I received Power Blade yesterday and what an underrated NES classic this is! Just look at the 80’s Terminator inspired cover! I purchased it and the seller said it was “new”. Here’s the Wild and Crazy kids thing, when I got I thought I got RickRollD resealed! There was no H-seam on the back, just one long seam going along the side, top, and bottom. So I was like OK, I didn’t overpay for this and was planning to open it up anyway so I proceeded and expected the worst. Come to find out though the game was there in the plastic baggy with a mint copy of the manual, neon colored Taito poster, and the Nintendo Power ad! I checked the contacts of the game and they looked like they came straight form Videoland.

Power Blade has one of my favorite NES soundtracks. Seriously, if you like good NES tunes listen to the different Sectors music. I would describe it as a Mega Man and Castlevania 3 in 1 bar Popsicle musical infusion! Sector 4 is my favorite.

Anyway, I remember renting this game as a kid and who can forget the Nintendo Power cover? Looking forward to rolling with Nova and wielding the razor-sharp steel power blade to save the New Earth from aliens!

@Ryno
glad you got that. when i decide to play it and after i beat it im going to immediately pop in power blade 2. i was actually going to start the series last weekend but decided to play and finish shatterhand instead. i put that taito poster on my wall too. lol

Obvious Asian bootleg. They even spelled "Colour" wrong.

Got both the NES game and its crappy Famicom counterpart. Haven't decided if I should start with the bad version first.
Luckily got a CIB Famicom copy of the second game for about $40 a couple years ago so I don't need to worry about paying the insane price for the sequel.

captain saver!!!
no really thats what the game is called guys...Power Blade 2 aka Captain Saver for famicom.

It was Super mario rpg.

Yeah man, I am definitely excited for this one! Wish I had Power Blade 2 as well. Do you just go ahead and tack the posters on the wall? I am tempted to do that sometime though I want to keep them nice.

So after reading yours and KingMike's comments, I looked into little about Power Blade/Power Blazer and Power Blade 2/Captain Saver. I am glad that Power Blade is different than Power Blazer! So, the original's were different but what about the sequels, are the Famicom and NES versions the same? And yes, the sequel is going for an silly price now unfortunately.

yeah i tack my posters on the wall. the power blade sequels are the same just different title screens.

I picked up a bunch of GBA carts at Gamestop's GBA clearance sale. All of the GBA games and accessories are 75% off in the US.

Some of the highlights from my purchase were Wario Land 4, Gunstar Super Heroes, Metal Slug Advance, both Klonoa games, Rayman 3 and Advance, and a couple of Mega Man Zero games. All of the games that I bought cost between $0.50 and $2.50.

After watching Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 3D in theaters today (which I thought was good, and it was the first time I ever saw it), I went to the retro store 3D Games and bought a couple of games:

A fully boxed copy of Glover for the Nintendo 64, which is pretty great so far (I admit, I played the PlayStation version beforehand, but I'm liking the Nintendo version a lot more so far) It's also a lot smoother than the Sony version, plus there are few controls and features that were absent in the PlayStation One version

Having looked up a bit about Radical Rex some time ago, I decided to buy it for the SNES on a whim (for I was very curious about it), and I've got to say, my first impression is that it's very decent (it's no Super Mario World 1 and 2, Plok, or even DoReMi Fantasy, but it's good from what I've played); it's an interesting concept, and I like how you control a little cartoony dinosaur with a radical 'tude (it's also anachronistic, in that Rex rides on a skateboard during the prehistoric era, but I don't mind that so much)

I think I chose a couple good purchases here

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Warbirds for my Atari Lynx. Hasn't shown up yet. (supposed to get here on the 14th)

I haven't bought a PSX game in a long time but this one is a must for a Castlevania fan like me! Along with this black label version I got the limited edition preorder Castlevania music sampler CD the spans music from many of the previous Castlevania's. It's interesting to hear the Famicom versions of songs from Castlevania II and III compared to the NES. Some are quite different. I admit the Famicom versions are more "advanced" but I still prefer the NES versions and I know it's because that is what I played as young Vampire Hunter. For future Halloween parties I am definitely going to spin this CD! Somehow I missed out on this game back in the days when I had a Playstation. I must have been under Dracula's Curse or something.

glad you finally got that game. its a great one.

@Ryno: One of the best Castlevanias ever. Even though alot of people dont like the Metroivania style I guess am one of the rare exceptions in that I love it better than old style Castlevania. The music was some of the best I even heard in a PS game as well as a Castlevania. Damn it now I am going to have to drag out my PS2 and play this bad boy.

