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General / Double Dragon Dodge Ball

« on: June 27, 2025, 11:44:22 am »

Ok guys... Out of left field comes... Double Dragon Dodgeball.

This looks to be a remaster/reskin of the NES game Super Dodgeball which was a favorite of mine. And oddly, it's a preorder bonus for Double Dragon Revive.

It includes a story and survival mode. 

The $35 digital game on PSN will net you both and from my understanding, you can download Dodgeball immediately. I'm really tempted and will probably hit the button this weekend.

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General / Question - Zelda Skyward Sword (Switch)

« on: January 24, 2025, 08:36:23 am »

Now that the Zelda Skyward Sword (Switch) port has been out for a while, I was wondering if any of you have played it and if the motion controls are a thing of the past? The Wii version killed me on Nintendo hardware for nearly 2 generations. It wasn't until they announced Switch would let you play how you wanted that I gave them another look.

So... how intrusive are the motion controls in the Switch port?

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Off Topic / Merry Christmas!

« on: December 24, 2024, 10:58:16 am »

I don't anticipate being online tomorrow so I'll say it today...

Merry Christmas everyone!

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General / Playstation 30th Anniversary

« on: December 03, 2024, 05:10:18 pm »

I've been with the Playstation brand since Christmas 1995... essentially from the start for N. America, and I thought it would be neat to have a Playstation appreciation thread, celebrating 30 years of the brand. We can get a discussion going on what our favorite Playstation era was, which games come to mind when thinking of each system, and where we think the platform is headed. While I'm going to be starting with PS1, this thread is for all Playstation systems across the 30 years, so dive into the conversation however you want.



Before the PS1 released, I was a Sega kid and looking forward to seeing what the Saturn had to offer. When the E3 editions of GamePro, EGM and other gaming magazines came out for their launch years, I read every detail for both systems probably a dozen times.

I looked at what each system offered in terms of games but also price, and I was only 14 years old at the time. I had no job to speak of and I had no reason to believe that I would be given one for the upcoming Christmas season.  Sony announced the Playstation would be a hundred bucks cheaper than the Sega Saturn, at the $299.99 mark and that caught my attention first.

Then I saw the games and accessories coming to the system. I thought the controller looked much better than the Saturn's. Then the memory cards looked like a fun piece of tech to own. Frankly, I wish Playstation still used memory cards like that. The game that really made me turn from Sega though... was Oddworld. Sure, they showed a CG video of the game followed by gameplay, but the graphcis at the time blew my mind. Then adding Wipeout, Ridge Racer, Destruction Derby and quite a few others they showed... and there was no way I was getting a Saturn.

Other notable games:
 - Dino Crisis 1 & 2
 - Resident Evil series
 - Tomb Raider series
 - Need for Speed series
 - Twisted Metal 2

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General / Past Collections

« on: November 01, 2024, 11:02:07 am »

Recently rebought 3 of my PS3 Assassin's Creed games in the AC Ezio Colleciton (PS4) and have been loving replaying AC2. This got me to thinking and not sure if anyone else does this, but today, I decided to use my "Currently Playing" list here on VGCollect as a way to keep track of what I used to own on PS3, but have yet to replace in remaster form... making them playable on PS4/5.

It was fun reminiscing about what I used to have. Titles I hadn't thought of in years came up as I went down a list on Wikipedia, and honestly... I kind of wish I still had many of them. Specifically the list of incredible arcade racers like Ridge Racer 7 and Motorstorm. Army of Two was another big one I wish would make a comeback, along with Infamous, Resistance, Killzone, Warhawk and quite a few others. Sony and other publishers are sitting on a gold mine of remaster possibilities and doing nothing with it. So sad.

Still, it was fun to go back and recall which ones I had and which ones I now have hope to see in the future, bringing them from PS3's locked ecosystem. Time will tell what happens.

Do you have a list of games you'd like to see make it into the modern ecosystems or are you good just grabbing the old hardware and enjoying them that way?

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Modern Video Games / Capcom Next - July 1st, 2024

« on: June 27, 2024, 09:46:46 am »

Finally! We have some potential with at least one interesting game confirmed... regardless that it's a remaster.

Capcom Next will give us an update on what Capcom is currently working on and they already announced a remake of Dead Rising, which I enjoyed back in the day and would revisit as I don't have it anymore. It's said that we'll get more info on that game, and I'm sure there'll be some odd random stuff like RE7 on iOS *vomits.

Capcom has an incredible amount of potential given their history and the dormant IPs they could revive. After their recent survey, Dino Crisis was a top contender, and while way early to show anything as it's only been a month or so, they could confirm they are listening to fans. I won't hold my breath.

Potential to actually be announced:
 - Resident Evil Code Veronica Remake
 - Resident Evil Zero Remake
 - Resident Evil Remake Remake (release for 30th anniversary in 2026?)

