Messages

46

Classic Video Games / Re: What are some incredible older games you remember that people may have missed?

« on: August 23, 2022, 03:51:44 am »

8. Enchanted Arms Xbox 360,ps3 rpg you can collect over 75 golems with diffrent powers to help in battles like a
    adult version of Pokémon.

I actually own the PS3-Version of this game for a few years now, but never got to play it. That sounds interesting, maybe I should give it a shot 

47

Classic Video Games / Re: What are some incredible older games you remember that people may have missed?

« on: August 22, 2022, 03:47:16 am »

A very good game that defenitely flew under the radar of many gamers was the PS1-RPG "Koudelka" by SNK / Sacnoth.
I actually didn't know of it's existence until I started to purchase the "Shadow Hearts"-Titles for PS2, which this Koudelka-Game is a prequel of.
People say it didn't get that lot of recognition back in the day for it being released quite simultaneosly to another - well known - PS1-RPG, which must have been Final Fantasy VII or VIII ...

This title, as well as the also lesser known sequels called "Shadow Hearts" are somewhat like hidden gems. Full fledged JRPGs with a unique creepy design. Enemies you encounter really give you the shivers. Imagine battling against an Blob-like enemy made out of rotten baby-corpses and other heisenbergish creatures that challenge your stomach when looking at them. Another neat feature of Koudelka (and also it's Sequels) is, that it's set in real places like Hong Kong, Praque, Ireland, Germany, etc. and playing in the late 1800s to early 1900s.

So, all in all a very unique, one-of-its-kind RPG, that's hardly comparable to other games in it's time and genre. I truly recommend checking it out, if you like that oldschool, tactical, turn-based RPG-Stuff, like I do. 

48

Modern Video Games / Re: Life on Mars: Genesis - New Metroidvania for Sega Genesis

« on: August 10, 2022, 02:43:38 am »

Well, that sounds like something I'd like to purchase ... 

49

Modern Video Games / Re: Life on Mars: Genesis - New Metroidvania for Sega Genesis

« on: August 09, 2022, 07:53:22 am »

Will there be a Megadrive Release as well?
Or is this just for genesis?

50

Classic Video Games / Re: What is the best PS2 launch title?

« on: August 03, 2022, 05:49:45 am »

I own my fat PS2 since the release date of Final Fantasy X (actually bought the console just to play this game), so I kind of missed most of the launch titles. Nowadays as collector I own some of them:

    Dynasty Warriors 2 (Koei, Action)
    Kessen (EA, Adventure)
    Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 (Midway, Sports)
    Summoner (THQ, RPG)
    TimeSplitters (Eidos, First-Person Shooter)

I rank Kessen among the tops bc it's just a fun strategic game that brings a lot of history behind the japanese unification wars. For it's time, this game was awesome in presentation of huge armies battles. I just loved the sequences of charging cavalry being thinned out by Arkebuse-fire

I actually played the game Summoner just a few months ago. I knew it as a kind of name in RPG's so I gave it a shot. For being this old, naturally gameplay speed is a bit of annoying to say the least, but the all-in-all background story, plot and setting of the game are really worked out well and I kind of got sucked into it. So that's also a title I'd consider one of the better launch titles of PS2.

I really ain't into sports games but Ready 2 Rumble Boxing can be fun even for non-sport-related gamers.

51

General / Re: What happened to this site?

« on: June 27, 2022, 02:58:24 am »

I for myself collect video games for about 5 years now. I started listing my collection on another site of this type until that site went down.

Maybe all the collectors that started during covid hang around on other sites than this oO ...

52

Classic Video Games / Re: How Many Of You Played A Round Of Klondike (Microsoft Classic Solitaire)?

« on: June 07, 2022, 03:28:05 am »

I did. In fact, solitaire and mine sweeper were the 1st. games I ever played on PC, followed by some old DOS-based economic simulations. But I always was a child of home consoles, so this was just a short period of my gaming life. 

53

Classic Video Games / Re: My 8-Bits: Interton VC 4000

« on: May 02, 2022, 07:12:24 am »

Funny, I live in Germany and this specific console was offered to me in box for 40,- euros just a few days ago. For it really being a different gamer's generation than I am, I refused. But this offer gave me the opportunity to look this thing up. I didn't knew it until then and am amazed by the fact that there was a microprocessor-driven console in the late 70's (I learned it was released in 1978 and the company went bancrupt in 1983) developed, produced and marketed in Germany.

54

General / Re: What are your dream developer/Series pairings?

« on: April 25, 2022, 08:26:56 am »

I'd love to see Bethesda making a AD&D related game in Elder Scrolls style 

55

General / Re: Consoles/Handhelds That You Hate

« on: April 19, 2022, 07:00:32 am »

Sega Gamegear: As a diehard Sega fan it's almost hard to admit this, but I've never been a fan of this handheld. I had a good friend as a kid who had one and even back then playing Sonic or other Genesis ports on it felt like a chore and something I had a hard time getting into. Later on as an adult I gave the platform another chance and I actually dislike it even more now. Part of this is I'm not a huge handheld fan, but also it just makes me want to play the proper Genesis versions of is games. And all the original releases for it aren't that great either, at least the ones I've played.

