Messages

46

General / Re: Secret Santa 2023?

« on: October 07, 2023, 08:50:26 pm »

I'm thinking that it may be time for me to join Secret Santa this year...
Just be aware that shipping costs may be a little... inconvenient. Haha!

47

General / Re: Warning!!! (do not toss or sell your OG Xbox Consoles)

« on: October 07, 2023, 08:45:54 pm »

Yeah... All my Xbox games are still working on my 360 as well.
Are you trying to run original games or some counterfeits/copies you downloaded for free?

Well, since you're a very important person, there's always the possibility that Microsoft (or maybe the government!!?) patched only your console...

48

Classic Video Games / Re: Everything You Know About Emulation

« on: October 02, 2023, 06:14:18 pm »

There are things about me that I'm I cannot tell you due to the forum rules, but I am a very important person.

We are all important people ❤️

49

General / Re: Would you replace a Greatest Hits/Reprint game?

« on: September 20, 2023, 11:52:30 pm »

I don't go after replacements for the (very few) Greatest Hits/The Best/Essentials I happen to have, but if I find a regular edition on a reasonable price... Sure, why not?
I'd love to own a regular copy of Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) of which I only own the PlayStation the Best edition... They used to go for less than ¥3,000, but it's very difficult to find one for less than ¥5,000 nowadays though.

50

General / Re: Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Retro Collection Announced

« on: September 20, 2023, 11:43:36 pm »

Yeah.
Gotta say I find that new cover to be pretty bad...
I think the cover would look great showing only the Jurrasic Park logo (which happens to be one of the most iconic in movie history) on a black background.

I own the Jurassic Park Laser Disc and it looks absolutely awesome as it is!

51

General / Re: Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Retro Collection Announced

« on: September 19, 2023, 08:33:11 am »

If that's the case... then this collection is finally worth owning. Not the collection it should be, still missing the Game Gear, Sega CD and 3DO games... but I'll take what I can.

Yeah it’s still missing the Master System/Game Gear Jurassic Park game (which happens to be my favorite), but at least, now there’s a reason for me to buy this collection! Good news indeed!!

52

General / Re: Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Retro Collection Announced

« on: August 31, 2023, 07:54:22 pm »

Just saw that Limited Run released the line-up of games for their Jurassic Park: Classic Games Collection and gotta say I'm pretty disapointed...
My favorite Jurassic Park games have always been the ones on the Sega consoles (especially the one on the Master System/Game Gear), but it seems their collection only includes the Nintendo ones.
I was looking forward for this release, but it's gonna be a pass for me. Not worth paying the shipping to Japan... Haha

53

Site Feedback / Re: Rejected edits and site advancement

« on: August 28, 2023, 09:52:47 pm »

I wonder what should we do when the admins reject our edits based on wrong information...

For example, I recently tried to rename this entry from "Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Kemono-Oh" to "Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Juu-Oh".
https://vgcollect.com/item/155432

However, the change was rejected because GameFaqs has the game registered as follows:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/565558-jissen-pachi-slot-hisshouhou-kemono-oh/data

The point is, GameFaqs is wrong as "獣王" is read "じゅうおう／ジュウオウ" (juu-ou／jyuu-ou／jū-ou／jyū-ou／juu-oh／jyuu-oh／jū-oh／jyū-oh／juu-ō／jyuu-ō／jū-ō／jyū-ō), never "けものおう／ケモノオウ" (kemono-ou／kemono-oh／kemono-ō).
This can be confirmed on the game's Wikipedia article as well:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8D%A3%E7%8E%8B

This happens quite often whenever I try fixing wrong Japanese titles and I'm never sure how to proceed or who to contact.
Maybe this topic has been addressed in the past, but I'd appreciate if someone could help me clarify the subject.

54

General / Re: If the SNES-CD had released in 1993, what would gaming be like today?

« on: August 28, 2023, 12:55:37 am »

That's something I'd never considered about and you got me thinking a lot about it these last few days...
There's an infinity of possible outcomes, but, for me, one interesting flow of events would be:
- The SNES CD is released late and overpriced and ends up flopping even harder than the Mega CD.
- Sony abandons the development of video game hardware (without even properly entering it) and the PlayStation is never released.
- Without the threat of the immanent release of the PS1, Sega never releases de 32X and invests much more time in the development of the Saturn. It ends up focusing a lot more on 2D.
- Without any major competition in the 3D gaming market, the 3DO fares a lot better than in our reality. To the point that we have a console war between the 3DO M2 and the Nintendo Ultra 64 in the late 90's.
- Microsoft either buys out or join forces with Sega for the release of the DreamBox (or some other name).