Hoping to see announced:
 - Dino Crisis Remake
 - Bionic Commando Rearmed port
 - Ducktales Remastered port
 - Onimusha remaster/remake
 - Lost Planet remake

Lots of potential, but we'll see what we get. Don't get your expectations too high. Here are the times the show starts... July 1st.

North America: 3pm PDT / 4pm MDT / 5pm CDT / 6pm EDT
UK/Ire: 11pm BST
Europe: 12am (Tue) CEST / 1am (Tue) EEST
Asia/Oceania: 7am (Tue) JST / 6am (Tue) AWST / 8am (Tue) AEST

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Modern Video Games / May 30th Playstation State of Play

« on: May 29, 2024, 02:17:59 pm »

It's the start of the season of game announcements. Looks like Sony is going first with their 30 min State of Play they announced for tomorrow... May 30th.

The State of Play will begin at 3pm PT / 6pm ET / 11pm BST | May 31 12am CEST / 7am JST.

Let the predictions begin!

The one thing that's a good possibility is the rumored new Astrobot game. Aside from that, I expect nothing. Why? This generation has been abysmal in terms of generation exclusive games that are worth my while... or at least that caught my attention enough to warrant a purchase. The only current gen exclusive titles I've purchased are:

A Plague Tale Requiem
Star Wars: Jedi Survivor
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Helldivers 2

That's an average of one good generation exclusive game per year for the PS5. 

Hopefully that changes soon.

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Off Topic / FF7 Rebirth Soundtrack

« on: April 21, 2024, 08:15:10 am »

A bit frustraited at the FF7 Rebirth soundtrack. Love the music, but not willing to pay $70 for an absured collection of 175 songs across 7-8 discs. There's like... a dozen songs in the game I really liked. Went to Amazon to piece meal it at a buck each, and they don't even allow you to listen to the tracks without purchase... let alone purchase individual songs. So that sucks. Cheapest I can go is $45 for the entire digital group of 175 songs... but I'm still wasting about $30 on the 160 songs I wouldn't bother listening too more than once.

Very annoying.

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Modern Video Games / Baulder's Gate 3 Physicial Release Confirmed

« on: November 16, 2023, 01:19:56 pm »

It's a beautiful edition, but man... not what I expected. I mean... I kind of expected a collector's edition, but I also expected a regular vanilla edition. There doesn't appear to be a vanilla edition. It comes with a lot and it's only $10 more... sitting at $80 to preorder. I suppose that's fair given most new games are now $70.

Without burying the lead, here's the link to preorder direct from their site:

https://box.baldursgate3.game/

I honestly don't know if other retailers will be getting copies to sell. As of this time, I don't see it listed on Gamestop. If you buy the game on PS5 it'll come on 2 discs. If you buy it on Xbox, it'll come on 3 discs. If you buy it on PC, you'll get 1 disc and a download code.

I've personally been holding off to get a phycisal edition. Not sure I'll pick it up at that price. What about you? Are you interested in buying it?

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General / Black Friday 2023

« on: November 15, 2023, 01:58:05 pm »

Black Friday ads are finally starting to release. Walmart's just released today and happy to say the Sonic game I was going to get for my son is on there for 33% off. That's fair considering the game just released. Their ad also has me scratching my head as three of the games I had some interest in after a price drop have made it in their ad:

- Hogwarts Legacy (PS5) $40
- Star Wars Jedi Survivor (PS5) $35
- God of War Ragnarok (PS5) $40

I enjoyed the first games of the other two, but I'm leaning towards Hogwarts as it's something different. Thoughts?


Link to the ad: - Games start on page 49.

https://blackfriday.com/ads/black-friday/walmart

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General / Playstation Showcase - Summer Game Fest

« on: May 14, 2023, 10:56:22 am »

Updated this thread to include the Playstation showcase set for Wed the 24th. I expect much to be shown. Rumors are already swirling. Now the question is... what do they have up their sleeves? Mortal Kombat 1 was already announced, so that's not going to be a surprise there.



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Summer Game Gest is coming upon us and seems to have officially replaced E3. Gone are the days of live shows that fans could attend and try their hands at new software and upcoming hardware. Gone are the days of free gaming swag, the geeking out among peers, and the booth babes. Now... we have only digital events that feel cold and hollow but at least we can still get some interesting announcements... assuming the industry pulls out of a nose dive.

You can check out the schedule on their site but I'll post the main times below the link:

https://www.summergamefest.com/

June 8th -
3pm ET - Main showcase
5pm ET - Indie Dev showcase

June 11th -
1pm ET - Xbox showcase / Starfield Direct after

June 12th -
1pm ET - Ubisoft showcase

I assume more times will be added as we get closer given all the publishers/developers that will be attending:



Seeing some pretty big possibilities that could come to this show, but honestly, my expectations are still really low given the last few years of what the industry has had to offer. What's possible though? What would be my dream announcements that would shoot a spark of excitement up my spine?

