Its a new year and time to look back on the best games I added to my collection.
As always I'll pick out 30 games and they are based on how bad I wanted them, Being pricy and found a good deal
or just because I think its super cool. I'd love to hear your best pickup from 2021, you don't have to list 30,
maybe your top 5, or top two. I know not everyone gets as much as I do in one year.
30. Circus Convoy (Atari 2600)When I heard two of the original Atari 2600 Activision Developers where making a new game for the Atari I had to get a copy.
They even included patches and special patches if you made a high score (just like back in the day)
A quality game that feels like it could have come out in the 80s. A must own for Atari fans.
29. Castlevania Resurrection (DC)When I found out a Dreamcast Castlevania prototype was found I was hoping someone would make a homebrew physical version.
I found someone who did and had to buy one. The game is no where near finished and is just buggy test levels it still great to see what
could have been. Fun to mess around with but that's about it.
28. Danganrompa Trilogy (PS4/Switch)When this game first came out on PS4 I didn't buy it due to I had the original CE for each one. Thought... Eh I'll pick it up later.
Then the game because rare, and prices shot up to well over $100. My local used game store even got a used copy and wanted $145 for it.
Then NIS decided to make more copies and I nabbed one before they sold out. Sucks to be one of those who payed over $60 for one now.
They also just released it for the Switch and I got the Collector's Edition of it too.
27. International Superstar Soccer 2000 (N64)I'm slowly going for a complete collection for N64, The one game that I can never find in the wild is this game.
Online its been going for $70+, I found a copy and made an offer for $40 and the seller excepted. Down to only 4 games to complete
the N64 collection as of writing this.
26. Papers, Please (VITA)As one of the last games released in the US I knew this game was going to sell out fast. I got on LRG's site as soon as they went for sale
and they sold out before I could finish checkout. So... I had to buy the bundle for $300. (came with other games and collector's Editions.)
Took almost a year to get to me. I had to do the same thing with Super Meat Boy and I hope I don't have to wait as long... But I fear I will. lol
25. Woody & Kunta: Treasure Island (GP32)Many of you are thinking "WTF is this game?" It's for a rare handheld I picked up last year. When I picked up the system
it didn't have a game for it. I finally found a game CIB and was under $100. Just hate having a System with no game for it.
24. Mines of Minos (Atari 2600)It's rare I pickup an original Atari 2600 game because most of the games I'm missing are super rare to find in the wild.
I saw an open Auction for this game I needed and I won it for a low amount. I want to say I got it for $11. Label isn't perfect
but the price was right.
23. SNK Gals Fighters (NGP) This is one of the most wanted games for the Neo Geo Pocket. My local used game store got in a batch of NGP games and I saw they got in
Gal Fighters (US version) for $80. Online people want over $200 for a loose cart of the US version. Think they might have priced it based on the Japanese
version.
22. Tamashii (PS4)When Limited Rare games had a surprise game go up for sale on Halloween last year I jumped on it and got in a order.
Then later they dropped another game I still hope will show up in the mail. Then Limited Rare claimed "Their site was taken over
buy someone else" and they got it back, They claim Tamashii wasn't theirs. This publisher is so trolly I have no idea what to believe.
Just glad I got this game in my collection. Limited Rare just gets weirder and stranger every year.
21. Bishojou Alien Battle (FDS)When Ebay announced that many offensive "Porn Video Games" would be removed from being sold, I looked up Adult games for consoles
and found a few that might get banned. Many will go under the radar, but a few could have issues. This could be one.
I sent an offer to the seller and got it for a decent price. I'm not going into details of this games content, but its kinda F'd up.
So far you can still order any "adult" console game on Ebay, I think the only ones effected are PC. You can still order The Guy Game and it was the first
I thought would be effected.
20. Sony PocketstationI can't believe it took this long for me to get one of these, Some say its a console, but I just think of it as Sony's version of the Dreamcast's
VMU. It's a cute mini LCD game. I got the Clear version and it came with a game.
19. Gryphon Knight Epic (PS4)This was a game I missed ordering when it first came out. Then the price shot through the roof. I found a seller with Best offer and got him to except
at about half what people are asking. Its a fun shooter, I don't know if its worth $200-$300 fun. But fun to play.
18. S.O.S. Sink or Swim (SNES)I've been hunting for most any non-sport games I need for SNES, I found this game in the wild with it's Manual and the store owner made me a
good deal for it. I never played it and its an puzzle adventure game that takes place on a flooding underwater base. Glad to finally play it.
17. Musya: The Classic Japanese Tale of Horror (SNES)Another game that I finally found in the wild, Not the greatest game but not the worst ether. I don't know if I'd call it a "horror" game like in the title.
But I haven't seen this game in the wild in forever, when my local used game store got a copy in for almost half the price online I had to get it.
16. SWAT Kats (SNES)Another SNES game I found at my local used game store at a good price. Again a game I almost never see and I had to get it. The game is...
