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Classic Video Games / Re: Surprisingly good DS games

« on: January 18, 2021, 03:59:24 pm »

I was really surprised by...

1) Magical Starsign
2) Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes

The only two that come to mind at the moment... I am sure there were lots more!

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General / Re: Your Thoughts About Educational Video Games For Child & Teens

« on: January 18, 2021, 03:57:47 pm »

When you say educational games, I say let the kiddos play Assassin's Creed. Plenty to learn there!

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Classic Video Games / Re: Do You Think Most Of The PlayStation 1 Library Is Being Ignored

« on: July 10, 2020, 07:06:23 pm »

I love the PS1 library, but find it hard to play the games. The load times are a bit much and games seem to draaaaaag when playing them. The last one I was playing was Legend of Draaaaaaaaagging-Oooooooooooon. I got annoyed and had to stop. Wonder if I thought the same thing back then but just pushed through it.

I do like to pick them up on sale on the PSN and play them for a bit on the Vita. I rarely do more than immerse myself in the nostalgia though.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Box art for PS5 games first look

« on: July 10, 2020, 07:00:52 pm »

I am just afraid the white will be that offwhite/grey/beige/weird stained color that old electronics turned back in the 80s...

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General / Re: Sony license server is having problems.

« on: July 10, 2020, 06:53:51 pm »

I think I saw this pop up somewhere before. I think it was fixed by rebuilding the database?

I saw this issue on my vita a while back. I just had to sign in to my plus account to restore the licenses.

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Marketplace / Re: Is anyone interested in this old PC stuff?

« on: July 07, 2020, 11:04:20 am »

Heroes 3: Shadows of Death and the AD&D Starter kit.

I had sacrificed all the other big boxes to moves both across the atlantic and cross Canada. They, like a bunch of my stuff were thrown out to make room or lost in a box that never arrived.

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Marketplace / Is anyone interested in this old PC stuff?

« on: July 07, 2020, 12:12:17 am »

Hi All,

I know I am not including pictures (it is a ton of stuff), but will add pictures of specific items if asked. If you are interested in something, let me know what and we can discuss.

I know that some of them have keys and if they do, they have been used. You'd be buying a display piece

AD&D Starter Kit (+ PoD hint book and 9 game collection CD, Missing Pools of Radiance disk)   Almost complete
Baldur's Gate (1+2, +expansions)   Disks
Bioshock   CiB
Bioshock 2   CiB
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!   CiB
Dark Messiah   CiB
Dark Sun 1+2   Disks
Demigod   CiB

Deus Ex: Human Revolution   CiB
Dragon Age 2   CiB
DragoN Age: Awakening   CiB
Dragon Age: Origins CE   CiB
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey   CiB
Dungeon Siege: Gold Release (Press disks)   Disks
Fallout 3   CiB
Fallout 4   CiB
Fallout Collection   CiB
Guild Wars   CiB
Guild Wars: Eye of the North   CiB
Guild Wars: Factions   CiB
Guild Wars: Nightfall   CiB
Heroes III: Shadows of Death (Big box, +1, 2, 2E, 3, 3E1, 4x Chronicles disks and some manuals)
Heroes 4 (+2 expansions, in Gathering Storm box with no manual)
Heroes of Might and Magic V (+2 expansions)   CiB
Icewind Dale II (+ ID1+expac disks)   CiB
Jade Empire: Limited Edition   CiB
Might and Magic Heroes VI   CiB
Might and Magic VI, VII, VIII, IX   Disks
Neverwinter Nights (incl. 2 expansions, all original boxes)   CiB
Neverwinter Nights 2 (+2 expansions)   CiB
Oblivion GOTY   CiB
Overlord   CiB
Planescape Torment   Disks
Portal   CiB
Rome: Total War   Disks
Silver   Disks
Skyrim   CiB
Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided   CiB
Star Wars Galaxies: Total Experience   CiB
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic   CiB
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2   CiB
Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void   CiB
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty   CiB (I don't know where my Zerg one is.......)
Stronghold   Disks
The Last Remnant   CiB
The Temple of Elemental Evil   CiB
The Witcher   CiB
The Witcher 2   CiB
The Witcher 3   CiB
Titanfall   CiB
Tomb Raider: Legend   CiB
Tomb Raider: Underworld   CiB

