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General / Re: Question of the Month for January 2014
« on: January 06, 2014, 02:56:29 pm »
speaking of ebay sellers, don't you love how they slap the word rare on every fucken game they sell as if it matters

I just happened to run across this guy on ebay mikefarrar7: Check out his listings:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/mikefarrar7/m.html?item=370977066280&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

Not everything is rare, some things are mega-rare, or ultra-rare, or in some cases ULTRA-MEGA-RARE!!!!!

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General / Re: overrated & underrated games
« on: January 06, 2014, 02:13:05 am »
Underrated:  Tribes, in it's various iterations.  I love that game.  Huge open worlds, unique weapons. vehicles and equipment, loadouts, and heavily moddable.  I don't understand why it has really never succeeded in all of the attempts to resurrect it.



Overrated: And it pains me to say this: Gran Turismo.  I mean, it was the best selling game on PS3 before GTA V, and if you add Prologue, and the XL edition, probably a better selling game.  It's deep, has loads of playmodes, but really...isn't that fun.  I like it, I've played a ton of it, but I'm not sure what compels me to play it.  And in terms of it being a simulation, the collisions are laughable. 

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General / Re: Who else hates GameStop??!!
« on: January 05, 2014, 10:22:43 pm »
I just found a couple of inserts from NES games I bought from funcoland.  It made me smile, and I remembered the old newspaper(for lack of a better term) that listed all of their games with prices.  :)

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Doesn't really need to be said, but the OUYA!

I can't believe how they are still $99 everywhere I see them.  Didn't anyone tell them it was a flop?  Can I please pick one up for cheapity cheap now?

For my disappointing console: the Game.com.  It was a neat idea, it had some basic PDA functionality.  I bought it new, returned it twice because it kept bricking itself, then eventually they just gave me store credit.

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General / Re: What are your 2014 game collecting goals?
« on: January 03, 2014, 12:32:56 am »
Last Year:
First and foremost: ORGANIZATION!  Hate that it is all just in boxes.   Nope, still in boxes.

Fun stuff:
Working SegaCD Nope
More NES carts, common or otherwise. Yes, this I actually did
At least one CIB for the systems I currently own Not really, but added a few to NES, N64, Gen
A longbox or two for PS1, those are neat.Nope.
The new neo geo :) Nope.

So, I didn't do that well with 2013's goals.

2014
-I'd still like to organize, but it will have to wait until we have less people in our house, and more room for displaying things.
-I'd like to make a MUST have list to give me something to strive for in various systems.  I feel like I'm rarely buying, even on decent deals, and then buying things that I'm sort of "meh" about.  Focus...
-Get my mame cabinet up and running

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Classic Video Games / Re: How Is Your Dreamcast Gaming Going?
« on: January 01, 2014, 03:04:03 am »
I'm in.  I <3 the dreamcast..


In that article, he mentions that games are "still being made" for the DC?

Is he talking homebrew?  Anyone have any experience with that?  It sounds intriguing.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Let's Name the top 50 Arcade Cabinets?
« on: December 19, 2013, 09:51:58 pm »
1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game
2. Black Tiger
3. Golden Axe
4. Double Dragon
5. Hang-On
6. X-Men: The Arcade Game
7. Star Wars Trilogy
8. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior or Street Fighter II: Champion Edition
9. Centipede
10. Galaga
11. Daytona USA
12. Asteroids
13. Metal Slug
14. The Simpsons
15. Burger Time
16. House of the Dead
17. Time Traveler
18. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
19. Robotron: 2084
20. NBA Jam
21. Hydro Thunder
22. Rampage.
23. Xybots
24. After Burner
25. Joust
26. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time
27. Pac-Man
28. NFL Blitz
29. Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of the Super Heroes
30. Capcom vs SNK 2
31. Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
32. Q*Bert
33. Mr. Driller
34. Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
35. Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road
36. Space Harrier
37. Smash TV
38. WWF WrestleFest
39. Raiden II
40. Lucky & Wild
41. Tapper
42. Time Crisis II
43. Final Fight
44. Taiko Drum Master
45. Virtua Fighter 2
46. Super Sprint
47. The Punisher
48. Ms. Pac-Man
49. Dig Dug
50. Magician Lord
51. Wizard of Wor
52. Space Invaders
53. Donkey Kong
54. Area 51
55. Knights of the Round
56. Super Mario Bros
57. Punch-Out!!
58. Mario Bros.
59. Terminator 2: Judgment Day: The Arcade Game
60. Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom
61. Ninja Baseball Bat Man
62. Daioh
63. Aero Fighters (a.k.a. "Sonic Wings" outside of the U.S.)
64. King of Dragons
65. Spider-Man: The Arcade Game
66. Killer Instinct
67. Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
68. Sunset Riders
69. Turbo
70. Soul Calibur
71. Paperboy
72. Gradius
73. Crazy Taxi
74. CarnEvil
75. Mortal Kombat
76. Silent Scope
77. Samurai Shodown
78. Millipede
79. Sega Bass Fishing
80. 1943: The Battle For Midway
81. Dance Dance Revolution!
82. Moon Patrol
83. Donkey Kong Jr.
84. Gauntlet
85. Cruisin' USA
86. Cadash
87. Star Wars: The Arcade Game
88. Contra
89. Magic Sword
90. Star Trek: Voyager
91. Jurassic Park
92. WWF: WrestleMania The Arcade Game