Okay. Basic platformer shooter based on a failed cartoon. Glad to add this odd game to my SNES collection.
15. Donkey Kong Jr. Game & WatchI stopped at my local used game store and I saw this in their cabinet. I asked to see it and it was next to new. As I was checking it out another
video game collector saw me looking at it and was hoping I'd pass. But it was under what it was going for online and this was complete and mint.
I had to buy it and add it to my small G&W collection.
14. Snow White and the 7 Clever Boys (PS2)I remember first wanting this game when I saw the AVGN talk about it's ugly cover... Oh boy the Nerd really needs to play these games. lol
These Disney knockoff games need to be seen to believe how bad these are. I just love the ugly cover and the cartoon has to be seen to believe
how bad it is. This is the rarest of the Phoenix Disney rip offs and I'm proud to add it to my collection.
13. Legend of Oasis (SAT)I'm always on the hunt for Saturn games I'm missing. I was at a gaming expo early this year and found this game there and the seller made me a deal.
The game is actually pretty good. An over head action game that not polygon graphics. Its holds up better then most Saturn games.
12. Collector Vision PhoenixI was happy to get a pre-order for the Phoenix. It plays Colecovision games real well on a HDTV. Best way to play CV games today.
Now I haven't tested every game, but I tested many of it's popular games and it seems to play them pretty good. Glad I got one.
11. Metroid Dread Collector's Edition (Switch)I was super excited to see a new Metroid game in the 2D style. I tried to pre-order it and it sold out everywhere by the time I found out.
Lucky for me on the night before it came out many stores had it up to order, so I ordered the Collector's Edition and Amiibo set.
I love this game, I was more excited to play this then Metroid Prime 4. I hope Nintendo makes another Metroid in this style in the near future.
Don't make us wait another 10 years Nintendo. lol
10. Oretachi Game Center Zoku Sono 15: Akumajou Dracula (PS2)This was the arcade version of Castlevania, mainly released in Japan but supposedly it was released in the US as Haunted Castle.
The only version of it on home console was on the PS2 in Japan. I finally got a copy for my Castlevania collection.
9. Phillips Videopac+ G7400Did you know there was an Magnavox Odyssey 3? In Europe it was released as the Videopac Plus and played both Videopac and Videopac Plus games.
The system is only slightly better then the older model. It was supposed to be released in the US but because of the crash of 1983 it was canceled.
Well I finally found one and made and offer and got a decent price for it. Glad to finally have one in my collection.
8. Hyper Shot and Space Shadow (FAM)The second I saw this thing I had to have it. A machine gun Light Gun. It can play with any Famicom light gun game and has its own game that uses all it's
features. A light gun game that you can go full auto with and it even vibrates and has sound coming out of the gun. It even has a built in control stick and B button.
If it had an A button you technically could play any Famicom game with it. Only down side is you can't use it on a NES.
7. 1001 Spikes (PS4)This was a game that the only physical copies made where sent to reviewers, I was able to negotiate a deal with a seller and got it close to half off his asking price.
This game could still get an official release, but its been out a while now and still only physical copies are super rare.
Glad to get it incase it is never officially released.... And if it does get a release I over payed for this game. lol
6. Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou (SFAM)A strange beat em up that I've wanted in my collection for some time, I was able to get a cart at a decent price. This game may be a little on the weird side,
But its a lot fun. I can see why Piko Released it as a Translated Homebrew (Gourmet Fighter).
5. Kyuin (PS1)A strange "Cute'em up" that's been on my most wanted Imports for some time. I've see complete copies selling for $500-$1000+, I sent an offer to a seller
and it was excepted. A shoot'em up where you play a kid riding a vacuum shooting strange things. I had to have it. lol
4. Metal Warriors (SNES)I was on the hunt for this game, I was at a Game Expo and a seller there made me a deal for a CIB copy for the same price other sellers want for a loose
cart. Was not expecting to get a CIB at all. This game is fantastic, I was playing it for hours.
3. Harmful Park (PS1)Another "Cute'em up" that was number one game I've wanted in my collection for what seems like forever. I finally pulled the trigger when I got a copy
at the right price. If you like weird and silly shooters its a must own.
2. Burgertime (Arcade Cabinet) I only have space for so many Arcade Cabinets and Burgertime was one on the top of my list. I've been searching for an original Arcade for years.
I finally see one pop up on FB Marketplace and it was at a good price. After seeing it I had to buy it. I love this Cabinet.
1. The Daewoo ZemmixI've been hunting for an original Zemmix sense I first saw one in a gaming museum many years ago. A few popped up on EBAY but always sold for way more
then I wanted to spend. Finally one showed up and I made the seller an offer and to my surprise he excepted. This has to be one of the rarest consoles in
my collection. I'm so happy to own one after many years of searching.
Again post your best pickups of 2021, I don't expect 30, just your top 5.
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