I also have empty Warcraft 3 boxes and other MMO boxes (LotRO, WAR, Wrath, DAoC)

SOLD
Descent to Undermountain   Disks
Pools of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor   disks

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General / Re: How do you rationalize paying a ton of money for a single game?

« on: February 15, 2019, 10:20:16 pm »

Honestly, it depends on how much I want it. I collect games because I WANT them. I collect series of games, so things like Dracula X or Bloodlines, or even Contra Hard Corps, are games that I will buy if I find a good condition copy. Mega Man V for Game Boy? If I have the cash on hand when I see it, MINE! I like the series and I play all of these games, so for me it is a no brainer. And we have no clue how these things will be priced in the future.

But, buying expensive games for the fact of buying games? If I see a copy of that rare Clayfighter game from Blockbuster? I'd buy it if I could get a nice profit on it, but it is not something I want to play, nor collect, so I have no real reason to collect it.

So yeah, only if I will play it and want to put it on display.

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General / Re: January 2019 - Recently added to collection/recently purchased

« on: January 05, 2019, 10:23:13 pm »

On the 18th I will be ordering both Celeste and Iconoclasts for Switch from LRG. Otherwise, Kingdom Hearts 3 will be on its way for the 29th. 5 year old preorder from a company that no longer exists (but will be honored by Best Buy) for the win!

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General / Re: What is your biggest collecting regret?

« on: January 02, 2019, 02:17:41 am »

I regret a few things.

1. Selling my NES/SNES games prior to moving across the great pond to Germany. I have a bunch I have spent way more replacing...
2. Selling my GB games when I got a modded SNES in Germany... to buy US SNES games.
3. Giving away all those juicy SNES games in their complete boxes... including Earthbound. Ouch.
4. Shipping my games across country... My Suikoden II + 20ish other games... that never arrived.
5. AND FINALLY STARTING TO BUILD THIS BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION A FEW YEARS AGO. Damn you, Pierre!

I would be so much richer now... Oh well, I love looking at my shelves!

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General / Re: Do y'all have your digital games added to your collection list on this site?

« on: January 02, 2019, 02:11:02 am »

I use this site to track what I OWN when I go to conventions and retro stores. I use HLTB to track my actual backlog. Yes, I need to enter things twice, but I find it cathartic. I also have an Excel sheet for personal tracking, in case either of the online tools go down.

I don't consider digital games to be mine forever. If you look at the WiiWare service... all those exclusives are about to disappear for good. I can't get Gradius Rebirth anymore... outside of buying a console with the game already on it. So on this site, I don't track digital.

I also don't like to buy digital games anymore. I don't mind DLC, but I have been trying to find it all on sale, so yeah. Celeste physical? I might bite. The Messenger? I need that shit on disk. Or I just won't play them. I have too much stuff anyways.

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General / Re: What is the main focus of your collection if you have one?

« on: January 02, 2019, 02:03:26 am »

I collect items that I want to one day play. Or stuff that I played as a kid and just want to have. Or stuff that grabs my fancy. Or stuff that I was told I need to play and I haven't and they kind of look ok.

Of course, I don't look for any cardboard boxes anymore. I just want to get some plastic cases (when I have the cash... or they start shipping them from somewhere in Canada) with nice printed labels (I have a couple that I got with games I bought at conventions, so I want to match those). I still have some of the boxes from my gb/c/a games, but would gladly sell them or exchange them against some good plastic cases...

Of course, in 2019, I need to cut down how much I am allowing myself to spend on games, so I will need to be even more discerning! So more research! And backlog whittling we will go!

