14th September 2017, 4:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 14th September 2017, 6:35 PM by A Black Falcon.)
First, I actually got this a couple of days ago when it was one sale. (It might still be? Not sure.)
Xbox 360 Digital Download
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Street Fighter III Third Strike: Online Edition - $3.75 - A 360 release of this great classic, one of the better fighting games ever. I only actually have 3rd Strike for the original Xbox so this is nice to have.
Now more importantly, I found some pretty neat Atari stuff today...
Atari 2600
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The Muppets: Pigs in Space starring Miss Piggy - $2, cart only (sells for $10-plus on ebay.) This game has three parts, one like Space Invaders, one like Frogger, and one a bit like Vanguard.
Gravitar - $2, cart only (red-label release) - This arcade port is sure to be a huge downgrade from the vector arcade game, but the original is pretty good so I've been wanting to try this port. (this one is at least $9 on ebay.)
Space War - $2, cart only - The 2600 version of one of the first computer games.
Solar Storm - $2, cart only (from Imagic) - I didn't know this one, but the name sounds interesting and it's got to be uncommon (since it's an Imagic game I hadn't seen), so I got it. And yeah, it sells for over $10 online. It's a paddle-controller shmup too, so it sounds good. Cool stuff.
Marine Wars - $2, cart only (from Konami) - This is the really interesting one! I did not know that Konami released its own 2600 games, I thought that Parker Bros. had the Konami license and released all of their games on home systems in the early '80s -- think Frogger, Tutanhkam, etc. But no, here's an actual 2600 game from Konami itself, in a weird custom cartridge I don't think I have seen before. And looking it up, this game sells for at least $28 on ebay, so it's worth a good amount for a 2600 game. (Looking it up, Konami released three 2600 games themselves: this, Pooyan, and Strategy X. This one might be the best of the three.) As for the gameplay, looking at the cartridge I expected a (probably not good) flight simulator, but it's actually a shmuppish game where you control a ship which you can move side to side, shooting up the screen at enemy ships. It has some nice visuals for the system. This idea has been done before on the 2600 but this one is better than Atari's Air-Sea Battle, so that's good.
Star Wars - Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle - $8, cart with manual - This is an apparently mediocre shooter. There is also an Atari 5200 version, but it's just 'this but with slightly better graphics' so I got this. I now have versions of all four of the (released) Parker Bros. Star Wars games on the 2600/5200. (If I wanted to complete the set I'd need the 5200 version of this one and the 2600 version of Star Wars: The Arcade Game.) This game may not be amazing but this was a good price for the game with its manual, it'd sell for over this online.
Sesame Street: Alpha Beam with Ernie - $2 (for cartridge) + $6 (for Kids Controller with Alpha Beam overlay, plus bonus Video Touch Pad Controller) -- These were sold separately, but even though I have a Kids' Controller and the basic controls would be easy enough to use without the overlay, I think it was well worth it to also get the overlay, even if I had to get that other stuff with it. The game and overlays each sell for at least $6 or $7 online. As for the gameplay, it's an edutainment game which teaches letter matching -- letters fly by a spaceship, and you need to grab the right ones into four bays you can switch between. (The other game from this 4-title line that I have is Big Birds' Egg Catch. That one's a big more of an action game, as you have to grab eggs falling through some twisting paths.)
Game Boy Advance
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Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed - $2, cart only - This is a polygonal and fully textured 3d racing game... on the GBA. I doubt it will be good (textured 3d on the GBA looks terrible!) but would like to give it a try.
Genesis
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Marvel Comics' Spider-man (aka Spider-Man: The Animated Series) - $9, complete - No, this isn't the better-known Sega Spider-Man game on the Genesis that released in '91. This is a completely different game, from Acclaim, with pretty much the same name, that released in '94. "The Animated Series" is just what it's called online to differentiate it from the other one. I know a lot of people dislike 8/16-bit era Acclaim, but their late-gen licensed games often are actually good -- see Stargate or Judge Dredd for example. I hope this one is too. It's a good price for a complete copy.