93. Bust-A-Move

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Modern Video Games / Re: PS3 Games
« on: December 16, 2013, 07:43:41 pm »
Fallout games are all pretty rad, and New Vegas is no exception.  Since you aren't planning to hook up to the internet, I'd try to get Game of the Year editions when you can, as they will typically include DLC.  Hopefully not as a code :(

The uncharted series is pretty great.  Wonderful attention to detail, decent story.  It's so cinematic, the wife watched me play the whole thing.

RPGs were handled very well so far, so I'll focus on open world style games.

Red dead would have been my first recommendation, since you said free-world.  It's probably my favorite sandbox-style game.

Grand Theft Auto IV Complete edition you can get into for pretty cheap.  I said when I played through GTA IV that it was an amazing game engine with a mediocre game played out on it.  Lost and the damned, and the ballad of gay tony were much better stories, I felt.

Assassin's Creed is pretty good too, although I'd probably just get the ACII Ezio trilogy, as the AC1 was VERY repetitive.  If you LOVE it, then spring for 3, but this way you get three full games for one price. (ACII, Revelations, and Brotherhood)

Arkham City was wonderful, and with 400 riddler secrets to find, you can be busy for a very long time.

I haven't played Far cry 3 yet, but I've heard it's all kinds of open world awesomeness.

Finally, Oblivion/Skyrim are HUGE open world games, with TONS of gameplay.  RPG and open world elements here.

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Modern Video Games / Re: PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 harddrive
« on: December 15, 2013, 10:37:14 am »
I haven't investigated it in a while, but if I recall correctly, it is WAY easier to replace the hard drive on the PS3.  For the xbox, you had to either buy their horribly overpriced drive, or find the EXACT model they used, then hack the drive firmware or something to change the serial number of the drive.  PS3 was pretty much, get a 5400 rpm drive, and...put it in.

Another thing to consider, if you are going to be buying used is that the PS3 uses blu-ray, so the scratch protection is significantly better.  In short, buying used for ps3 is going to be met with less unplayably scratched discs.

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Not to threadjack, but has anyone played Disney Infinity?  Is it the same kind of thing?

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General / Re: Your 10/10 Games?
« on: December 11, 2013, 07:35:17 pm »
I feel like there is a distinction between 10/10 when the game is new, versus now. 

Super Metroid I feel is still pretty incredible, even today. 

Goldeneye I rented more than any other game, ever.  The single player campaign was awesome, and completely different depending on the difficulty, and the multiplayer, mein gott!   A 10/10 no doubt.
 
NOWADAYS, the bloom is off the rose: the controls are clumsy, the graphics are meh.  It's hard to still call it a 10/10

Kimimi: Puzzle Bobble is an awesome choice.  It's hard to find something wrong with that game.

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General / Re: Love It or Hate It: Video Game Edition - Super Mario 64
« on: December 09, 2013, 06:00:34 pm »
I'll put a vote in for love it.

