Finding a Super Nintendo

Vanit · August 2nd, 2005

It was my birthday just last week and I decided to try to track down a US Snes console... but I've been having a bit of trouble. Most of the deals available at eBay don't ship to Australia and the ones that do aren't offering very good deals at all. Does anyone know a better place to look? I'm trying to get maybe a Snes with 1 game for USD$30.

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**hushypushy** · August 2nd, 2005

30 USD eh? look no further.... http://cgi.ebay.com/SNES-super-ninte...QQcmdZViewItem

comes with a THREE games...it's 30 bucks but it's gonna be a bit of money to ship it to australia, it does say ships worldwide though

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Vanit · August 2nd, 2005

Thanks for the link and more would be appreciated so I have some choice

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didamangi · August 2nd, 2005

Have you search your own countries forum or ebay?

I recently bought a used SNES for like 12 bucks on my local videogames forum, I also get chrono trigger (cartridge only tho) for $10 that way

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Vanit · August 2nd, 2005

Unfortunately the Snes' available locally are of pal format (I already have a pal snes), and I'm after ntsc.

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MaZa · August 2nd, 2005

Why not getting NTSC/PAL switch modification? There are instructions in net and some oldschool game retailers also might do them. Gamehouse here atleast did them once. (years ago though when snes was still on)

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Shin_Gouki · August 2nd, 2005

i know its unfair but i have one :P
for the PAL/NTSC thing i use the Actionreplay 3 works pretty good
i have a PAL SNES and i tried it on NTSC MEgeman X etc..
wbr Shin Gouki

**hushypushy** · August 3rd, 2005

Vanit: why not just buy that one?

it's 30 bucks, NTSC, and ships worldwide. what the hell else do you want...? /me is uber confused

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Vanit · August 3rd, 2005

Because that guy asked for USD$34 for shipping (not even air mail) O.o... and I know it shouldn't cost that much.

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**hushypushy** · August 3rd, 2005

well you know, it'd obviously be air mail if it's to australia, i dont think they ship on, erm, ships anymore

but it already sold so.....you might want to keep checkign ebay...

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MaZa · August 3rd, 2005

From USA to Australia, shipping fees are definetly not cheap. 34$ wasnt that much.

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Vanit · August 3rd, 2005

I think I found a good deal for USD$15 and its only USD$12 for surface shipping (hushy: so I take it there still is surface shipping

). I think I'm going to buy it tonight if I can find a good price for an AC adapter, which brings me to my next question:

Most of you will be familiar with the fact that Australia and America share different standard voltage, and physically the plugs are different. I was thinking of getting an adapter for the AC adapter that fixes the plug and voltage problem at once... but is it possible to find all that in one adapter (US snes compatible + Australian plug/voltage = in one)?

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**n_w95482** · August 3rd, 2005

You should be able to easily find a step-down transformer unit for the US SNES, like this.

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**hushypushy** · August 3rd, 2005

i just want to know, how are you going to do surface shipping to Australia. it's a huge island, right....? am i missing something?

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dpence · August 3rd, 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vanit

I think I found a good deal for USD$15 and its only USD$12 for surface shipping (hushy: so I take it there still is surface shipping

). I think I'm going to buy it tonight if I can find a good price for an AC adapter, which brings me to my next question:

Most of you will be familiar with the fact that Australia and America share different standard voltage, and physically the plugs are different. I was thinking of getting an adapter for the AC adapter that fixes the plug and voltage problem at once... but is it possible to find all that in one adapter (US snes compatible + Australian plug/voltage = in one)?

Ummm, if you already have a Pal snes, just use that Ac adapter...they all run on 9volts DC the only difrfderence in adpaters is the transformer...stepping down from 60hz 110 to 9v DC versus 50hz 110/240 to 9v DC

Vanit · August 3rd, 2005

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Originally Posted by hushypushy

i just want to know, how are you going to do surface shipping to Australia. it's a huge island, right....? am i missing something?

hushy: Uhh... there's an ocean between Australia and America... I assume ships would go across it

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dpence: Thanks I'll look into that.

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**hushypushy** · August 3rd, 2005

they still move things on ships?

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**n_w95482** · August 4th, 2005

/me slaps hushy with a trout

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Go by Oakland and you should see the ship freight centers. Tons of stuff is shipped by boat. You know those metal, wavy sided boxes you see on diesel trucks sometimes? Those are the cargo containers used on boats.

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**_E_** · August 4th, 2005

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Originally Posted by hushypushy

they still move things on ships?

j00 n00b

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Vanit · August 4th, 2005

Well its final. I just went through the steps for payment of the Snes and now its on its way. Huzzah! And thanks for the help everyone. Especially dpence, who saved me the trouble of finding an AC adapter

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And I guess as a side bonus hushy learnt ships still sail on water and not in the air like he had hoped :P.

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Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,761	Finding a Super Nintendo It was my birthday just last week and I decided to try to track down a US Snes console... but I've been having a bit of trouble. Most of the deals available at eBay don't ship to Australia and the ones that do aren't offering very good deals at all. Does anyone know a better place to look? I'm trying to get maybe a Snes with 1 game for USD$30. __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.

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August 2nd, 2005	#2 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	30 USD eh? look no further.... http://cgi.ebay.com/SNES-super-ninte...QQcmdZViewItem comes with a THREE games...it's 30 bucks but it's gonna be a bit of money to ship it to australia, it does say ships worldwide though __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

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Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,761	Thanks for the link and more would be appreciated so I have some choice . __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.

