13th May 2010, 5:00 PM
Locally:
These three games were given to me for free.
Saturn
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Daytona USA
Sega Rally Championship
NHL All-Star Hockey
All three are complete with case and manual, but all three case covers either are missing their hinges or are cracked. I already have Daytona and Sega Rally, though Sega Rally is disc only and Daytona is the 3-in-1 pack version so it's disc in papersleeve and manual only, so besides the fact that they were free, getting complete in case versions was nice too. Sega Rally has a cool shiny silver cover, very nice. As for the hockey game... eh, if I ever get some multitaps, it has 12 player support. Other than that I doubt it's very interesting.
I also got:
NES
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Twin Cobra - $2, cart only. I have the Genesis version of this game, but the NES version is interesting too, and actually easier than the extremely hard Genesis version... it's not my favorite series, but it's alright and worth the cheap price I think.
Dreamcast
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Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm - $8. I've wanted this game for years, ever since I learned that it was from the same developers as the PC game Die By The Sword, but while I played a bit of it in emulation, it's awesome to finally get the actual game. I like this game, it's a pretty fun fantasy hack & slash action game. :)
This is from EBay:
Virtual Boy
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Red Alarm (cart only) - $4.70. Yeah, cheap, I was lucky there, the game usually goes for more than that, which is why I hadn't bought it yet, along with that I really want to get an AC adapter so that I don't have to keep draining batteries to use the VB, considering how bad its battery life is.
Anyway, the game's decent. It's not the greatest, but it is interesting and decently fun. The 3d effect is the main show, and it's by far the most fun, I think, in the first person view. That gives you the best sense of the 3d, I think. I found the fact that it's all just wireframes and not shaded or textured not too distracting, I played to level 2 and had no problem telling walls from open spaces or enemies. It's been way too long, I should have bought this game a long time ago... it's been a bit over two years since I got the VB, but I hadn't gotten a game for it since right after getting the system! Those stupid AC adapters always sell for so much on ebay... oh well, I got this game now. I think right now I'd actually rank it in third, below Wario Land (the system's best game) and Vertical Force, but it's good.
On that note, those three were the three games I always wanted most of the system. I'm sure I'll get more VB games in the future, but it's great to finally get my top three.
These three games were given to me for free.
Saturn
--
Daytona USA
Sega Rally Championship
NHL All-Star Hockey
All three are complete with case and manual, but all three case covers either are missing their hinges or are cracked. I already have Daytona and Sega Rally, though Sega Rally is disc only and Daytona is the 3-in-1 pack version so it's disc in papersleeve and manual only, so besides the fact that they were free, getting complete in case versions was nice too. Sega Rally has a cool shiny silver cover, very nice. As for the hockey game... eh, if I ever get some multitaps, it has 12 player support. Other than that I doubt it's very interesting.
I also got:
NES
--
Twin Cobra - $2, cart only. I have the Genesis version of this game, but the NES version is interesting too, and actually easier than the extremely hard Genesis version... it's not my favorite series, but it's alright and worth the cheap price I think.
Dreamcast
--
Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm - $8. I've wanted this game for years, ever since I learned that it was from the same developers as the PC game Die By The Sword, but while I played a bit of it in emulation, it's awesome to finally get the actual game. I like this game, it's a pretty fun fantasy hack & slash action game. :)
This is from EBay:
Virtual Boy
--
Red Alarm (cart only) - $4.70. Yeah, cheap, I was lucky there, the game usually goes for more than that, which is why I hadn't bought it yet, along with that I really want to get an AC adapter so that I don't have to keep draining batteries to use the VB, considering how bad its battery life is.
Anyway, the game's decent. It's not the greatest, but it is interesting and decently fun. The 3d effect is the main show, and it's by far the most fun, I think, in the first person view. That gives you the best sense of the 3d, I think. I found the fact that it's all just wireframes and not shaded or textured not too distracting, I played to level 2 and had no problem telling walls from open spaces or enemies. It's been way too long, I should have bought this game a long time ago... it's been a bit over two years since I got the VB, but I hadn't gotten a game for it since right after getting the system! Those stupid AC adapters always sell for so much on ebay... oh well, I got this game now. I think right now I'd actually rank it in third, below Wario Land (the system's best game) and Vertical Force, but it's good.
On that note, those three were the three games I always wanted most of the system. I'm sure I'll get more VB games in the future, but it's great to finally get my top three.