Games Bought Thread 3

[A Black Falcon]

So what have i been doing since my last post in this thread? Saving up for next-gen stuff?

HAH! No, of course not. I've been buying quite a bit of stuff, of course. So here's the list. Note that this starts with a couple of digital purchases from late August because I forgot to mention them in my last few posts.

First, some super cheap on sale digital Switch games that I got for pennies with Gold points.

Pocket Mini Golf Nintendo Switch, NS - DD (eShop) 08/23/20 On Sale Free with Nintendo Gold Points (would have been >$1)
Funny Bunny Adventures Nintendo Switch, NS - DD (eShop) 08/24/20 On Sale Free with Nintendo Gold Points (would have been >$1)
Earthworms Nintendo Switch, NS - DD (eShop) 09/10/20 On Sale $0.01
Overlanders Nintendo Switch, NS - DD (eShop) 09/10/20 On Sale Free with Nintendo Gold Points (would have been >$1)
Swamps and Traps Nintendo Switch, NS - DD (eShop) 09/10/20 On Sale Free with Nintendo Gold Points (would have been >$1)

Next... this is from ebay. So I know I've bought a lot of things recent-ish, but when I saw this go up on ebay I couldn't refuse... and it was a great choice! Someone who either had no idea what they had or didn't care and just wanted to get rid of it for well under value put an Odyssey 2 up on ebay for $119 including shipping. Untested. Why is that crazy? I mean, I have an O2 already; it has issues and rarely turns on now since its power connection port came loose inside, but I'm sure that's fixable without too much effort.

But this one? Well, it was in its original box, with The Voice unit which sells for quite a bit now on ebay, two power supplies (the original one and the one with a slightly higher output, better for The Voice), and six complete-in-box games: three I have - Sid the Spellbinder, Quest for the Rings (in slightly better condition than my old copy), and Speedway/Spinout/Cryptologic, and three games I didn't have - Dynasty (they call it "based on Go", but it's actually Reversi/Othello), Smithereens, and Computer Intro, a fairly unique if mostly useless "learn to program a basic form of O2 Assembly" program.

And did it work? Well, as I expected, mostly yes. The Voice seems to work great; occasionally voice lines cut off oddly early, but it's clearly working. The system and its keyboard work great as well, and look good, better than my old O2. It does have one issue, though -- the right controller, which is mostly the player two controller to be clear (the left controller is controller one), has two broken directions -- left and down don't work at all. That's unfortunate. I'll have to take the system apart and swap one of the controllers from my old system into this one, I hope that fixes the issue (presuming it's an issue in the controller, we'll see). Regardless, for an untested system it's great Phillips Magnavox made their stuff well! Very good build quality from them, O2 stuff mostly still works.

I have not disassembled the systems yet as this one is mostly working since most games use the working controller. The Voice is so cool... Type & Tell is one of the most impressive console releases of its generation, seriously. You type on the keyboard and it speaks the things you type out loud on The Voice. Anything you type, it says. It is a true speech synthesizer. The Voice doesn't send audio output to your tv, if you don't know. it has a speaker on the voice unit. with a volume slider. it's pretty loud so I have it up only halfway, how loud do you need when this system is going to be just a few feet away from you given the system's short controller cord lengths? Additionally, the full color flow charts in the Computer Intro book showing how registers connect to the various other computer parts are nice and easy to follow. Of course there is no way to save your programs, which is why I called it fairly useless, but it's pretty interesting to see the level of effort they went into the documentation. This is an assembly programmer too, not just Basic. What you can do is apparently limited though.

Computer Intro! Odyssey2/Videopac, O2 09/21/20 from ebay Complete bundle with system, 3 games, and The Voice unit for $120
Dynasty! Odyssey2/Videopac, O2 09/21/20 from ebay Complete bundle with system, 3 games, and The Voice unit for $120
Smithereens! Odyssey2/Videopac, O2 09/21/20 from ebay Complete bundle with system, 3 games, and The Voice unit for $120
Also of course I got the system, with its original box. The system is the same model as my other one. It has the box, but no hardware manuals, and no styrofoam or whatever was in the box, it's just a loose box. Still it's incredibly cool looking, Magnavox had the best artists! It, of course, also came with The Voice add-on, and both power supplies, both the original one and the slightly power-increased one designed for The Voice. The VOice doesn't come with its box or manual though, ones being sold with those go for much more.


