ZX Spectrum +2 plus a ton of games

Everything you need to start your Spectrum gaming career can be found in this most impressive ZX Spectrum +2 & extras auction: a 128k Spectrum +2, its manual, the psu and leads, 3 joysticks, 1 mouse (!), 60 magazine cover tapes and 59 original boxed games. Seller ships worldwide and if you end up paying less than 50£, 70$ or 55 euros (which you most probably will) you'll have scored yourselves a truly brilliant bargain.

As for them games you'll be getting, they include some true classics like Turbo Outrun, Auf Wiedersehen Monty, Spindizzy, Star Wars, The Neverending Story, The Untouchables, Back to School and Daley Thomson's Supertest.

The Vectrex 3D Imager

Did I just hear a collective jaw drop? It's understandable you know, for what you see above is indeed a virtually unused Vectrex 3D Imager for, well, the excellent yet failed Vectrex vector based console. It was the first attempt for true -and colour!- 3D, or what would later be dubbed virtual reality, on a home console. Looks particularly cool too. Oh, and it was only released in small quantities in the USA.

For a rare and expensive chance to grab this awesome collector's item try this delicious Vectrex 3D Imager eBay auction. Seller ships to N. and S. America, Europe, Australia and Japan. The 3D Imager is apparently in mint condition, almost new actually, boxed and complete, meaning it comes with games, manuals etc.

100 disks, 400 games and a C64 disk drive

For the people who want to spend a couple hundred extra hours enjoying their Commodore 64, here are 100 C64 disks filled with over 400 games and the disk drive to enjoy them. Oh, and apparently not all games are ancient pirated copies. There's even a boxed version of Chase HQ thrown in. Seller ships worldwide.

Sega Game Gear: The Coca Cola limited edition

It's one of the best known Sega collector's items and it has just appeared on eBay for a rather hefty price, but also fully boxed, complete and in what seems like an incredibly mint condition. It is, as you might have already guessed, the complete boxed Sega Game Gear Coca Cola edition and its seller is kind (or cunning) enough to ship worldwide. And yes, the Coka Cola Kid cartridge is obviously included.

Four Master System Games

Lemmings, Golden Axe, Speedball and Global Defense for your dear Sega Master System can be found via this 4 SMS games eBay auction. Seller ships worldwide and the Master System Junkyard is still around you know.

Another Acorn Electron

The lovable Acorn Electron, the BBC's more competitively priced little brother, usually sells for 10-15 pounds, or, well, 11-16 euros, meaning that this Acorn Electron computer might just turn out to be the retro bargain you've been waiting for. Sellers ships only within Europe and includes a UK 240v PSU, a TV lead, them cassette leads, a First Byte joystick interface, the manual and the classic Blagger game.

Find out more about this rather popular (in the UK) 8-bit micro at Wikipedia, the aptly named Acorn Electron World and the lovely Stairway to Hell site. To emulate the Electron try the freeware Elkulator.

Sega Genesis Complete

Meaning it's a Sega Genesis with a Sega CD and a 32X coming with 6 games, all necessary bits to use the thing and a nice and pretty much typical controller. You can bid on the lot over @ eBay.com. Seller ships only within the US and paying anything less than 150$ should be considered a bargain. Oh, and for those lacking the hardware, the Gens emulator should be able to cover all your Sega 16-bit retro gaming needs.

Captain Blood (Atari ST)

Released in 1988 by ERE Informatique under its avant-garde Exxos label, Captain Blood was a truly unique, impressively innovative and absolutely beautiful game. You can find out more about it here and here and you can grab a boxed copy of Captain Blood for the ST @ eBay. Oh, and do hurry. Seller only ships within the UK.

Boxed Speccy 48k

Not a rare sight at eBay, but it's always heart warming looking at a boxed 48k Sinclair Spectrum. Especially when the seller ships worldwide. 10-15£, 14-21$ or 11-17 euro would be a fair price for this rubber-keyed 8-bit wonder. Oh, and five games are also included.

SNES & Games (NTSC/US)

Behold Nintendo's classic 16-bit console in its US version. Now, stop beholding and buy Nintendo's classic 16-bit SNES with 13 games from eBay. Or not. It's your money you know... Anyway. Seller ships only within the US. Two controllers and all necessary leads etc are apparently included, and among them 13 games you'll also find Mario Paint, Super Mario All Stars and Donkey Kong Country. Oh, and the average SNES sells for something around 40$, mind.

The Quill, The Illustrator, Gilsoft and the CPC

The ultimate text adventure creation suite for the Amstrad CPC, The Quill and The Ilustrator by Gilsoft, can finally be acquired via eBay. Seller ships worldwide and you'll be getting the complete box with all necessary manuals and a lovely, lovely, tape.

The Enterprise micro-computer

The Enterprise (a.k.a. Elan, Flan or even Samurai) was an ambitious yet hopeless games focused 8-bit computer that was released in 1985 by UK manufacturer Intelligent Systems. It came with a built-in joystick, cartridge slot, a 4MHz Z80, 4 channels of sound, impressive graphics (657x512 high-res and 256 available colours), a few dedicated chips, a ton of expansion ports and either 64k or 128k of RAM. Despite the impressive specs, some interesting games and a cartridge that guaranteed full ZX Spectrum compatibility, the advance of the 16-bit home micros and a ridiculous price point made sure the Enterprise was dead within a year.

Most promised peripherals (from a 4MB RAM expansion to a proper 3.5" FDD) and games remained thus unreleased, while the computers themselves -the Enterprise 64 and Enterprise 128- were gradually transformed into highly sought after collector's items. You can find more about them here, here or here and try the EP128Emu emulator here.

As for readers of this blog that have a couple hundred pounds to, uhm, invest in obscure vintage hardware, well, fear no more. You can happily spend yourselves silly and buy a rather fantastic boxed Enterprise 64 via eBay. Seller ships worldwide and you will be getting a boxed, mint machine, complete with manuals, BASIC cartridge, leads, demo tape etc.