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  1. Posted

    Let me advise you on some cheapies that you can get for your Genesis:

     

    6 Pack (Sonic 1, Streets of Rage 1, Columns, Golden Axe 1, Super Hang On, and Revenge of Shinobi)

     

    Afterburner 2 (behind the plane shooter)

     

    Shining Force (tactical RPG)

     

    Streets of Rage 2 (scrolling beat 'em up)

     

    Shining Force and 6 Pack will probably be the most expensive out of those four, but they should still be really cheap.

     

     

     

    Should you get the 32X? It really depends on how hardcore you're going to get about your Genesis and what you want out of the games. The 32X doesn't really offer much. Out of its library the only really good examples that stand up well today are:

     

    Virtua Racing Deluxe = Virtua Racing, duh! But an almost as good version exists for the unenhanced Genesis.

     

    Shadow Squadron = A space fighter sim type of game. You fly around and blow up starships. It's a pretty good example of the kind of stuff the 32X was good at, flat shaded polygon environments.

     

    Space Harrier 2 = the best conversion of the old coin op.

     

    Afterburner is also available for the 32X and is pretty good, but its hard as hell to find. T-Mek is another game rumored to be worth the investment, but its even rarer than Afterburner, and you'd be likely to have to pay a large sum to get your hands on T-Mek.

     

     

     

    Now we come to the SegaCD. Sadly, the SegaCD really had some craptacular games. About the only areas where it was allowed to shine were RPGs and scrolling shooters. Even then, only a trickle of those sorts of games seem to have been released for the system. You'll have a problem getting hold of most of the good ones.

     

    Dark Wizard = a VERY in depth tactical RPG type of game. It also has lots of replay value. It was only ever available on the SegaCD and I personally come back to it again and again. You'd probably end up paying the price of a brand new PS2 game for a used copy of this one, but its highly worth it.

     

    Shining Force CD = a compilation of two Shining Force Game Gear games (one of which was only released in Japan) with the addition of a third new quest special to this version. It's easily the best of the Shining Force series. Sadly, Shining Force CD is a victim of "collector syndrome." The game itself isn't that rare, but it is perceived as such. It tends to go for high dollar amounts for that reason.

     

    Lunar 1 and 2 = Ask someone into videogames about the SegaCD and these are probably the two games they'll remember. Lunar is good, but not as legendarily wonderful as the fanboys would have you believe. Lunar 1 is the best, and while Lunar 2 is a decent game, it is highly overrated. Also, to acquire either of these games will probably run you big bucks. It is cheaper to simply hunt for the PS1 special edition versions of these games. You can probably acquire both of the "Lunar Complete" sets for about the same price you'd pay for Lunar 2: Eternal Blue by itself. Lunar 2 is actually pretty rare. Lunar 1 is like Shining Force CD and a victim of "collector syndrome."

     

    Silpheed = Finally! A cheap one. This vertically scrolling shooter should be available for a very paltry sum. This is one of the few games that showed what the SegaCD could do if someone really wanted it to strut its stuff.

     

    Robo Aleste = This is a vertically scrolling shooter. It is also probably the best shooter made for the Sega CD. Unfortunately, I think it is also quite rare.

     

     

     

    Now we get to perhiperals.

     

    The most important perhipheral to have for a Genesis is a six button controller. The Genesis 6 button pads seem common enough, so you shouldn't have much problem acquiring one. Try to get a pair of the ASCII SG-6 Fighting Sticks if you can find them.

     

    Games that I remember off the top of my head that use the 6 button controller are:

     

    Street Fighter: Championship Edition

    Super Street Figther

    Mortal Kombat 2

    Mortal Kombat 3

    Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

    Eternal Champions

    Ranger X

    Virtua Racing

    Mortal Kombat CD

    Eternal Champions CD

    Just about any 32X game

     

    If it has a red label and it's a fighting game, assume that it uses the 6 button stick.

     

    Then there are a slew of perhiperals that are only used on one or two games. Fitting into this category are a light gun, a mouse, and two different types of 4 player adaptors. From my experience, finding one of the games that uses one of these devices is harder than finding the devices themselves. Unless you're a hardcore collector, you might as well skip on all of them.

     

    Finally, there are a whole bunch of things that are just plain strange. The king of these types of items is the Activator, a ring of infrared scanners you put on the floor and then move around in to control the game. And there are also tons of X-Band modems lying around. Anything that fits into this category is totally worthless unless you're a hardcore collector.

