31st August 2020, 5:57 PM
So I decided, it is finally the time... yes, here it is, the list of import games I bought between November and March!
Now, I listed some imports in one post, here: https://www.tendocity.net/showthread.php...#pid137875 Specifically, I listed all of the Wonderswan systems and games I had gotten up to that point. I then also listed the few other games I got a few months later. Some of those games were purchased in these boxes I am listing here, and others were separate single purchases. After some thought I decided to list them again, since they were purchased with these and such, but note that these are not second copies of those games, they're the same one as before.
So I spent a lot here, and in additon to the Wonderswans I got one other import Japanese console as well, one I spent quite a bit more on than the Wonderswan. It's not a good system, but then again the Wonderswan isn't really either, unfortunately; Bandai was never a very good publisher. The other one... I got the somewhat infamous, and not very good, PC-FX. Yeah, really. I have not used it a lot since, but it does a few things well and the system looks pretty nice so I don't regret buying it. Plus, with COVID, it was the perfect time to import -- getting stuff from Japan now is very difficult, I'm glad I got stuff when I could!
I am sorting this by the date each box arrived, by platform within that. The PC-FX itself is at the very bottom, I started buying games for it several months before I finally bought a console.
12/11/19
Yuu Yuu Hakusho (J) 3DO Complete $8.50 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Boundary Gate: Daughter of Kingdom (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $15 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Joy Mech Fight (J) NES Complete $11 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Shinseki GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Infinity 4 (J) PlayStation 2, PS2 Complete $3 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Groove On Fight: Gouketsuji Ichizoku (J) Saturn, SS Disc and Manual (no case) $41 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Saturn Bomberman (J) Saturn, SS Complete $9.50 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Sengoku Blade (J) Saturn, SS Complete $73.00
Shippuu Mahou Daisakusen: Kingdom Grandprix (J) Saturn, SS Complete $57.00
Strikers 1945 (J) Saturn, SS Complete $30.00
X-Men vs. Street Fighter (J) Saturn, SS Disc in Generic Case $8 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Super Bomberman 3 (J) Super NES, SNES Complete $5.50 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Zenki: Rettou Raiden (J) Super NES, SNES Cart Only $7.10 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Bomberman: Panic Bomber (J) TurboGrafx-CD, TCD Complete $2.25 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Moto Roader MC (J) TurboGrafx-CD, TCD Complete $10.55 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Seirei Senki Spriggan (J) TurboGrafx-CD, TCD Complete $56.00
12/16/19
Takeru (J) 3DO Complete $4 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Fighting Vipers 2 (J) Dreamcast, DC Complete $16 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Can Can Bunny Extra DX (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $11.50 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Tingle no Balloon Fight DS (J) Nintendo DS, NDS Complete $8 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
XII Stag (J) [aka XIIZeal] PlayStation 2, PS2 Complete $15 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Robbit mon Dieu (J) [Jumping Flash 3] PlayStation, PSX, PS1 Complete $4.35 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Clockwork Knight: Peperouchou no Daibouken Gekkan (J) [Clockwork Knight 2] Saturn, SS Complete $5 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Mr. Heli no Daibouken (J) TurboGrafx-16, TG16 Complete $29.01 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Mamono Hunter Yohko 2: Tooki Yobigoe (J) TurboGrafx-CD, TCD Complete $10 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Virtual Fishing (J) Virtual Boy, VB Complete $46 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
XI [sai] Little (J) WonderSwan Color, WSC (Color Only) Cart Only $11.50 for 3 game lot + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Gunpey (J) WonderSwan, WS Cart and Manual $11.50 for 3 game lot + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Ochan no Oekaki Logic (J) WonderSwan, WS Cart Only $11.50 for 3 game lot + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
12/21/19