August 2nd, 2005	#4 (permalink)
didamangi Interplay sucks! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Indonesia Posts: 1,214	Have you search your own countries forum or ebay? I recently bought a used SNES for like 12 bucks on my local videogames forum, I also get chrono trigger (cartridge only tho) for $10 that way __________________ Updated! PC rig : Athlon XP 2500+ Barton, Shuttle AN35[N] Ultra, 1.5GB DDRAM, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, Compromate Video TV Tuner, LG GDR8162B DVD-Rom, Liteon CDRW 52/24/52, Win XP Home SP2, Maxtor 6Y120L0 120GB. Consoles : Dreamcast (finally!!), PS2, Saturn, SNES Butuh bantuan menginstall ePSXe atau Project 64? Klik aja disini.

August 2nd, 2005	#5 (permalink)
Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,761	Unfortunately the Snes' available locally are of pal format (I already have a pal snes), and I'm after ntsc. __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.

August 2nd, 2005	#6 (permalink)
MaZa !!!METAL UNCLE!!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 1,951	Why not getting NTSC/PAL switch modification? There are instructions in net and some oldschool game retailers also might do them. Gamehouse here atleast did them once. (years ago though when snes was still on) __________________ Athlon XP 2600+ Barton, 1GB 333mhz DDR RAM, NVidia 6800GT, 2x160GB HD + gainward 3d glasses :fart:

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Shin_Gouki Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Europe / Germany Posts: 838	i know its unfair but i have one :P for the PAL/NTSC thing i use the Actionreplay 3 works pretty good i have a PAL SNES and i tried it on NTSC MEgeman X etc.. wbr Shin Gouki

August 3rd, 2005	#8 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	Vanit: why not just buy that one? it's 30 bucks, NTSC, and ships worldwide. what the hell else do you want...? /me is uber confused __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

August 3rd, 2005	#9 (permalink)
Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,761	Because that guy asked for USD$34 for shipping (not even air mail) O.o... and I know it shouldn't cost that much. __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.

August 3rd, 2005	#10 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	well you know, it'd obviously be air mail if it's to australia, i dont think they ship on, erm, ships anymore but it already sold so.....you might want to keep checkign ebay... __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

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MaZa !!!METAL UNCLE!!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 1,951	From USA to Australia, shipping fees are definetly not cheap. 34$ wasnt that much. __________________ Athlon XP 2600+ Barton, 1GB 333mhz DDR RAM, NVidia 6800GT, 2x160GB HD + gainward 3d glasses :fart:

August 3rd, 2005	#12 (permalink)
Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,761	I think I found a good deal for USD$15 and its only USD$12 for surface shipping (hushy: so I take it there still is surface shipping ). I think I'm going to buy it tonight if I can find a good price for an AC adapter, which brings me to my next question: Most of you will be familiar with the fact that Australia and America share different standard voltage, and physically the plugs are different. I was thinking of getting an adapter for the AC adapter that fixes the plug and voltage problem at once... but is it possible to find all that in one adapter (US snes compatible + Australian plug/voltage = in one)? __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.

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n_w95482 Totally crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,770	You should be able to easily find a step-down transformer unit for the US SNES, like this. __________________ Main PC: Asus P6T Deluxe, Intel Core i7 920 C0 @ 3.7 GHz (195x19, 1.3v core, 1.84v PLL, 1.3625v uncore) w/Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme, 3x2 GB G Skill PC3-12800 @ 780 MHz, 7-7-7-21-1T, 1.66v; ATi Radeon HD 4870 1 GB @ 790/1000 w/Zalman VF-1000, 300 GB WD VelociRaptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), 3ware 9650SE-4LPML RAID controller, SB X-Fi Titanium, Seasonic M12D 750w, CM Stacker 810, Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, Dell 2007WFP XBL/PSN/WoW: Thordrune

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	i just want to know, how are you going to do surface shipping to Australia. it's a huge island, right....? am i missing something? __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	they still move things on ships? __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

August 4th, 2005	#18 (permalink)
n_w95482 Totally crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,770	/me slaps hushy with a trout . Go by Oakland and you should see the ship freight centers. Tons of stuff is shipped by boat. You know those metal, wavy sided boxes you see on diesel trucks sometimes? Those are the cargo containers used on boats. __________________ Main PC: Asus P6T Deluxe, Intel Core i7 920 C0 @ 3.7 GHz (195x19, 1.3v core, 1.84v PLL, 1.3625v uncore) w/Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme, 3x2 GB G Skill PC3-12800 @ 780 MHz, 7-7-7-21-1T, 1.66v; ATi Radeon HD 4870 1 GB @ 790/1000 w/Zalman VF-1000, 300 GB WD VelociRaptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), 3ware 9650SE-4LPML RAID controller, SB X-Fi Titanium, Seasonic M12D 750w, CM Stacker 810, Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, Dell 2007WFP XBL/PSN/WoW: Thordrune

August 4th, 2005	#20 (permalink)
Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,761	Well its final. I just went through the steps for payment of the Snes and now its on its way. Huzzah! And thanks for the help everyone. Especially dpence, who saved me the trouble of finding an AC adapter . And I guess as a side bonus hushy learnt ships still sail on water and not in the air like he had hoped :P. __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.