6th July 2012, 4:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 6th July 2012, 11:11 PM by A Black Falcon.)
So I was at my favorite game store today, which I hadn't been to in... way too long, like maybe even two months. And... they had good stuff, so I ended up spending quite a bit. Got some interesting games though!
As usual for this place everything was buy 2 get 1 free (for used games, but these all were of course).
Game Boy Color
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Megaman Xtreme 2 - $10. I was considering getting something else instead of this, but that'd have cost a little more, and I do want this game for sure. Obviously it can't compare to the graphics of the SNES games it's taking levels from, but it is a nice effort for the GBC. This one's obviously running on a new engine, not the GB Mega Man engine -- Mega Man is a lot smaller than he was in those games.
Virtual Boy (all cart only, no covers)
--
3-D Tetris - $20 (rare, so I got it, even though it was pricey and I've never liked Welltris much at all. This does seem to be a decent version of it, though, better than many.)
Teleroboxer - $7 (hard...)
Galactic Pinball - $12 (yes, finally I have this game! My most wanted US released VB game I didn't have... getting used to the very slippery puck takes a while, and the fields are a bit too small, but it's a good game.)
Saturn (all complete unless noted, and oddly enough, all five of these were published by Acclaim here in the US.)
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Tunnel B1 - $8 (yeah, I recently got this for PS1... it's alright, and I like the Saturn more than the PS1 so it seemed worth buying again. And yeah, it's decently fun.)
Frank Thomas "Big Hurt" Baseball - $2 (the pace is too slow, and it takes a while to get used to when you have to press the button to hit the ball, but it's alright)
Starfighter 3000 - $8 (no manual) (this is an ugly port, but I love the game so much that this is probably my favorite pickup today... just make sure to play this with the Mission SticK.)
Robotica - free, would be $2 (Extremely, extremely repetitive game, but it WAS cheap. This is a first-gen Saturn FPS, with 30 near-identical levels and no saving. It's basically a dungeon crawler with FPS combat.)
Iron Man X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal - free, would be $8 (2d platform/action game. Got mediocre reviews, but I think it's fun. It's far better than stuff like Scud, at least! I do hate the 26-character passwords, though. And no, there's no system save option. Jerks.)
NES
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Shatterhand - $4 (cart and sleeve only) (heard great things about this one)
Shadow of the Ninja - $5 (cart only) (very good game!)
Dreamcast (all complete)
--
Outtrigger - free, would be $8 (FPS)
Evolution: The World of Sacred Device - $7 (I have the second one)
ChuChu Rocket - $4
Playstation
--
Medal of Honor Underground - $5 (complete)
I also got a few games repaired that weren't working. I've never actually been able to play Wipeout Pure for the PSP, but now I can... awesome. Ys Seven (PSP) also wasn't working, and also is now fixed. Great. :)
PC
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Baldur's Gate: Chapters 1 & 2 - $2, jewelcase only. This is from Goodwill. It's the demo (of sorts) of BG1, and it's the first BG thing we bought back in 1999 or so... but we gave away the disc (or something) for our original copy after buying the full game, so even though I have the box for this game, I didn't have the disc anymore. I know it's kind of pointless, but I just couldn't resist. This goes through the Nashkell Mines, though you can't use the save files again in the full game from what I remember. Fewer zones too, several in-between zones are missing I think...
As usual for this place everything was buy 2 get 1 free (for used games, but these all were of course).
Game Boy Color
--
Megaman Xtreme 2 - $10. I was considering getting something else instead of this, but that'd have cost a little more, and I do want this game for sure. Obviously it can't compare to the graphics of the SNES games it's taking levels from, but it is a nice effort for the GBC. This one's obviously running on a new engine, not the GB Mega Man engine -- Mega Man is a lot smaller than he was in those games.
Virtual Boy (all cart only, no covers)
--
3-D Tetris - $20 (rare, so I got it, even though it was pricey and I've never liked Welltris much at all. This does seem to be a decent version of it, though, better than many.)
Teleroboxer - $7 (hard...)
Galactic Pinball - $12 (yes, finally I have this game! My most wanted US released VB game I didn't have... getting used to the very slippery puck takes a while, and the fields are a bit too small, but it's a good game.)
Saturn (all complete unless noted, and oddly enough, all five of these were published by Acclaim here in the US.)
--
Tunnel B1 - $8 (yeah, I recently got this for PS1... it's alright, and I like the Saturn more than the PS1 so it seemed worth buying again. And yeah, it's decently fun.)
Frank Thomas "Big Hurt" Baseball - $2 (the pace is too slow, and it takes a while to get used to when you have to press the button to hit the ball, but it's alright)
Starfighter 3000 - $8 (no manual) (this is an ugly port, but I love the game so much that this is probably my favorite pickup today... just make sure to play this with the Mission SticK.)
Robotica - free, would be $2 (Extremely, extremely repetitive game, but it WAS cheap. This is a first-gen Saturn FPS, with 30 near-identical levels and no saving. It's basically a dungeon crawler with FPS combat.)
Iron Man X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal - free, would be $8 (2d platform/action game. Got mediocre reviews, but I think it's fun. It's far better than stuff like Scud, at least! I do hate the 26-character passwords, though. And no, there's no system save option. Jerks.)
NES
--
Shatterhand - $4 (cart and sleeve only) (heard great things about this one)
Shadow of the Ninja - $5 (cart only) (very good game!)
Dreamcast (all complete)
--
Outtrigger - free, would be $8 (FPS)
Evolution: The World of Sacred Device - $7 (I have the second one)
ChuChu Rocket - $4
Playstation
--
Medal of Honor Underground - $5 (complete)
I also got a few games repaired that weren't working. I've never actually been able to play Wipeout Pure for the PSP, but now I can... awesome. Ys Seven (PSP) also wasn't working, and also is now fixed. Great. :)
PC
--
Baldur's Gate: Chapters 1 & 2 - $2, jewelcase only. This is from Goodwill. It's the demo (of sorts) of BG1, and it's the first BG thing we bought back in 1999 or so... but we gave away the disc (or something) for our original copy after buying the full game, so even though I have the box for this game, I didn't have the disc anymore. I know it's kind of pointless, but I just couldn't resist. This goes through the Nashkell Mines, though you can't use the save files again in the full game from what I remember. Fewer zones too, several in-between zones are missing I think...