Ah! My Goddess (J) [Aa! Megami-Sama!] NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $25 for a 5 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Anime Freak FX Vol. 4 (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $25 for a 5 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Fire Woman Matoi-Gumi (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $25 for a 5 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Megami Paradise II (J) [Megami Tengoku II] NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $25 for a 5 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Zoku Hatsukoi Monogatari: Shuugaku Ryokou (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $25 for a 5 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Chaos Control Remix (J) Saturn, SS Complete $10 for a 7 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Falcom Classics (J) Saturn, SS Complete $13 for an 8 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Falcom Classics II (J) Saturn, SS Complete $13 for an 8 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Koden Koureijutsu Hyaku Monogatari ~Hontoni Atta Kowai Hanashi~ (J) Saturn, SS Complete $5.00
Magical Drop III:"Toretate Zoukangou!" (J) Saturn, SS Complete $13 for an 8 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Making of Nightruth, The (J) Saturn, SS Complete (with spine card) $10 for a 7 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Ochige Designer Tsukutte Pon! (J) Saturn, SS Complete (with spine card) $10 for a 7 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Ragnagard (J) (aka Shin-Oh-Ken) Saturn, SS Complete $13 for an 8 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
SEGA Touring Car Championship (J) Saturn, SS Complete $10 for a 7 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Space Invaders: The Original Game (J) Saturn, SS Complete $13 for an 8 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Suiku Enbu: Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty (J) (US: Dark Legend) Saturn, SS Complete (with spine card) $10 for a 7 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Tactics Formula (J) Saturn, SS Complete $10 for a 7 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Virtua Fighter Kids (J) Saturn, SS Complete (with spine card) $10 for a 7 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Marchen Maze (J) TurboGrafx-16, TG16 Complete $45 + 1/22nd share of $96 shipping
Densha de GO! (J) [Let's Go by Train!] WonderSwan, WS Complete $8 + 1/22nd share of $96 shipping
Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousen Sha (J) [Mega Man & Bass WS] WonderSwan, WS Complete $60 + 1/22nd share of $96 shipping
01/15/20
Cutey Honey FX (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $45 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
Power Dolls FX: Detachment of Limited Line Service (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $20 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
Team Innocent: The Point of No Return "G.C.P.O.SS" Saki/Lilis/Ariel (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $16 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Oki FX (J) (aka Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki FX) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $9 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
Championship Rally (J) TurboGrafx-CD, TCD Complete $30 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
One Piece Grand Battle: Swan Colosseum (J) WonderSwan Color, WSC (Color Only) Complete $10 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
Kakutou Ryouri Densetsu Bistro Recipe: Wonder Battle Hen (aka Bistro Recipe) (J) WonderSwan, WS Complete $8 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
Kaze no Klonoa: Moonlight Museum (J) WonderSwan, WS Cart Only $20 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
01/23/20
Battle Heat (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $18 + 1/7th share of $45 shipping
Arkanoid II (J) NES Cart Only $2 for a 4 game lot + 1/7th share of $45 shipping for the lot
Exed Exes (J) NES Cart Only $2 for a 4 game lot + 1/7th share of $45 shipping for the lot
Mappy (J) NES Cart Only $2 for a 4 game lot + 1/7th share of $45 shipping for the lot
Tetris (J) (aka Tetris (BPS)) NES Cart Only $2 for a 4 game lot + 1/7th share of $45 shipping for the lot
Last Legion UX (J) Nintendo 64, N64 Cart Only $20 + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
Bokan to Ippatsu Doronboo (J) (aka Time Bokan Series: Bokan to Ippatso! Doronbo) PlayStation, PSX, PS1 Complete $10 + 1/7th share of $45 shipping
Tokyo Mew Mew (J) PlayStation, PSX, PS1 Complete $4.25 + 1/7th share of $45 shipping
Virtua Racing Deluxe (J) Sega 32X, 32X Complete $23.50 + 1/7th share of $45 shipping
Power Drift (J) TurboGrafx-16, TG16 Complete $25 + 1/7th share of $45 shipping
S.C.I.: Special Criminal Investigation (J) TurboGrafx-16, TG16 Complete $20 + 1/7th share of $45 shipping
Digimon Adventure 02: D1 Tamers (J) WonderSwan / WonderSwan Color, WSC (Dual Mode) Cart Only $20 for a 4 game lot + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
Digimon Tamers: Battle Spirit (J) WonderSwan Color, WSC (Color Only) Cart Only $20 for a 4 game lot + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
Digimon Tamers: Digimon Medley (J) WonderSwan Color, WSC (Color Only) Cart Only $20 for a 4 game lot + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