As a huge fan of the Sega Game Gear, had I not grown up with it and had the nostalgia, I'd probably not be that impressed by it either. Many of the games on it were dumbed down Genesis ports. I thought it was cool to be able to take these games on the go and as a kid, I had far more interest in handheld gaming than I ever have as an adult. Sega was always ahead of the curve technology wise but there was always a negative cost to it. For Game Gear, the cost was the extra batteries it would consume making AC and car adapters necessary. For a device on the go, I was always tethered to something with it.

Hate to be a brainiac, but aren't most GameGear titles ports of the MasterSystem rather than genesis? In fact, almost 80% of its library is ... especially when it comes to european region ...

56

General / Re: Owning the same title for multiple consoles

« on: April 13, 2022, 09:44:48 am »

Yea, when buying lots of games it does occurr that some games of same title but different system land in my shelfs. I don't do that intentionally, but sometimes it's very interesting to see the differences between a SNES-release and it's Megadrive Release.
Little example: Yogi Bear's Cartoon Capers - Background graphics on SNES are a little more detailed than in die Megadrive-Version, and you even have a big difference in gameplay: when getting hit on SNES-Version, Yogi looses a part of his lifepower ... same with the Megadrive version BUT on SMD you are able to recollect the lost piece of cake to regain the lost lifepower, quite similar to the rings in Sonic games. Besides that, Level-layout and all-in-all gameplay are identical.
It amuses me to experience such slight differences when playing.

57

General / Re: April 2022 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New

« on: April 05, 2022, 05:27:51 am »

My employers covid-bonus enabled me to boost my monthly game-budget a litte, so I paid my fav shop a visit:

Final Fantasy Legend III (GB)
Sword of Hope (GB)

Breath of Fire (GBA)
Spyro Adventure (GBA)
Sonic Advance 3 (GBA)

The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past (SNES)
Harvest Moon (SNES)

Super Thunder Blade (Megadrive)
Battle Frenzy (Megadrive)

Exhumed (Saturn)
Memory Backup Cartridge (Saturn)

3 Games that I had on my wish-list were already bought away, so I'll have to wait for them to rearrive in the shelves. But all-in-all it was an enjoyable shopping-trip 

58

Classic Video Games / Re: What is the hardest RPG you Ever Completed?

« on: March 30, 2022, 06:41:29 am »

I played a ton of different RPGs throughout my life and those that I kept in mind as very hard were:

Final Fantasy II - starting out quite cool, but ends up being brutal when it comes to enemy-strengh balance and random encounter frequence

Ys, vanished omens for SMS - you actually reach max lvl before entering the last dungeon, wich you spend more than half of the whole gametime in, and even with best equipment, enemies in the last areas strip you of half your HP with a single blow.

Different Wizardry titles - the fact, that some chars can't be revived in some cases, meaning to lose them for good - cruel!! And also the all-in-all difficulty is what hooked me into that games.

Phantasy Star II for SMD - I'm actually playing this game by now, and I tell you this: I'm really ... I mean REALLY good at grinding my chars to max ... nevertheless, even after leveling up for dozens of hours, the last dungeons and enemies in there are so hard, that there's always the possibility to not come out alive ... I rarely found strategic-RPGs where you never reach that certain point of being god-mode through grinding, but this particular game seems to be one of that kind.

(I also remember Phantasy Star III starting off quite the same, meaning, leaving first town and walking just a few steps to far ends up in being anihilated by the first foes you encounter)

I guess there are many more games of that type, and after beating dozens of strategic JRPG's easily due to my resilience in leveling, I actually prefer those games with a mean difficulty for the challenge they offer to a vet like me

59

General / Re: Which console had the most badass name? Branding and marketing discussion.

« on: March 28, 2022, 06:58:10 am »

I also would go along with the SEGA consoles.

SEGA Master System ... c'mon this sounds dominant as hell 

SEGA Megadrive, also sounds capable of things you weren't used to before ... like owning this magical device empowers you of things beyond imagination 

most other console came with rather humble names. The Nintendo Entertainment System ... perfectly fitting because it is what it is ... same with most other Nintendo consoles ... SONY also doesn't overstyle it when naming their console the Playstation.

So I guess SEGA did it ... Big Names in order to boost competition against strong competitors. Kind of neat 

60

General / Re: Cheapest game or console you ever bought?

« on: March 23, 2022, 08:32:17 am »

It's one of the most joyful things collecting retro video games, when you're able to get an item way below it's actual value/price.

I guess one of the most cost-efficient buys I ever made was buying two GB color coming with about 18 Games from a mother selling of her kids' old stuff not knowing what it was worth. I paid 30,- euro for everything, and those games included PokéMon Silver. Nice catch!

Another good buy was a PAL region SEGA Saturn (2nd. edition controller included) for about 70,- euro ... seller said it wasn't working properly, but he just didn't know that you can revive the internal memory by simply changing a litte battery in the back of the console ^^

Properly the cheapest - not even a buy - was that Wii console a friend of mine found between garbage that someone left at the sidewalk ^^ he gifted it to me and it ended up working flawlessly until this day, heehee ... only the foot was missing, but lookahere: exactly one year after that incident, he found the foot between garbage in front of the same house where he found that console! Life writes best comedy - I ended up owning a complete, working Nintendo Wii without paying anything.

Guess I'm quite good at profiting from the lack of knowledge of others, but hey, they got the amount of money they wanted