[FS: NES 34 game lot..................SOLD]

Nice!

[How much of Symphony Of The Night could be ported to the TG-CD-ROM²?]

I would have high hopes.  Someone could cut some corners and pull it off !!

 

I don't know but it seems like someone could make a damn good de-make at least.

[Are these games rare if so what are they worth]

not much of a market for bootlegs.

maybe a couple bucks apiece at a flea market.

 

or if you can find a mad bootleg collector/archivist/historian who's never seen them yet.

[FT: 2600 imports]

Ha, I've never seen those Intellivision labels, funny!

[Interest check, Nintendo Fun Club News]

Man, I had all of these back in the day.  Subscribed from the beginning & then they gave me a free year of Nintendo Power when it switched to that!  

Sadly I turned em in to a bookstore, along with the 1st 2 years of NP.  

[SOLD THANK YOU! The CaptainJ Very Random Game Sale! Lynx, NES, SNES, CDI, more!]

Random indeed!

[Interesting pick-up]

That's awesome you got Popeye with it  x)

[2023 Winter/Spring HSC Standings (Final Results)]

Good fun!!

[2023 Winter/Spring HSC - Round 10 - Alex Kidd in Miracle World]

10,000

I like this game a little better once I get used to the squirrely controls.

However.

A game over for losing at Rock-Paper-Scissors??  

What a bunch of crap!

[2023 Winter/Spring HSC - Round 9 - Kenseiden]

I'm impressed with the music & sound in this game, already sounding like the Genesis!

[2023 Winter/Spring HSC - Round 9 - Kenseiden]

16,400  23,900

made it to the boss before but this time got more points.

Wow I think I somehow took a different path this time.  Found an amulet, then never saw the 2nd boss I encountered a few runs back.  When I got to this stage:

There was no scrolling stage this time, just stairs going up to a training room where I kept trying but life was running out.  The amulet restored my health when it reached zero (I thought it was a bonus room & I couldn't die but that's not the case).  Leaving this screen to the right took me to another temple like the first one but a little longer and different enemies.  Then I fought a wasp-boss dropping maggots:

I also picked up a sword-upgrade, and got an extra life at 20,000 points!  Final score: 23,900

[2023 Winter/Spring HSC - Round 9 - Kenseiden]

12,700

This is pretty tough but I need to get used having the jump & attack buttons reversed.

Fun game so far, liking it better than I expected.

[2023 Winter/Spring HSC - Round 8 - TransBot]

Thanks

I don't like either Zillion game very much.  Maybe back in 1988 I'd have a different opinion though, haha.  I only ever played a handful back then, at friends houses.  I remember Double Dragon, Alex Kidd (Miracle World) and that isometric motorcycle game.  Maybe a couple others. 

[Buying Atari 2600 games from Brazil]

As far as currency problems & stuff getting lost, I didn't worry about this and everything worked out fine.

I don't know about these names you mentioned but I would personally avoid them and just deal with individuals.

I've sent 2600 games to Brazil & had no problems.

My brother lives part time in Nicaragua & we don't have problems with the mail or currency.

I've also gotten Atari games sent to me from Europe & the Middle East, no issues.  

[2023 Winter/Spring HSC - Round 8 - TransBot]

So I played Zillion and got my ass handed to me.

[2023 Winter/Spring HSC - Round 8 - TransBot]

110,540  for Trans.Bot!

[2023 Winter/Spring HSC - Round 7 - R-Type]

Played some R-Type!   44,400

I don't understand how to beat the boss tho.  There's no way around it when it advances forward.  I tried about 10 times.

[[Gone] Male end of 9 pin joystick extension cables]

I was wondering that too, haha

[MAME HSC - Round 5/10 - Holiday 6-game Extravaganza]

Console Quest: The Karate Kid

I didn't usually get very pissed at games - but this one...  Aaagh@*?

not fair!

 

I got unfortunately derailed this round but here's an improvement:

Mr. Do! (take 19) 81,950

 

[MAME HSC - Round 5/10 - Holiday 6-game Extravaganza]

Wonder Boy (take 02): 29,390

 

Anteater (take 04): 18,390

[MAME HSC - Round 5/10 - Holiday 6-game Extravaganza]

In The Hunt (5th attempt): 30,300

 

Now I can say the Playstation game is true to the arcade - it looks exactly the same as far as I can tell, and definitely tough as hell!  This one seems slightly harder though (as one would expect)

 

Mr. Do (take 04): 39,700

feeling really rusty on this one!

[MAME HSC - Round 4/10 - Intrepid / Xain'd Sleena]

Intrepid:  44,770  66,510  (6th attempt)

[MAME HSC - Round 4/10 - Intrepid / Xain'd Sleena]

Xain'd Sleena (10th attempt):  104,530

Man, this would've probably been one of my favorite games if I'd ever had it around back in the day.

 

Console Sidequest -- This was a hard one for me.  I can usually still find some fun in games I liked as a kid.  Some games I don't want to play anymore but I still hold in high regard, like RPGs or etc., something I think has aged just fine, I'm just done playing it.  If it weren't limited to consoles I would pick Daedalian Opus on Game Boy for sure.  I played tons of that and always thought highly of it during my middle school & high school years, but ever since I got back into gaming, I just could care less about that game.  I tried, but... yeah no thanks.

 

After a good deal of thought, I've decided to go with Tagin' Dragon (NES).  This game was always bad, but for me got even worse with time.  My brother and I had a low opinion of it, but we actually had a lot of fun with the 2-player mode, chasing each others' tails.  We got a kick out of making fun of the game and making fun of Color Dreams for their low quality games and stupid-looking cartridges.  We actually rented Tagin' Dragon 2 or 3 times, which I can't say of any other Color Dreams game (I'm pretty sure any others got promptly brought back & swapped out with something else after the 1st try!)  I even put a good deal of time into getting as far as I could in 1-player Tagin' Dragon back then, at least the 1st time we rented it.  Nowadays, it just seems like nothing but a crap game like one might find on one of those famiclones preloaded with unlicensed stinkers.  Except for collecting of course.  I still want that cartridge!

 

810 pts endured:

[MAME HSC - Round 4/10 - Intrepid / Xain'd Sleena]

Xain'd Sleena (1st attempt ever!) -- I like how it changes to the flying/shooting stage.

Also my first time using an older style of MAME, kinda neat.

63,500

[MAME HSC - Round 4/10 - Intrepid / Xain'd Sleena]

Is Xain'd Sleena specific to certain versions of MAME?

I'm getting the message about a missing rom file.