25th November 2011, 7:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 27th November 2011, 5:11 AM by A Black Falcon.)
It was Black Friday and several of the game stores around here (Gamestop, a local place, etc) had sales, and I recently got a new console too that I wanted to get more games for, so... yeah, I ended up getting a lot of games.
This stuff was buy-2-get-1-free.
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DS
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Megaman ZX - would be $13, free (card only) - Hard platformer. Notable for being one of the only Megaman games with a female player character option; this game's sequel is the only other Megaman game where you can choose either gender from the start, and the only other Megaman platformers I know of with any female player character(s) in them at all is Roll in Mega Man Powered Up. That's it, I think. Well, and The Misadventures of Tron Bonne, of course, but that's not a platformer. The game doesn't make much use of the DS, though... graphics look mostly SNES-level, and it doesn't do much of anything with the touchscreen. Oh well, at least the gameplay is good!
Wii
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Battalion Wars 2 - $8 (disc in generic case) - Been meaning to get this for some time.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers - $15 (complete) - Not sure if I'll like this, but $10 was the effective price, and it seemed just low enough to be worth considering.
PSP
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Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice - $7 (disc in generic case)
Ultimate Ghosts & Goblins - would be $7, free (disc in case, no manual) - Another really hard platformer.
Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? - $15 (complete) - Yet another really hard platformer.
These games were full price. (still PSP)
R-Type Command - $10, complete. R-Type strategy game, I think I've heard it's mostly good.
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade - $4, complete. Hack-and-slash Action-RPG.
The games below were all 25% off of the prices I'm about to list. I paid about $52 total for all of them, ~28 of that for the PSP ones. (still PSP)
Blokus: Portable Steambot Championship - $5, complete
Wipeout Pure - $10, complete
The rest of these games were disc only and untested (though if they don't work I can bring them back), and were, yes, $3 only each, before the 25% discount.
Ridge Racer
Ridge Racer 2
Warriors of the Lost Empire
Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch - traditional JRPG.
Daxter
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max - This is still the only version of an Alpha game with Ingrid playable (she's only also in Capcom Fighting Evolution), this is the most complete version of Alpha. Too bad it's only on a handheld where multiplayer is not as easy to do.
Star Wars: Lethal Alliance - third person action shooter for DS and PSP.
Genesis
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Alesia Dragoon - $10, cart in case (no manual) - This is a fantastic, fantastic game, and I'm absolutely thrilled to own it. I'd been looking for it for years! It's probably one of the best sidescrolling shooting/action/platformer games on the system really...
Jewel Master - $5, cart in case (no manual, but there was a ToeJam & Earl poster) - Interesting but early sidescrolling platform/action game.
SNES
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Gods - complete, $3 - It has nice graphics, but the game's kind of confusing and frustrating. Hopefully though with the manual ity will be a bit more intelligible... also, the price sure was right!
N64
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Off-Road Challenge - $10, cart only - One of the last Midway N64 racing games I don't own, this is the Off-Road series game made in the Cruis'n engine.
Dreamcast - all were $3 each, and then there was that 25% discount on top of that too. Yeah, he was being nice... :)
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Bust-A-Move 4 (complete) - two player only, sadly, but otherwise great.
Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (complete) - it's topdown maze stuff, not a platformer like Pac-Man World.
Vanishing Point (case and disc, no manual) - Racing game also on PS1.
Power Stone (complete) - the second game is better, and pricier, but it is cool to find this.
Demolition Racer: No Exit (complete) - Car combat game.
This stuff was buy-2-get-1-free.
--
DS
--
Megaman ZX - would be $13, free (card only) - Hard platformer. Notable for being one of the only Megaman games with a female player character option; this game's sequel is the only other Megaman game where you can choose either gender from the start, and the only other Megaman platformers I know of with any female player character(s) in them at all is Roll in Mega Man Powered Up. That's it, I think. Well, and The Misadventures of Tron Bonne, of course, but that's not a platformer. The game doesn't make much use of the DS, though... graphics look mostly SNES-level, and it doesn't do much of anything with the touchscreen. Oh well, at least the gameplay is good!
Wii
--
Battalion Wars 2 - $8 (disc in generic case) - Been meaning to get this for some time.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers - $15 (complete) - Not sure if I'll like this, but $10 was the effective price, and it seemed just low enough to be worth considering.
PSP
--
Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice - $7 (disc in generic case)
Ultimate Ghosts & Goblins - would be $7, free (disc in case, no manual) - Another really hard platformer.
Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? - $15 (complete) - Yet another really hard platformer.
These games were full price. (still PSP)
R-Type Command - $10, complete. R-Type strategy game, I think I've heard it's mostly good.
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade - $4, complete. Hack-and-slash Action-RPG.
The games below were all 25% off of the prices I'm about to list. I paid about $52 total for all of them, ~28 of that for the PSP ones. (still PSP)
Blokus: Portable Steambot Championship - $5, complete
Wipeout Pure - $10, complete
The rest of these games were disc only and untested (though if they don't work I can bring them back), and were, yes, $3 only each, before the 25% discount.
Ridge Racer
Ridge Racer 2
Warriors of the Lost Empire
Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch - traditional JRPG.
Daxter
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max - This is still the only version of an Alpha game with Ingrid playable (she's only also in Capcom Fighting Evolution), this is the most complete version of Alpha. Too bad it's only on a handheld where multiplayer is not as easy to do.
Star Wars: Lethal Alliance - third person action shooter for DS and PSP.
Genesis
--
Alesia Dragoon - $10, cart in case (no manual) - This is a fantastic, fantastic game, and I'm absolutely thrilled to own it. I'd been looking for it for years! It's probably one of the best sidescrolling shooting/action/platformer games on the system really...
Jewel Master - $5, cart in case (no manual, but there was a ToeJam & Earl poster) - Interesting but early sidescrolling platform/action game.
SNES
--
Gods - complete, $3 - It has nice graphics, but the game's kind of confusing and frustrating. Hopefully though with the manual ity will be a bit more intelligible... also, the price sure was right!
N64
--
Off-Road Challenge - $10, cart only - One of the last Midway N64 racing games I don't own, this is the Off-Road series game made in the Cruis'n engine.
Dreamcast - all were $3 each, and then there was that 25% discount on top of that too. Yeah, he was being nice... :)
--
Bust-A-Move 4 (complete) - two player only, sadly, but otherwise great.
Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (complete) - it's topdown maze stuff, not a platformer like Pac-Man World.
Vanishing Point (case and disc, no manual) - Racing game also on PS1.
Power Stone (complete) - the second game is better, and pricier, but it is cool to find this.
Demolition Racer: No Exit (complete) - Car combat game.