Post your latest retro purchase/acquisition

[McChimp]

Some of the old games of Wii VC look pretty scrappy, so I wouldn't even contemplate trying to play the old machines on a HD tv. ICK!!

[Roman Salute]

Where'd you get Sonic DX from so cheap?

Cash Convertors. All the GC games at this particular store are $8 but aside from the sonics there wasn't that much of interest.

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I got a few new things, Jogcon controller $3 and an unlicensed gameboy cart for $5 the highlights of which include a horizontal scrolling quarth clone and a very ordinary shmup. Kuru Kuru Kururin & Namco Museum $15 each bit expensive but that's gametraders. I think the Kururin sequel cost me less new and in the box :(

Finally a pair of MS games $5 cart only Captain Silver and Shadow Dancer. I hate getting cart only stuff especially for ms/md etc but oh well, Beggars can't be choosers.

[Argeaux]

Bagged myself three games off eBay for N64 - Goldeneye, Mario 64, Super Smash Bros.

Then the Seller found a copy of Banjo-Kazooie lying around and threw that in for free.

Cleaned up the N64 today, plugged it into the new Lo Def LCD small screen TV I got for my birthday, and the whole set up looks sweet.

[Lazlow]

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I got a few new things, Jogcon controller $3

I love this thing... too bad very very few games actually work with it.

[McChimp]

What's the wheel/ dial thingo for?

[Lazlow]

Force feedback steering wheel

[fearofthesky]

Got NHL 96 (cart only)for 10 bucks and Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (cart and book with passwords!)for 20, both inc postage off eBay.

How flippin' hard is Empire, I mean, FOOK! I have to try the easier difficulty.

A cricket teammate is dropping me off 5 or so games tomorrow, from his sadly failed we-flog-your-stuff-on-ebay business. Buggered if I know what they are. Come on, Chrono Trigger! :)

[ireadtabloids]

Link's Awakening GBC. Currently being played on GBC. 'nuff said. ;)

[Roman Salute]

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Lots of stuff this month. Streets of Rage, Forgotten Worlds & Zillion 2 Master System $5 Each

On Mega Drive Bloodshot was free, Captain America & Strider II cart only $5 each. Earthworm Jim 2, Ghouls & Ghosts, Outrun 2019, Ranger X, Splatterhouse 2 & Truxton all $6 each. Bubba N Stix & Chiki Chiki Boys $10 each. Couple of pads worked out around $25-30 for the two. Samurai Spirits, Castlevania Bloodlines and Mega Man Wily Wars were all around $30 each. The price for Mega Man was pretty good but sadly the cart manual and box have all been molested. It did come from a Wynnum video store after all.

Couple of SNK gameboy ports there as well Samurai Shodown 3 and Real Bout Fatal Fury for $20-25 each. Love the boxes they look like they should have candy in them. Finally picked up a beaten and abused GBA SP for $35 it's the first model with a rubbish screen. Also got Astro Boy GBA cart only $10 but forgot to add it to the pic.

[Australian Ninja]

Some good finds there. Man, mega drive games really do have some of the ugliest covers ever.

Don't really consider myself a collector of "retro games", but seeing as I never stop purchasing games for pretty much any console I own, I could be considered a retro enthusiast. But I only buy them to play, not to hoard.

Anyhow recently picked up,
N64 Blast Corps $6 / Ebay with no box etc

[Not Matt]

Sonic Wings Special (PSX) - $10

Sam & Max (original big box in mint condition, PC) - $8

Don't know what they are worth, but seemed far too cheap to pass up

[drzaius]

you just can't say no to a boxed copy of sam and max! i'm sure i horde the things! never found a totally mint one though.

i bought a game.com on ebay the other week.

i don't know if anyone remembers them but they were an early touch screen + internet capable (with the addition of a giant external modem) portable system by tiger electronics. from 1997. i'm pretty sure they never made it to australia but i remember wanting one SO bad when they were first announced. It came with some crappy puzzle game. they whole system is pretty crap actually but it's an interesting relic and it satisfies my residual childhood gadget lust.

i'll post pictures at some point. it's mint in box.

(and it's pretty funny - in the included 'games and accessories' brochure they advertise the modem add on. it's literally just a fat 56k beige external modem with 'game.com' written on it)

[Not Matt]

I remember the game.com . Saw one when I was in the States as a kid. Seeing the likes of Duke Nukem 3D and Resident Evil 2 on the system made me want it badly. So glad I passed!

What I wonder is how much they would have got when they sold the url?

[consoul]

Yep, I bought a game.com with RE2 as part of my Resident Evil obsessive compulsive disorder. As of this week I now have 72 RE games.

Anyway, my latest retro acquisition is Xevious 3D/G+ (PS1) which arrived yesterday. $20, which ain't cheap, but I have been after it for ages and it's in great condition.

[drzaius]

what... 72 different RE games?

and **** yes! Duke 3d on the game.com! THATS why i wanted one back in the day!

[consoul]

Yes, I'm afraid so. I pretty much have every variation of every game on every platform from every region.

[drzaius]

that's insane.
like actually insane.
pictures?

[consoul]

I don't have up to date shots, but here's some of it (http://www.flickr.com/photos/39630337@N04/).

[Marble]

Nemesis and R-Type DX for Game Boy. Aerostar from ebay as well, but that hasn't arrived yet.

To get money to buy the first two, I sold some games into a Cash Converters. Some SMS games and (crap) GBA games that weren't worth much along with a few DS games. When I got home I realized that two of the DS games were still on my shelf, lol. I sold them a couple of boxes and they didn't even check.

[fearofthesky]

Nice. Someone gonna get their arse kicked for that! But stuff em if theyre too silly to check they deserve it!

I just got a Sega Saturn. It has the Reset button firmly stuck, which is why it was only 20 bucks. I need to find a screwdriver and open that sucker up.

[WellzY]

My sister over the last few months has acquired all the Donkey Kong games for SNES. While no huge feet in research and trawling to find, they're never the less immensely enjoyable.

I used to own #3, but when we were robbed some time in 1999, I think, it was stolen. ;_;

[jaxter]

Got nice mint copies of Tobal no.1, Parasite Eve 2 & Blood Omen Legacy of Kain for a total of $27.

<3 Popstation

[Marble]

The Castlevania Adventure.

[jawsy]

I grabbed a SNES with ten games during the holidays. Awesome. Now to try and get my hands on Super Metroid.

Currently:
Killer Instinct.
Mortal Kombat.
Mortal Kombat 3.
Super Mario Kart.
Donkey Kong Country.
Super Star Wars.
Micro Machines 2.
Starwing.
Toy Story.
Nigel Mansell's World Championship.

Oh yeah.

[Stevorooni]

Too bad Mortal Kombat on the Snes was the gimped happy families version, but nice buy

[jawsy]

Simply repurchasing my childhood. I look forward to again beating the sweat out of people.

[Stevorooni]

I've got the Megadrive version where you had to enter a code to unlock the gore mode.

ABACABB - I remembered that and just checked it and it was correct! You have to commit these important things to memory.

[Revoltix]

I've got the Megadrive version where you had to enter a code to unlock the gore mode.

ABACABB - I remembered that and just checked it and it was correct! You have to commit these important things to memory.

Then on the title screen try Down Up Left Left A Right Down for cheat screen

[Roman Salute]

New stuff: Street Fighter & Darius 2 JPN MD $20 each, Jewel Master, Syndicate & General Chaos JPN version for $18 which is great considering that version of General Chaos is $90US at play asia and cheapest on ebay was $70AUD.

Golden Sun GBA $8 and for $10 some GBA flash card that takes a mini SD so when I get an adapter for the MSD format I should actually be able to fit every GBA game I own which is more then I can say for the last shitty GBA flash card I got which wouldn't even save and was all-round useless.

Granstream Saga ex-rental $1, Sanvein $2 from st vinnies, Granstream Saga is a really good game imo so that's a sweet find.

Kururin Squash $12, Mario Brothers Deluxe boxed and in good shape $20

At cash convertors I found Zelda OOT boxed in crap shape for $15. I don't like Zelda or have a 64 but Gametraders want $50 for a ripped up cart-only copy so if I never get around to it I can at least get back what I paid. I should have picked up the 2 mystical ninja games that were there though. They were gone when I went back a few days later, but mischief makers was still there so I'll probably grab that & an N64 later on in the week.

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[grimace06]

Why is General Chaos worth that much?

I have it on that six in one cartridge that came with the Mega Drive.

[jawsy]

Nabbed Donkey Kong Country 2 on Ebay over the weekend. I am now 2/3rds of the way towards complete happiness.

[StorminNorman]

I picked up Final Fantasies 8 and 9 today from a guy who was going to trade them in to my local Gametraders. The guys at the store were cool enough to let me buy them off him directly, and he was happy because he walked out with more money than if he'd just done a straight trade.

And of course, it's only now that I discover that FFVIII doesn't work on PAL PS3s at all. /wrists.

(And no, it's not the disc, because the game runs fine on the PS2.)

[NetherWind]

I picked up Final Fantasies 8 and 9 today from a guy who was going to trade them in to my local Gametraders. The guys at the store were cool enough to let me buy them off him directly, and he was happy because he walked out with more money than if he'd just done a straight trade.

And of course, it's only now that I discover that FFVIII doesn't work on PAL PS3s at all. /wrists.

(And no, it's not the disc, because the game runs fine on the PS2.)

The woe of having a next gen console such as a PS3/360 and the small list of compatible games from previous console generations. I know how you feel, I have a few xbox games and I would be lucky to have a handful of games that would actually work on my 360 after the compatibility patch got applied.