It's pretty hard to predict what would happen in the next 20 years or so, but if things followed a path similar to that of our world, I'd say that by 2023, the three major video game console manufacturers would be Panasonic/3DO, Microsoft/Sega and Nintendo.

55

Classic Video Games / Re: PSX Emulator Says That It Is Only Bad To Play PSX ROM's If Have No PlayStation?

« on: August 28, 2023, 12:32:39 am »

I hate to be the one to say this but, I feel like I have been robbed by all the rich collectors?
[...]
I just can't be Satisfied anymore knowing how much I was ripped off by all those collectors who started before I started collecting. and the fact that those collectors don't GIVE a F___ about anyone else but themselves and their own pockets.

Truth is that there're lots of people collecting these days (which is not necessarily a bad thing) and the most wanted games simply do not exist in the quantity needed to please everyone.
Now, it's not anyone's fault that some people started collecting before you did and ended up getting most good retro games for themselves before you had a chance.
However, I gotta admit you're correct there as I own a few thousand items myself and (to quote yourself) I "don't GIVE a F___ about" whether you (or anyone else) is satisfied with it or not. Haha

Almost like the government was watching me then and  my recent posts, not to sound paranoid about preserving the video game industry.

Chill out... governments have a lot more relevant people to spy on than you, me or any of us here (unless we find out that "theflea" is Xi Jinping's secret identity or that Ursula von der Leyen collects retro video games under the alias of "tripredacus").

56

General / Re: Video Game Prices

« on: August 23, 2023, 12:05:33 am »

I discovered the E.T. 2600 game selling for $1,000,000 on eBay.

I'm pretty sure you didn't find THE E.T. 2600 game, but you found A E.T. 2600 game being sold for that price as, doing a quick look on eBay, I found dozens being sold for US$20 or less... Haha

Also, "expensive" does not necessarily mean "rare". There are many Neo Geo AES games that are pretty easy to find and still expensive as hell.

57

General / Re: What Are Your Top (Four) Consoles Right Now And Why?

« on: August 22, 2023, 11:59:08 pm »

Top FOUR!?
Wow, that number was very specific, but anyways, here we go:

PC Engine
I'm always finding interesting games for it that I had no idea even existed! The problem is that it's becoming more and more expensive to collect for (which, in a way, makes the hunt more fun).

Sega Saturn
Basically all that's been said about the PC Engine applies here. It's a lot easier to find games to it though (and often, even more expensive).

PlayStation 4
The only (somewhat) modern videogame to which I'm still actively buying games for (even though I end up playing them all on the PlayStation 5)

Sega Master System
The video game console I grew up with and forever my favorite.

58

Off Topic / Re: Un-Allowed Media

« on: August 15, 2023, 07:28:26 pm »

I don't remember my parents ever forbidding me from watching/reading anything.
The advantages of being born in a family of Socialist Atheists I guess? Haha

59

Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?

« on: August 10, 2023, 07:40:19 pm »

As I'm writing this, I just got back home from watching Kimitachi wa dou ikiru ka (君たちはどう生きるか, meaning "How do you live?", but terribly named The Boy and the Heron in English) the newest movie from Studio Ghibli and (allegedly) the final movie of Miyzaki Hayao. I don't watch many anime, but in general, Ghibli know their game, so I had to go see it!
For those who don't know, this feature film was released without a trailer, without a synopsis, without any information on its cast, absolutely nothing except for a poster and a release date. A marketing maneuver that, probably, only Miyazaki-sensei would be able to pull out.
I'm a huge fan of the original novel Kimitachi wa dou ikiru ka, so I had no idea what to expect going to the theater and I gotta say I wasn't disapointed. It is an absolute masterpiece and a work of art that is sure to keep people thinking for years to come.
Usually, I don't care at all about spoilers, but if you like Studio Ghibli, try experiencing it as it was meant to, without watching any trailers or anything.



PS: They also showed a trailer for Godzilla -1.0 (minus one)! I had no idea that movie was being made, and it looks freaking awesome! Can't wait!!!
https://youtu.be/d79dUsPZKL0

60

General / Re: Fake This! Pokemon is the most faked I've seen.

« on: August 08, 2023, 02:25:55 am »

I'd say counterfeits have been around for as long as games exist.
I remember seeing lot's of fake Atari 2600 cartridges back in the 80's.
Down in South America, in the 90's you'd have a hard time trying to find an original NES game.
Most 16-bit cartridges were originals, but the same can't be said about the first two PlayStations. The first time I ever saw an original PS1 disc was probably around 2004 or so. back in the day, they were virtually non-existant in Brazil. I used to own hundreds of PS1 games purchased by the equivalent to US$2.00 or less.

In Brazil, owning original software only became commonplace around 2013 or so...