  2. Posted

    I just happened to stop by the local Hastings video store and browsed the game rack. I was quite surprised to see that they had finally repositioned their PS1 games in the lock up case to where you could actually see the titles. I snagged still sealed copies of Thunderforce V ($18 ), R-Types ($10), and Master of Monsters ($18 ). Did I get a good deal, or did I get screwed?

  3. Posted

    Tunnels of Doom.  TI 99/4A.  'Nuff said.   :D

     

    !!!!!!!!!!!

     

    Years and years ago, I played a game on the TI and I had been trying to remember the name. After seeing your post, a little light went off in my head and I did a Google search for some screenshots of Tunnels of Doom.

     

    It turns out that ToD was the game I remembered playing. My mind had embellished it a bit, but that is almost certainly the game.

     

    Tonight when I have more time I need to find a TI-99 emulator and a rom and take a trip down memory lane with that one.

  4. Posted

    You know, I'm a Shining Force FAN, and even I don't think that Shining Force 2 deserves to be on a top 100 games of all time list (its at #64).

     

    Now, Shining Force 1 and Shining Force CD deserve to be on a top 100 list.

     

    It doesn't matter though. I've found myself disagreeing with most of this list so far.

  6. Posted

    Hmmmm. Well, if they are more casual sorts of gamers, I think you probably steered them to the wrong console, but I don't really want to stir up that old mess.

     

    Both of the DOA games are pretty good for lighthearted play. Beyond that, the X-Box is far too saturated with FPS types of games, which I've noticed that casual gamers just don't like very much. (and some moderately hardcore gamers like me don't like them either)

     

    I've heard some good things about Burnout 2. And you might want to try to point them to the Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 released for it (even though I've heard bad things about the X-Box's version).

  8. Posted

    Also, be sure that you have Dragon Warrior 1+2 and Dragon Warrior 3 in your collection. They're mere CGC games, but they are excellent remakes of the NES classics.

     

    I have a lot of other GBA RPGs, but CRAP I can't seem to get around to playing all of the ones I've got. I suppose there are much worse problems to have, though. :)

  9. Posted

    It isn't that the GC controller is more complicated than the SNES controller. After all, the GC controller actually has the same number of buttons as the SNES controller (with two extra pointless analog D pads tacked on). The problem is that the person who designed the GC controller was TOTALLY FREAKING BATSHIT INSANE.

     

    Not only do you have those godawful unresponsive analog pads like all the current consoles do (and people have the nerve to call the Atari 5200 sticks bad), but the buttons are laid out in a manner to make them as awkward as possible. The Z trigger and Y button are particularly bad.

     

    For the past two generations of consoles, Nintendo has been making controllers not to accurately provide for control of games, but to look strange and draw attention. (And considering the box controls on the NES, they've been making craptacular controllers even longer than that. The SNES controllers and dogbone NES controls seem to have been a fluke.)

     

    Incidentally, does anyone know of any Dualshock 2 to GameCube controller adaptors? I'd probably enjoy my GC a lot more if I could play the game with controllers with sane button arrangements.

  10. Posted

    Sega CD

     

    Dark Wizard

    Shining Force CD

    Lunar: The Shining Star

    Robo Aleste (can you believe that I gave away my copy? DOH!)

     

    I'd skip on Lunar: Eternal Blue. It's a bit overrated. Skipping it will save you mucho bucks anyway.

     

    Otherwise, you already have the must haves (Sonic and Silpheed).

     

    32X

     

    Virtua Racing

    Shadow Squadron

    Metal Head (but this one is definitely an acquired taste)

     

    I'd like to recommend Afterburner, but the control is just a bit too iffy to be enjoyable.

     

    Space Harrier is the only other must-have for the system, and you already have it.

  11. Posted

    Most of my games lately come from two sources: the local Gamestop and a little used game store called FX.

     

    I like my local Gamestop. It's a nice shop, and they've treated me well.

     

    I'd like to do more business with FX for older games though. But they have their NES games (and their SNES games now, I'm told) locked up in a big glass case to where its hard to browse through them. They also tend to be more overpriced than GameStop.

     

    Every once in a while, I shop at Circuit City and Toys R Us.

     

    I've pretty much given up on buying game stuff at Best Buy. When I was trying to get Tekken 4, they pissed me off by selling my reserved copy, and also generally yanking me around. Combined with the general unfriendliness I experience in that store, I decided to try not to give them any business.

     

    Of course, I've had much better luck with Best Buy's online store, so I still do business with them, but only for DVD movies.

  12. Posted

    Ladies and gentlemen, let thee be warned.  The first seal thath been broken.  With the second seal cometh Combat carts selling for $10 each.  The Apocalypse isth coming.  Thou be judgest one and one.