[jaxter]

Got a mint US copy of FFVIII for around $30.
I have no idea why I bought it because I already have a perfectly fine PAL copy

[Marble]

Got Castlevania: The New Generation, Golden Axe 2, Double Dragon 3, Gunstar Heroes and The Adventures of Batman and Robin coming in the mail. Also made a deal to trade something I have for Golden Axe 3. These are all for Megadrive.

Just bought a SNES with 5 games (Megaman X, Mario All-Stars, Starwing, Top Gear and SF2T), 2 controllers and a Super Game Boy off my friend for $30. I'll probably buy Axelay off ebay later tonight.

[jawsy]

Super Metroid and Donkey Kong Country 3.

And, with that, my life nears completion.

[Marble]

Yep, I sure did buy Axelay... and an SFC Final Fight 2. I have a converter but it's untested. Let's hope it works coz I love the Final Fight series.

[schnappy]

I've come into 2 Game and Watches - unknown if they're working, will get some batteriest to test - Fire and Turtle Bridge. They're both reasonable condition. They've got battery covers, TB has a lot of marks on the back, they've both got a bit of dirt but a good clean and they'd be in pretty good nic.

Really interested in what these are worth though? There is one of each on ebay, but they're boxed/complete in good nic for $350 and $200 (Fire and TB respectively)... not a good price guide for these though.

[Manny M]

I'm sure i've still got my old Master System around here somewhere. On top of my fairly decent collection of games, I bought about 40 more from a mate in the early years of high school. I should drag it out just for kicks... although emulators and being able to just 'playemall' on my PSP makes me wonder why i'd bother.


Which actually brings me to a question;

Why do you guys bother going through the hassle and expense of buying these retro titles when roms have made it so simple to not bother? Sure there's a legal or even moral issue surrounding roms, but considering these games are so old now that they would contribute nothing to the profits earned by the 'industry', why should that matter?

[Marble]

I generally prefer to play home console games on a TV because it looks so much better than on a computer monitor. That and controllers, it's difficult to get them and arcade sticks working with most emulators. Oh, and some emulators/roms have input lag (Which is unacceptable if you play the kind of games I do).

I must say, people who collect old games for the hell of it actually piss me off. It sucks when you just want to play some game, and the price is hell inflated because a bunch of dudes all decided they absolutely needed it to sit on their shelf (and play it for like, 20 minutes).

[Kasplatza Red]

Console with controllers easily beats computer keyboard when it comes to console games.
I'm trying to track down a copy of Secret of Evermore. Gametraders Highpoint have a boxed copy for $89. This makes me cry, as it's was one of my favourite SNES games when I was a little tyke.

Anyway, also bidding on a copy of Vagrant Story. I also have copies of Amplitude and Shadow of the Colossus on their way. (don't think those count as retro just yet, though)

[Super Sleuth]

I've come into 2 Game and Watches...

I use tissues. We can't all be Richie Rich.

[Wayoshi17]

Virtual Boy w/ 4 games off eBay ($210US w/ postage but oh so worth it)

[Super Sleuth]

Virtual Boy w/ 4 games off eBay ($210US w/ postage but oh so worth it)

I have a viewmaster and $249.97AU.

http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~mutedusr/img/viewmaster.jpg

[Manny M]

SS is lining them up... and hitting them out of the park!


Ok, so you guys don't like roms because you want to play the games on a console... but surely if you had no ambition to be a collector and just wanted to re-live your childhood by playing the games, it'd be MUCH easier to do so with a last gen console with an emulator. No?

I commend the dedication you guys have, I just think it's a little silly to have to 'hunt' these titles down and pay a fortune for some of them just for nostalgia's sake.

[Marble]

LOL, who gives a **** about nostalgia. You see, unlike most people , I don't play shitty modern day 3D platform collect-a-thons, grind fests or games with absurdly huge life bars, infinite lives and respawn points every other step, so in order constantly be playing better games, I need to play old ones.

Of course there's still good games coming out (mostly from arcades, naturally) but the ratio is lower than it used to be. I mean, I am really looking forward to my copy of ESPgaluda ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jauW76lJ6E ) arriving.
Ok, so you guys don't like roms because you want to play the games on a console... but surely if you had no ambition to be a collector and just wanted to re-live your childhood by playing the games, it'd be MUCH easier to do so with a last gen console with an emulator. No?
I can't do emulation on any of the consoles I own. I am not buying another console with a pair of arcade sticks. Converters have input lag, which may not be an issue if you are playing a JRPG or some crap, but in fighting games with tight combos and STGs bullets are flying at you and just one hit will kill you, it's important.

[Lazlow]

Marble; likes the old stuff better than the new stuff. ;)

I mainly got a DC because essentially I was a kid when it came out, and could really only afford one console, so I chose PS2. So for me, buying a DC was more of seeing what I missed, rather than nostalgia.

I love SNK fighters, so seeking out a Neo Geo AES was something I always wanted to do. Really expensive though. $400-500 console, then anywhere between $30-$600 per cart. Totally worth it though as its essentially like having the arcade machine at home. Its just unfortunate that nobbled ports for the substantially weaker SNES and Mega Drive meant that SNK didn't get the respect they deserved.

I guess part of the thrill is the hunt. I think Ezri mentioned something similar aaaaaaaages ago. But there's a great sense of satisfaction in finding that old hard to find classic for a good price.

[Kasplatza Red]

Well to be honest, a lot of the games I"m buying are older titles I wish I played when I was younger, but never got the chance to (ie- Vib Ribbon and Bishi Bashi Special)
Most of the time, if it's available on Virtual Console or XBLA, I'll get it via that because older forms of media ARE unreliable when compared to digital copies (I'm looking at yoooou, dead LttP Cartridge!). I don't buy games to collect them, I buy 'em to play.
There is something nice about owning the actual cartridge, though. Sure, I -could- download a ROM of Secret of Evermore (and I have!), but I want the original replaced, because mum lent it to one of my friends ages ago and he lost it. :(

[Stevorooni]

Heh based on my collection people may call me a retro collector.

But really all I did was buy things when they came out and never got rid of them!

I like buying some retro titles in compilations or DLC nowadays though because the older consoles and their controllers are unreliable (My Megadrive controllers are wonky), the graphics have usually been cleaned up for newer TVs (no fuzzy graphics via composite cables or yuk RF) and the addition of save states helps the modern day busy/lazy gamer (Wait you mean I died and have to start the WHOLE game again?) get through the game with a minimum of frustration.

I still love my old systems and get them out from time to time but I love how modern tech lets us experience some of those old gems with a gloss of fresh paint over the top.

[SOX]

I love SNK fighters, so seeking out a Neo Geo AES was something I always wanted to do. Really expensive though. $400-500 console, then anywhere between $30-$600 per cart. Totally worth it though as its essentially like having the arcade machine at home. Its just unfortunate that nobbled ports for the substantially weaker SNES and Mega Drive meant that SNK didn't get the respect they deserved.

Doesn't MAME with a decent stick produce a better experience than a Neo-Geo nowadays? But I can totally understand the hunt and having something physical over a rom.

Just yesterday I got my brand new 64 controller from play-asia and a NTSC-PAL converter

[Lazlow]

The only difference between MVS carts (arcade) and AES carts (home) is the slot. You physically can't plug one into the other. The contents of the cart are essentially the same.

So an AES home cart would be the same experience as a ROM dump of an MVS/AES cart. Apart from MAME's video filter options (boo!) there's no difference.

Decent stick would be nice though. However I plan to do my own custom job... someday.

[tau]

Mint monkey island 2 for $26.

[sausage]

Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall.

Free with PCPP October cover disk.

[Super Sleuth]

Mint monkey island 2 for $26.

Every time I read this, I'm picturing a choc-mint monkey treat. Delicious.

[Mr.Mew]

Gunstar Heroes. Love that game to death. Snatched it off of Live Arcade as soon as I saw it. Last time I'd played it was when I was super young and didn't have sound back then, so it was all like "Zomfg, yes".

Real easy acheivements too for anyone who strives in that particular area.

[Stevorooni]

The only difference between MVS carts (arcade) and AES carts (home) is the slot. You physically can't plug one into the other. The contents of the cart are essentially the same.


I remember when the Megadrive did the same trick, regional control was done via different shaped cartridges.

A guy in primary school bought a game when he was on a family holiday in Singapore, the cartridge was too wide to fit in his PAL Megadrive so his Dad got out the hacksaw and chopped off the excess plastic. It worked! :D

[Lazlow]

You can get a simple adapter to use MVS carts on a home console, though its about $250 and not easy to find. That said it can work out cheaper in the long run as MVS carts are substantially cheaper than AES carts.

[SOX]

Packing up to move out of my current place I found a copy of Tekken 3 I didn't realise I had - hell yeah!
So I chucked it in my PS3 and played a match and was thoroughly disappointed :(

[VanAce]

I downloaded Beneath a Steel Sky for gog.com for free the other day. Plan on playing it at the end of next week when I am finished uni for the semester.

[Dust]

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn -Collector's Edition-
Near mint condition with Cards and Cloth map, etc; and it had Baldur's Gate I in it as well for the sum total of 6 dollars.. yey

[Ezri]

Packing up to move out of my current place I found a copy of Tekken 3 I didn't realise I had - hell yeah!
So I chucked it in my PS3 and played a match and was thoroughly disappointed :(
Good to see it's still as good as it was 10 years ago. :P

[McChimp]

lol. I won't knock it and say it's crap, but I could NEVER get into the Tekken games! My friends used to play the first couple religiously, yet when I played it just felt very stiff and unfriendly. I was always more of a Virtua Fighter and Street Fighter fan, as those games seemed to flow more naturally for me.

