@Ryno - Blame this guy. The price jumped $50 in a year thanks to him and his video. I knew I shoulda grabbed it when it was only $8.

Anyways, I got Iridion II and King of Fighters '99. In Iridion's case, once again Shin'en proves themselves to be a highly competant developer. I played through 3 levels already, and they were quite fun, yet not challenging enough to make me intimidated. That's exactly how I like my shooters. Still have to play KOF '99, though.

Just ordered a cart for $20. I knew I should've grabbed it when it was $5.
But I've seen NES games get stupidly expensive.

Mario Kart 7

Ikari Warriors (arcade), Athena (arcade), Darkstalkers (PSOne Classic), and Medal of Honor Frontline HD. All on PlayStation Store. I already own Darkstalkers, but the disk got scratched somehow and wasn't playing right.

I remember that game from way back when. Revolutionary for its time.

@Mickeymac: Watching him play MetalStorm just made me want to get the game that much more and not to mention depressed. Why, oh why did that guy have to make that video??? Dracula's Curse him! It could have just been another obscure cheap NES game. Oh well, just have to keep an eye out for it.

Since you are a shooter guy, what are your top 3 favorite shooters?

That's easy: Raiden Fighters, Star Parodier, and Nanostray. Raiden Fighters because it's intense and veried, but not overwhelming (plus it has a great multiplayer mode), Star Parodier because of its perfect difficulty curve (starts out easy then gets really hard by the end), and Nanostray because of nostalgia (it was my first shmup, but also a very well-built game). I'm also partial to gradius, Galaga, Gley Lancer, and all the shmups by Treasure.

_{yes I consider anything older than the current gen retro. It's easier on my brain}

But isnt PS2 considered current gen since you can still buy one new?

Nope. It's 6th gen. PS3 is 7th Gen. It's last gen, and by my definitions, retro.

Whoa, mega cool! I just received my super out of this Siberian Citadel world complete copy of Mega Man 4 today! It has the registration card and of course the Capcom Craze Club poster. I love the Capcom Craze Club but I get the feeling the rest of you are not as crazy about it as I am. Oh well, more awsomness for me. But yeah, Mega Man games on the NES with a NES controller, does it get much better?

i have the same respect for Capcom too

I would almost buy a new N64 for this....

...Or a Super Famicom for this...

...Or a Famicom for this...

Got Golden Sun through eBay for $10 with free shipping. I also purchased Wild Arms and Suikoden on PSN.

@Wizzrobe

See if you could get a repro cart if Final Fantasy III so you can play it on a NES.

My latest retro game is 29 retro games in 1 awesome retro game.

It still happens more often than it should. For example, I recently ordered a new copy of an Xbox game. It would have made a nice gift for my friend, except Capcom Classics was inside my "factory sealed" Taitos Legends case.

Now Taito Legends is a nice Xbox game! I have never received an incorrect game, that is pretty messed up. But at least you ended up with a quality game like Capcom Classics opposed to something like Halo.

Well got a few retro games for the kid for Christmas.

Got Mario Kart 64 and Star Wars Shadows of the Empire for N64

Aladdin for SNES

It certainly could have been higher quality. Capcom Classics has 3 19XX games, 3 versions of Ghosts n' Goblins, 3 versions of Street Fighter 2, but no sign of Puzzle Fighter, Strider, or Progear. Maybe those last 3 games weren't classic enough for them.

Come on now, admit Tasuki those games are really for you!

Ha, no doubt. At least they wised up and put Strider on Volume 2.

I got 2 SNES games today.

The first being Slick Rick copy of Illusion of Gaia. Another SNES classic I missed out with my limited cashola as a child but I remember this bad boy on the cover of Nintendo Power and wanting it. This reminds me since it was developed by Quintet, are there any other Quintet games on the VC besides Act Raiser?

I doubled down with the seller and got Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest. Yeah I know it may not be the greatest Final Fantasy in this Fantastic world but oh well, still nice to have in the collection. What makes it a little unique is that the original shrink wrap is still mostly intact along with the Special Introductory Price seal/sticker. Cool to me at least to have those bonus rare extras.