Digital Monsters: D Project (J) [aka Digimon: DProject) WonderSwan Color, WSC (Color Only) Cart Only $20 for a 4 game lot + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
Inuyasha: Kagome no Yume Nikki (J) WonderSwan Color, WSC (Color Only) Complete $8 + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
Chaos Gear: Michibi Kareshi Mono (J) WonderSwan, WS Complete $8 + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
Sennou Millenium (J) WonderSwan, WS Complete $11 + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
01/30/20
Curse (J) Genesis, Gen Cart Only $8.99 + 1/3rd share of $27 shipping
Kishin Doujin Zenki FX (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $587.89 + 1/3rd share of $27 shipping
Goemon Shin Sedai Shuumei! (J) [Goemon New Age] PlayStation, PSX, PS1 Complete $35 + 1/3rd share of $27 shipping
02/08/20
Dennou Hyouryuu: Multimedia Cruising (J) 3DO Complete (with spine card) $22 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Furai no Shiren Gaiden: Onna Kenshi Asuka Kenzan! (J) [Shiren the Wanderer Sidestory: Female Warrior Asuka Arrives!] Dreamcast, DC Complete (with spine card) $12.50 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
After Burst (J) Game Boy, GB Cart Only $5.70 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Anime Freak FX Vol. 2 (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $20 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Anime Freak FX Vol. 3 (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $15 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Blue Breaker: Ken Yorimo Hohoemi o (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete (with spine card) $10 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Voice Paradise (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $8 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Airboarder 64 (J) Nintendo 64, N64 Complete $23 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Densha de GO! 64 (J) [Let's Go by Train! 64] Nintendo 64, N64 Complete $0.01 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Garou Densetsu Special (J) [Fatal Fury Special] TurboGrafx-CD, TCD Complete $11 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Ganso Jajamaru-Kun (J) [The Original Jajamaru] WonderSwan, WS Cart and Protector Case Only $15 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
PC-FX Console PC-FX with box, manual, controller, system, av cables. $130 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
PC-FX Controller PC-FX came with system
After this, I definitely had spent too much on this stuff so I stopped spending as much for a while. Additionally COVID was getting worse, and I started worrying about shipping, particularly for things from Japan. And indeed, the last two games I bought, a couple of Wonderswan games I bought in mid March, took two months to arrive, as I said in this thread when the finally got here in May (it was Final Lap 2000 and a couple other games). By that point I was just glad they showed up at all! I will buy more PC-FX games eventually, but it looks like it'll be a while. That's okay. A lot of those games aren't teh kinds of games I'd enjoy that much... though there are other PCFX games I would like that I don't have, so there are some to look forward to.
So of all these games, how many have I actually played in the months since? Uh... some. And not lots of others. For instance, of the PC-FX stuff I have only played a handful of the games, beyond Zenki of course which I played through, you don't spend that kind of money and then just put it on the shelf. I know that was a very expensive game, but it's something I had wanted for a long time, ever since I first heard of it in the '00s, and it's a really awesome one to finally have in my collection. Sure, the game is short and easy and thus is TERRIBLE value for the money, but at least it's pretty fun while it lasts, it is a quality game. And if you look online at prices, I got a pretty good price for this game, it's selling for at least $840 now. COVID has caused a lot of classic game prices to go up after all so that's not surprising, but it is true.
As for the PC-FX, it is a system that is very good at animated FMV and not very good at anything else, so someone like me with limited Japanese knowledge and also limited interest in the kinds of games it is best at, such as adventure games and FMV fighters? It's not a good fit to say the least. I like anime, sure, but not visual novels or FMV games, particularly ones that mostly in a language I don't know much of. But of course I knew all of this going in, so I'm not complaining, just saying 'yes I know, this was a questionable purchase but I got it anyway'. I really like the TurboGrafx/PC Engine, so looking at its successor, even if it was a disastrous failure of one that bet heavily on FMV as the industry went polygonal, is quite interesting. NEC and Hudson sure messed up badly with their thinking behind this one.
