 3rd parties managed to botch it.
So ignorance is bliss =D they maybe just dont take any care or buy extremly poor/cheap parts or maybe a bit of both?
C-Kronos
05-03-2012, 05:14 PM
Amazing what a piece of fiberglass and two RAMBUS chips will go for on eBay. I've been tempted to clone them but I've yet to find appropriate chips.

Agreed, luckily the guy whom I purchased my N64 that I use threw the expansion pack in for free since I've been a customer of his since I was in the 2nd grade.. I'm 20 now, lol.. Long story short, he ran a booth at a local flea-market, and my grandmother managed a booth up there for my great uncle, so I was there a lot during the weekends.

I've even referred a few people I've spoken with in his shop to this site since they were looking for specific titles that I knew he wouldn't have, no clue if they actually joined though.
Eviltaco64
05-09-2012, 01:14 PM
In terms of price, it usually tends to go like this (from most expensive to least):

eBay (for specifics, at least.. everything's L@@K! ULTRA RARE)
Indie game shops (for anything first party or brand name, i.e. Mario 64 going for $35 because "Mario is Mario" -_-)
Gamestop (they have more of an "out with the old, in with the new" policy so you can find some insane clearance deals)
Thrift/2nd-hand stores/Private sales/Auctions - A cheap and totally random goldmine
sanny87
05-10-2012, 12:17 PM
In terms of price, it usually tends to go like this (from most expensive to least):

eBay (for specifics, at least.. everything's L@@K! ULTRA RARE)
Indie game shops (for anything first party or brand name, i.e. Mario 64 going for $35 because "Mario is Mario" -_-)
Gamestop (they have more of an "out with the old, in with the new" policy so you can find some insane clearance deals)
Thrift/2nd-hand stores/Private sales/Auctions - A cheap and totally random goldmine

Thanks for the rundown dood. The insane clearance deal I have had before, my local ASDA was selling Fallout 3 for £3 just a few months after it came out in order to free up games for new releases. The console came and didnt have one in already sadly =(