11th August 2011, 5:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 18th August 2011, 12:55 PM by A Black Falcon.)
Some interesting stuff...
Genesis (cart only, $4 each)
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Cosmic Spacehead - one of Codemasters' few US releases, this game comes in their oddly shaped cartridge but is licensed, apparently. It's actually a graphic adventure game, interestingly enough! Not many of those on the Genesis...
Tyrants: Fight through Time - I got it hoping it was going to be good but not remembering what it was, but it's actually a strategy game, a port of the European computer game Mega-Lo-Mania. It's an RTS of sorts, with the usual overly complex interface common to '80s and early '90s European strategy games. Might be decent though once I can figure it out.
Whac-A-Critter - unlicensed game from Realtec. It's Whac-A-Mole. There's a quite rare wackamole pad addon for this game, but this didn't come with it. It's insanely hard, and doesn't work with the 32X either. Decent graphics though.
Game Gear (cart only, $2)
--
Aladdin - This game isn't a SNES or Genesis port; instead, the SMS and GG version is its own thing. It's a decent game, and is more faithful to the story than other versions, but it is on the short side I think. Oh well. It's a fun platformer where you do more running and dodging than attacking.
Sega CD
--
Brutal: Paws of Fury - complete, $3. Sega CD version of the SNES/Genesis (and 32X too) fighting game. Mediocre title if I remember right, but eh, it's a non-FMV Sega CD game, and I don't actually own any of the other versions...
SNES
--
Faceball 2000 - SNES version of the GB classic FPS. It does have 2-player splitscreen, but on GB with enough adapters and cables you can play with up to 16 people.
PSX
--
Gubble - $3, complete - late-cycle puzzle-action game. I'd never heard of it before. It's sort of like Pac-Man, except isometric, and is a PC port. The Japanese PSX version (from 1998) seems to have saving, but the US and EU versions (from 2002) don't. Thanks.
PS2
--
Super Bust-A-Move - $3 - This game is also on GC, but eh, I do want it... I like the series after all. This is one of Acclaim's last BAM releases, and as with some of their other ones it's got a pretty awesomely stupid cover...
PC
--
Stronghold - disc in generic case, $2. Great game that started a great series! I have the sequel, Stronghold Crusader, but not the first one...
The SimCity Box - SimCity 4 (I have this already), SimCity 4: Rush Hour, SimCity Societies, SimCity Societies: Destinations expansion, and The Sims Carnival: SnapCity. This was used at Goodwill for $1... yes, really. Apparently the only paper manual included in this collection is SimCity Societies Destinations, the others are just PDFs (the card with the cd keys lists where to look to find the other ones).
VR Powerboat Racing / Whiplash Dual Jewel - two Interplay racing games in one 2-cd jewelcase, for $2. I already have Whiplash, and have for a long time, but I never got Powerboat Racing... mostly because I thought the demo was terrible, back then. But now I couldn't resist this.
Clandestiny - 2-cd cartoon style adventure game from Trilobyte. $2, jewelcase only.
Also, at Goodwill there was a whole pile of PC Gamer demo discs. No magazines, unfotunately (I'd probably have bought them), but I sifted through all the discs looking for any I don't have. I do have the vast majority of the ones they had, but I found a few I don't. They were $2 each though, so I didn't get the ones I don't have that have nothing interesting on them (some 2002 ones, mostly). I did get these four: January 1997 (disc 2.12), April 1997 (disc 3.1), December 2001 (disc 7.9), and February 2002 (disc 7.12). Feb. '02 has the complete version of Wolfenstein 3D on the disc, as well as a couple of other demos I've played before (Ballistics, RtCW). I don't actually own Wolf 3D... yeah, it's true. As for the others, the 1997 discs I had to get because those discs are just full of demos, and PCG's versions 2 and 3 of the interface (that's what the first number on the disc number refers to) were pretty cool... it's too bad no disc interface ver. 1 discs were there, because I'd LOVE to have more discs with the PC Gamer Underground on them, but... oh well. I think ver.2 has Coconut Monkey's Tropical Island, which was kind of fun too. :) As for demos, both have lots on the disc of course. I have SOME Jan. 1997 demodisc, but not PCG's... some of those demos looked familiar, but not others. I know that you can just look up and download demos online, but these discs are fun to have... and they do have some extra stuff too such as those interfaces. (That's another reason why I have less interest in the 2002 ones, the later interfaces are quite plain and generic, with none of the uniqueness, content, and fun of the older ones). Oh, and Dec. 2001 has some free games on the disc too, and a little minigame as well. I'll see what's there. :)
Game Boy - $3 each, cart only
--
Lazlo's Leap - Don't know this one but the cover art looked maybe interesting. It's actually Solitaire (the game with the tiles, not the cardgame). Huh. Why not though, that's a good game.
