Swap retro games and old consoles with people who still play them.
Retro collecting is a hobby of near-misses: the console you kept, the games you lost, the box you wish you had. Somebody else has the other half of that story sitting in a loft.
Swapping duplicates from a retro shelf
Region matters more here than anywhere else. Say which region the cartridge or disc is, and which region your console expects, because that single fact decides whether a swap is any use to the person receiving it.
Boxed and complete is a different listing from the bare cartridge, and both are wanted. Collectors chasing a shelf want the box and the manual; players who just want to play are delighted by a loose cartridge that works.
Say whether you have tested it recently. Old hardware is expected to have quirks, and a line saying it powers on and loads is worth more to a buyer of a swap than any amount of careful photography.
Photograph the label and the connectors, and the box if you still have it. Give the console, the region and whether it has been tested. Then say which machines or titles you are hunting, including the ones you have been looking for a long time.
The questions people ask first.
You list what you have spare, say what you are still missing, and we introduce you to somebody whose shelf is the mirror of yours. No money is involved at any point.
Often, yes. There is a whole part of this hobby that enjoys the repair as much as the play, so describe what it does and does not do and it will reach somebody who is glad to take it on.
We work out a band from what the item is, its condition and how many people here are after it. Where there is little to go on the band is deliberately wide, which is us being straight with you rather than guessing.
Nothing here has a price.
Barterama is a barter marketplace: a swap site where value is shown as a band rather than a figure, and where no money changes hands at any point. Every item sits in one of twelve bands that we work out — you never set your own, and neither does the person you are swapping with. If we are not confident, the band gets wider rather than more precise.
Where two sides do not quite balance, a small extra item closes the gap. Cash never does, and there is no balance or credit on this site to close it with.
Other things people swap.
Got retro video games to swap?
List what you have, say what you are after, and we will introduce you when somebody wants yours and has something you want.