After that, I got a bunch of digital 3DS and Switch games on 9/25 and 9/26. Here they are.

Bit Dungeon Plus Nintendo 3DS, 3DS - DD (eShop) 09/25/20 On Sale $1.27
Blaster Master Zero 2 Nintendo Switch, NS - DD (eShop) 09/25/20 On Sale $6.00
Blaster Master Zero 2 - DLC Nintendo Switch, NS - DD (eShop) - DLC 09/25/20 On Sale $2.00
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 Nintendo Switch, NS - DD (eShop) 09/25/20 On Sale $10.97
Project Nimbus: Complete Edition Nintendo Switch, NS - DD (eShop) 09/25/20 On Sale $6.00
Super Bit Blaster XL Nintendo Switch, NS - DD (eShop) 09/25/20 On Sale Free with Nintendo Gold Points (would have been >$1)
Windmill Kings Nintendo Switch, NS - DD (eShop) 09/25/20 On Sale Free with Nintendo Gold Points (would have been >$1)
Silver Falls - 3 Down Stars Nintendo 3DS, 3DS - DD (eShop) 09/26/20 On Sale $19.19
WordHerd Nintendo 3DS, 3DS - DD (eShop) 09/26/20 On Sale $0.71

I got one digital X1 game too; well, I got DLC for it really. I already had Forza Horizon 3, but before it got delisted (for car rights licensing reasons) they reduced the price, and I decided to get it in order to get a lot more cars for the game. It's a good game, so why not? Can't get these anymore after all, not for this game...

Forza Horizon 3 Ultimate Edition Xbox One, XONE - DD 09/27/20 On Sale $21.00

These I got at a local place a few days ago. Golden Axe: The Duel's a very interesting find, sure the game isn't the best but this price is actually very good -- this game is over $80 now on ebay! And as someone who is definitely a Golden Axe fan, at least of the beat 'em ups, this GOlden Axe fighting game was a must have at some point. I'm happy to have it.

Golden Axe: The Duel Saturn, SS 09/27/20 Complete $57.00
Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Myth - Infinite Combate Nintendo Switch, NS Complete $30.00
Jagged Alliance (DS) Nintendo DS, NDS 09/27/20 Cart Only $4.00
Revolution X Saturn, SS 09/27/20 Complete $10.00

For som reason, I decided that my yearly Master System purchase wouldn't be some cheap American game, but instead some pricier European ones. So, I got these four games (three of which I have on Game Gear already, and one digitally too, on Wii VC), plus one Genesis (Megadrive) import game while I was at it because that's a game I very much have wanted for a long time. I am definitely excited to have that Genesis game.

Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse (8-bit) (E) Master System, SMS 09/30/20 from ebay, European import Complete $35.00
Micro Machines Turbo Tournament '96 (E) Genesis, Gen 09/30/20 from ebay, European import Complete $40.00
Scramble Spirits (E) Master System, SMS 09/30/20 from ebay, European import Complete $30.00
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) (E) Master System, SMS 09/30/20 from ebay, European import Complete $34.00
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) (E) Master System, SMS 09/30/20 from ebay, European import Complete $28.00

This one I bought digitally today, great price for this interesting game.

Killer Queen Black Nintendo Switch, NS - DD (eShop) 10/02/20 On Sale $2.00

These games I bought locally today. The Virtual Boy game was a pretty cool find! They had a few other games too, but they were games I had already.

Elder Scrolls IV, The: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition PC 10/02/20 Complete $2.00
NBA Jam: Tournament Edition Genesis, Gen 10/02/20 Cart Only $5.00
Spider-Man Atari 2600, 2600 10/02/20 Cart Only $6.00
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3D Nintendo 3DS, 3DS 10/02/20 Complete $5.00
Virtual League Baseball Virtual Boy, VB 10/02/20 Complete $23.00