N64 clearance

JAY · Post by **JAY** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:53 pm

An Ebay user has put up several N64s for sale, and they're pretty cheap, too (some even come with expansion paks).

N64s

Sorry that it's such a short-notice, but I just happened upon them today because I may have ruined my third and final N64, and went looking for more to buy. I personally bought one of the lots of 5, and if I finally get some luck to come my way, I won't need them all and can pass them on to anyone here who needs one (or four).

Update: all of the auctions are over, so the thread is now obsolete.

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:17 am

you get N64 for like 2â‚¬ a piece in germany

JAY · Post by **JAY** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:21 pm

Kyo wrote:you get N64 for like 2â‚¬ a piece in germany

That really doesn't help anyone in North America. The ~$2 saved from the base cost of the console would probably be lost due to the added cost of international shipping. And it would most likely be a PAL system, too, which means added effort to get NTSC games to work on it.

17daysolderthannes · Post by **17daysolderthannes** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:14 pm

I dunno, looks a bit scammish, notice all N64 listings are a pair and all use the same picture. Maybe you could just say he got lazy but I smell fish.

HazmatB · Post by **HazmatB** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:54 pm

17daysolderthannes wrote:I dunno, looks a bit scammish, notice all N64 listings are a pair and all use the same picture. Maybe you could just say he got lazy but I smell fish.

Maybe you should check your kitchen!

tyromaniac · Post by **tyromaniac** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:12 pm

I just a bought an N64, controller, and 4 games for 40 bucks with fast shipping......That's pretty expensive

JAY · Post by **JAY** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:16 pm

17daysolderthannes wrote:I dunno, looks a bit scammish, notice all N64 listings are a pair and all use the same picture. Maybe you could just say he got lazy but I smell fish.

All of the pictures for the sets of five (which are all sold now) were different pictures; I don't know why he didn't take separate pictures for all of the items. Although it is understandable, considering he had about eight sets of two, and they all would pretty much look the same.

tyromaniac wrote:I just a bought an N64, controller, and 4 games for 40 bucks with fast shipping......That's pretty expensive

That is pretty expensive. For most modders, all that they want are the system and a controller. The games that come with those bundles are usually junk anyway (or are games that they already own), and will just raise the price a bit. $40 for a system and controller isn't a great deal. The first bundle I bought, I paid $60 total for three systems, four controllers, and six (crappy) games. I posted this because I know there are people (like me) who had a system go bad and that is the only thing that they are looking for.

tyromaniac · Post by **tyromaniac** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:42 pm

JAY wrote: That is pretty expensive. For most modders, all that they want are the system and a controller. The games that come with those bundles are usually junk anyway (or are games that they already own), and will just raise the price a bit. $40 for a system and controller isn't a great deal. The first bundle I bought, I paid $60 total for three systems, four controllers, and six (crappy) games. I posted this because I know there are people (like me) who had a system go bad and that is the only thing that they are looking for.

I've been looking on ebay for a few days now....and get this: an auction with a nintendo 64 console, super smash brothers, mario tennis, and mario party went for well close to 100 bucks......if not over because there was a good hour left in that auction O.o ...... hearing about these deals you all got makes me wonder why the heck the price has suddenly gone up?

Oh, and if you haven't guessed it, I'm attempting to make a portable. I'm a complete moron, but unlike all the other people who constantly post dumb questions and leave the next day, I am going to actually do this.....I already bought my radioshack stuff and my DC converter......have a screen that I have successfully run off a Portable DVD player 7.2 volt battery. Wish me luck.......maybe I'll start a log....it will be pathetic when I mess up soldering

as well as lots of questions

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:10 pm

I got my N64 that I was going to make a portable out of for about $5 I think. It was also sold as a "replacement system". Don't worry, it's legit. They don't come with games, controllers, any cables or even a Jumper Pak, but you WILL get the system.

tyromaniac · Post by **tyromaniac** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:43 pm

Electric Rain wrote:I got my N64 that I was going to make a portable out of for about $5 I think. It was also sold as a "replacement system". Don't worry, it's legit. They don't come with games, controllers, any cables or even a Jumper Pak, but you WILL get the system.

Yeah, and that alone on ebay currently costs 20 bucks alone.......it's ludicrous

17daysolderthannes · Post by **17daysolderthannes** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:20 pm

tyromaniac wrote:
Electric Rain wrote:I got my N64 that I was going to make a portable out of for about $5 I think. It was also sold as a "replacement system". Don't worry, it's legit. They don't come with games, controllers, any cables or even a Jumper Pak, but you WILL get the system.
Yeah, and that alone on ebay currently costs 20 bucks alone.......it's ludicrous

buy a 3rd party expansion pak, problem solved. Its only because Nintendo never actually sold the jumper pak individually because it came with every system already.