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LBD "Nytetrayn"

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There are a handful of Tiger handhelds I would like. No points for guessing which, but I was disappointed when the revival line stopped so short of providing them.

Aside: There was also a Garfield LCD game I didn't know about from back then that I would love to have, too. I think it was from Konami.

Sonic 2 Game Gear is a trash port and should be set on fire and the code burned, so that SEGA will quit releasing that version in collections over the Master System version.

That AC adapter is the same one the Genesis uses, as I recall, and is practically a necessity for Game Gear play. At least unmodded. I don't know if the modded ones use plutonium now or what.

Seeing that X-Men game, SEGA should really ink a deal like Capcom did with Marvel or Disney or whoever and release some collections of their old licensed Genesis games on modern platforms.

Kinda funny how they're pairing a Model 1 Genesis with a Model 2 SEGA CD. I mean, you can do that, and you arguably should, but it's just funny to see here.

Me, I want a Model 1. I'd love to get one complete in box, but the prices have only gone up since I started looking. Sigh.

Incidentally, I damn their PR department for only sending the ones for the Genesis mini to certain members of the press.

Also, eBay's emails for when I'm watching for one seem incapable of telling a "1" from a "2."

It's like I'm cursed when it comes to that thing.

I would like to play its port of Batman Returns there, though. Not for the part that was actually ported, but the new Batmobile stuff, which you can thankfully play independent of the gawdawful platforming stuff.

Final Fight has some neat cutscenes, too. I wouldn't mind that.

I think Link's Awakening was the first game I got when I got my Super Game Boy, which was the first way to play GB games that I ever owned.

Love Super Mario Land 2. And 1. More than some of the "mainline" entries, in some ways.

Mario Paint taught me to use a mouse, I played Super Mario World so much while waiting to get a Super NES that I think I first beat it in K-Mart. Star Fox was great. SNES MK1 was the first home version I played and loved it. Jurassic Park was cool and I want the new collection in part for it, even though the ending is a total rip-off. Mario is Missing was pretty much what I expected, I enjoyed it. Got Taz-Mania for my cousin one time, sorta neat, got old quick.

And I think I have that clear SNES controller somewhere, but I don't remember how I came to be in possession of it. Might have been from my wife.
 

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Seeing that X-Men game, SEGA should really ink a deal like Capcom did with Marvel or Disney or whoever and release some collections of their old licensed Genesis games on modern platforms.

They really should re-release that game. It was such a big part of my childhood, as aside from the Arcade game that never got a home release until 2010, this was my X-men game and the reason I wanted a Sega Genesis. The game could use some updates though.

I think Link's Awakening was the first game I got when I got my Super Game Boy, which was the first way to play GB games that I ever owned.

We loved that game! It was the first Zelda game that I ever beat. One of the highlights of the Gameboy's library, and I am so glad that they remade it for the Switch!

Love Super Mario Land 2. And 1. More than some of the "mainline" entries, in some ways.

Indeed! While I never played the second game, the first one was so much fun!
 

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While I can't show my entire collection (quickly ran out of shelf space) for the last 5+ years I've been posting a random game on instascam (almost) every sunday, with the #randomgamesunday. It's where I pulled the Sonic game pics for in the Sonic the Hedgehog thread.
 

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I need to reorganize mine and get some new pics. However, my office has been overrun by my TF collection lately as well as my children foraging for restricted art supplies.
 

LBD "Nytetrayn"

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My home is my collection.

My collection is my home.

To see one would be to see the other.

There is no separating the two (short of packing it all up and moving).
 

The Predaking

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My home is my collection.

My collection is my home.

To see one would be to see the other.

There is no separating the two (short of packing it all up and moving).


Before I had kids, I had an entire room lined with display shelves. Packed with TFs, MOTU, GI JOE, Star Wars, FF7, and more. It was epic!


I need to build a bigger house to hold all of my stuff!
 

LBD "Nytetrayn"

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Our stuff is crammed into a one-bedroom apartment, so wherever it fits is usually where it goes.
 

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So since its been a month and a half, I took a trip to my local game exchange, but sadly, I couldn't find anything gaming there. They still had all the bagged loose Transformers from last time, but also put out some MISB ones as well. The had a Beast Machines Twrecks, Energon Megatron, and a few others, but nothing I didn't already have. I was about to leave when I saw that they had the 2018 Halmark G1 Starscream Ornament. It was only $5 so I ended up getting that.