Graphically, it looks dated, but i think the gameplay still holds up, and while games have gotten better at camera management and 3d controls, this was pretty darn good for a launch title on their first 3d system.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Let's Name the top 50 Arcade Cabinets?
« on: December 08, 2013, 11:01:41 pm »
1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game
2. Black Tiger
3. Golden Axe
4. Double Dragon
5. Hang-On
6. X-Men: The Arcade Game
7. Star Wars Trilogy
8. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior or Street Fighter II: Champion Edition
9. Centipede
10. Galaga
11. Daytona USA
12. Asteroids
13. Metal Slug
14. The Simpsons
15. Burger Time
16. House of the Dead
17. Time Traveler
18. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
19. Robotron: 2084
20. NBA Jam
21. Hydro Thunder
22. Rampage.
23. Xybots
24. After Burner
25. Joust
26. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time
27. Pac-Man
28. NFL Blitz
29. Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of the Super Heroes
30. Capcom vs SNK 2
31. Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
32. Q*Bert
33. Mr. Driller
34. Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
35. Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road
36. Space Harrier
37. Smash TV
38. WWF WrestleFest
39. Raiden II
40. Lucky & Wild
41. Tapper
42. Time Crisis II
43. Final Fight
44. Taiko Drum Master
45. Virtua Fighter 2
46. Super Sprint
47. The Punisher
48. Ms. Pac-Man
49. Dig Dug
50. Magician Lord
51. Wizard of Wor
52. Space Invaders
53. Donkey Kong
54. Area 51
55. Knights of the Round
56. Super Mario Bros
57. Punch-Out!!
58. Mario Bros.
59. Terminator 2: Judgment Day: The Arcade Game
60. Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom
61. Ninja Baseball Bat Man
62. Daioh
63. Aero Fighters (a.k.a. "Sonic Wings" outside of the U.S.)
64. King of Dragons
65. Spider-Man: The Arcade Game
66. Killer Instinct
67. Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
68. Sunset Riders
69. Turbo
70. Soul Calibur
71. Paperboy
72. Gradius
73. Crazy Taxi
74. CarnEvil
75. Mortal Kombat
76. Silent Scope
77. Samurai Shodown
78. Millipede
79. Sega Bass Fishing
80. 1943: The Battle For Midway
81. Dance Dance Revolution!
82. Moon Patrol
83. Donkey Kong Jr.
84. Gauntlet

85. Cruisin' USA

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Classic Video Games / Re: Let's Name the top 50 Arcade Cabinets?
« on: December 08, 2013, 01:09:16 pm »
NFL Blitz was number 28, turf!

1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game
2. Black Tiger
3. Golden Axe
4. Double Dragon
5. Hang-On
6. X-Men: The Arcade Game
7. Star Wars Trilogy
8. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior or Street Fighter II: Champion Edition
9. Centipede
10. Galaga
11. Daytona USA
12. Asteroids
13. Metal Slug
14. The Simpsons
15. Burger Time
16. House of the Dead
17. Time Traveler
18. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
19. Robotron: 2084
20. NBA Jam
21. Hydro Thunder
22. Rampage.
23. Xybots
24. After Burner
25. Joust
26. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time
27. Pac-Man
28. NFL Blitz
29. Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of the Super Heroes
30. Capcom vs SNK 2
31. Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
32. Q*Bert
33. Mr. Driller
34. Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
35. Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road
36. Space Harrier
37. Smash TV
38. WWF WrestleFest
39. Raiden II
40. Lucky & Wild
41. Tapper
42. Time Crisis II
43. Final Fight
44. Taiko Drum Master
45. Virtua Fighter 2
46. Super Sprint
47. The Punisher
48. Ms. Pac-Man
49. Dig Dug
50. Magician Lord
51. Wizard of Wor
52. Space Invaders
53. Donkey Kong
54. Area 51
55. Knights of the Round
56. Super Mario Bros
57. Punch-Out!!
58. Mario Bros.
59. Terminator 2: Judgment Day: The Arcade Game
60. Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom
61. Ninja Baseball Bat Man
62. Daioh
63. Aero Fighters (a.k.a. "Sonic Wings" outside of the U.S.)
64. King of Dragons
65. Spider-Man: The Arcade Game
66. Killer Instinct
67. Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
68. Sunset Riders
69. Turbo
70. Soul Calibur
71. Paperboy
72. Gradius
73. Crazy Taxi
74. CarnEvil
75. NFL Blitz
76. Mortal Kombat

77. Silent Scope

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User Feedback / Re: doctorlaudanum
« on: December 07, 2013, 01:55:23 pm »
Received items quickly and as described, thanks!

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