Is a Sega Nomad worth $40?

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Is a Sega Nomad worth $40?

Post by melancholy »

I seen on at Game Crazy today, and it was $40. Is that a good price for one, considering it's just the Nomad and an AC adapter?
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Yes. They go a lot more than that AFAIK.
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yeah, there actually worth about 80-100$ last time i checked...
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If 95% of my Genesis collection hadn't gotten stolen, I'd have already invested a good sum of money in one of these already. Now that the DS and PSP can emulate Genesis (AFAIK), I think I'll just stick with emulation.
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I got mine for 80 bucks 6 yeats ago used.
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Good price. I bought one at GameStop when I was working there for $40, and resold it for close to $100. If you want to use it portably, the lock on battery pack is virtually required though. AAs last maybe a half hour to 1 hour.
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I bought one about a year ago. I don't regret it, although I never use it since the PSP emulates it perfect, uses less batters, and looks better. I would pick it up if you just like to own consoles, but for all practical purposes it's pretty useless now.

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Re: Is a Sega Nomad worth $40?

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melancholy wrote:I seen on at Game Crazy today, and it was $40. Is that a good price for one, considering it's just the Nomad and an AC adapter?
yes, if only to immediately sell on ebay.
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lynx44 wrote:I bought one about a year ago. I don't regret it, although I never use it since the PSP emulates it perfect, uses less batters, and looks better. I would pick it up if you just like to own consoles, but for all practical purposes it's pretty useless now.

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Not if you want perfect play, as the Genesis emulators are definetly not. Or if you don't have a PSP.
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Re: Is a Sega Nomad worth $40?

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impetus wrote:
melancholy wrote:I seen on at Game Crazy today, and it was $40. Is that a good price for one, considering it's just the Nomad and an AC adapter?
yes, if only to immediately sell on ebay.
Seconded - You'll easily recoup the forty bucks by selling it on eBay if you don't like it. That or sell it to me since us Brits never got the chance to buy one new :)
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Definitely. I'd have grabbed that in a heartbeat.
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Post by Orange_Ribbon »

They make great consoles for playing your old games because they don't take up a lot of room, and hook up to the TV, and the second controller plugs into the Nomad. (Makes for some interesting 2 player action.)
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?100 at my local Gamestation. Slap another ?50 on top of that if go across the road to Another World.
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Post by Veggita2099 »

That is a excellent deal. I did buy one once locally for $35 and it had a bunch of games, but the system was defective (had no battery pack and reset if you touched the power cord). I sold it on ebay as is for like $30 and kept the games.

Just make sure they don't want some crazy amount for shipping?
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Well, if you thought that deal was good...

I decided after hearing all of the comments that this was something I shouldn't have passed up. So I went back to the store and luckily it was still sitting there. The guy recognized me, so he knew what I was back for, which depressed him since he wanted it for himself but didn't have the money. Nonetheless, he sold it to me. However, he could not find the AC adapter for it, so he decided that since it was missing the adapter, he would just take $8 off the price. So I ended up paying like $35 after tax. :mrgreen:

Now the problem is that I am forced to use batteries to run the thing. Does a regular Genesis adapter work with it? Or does anyone know where to get a cheap Nomad AC adapter?
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melancholy wrote:Now the problem is that I am forced to use batteries to run the thing. Does a regular Genesis adapter work with it? Or does anyone know where to get a cheap Nomad AC adapter?
http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?catego ... ts_id=3124

There's one for cheap, and it looks like Genesis/Game Gear/Nomad adapters are interchangable, so you might just want to use a Genesis one if you have one.
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Post by Hawq »

Ross L. wrote:Umm... what is the Nomad?... :|
Portable Genesis, rather nice really, if only the power connection wasnt a little wobbly on mine
Matisfaction wrote:?100 at my local Gamestation. Slap another ?50 on top of that if go across the road to Another World.
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Hawq wrote:Theres a gamestation up there now?
Yup, it's been there a while. Just opposite McDonald's.
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Re: Is a Sega Nomad worth $40?

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melancholy wrote:I seen on at Game Crazy today, and it was $40. Is that a good price for one, considering it's just the Nomad and an AC adapter?

I think you mean, "I saw"
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