7th January 2010, 9:19 PM
Some stuff I got on EBay (all three in one package) came today... $13 total, and like half of that was the quite overpriced shipping. Oh well, the overall price wasn't that bad... oh, all three are cart/card only.
The Ooze (Genesis)
Solar Striker (Game Boy)
Blazing Lazers (TurboGrafx-16)
Later in the day, I stopped by the Salvation Army to see if any of the PC games were left. Some (though not all) were, and they were 50% off again, so for $1.50 each I got these:
PC
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Front Page Sports: Ski Racing (Sierra) - Win95 game. I can't get this game to run at all, and can't find much on it online... oh well, I'll just have to play it on my old computer.
MDK - Win95/DOS hybrid game. Works fine, looks nice, and is surprisingly good with a joystick. I don't need that PSX copy of MDK anymore... :)
MegaRace 2 - DOS game. The sequel to the cheesy classic... :)
Amok - DOS/Win95 hybrid game. The Win95 version doesn't start at all, but the DOS version works perfectly in DOSBox so I'm not going to spend much time trying to figure out if the Win95 version can be fixed. Plus, it's not that great a game -- it's a very simple mech shooter with a very short draw distance. It does have a great Jesper Kyd soundtrack, though...
Cyberia - DOS game. Prerendered CG FMV action/adventure game, sort of like a Rebel Assault but with a lot more railed walking around cooridors. Nice graphics for the time, though it's all prerendered of course. I'll probably play it, it looks alright... it is sci-fi, and at least it's not live actors! :)
Finally, I stopped in another store, and ended up buying some stuff.
First, they had a Sega Genesis Team Tap, second model. This is the first-party Genesis multitap compatible with ALL multitap-compatible games, both EA 4-Way Play and Sega Team Tap model 1 titles. I'd been looking for one of these, it's very cool to have it... finally I can play Gauntlet IV and the NBA Jam games with more than 2 people, whenever I have an opportunity to do that. :) Also, it was just $2, can't beat that price!
Games... got a couple.
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Phelios (Genesis) -- $5. Great shmup! Cart only. Another store had a complete copy, but it was $10... I thought about it, but it didn't quite seem worth twice the amount to get the case and manual. Oh well...
NBA Jam (Genesis) -- Cart only. This and the two games below were $2 total -- the store has a bin of sports games for various systems, $1 each or $2 for three. I got three. I got this because, well, I did just get the multitap that works with it... and why not? I still want NBA Jam TE for the 32X the most, though!
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (Genesis) - complete copy. It's an okay sim/arcade hybrid racing game. Don't crash that car, you won't get a second chance without restarting the race! Somewhat impressive production values though, the game actually has a save battery in it... very nice, and rare for Sega. Okay game overall, but I like arcadey racing games better than simmish ones, even in 16-bit...
Outrun (Sega Master System) - complete copy, with cool SMS poster. I couldn't find anything else I really wanted in the box, so I got this game for a system I don't have instead... I'll probably have one eventually though, and the poster is worth the $0.66 alone, probably. :)
The Ooze (Genesis)
Solar Striker (Game Boy)
Blazing Lazers (TurboGrafx-16)
Later in the day, I stopped by the Salvation Army to see if any of the PC games were left. Some (though not all) were, and they were 50% off again, so for $1.50 each I got these:
PC
--
Front Page Sports: Ski Racing (Sierra) - Win95 game. I can't get this game to run at all, and can't find much on it online... oh well, I'll just have to play it on my old computer.
MDK - Win95/DOS hybrid game. Works fine, looks nice, and is surprisingly good with a joystick. I don't need that PSX copy of MDK anymore... :)
MegaRace 2 - DOS game. The sequel to the cheesy classic... :)
Amok - DOS/Win95 hybrid game. The Win95 version doesn't start at all, but the DOS version works perfectly in DOSBox so I'm not going to spend much time trying to figure out if the Win95 version can be fixed. Plus, it's not that great a game -- it's a very simple mech shooter with a very short draw distance. It does have a great Jesper Kyd soundtrack, though...
Cyberia - DOS game. Prerendered CG FMV action/adventure game, sort of like a Rebel Assault but with a lot more railed walking around cooridors. Nice graphics for the time, though it's all prerendered of course. I'll probably play it, it looks alright... it is sci-fi, and at least it's not live actors! :)
Finally, I stopped in another store, and ended up buying some stuff.
First, they had a Sega Genesis Team Tap, second model. This is the first-party Genesis multitap compatible with ALL multitap-compatible games, both EA 4-Way Play and Sega Team Tap model 1 titles. I'd been looking for one of these, it's very cool to have it... finally I can play Gauntlet IV and the NBA Jam games with more than 2 people, whenever I have an opportunity to do that. :) Also, it was just $2, can't beat that price!
Games... got a couple.
--
Phelios (Genesis) -- $5. Great shmup! Cart only. Another store had a complete copy, but it was $10... I thought about it, but it didn't quite seem worth twice the amount to get the case and manual. Oh well...
NBA Jam (Genesis) -- Cart only. This and the two games below were $2 total -- the store has a bin of sports games for various systems, $1 each or $2 for three. I got three. I got this because, well, I did just get the multitap that works with it... and why not? I still want NBA Jam TE for the 32X the most, though!
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (Genesis) - complete copy. It's an okay sim/arcade hybrid racing game. Don't crash that car, you won't get a second chance without restarting the race! Somewhat impressive production values though, the game actually has a save battery in it... very nice, and rare for Sega. Okay game overall, but I like arcadey racing games better than simmish ones, even in 16-bit...
Outrun (Sega Master System) - complete copy, with cool SMS poster. I couldn't find anything else I really wanted in the box, so I got this game for a system I don't have instead... I'll probably have one eventually though, and the poster is worth the $0.66 alone, probably. :)