     

    And don't forget to grab every Sonic cart you see. It and all the 16 bit Akklaim movie based games are gonna be in big time demand. :twisted:

  13. Posted

    I'm still puzzled why I got $15 for a loose copy of Zelda too.. of all the common carts.. I put a couple of mint complete Zeldas up last year and only got about $8 each.

     

    2003 - year of Nintendo??  :?  

     

    -rpm-

     

    It is beginning. Everyone gather up all those Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunts. It's time to cash in on those 25 cent pieces of crap.

     

    I still haven't gotten over seeing sealed Final Fantasy carts selling for over $100. At one time there was a store around here that closed down and couldn't get rid of the damn things for $2.

  14. Posted

    I picked up a good chunk of my N64 collection at Blockbuster.  Paid $9.99 for most of them.   :)  

     

    Blockbusters are HEAVILY phasing out the N64 games.  The weird part is, the selection just seems to magically shrink.  The rental games for the most part are not showing up for sale when they take them off the rental shelves.  I can't imagine where they are going.  I visit frequently enough that I am confident they are not being put out for sale and then gobbled up.   :?

     

    Maybe they're doing with them what they are doing with their VHS tapes, destroying them without giving anyone the option to purchase them.

  15. Posted

    Currently, I own:

     

    Atari 5200 (2 port)

    Atari 7800 (dunno what model, but it plays Robot Tank fine)

    NES (top loader)

    3 x Genesis (all original types) = 2 in storage

    Sega CD (front loader)

    Sega CD (top loader) = in storage, working, but kills discs

    32X

    Nomad = in storage

    Jaguar = in storage

    2 x Playstation 1 (1 top reader, 1 bottom reader) = both working, in storage

    2 x Dreamcast = one is flakey and is in storage. The other will probably go into storage as soon as Soul Calibur 2 comes out.

    Playstation 2

    X-Box

    GameCube

    GameBoy Advance = blue = probably heading for storage

    GameBoy Advance SP = silver

  16. Posted

    I just beat the Final Fantasy 1 remix on this disk. It took me about 32 and a half hours (actually probably more like 31, because I'd sometimes let the system sit while I took a break). I played on Normal difficulty under the default custom settings (allowing use of Life/Gold Needles in combat, run button, etc.). My party consisted of a Warrior, Black Belt, White Mage, and Black Mage. All were promoted.

     

    I have to say that the final dungeon was really tedious. The frequency of monsters was really high, but the challenge was non-existent. By that point you have several unlimited use healing items, so it's only a matter of prolonging combats to heal your entire party up to full. The bosses are also extremely weak by this point. Never did I really stop to level my characters, and I ended the game at level 40 for all 4 of my characters.

     

    I'm used to text endings. I have nothing against text endings. I certainly expected a text ending on this game. But, this game had about the lamest ending story that I've ever read. It didn't make any sense at all, and felt extremely anti-climactic. If this is your first time to go all the way through this game, like me, then I highly recommend playing for the joy of it. Don't be in a rush to get to the end, because it does take some of the wind out of your sails.

     

    Now its time for me to decide which RPG I'll play next. I might go ahead and march to FF2 on the Origins disk, or I might get back to my Dragon Warrior 2 or Xenosaga game.

     

    Good luck to everyone else who is slogging through this game!

  17. Posted

    Pitfall II.  I don't think that I've ever managed to finish that one.  I always end up shutting off my consol in sheer frustration!

    yes... that one does it for me too

    i can make it fairly easily to the last ascending part with the bats and condors

    damn condors....

    one time i even made it so i could see quick claws shaking legs but the damn last frog got me

    i got so pissed

    i just turned it off

    ....

     

    is

     

    I had an identical experience. I was SO GODDAMN PISSED!

     

    I don't think I've ever played it for any length of time since that day. I pretty much avoid playing it on the Activision Anthology PS2 disc.

  18. Posted

    He's the guy that made the original Star Fox and Zelda and Mario....

     

    Actually, as I understand it, Argonaut Software created the original Starfox with minimal to no involvement from Mr. Whateverhisnameis.

     

    In any event, it doesn't change the fact that I loved the original and felt that Starfox 64 blew gigantic planetoid sized chunks.

     

    I gave my copy of Starfox 64 to my landlady's son. He liked it a great deal. We both ended up winners. He got a free game that he loved. And I didn't have to look at the damn thing anymore. :D

  21. Posted

    Back in the heyday of the Genesis and SNES, shortly before the advent of the PS1, I had glommed onto a top loading NES. Now, I love the old arcade games and the classic RPGs. So, I decided to try and get some of these types of games for my new NES.