Sneaky Snake - Don't know this one either. Will it be Snake? ... Nope, it's a platformer crossed with Snake -- it's a sidescroller, but you do eat things as you go that makes your snake longer. The game's actually by Rare, but this isn't isometric like their NES snake game.
Star Wars - Port of the classic... I have the (arguably better) Game Gear version, but I couldn't resist this.
Game Boy Color - also $2 each, cart only.
--
The Flintstones: Burgertime at Bedrock - Yes, it's a Flintstones Burgertime game on the GBC... :) It's Burgertime, with Fred Flintstone.
Commander Keen - The infamously bad David Palmer Productions GBC ruination of one of the great PC game franchises of the early '90s. But as a Commander Keen fan, I had to get this game sometime...
Game Boy Advance - these are both Japanese import games that I found locally (as with those other few from a while ago). $5 each, cart only.
--
Klonoa (Empire of Dreams)
Klonoa G2 (Dream Champ Tournament) - These are the two sidescroller Klonoa games for the GBA. Both did get later US releases, but as Klonoa platformers they don't have too much text... it's kind of too bad though that the third Klonoa game, the one that didn't get a US release (it's a topdown action-RPG) wasn't there too.
PS2
--
.hack//Outbreak (Part 3) - complete., $15 (yeah, not a great price, but that's what I'd have to pay to get it locally) - Honestly, I probably got this as much for the anime DVD as for the game... Liminality is great.
Genesis (cart only, $4 each)
--
Cosmic Spacehead - one of Codemasters' few US releases, this game comes in their oddly shaped cartridge but is licensed, apparently. It's actually a graphic adventure game, interestingly enough! Not many of those on the Genesis...
Tyrants: Fight through Time - I got it hoping it was going to be good but not remembering what it was, but it's actually a strategy game, a port of the European computer game Mega-Lo-Mania. It's an RTS of sorts, with the usual overly complex interface common to '80s and early '90s European strategy games. Might be decent though once I can figure it out.
Whac-A-Critter - unlicensed game from Realtec. It's Whac-A-Mole. There's a quite rare wackamole pad addon for this game, but this didn't come with it. It's insanely hard, and doesn't work with the 32X either. Decent graphics though.
Game Gear (cart only, $2)
--
Aladdin - This game isn't a SNES or Genesis port; instead, the SMS and GG version is its own thing. It's a decent game, and is more faithful to the story than other versions, but it is on the short side I think. Oh well. It's a fun platformer where you do more running and dodging than attacking.
Sega CD
--
Brutal: Paws of Fury - complete, $3. Sega CD version of the SNES/Genesis (and 32X too) fighting game. Mediocre title if I remember right, but eh, it's a non-FMV Sega CD game, and I don't actually own any of the other versions...
SNES
--
Faceball 2000 - SNES version of the GB classic FPS. It does have 2-player splitscreen, but on GB with enough adapters and cables you can play with up to 16 people.
PSX
--
Gubble - $3, complete - late-cycle puzzle-action game. I'd never heard of it before. It's sort of like Pac-Man, except isometric, and is a PC port. The Japanese PSX version (from 1998) seems to have saving, but the US and EU versions (from 2002) don't. Thanks.
PS2
--
Super Bust-A-Move - $3 - This game is also on GC, but eh, I do want it... I like the series after all. This is one of Acclaim's last BAM releases, and as with some of their other ones it's got a pretty awesomely stupid cover...