@Tasuki: I actually just finished my first real Metroidvania game, Circle of the Moon and yeah I liked it but I think I prefer just the straight up level to level, no upgrading and getting stronger with experience points type of gameplay that the pre-Symphony of the Night games were. I think a lot of people actually prefer Metroidvania's especially with those that didn't grow up with 8 and 16 bits systems. But I am looking forward to playing this someday because of all the good things I have heard. Any idea on how long a 1st playthrough is?

@Ryno it depends on if you get everything like all items, and fill out the map. I cant really give you an accurate account of how long the first playthourgh is without giving away spoilers.

While I did grow up with the 8 bit and 16 bit Castlevanias the only one I really liked was Super Castlevania IV on the SNES and Castlevanis III on the NES. But I still prefer the Metroidvania ones over those ones.

Canadian? ew. Wavian? Yup! I belong in Florida, with Dolphins, Waves and babes.lol And man, I can't stand those over the top goof balls who take their hockey so freakin seriously. if you were to walk into a bar while a hockey game is on and you said something along the lines of "Hockey SUCKS! Screw the canucks!" You'd get beaten by a mob of drunkin brain dead meat headed Canidiots. I'm just not a fan of any sport really, I'm too artsy, creative and crazy i guess. Yet it really is all meaningless, unless you're betting on the game. But I'd rather bet on a game of Super Smash Bros or Street Fighter where i actually 'get' to play, and it's something far more imaginitive and wilder. I don't see the excitement in watching a bunch of tards smacking their sticks around hitting a puck into a net while they make millions and drive their Ferrari's around while slack jawed goober headed fans cheer them on like it's a life or death situation. God I hate hockey....No offense to those who enjoy it, i just dislike many of the outrageous fans who go ga ga over it. Who also start destroying their own city because their team lost in the play offs.lol sigh* Oh well, Blades of Steel is still awesome. lol

And the MCdonalds fries taste different? Were they worse or better? I haven't actually had Mega McDonalds in quite a while actually. But I think it's about time i blasted down to the golden Arches of Grimmis goolay' and filled up my brand spanking Retro minty SMB3 Sky Land Happy meal Box for nostalgia sake and relive a killer videogame fast food momentO.

And bluh! The only real great memory that stuck with me for the N64 was Super Mario 64...In the beginning at least when it made my jaw drop. I got tired of it half way through while realising that it completely lacked the charm, detail, imagination and crazyness that SMWorld dished out. Golden Eye 007 was pretty amazing on multiplayer(the frame rate is pretty poor in this day and age). I didn't see the big deal over Wave Race. Yawn. F-Zero X was pretty cool. Mario Kart 64 i found was dissapointing and all i wanted to do was go play 'Super' Mario Kart. StarWars Rogue Squadren was mighty impressive when you weren't on foot....that stuff was a depressing lifeless visual and gameplay nightmare...See for yourself.

Then there's Glover, 1080 Snowboarding, Perfect Dark, Jet Force Gemni, Blast Corps, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Mario Golf, Mario Party, PilotWings and the horribly overrated and ugly Perfect Dark. Most of those titles did absolutely nothing for me, and didn't hold my interest for too long. I even let Zelda OOT and Majora's Mask skim right by me....Which was one of my biggest gaming mistakes that i completely regret, if anything. Actually FORGET that Only 'watching' and not playing A Link to the Past during the time was the biggest, and then there's Super Metroid and practically missing out on the Castlevania franchise until finaly getting into it because of the Wii's VC. Yoshi's Island was another as well. eek!

Those N64 days just weren't the same or even remotely close to the NES & SNES generation of gaming. The N64 was also during an era where things in the entire media started to gradually take a turn for the worse. The Golden age was over and Bland lifeless 3D blocky graphics seemed to be the norm. And I'm definitly going to look into getting Strider, I need to cool it with the purchases though and actually play what i buy!
I'm playing some crazy catch up on my 3DS at the moment. Too many unplayed and unfinished games gets me overwhelmed to the point where i end up looking like this.

And it's too bad you don't a 3DS yet, i guarantee your jaw would drop if you saw Mighty Switch Force or Mutant Mudds in all of their '3D' Retro Sprite based action. the 3DS is just amazing RyKool-Aid It's only $169 now too. Wink wink, make the purchase! You know you want too hehe.
As for me like I said my Multiconsole Playstation days are over and I'll be buying a Sony 3D Bluray player in a week and selling my dusty & drenched Grannie-PS3 to the Kool-Aid kids down at Smurf Island. So long poop station, at least you served me well as a great DVD player.