     

    Back in those days Funco would run giant two page ads in the various magazines with lists of all the games you could supposedly buy from them. On these lists were such NES games as Dragon Warrior 2, Pool of Radiance, Donkey Kong Classics, Galaga, and others. Seeing as I was not having much luck finding the games I wanted locally at the time, and seeing as Funco supposedly had these games available for my purchase, I called them up to try and order some games.

     

    Anyway, I got a guy on the phone that sounded friendly and helpful at first. Then I started reading off the list of games that I was looking for. I think the rarest game on my list was Galaga. Still, every game I inquired about was met with a response of, "No. We don't have that one."

     

    The conversation culminated with my inquiry about "Donkey Kong Classics." At this request the guy on the phone absolutely burst out into mocking laughter. I sat there somewhat shocked and wondering what the hell he was laughing so much about. That was when he started on his little speech.

     

    To remind everyone, this was back in the days before "retrogaming" became cool. At this point, people that played older games were just fuddy duddies that were supposedly too stupid to see how much better Shaq Fu was than Missile Command.

     

    The kind Funco salesperson told me how I really should "upgrade my system" and "join the rest of the human race" by ordering a Genesis or SNES and several of the "inherently better" games available for those systems. He went on a bit longer about how NES games were obsolete and how anyone that purchased them was a sort of retard.

     

    The irony was that at the time I had access to a Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, SNES, and a 3DO. I also had a fair number of RPGs and other types of games for each of those systms, but I wanted to play some Dragon Warrior 2 on my NES, dammit! I just longed to play the older games. The modern games weren't scratching the itch.

     

    I concluded the call without purchasing a damn thing. The salesperson I talked to ensured that.

     

    Since then, I've built up, slimmed down, and built back up my classic game collection. Since then, retrogaming has also become a very major hobby industry.

     

    Where does this post come from? Recently, I finally got hold of Galaga for my NES. Getting that game after all these years made me remember that phone call to Funco. Gaming sure has come a long way.

  22. Posted

    As a "Complete NES Games Freak" you might want to pick up Final Fantasy Origins. It's a PS1 game, but that's one of the good points of the PS2. :)

     

    The only GameCube game I feel I can strongly recommend is Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters. We had some three player games of it a while back and it was a blast.

     

    There isn't really much worth getting on the X-Box. If you like fighting games, get DOA3. There just isn't much worth playing on it.

     

    Back to the PS2:

     

    Gun Game = Time Crisis 2 for methodical shooting, Ninja Assault for index finger blistering arcade shooting action.

     

    Fighting = Tekken Tag Tournament is the best option available at the current time, and its a $20 game! :)

     

    Driving = Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2.

     

    3d scrolling beat 'em up = Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends.

     

    RPG = Hard to say. Xenosaga is nice, but it's more FMV than game. Final Fantasy X is a bit on the dull side. Grandia II is an excellent game, but suffers from being a poor port of a Dreamcast game. For RPGs, loot the PS1 section of local video game stores.

  23. Posted

    Actually, when I opened up this thread I figured it would be one of those with a negative title but luminous praise for contents. I just wanted to see what people are saying about the newest version of Zelda.

     

    Personally, I didn't buy it and I won't be buying it. Why?

     

    1) Beyond the original Zelda on the NES, I feel that all the other installments are bad games. The further removed they are from the original, the more exponentially bad they get.

     

    2) I feel that cel-shading is the anti-christ. I honestly feel that it is the ugliest form of graphics that I've ever seen. I don't think it makes things look like a cartoon. I just think cel-shading makes things look cheap (best case) or mind bogglingly crappy (worst case). And I have to say that, IMO, the newest Zelda leans heavily toward the bad side of things.

     

    3) What is that guy's name? Miyamoto or something? It seems like he ruins every game he has touched for the past 10 years. For example, his touch upon Starfox 64 took a wonderful shooter and turned it into utter drek. He seems to actually try to take the fun OUT of games rather than try to make them entertaining.

     

    But, hey, if people like it, then that's their business. I still enjoy playing Battle Arena Toshinden 2, so people will call me warped for that. When people are having fun with a game they like, sometimes the good vibes rub off on us fellow gamers. Play what you like, and try not to ruin anyone else's fun.

     

    If you feel the game sucks, take it down to the used game shop and get $25 credit towards something you do like. Or sell it on eBay and get nearly the price of a new game. I did that when I felt Panzer Dragoon Orta sucked ass. I got Xenosaga as a replacement. That's a decision I certainly don't regret.

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