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Classic Video Games / Re: King's Field

« on: December 19, 2013, 09:55:03 pm »

I've been dabbling in them recently as KF 1 - 3 and Shadow Tower are/were(?) free on the Japanese PS+ service. I'm terrible at them, and I love it. They're the sort of games that I never want to get good at or even finish, because I'm just enjoying wandering around exploring and finding cool things in out-of-the-way places (and then getting killed by whatever was nearby)

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: December 19, 2013, 12:58:29 pm »

Thank you very much!

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: December 19, 2013, 11:05:35 am »

Sorry I've been absent, I've been busy writing for Nintendo Life! I've got four pieces up there so far, with at least two more on the way

(From oldest to newest) -
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/12/feature_why_i_love_import_gaming
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/12/matters_of_import_shining_force_feather
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/12/segas_japanese_christmas_present_for_3ds_owners_is_puyo_puyo_tsuu
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/12/video_watch_the_chickens_come_home_to_roost_in_the_new_3ds_harvest_moon

Really enjoying myself - hope you enjoy my posts!

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General / Re: Your 10/10 Games?

« on: December 10, 2013, 09:43:56 pm »

I don't get all the love for Nights.

It's a very pretty game, but beyond that, there's not much there, IMO. You fly around in a gigantic circle, collect orbs, and do loopdy-loops. It just seems very simplistic, and kind of pointless other than it being a showcase for what the Saturn was capable of graphically. Kind of like Sega's version of Pilotwings.

Shmups can be "beaten" by holding down the fire button and hitting continue when you die, but it's really all about the score - just like NiGHTS.

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General / Re: Your 10/10 Games?

« on: December 10, 2013, 12:12:56 pm »

Not taking this too seriously (as in, I'm not listing these on any sort of proper objective scale) -

NiGHTS into Dreams
Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst (only specifying BB because each successive version adds more to an already brilliant game)
Puyu Puyo Tsuu
Puzzle Bobble 2X
Mushihimesama Futari
Rod Land
Kiseki series
Sakura Taisen 1 and 3
Boku no Natsuyasumi series
Fantasia Sango series
Gu Jian Qi Tan series

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Classic Video Games / Re: Phantasy Star

« on: December 10, 2013, 12:09:13 pm »

The remakes are very good - and Japan only

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Classic Video Games / Re: Phantasy Star

« on: December 10, 2013, 11:59:22 am »

Phantasy Star 1 and 4 are amazing, 2 was good but is incredibly grindy and dated now and 3 was never good to start with. Phantasy Star Online is totally different bar a few name-checks and designs, and it's also brilliant If you want to play multiplayer you'll have to pick up one of the GC releases as the DC games only supported online multiplayer. The GC games also have extra classes/quests/areas/weapons, etc.

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: December 08, 2013, 12:54:37 pm »

I remember playing that while my dad was doing the ironing behind me - he threw a sock at my head and burst out laughing as I jumped out of my skin XD

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Classic Video Games / Re: XBox Imports

« on: December 08, 2013, 01:23:01 am »

I only ever had Shikigami no Shiro 2 and Shin Megami Tensei: NiNE. The former's available elsewhere and the latter is nothing more than a little peek into what the cancelled Xbox SMT MMO would have looked like.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Consolized MVS Solutions?

« on: December 05, 2013, 11:46:40 am »

Happy to help

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Classic Video Games / Re: Consolized MVS Solutions?

« on: December 05, 2013, 11:31:23 am »

You buy one motherboard then plug the games into it - just like you'd buy a SNES and then buy SNES games to plug into it - it's no more complicated than that for MVS games.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Consolized MVS Solutions?

« on: December 05, 2013, 11:26:33 am »

There's one important thing you missed there - an MVS motherboard for the MVS carts to go into! But other than that you're right

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Classic Video Games / Re: Throwing away infected classic consoles

« on: December 05, 2013, 10:17:31 am »

Playstation's aren't rare (or expensive) by any stretch of the imagination, there's no way I'd try to clean something that filthy either.

I remember one customer being surprised that I refused to accept his games for trade in when he pulled them out of his underwear right in front of me - and another who said "Oh don't worry about that mark, it's just some rat excrement (turned out from his pet rat)

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Classic Video Games / Re: Consolized MVS Solutions?

« on: December 05, 2013, 10:12:47 am »

Samurai Spirits II, IMO honestly one of the best beat 'em ups ever, can be had CIB for AES for about £20. Yes, some games are £500+, but not all - and not all the good ones either. MVS is still the better option (I'd never be able to afford Blazing Star on AES, but I've had the MVS cart for a good while now), but a decent AES collection isn't impossible.

As for superguns, etc - please take a look at the blog post I mentioned earlier in this topic ^^~ http://shinjuforest.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/demystifying-arcade-hardware.html

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General / Re: Current Collection Goals?

« on: December 04, 2013, 01:19:49 am »

Not really collecting but the next gaming purchases I have in mind are -

1) Buy a Vita
2) Buy armfuls of doujin games I've been meaning to buy but not got around to