PC
--
Stronghold - disc in generic case, $2. Great game that started a great series! I have the sequel, Stronghold Crusader, but not the first one...
The SimCity Box - SimCity 4 (I have this already), SimCity 4: Rush Hour, SimCity Societies, SimCity Societies: Destinations expansion, and The Sims Carnival: SnapCity. This was used at Goodwill for $1... yes, really. Apparently the only paper manual included in this collection is SimCity Societies Destinations, the others are just PDFs (the card with the cd keys lists where to look to find the other ones).
VR Powerboat Racing / Whiplash Dual Jewel - two Interplay racing games in one 2-cd jewelcase, for $2. I already have Whiplash, and have for a long time, but I never got Powerboat Racing... mostly because I thought the demo was terrible, back then. But now I couldn't resist this.
Clandestiny - 2-cd cartoon style adventure game from Trilobyte. $2, jewelcase only.
Also, at Goodwill there was a whole pile of PC Gamer demo discs. No magazines, unfotunately (I'd probably have bought them), but I sifted through all the discs looking for any I don't have. I do have the vast majority of the ones they had, but I found a few I don't. They were $2 each though, so I didn't get the ones I don't have that have nothing interesting on them (some 2002 ones, mostly). I did get these four: January 1997 (disc 2.12), April 1997 (disc 3.1), December 2001 (disc 7.9), and February 2002 (disc 7.12). Feb. '02 has the complete version of Wolfenstein 3D on the disc, as well as a couple of other demos I've played before (Ballistics, RtCW). I don't actually own Wolf 3D... yeah, it's true. As for the others, the 1997 discs I had to get because those discs are just full of demos, and PCG's versions 2 and 3 of the interface (that's what the first number on the disc number refers to) were pretty cool... it's too bad no disc interface ver. 1 discs were there, because I'd LOVE to have more discs with the PC Gamer Underground on them, but... oh well. I think ver.2 has Coconut Monkey's Tropical Island, which was kind of fun too. :) As for demos, both have lots on the disc of course. I have SOME Jan. 1997 demodisc, but not PCG's... some of those demos looked familiar, but not others. I know that you can just look up and download demos online, but these discs are fun to have... and they do have some extra stuff too such as those interfaces. (That's another reason why I have less interest in the 2002 ones, the later interfaces are quite plain and generic, with none of the uniqueness, content, and fun of the older ones). Oh, and Dec. 2001 has some free games on the disc too, and a little minigame as well. I'll see what's there. :)
Game Boy - $3 each, cart only
--
Lazlo's Leap - Don't know this one but the cover art looked maybe interesting. It's actually Solitaire (the game with the tiles, not the cardgame). Huh. Why not though, that's a good game.
Sneaky Snake - Don't know this one either. Will it be Snake? ... Nope, it's a platformer crossed with Snake -- it's a sidescroller, but you do eat things as you go that makes your snake longer. The game's actually by Rare, but this isn't isometric like their NES snake game.
Star Wars - Port of the classic... I have the (arguably better) Game Gear version, but I couldn't resist this.
Game Boy Color - also $2 each, cart only.
--
The Flintstones: Burgertime at Bedrock - Yes, it's a Flintstones Burgertime game on the GBC... :) It's Burgertime, with Fred Flintstone.
Commander Keen - The infamously bad David Palmer Productions GBC ruination of one of the great PC game franchises of the early '90s. But as a Commander Keen fan, I had to get this game sometime...
Game Boy Advance - these are both Japanese import games that I found locally (as with those other few from a while ago). $5 each, cart only.
--
Klonoa (Empire of Dreams)
Klonoa G2 (Dream Champ Tournament) - These are the two sidescroller Klonoa games for the GBA. Both did get later US releases, but as Klonoa platformers they don't have too much text... it's kind of too bad though that the third Klonoa game, the one that didn't get a US release (it's a topdown action-RPG) wasn't there too.
PS2
--
.hack//Outbreak (Part 3) - complete., $15 (yeah, not a great price, but that's what I'd have to pay to get it locally) - Honestly, I probably got this as much for the anime DVD as for the game... Liminality is great.
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