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General / Re: Grey's RPG Madness

« on: July 08, 2018, 01:47:12 am »

Gods... it would take me hours to list the RPGs I have finished over the years. And I took a couple to go through some game lists. You can subtract Zeldas if you don't believe they are RPGs... I just included them to be inclusive. Some are duplicates, but I did play them in the different versions and sometimes multiple times (like probably 20+ runs through of FF1 over the years).

151 RPGs completed on Nintendo systems. Probably 2-3 times that many if you factor in my other consoles and PC games...

Despite what my parents and girlfriend say... Time well spent!

If you want the list...
Title   System
Bravely Default   3DS
Bravely Second   3DS
Fire Emblem: Awakening   3DS
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team   3DS
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam   3DS
Paper Mario: Sticker Star   3DS
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire   3DS
Shin Megami Tensei IV   3DS
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse   3DS
Tales of the Abyss    3DS
The Alliance Alive   3DS
The Legend of Legacy   3DS
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow   DS
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia   DS
Castlevania: Portrain of Ruin   DS
Children of Mana   DS
Chrono Trigger    DS
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime   DS
Dragon Quest IV   DS
Dragon Quest IX   DS
Dragon Quest V   DS
Dragon Quest VI   DS
Etrian Odyssey   DS
Etrian Odyssey 2   DS
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates   DS
Final Fantasy III   DS
Final Fantasy IV   DS
Final Fantasy Tactics A2   DS
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings   DS
Final Fantasy: 4 Warriors of Light   DS
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn   DS
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days   DS
Kingdom Hearts: Recoded   DS
Legacy of Ys: Books I & II   DS
Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals   DS
Lunar Knights   DS
Lunar: Dragon Song   DS
Magical Starsign   DS
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story   DS
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time   DS
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes   DS
My World My Way   DS
Phantasy Star Zero   DS
Radiant Historia   DS
Rondo of Swords   DS
Suikoden: Tierkreis   DS
Summon Night: Twin Age   DS
Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Endless Frontier   DS
The Dark Spire   DS
The World Ends With You   DS
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass   DS
Zelda: Spirit Tracks   DS
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles   Gamecube
Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition   Gamecube
Lost Kingdoms   Gamecube
Mega Man X: Command Mission   Gamecube
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door   Gamecube
Tales of Symphonia   Gamecube
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures   Gamecube
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time & Master Quest...   Gamecube
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker    Gamecube
Final Fantasy Adventure   GB
Final Fantasy Legend II   GB
Final Fantasy Legend III   GB
Great Greed   GB
The Final Fantasy Legend   GB
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening   GB
Breath of Fire   GBA
Breath of Fire II   GBA
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow   GBA
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon   GBA
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance   GBA
Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls   GBA
Final Fantasy IV Advance   GBA
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance   GBA
Final Fantasy V Advance   GBA
Final Fantasy VI Advance   GBA
Golden Sun   GBA
Golden Sun: The Lost Age   GBA
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories   GBA
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga   GBA
Mazes of Fate   GBA
Mega Man Battle Network   GBA
Mega Man Battle Network 2   GBA
Phantasy Star Collection   GBA
Riviera   GBA
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon...   GBA
Shining Soul   GBA
Shining Soul II   GBA
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story   GBA
Sword of Mana   GBA
Tales of Phantasia   GBA
The Legend of Zelda (Classic NES Series)   GBA
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords...   GBA
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap   GBA
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Classic NES Series)...   GBA
Dragon Warrior I & II   GBC
Dragon Warrior III   GBC
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX   GBC
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages   GBC
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons   GBC
Gauntlet Legends   N64
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time   N64
Paper Mario   N64
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask   N64
Battle of Olympus   NES\FC
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest   NES\FC
Dragon Warrior   NES\FC
Dragon Warrior IV   NES\FC
Final Fantasy   NES\FC
Final Fantasy III   NES\FC
StarTropics   NES\FC
The Legend of Zelda   NES\FC
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link   NES\FC
Brain Lord   SNES\SFC
Breath of Fire   SNES\SFC
Breath of Fire II   SNES\SFC
Chrono Trigger    SNES\SFC
E.V.O.: Search for Eden   SNES\SFC
Earthbound   SNES\SFC
Equinox   SNES\SFC
Final Fantasy II   SNES\SFC
Final Fantasy III   SNES\SFC
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest   SNES\SFC
Final Fantasy V   SNES\SFC
Illusion of Gaia   SNES\SFC
Lagoon   SNES\SFC
Lufia & the Fortress of Doom   SNES\SFC
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals   SNES\SFC
Paladin's Quest   SNES\SFC
Robotrek   SNES\SFC
Secret of Evermore   SNES\SFC
Secret of Mana   SNES\SFC
Secret of Mana 2: Seiken Densetsu 3    SNES\SFC
Soulbazer   SNES\SFC
Super Mario RPG   SNES\SFC
Terranigma    SNES\SFC
The 7th Saga   SNES\SFC
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past   SNES\SFC
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle   Switch
Baroque   Wii
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and Tower of Mirrors...   Wii
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years    Wii
Opoona   Wii
Pandora's Tower   Wii
Super Paper Mario   Wii
The Last Story   Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword   Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess   Wii
Xenoblade Chronicles   Wii
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE   Wii U