Now, I listed some imports in one post, here: https://www.tendocity.net/showthread.php...#pid137875 Specifically, I listed all of the Wonderswan systems and games I had gotten up to that point. I then also listed the few other games I got a few months later. Some of those games were purchased in these boxes I am listing here, and others were separate single purchases. After some thought I decided to list them again, since they were purchased with these and such, but note that these are not second copies of those games, they're the same one as before.
So I spent a lot here, and in additon to the Wonderswans I got one other import Japanese console as well, one I spent quite a bit more on than the Wonderswan. It's not a good system, but then again the Wonderswan isn't really either, unfortunately; Bandai was never a very good publisher. The other one... I got the somewhat infamous, and not very good, PC-FX. Yeah, really. I have not used it a lot since, but it does a few things well and the system looks pretty nice so I don't regret buying it. Plus, with COVID, it was the perfect time to import -- getting stuff from Japan now is very difficult, I'm glad I got stuff when I could!
I am sorting this by the date each box arrived, by platform within that. The PC-FX itself is at the very bottom, I started buying games for it several months before I finally bought a console.
12/11/19
Yuu Yuu Hakusho (J) 3DO Complete $8.50 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Boundary Gate: Daughter of Kingdom (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $15 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Joy Mech Fight (J) NES Complete $11 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Shinseki GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Infinity 4 (J) PlayStation 2, PS2 Complete $3 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Groove On Fight: Gouketsuji Ichizoku (J) Saturn, SS Disc and Manual (no case) $41 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Saturn Bomberman (J) Saturn, SS Complete $9.50 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Sengoku Blade (J) Saturn, SS Complete $73.00
Shippuu Mahou Daisakusen: Kingdom Grandprix (J) Saturn, SS Complete $57.00
Strikers 1945 (J) Saturn, SS Complete $30.00
X-Men vs. Street Fighter (J) Saturn, SS Disc in Generic Case $8 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Super Bomberman 3 (J) Super NES, SNES Complete $5.50 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Zenki: Rettou Raiden (J) Super NES, SNES Cart Only $7.10 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Bomberman: Panic Bomber (J) TurboGrafx-CD, TCD Complete $2.25 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Moto Roader MC (J) TurboGrafx-CD, TCD Complete $10.55 + 1/12th of $51 shipping
Seirei Senki Spriggan (J) TurboGrafx-CD, TCD Complete $56.00
12/16/19
Takeru (J) 3DO Complete $4 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Fighting Vipers 2 (J) Dreamcast, DC Complete $16 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Can Can Bunny Extra DX (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $11.50 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Tingle no Balloon Fight DS (J) Nintendo DS, NDS Complete $8 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
XII Stag (J) [aka XIIZeal] PlayStation 2, PS2 Complete $15 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Robbit mon Dieu (J) [Jumping Flash 3] PlayStation, PSX, PS1 Complete $4.35 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Clockwork Knight: Peperouchou no Daibouken Gekkan (J) [Clockwork Knight 2] Saturn, SS Complete $5 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Mr. Heli no Daibouken (J) TurboGrafx-16, TG16 Complete $29.01 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Mamono Hunter Yohko 2: Tooki Yobigoe (J) TurboGrafx-CD, TCD Complete $10 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Virtual Fishing (J) Virtual Boy, VB Complete $46 + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
XI [sai] Little (J) WonderSwan Color, WSC (Color Only) Cart Only $11.50 for 3 game lot + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Gunpey (J) WonderSwan, WS Cart and Manual $11.50 for 3 game lot + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
Ochan no Oekaki Logic (J) WonderSwan, WS Cart Only $11.50 for 3 game lot + 1/24th share of $105 shipping
12/21/19
