Game Collecting Thread

[Brodie]

Originally Posted by Peanut

It's not hard for us to influence each other into spending stupid money on dumb things.

Get that Nendroid.

[Ecto Jedi]

Hmm. Maybe this should be called the "Retro Game Collecting Thread." I mean, with people discussing the Wii U, what's to keep it from being exactly the same as the "General Discussion/Latest Purchases" thread?

[Peanut]

Yeah, I agree. Discussion of the Wii U doesn't belong in this thread at all.

Originally Posted by Brodie

Get that Nendroid.

You know god damn well I already did!

Edit: Just got a couple things in the mail. One of them was a copy of Yakiniku Bugyou for the PS1 and this was the other one...

Spoiler:

Psyched as sh*t.

[Ninjinister]

Ho ho ho! F**kin' fantastic nab there, Peanut!

[Brodie]

WHY DOES NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH STILL GOTTA BE SO FAR AWAY!?

I want one.

Looks goddamn mint. No yellowing or what not. Probably to make up for all the spiders inside.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Ninjinister

Ho ho ho! F**kin' fantastic nab there, Peanut!

Yeah, I'm really happy with it. Got it for a good price and the games came as throw-ins, so that was really nice of the guy. Now I've gotta buckle down on my Famicom want list and get some of the more interesting stuff in. Akumajo special boku Dracula-kun has to be my first get.

[TheCanadiandrome]

another sweet grab Peanut

[Ecto Jedi]

Oh, how melancholy I do get when eBay auctions boast "FREE SHIPPING," but only within the United States. Inevitably, Canadian shipping is something obscene, like $15.

*sigh*

I grow weary.



Well, how about that. Judge Dredd for the SNES actually looks and sounds pretty damn decent. It's got some nice retro cachet, as far as I'm concerned. Looks like another one to track down.

[Peanut]

Unlike the NES, you're way more likely to find a game surprisingly playable on the SNES. Honestly, the only SNES game I've ever thought was truly awful was Spider-Man and X-Men: Arcade's Revenge. What a mess of a game.

My current SNES game want is Hagane, but the price for it is obscene, as is to be expected out of any of those Blockbuster only games. I'm thinking of just getting the Super Famicom version, which still isn't cheap, especially boxed, but is probably the best alternative.

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Unlike the NES, you're way more likely to find a game surprisingly playable on the SNES.

You're so right. The NES was such a hit-or-miss machine, wasn't it? Plenty of hits, but damn, the bell curve is probably 5% gold (or good), 95% utter garbage.

Also: I finally bought it.


...Because it's a fair price ($25 before shipping). And it's my birthday today. And I just recently got a hundred and fifty bucks from my income tax return. And I goddamn want it. So, let us celebrate...



...WITH SOME F*CKIN' TUNES.

[Peanut]

Nice work, man! Have fun with that and Happy Birthday! I found a copy of Judge Dredd for $9 shipped if you're interested.

[oldmanwinters]

Congrats on finally getting the cart, man. I hope it lives up to the hype for you!

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Nice work, man! Have fun with that and Happy Birthday! I found a copy of Judge Dredd for $9 shipped if you're interested.

Thank you. I think I'm eyeing that same listing, actually. Seller from Quebec? He or she also has Bart's Nightmare, which is probably going to be my next purchase, plus a few other desirables for pretty cheap.

Super Star Wars for $8.99 is a great deal but I once downloaded Super Return of the Jedi for the Virtual Console and, well, wasn't much impressed. I don't know. Maybe I'd prefer the original?

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Congrats on finally getting the cart, man. I hope it lives up to the hype for you!

I'd readily list the original Battletoads for NES as my favourite game of all time. Certainly my favourite 8-bit game, above Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! and Super Mario Bros. 3. That's the Holy Trifecta as far as I'm concerned.

Battletoads & Double Dragon is amazing, too, but I'm naturally not as familiar with it for the simple fact that I only played it a few times on a rented console and much later on through computer emulators. Still a classic. We'll see where it actually ranks on the pantheon when I spend some decent time with it.

[Peanut]

That's the one. Bought a few things off of them not long ago and they were great, so I'm eyeing some of the other wares they have.

[Ecto Jedi]

Unfortunately their prices for Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie are out of my range ($51.35, $41.08, and $49.30, respectively).

[Ecto Jedi]

As an aside, where the f*ck does eBay get its "Detail item info" boxes?

Battletoads / Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team lets you play with superheroes from two different games on the Super Nintendo platform. Choose from any one of the five playable characters featuring on this action video game to battle it out with Shadow Warriors and Dark queen who are out on a mission to rule the galaxy. Kick or punch your opponent in this Super Nintendo multi-player game. Take the virtual character featuring on this Super Nintendo game through the seven gaming stages using your analytical and logical skills. Each character, with unique powers of their own, can be put to best use depending on the level and circumstances of this action video game. Tackling the Colossus spaceship is the mission priority for the players of this Super Nintendo game. The Battletoads / Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team game, with multiple game-pads for gaming input, ensures an enhanced gaming experience.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Ecto Jedi

As an aside, where the f*ck does eBay get its "Detail item info" boxes?

"Analytical and logical skills," eh?
This game must be deeper than I thought!

"with multiple game-pads for gaming input, ensures an enhanced gaming experience."
Man, statements like that really put me in the mood for multi-player!

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Honestly, the only SNES game I've ever thought was truly awful was Spider-Man and X-Men: Arcade's Revenge. What a mess of a game.

Played it on the Game Boy as a kid. Could barely beat Spider-man's 1st stage. Funny thing is the graphics, aside from color, are almost identical. Also what's up with a Spider-man game where you can't jump AND web-sling at the same time. You have to be flat footed to even attempt to swing from a web line.

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by Peanut

That's the one. Bought a few things off of them not long ago and they were great, so I'm eyeing some of the other wares they have.

Can't beat $3.00 shipping.

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

"Analytical and logical skills," eh?
This game must be deeper than I thought!

Ha. Yeah, I wouldn't have thought anyone could ever misconstrue Battletoads as being "analytical." Man.

But it is difficult. Just unforgivably, unabashedly, unbelievably difficult. And not like so many other games due to cheap mechanics or broken controls -- fiendishly, devilishly difficult. With vehicle stages. And leather. And a 16-bit metal soundtrack.

Love it. Can't. Wait.

[oldmanwinters]

I've only played Spider-man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge on Genesis. I can't give it much credit, but I think it was actually a little better than I expected (considering how low my expectations were). The Spider-man controls were pretty weird (not as good as Sega's own Spidey game from the early 90s) but his stages were generally more fun than the X-Men stuff. Storm's swimming stages truly are an awful concept and poorly executed. Playing as Wolverine isn't too bad, but it's certainly not as fun as it should be either. I remember the Cyclops & Gambit stages being very difficult as well.