4th February 2015, 9:01 PM
This stuff was all bought with a gift card and some money I got for Christmas, so it's sort of a christmas gift I guess. From a gamestore I've been to a lot. I also got a $10 discount on the final price, because when you spend $100 you get $10 off (there's a card). That helps with some of the otherwise slightly-above-minimum-ebay-price games (eg the two Dreamcast games I got). Though if we're talking about overall value, the good deal on Road Avenger should make up for that on its own, probably.
NES
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Starship Hector - $8, cart only. This is a Hudson shmup. Nice find; Hudson's shmups are mostly good to great! I've been wanting this.
Genesis
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Jurassic Park - $3, complete - I doubt I'll like this all that much (I expect an average Western platformer with some annoying blind jumps), but I've been wanting a cheap copy of JP for the Genesis for quite some time now, both because I have a lot of the other '90s Jurassic Park games but not the first two Genesis ones, and also because I remember playing this game back in the early '90s and it'd be fun to have again. I was happy to finally see a cheap copy, and complete too. It's nice to see that the game does have a password save system, though. I'd forgotten that it had that.
Sega CD
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Road Avenger - $10, complete (disc (without jewelcase, but I think it was just a blank case, so no loss) and manual in the original cardboard box - Yes, I finally have a copy of this FMV classic! Some people insist that this is the best FMV game ever. Well, we'll see. It's a Dragon's Lair-style animated FMV game from Data East. Hit the buttons at the right time to keep playing. I kind of hate Dragon's Lair, so I doubt i'll like this either, but Time Gal is also from Data East and is kind of amusing, so hopefully it'll be decent. I just hope it has prompts telling you what to hit; what I hate the most about Dragon's Lair are how many versions don't give you any clues, turning it into a pure guess-fest! I think this one does give you prompts, though, which is great. Looks like I got a pretty good deal for a copy with the box, too.
Dreamcast
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Bangai-O - $40, complete. Yeah, it was expensive, but I had that gift card and I know this game is great, so I went for it. It IS great to finally own this classic Treasure shooting game... it's really fun.
Red Dog: Superior Firepower - $15, complete. Red Dog is one of those third-person tank action games, in the same genre as stuff like Recoil, Tiny Tank, etc. There were a bunch of these in the late '90s and early '00s. It's too bad that the genre went away, because I quite liked them. Argonaut's Red Dog is one of the better ones, and I'm thrilled to finally have it! I first played this game years ago, and it's great, but didn't actually own it until now. Price is a little high, I guess, but oh well; haven't seen this game in person in a long time.
And finally, I got a Sega Saturn Stunner light gun for $10. It works great. Awesome find, it's always great to have another light gun, because light gun games are always so much better with the gun than with a d-pad or analog stick. I have several Saturn lightgun games that should work with this gun, including Virtua Cop 1 and 2, Maximum Force, and the gun mode in Scud. I tried it with Virtua Cop 2... I don't know if I did any better than usual, but it was more fun than with a controller. :)
NES
--
Starship Hector - $8, cart only. This is a Hudson shmup. Nice find; Hudson's shmups are mostly good to great! I've been wanting this.
Genesis
--
Jurassic Park - $3, complete - I doubt I'll like this all that much (I expect an average Western platformer with some annoying blind jumps), but I've been wanting a cheap copy of JP for the Genesis for quite some time now, both because I have a lot of the other '90s Jurassic Park games but not the first two Genesis ones, and also because I remember playing this game back in the early '90s and it'd be fun to have again. I was happy to finally see a cheap copy, and complete too. It's nice to see that the game does have a password save system, though. I'd forgotten that it had that.
Sega CD
--
Road Avenger - $10, complete (disc (without jewelcase, but I think it was just a blank case, so no loss) and manual in the original cardboard box - Yes, I finally have a copy of this FMV classic! Some people insist that this is the best FMV game ever. Well, we'll see. It's a Dragon's Lair-style animated FMV game from Data East. Hit the buttons at the right time to keep playing. I kind of hate Dragon's Lair, so I doubt i'll like this either, but Time Gal is also from Data East and is kind of amusing, so hopefully it'll be decent. I just hope it has prompts telling you what to hit; what I hate the most about Dragon's Lair are how many versions don't give you any clues, turning it into a pure guess-fest! I think this one does give you prompts, though, which is great. Looks like I got a pretty good deal for a copy with the box, too.
Dreamcast
--
Bangai-O - $40, complete. Yeah, it was expensive, but I had that gift card and I know this game is great, so I went for it. It IS great to finally own this classic Treasure shooting game... it's really fun.
Red Dog: Superior Firepower - $15, complete. Red Dog is one of those third-person tank action games, in the same genre as stuff like Recoil, Tiny Tank, etc. There were a bunch of these in the late '90s and early '00s. It's too bad that the genre went away, because I quite liked them. Argonaut's Red Dog is one of the better ones, and I'm thrilled to finally have it! I first played this game years ago, and it's great, but didn't actually own it until now. Price is a little high, I guess, but oh well; haven't seen this game in person in a long time.
And finally, I got a Sega Saturn Stunner light gun for $10. It works great. Awesome find, it's always great to have another light gun, because light gun games are always so much better with the gun than with a d-pad or analog stick. I have several Saturn lightgun games that should work with this gun, including Virtua Cop 1 and 2, Maximum Force, and the gun mode in Scud. I tried it with Virtua Cop 2... I don't know if I did any better than usual, but it was more fun than with a controller. :)