Topic: Your latest retro purchase

Yet the PAL version of ActRaiser contains a difficulty select and also Action Mode (action-only, but it can played anytime and you start with minimum HP but can find an exclusive Max HP-up item as well as magic as items. I think you get 1-Ups every 20,000 points in that mode but also no continues.
So it's like the Nintendo Super System version, but like the other Quintet games only the sound was changed to 50hz).

True, but all the elements that made the Japanese version a tad difficult were likely not retained for the European version either (as usually Western versions share the same qualities that differentiate themselves from the Japanese original, whether it be the American version or the European version; only in the Japanese version do headless spearmen and ogres with shields take five hits to kill, the tree midboss sends out tiny spawn after you, and some of the areas have spikes in specific platforms and portions, plus the boss in Maranha (Marana in the SFC cart) Act 1 was more challenging as it only popped its head out every two-three seconds as opposed to just keeping its head out the whole time). The Professional! mode in the American version ActRaiser may have tried to get as close to the original Japanese version in terms of difficulty (and I commend it for that), but after having played it in its original format I think it pales in comparison to how difficult Actraiser is in SFC form.

Bought a Power Base Convertor from a store, even though I knew before it would have issues fitting in my model 2 Genesis. I figured it's better to buy now, worry about that later? Oh well, picked up one of the cheaper CIB games to try with it when I do find a solution, Cyborg Hunter.
Also got a couple loose Genesis games, Target Earth for $5 (dirty label, part of a GameStop label left on but of course the price part was torn off) and Eternal Champions for 2 (loose cart, rough label with rental stickers). I guess the former's a deal.
For the NES, Twin Eagle (licensed). Might see if my friend is interested in playing of the few co-op shooters on the NES. Also Vice: Project Doom for $10 loose with the top label peeling (how to fix?). A dupe I will likely gift.

Just picked up a completed mint copy of Chrono Trigger DS, for 20 dollars, never played it before and so far I'm really enjoying it!

EDIT: What I thought was awesome that it was still there, the little promotional poster for Chrono Trigger!

recently i bought NES Batman for 2.76 free shipping and legend of zelda orcarina of time (grey cart) for 24.89 free shipping and a friend of mine gave me Majora's Mask for free since i got ocarina of time and it has a 3D Label

Pokemon Red

MK:DD - $5
2 SNES controllers - $5
SNES AC adapter - $2
2 SNES games - $2

same here i like batman NES and Batman returns snes i never got into the Arkham games even though i have a PS3 just never played them

Online orders:
Chachamaru Boukenki 3: Tower of the Abyss. No, it is not about a ninja doing dance moves. I tested it a bit, and it seems to be an action-RPG. I'm assuming it's more puzzle-oriented as it seems all enemies are gone forever once defeated, making grinding impossible. Complete Game Boy import. Looks to be a bit uncommon.
Dashin' Desperados: I don't know, some cartoony vs. platformer for the Genesis. Like $7 and shipping for cart and case.
Gargoyles: Ordered this one for $8. Guess this one's on the rise like Genesis stuff seems to be doing. Rising to like $20 on ebay. Could the Nostalgia Critic be at fault for that?
Picked up a cart-only Ghouls 'n Ghosts I passed up last week at a store for like $15. Seems to be about the going rate these days. Going to have to go with this one because aside from VC, you still can't do it on Nintendo (but you can on SuperGrafx!?)
And while I was grabbing that, I saw Suzuka 8 Hours (another Namco racer). I guess you can't really pass up any non-sports SNES game boxed (everything but the manual) for $5 these days.

So an internet celebrity's appraisal of a show causes a rise in sale for the video game adaptation? You don't say.
All joking aside though, I remember having looked up that Gargoyles was intended to be made for the SNES as well, but it was cancelled. Not just that, though; several MegaDrive/Genesis titles were at one point meant to see SNES releases before cancellation (or never to be made despite planning) for one reason or another: Rocket Knight Adventures, Spot Goes to Hollywood, Global Gladiators, Puggsy, Pocahontas, et al. It's all very fascinating stuff.

If I remember, Gargoyles was confirmed canceled on SNES because the Genesis version sold poorly (pretty sure I read that in GamePro). I'd suspect Pocahontas as well. (reportedly Disney wanted to make Pocahontas a backup RAM game even though they only needed a few bytes. The sort of thing a password system SHOULD be used for.)
Actually, Disney only published Toy Story for SNES (after entering the console publishing business just as the 32-bit consoles were released). It seems Disney canceled their entire SNES lineup until Nintendo decided to rescue Pinocchio and Maui Mallard.
I'm kind of surprised that Spot Goes to Hollywood was canceled on SNES over Genesis. I know it was a very late release, but wasn't that after Sega had largely surrendered the 16-bit war?

Kinda-sorta, yeah. Cool Spot's isometric sequel Spot Goes to Hollywood was made for the MegaDrive/Genesis in late 1995 (the Saturn and PlayStation versions were made the following year). A shame that the SNES version wasn't made as well, I would've loved to have experienced that game in that format as well; still, the PlayStation version I played isn't bad imo, but really flawed (I understand why others wouldn't like this game, the difficulty combined with the isometric system speaks for itself).

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Atari 2600: Boxing, Ghostbusters and Space Shuttle, all blue label variant Activision carts.
Only 9 carts left for the full Activision 2600 set!

Sega Genesis: Valis III
Another recommendation from everyone's favorite sexy gamer, @ogo79. I've only barely played it so far, but it is so excellent. Music, graphics, gameplay are all seriously top-notch. Thanks for the recommendation, my brother!

So Valis III is the one that doesn't suck? I hear Valis IV PCE-CD is pretty good but the SNES version is pretty average.

Yeah, Valis III is pretty sweet.

Oh, I think I might've seen it before. I think there was just one minor complaint: in the cutscenes, out of all the buttons on the controller they pick Start as the scroll text button! (AVGN Batman Forever)

Okay, I picked up a cart on amazon. It says it's not a nice-looking copy, but I guess it can't be bad for like $10 shipped.

TEAM VALIS COALITION IN FULL EFFECT!

Super Valis IV is fun and the music is fantastic. I haven't played the PCE-CD version.

I have been spending $ on video games like the world was about to end. Here are a couple of my latest.
Why have I never heard about this game or even this cartoon until now? It even has a dope comic.

Man, I hope Gremlins 3 is made.