[Ezri]

VF2 is still highly playable to this day. Can't say the same for the Tekken games.

[fearofthesky]

Loved Tekken 2. Was so fluid and had so many moves. Jun Kazama or Paul Phoenix FTW! Don't think it'd stand up well today.

I went into the pawnbokers today and they had fricken paddle controllers for Atari 2600 for 10 bucks! I was happy. Mine broke ages ago, what a score!

[oogi2000]

Mint Japanese copies of Golden Axe I and II for Mega Drive.:D

[tommy]

Megadrive ultimate collection on PS3.

Only had it a week or 2, and infact never owned a Megadrive back in the day and never played most of those games, I had a SNES.

Love ESWAT !!!! Superb.

And ofcourse Shinobi and Shinobi 3.

Havnt played most of the yet, but there is plenty of others there that I look forward to playing although it will be a while. Generally I like to exhaust a game fully before I move onto the next.

Dont like the side scrolling beat ups, although Streets of Rage 3 is fun for a while with 2 players. Back in the day I used to like Double Dragon and a few of the others but dunno unlike alot of other titles they dont seem to have aged very well gameplay wise.

[tommy]

Kasplatsa red - I take it your not aware of these chaps

http://www.retrogames.com.au

They have secret of evermore on the snes available now

[StorminNorman]

Picked up a near-mint original boxed copy of Planescape: Torment from my local Gametraders today. Oldschool man-sized PC game packaging for the win.

[dinopoke]

How much did you pay for it?

[StorminNorman]

Seventy dollars.

[consoul]

My latest retro acquisitions are of the laserdisc variety.
Got the original laserdiscs from the Space Ace, M.A.C.H. 3 and Astron Belt arcade machines. I really believed this technology was the future back in 1983/84. *shakes head* M.A.C.H. 3 was freakin' awesome. Would like an original Dragon's Lair, but they're too expensive.

[StorminNorman]

Laserdisc should have been the future of home video. :(

[Australian Ninja]

Landstalker PAL $35 AU from ebay UK &

Landstalker JAP $10 AU from ebay UK (but a US seller)

Flashback (mega drive) $20 AU ebay uk

Could not resist the lovely Japanese box art, usually don't buy needless things, but Landstalker is one of my all time favourite mega drive games and I sold my one over 10 years ago.

-Saw one copy of Streets of Rage 3 going for about 199 GPB, mint cond, but what an insane price when you can get the game for around $50. Not to mention you can play the rom or the free awesome PC remake

[Australian Ninja]

I remember when the Megadrive did the same trick, regional control was done via different shaped cartridges.

A guy in primary school bought a game when he was on a family holiday in Singapore, the cartridge was too wide to fit in his PAL Megadrive so his Dad got out the hacksaw and chopped off the excess plastic. It worked! :D

I left the cart alone and clipped the corner bits in the top shell of the Mega Drive II, tight fit but you can squish JAP / US games in there and most of them work just fine. But I might try hacking off the sides of the couple foreign carts I still have.

It sure looks funny going from squish city (us jap cart) to one of those tall thin EA PAL carts with the silly yellow chunk in the left side (that does nothing, but makes the EA carts looks different)

A fair few game still don't work on a PAL unit though so it pays to do your homework before importing Genesis carts

[Australian Ninja]

Story of Thor PAL ,(aka Beyond Oasis) Mega Drive, $25 ebay UK

Wish my one came with the awesome JAP art, but could not find one cheap enough. That's why I bought two of Landstalker, PAL to play, JAP to steal the cover from. you can see comparisons of all various inserts and other stuff here

http://timewarpgamer.com/features/genesis_box_art_comparison.html

Cool Article

"FEAR MY MIGHTY CROTCH of +12 DMG!"
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/Jonny9999/landstalker_box_eu.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/Jonny9999/landstalker_box_jp.jpg

Now THAT's a cover

[pyre]

been lurking about for a while, love this thread and have started collecting mega drive a little while ago.

decided to start with the mega drive since i owned a nes, snes, n64 growing up and have played them to the absolute death... when i grew up none of my mates had a mega drive (some had SMS though), we all had the nes and later the snes.... so i figured i'd give it a crack and have been picking stuff up here and there.

the plan is to only keep about 3 games out at a time so i arent chopping and changing every 20mins! none of my mates are into retro gaming sadly, otherwise id try and have a night a week to play through them with beers. that would be awesome, but for now i guess i can run through them solo. eventually i hope to complete most of them i guess.

has been a busy month, here are my most recent acquisitions (all boxed, most with manuals).

landstalker $23
ghouls n ghosts $7
splatterhouse 2 $7
thunderforce 4 $20
castlevania the new generation $20
ecco 2 $10
rock n roll racing $8
sword of vermillion $12
another world $9
roadrash $7
roadrash 3 $9

I have got about 55-60 games so far now, and looking to get about another 40 or so to make it 100. only collecting boxed games so makes it a bit tougher.

currently on the hunt for shinobi series/strider on the cheap and probotector (not so cheap though)... megaman would be nice too but its so expensive that i think i can live without it to be honest.

[9warbane]

eventually i hope to complete most of them i guess.

ghouls n ghosts $7

Good luck!

**** that games hard.

[pyre]

Good luck!

**** that games hard.

indeed. maybe i will omit that ...and battletoads.

honestly doubt i will beat either of those ;(

[Australian Ninja]

Battletoads is insane, but nothing compared to the SNES Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts. My mate could never even beat it with action replay + unlimited lives / continues, and he was freakishly good at impossible games. That was the only one I've seen him fail to beat

[Australian Ninja]

currently on the hunt for shinobi series/strider on the cheap and probotector (not so cheap though)... megaman would be nice too but its so expensive that i think i can live without it to be honest.

Check out ebay.co.uk

They have Revenge of Shinobi and Shadow Dancer boxed on MD for around 5 GBP each (not including postage).

Just checked calculation, works out around $15 per game, compared to same game from ebay.com.au for $20 (all are PAL)

[9warbane]

Got a heap of Megadrive games and other bits and pieces, pics when I can get a camera.

[pyre]

zero wing, $16.

all your base are belong to us...

...for great justice, take off every zig.

f^*% yeah.

(surprisingly, its supposed to be a good game.... ok, good may be a bit too strong.)

[9warbane]

Decided to just list em.

The KEEP list for master system

Sega chess
Secret Commander
Global Defence
James Bond 007 The Dual
Back to the Future part 2
Indiana Jones and the last crusade
Choplifter
Ghost house
Dick tracy
Aztec adventure
Strider
Arcade Smash Hits
Casino Games
Spiderman
Basketball nightmare
Rastan
Astro warrior
Shadow dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
Shinobi
Assault City
Wonder Boy 3
Ultima IV
Renegade
Phantasy Star
Kenseiden
Power Strike 2

KEEP for Megadrive

2 Master Mega converters
The Immortal
Lotus 2
Galaxy Force 2
The Chaos Engine
ToeJam and earl in Panic on Funkotron
MicroMachines 2
Crack Down
Eternal Champions
Sonic 3
Last battle
Clay Fighter
Air Buster
Dungeons and Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Bio hazard Battle
Klax
Combat cars
Spot goes to Hollywood
The Faery tale Adventure
Pitfall
ToeJam and Earl
NBA Jam
StarFlight
Cannon Fodder
Asterix and the Great Rescue
Wonder Boy In Monster World
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Speedball 2
The Adventures of Batman and Robin
Super Thunder Black
Castlevania the new generation
The Loin king
Two Crude Dudes
Shinobi 3
Dune 2 Battle For Arrakis
Task Force Harrier EX
Phantasy Star: The End of the Millennium (JAP)
Flicky
Herzog zwei
Super Skidmarks
Batman Forever
Aerial Assualt
Venom Spiderman Separation Anxiety
Dinosaurs for hire
King of the monsters
Splatterhouse 2
Sea Quest DSV
Thunder Force IV
Arrow Flash
Justice League tack force
Double Dragon 3
Street racer
Chiki Chiki Boys 3
The terminator
Castle of Illusion Starring mickey mouse
Cosmic Spacehead
R-Type
Growl
Double Clutch
Battle Squadron
Death Duel
might and magic: gates to another world
Mutant League football
Altered Beast
General Chaos
Man Overboard!
Zero tolerance
Gunstar heros
Blades of Vengeance
Aladdin
Phantasy Star 2
Phantasy Star 4

WONT KEEP for Master System

Double hawk
Rampart
The lucky dime caper staring donald duck
California Games 2
American baseball
Aces of aces
G2 rider
AlienStorm
Air rescue
PGA Tour Golf
Tennis Ace

WONT KEEP for Megadrive

SHANE WARNE CRICKET
Hyperdunk
Urban strike: the sequel to jungle strike
Ceturion: defender of Rome
The smurfs
Mike Ditka power football
Fifa soccer 97
zombies
Acme all-stars
World of illusion staring mickey mouse and donald duck
John madden american football
Genghis khan 2
Dragon the bruce lee story
Super hang-on
Nba action 94
Madden 95
Barney's hide and seek game
Premier manager
Australian rugby league
Street smart (JAP)
Flashback
Davis cup world tour
College basketball
Greatest heavyweights
Nba showdown 94
Triple play 96
Pga tour 96
Boxing legends of the ring
Home alone
Foreman for real
Fifa soccer 96
Nhl 97
Nba live 96
NBA Jam (JAP)
PGA Tour Golf 3
F1World Championship Edition
American Gladiators
John Madden Football 93
World Series Baseball 98 (NEW)
toyStory
NFL 95
Summer Challenge
Evender Holyfiel's "real deal" Boxing
Barkley shut Up and jam
Fever Pitch Soccer
Team UsA Basketball
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Yogi Bear Cartoon Capers
Muhammad Ali HeavyWeight Boxing
QuackShot Starring Donald Duck
RRBI Baseball 94
NBA Live 97
Hit the Ice
Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker
Newmanhaas Indy Car Featuring Nigel Mansell
Phantasy Star 2 (JAP)

Are any of the ones I don't want worth keeping?

