$5 Goldstar 3DO at Goodwill
Found this at a Goodwill for $5. The D pad on one of the controller is kinda weird (but still works). Other than that it seems to work great!
$5 is a little more than I'm used to paying for 3DOs (the only other one i've even seen was a Panasonic at a flea market for $2), but i think i did pretty well!
Comments
Originally posted by: Vergie
Nice pick up, the Goldstar units are a bit more rare than the regular Panasonic ones. Def a nice grab...only crappy thing is that the Goldstar is like 95% compatible with the games, some didn't work on the console per programing errors. And the D-Pad is a bit stiff so that's normal.
Well the D Pad on the controller is a single circle piece and the piece can spin completely. Maybe i need to open the controller and see if there is something i can tighten inside.
Originally posted by: craigv888
Originally posted by: Vergie
Nice pick up, the Goldstar units are a bit more rare than the regular Panasonic ones. Def a nice grab...only crappy thing is that the Goldstar is like 95% compatible with the games, some didn't work on the console per programing errors. And the D-Pad is a bit stiff so that's normal.
Well the D Pad on the controller is a single circle piece and the piece can spin completely. Maybe i need to open the controller and see if there is something i can tighten inside.
that's strange, but hey from a goodwill I guess you can't always get the best condition items, but as long as the system itself works, the control pad isn't hard to replace, I wish I had an extra one to send, but mine are all sealed up. Best wishes!
Originally posted by: Vergie
Originally posted by: craigv888
Originally posted by: Vergie
Nice pick up, the Goldstar units are a bit more rare than the regular Panasonic ones. Def a nice grab...only crappy thing is that the Goldstar is like 95% compatible with the games, some didn't work on the console per programing errors. And the D-Pad is a bit stiff so that's normal.
Well the D Pad on the controller is a single circle piece and the piece can spin completely. Maybe i need to open the controller and see if there is something i can tighten inside.
that's strange, but hey from a goodwill I guess you can't always get the best condition items, but as long as the system itself works, the control pad isn't hard to replace, I wish I had an extra one to send, but mine are all sealed up. Best wishes!
No worries! I actually had a collection of 3DO controllers before I got this anyway, so i'm not worried about it!
I have the 2 that came with the top loading Panasonic that I got a while back. I found 3 or 4 off brand sealed controllers at a goodwill, and I found a couple of sealed Goldstar controllers at a goodwill. So i'm pretty good on controllers! Just thought it was a pretty odd defect for a controller to have.
Originally posted by: craigv888
Originally posted by: Vergie
Originally posted by: craigv888
Originally posted by: Vergie
Nice pick up, the Goldstar units are a bit more rare than the regular Panasonic ones. Def a nice grab...only crappy thing is that the Goldstar is like 95% compatible with the games, some didn't work on the console per programing errors. And the D-Pad is a bit stiff so that's normal.
Well the D Pad on the controller is a single circle piece and the piece can spin completely. Maybe i need to open the controller and see if there is something i can tighten inside.
that's strange, but hey from a goodwill I guess you can't always get the best condition items, but as long as the system itself works, the control pad isn't hard to replace, I wish I had an extra one to send, but mine are all sealed up. Best wishes!
No worries! I actually had a collection of 3DO controllers before I got this anyway, so i'm not worried about it!
I have the 2 that came with the top loading Panasonic that I got a while back. I found 3 or 4 off brand sealed controllers at a goodwill, and I found a couple of sealed Goldstar controllers at a goodwill. So i'm pretty good on controllers! Just thought it was a pretty odd defect for a controller to have.
Wow awesome, my goodwill has a huge stock of old PS2 sport titles! Lol, nice find man...maybe somebody will drop off some 3DO games for you next time around!
Originally posted by: Vergie
Originally posted by: craigv888
Originally posted by: Vergie
Originally posted by: craigv888
Originally posted by: Vergie
Nice pick up, the Goldstar units are a bit more rare than the regular Panasonic ones. Def a nice grab...only crappy thing is that the Goldstar is like 95% compatible with the games, some didn't work on the console per programing errors. And the D-Pad is a bit stiff so that's normal.
Well the D Pad on the controller is a single circle piece and the piece can spin completely. Maybe i need to open the controller and see if there is something i can tighten inside.
that's strange, but hey from a goodwill I guess you can't always get the best condition items, but as long as the system itself works, the control pad isn't hard to replace, I wish I had an extra one to send, but mine are all sealed up. Best wishes!
No worries! I actually had a collection of 3DO controllers before I got this anyway, so i'm not worried about it!
I have the 2 that came with the top loading Panasonic that I got a while back. I found 3 or 4 off brand sealed controllers at a goodwill, and I found a couple of sealed Goldstar controllers at a goodwill. So i'm pretty good on controllers! Just thought it was a pretty odd defect for a controller to have.
Wow awesome, my goodwill has a huge stock of old PS2 sport titles! Lol, nice find man...maybe somebody will drop off some 3DO games for you next time around!
lol, same thing at 90% of the thrift stores I go to! But I know a few that are pretty consistently good!
I did manage to pick up a few 3do games for $1 each at a flea market on a trip in MS last year. Thats the only time i've ever seen any 3do games yet. Found a CD-I game for a dollar the other day, gotta try to find one of those systems one of these days. Have yet to ever see one.
Originally posted by: retrofixes
Nice score man! I was an original owner of the 3DO back in the early 90s. I later sold it in 1997 and 50+ games for $35...
I still regret some of the stuff I sold back in the day! Feel so dumb about some of them! But, I think pretty much everyone did that back then! Live and learn