Ah! My Goddess (J) [Aa! Megami-Sama!] NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $25 for a 5 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Anime Freak FX Vol. 4 (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $25 for a 5 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Fire Woman Matoi-Gumi (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $25 for a 5 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Megami Paradise II (J) [Megami Tengoku II] NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $25 for a 5 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Zoku Hatsukoi Monogatari: Shuugaku Ryokou (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $25 for a 5 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Chaos Control Remix (J) Saturn, SS Complete $10 for a 7 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Falcom Classics (J) Saturn, SS Complete $13 for an 8 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Falcom Classics II (J) Saturn, SS Complete $13 for an 8 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Koden Koureijutsu Hyaku Monogatari ~Hontoni Atta Kowai Hanashi~ (J) Saturn, SS Complete $5.00
Magical Drop III:"Toretate Zoukangou!" (J) Saturn, SS Complete $13 for an 8 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Making of Nightruth, The (J) Saturn, SS Complete (with spine card) $10 for a 7 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Ochige Designer Tsukutte Pon! (J) Saturn, SS Complete (with spine card) $10 for a 7 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Ragnagard (J) (aka Shin-Oh-Ken) Saturn, SS Complete $13 for an 8 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
SEGA Touring Car Championship (J) Saturn, SS Complete $10 for a 7 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Space Invaders: The Original Game (J) Saturn, SS Complete $13 for an 8 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Suiku Enbu: Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty (J) (US: Dark Legend) Saturn, SS Complete (with spine card) $10 for a 7 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Tactics Formula (J) Saturn, SS Complete $10 for a 7 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Virtua Fighter Kids (J) Saturn, SS Complete (with spine card) $10 for a 7 game lot + 1/22nd share per game of $96 shipping
Marchen Maze (J) TurboGrafx-16, TG16 Complete $45 + 1/22nd share of $96 shipping
Densha de GO! (J) [Let's Go by Train!] WonderSwan, WS Complete $8 + 1/22nd share of $96 shipping
Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousen Sha (J) [Mega Man & Bass WS] WonderSwan, WS Complete $60 + 1/22nd share of $96 shipping
01/15/20
Cutey Honey FX (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $45 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
Power Dolls FX: Detachment of Limited Line Service (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $20 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
Team Innocent: The Point of No Return "G.C.P.O.SS" Saki/Lilis/Ariel (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $16 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Oki FX (J) (aka Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki FX) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $9 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
Championship Rally (J) TurboGrafx-CD, TCD Complete $30 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
One Piece Grand Battle: Swan Colosseum (J) WonderSwan Color, WSC (Color Only) Complete $10 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
Kakutou Ryouri Densetsu Bistro Recipe: Wonder Battle Hen (aka Bistro Recipe) (J) WonderSwan, WS Complete $8 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
Kaze no Klonoa: Moonlight Museum (J) WonderSwan, WS Cart Only $20 + 1/8th share of $51 shipping
01/23/20
Battle Heat (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $18 + 1/7th share of $45 shipping
Arkanoid II (J) NES Cart Only $2 for a 4 game lot + 1/7th share of $45 shipping for the lot
Exed Exes (J) NES Cart Only $2 for a 4 game lot + 1/7th share of $45 shipping for the lot
Mappy (J) NES Cart Only $2 for a 4 game lot + 1/7th share of $45 shipping for the lot
Tetris (J) (aka Tetris (BPS)) NES Cart Only $2 for a 4 game lot + 1/7th share of $45 shipping for the lot
Last Legion UX (J) Nintendo 64, N64 Cart Only $20 + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
Bokan to Ippatsu Doronboo (J) (aka Time Bokan Series: Bokan to Ippatso! Doronbo) PlayStation, PSX, PS1 Complete $10 + 1/7th share of $45 shipping
Tokyo Mew Mew (J) PlayStation, PSX, PS1 Complete $4.25 + 1/7th share of $45 shipping
Virtua Racing Deluxe (J) Sega 32X, 32X Complete $23.50 + 1/7th share of $45 shipping
Power Drift (J) TurboGrafx-16, TG16 Complete $25 + 1/7th share of $45 shipping
S.C.I.: Special Criminal Investigation (J) TurboGrafx-16, TG16 Complete $20 + 1/7th share of $45 shipping
Digimon Adventure 02: D1 Tamers (J) WonderSwan / WonderSwan Color, WSC (Dual Mode) Cart Only $20 for a 4 game lot + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
Digimon Tamers: Battle Spirit (J) WonderSwan Color, WSC (Color Only) Cart Only $20 for a 4 game lot + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
Digimon Tamers: Digimon Medley (J) WonderSwan Color, WSC (Color Only) Cart Only $20 for a 4 game lot + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