I have no idea what these games are:
http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz89/9warbane/japsegagames.jpg

Also got an Atari Lynx with Hockey, Casino and Hard Drivin'.

Atari games
http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz89/9warbane/atarigames.jpg

[pyre]

personally i would probably consider keeping:

urban strike
world of illusion
flashback
hangon
quackshot

[9warbane]

Right oh.

[buckstwits]

I'd keep Legends of the Ring. It's pretty good from memory.

[topaz]

Got a second hand copy of Super Mario Land 2 while I was in Tokyo (Super Potato in Akihabara - awesome shop!), I love that game.

[fearofthesky]

Was that Six Golden Coins on GB? I loved that game, first appearance of Wario too IIRC.

[topaz]

Yep, that's the one :) Great game.

[Not Matt]

Got a heap of Megadrive games and other bits and pieces, pics when I can get a camera.

So you're the one who bought that lot off AA. How much did you pay in the end? I just wanted the Sega stuff

[Australian Ninja]

personally i would probably consider keeping:

urban strike
world of illusion
flashback
hangon
quackshot

Second for keeping Flashback. The only reason not to keep it would be if someone was mentally defective or already owned it on another platform

[william h. cosby II]

Zone Of The Enders II: The Second Runner for PS2 for $5 from a second-hand store.

[Australian Ninja]

Zone Of The Enders II: The Second Runner for PS2 for $5 from a second-hand store.

May you burn in hell for it.

Never got to play it, gave up looking for it

May have to hunt ebay for it now that you mention it. Thanks for wasting my money you bastard

[Not Matt]

May you burn in hell for it.

Never got to play it, gave up looking for it

May have to hunt ebay for it now that you mention it. Thanks for wasting my money you bastard

I know Shin Tokyo here in Adelaide still have brand new Euro copies for sale for around $40/50 I think if that helps

[9warbane]

So you're the one who bought that lot off AA. How much did you pay in the end? I just wanted the Sega stuff

$500, cheaper then buying individually off eBay.

[Not Matt]

Ah yeah, so you paid the asking price. I was bloody tempted, but really didn't want to deal with the Atari stuff except for the Lynx.

Might be tempted in a couple titles if you don't want them
The smurfs
zombies
Acme all-stars
Genghis khan 2
Dragon the bruce lee story
Barney's hide and seek game
Street smart (JAP)
Flashback
Home alone
American Gladiators
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Yogi Bear Cartoon Capers
Phantasy Star 2 (JAP)

+ the random jap one on the right :P

Oh and California Games 2... although I hear it's crap!

So have you got a few cabs yourself then mate?

[9warbane]

Might be tempted in a couple titles if you don't want them
Can do.

So have you got a few cabs yourself then mate?
Just the one for mame atm.

[consoul]

Add another vote for keeping Flashback.

For what it's worth, ZOE 2nd Runner isn't hard to come by anymore. It was given a reprint in PAL last year, so new retail copies can be found quite easily. (My promo copy is still rare as ever. :p)

$5 is still an absolute steal though.

[Australian Ninja]

Add another vote for keeping Flashback.

For what it's worth, ZOE 2nd Runner isn't hard to come by anymore. It was given a reprint in PAL last year, so new retail copies can be found quite easily. (My promo copy is still rare as ever. :p)

$5 is still an absolute steal though.

I have not googled it for a while (after it went away for what seemed forever) but thanks guys, I may pick up an ebay one for $50 AU or under later in the year, because I'm broke NGGR broke!

[StorminNorman]

(surprisingly, its supposed to be a good game.... ok, good may be a bit too strong.)

The Megadrive port is nowhere near as good as the original arcade game (which doesn't have the dodgy translation).


I have no idea what these games are:
http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz89/9warbane/japsegagames.jpg

The title of the first one is Grand Slam. I'm guessing it's a tennis game.

No idea on the second one, though. Can't read kanji and I don't recognise the character.

[consoul]

Just bought a JVC X'Eye complete in box with all the original packing, manuals, cables and bundled software. This is one of the rarest consoles ever to go into production. Only 10,000 were manufactured. By comparison, there were 770,000 Virtual Boys produced and even the Apple Pippen (widely regarded as the worst selling console ever) had a run of 42,000 units.

[sausage]

How much?

[consoul]

Only $210.

[sausage]

Score.

[Syntheia]

I bought a couple of Lucas Arts games in Steam's recent sale. I can't believe there were some I hadn't played =O

[Australian Ninja]

Just ordered a controller for PS3 that is modelled on the old JAP SEGA Saturn 6 button pad. Probably will be crap seeing it's 3rd party stuff, but for $20 I'll give it a go for fighters, and should be able to use on PC with emulators too.

[Australian Ninja]

FFIV for GBA. $25 from the UK. Maybe I'll finally get around to actually playing number's IV,V& VI seeing as I can take them with me to work. Take THAT PS1 versions.

[Australian Ninja]

Just bought Z.O.E. The Second Runner for $35 from ebay UK, PAL version. FINALLY!!!

[pyre]

Phantasy Star 4, CIB - $40
Phantasy Star 2, CIB - $20
Ecco Jr - Box no manual (no idea why i bought it, seems rare but is a POS) - $15

Currently hunting patiently for turtles hyperstone heist, battletoads vs double dragon, and leathal enforcers 1+2 and the gun peripherals.

[Australian Ninja]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/Jonny9999/SDC10721.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/Jonny9999/SDC10722.jpg

Top Photo: Standard PAL SEGA Saturn controller, Japanese style controller, USB controller modelled on Japanese Saturn controller.


This controller arrived yesterday fresh from the fields of ebay. It's advertised as being a Sega Saturn style USB controller for PS3. You can use it for that, but it's a bit average for fighting games and better suited to playing OTHER
2D games on the PC, which is what I bought it for - I prefer the MD/Saturn style 6 buttons over the dual shock for playing things on the PC.

Anyhow, I grabbed it off ebay for $20 not expecting much (from Hong Kong) and it turns out it's a pretty bloody good controller.

Sat down last night and tried over 20 games with it, and it was near perfect for playing old 2D games on, platformers, scrolling beat 'em ups etc.

The shell is modelled on the old Japanese Sega Saturn controller. (See the top photo) and it's very light weight. The buttons are really smooth and responsive, the D-pad is actually BETTER than both of my actual Saturn controllers in the top photo. The colour is pretty fruity, but I like it because it's different. The Start button is good, it's comfortable to hold but the L and R buttons are complete shit. Which is no concern seeing as I have no use for those buttons on the old games I play with it.

I've played a LOT of games on various Mega Drive and Saturn controllers over the years, and this is my new favourite one to use.

And the cord is a fairly decent length. There are no drivers etc, you just plug it in the USB port and it works as any controller / joystick would.
*Don't ask me if it works on a MAC, that box art is from HK - would YOU trust it? But I'll test it on my mate's mac when I'm over there next month and see if it's compatible.

I'm still going to pick up another USB adapter so I can use my PS2 controllers on PC again, just for certain games that suit it. But 90% of stuff I'll be using this 'retro' controller for. Damn it's good for $20! I may even buy a second one, because I'm a hoarder and you never know when something may come in handy.

[oogi2000]

Golden Axe III, Japanese, Mega Drive.

Got the entire Mega Drive series now. Love the artwork.

[aubergine]

Whatever happened to mantis*ant?

[Australian Ninja]

Golden Axe III, Japanese, Mega Drive.

Got the entire Mega Drive series now. Love the artwork.

The cover is nice, but the paintings on the other covers are good too. It's one example of when using generic fantasy art was actually appropriate.

[oogi2000]

From memory, Boris Vajello's artwork made it on the cover of a couple of them. I have to check up on it.

[Dust]

Near mint condition Baldur's Gate I and II special editions including maps/cards/etc. for the sum total of 6 dollars and best of all I found them in... Vinnies!

[Revoltix]

Oh... having heart failure...

dying... slowly...

my mate at work gave me a boxed mint condition sega saturn jap with analog controllers, steering wheel, light gun and 50+ games... for free..

[Australian Ninja]

From memory, Boris Vajello's artwork made it on the cover of a couple of them. I have to check up on it.

I'm pretty confident it's his artwork, a mate of mine had art books and cards with loads of his artwork on them. Googled it, but could not find something.

[Australian Ninja]

Oh... having heart failure...

dying... slowly...

my mate at work gave me a boxed mint condition sega saturn jap with analog controllers, steering wheel, light gun and 50+ games... for free..

So is the Saturn japanese? And the games are jap or pal?

[Revoltix]

So is the Saturn japanese? And the games are jap or pal?

It's a Japanese console that has been modified. All the game from what I can tell are japanese or copies of japanese. A little disappointed in the games (once I had a good look throught them) but I'm happy with the hardware.