 - Uncharted continuation (Playstation will be present)
 - Tomb Raider (Amazon will be present)
 - Indiana Jones (Microsoft will be present)
 - Mass Effect 5 (EA will be present)
 - Shenmue 4 (Sega will be present)
 - Dino Crisis reboot (Capcom will be present)

Now... do I expect any of the above to be shown? It's surely possible, but no. I have zero expectations for this show. And to point out the big name not present, at least for now, I didn't see Nintendo's logo. I expect they'll have their own direct separate from this and the one thing I really want from them at this point... Zelda Twilight Princess HD on Switch. That's truly the only I would care to see from them.

So what are your expectations and hopes? Anything that you're hoping finally gets announced or that you'll see an update on?

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General / Online Gaming Sites You Trust?

« on: May 01, 2023, 08:37:47 am »

Hi all.

I regretted selling my Sega CD model 2 system back in the day (around 2012?) and want to get one again. While I would love to get a Sega CDX, I think the model 2 Genesis with the model 2 Sega CD is probably one of the slickest system designs (visually) of all time.

I've started the process of looking around price wise. My local shops don't have a Sega CD 2 and I've checked www.estarland.com and they don't have any either. Half or more of the Sega CD 2's on eBay are broken and state as such but for some reason, they still ask the amount of a working one. So a couple questions for the community here:

1. What online sites other than eBay would you trust to purchase retro games/systems from?
2. What sites/businesses do you trust to fix your broken systems?

Thanks for the replies.

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General / Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Retro Collection Announced

« on: April 26, 2023, 10:09:12 pm »

Ok, I'm tentatively excited about this. I'm a huge Jurassic Park fan and have been hoping for a collection like the TMNT Cowabunga Collection we got last year. There seem to be a couple catches on this though. First, it's Limited Run Games. Second, they only mention the Nintendo games.

For me to buy this, they'll need to at least add all the Sega games. The collection is said to be releasing this year. The full list nor the platforms are announced as of yet.

Here's my wish list for this collection:
 - Jurassic Park (Genesis)
 - JP Rampage Edition (Genesis)
 - JP (Game Gear)
 - JP (Sega CD)
 - JP (SNES)
 - JP (NES)
 - JP (Game Boy)
 - JP 2 (SNES)
 - JP 2 (Game Boy)
 - JP (3DO)
 - Lost World (Genesis)
 - LW (Game Gear)
 - LW (PS1/Saturn)
 - LW (Game Boy)
 - Warpath JP (PS1)

As it stands, they only pictured the first game's Nintendo releases. On top of that, I don't expect any of the Lost World games as the 30th Anniversary for those would be 2027. Time will tell.

Link below:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/04/the-jurassic-park-games-are-getting-a-30th-anniversary-retro-collection

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General / Selling/Trading Games -- 2023

« on: April 25, 2023, 08:35:57 am »

Probably since the early PS4 days, I decided to hold off on trading/selling any games, figuring that I'd at some point, return to a completed game for another go around. Plus, prices were worse than driving a new car off the lot. You'd be lucky to recoup 50% of your purchase as soon as you opened the game.

I took a look at my PS5 collection and decided that I'm going to trade in Horizon FW to put towards the new Zelda. The $15-$20 isn't needed. I'm not hurting financially. I just find that I've lost interest in the game due to it being so bloated with content that doesn't interest me. The main story was ok, but just wasn't pulling me in. On top of that, I don't have the time to play through every 30-100 hour game anymore. There was a time, where I would push through a game to complete the story. I did that with the first Watch Dogs, AC Origins and others. Then, with my current shift in how I spend my free time (decided to try my hand at writing a novel), I know I won't be revisiting Forbidden West.

I know many here are hardcore collector's. After all, this is VG Collect. Have you hit a point anytime this year where you've decided to downsize?

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General / Your Largest Purchase Pause?

« on: April 22, 2023, 09:11:02 am »

I took a step back this morning and decided to figure out what the last game I bought was, and as it turns out, it was MK11 Ultimate for PS5 -- as seen in my signature below. I purchased that in late December and started playing it in January. Not a game per se, but my last gaming purchase was the mClassic, also in January. My next gaming purchase is going to be the new Zelda releasing late next month, so there will be a five month gap between any purchases of actual games.

While five months is almost nothing in the spectrum of a life, it's nearly half a year. I usually will be buying older titles but have just about caught up with what I'm wanting to collect. Then I've been replaying Witcher 3 and a bunch of older games.

My usual purchase habits are about a single game per month all the way up to 3-4 games (average) per month in my more intense collecting days with a few years going as high as more than 40 games in a single year. This year, it seems I'll be lucky to hit 4 purchases for the entire year. Seems so odd in contrast to where I used to be.

I've heard before that sometimes gamers need a break from gaming and maybe that's where I'm at. What about you though? Have you ever had a lull in purchases or did you decide you needed a break from collecting or simply buying games at some point?