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  1. Posted

    This isn't nearly as crazy, but I am throwing this one out there too:

     

    http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F370867456094%3FssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT%26_trksid%3Dp3984.m1438.l2649

     

    Battalion Wars for GC, Buy It Now of $112.00.

    I feel like kind of an a-hole for doing it, but I couldn't resist sending the seller a "question" asking why it's nearly $100 over what the average brand new / sealed copy of the game with free shipping sells for. I added a "does it come with a special controller or something?".

    I just don't understand why some listings go up with such outrageous pricing. Esp without a Make Offer option. Not that it would've made this one all that much less insane...

  2. Posted

    I thought his jokes were funny, esp when he's ripping on the system. I didn't take it too seriously for the most part.

    That said, I thought he did himself a disservice by literally not even spending thirty seconds learning how you are supposed to play Pitfall! or any other games, just plugged them in and if it didn't do what he wanted he got frustrated. It's partially a testament to the level of intrigue and complexity that actually exists in some 2600 titles, but more it's just silly of him given that I'm sure he spends a fair bit of time learning the conventions of Xbox 360 games instead of just playing them, getting frustrated, and declaring them garbage with no intro period at all.

    I can only imagine that he would have melted into goo if someone had made him play (gasp!) Pressure Cooker, Starmaster, or Riddle of the Sphinx.

    And given his attention span, they shoulda had him play Demon Attack, Jawbreaker, Frogger, Seaquest, Empire Strikes Back, and Berzerk. He'd be in love. :)

  6. Posted

    I know it's old, but I just finally got around go playing Robocalypse for the Wii and I very much enjoy it.

    Except I am sucking at it, horribly. I am usually pretty good with tower defense games, but this one is stymying me. The waves of those bots that turn into exploding eggs, I've just no idea what to do about them. They always show up after I've just spent tons of dough on upgrading a maze of towers, and they just wipe the mofos out.

     

    Any and all help appreciated!

  8. Posted

    I missed out on Burning Rangers. For me, the holy trilogy when stores were closing out of Saturn stuff (including Wal-Mart and Toys R Us selling brand new Saturns for $49.99!!! Why I didn't buy five I do not understand...) was House of the Dead, Shining Force III, and Panzer Dragoon Saga. All three games were clearanced at $20. I bought two of each, one for a buddy of mine and one for me. That is what you call not being able to forecast the game market right there, folks. :o

     

    As to Burning Rangers, I enjoyed your review very much, AA Bottoms! I don't think the game is for me though, and have never pulled the trigger on it. It's by Yuji Naka of Nights and Sonic Fame, it's got great graphics, interesting gameplay set up....but I just have never thought it would be my bag. If anyone wants to ship me a copy I promise to give it a thorough try though. :) It just seems a bit heavy on the maze element which I've never loved, and only having 4 levels is pretty weak. And all that said, it's a wonderful display of Saturn's graphics capabilities as well as Naka's ingenuity.

  9. Posted

    I will keep my Saturn forever just for Virtua Cop and Virtua Cop 2. I always have thought the "Stunner" light gun for the Saturn was the best light gun ever, in terms of not only accuracy but the spring action.

     

    I also just love Die Hard Arcade to pieces. Suplexing and Pile-Driving the final boss is so gratifying. Not to mention taking it to your opponents with a grandfather clock.

     

    And of course, Nights, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Nightwarriors, Last Bronx, Marvel Super Heroes. And yes, playing as the car from Daytona in Fighter's Mega Mix. :)

     

    I know I'm a Sega nut tried and true for this, but I've far more Saturn games than I have for PS1 and PS2 combined (and don't even have a PS3). It's got charm.

  12. Posted

    I do love your vids, Metal Jesus. Though my tastes run fairly differently, I love the enthusiasm and friendliness you have towards the whole hobby. Also, I'm jealous of your X-Arcade Mame cab. :)

    I am seeking out Capcom Vs SNK 2 EO after watching this, appreciate the effort you put in!

     

    Oh and a silly suggestion... for Pt 3 maybe. Pac-Man World Rally. It came out for $30 brand new, never got any hype at all, but yet is a respectable Mario Kart clone if there ever was one, IMO. Progressive scan, looks great...some interesting play mechanics, good track design...and the ability to play as the Prince from Katamari Damacy (and there's a Katamari track). Also, as one of the weapons, the Galaga double ships. :) This can be found for circa $10, I highly recommend it. It is one of the very few GC games I own.