What's the quickest way to learn japanese? lol

Intersting mentions at this point is "Nissan GTR Over Drivin" which is Need for Speed with Nissan GTR Skyline and Z models only.

And what the hell were the Japanese thinking when they released "Virtua Fighter Portrait Series" where the player gets to watch pictures of one of the Virtua Fighter characters and listen or sing to the "awsome" (not) background music. I know there are strange japanese games but I'm pretty sure this one wins hands down for weirdness.

Off to play Dodompachi now =)

[Revoltix]

The Megadrive port is nowhere near as good as the original arcade game (which doesn't have the dodgy translation).


The title of the first one is Grand Slam. I'm guessing it's a tennis game.

No idea on the second one, though. Can't read kanji and I don't recognise the character.

I think the second could be called Grand Slam as well. As in "slam your face in the dirt and kick your ass fighting game" lol

[Australian Ninja]

It's a Japanese console that has been modified. All the game from what I can tell are japanese or copies of japanese. A little disappointed in the games (once I had a good look throught them) but I'm happy with the hardware.

What's the quickest way to learn japanese? lol

Intersting mentions at this point is "Nissan GTR Over Drivin" which is Need for Speed with Nissan GTR Skyline and Z models only.

And what the hell were the Japanese thinking when they released "Virtua Fighter Portrait Series" where the player gets to watch pictures of one of the Virtua Fighter characters and listen or sing to the "awsome" (not) background music. I know there are strange japanese games but I'm pretty sure this one wins hands down for weirdness.

Off to play Dodonpachi now =)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/Jonny9999/256px-Virtuafighterkids.jpg

That STILL sounds more fun than Virtua Fighter Kids (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtua_Fighter_Kids) I bet if they released that game today somebody would claim that it would encourage kids to fight each other, which it did.

Anyhow, Revoltix let me know if you have a rubbish NTSC Saturn game you want to get rid of, as it would suit me to test out the BLANK on my PAL Saturn.

[Zing!]

i got 6 NES games today

talespin
barbie - yay!
double dragon II
wrestlemania
captain planet
dragons lair

all minty and complete in box!

[McChimp]

Barbie........Dragon's Lair........Captain Planet..........
One question: Why? Aren't they, like, the WORST games to get on NES? I remember playing Dragon's Lair and Captain Planet and they were unbelievably crap-tastic.

[lex3191]

picked up Fear 2 off ebay for $13. pretty happy with that.

[McChimp]

Does that qualify as retro ALREADY??!! Jeez, time flies, huh.

[Zing!]

Barbie........Dragon's Lair........Captain Planet..........
One question: Why? Aren't they, like, the WORST games to get on NES? I remember playing Dragon's Lair and Captain Planet and they were unbelievably crap-tastic.

haha, yep!

but i collect CIB NES games so i must have them all!!!

i got a very nice copy of bad dudes vs. dragon ninja today from the UK, fastest shipping ever - 3 days, i love royal airmail :)

[Australian Ninja]

Yes but "Are you a Bad enough Dude?"

[Zing!]

:cool:

[McChimp]

Those guys are soooooo BAD. Like singlets and trackies BAD.

[oogi2000]

Picked up a near mint Dreamcast. Woo for me. :D

[pyre]

Although i said i wouldnt get it...

Mega Man : Wily Wars

also,

Toe Jam and Earl
Toe Jam and Earl 2

for the mega drive.

[pyre]

i think im almost done with all the 'good' mega drive games now.

tmnt hyperstone heist
mega SWIV
alien soldier
and MAYBE the shining series... not interested at all, but its kind of like pokemon at this point.

damnit.

also need to pick up a streets of rage 2 box.

i think thats the only unboxed game i have left now.

[Australian Ninja]

Streets of Rage
Golden Axe
Revenge of Shinobi

All 3 MD titles on a 3 in 1 cart from ebay UK for $15, works out much cheaper than buying them individually.

[Herr Webster]

Does Virtual Console count?

Picked up Super Metroid last night.

Turned it on just to check out the controls with a GC controller and ended up playing for two hours until the missus kicked me off the TV.

[consoul]

Dancing Eyes!

The obscure but utterly brilliant Namco arcade release that was never ported to any home system. As I posted two and a half years ago in the Retro Nut (http://www.hyper.com.au/forums/showpost.php?p=660259&postcount=42) thread, this has been one of my holy grails. I now own the original Namco System 11 board, which will be going into my arcade cabinet shortly. A bargain at $72. Also picked up the Ehrgeiz System 12 PCB this week.

[Zeph101]

Wonder If this will count as a retro purchase as it's a fairly new item.

Just bought a Super Nes flash cart for a whopping $140.
It's from those same guys who made the NES cart everyone was raving about for a while about a year ago.
I wonder why there's been little fan-fare for the snes cart? Probably because they didn't bother putting any of the special chips into it.

[SOX]

Does a Gameboy Micro count as retro now? Prob not, but doesn't change the fact I got one anyway.

[Lazlow]

People still buy them? I should put mine back in the Auction hut again.

[SOX]

Paid a bit under $50 for one, just to give you an idea of the going rate

EDIT: Also what kind of bullshit move was it to make the Micro without a cable to connect it to the GCN - that was one of the reasons I picked it up..

[jawsy]

Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City.

**** yeah.

[Australian Ninja]

Shadow Dancer / PAL - ebay UK for around $12
Streets of Rage 2 / PAL $20 from the UK
Bare Knuckle III - JP / $50 AU from ebay US

All games with boxes and manuals in decent condition. God damn the PAL/Euro box art for Shadow Dancer is ugly ugly ugly (http://chaosrexmachinae.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/shadow_dancer_euro_cover.jpg), hell it's fugly.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/Jonny9999/bareknuckle3-cover.jpg

Ohhhh, lovely.

[Australian Ninja]

Grabbed two Mega Drive mark II's off ebay for $20, only one lot of cords, but they are just going in the cupboard as spares. My current MD2 still works fine, and looks extra spacy since the slot was widened for Japanese carts.

Still considering buying a switched console from here

http://consolepassion.co.uk/

FYI - They sell modified versions of every major retro console - allowing you to play carts/CDs from all regions etc. Expensive, but the only cheaper way is doing it yourself.

Then games would run in real time (60 HZ) instead of slow motion (50 HZ)

[Marble]

Illusion of Time
Mystic Quest Legend (lol)
Seiken Densetsu 3

I have recently had the urge to track down the best SFC JRPGs as they're pretty much the only ones I like. Now I only need SD2 (again), Terranigma (might get this soon) and Chrono Trigger.

[Gutsman Heavy]

Demon's Crest & Jurassic Park for SNES

Killer Instinct Gold for N64.

Stoked that I found Demon's Crest. Bloody hard!

[Zeph101]

Just saw a copy of Live a Live for the SFC.
Didn't buy it though, don't need to since I got a flash cart.
Anyone in Melbourne interested, it's at Cash Converters over near Victoria Market in the city. Trust me, this game is brilliant, it's got more innovation and story than FF13.

[Australian Ninja]

Illusion of Time
Mystic Quest Legend (lol)
Seiken Densetsu 3

I have recently had the urge to track down the best SFC JRPGs as they're pretty much the only ones I like. Now I only need SD2 (again), Terranigma (might get this soon) and Chrono Trigger.

If you like those games you may enjoy Secret of Evermore (http://hardcoregaming101.net/evermore/evermore.htm) - the US developed spin off of the Seiken Densetsu SNES series by Square.

Lovely game. I know it was released on PAL too, my mate used to rent it when he wasnt playing Secret of Mana.

[Herr Webster]

Secret of Evermore was pretty good. Still, not a patch on SoM.

I recently watched Mysterious Cities of Gold with my kids and was surprised at how much Illusion of Time seemed to have 'borrowed' from the show.

[Marble]

I used to own SoM and have no desire to play it again, but that may change one day.

Oh yeah I did end up buying Terranigma.

[Gutsman Heavy]

retro grail achieved, Bubsy 3D. Its even more horrible than I hoped. Superman 64 has finally been dethroned at my Worst. Game. Ever!

[Australian Ninja]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/Jonny9999/SDC10721.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/Jonny9999/SDC10722.jpg

Top Photo: Standard PAL SEGA Saturn controller, Japanese style controller, USB controller modelled on Japanese Saturn controller.


This controller arrived yesterday fresh from the fields of ebay. It's advertised as being a Sega Saturn style USB controller for PS3. You can use it for that, but it's a bit average for fighting games and better suited to playing OTHER
2D games on the PC, which is what I bought it for - I prefer the MD/Saturn style 6 buttons over the dual shock for playing things on the PC.

Anyhow, I grabbed it off ebay for $20 not expecting much (from Hong Kong) and it turns out it's a pretty bloody good controller.

Sat down last night and tried over 20 games with it, and it was near perfect for playing old 2D games on, platformers, scrolling beat 'em ups etc.

The shell is modelled on the old Japanese Sega Saturn controller. (See the top photo) and it's very light weight. The buttons are really smooth and responsive, the D-pad is actually BETTER than both of my actual Saturn controllers in the top photo. The colour is pretty fruity, but I like it because it's different. The Start button is good, it's comfortable to hold but the L and R buttons are complete shit. Which is no concern seeing as I have no use for those buttons on the old games I play with it.

I've played a LOT of games on various Mega Drive and Saturn controllers over the years, and this is my new favourite one to use.

And the cord is a fairly decent length. There are no drivers etc, you just plug it in the USB port and it works as any controller / joystick would.
*Don't ask me if it works on a MAC, that box art is from HK - would YOU trust it? But I'll test it on my mate's mac when I'm over there next month and see if it's compatible.

