11th March 2011, 11:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 12th March 2011, 12:48 AM by A Black Falcon.)
DS
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Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem - $12, card only - This is the fourth MvDK game, and the third one on the DS (the first was for GBA). The first was an easier modern rethinking of the GB classic puzzle-platformer Donkey Kong ('94), and the DS ones are similar, but focus on getting mini-Marios across to the end, instead of Mario himself. Apparently all three DS MvDK games are pretty similar, but I haven't actually bought any of the MvDK games before, even though I'd always kind of been thinking about it because of how I had liked the original DK'94, so when I found this one for cheap I decided to get it. :)
Xbox
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SVCCHAOS: SNK vs. Capcom - $10, complete - The other Xbox-only 2d SNK game... I already have Samurai Shodown V, KOF NeoWave, and Metal Slug 3, this was the other one and it's great to find it. The price might have been slightly high, but it was complete and in good shape, so I decided to get it. It's not the best Neo-Geo fighting game for sure, unfortunately, and is no competition for Capcom vs SNK 2, but still it's an amusing enough game to be worth playing, for Capcom and SNK fighting game fans at least. The pre-fight dialogues are entertaining. :) The Capcom character selection is disappointing though, a lot of Street Fighter II characters are in the game, but not my two favorites, Cammy and Blanka... bah. For SNK there's no regular Athena either, just Goddess Athena as one of the bosses. It does has some interesting choices like Zero, Tessa from Red Earth/Warzard, and on the SNK side a Mars People alien, though. :)
Genesis
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Shining in the Darkness - cart only in generic (rental?) plastic case - $4 - Wouldn't have bought this for much more than that, it's a very grind heavy RPG, but for that price, eh, why not...
PSX
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Crash Bandicoot: Warped - $5 - Haven't owned any of the main series before, just CTR.
PC
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3-D Ultra R.C. Racers Deluxe: Traxxas Edition - $1, disc only - Cool, the upgraded version of the Sierra top-down racing game? And I just found the original version last year too, it's cool to find the expanded version so soon. :) It's not a great game, but I often like topdown racing games, and it's a decent one.
Operation Neptune (CD ver.) - jewelcase only, $2 - The original floppy disc DOS version of this educational game classic is something we've owned since the early '90s, but this CD Windows/Mac version, with full voice acting, I've never seen... pretty cool, this was one of the best educational games of the time, it's a sidescrolling game where you control a sub, defeating enemies, collecting items, and stuff and occasionally answering a math problem.
Hardball 5 - $2, jewelcase only - Hardball III for PC is my favorite baseball game ever. From what I remember of playing the demo back when it came out, this game's pretty decent too, one of the best games in the series.
Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst - $2 - One of those "find the hidden objects in the image" games. Complete (jewelcase in paper sleeve).
Game Boy
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Wave Race - $2, game in plastic case - Yeah, the original... I'd never had it. It's a solid but (at first) challenging top-down racing game. I've only played it much yet so I'm not very good, but it's clearly a good game. It's got a default palette in the GBC/GBA like with a few other B&W games (Mario Land 1, etc.), so the water looks blue. Cool.
4-In-1 Funpack Vol. I - $2 - Chess, Checkers, Reversi, Backgammon. Basic collection, no saving, but it works, and does have 2-p alternating as well as some fairly challenging CPU opponents (for Reversi at least, the only one I've played so far).
Game Boy/GB Color Dual Mode
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Power Quest - $2, game in plastic case - it's a fighting game, actually. Decent game really, though fairly button mashey. It's got an RPG-ish quest mode for the main game, with fighting game combat. Password save. It is Super Game Boy enhanced, though the SGB mode is probably better.
--
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem - $12, card only - This is the fourth MvDK game, and the third one on the DS (the first was for GBA). The first was an easier modern rethinking of the GB classic puzzle-platformer Donkey Kong ('94), and the DS ones are similar, but focus on getting mini-Marios across to the end, instead of Mario himself. Apparently all three DS MvDK games are pretty similar, but I haven't actually bought any of the MvDK games before, even though I'd always kind of been thinking about it because of how I had liked the original DK'94, so when I found this one for cheap I decided to get it. :)
Xbox
--
SVCCHAOS: SNK vs. Capcom - $10, complete - The other Xbox-only 2d SNK game... I already have Samurai Shodown V, KOF NeoWave, and Metal Slug 3, this was the other one and it's great to find it. The price might have been slightly high, but it was complete and in good shape, so I decided to get it. It's not the best Neo-Geo fighting game for sure, unfortunately, and is no competition for Capcom vs SNK 2, but still it's an amusing enough game to be worth playing, for Capcom and SNK fighting game fans at least. The pre-fight dialogues are entertaining. :) The Capcom character selection is disappointing though, a lot of Street Fighter II characters are in the game, but not my two favorites, Cammy and Blanka... bah. For SNK there's no regular Athena either, just Goddess Athena as one of the bosses. It does has some interesting choices like Zero, Tessa from Red Earth/Warzard, and on the SNK side a Mars People alien, though. :)
Genesis
--
Shining in the Darkness - cart only in generic (rental?) plastic case - $4 - Wouldn't have bought this for much more than that, it's a very grind heavy RPG, but for that price, eh, why not...
PSX
--
Crash Bandicoot: Warped - $5 - Haven't owned any of the main series before, just CTR.
PC
--
3-D Ultra R.C. Racers Deluxe: Traxxas Edition - $1, disc only - Cool, the upgraded version of the Sierra top-down racing game? And I just found the original version last year too, it's cool to find the expanded version so soon. :) It's not a great game, but I often like topdown racing games, and it's a decent one.
Operation Neptune (CD ver.) - jewelcase only, $2 - The original floppy disc DOS version of this educational game classic is something we've owned since the early '90s, but this CD Windows/Mac version, with full voice acting, I've never seen... pretty cool, this was one of the best educational games of the time, it's a sidescrolling game where you control a sub, defeating enemies, collecting items, and stuff and occasionally answering a math problem.
Hardball 5 - $2, jewelcase only - Hardball III for PC is my favorite baseball game ever. From what I remember of playing the demo back when it came out, this game's pretty decent too, one of the best games in the series.
Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst - $2 - One of those "find the hidden objects in the image" games. Complete (jewelcase in paper sleeve).
Game Boy
--
Wave Race - $2, game in plastic case - Yeah, the original... I'd never had it. It's a solid but (at first) challenging top-down racing game. I've only played it much yet so I'm not very good, but it's clearly a good game. It's got a default palette in the GBC/GBA like with a few other B&W games (Mario Land 1, etc.), so the water looks blue. Cool.
4-In-1 Funpack Vol. I - $2 - Chess, Checkers, Reversi, Backgammon. Basic collection, no saving, but it works, and does have 2-p alternating as well as some fairly challenging CPU opponents (for Reversi at least, the only one I've played so far).
Game Boy/GB Color Dual Mode
--
Power Quest - $2, game in plastic case - it's a fighting game, actually. Decent game really, though fairly button mashey. It's got an RPG-ish quest mode for the main game, with fighting game combat. Password save. It is Super Game Boy enhanced, though the SGB mode is probably better.