NES
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Rad Racer II - $5, cart only
Xbox 360 Digital Download
--
Street Fighter III Third Strike: Online Edition - $3.75 - A 360 release of this great classic, one of the better fighting games ever. I only actually have 3rd Strike for the original Xbox so this is nice to have.
Now more importantly, I found some pretty neat Atari stuff today...
Atari 2600
--
The Muppets: Pigs in Space starring Miss Piggy - $2, cart only (sells for $10-plus on ebay.) This game has three parts, one like Space Invaders, one like Frogger, and one a bit like Vanguard.
Gravitar - $2, cart only (red-label release) - This arcade port is sure to be a huge downgrade from the vector arcade game, but the original is pretty good so I've been wanting to try this port. (this one is at least $9 on ebay.)
Space War - $2, cart only - The 2600 version of one of the first computer games.
Solar Storm - $2, cart only (from Imagic) - I didn't know this one, but the name sounds interesting and it's got to be uncommon (since it's an Imagic game I hadn't seen), so I got it. And yeah, it sells for over $10 online. It's a paddle-controller shmup too, so it sounds good. Cool stuff.
Marine Wars - $2, cart only (from Konami) - This is the really interesting one! I did not know that Konami released its own 2600 games, I thought that Parker Bros. had the Konami license and released all of their games on home systems in the early '80s -- think Frogger, Tutanhkam, etc. But no, here's an actual 2600 game from Konami itself, in a weird custom cartridge I don't think I have seen before. And looking it up, this game sells for at least $28 on ebay, so it's worth a good amount for a 2600 game. (Looking it up, Konami released three 2600 games themselves: this, Pooyan, and Strategy X. This one might be the best of the three.) As for the gameplay, looking at the cartridge I expected a (probably not good) flight simulator, but it's actually a shmuppish game where you control a ship which you can move side to side, shooting up the screen at enemy ships. It has some nice visuals for the system. This idea has been done before on the 2600 but this one is better than Atari's Air-Sea Battle, so that's good.
Star Wars - Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle - $8, cart with manual - This is an apparently mediocre shooter. There is also an Atari 5200 version, but it's just 'this but with slightly better graphics' so I got this. I now have versions of all four of the (released) Parker Bros. Star Wars games on the 2600/5200. (If I wanted to complete the set I'd need the 5200 version of this one and the 2600 version of Star Wars: The Arcade Game.) This game may not be amazing but this was a good price for the game with its manual, it'd sell for over this online.
Sesame Street: Alpha Beam with Ernie - $2 (for cartridge) + $6 (for Kids Controller with Alpha Beam overlay, plus bonus Video Touch Pad Controller) -- These were sold separately, but even though I have a Kids' Controller and the basic controls would be easy enough to use without the overlay, I think it was well worth it to also get the overlay, even if I had to get that other stuff with it. The game and overlays each sell for at least $6 or $7 online. As for the gameplay, it's an edutainment game which teaches letter matching -- letters fly by a spaceship, and you need to grab the right ones into four bays you can switch between. (The other game from this 4-title line that I have is Big Birds' Egg Catch. That one's a big more of an action game, as you have to grab eggs falling through some twisting paths.)
Game Boy Advance
--
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed - $2, cart only - This is a polygonal and fully textured 3d racing game... on the GBA. I doubt it will be good (textured 3d on the GBA looks terrible!) but would like to give it a try.
Genesis
--
Marvel Comics' Spider-man (aka Spider-Man: The Animated Series) - $9, complete - No, this isn't the better-known Sega Spider-Man game on the Genesis that released in '91. This is a completely different game, from Acclaim, with pretty much the same name, that released in '94. "The Animated Series" is just what it's called online to differentiate it from the other one. I know a lot of people dislike 8/16-bit era Acclaim, but their late-gen licensed games often are actually good -- see Stargate or Judge Dredd for example. I hope this one is too. It's a good price for a complete copy.
NES
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Rad Racer II - $5, cart only