I'm still going to pick up another USB adapter so I can use my PS2 controllers on PC again, just for certain games that suit it. But 90% of stuff I'll be using this 'retro' controller for. Damn it's good for $20! I may even buy a second one, because I'm a hoarder and you never know when something may come in handy.

Well I've been using this USB controller thingo (with the purty colours) for several months now on the PC with emulators etc and it's held up pretty well.

It still works great, and I've decided to buy some more of them to keep as spares (seeing as they are only $20), and because I tried playing SFIV on PS3 this week with it and it was good for that too. It's a little fiddly not having a "PS logo / power on" button, but you just have to have it plugged in BEFORE you turn the machine on and make sure your wirless PS3 controller is not turned on etc.

I'm also going to pick up an arcade stick for SF, but this controller is the best I've used since using my old Saturn controller many years ago too many hours SF Alpha 2 for decent accuracy etc.
Found the USB controller good for Samurai Showdown IV on PC too. Perfect for playing Streets of Rage remake too.

[Australian Ninja]

Sup Megadrive fans
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7619/art16999id5.jpg




My Rant on the Blaze Mega Drive (**the Kmart / aussie version)



Well I went out and bought a Blaze Mega Drive at Kmart, and while I already own 3 PAL mega drives, I don’t own a modded machine and figured the Blaze MD would be a cheap was to play my NTSC games like my Japanese Bare Knuckle III at normal / 100% speed, instead of in slow motion on my PAL mega drive.

I’ve read several favorable reviews of the Blaze mega drive, and noted that it has a region switch for swapping from NTSC / PAL so it should run games at proper speed etc.

Here is what happened when I loaded up a PAL Streets of Rage 2 on the Blaze MD – the logo for “bare knuckle 2” came up. Despite this being the PAL version of SOR 2, well SOR 1+2 are actually the same game in each territory the code for the logos for the Japanese/Pal title screen is in each cartridge. Only SOR3 was released as two different actual games.

Anyway, PAL SOR 2 loaded up with the NTSC title screen, and then played EVEN SLOWER than the normal PAL game, which was already slow to start with.

Let’s say the JAP version of SOR2 has 100% / Normal

PAL version has like 90% speed (‘normal’ for PAL)

The same game on the Blaze ran at about 70% speed. Barely playable, just crap.

So I read the manual, to see where the region switch is – turns out the manual lists it as No.8 on the machine diagram, but lo and behold – the switch is not present on the back.
Look like the machine is set to NTSC mode, with no way to change it, your PAL games will play – but expect SLOW DOWN, even more than normal. (EDIT: I have no idea WHY, PAL games running in NTSC mode should be FASTER, not slower - well that's what happens on a REAL mega drive anyways).

So it does not have the region switch, also, you only get 2 out 3 AV leads – meaning 1 for picture and 1 for sound, so you only get ONE channel of stereo sound.

I’m sure the company has some reason why they took out the region switch, but I can’t help but wonder if it was just cost cutting. Anyway, the version of the Blaze MD we have here is pretty darn crap. The controllers are god awful as well; I wouldn’t even let a second player or my dog use them. On second thoughts my dog might like the crap controllers as a dangerous chew toy, for when the ordinary ones get boring.

However, the machine does work fine with the built in 15 games - an average, but not great - selection of games that include


-Alien Storm
-Altered Beast
-Gain Ground
-Alex Kidd
-Arrow Flash
-Columns
-Crack Down
-Sonic and Knuckles
-Bonanza Brothers
-Eswat
-Golden Axe
-Fatal Labyrinth
-Flicky
-Decap Attack
-Shadow Dancer

Features:

-2 out of 3 AV cords
-2 Six button crap controllers all hard and plasticy, both missing the ‘mode’ button from your official SEGA 6-button controllers
-Nice tidy unit that almost fits in your pocket
-Power pack reduced to about half of the old bulky SEGA one
-NO REGION SWITCH! (despite being listed in the manual)
-VERY hard to insert games in/out of the cartridge slot, think I may have scratched the edges of my PAL games taking them out again. That alone is a big FAIL. The slot is also not wide enough for JAP games, PAL games barely fit in.


I know this product is for noobs / casuals and the nostalgic weekend warrior, (no offense intended!) and not really aimed at me or collectors and such. The product works fine, but to me it’s just so inferior it’s not funny.

If you care at all about decent controllers and sound quality, I’d recommend a cheap mega drive off ebay along with an AV cord (Red/White/Yellow for proper stereo sound) rather than the Blaze MD.

I’m still considering ordering an AMERICAN version of the machine – with the region switch – but if that one is missing proper stereo sound I may as well just buy a modded MD from the UK like I originally planned.

[Stevorooni]

I'm kind of glad Kmart had sold out now

[Serenity]

Master of Orion 2. ^_^

[pyre]

2 x official sega mega drive wireless controllers + the wireless dock thing.

Also cracked the 100 mega drive game list recently with:

Shining in the darkness
Mega SWIV
Mutant League Football

[Mr Pie]

Planning to purchase a N64.

[pyre]

Planning to purchase a N64.

its all about blastcorps!

[Knuckle Children]

its all about blastcorps!

Taking out a row of buildings with the arse end of the dumptruck is one of the N64's finest gaming moments.

[9warbane]

its all about blastcorps!

Ahh my first 64 game. :)

I really should finish that someday.

[Marble]

Chrono Trigger, SNES US version. Yeah, it would have been cheaper an easier to get it on the DS, but I think playing a beautiful game like this on a tiny screen would kind of ruin it. Oh and a while ago I purchased Mushihime-Sama (PS2).

[SOX]

Ultimate MK 3 (SNES). Yeah I know the 16-bit versions aren't arcade perfect or even close to being as good but nostalgia is probably the best way to trick my mates into giving it a go.

[Australian Ninja]

Apart from the modern DLC version, the carts are better play this on imo.

Try MK3/UMK on SNES vs PS1. PS1 is more 'accurate', but has horrendous loading times, then on SNES no load times, it's much more enjoyable to play. Same deal with that WWF fighting game where the Undertaker has crazy projectiles and big combos.

THe SNES version is missing two characters, but's it's the still the best version (not counting MAME).

[SOX]

I read it has 2 additional characters that weren't in the arcade/ds/xbla version too - Rain and Noob Saibot. Hopefully the AI isn't bullshit hard like it is in MK3...

[SOX]

Also grabbed MK4 on the n64 (personal fave). That should cover my MK nostalgia trip :)

[Australian Ninja]

Those two are indeed in the SNES UMK3, check out gamefaqs.com for some details.

No matter what version of MK3 you play the A.I. is cheap and unforgiving (some would say broken), which is why it's better to play on the easier difficulties.

If you think that is challenging though stay away from the endurance matches in Mortal Kombat Trilogy (PS1).

Even my friend who was insanely good at all the old MK games gave up in that one, as did I.

[jons2ann]

Zelda: A Link to the Past Complete. SNES.

[Marble]

Daytona USA, Golden Axe, Spider Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage.

[jons2ann]

Daytona USA, Golden Axe, Spider Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage.

That's one I have to get next. Great game that.

[Herr Webster]

Zelda: A Link to the Past Complete. SNES.

Complete?

[Knuckle Children]

Boxed with manual.

[McChimp]

More re-discovery than purchase/ acquisition.
Found my old Sega MegaDrive 2 at the parents' place last night, although the games I had there left a little bit to be desired, quality-wise. Stuff like Chakan, Wrestle War, Double Dragon 3 (yeauchh!!), Mazin Wars and something else I can't remember.

Now trawling Ebay to try find some bargains for it.

[Australian Ninja]

More re-discovery than purchase/ acquisition.
Found my old Sega MegaDrive 2 at the parents' place last night, although the games I had there left a little bit to be desired, quality-wise. Stuff like Chakan, Wrestle War, Double Dragon 3 (yeauchh!!), Mazin Wars and something else I can't remember.

Now trawling Ebay to try find some bargains for it.

Make sure you check out ebay UK, you'll find some great PAL Megadrive bargains there, at better prices than you tend to find in OZ.

[Machine of God]

Got a sealed copy of Virtua Fighter Kids for 30 bucks the other day.

[McChimp]

Make sure you check out ebay UK, you'll find some great PAL Megadrive bargains there, at better prices than you tend to find in OZ.

Going on this bit of advice, I've actually been spending a good bit of time on the UK site and have been bidding on a few goodies, but only really struck gold with MGS on PSone (10 pounds). Other wise I've nabbed Megadrive odds-and-ends from the Aussie site: Fantasia ($12 inc. postage), Jurassic Park/ SoR 2 & 3/ Sonic and Knuckles/ Chuck Rock/ Wonderboy 3/ Phantasy Star 3 all in one bundle ($30 inc. postage), Quackshot ($10 inc. post) and Mickey Mouse: World of Illusion ($12 inc. post).

Also currently bidding on: Ex-Mutants (currently at 99p), Batman Returns (again 99p), and triple bundle of Muhammad Ali Boxing/ SoR 2 (can never have enough of that)/ Alien 3; 3 hours left and it's at 99cents! And a Sega Saturn for like $25.....although it needs the odd screw and spring on the lid, but eh well.

Retro BINGE!!! w00t!

[Revoltix]

Road Rash on ps1 = awesome =)

[jons2ann]

Road Rash on ps1 = awesome =)

Road Rash = ******ING incredible game.

You have just put something on the shopping list for me.

[McChimp]

Road Rash = ******ING incredible game.

You have just put something on the shopping list for me.