And because I can... my Nintendo System backlog:
Title   System
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past   3DS
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King   3DS
Ever Oasis   3DS
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance   3DS
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions   3DS
Persona Q: Shadows of the Labyrinth   3DS
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Break Record   3DS
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked   3DS
Stella Glow   3DS
Baten Kaitos Origins   Gamecube
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean...   Gamecube
Lost Kingdoms II   Gamecube
The Sword of Hope II   GB
Mother 3   GBA
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2   GBA
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 Cobi's Journey (GBC)...   GBC
Crystalis   NES\FC
Dragon Warrior II   NES\FC
Dragon Warrior III   NES\FC
Faxanadu   NES\FC
Legacy of the Wizard   NES\FC
Secret of the Stars   SNES\SFC
Lost Sphear   Switch
Octopath Traveler   Switch
Xenoblade Chronicles 2   Switch
Arc Rise Fantasia   Wii
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World   Wii
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD   Wii U
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD   Wii U
Xenoblade Chronicles X   Wii U

Fun times.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Trying to find a 20-in-1 cart that I had as a kid...

« on: December 01, 2017, 11:48:32 pm »

That lists looks really close! The cart itself does not jog my memory and Exerion looks like something I would have played a sa kid... but I didn't. So close!

Thanks, man! Just seeing some of these games in action is cathartic. The nostalgia! My dad with his Galaga... my mom with her dearest Wild Gunman... Yep, five of us took turns deciding what we would play next!

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Classic Video Games / Trying to find a 20-in-1 cart that I had as a kid...

« on: December 01, 2017, 12:50:37 am »

I've been thinking of tracking this down just for the nostalgia factor. It was a famicom disk with a converter (attached with electrical tape, as we bought it damaged).

It had the following games (I am pretty sure... I will list the ones i am confidant I was there first):

Mario Bros, Ice Climber, Pinball, Galaga, Road Fighter
Wild Gunman, Star Force, Ikki, Yie Ar Kung Fu, some Mahjong game (not sure which, I couldn't read the text)
Pacman, F-1 Race, Battle Tank, Circus Charlie, Excitebike
Baseball

Not 100% sure, but pretty confidant:
Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, Donkey Kong Classics (I remember having all three as a kid, but the edition may be different)

I have been trying to remember the 20th, but it must have been a Japanese title, as I have no clue what it could be, and my memory is not being helped by reading through a complete list).

Any help would be awesome!