  13. Posted

    I had originally thought that Sonic Gems was the only way to get Sonic The Fighters, but yes, the XBLA version is all high deffed up and sweet.

    Well, sweet, for one of the simplest and silliest fighting games out there. :) Model 2 goodness. I believe it's only $5 too. I bought it straight up and love it.

  16. Posted

    Got mine a few days ago, and finally got to sitting down to play it. I just absolutely love it, no hyperbole. Extremely challenging without being frustrating, fantastic control, interesting level design, wonderful game all around. After having watched the video I didn't know if it would have enough variation to keep my attention long term, but it most definitely, absolutely does. It's interesting how your mind lulls; after playing a time or two, I actually have more difficulty with the first couple of screens, sometimes dying with around 100pts! Ack.

     

    And again, fantastic game. Thanks so much!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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  20. Posted

    I have a 13" model and it is a nice little novelty, I've had it since new. Think I paid $175 or something for it back in the day, last one they had at Best Buy. The picture quality is good; it's got a silly "GX Mode" thing that changed the colors or brightness, I've never really understood what its benefits are.

    But simply, 13" screen is too small. I enjoy playing 2600 games on it, but I remember them advertising it for the Saturn and PSX, and it's just too small for those IMO. The sounds is awesome and the swivel is nice, I just wish they've have made a 27" version. I believe there was a 19" version? Or maybe it was planned and scrapped.

     

    Mostly I run a composite modded Vader into it and it's good for that, crisp picture and sound, and looks cool when I shut the "doors" on it at night.

    I remember at EB Games we had one that had a speaker wire go bad on due to too many people fidgeting with the opening and closing of the doors, so be wary of that possibility I guess.

  21. Posted

    I don't like the votes for Wipeout on Saturn, I still have and enjoy that more than the original Wipeout on PSX personally. By no means a worst of all time.

    I also very much disagree with the repeated votes for Panic! on Sega CD. It has been ages, and the game was really deeply insane...but I enjoyed its maniacal nonsense. It wasn't by any means poorly put together.

    Unlike...soooo many PS1 games that I can't even think of. Some of which had promising intros and then...plurgh. I vaguely recall a Batman ... racing game? That looked sooo sweet, and played soooo bad.

     

    And I also kind of like Laser Blast for 2600. It ain't no Frostbite or Pressure Cooker, that's for sure. But it's not a complete turd.

     

    My biggest disappointment, though it can't really be called a worst of all time for many reasons, was Lord of the Rings: Conquest. Supposedly by the same developed that made Star Wars Battlefront I and II. But the developed had been absorbed by EA inbetwixt the games and well...Conquest is buggy, horribly conceived, no fun at all, stupid, and just simply stupefying in that they somehow screwed up such an easy win. They could have nearly just reskinned and high-deffed up SW Battlefront II and been good. But they completely and utterly blew it.

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  24. Posted

    Hard to pick just one. And no fair, youse guys picking fifteen "runners up". :)

     

    Seaquest. Still get a huge thrill out of it every time.

     

    Okay, I'm a hypocrite. Close runners up would definitely be Demon Attack, Pressure Cooker, River Raid, Enduro, Space Invaders, Subterranea, and Midnight Magic.

  25. Posted

    So back to the main topic, of the PS4 kicking the XBone in the face...

     

    I'm coming from the perspective of a person who has a 360 but no plans to buy any of the next generation at present.

    The PS4 has successfully walked through the huge door M$ has opened, by not making the mistakes of canceling used game playing ability, not implementing Big Brother cameras... But I am still wondering...does it actually do something that anyone, anywhere was asking for that the PS3 didn't do?

     

    And this whole used game fiasco is riotously ironic. Was it not Sony who were putting rootkits on computers via music CDs for awhile, trying to find ways to shut down the used game market, at the forefront of the "don't copy our movies or we will destroy you" movement? All I'm saying there is...that "plays used games, no restrictions!" just sounds strange coming from them.

     

    And is the PS4 in any way backward compatible?

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