Is that the one with the awesome soundtrack (soundgarden etc.?)? If it is, I had that one on PC........'twas awesomeness personified!

[Australian Ninja]

Going on this bit of advice, I've actually been spending a good bit of time on the UK site and have been bidding on a few goodies, but only really struck gold with MGS on PSone (10 pounds). Other wise I've nabbed Megadrive odds-and-ends from the Aussie site: Fantasia ($12 inc. postage), Jurassic Park/ SoR 2 & 3/ Sonic and Knuckles/ Chuck Rock/ Wonderboy 3/ Phantasy Star 3 all in one bundle ($30 inc. postage), Quackshot ($10 inc. post) and Mickey Mouse: World of Illusion ($12 inc. post).

Also currently bidding on: Ex-Mutants (currently at 99p), Batman Returns (again 99p), and triple bundle of Muhammad Ali Boxing/ SoR 2 (can never have enough of that)/ Alien 3; 3 hours left and it's at 99cents! And a Sega Saturn for like $25.....although it needs the odd screw and spring on the lid, but eh well.

Retro BINGE!!! w00t!

It's all timing, some months you find loads of bargains, other months you find sweet-F-all. Check in from time to time and you'll be pleasantly surprised at what you can find.

And if you're patient, you can usually get almost anything cheaper than you anticipated.

My mege-collection has not grown in recent months on account of unemployment, but I have picked up the SEGA MD Collection.

Currently playing Landstalker and Story of Thor action RPGs on my sexy MD2.

Thinking of getting a controller extension cable too (for MD) they go for about $6 on various ebays, but often you get a better deal on postage if you but two. They are about 1-2 metres in length generally, rather useful imo.

[Marble]

Recently I bought a bunch of arcade flyers that should be arriving soon. Time Crisis, Daytona 2, Double Dragon 2, one of the Initial D games (I think it was Stage 2) and Vampire Saviour.

They should go nicely with the others on the walls of my games room.

[Super Sleuth]

Is that the one with the awesome soundtrack (soundgarden etc.?)? If it is, I had that one on PC........'twas awesomeness personified!

Oh yeah. I played Road Rash 3D for about 20 mins one time and heard The Tea Party. I was happy.

[McChimp]

It's all timing, some months you find loads of bargains, other months you find sweet-F-all. Check in from time to time and you'll be pleasantly surprised at what you can find.

And if you're patient, you can usually get almost anything cheaper than you anticipated.

Seems to be the way. Picked up Loaded and Alien Trilogy for Saturn for 98p each (then about 3-4 pounds postage). Kind've idly having a look every now and then, currently trying to source a NES and a Master System (I had a MS1, want an MS2), plus a Game Gear as well. Also want to add the odd game to my current collection when I can find something interesting enough.

[schnappy]

To whoever has the SS USB controller(s) - I'm interested in getting one... apparently there are some pirated ones that don't have SEGA printed on them, or a sticker on the back? Always liked the SS controller but not too many SS games... hooking SS controller up to the PC for SNES etc would be a blast. Currently looking at this - http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Genuine-SEGA-Saturn-SS-USB-Controller-Pad-Game-white-/140409797104?pt=AU_Input_Peripherals&hash=item20b11379f0

I'm not sure though regarding all this business with not having SEGA on it... which did you get? And are they as good?

As a side note, after looking at so many pictures of the jap white/coloured ones... the black ones are rather ghastly looking aren't they >.>

[Super Sleuth]

I wish my username was schnappy.

[Australian Ninja]

To whoever has the SS USB controller(s) - I'm interested in getting one... apparently there are some pirated ones that don't have SEGA printed on them, or a sticker on the back? Always liked the SS controller but not too many SS games... hooking SS controller up to the PC for SNES etc would be a blast. Currently looking at this - http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Genuine-SEGA-Saturn-SS-USB-Controller-Pad-Game-white-/140409797104?pt=AU_Input_Peripherals&hash=item20b11379f0

I'm not sure though regarding all this business with not having SEGA on it... which did you get? And are they as good?

As a side note, after looking at so many pictures of the jap white/coloured ones... the black ones are rather ghastly looking aren't they >.>

That link is the same controller I bought. When you buy one send an ebay msg to the seller telling them which colour you want.
Different seller name, but I'd say going by the listings that some are the same seller / outlet with a different user name etc.

I mention this because when I bought one the seller asked me what I wanted, and was really helpful - the white one looks unique and cool imo, but I don't mind the grey ones.

Had a quick browse on ebay at other listings - doesn't matter too much which seller you go with - all the SS USB controllers listed are the same product. The SEGA font is a non-issue, I'm pretty sure they are ALL pirate, including my one, which happens to be one of the best controllers I've ever used. FYI - ALWAYS check seller feedback etc first, even if their rating is high.

The build quality is good, I absolutely must buy another one, maybe two seeing as I like them so much. It's not like SEGA is out there selling controllers these days, so I don't think anyone is getting ripped off. It's possible the shells may even be old SEGA stock, or have come from the same factory. I'm just guessing here, the quality is just so good it makes me wonder.

The buttons are nice, the D-pad is nice, the L and R buttons are a bit crap (still usable) - but the only thing they would not suit is a fighting game (just the L an R buttons I mean), however you already have six face buttons, which covers every fighting game ever so it's a non-issue.

The best use imo though is pretty much anthing 2D / 8 or 16 bit on emulators, perfect for Megadrive and SNES games, so nice to play games like SORage 3 with the proper layout instead of a bloody keyboard.

FYI - It WILL also work on your PS3, but seeing as there is no select or "PS" (power) button, it's only useful for some games, but not most. You could play a fighting game with no issue, any game where you don't need to press select etc, but generally I recommend it for PC/emu use not so much PS3 (there are better options for PS3 eg arcade sticks or other 3rd party wireless controllers). I've played Sega MD Collection on PS3 with the controller, but seeing as there is no select button, there is no way to configure the buttons and so they are all mixed up, so um, don't use it with that game:rolleyes:

It will not work with 360, because of the lack of the "xbox logo button", so it can not be turned on.

But it's awesome for PC, grab one already. :cool:

I've been using mine semi-regularly for a few months now and it hasn't crapped out or anything, and the buttons etc are all still pretty much like new. I've been waiting to see if it wore out or anything, but it hasn't so I'll happily buy some more - keep some as backups and if I have several I can always cannabalise one down the line if something wears out (like in several years or whatever). Handy for 2P if you're into that of thing too.

[Gutsman Heavy]

Got Super Metroid & Turtles in Time, I can now die happy

and a virgin.

[McChimp]

Where from and how much? Would love to get my hands on some Super Metroid, but can never find it cheap enough for my tastes!

[Gutsman Heavy]

$35 each, Metroid from Palgn, TMNT from ebay. Expensive, but worth the exception.

[grimace06]

Not sure how "retro" this is, but I picked up a boxed copy of The Legend of Zelda on GBA for $10.

[McChimp]

Retro enough. Is that one of those re-issued 'NES classics' they brought out on GBA?

[grimace06]

Retro enough. Is that one of those re-issued 'NES classics' they brought out on GBA?

Yep. Cartridge was in the little plastic pocket and everything.

[McChimp]

Ooooooh. Want some of those.

[jons2ann]

My order of Beatmania goodies from Japan came in a few days ago.

All PSX release.

beatmania
beatmania Append 3rd MIX
beatmania Append GOTTAMIX
beatmania Append 4th MIX
beatmania Append 5th MIX
beatmania Append GOTTAMIX2 Going Global
beatmania Append ClubMIX
beatmania featuring Dreams Come True
beatmania The Sound of Tokyo!
beatmania 6th MIX + CORE REMIX

+ beatmania DJ Station Pro

Games all in excellent condition with spine card but DJ Station Pro is secondhand. Around $320. Exchange rate fee was a bastard though.

[VanAce]

That's a lot of Beatmanina.

[McChimp]

Picked myself up Alien Trilogy and Loaded, my first Saturn purchases, which I'm really excited about! Haven't been doing much retro shopping lately, and it'll probably won't be until after Xmas 'til I do again! :(

[JubeiSaotome]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1139.snc4/148128_10150304459010527_677480526_15778006_190785 0_n.jpg
Purchased at Cash Converters.

http://i53.tinypic.com/27xqk91.jpg
Arriving in mail via eBay, hoping to start making chiptunes with it.

[SOX]

How do you go about doing that? I'd imagine GBC flash carts are hard to come by.

[JubeiSaotome]

You copy a rom over a GB game on a pre-existing cart.

[SOX]

Is there some device you need to do that?

[JubeiSaotome]

A coders cable of some form. You can also do a cart mod to place a mini-b usb port into the cart.

[VanAce]

Either that or wait for LSDJ to pop up on eBay and hopefully win the bidding war.

[JubeiSaotome]

nanoloop shop
https://ssl.kundenserver.de/s27119512.einsundeinsshop.de/sess/utn;jsessionid=154cdd2654847a1/shopdata/index.shopscript

Might get one of these soon. You can see how it works via the free iphone app.

[JubeiSaotome]

Recieved from my eBay binge
Ice Game Boy Color, Mega Man II

Waiting on
Agro Soar, Revenge of the 'Gator, Golf, SolarStriker, 2x Game Boy Cameras, Pink Game Boy Pocket, Final Fantasy Adventure

[SOX]

Let me know if you grab one of those nanoloop carts. I downloaded the free iPhone app but I'm curious how the gameboy version works.