I am Nintendo Radical-Retro and strictly 'modern' Nintendo only for now on with splashes of Sega Genesis and Atari 2600. Besides I can't keep up with all of these games and systems. I miss the NES days, where it felt like everybody in your neighbourhood had one(They actually did!), you rented or bought a game, popped it into your system, the start screen popped up and you played the game. I miss the simplicity, where games were also mostly shorter, yet sweet and incredibly challenging depending. Like you said, in this day and age it's like a video game jungle, i just need to trim the tropical hedges.

I've 100%ed' SOTN and Dawn of Sorrow and that's all the Metroidvania i need unless a 3DS version comes out, mainly because S3D basically breathes life into any genre and makes it far more immersive, fun and amazing in the process. As for SOTN, i didn'e enjoy that one as much as i thought i would. SCIV for ex easily eclipses my SOTN experience...I'm much more in tune with Traditional C where the emphasis is on old school platforming, helming your whip like a bad ass belmont, where the challenge is Dracula deadly and timing is Castlevania-key.

Dawn of Sorrow I felt was a step up in comparison to SOTN, although the generic unappealing lame & stock visual style based on how the characters looked during the talking segments was just awful. Plus using the health potions makes any of the Metroidvania's far too easy, especially when you're up against a boss. I never use them as they degrade any sense of challenge. And man, Dawn of Sorrow had some brilliant boss battles I'll admit. INtense...Of course, when not using any HP's. Otherwise if you use them you'll easily take down the boss(depending) and never learn the patterns or feel any sense of reward or experience that crazy intensity during battle.

Anywaysss, I was thinking of Scoring Order of Eclesia for the DS, as the darker castlevania-like gothic tone and art direction seems pretty appealing, but it's still another Metroidvania, and I'd rather do the whole Metroid thing in a 'Metroid' game, and do the whip slashing platform hopping in a traditional Castlevania. Different vampire strokes!

And Ryno it's about time you get Castlevania ReBirth for the Wii muhahaha
It may suprise you, hands down one of the best End boss battles of any Castlevania. There wasn't a 3-Form Dracula fight since CIII: Dracula's Curse. The game overall could of been longer, but it felt like a very Arcadey SNES + Genesis experience rolled into one, yet prettier. The Remixed soundtrack reaks of Sega Genesis Chip tunes as well. It's also got....The flame whip muhaha. Wasn't that last seen in Simon's Quest?

@WaveBoy
Castlevania ReBirth, there are some people who say theres a save feature and others say there isnt. but do these codes actually work:
1-"At the title screen, select "Game Start", and hold Right to select levels that were previously completed on the same difficulty"
2-"Choose "Game Start" and hold Left on the D-pad to unlock the Level Select screen"
ive even seen some folks on here mention the codes didnt work.

@oldgamesonly
Personally I haven't tried. And ReBirth shouldn't even have a save feaure considering the game is on the short side to begin with, and while it does get challenging towards the end I'd say it's probably the easiest of the traditional Castlevania games. I think there was 6 levels? Anyways, all I know is that after finishing the game you can unlock the 'Classic' Castlevania control scheme where you can't control your jump in mid Air which of course bumps up the challenge.

On another most rightous 'and' dissapointing note, i ended up getting the Game Boy Color Blob Light a couple of day ago in the mail and while it does provide better light than the snake light for example it's still extremely annoying to use. Since it doesn't light up the edge portion of the entire screen leaving it dark whuch basically knocks out detail and brightness and you can see the actual light reflection in the middle of the screen. It renders it unplayable for me dudes & duddettes. I'm keeping it though as it looks pretty damn cool when in use. It's like a giant bendable mutagen toxic Snot monster clinging to the top of my Purple GBC.

That aside JohnnySlide , I'm really annoyed with my GBC. I can't stand using any of the magnifier light attachements, i can't stand those wonky little snake lights and I'm not sure I want to spend $100 on a custom built front light. Then again, I could do it myself....I don't care if i end up wrecking my GBA SP just to get the Light from it since i plan on getting a regular GBA instead, so no Wizard-Waldo worries there. I guess that's my only option!

It's killing me that I have Wario Land 1-3and Contra: Operation C waiting to get played. Plus, there's no way in scortching hell that i'm going to wait for WL 2 & 3 to hit the 3D's VC...Let alone Mega Man V which probably won't be released until the end of it's life cycle. Time to get going on the Front Light tutorial, hopefully this doesn't become too tricky. Wish me Leondardo-LUCK!