23rd December 2017, 11:31 PM
These I got Thursday. (I thought I posted this, but I guess not...)
Atari 5200
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The Dreadnaught Factor - cartridge and manual, $24. I got this from ebay, because I wanted another 5200 game, I remember this game being good in emulation and it isn't another 2600 conversion, and this buy it now auction was reasonably priced. I don't regret it, the manual's cover art is amazing and the game is pretty good. And then on the same day...
Mario Bros. - $11, cart only. And then I found a couple of 5200 games locally! They had a few more too, but these are the ones I don't have. It's interesting that Mario Bros, a Nintendo game, is on Atari's consoles but it was, and it's a pretty decent version. This is the second Nintendo-port 5200 game I have, after Popeye, and it's great to have. It was a reasonable price, too. It looks and plays quite nicely as well, which is great.
River Raid - $7, cart only. This one is kind of neat to have because River Raid is a classic, but the 5200 version is, from what I'v read, only a small visual upgrade over the 2600 original, so it's far from getting the most out of the hardware. It's still nice to have though. I'd been wanting some Activision 5200 games, since I have Atari and Parker Bros. games but not Activision, and now I have two! And yeah, playing it it's a fine version of River Raid, but while I like the 5200 controller its analog stick is not as accurate for a game like this than a digital one would be.
Atari 2600
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No Escape - cart only, $7. This one's one of Imagic's more obscure releases. It has a weird cover with a guy on a flying horse, and I knew nothing else about it when I got it but hopefully it was worth it. Probably will be. Looking it up, it's apparently sort of a shmup/Breakout thing where you shoot at a wall of bricks, which makes them fall. You need to drop bricks onto enemies to defeat them. That's kind of unique.
And these are more recent.
Xbox One / "PC" (Windows Store) DD
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Cuphead - $16. It's not a large discount, but I definitely want to play this game, it looks great (visually) and I like the genre.
Goat Simulator Complete - $9. Yes, I have the base Goat Simulator game on X1 from Games with Gold, but not the DLC. Between getting just the DLC packs for $6, or the DLC plus base game for $9, I chose this because this way I'll still be able to play the game if my XBL subscription lapsed, which would not otherwise be the case.
PC DD
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Sword Coast Legends - $5. This PC RPG is going to be removed from sale at the end of the year because the developer lost the rights. It looks decently good, the developer promises servers for online play will stay up after that, and is 75% off on Steam until then, so I got it. Anyone else interested should get it now while they can!
Atari 5200
--
The Dreadnaught Factor - cartridge and manual, $24. I got this from ebay, because I wanted another 5200 game, I remember this game being good in emulation and it isn't another 2600 conversion, and this buy it now auction was reasonably priced. I don't regret it, the manual's cover art is amazing and the game is pretty good. And then on the same day...
Mario Bros. - $11, cart only. And then I found a couple of 5200 games locally! They had a few more too, but these are the ones I don't have. It's interesting that Mario Bros, a Nintendo game, is on Atari's consoles but it was, and it's a pretty decent version. This is the second Nintendo-port 5200 game I have, after Popeye, and it's great to have. It was a reasonable price, too. It looks and plays quite nicely as well, which is great.
River Raid - $7, cart only. This one is kind of neat to have because River Raid is a classic, but the 5200 version is, from what I'v read, only a small visual upgrade over the 2600 original, so it's far from getting the most out of the hardware. It's still nice to have though. I'd been wanting some Activision 5200 games, since I have Atari and Parker Bros. games but not Activision, and now I have two! And yeah, playing it it's a fine version of River Raid, but while I like the 5200 controller its analog stick is not as accurate for a game like this than a digital one would be.
Atari 2600
--
No Escape - cart only, $7. This one's one of Imagic's more obscure releases. It has a weird cover with a guy on a flying horse, and I knew nothing else about it when I got it but hopefully it was worth it. Probably will be. Looking it up, it's apparently sort of a shmup/Breakout thing where you shoot at a wall of bricks, which makes them fall. You need to drop bricks onto enemies to defeat them. That's kind of unique.
And these are more recent.
Xbox One / "PC" (Windows Store) DD
--
Cuphead - $16. It's not a large discount, but I definitely want to play this game, it looks great (visually) and I like the genre.
Goat Simulator Complete - $9. Yes, I have the base Goat Simulator game on X1 from Games with Gold, but not the DLC. Between getting just the DLC packs for $6, or the DLC plus base game for $9, I chose this because this way I'll still be able to play the game if my XBL subscription lapsed, which would not otherwise be the case.
PC DD
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Sword Coast Legends - $5. This PC RPG is going to be removed from sale at the end of the year because the developer lost the rights. It looks decently good, the developer promises servers for online play will stay up after that, and is 75% off on Steam until then, so I got it. Anyone else interested should get it now while they can!