On the way back, I stopped at another game store that used to be attached to a thrift shop, but they had cleared out all of that stuff and just expanded the thrift shop. I did stop at the comic book store next to it though, as I had never been there and it said "Games" on the sign. I walked in, and it was mostly comics with a little bit of cards and some video games. However, in a glass case, there was a pristine loose copy of Zelda 2 for $15! Woot! There were a few other games there, but nothing else was on my list. He then pulls out some loose SNES games. A lot of nice games in it, but I have most of them already. Until he pulls out a Game of the Year edition of Link to the Past. For $30, I ended up getting that too, as I haven't seen the original version around for a while at $30. He then asks me if I had any interest in a dance pad in the box. I follow him over thinking its going to be a DDR pad, but he pulls out a boxed NES Power Pad! The box is a little rough, but we settle on $25. On the way out he says he has some Sega stuff and Atari stuff and points to the corner, I see a ton of boxed games, some I want, so I tell him I will have to come back as I know I want some of it.

So not a bad day!
 

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So my want list updated:


My NES want list:
Super C
Castlevainia 1
Castlevainia 3
Darkwing Duck
Megaman 5
Megaman 6


My SNES want list:
Castlevana IV
Donkey Kong Country 3
Super Metroid
TMNT 4 Turtles in Time
Mario Kart
Chronotrigger
Final Fantasy 2
Final Fantasy 3

My Genesis want list:

Sonic And Knuckles
Sonic 3
Ghostbusters
Battletoads
Garfield

My Gameboy want list:

Mario Land 2 6 Golden Coins
Metroid 2 Samus Returns
Megaman 1-3

My PS1 want list:

Beast Wars Transformers
 

The Predaking

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My box looks like this one, but not stained:

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LBD "Nytetrayn"

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Fair play!

I forget what I did, though. XD
 

LBD "Nytetrayn"

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Ah, right! March feels so long ago now. ^^;;
 

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Found a copy of the Wii game ExerBeat at my local 2nd and Charles. Picked it up.

Saw a copy of Ballz 3D Director's Cut for the 3DO. Was almost tempted. XD I don't have the system, but they were selling one for 200.
 

Exatron

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Most of my games are in storage crates, but I did just get some shelves in one of our display cases organized. I like to group games by series when possible rather than by system. These are some of my absolute favorites. When I think of series that I absolutely love, that I've poured a ton of time into, and have made a huge impact on me, these are the ones I think of. Well, these and Mega Man, but I don't think I could fit all those on one shelf in any sort of organized fashion.

At this point, there are really only a handful of retro games I can think of that I still want to give up the money and space to get:

  • Castlevania: Rondo of Blood - A real one, not the CD-R I burned back in college 20-some years ago. Of course, getting a TG-16 / PC-Engine / Turbo Duo / whatever is also a future project at this point, and the game is no longer locked to that console or to Japanese, so this one's VERY low priority.
  • Children of Mana - I had this on my Amazon wish list years ago. Amazon says that someone bought it for me, and I could swear I remember having it. If I did actually receive it though, I must have lost it somehow.
  • Dragon Warrior III (NES) - Not sure I'll ever actually sit down and play this version again, but I'd like to complete the original Erdrick trilogy. I'm good skipping IV, though. The original versions of the rest of the Zenithian trilogy never got released in English, so I'm happy to just stick with the DS versions, or any that might come later.
  • Mega Man IV and V (GB) - I never really cared too much for the GB games, so I kinda gave up on them after the first few. So outside emulation, I never got Tango! :cry:
  • Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar - I never really got into the Battle Network games at the time. Past the first one or two, I bought them all on clearance. I never found Gregar at a price I was willing to pay. Now, I wish I'd just gone ahead and bought it.
  • Mega Man Star Force 3 (both versions) - Since I never got into Battle Network, I never really paid much attention to Star Force either. I did manage to get all versions of 1 and 2 on clearance, but never did pick up either version of 3.
  • Not a game, but I'd really like to get more Custom Game Cases eventually. I got a bunch of Universal Game Cases and found or made covers for all my SNES and N64 games (and my lone Genesis game). I used a decent printer, but I was limited by what scans were available in a lot of cases. I eventually upgraded all my older Zelda games via Custom Game Cases, and I'm pretty happy with them. I'd love to do so across all my older games that never had their own display cases, or at least all the NES and GB/GBC/GBA games that currently lack cases, but that will be a project for when I hopefully someday have some extra money available. Wishful thinking...

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Was at a convention this weekend. The one on the left is a con exclusive thing I bought at a booth, but the NES cart on the right was purchased during a swap meet sorta deal. Where you can bring stuff from home and sell it on tables you buy for an event.

I didn't actually have Double Dragon for my collection and it was only ten bucks, so I figured. Why the heck not?
 


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