[JubeiSaotome]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs988.snc4/76176_10150312182130527_677480526_15882621_5917187 _n.jpg

Golf, Revenge of the 'Gator and SolarStriker came in the mail today. :3

[Marble]

Awesome. I think Megaman is probably the best game on the system. I like it alot more than the second. Pretty hard game, with practice I could get up to the last level without dying but never finished it (couldn't pass the boss rush). But yeah, the level design is awesome, have fun.

Ah, Solar Striker. The first 2D shooter I ever beat without continues. It's not really a very good game, though!

[Mr Pie]

God, Revenge of the 'Gator, thats a game I havent played in a long time.

[flamecondor]

Has been a long long long time since I posted over this way but w00t for a somewhat decent retro area on an Aus forum.

Recent lot of Game Boy Games I picked up last week and Mischief Makers for N64http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/flamecondor/RecentlootRetroNov202010.jpg

And a G.I Joe LCD system I used to have as a kid I tracked down on eBay.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/flamecondor/RecentlootLCDNov202010.jpg

[Knuckle Children]

Mischief Makers. What a peach of a game; I've still got it packed away deep in one of the games cupboards, waiting for a playthrough.

[flamecondor]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/flamecondor/RecentlootRetroNov252010.jpg
Mega Bunch of Game Boy games from eBay
Speedy Gonzales
Pierre Le Chef: Out to Lunch
Game Boy Gallery 3
Game Boy Gallery 4
Monster Max
Speedball 2
Mercenary Force
Mystic Ninja Starring Goemon
Dr Franken
Fortified Zone
Super James Pond
Kirbys Pinball Land

and Klak (was 5 bucks at Game Traders, felt sorry for it)

[Gunblade89]

Mischief Makers. What a peach of a game; I've still got it packed away deep in one of the games cupboards, waiting for a playthrough.

Awesome game, i loved playing it when i had an N64 :)

[Australian Ninja]

Treasure never ceases to amaze.

[Vindik8or]

Games are better now than they have ever been.

[Australian Ninja]

I've not played that, is it on NES, C64 or Amiga?

[Vindik8or]

It is on this emulator I have on my PC.

[Knuckle Children]

Games are better now than they have ever been.

One post closer to 3000!

[Marble]

Ghouls and Ghosts for the Mega Drive. Really looking forward to playing this one.

[Ezri]

I've got a couple PS1 games I want to sell (Silhouette Mirage and Rival Schools). PM me with an offer if you're interested.

[VanAce]

You might have a bit more luck if you post it them in the Auction Hut

[flamecondor]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/flamecondor/RecentlootRetroDec02122010.jpg
Skies of Arcadia Legends
Konami GB Collection 2
Dexters Laboratory Robot Rampage
Disney's Magical Chase 2 - Starring Mickey and Minnie
Claymates
Mickeys Dangerous Chase
Mickey Mouse Magic Wands
Ducktales 2
Tiny Toon Adventures Babs Big Break
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Battle Arena Toshiden
Fighting Simulator
Rampage World Tour
Double Dragon 3
Battletoads in Ragnaroks World
Populous
Shadowgate Classic
Heiankyo Alien
Prophecy Viking Child
Gauntlet 2
Bomberman Max Blue Champion
Pocket Bomberman
BattleTanx
Kirbys Star Stacker
Blaster Master Jnr

Not a bad week of Retro game hunting and ebay winning

[VanAce]

How much did you pick Skies of Arcadia for? I've only seen it for about $90+ on eBay

[flamecondor]

10 bucks from Game Traders

[Gunblade89]

Damn that's a good find, i've seen one copy on ebay sell for $150.
I really want to play it sometime.

[Australian Ninja]

Damn that's a good find, i've seen one copy on ebay sell for $150.
I really want to play it sometime.

Wow, what a crazy price.

Still have not got around to playing my one. It's about my only motivation to buy a Wii, to play my unplayed Gamecube games on, including Skies.

[Gunblade89]

Yeah it is crazy, i guess some people have money to blow.
Just the other day i saw a sealed copy of Conker's Bad Fur Day on N64 sell for $1000, i don't know if the bidder was joking or not though.....

You should get a Wii, the Gamecube had so many great games that shouldn't be missed. ;)

[flamecondor]

Yeah I was lucky the guy at Game Traders had only just got it, I go to the store all the time so I got a mega discount on it, plus it is NTSC so that bought the price down abit, yay for homebrew gecko loader.

[SOX]

Just the other day i saw a sealed copy of Conker's Bad Fur Day on N64 sell for $1000

FWIW I bought a CBFD cart last year for $50.

[grimace06]

Yeah it is crazy, i guess some people have money to blow.
Just the other day i saw a sealed copy of Conker's Bad Fur Day on N64 sell for $1000, i don't know if the bidder was joking or not though.....

You should get a Wii, the Gamecube had so many great games that shouldn't be missed. ;)

Game Traders offered me at best $70 for my boxed copy of Conkers Bad Fur Day when they were selling another copy for $199.

[flamecondor]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/flamecondor/RecentlootRetroDec09122010.jpg
This weeks retro loot
The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse
Mole Mania
Space Marauder
Avenging Kids
Survival Kids
Milons Secret Castle

Not as epic as last week but still awesome, soo happy to have Avenging Spirit hard one to come by that one.

[Gunblade89]

Re-bought Mischief Makers (boxed, but no manual) for the N64 for $10.

Trying to build up my N64 collection again, wish i never got rid of it. I don't sell games anymore it's not worth it.

[Australian Ninja]

Yeah it is crazy, i guess some people have money to blow.
Just the other day i saw a sealed copy of Conker's Bad Fur Day on N64 sell for $1000, i don't know if the bidder was joking or not though.....

You should get a Wii, the Gamecube had so many great games that shouldn't be missed. ;)

I bought one - Conkers N64 - for $10 at cashies back when it was selling at EB for about $130.

[Marble]

Got a few NES games off my friend (although they mostly suck) and bought a copy of Castlevania on ebay (snapped it up since it was the first one I'd seen in months that wasn't overpriced).

[jons2ann]

Nothing retro. I just got 2 x PS3 Fighting sticks for $38 each from GAME. So bloody cheap.

[super_deformed]

Does anyone here collect U.S NES games? (yes I have a few to sell. lol)

[Marble]

I might be interested if they're games not released in PAL format.

Strider (MD) and another 6 button controller.

[McChimp]

Guess this is 'retro': nabbed copies of Mario Kart Double Dash and Mario Party 6 on GC from Cashies; $16 each, which I though was a bargain. Last time I went looking for MK DD online it was worth a fair bit more than that.

[SOX]

GCN is retro? DD was a waste of money IMO.

[VanAce]

For $16 DD isn't a bad buy but in no means a classic when compared to other Mario Karts.

[Gunblade89]

GCN is retro? DD was a waste of money IMO.

Well it's nearly retro atleast IMO. Anything that has no games in development is entering it's retro phase.

Mario Kart: DD for $16 is a pretty good buy.

[Ezri]

Does anyone here collect U.S NES games? (yes I have a few to sell. lol)

What games?

[Segata Sanshiro]

I just picked up a refurbished and modified Sega Saturn with a 4in1 cart, multi-tap, four of the original controllers and two lightguns.

[SpearrO]

4 controllers? Your next purchase needs to be Saturn Bomberman. Then some more controllers

[Segata Sanshiro]

4 controllers? Your next purchase needs to be Saturn Bomberman. Then some more controllers

*cough* I was playing that last night, I have access to the entire catalog thanks to the refurbishment. My girlfriend gave me two options for my birthday on the 12th. A Dreamcast pack or two years subscription to Hyper magazine. >.> I wonder which one the Hyper guys would recommend. :p

[Marble]

Gradius and Double Dragon 2 on NES, ebay.

[jons2ann]

Road Rash Jailbreak for PS1. :D

[flamecondor]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/flamecondor/RecentlootRetroJan162010.jpg
Capcom Classics Mini Max
Mega Man Xtreme
Magi Nation
Space Invaders GBC
Konami GB Collection Volume 4
Conkers Pocket Tales
Shante (best 140 bucks I've ever spent http://www.vooks.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/p.gif)

So happy I finally got the last one I needed in the Konami GB Collection, really wanted to play Gradius 2 and Castlevania Adventure 2 in Colour.

And OMFG I HAVE SHANTAE FINALLY W00T, good news is thats hopefully the most I'll have to pay for a Game Boy game so its all downhill from here :D

[Marble]

Is Shantae even any good? That's the same dudes who made (the fairly meh) Contra 4 right?

[VanAce]

What makes Shantae so expensive? Is it super rare or something?

[NetherWind]

Could be there was only so many cartridges made maybe that still work perfectly

[flamecondor]

Is Shantae even any good? That's the same dudes who made (the fairly meh) Contra 4 right?
Ya, and A Boy and his Blob Wii, Batman Brave and the Bold and some other games. As for if its worth 140, prob not the same as any rare and hard to find game. Is it the best game on the GBC prob not, but as its a very good game, came out very very late in the GBC's life and has sort of garnered this huge sort of following in the last few years the price has gone up.

I'm enjoying it, its a nice little game, lots of love put into it, looks amazing, if only it had come out a few years earlier it may have made a big splash and gone onto to do good things for Wayforward.

[nonch]

Rediscovered my Megadrive in my parents' garage recently. Haven't really had the time to play anything yet, but looking forward to Landstalker. Also picked up Urban Strike for $15. The two games that came before it - Desert Strike and Jungle Strike - were two of my very favourite games back in the day, so hopefully this one holds up well.

[Ezri]

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (PSX) - complete, $10