Digital Monsters: D Project (J) [aka Digimon: DProject) WonderSwan Color, WSC (Color Only) Cart Only $20 for a 4 game lot + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
Inuyasha: Kagome no Yume Nikki (J) WonderSwan Color, WSC (Color Only) Complete $8 + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
Chaos Gear: Michibi Kareshi Mono (J) WonderSwan, WS Complete $8 + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
Sennou Millenium (J) WonderSwan, WS Complete $11 + 1/5th share of $33 shipping
01/30/20
Curse (J) Genesis, Gen Cart Only $8.99 + 1/3rd share of $27 shipping
Kishin Doujin Zenki FX (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $587.89 + 1/3rd share of $27 shipping
Goemon Shin Sedai Shuumei! (J) [Goemon New Age] PlayStation, PSX, PS1 Complete $35 + 1/3rd share of $27 shipping
02/08/20
Dennou Hyouryuu: Multimedia Cruising (J) 3DO Complete (with spine card) $22 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Furai no Shiren Gaiden: Onna Kenshi Asuka Kenzan! (J) [Shiren the Wanderer Sidestory: Female Warrior Asuka Arrives!] Dreamcast, DC Complete (with spine card) $12.50 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
After Burst (J) Game Boy, GB Cart Only $5.70 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Anime Freak FX Vol. 2 (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $20 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Anime Freak FX Vol. 3 (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $15 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Blue Breaker: Ken Yorimo Hohoemi o (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete (with spine card) $10 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Voice Paradise (J) NEC PC-FX, PCFX Complete $8 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Airboarder 64 (J) Nintendo 64, N64 Complete $23 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Densha de GO! 64 (J) [Let's Go by Train! 64] Nintendo 64, N64 Complete $0.01 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Garou Densetsu Special (J) [Fatal Fury Special] TurboGrafx-CD, TCD Complete $11 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
Ganso Jajamaru-Kun (J) [The Original Jajamaru] WonderSwan, WS Cart and Protector Case Only $15 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
PC-FX Console PC-FX with box, manual, controller, system, av cables. $130 + 1/12th share of $150 shipping [including a console]
PC-FX Controller PC-FX came with system
After this, I definitely had spent too much on this stuff so I stopped spending as much for a while. Additionally COVID was getting worse, and I started worrying about shipping, particularly for things from Japan. And indeed, the last two games I bought, a couple of Wonderswan games I bought in mid March, took two months to arrive, as I said in this thread when the finally got here in May (it was Final Lap 2000 and a couple other games). By that point I was just glad they showed up at all! I will buy more PC-FX games eventually, but it looks like it'll be a while. That's okay. A lot of those games aren't teh kinds of games I'd enjoy that much... though there are other PCFX games I would like that I don't have, so there are some to look forward to.
So of all these games, how many have I actually played in the months since? Uh... some. And not lots of others. For instance, of the PC-FX stuff I have only played a handful of the games, beyond Zenki of course which I played through, you don't spend that kind of money and then just put it on the shelf. I know that was a very expensive game, but it's something I had wanted for a long time, ever since I first heard of it in the '00s, and it's a really awesome one to finally have in my collection. Sure, the game is short and easy and thus is TERRIBLE value for the money, but at least it's pretty fun while it lasts, it is a quality game. And if you look online at prices, I got a pretty good price for this game, it's selling for at least $840 now. COVID has caused a lot of classic game prices to go up after all so that's not surprising, but it is true.
As for the PC-FX, it is a system that is very good at animated FMV and not very good at anything else, so someone like me with limited Japanese knowledge and also limited interest in the kinds of games it is best at, such as adventure games and FMV fighters? It's not a good fit to say the least. I like anime, sure, but not visual novels or FMV games, particularly ones that mostly in a language I don't know much of. But of course I knew all of this going in, so I'm not complaining, just saying 'yes I know, this was a questionable purchase but I got it anyway'. I really like the TurboGrafx/PC Engine, so looking at its successor, even if it was a disastrous failure of one that bet heavily on FMV as the industry went polygonal, is quite interesting. NEC and Hudson sure messed up badly with their thinking behind this one.
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