Vectrex Protector

Felt you had to bid on something lovely, rare and expensive? How very nice, for here is your chance to grab a boxed Protector for the Vectrex. The cartridge and box are apparently in excellent shape. Oh, and do expect to spend a few hundred dollars on this one. 

The NES Collection

The humble Nintendo NES might not be the most exotic console ever glimpsed, but it definitely is one every collector and retro gamer should own. Especially when it comes with four controllers, 2 light-guns and 43 games that include Super Mario Bros. 3, Ninja Gaiden, Dr Mario, Super Off Road and Tecmo Super Bowl. Said NES lot can be grabbed via eBay. Seller ships only within the US.

ZX Spectrum +2 Action Pack

I keep forgetting that Amazon still has the odd treasure hidden somewhere within its huge site. This tasty boxed Spectrum +2 is a most impressive example, especially considering just how shiny its box looks. Also, I do believe the Amstrad produced Spectrum +2 Action Pack is the ideal bundle for the Spectrum gamer, what with it offering 128k of RAM, a built-in cassette deck, decent sound, a joystick, a light-gun and some decent games. 

A Japanese Commodore 64

Retro Treasures super-reader Boris strikes again with the discovery of this amazing, boxed and quite rare Japanese version of the Commodore 64 on eBay. You know, the one with the lovely Japanese character set that failed to battle the MSX. Oh, but you can find more about it here.

The Retro Treasures Classifieds

Have you noticed that lovely contact us! link on the sidebar of Retro Treasures? Well, you can now use it to sell your classic console, computer or games, as this very blog has just introduced its latest cunning plan: Classifieds. Just mail your ad, contact info and at least one photo and Retro Treasures will publish it. Free of charge obviously. The point after all is to help the retro gaming community exchange stuff without having to pay those eBay (or other) royalties... Hope you all like and support the idea!

Metropolis Street Racer (Dreamcast)

MSR, Metropolis Street Racer, for the Sega Dreamcast caused many a jaw to drop 10 years ago and, impressively, still looks great. It plays even better than that -MSR is among my five most played DC games- and you can grab it for the ridiculous price of £1.49 via rewind.

Original Night Trap Artwork

Night Trap might not have been a particularly brilliant FMV game, but it certainly did have its moments; yes, beside the hilarious acting and silly plot. Oh, and it caused quite a controversy too. Anyway, all you have to do to grab a piece of its semi-naughty artwork is follow this link to some Night Trap art @ eBay. Seller ships only within the US.

Katzmedia Pippin

If you thought Apple's failed attempt at a Power PC based console was rare, wait till you see the truly rare and beautifully black Katzmedia version of Pippin. Then try to imagine the rarity of this Katzmedia Pippin developer unit that has surfaced on eBay and was discovered by Retro Treasures veteran reader Boris. Seller ships to N. and S. America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Turbo Grafx 16 & 63 games

Thanks to Chris, a rather recent Retro Treasures reader and gamer with an eye for quality retro stuff, you too can now go for this shiny TurboGrafx console that appeared on craigslist. It impressively comes with 63 (of 94) games, including such rare and wonderful games as Air Zonk, R-Type, Raiden, Bomberman, Turrican and even Legendary Axe. Oh, and it's a US only thing. 

Boxed ZX Spectrum +3

The ZX Spectrum +3 was the final Speccy ever released and the only one to feature Amstrad's 3" disk drive. Not much of a rarity really, though a Spectrum +3 (in a box) auction that ships worldwide isn't that common an eBay sight either. The computer seems to be in good condition, has had its drive belt changed, and comes with its box, manual, cables, two unused disks and one (equally boxed) game.

Adam Colecovision (boxed)

The Adam Colecovision (1983) was a generally intriguing, but ultimately failed attempt at turning the Colecovision console into a fully functional 8-bit home micro. Anyway. It makes for a great collector's item and is quite rare (-ish).

This boxed and almost complete (it does lack the controllers) Adam Colecovision auction, might turn out to be quite a bargain. The computer hasn't been tested, though everything looks to be in great condition. The box includes: a smartWriter (Daisy Wheel!) printer, the introductory manual; the built-in SmartWriter word processing program with its reference guide and manual; the SmartBasic manual and the SmartBasic digital data pack, Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom by SEGA Super game pack w/ manual, and all necessary cables. Seller ships only to US addresses.  

Xerox Alto Computer

The Alto Computer, a 1973 Xerox creation, was a hugely innovative beast, that could easily be described as the first proper workstation and the grandfather of modern computing. Years before Apple got, uhm, "inspired" by it, the Xerox Alto offered an amazing GUI complete with file folders and bitmap icons, WYSIWYG word-processing and design software, a 3-button mouse, ethernet support, a built-in e-mail app and even a removable hard disk. The thing was also home to the ground-breaking Maze War game, that was the first online FPS ever.

You could (and should, really) find out more about the Xerox Alto here, here, here, and here. You can even try and emulate it via the rather lovely though not 100% ready Altogether simulator.

As the Xerox Alto was quite the computing behemoth and never got itself commercially sold, it is most definitely a particularly rare mini computer. This Xerox Alto Vintage Computer that has appeared @ eBay might just be a great chance to grab one, provided of course you have your very own and fully equipped vintage computing museum. Seller ships only within the US (this is a truly heavy machine).