So I ordered a CIB copy of Penguin Land for Master System.
For my little black square, I bought both Baten Kaitos games. Card battle doesn't sound that interesting but hopefully Monolith turned out something decent? I also ordered Darkened Skye. I know with that one I can only hope it's decent. Probably the best one can expect out of an RPG(?) featuring the magical power of Skittles.
will waveboy join the bucky o hare nes club?
stay tuned next time!
the_shpydar wrote:
As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)
I just got Puzzle'n Desu! for the Super Famicom today. Funny thing about this game: from what I gather it's pretty affordable (didn't spend that much on it) but at the same time it's rather rare (as not many copies appear on eBay, or rather it doesn't pop up on eBay often). So when I saw that a cart was available, I decided to take a chance and go for it. And I can honestly say that after years of curiosity it was well worth it, for (as far as I played) it's pretty cool. ... Not too certain what the "17" on the cart signifies; I mean, I know that a company must keep track of their games, but assuming that this is (Nichibitsu) Nihon Bussan's seventeenth game for the Super Famicom, that's a little too much if that's the case. No company would do that.... checks eBay on other Nichibitsu/Nihon Bussan titles to verify Oh wow, I stand corrected! I've just noticed a few other SFC Nihon Bussan carts that had the same shield symbol on it but different numbers (such as 2 and 5). Pa-ree-ttee unusual; makes me wonder how many Super Famicom games they ended up making in total.
So let's see now: at this point my total of Nintendo 16-bit imports is thirty Super Famicom carts from Japan and one Super Nintendo cart from Europe (Super Morph). As much as I would like to continue, I think I need to take a little break from importing Ninty 16-bit carts (as I've been doing that a lot recently)... at least for now. I should probably consider for my next retro purchase either an NES game (haven't gotten a new one since Blades of Steel several years ago), a PlayStation One game, or perhaps a Genesis game (I wouldn't mind giving Puggsy a go, or even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (the Sega 16-bit version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time... more or less)), as I haven't a bought a new one of these in awhile.
Never was a big fan of Mickey so skipped out on him at every opportunity.
Anywho... Got some NES games and boy does my wallet hurt.
Hot damn! Mega Man CIB. Color me jealous. I know i'm in the monitory, but i enjoyed this one a lot more than the overrated MM3....Bomb man's stage was my first. Which is also backed up by one of the greatest tunes in the entire series imo.
But yup, I was a pretty big fan of the Bucky 'O hare cartoon back in the day, also collected the action figures and of course rented the NES-game, which was surprisingly pretty solid! and pretty irritating in terms of brute challenge. Then again, i guess it can't be surprising that it turned out to be a winner considering it's baring the Konami label down in the corner.
Here's an old school vintage GamePro TV reveiew hosted by JD Rotch and the B-man, which is quite possibly the coolest host to ever grace anything gaming related, he embodies the late 80's and early 90's surfer image quite well.
Bucky 'O hare review starts at 9:10
Back then, Capcom and Konami did no wrong, these days? it's the complete bloody opposite. couple of cash grabbing western sell outs that have either ditched their key classic franchises or have completely morphed them into fitting in with the God of War/Call of Duty/Zombie Smashing western ADD teeny bop kiddie crowd.. They're a mere shadow of their former selves.
Capcom and Konami did loads wrong at that time. Konami used half the rom size for all the none Japan releases. The ports Capcom did themselves were terrible. (The Sega or NEC Avenue reprogrammed games were far superior.) Konami also chose to release the inferior NES versions over the good TG16 versions time after time. (NIntendo of America also butchered the Castlevania games). Sprite flicker slowdown they were common place. Capcom was unbeatable at the time but only in the Arcades. Konami was good with the Japanese releases and in the Arcades. (Odd exceptions of good console exclusives like Axelay and Demon's Crest.) But mainly they were totally unacceptable (See Super Ghouls and Ghosts - sprite flicker and slowdown not acceptable then or now).
“30fps Is Not a Good Artistic Decision, It's a Failure”
Freedom of the press is for those who happen to own one.
@unrandomsam
Yeah, Capcom and Konami, now matter how good or bad their games were, were not a perfect company by a longshot. When it came to making ports, bear in mind that they had to take into account the NES and SNES consoles' limitations, so some changes would have to be made and some elements would be excised in the transitions. You can play Super Ghouls'n Ghosts without all the slowdown, it's just that it's only available on one of the Capcom Classics Collection compilations for the PlayStation 2 and on Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded for the PlayStation Portable. And yeah, I'll concede there was some flicker here and there when it came to the NES games, but I didn't mind it particularly because I liked the games for what they were and could look past that because of it. Capcom and Konami were also king when it came to licensed titles, and most of their (8 and) 16-bit console exclusives I thought were good (few exceptions included Final Fight 2, Mega Man VII, et al). The thing about the TurboGrafx-16/PC-Engine consoles was that it was owned in part by NEC, and it wasn't as popular as the NES and SNES consoles (or rather as common). While I'm more lenient about it and do not see it from a pessimistic point of view, I do respect your opinion. You seem to have a strong, passionate view about this and that's cool.
GENESIS
Sonic 1 2 & Knuckles
Madden 93
NHL Hockey
Columns
NBA Jam
Mortal Kombat 2
NFL 95
Super Battleship
Sports Talk Baseball
Ms. Pac-Man
Lakers/Celtics NBA Playoffs
FIFA International Soccer
SNES
DKC 1+3
Star Fox
SimCity
Super Mario World
Taz-Mania
Warlock
Aero the Acro-Bat
Uniracers
2 copies of Street Fighter II
Street Fighter II Turbo
ClayFighter 2: Judgement Clay
@mkwfreak - wow, two copies of the same game? As for the haul, it's not bad. Haven't played NBA Jam in over a decade and a half, but from what I remember it was fun. Also, Columns is a cool puzzler. And I noticed that you got the original Star Fox... that's one I'm still missing out on.
I just got Puzzle'n Desu! for the Super Famicom today. Funny thing about this game: from what I gather it's pretty affordable (didn't spend that much on it) but at the same time it's rather rare (as not many copies appear on eBay, or rather it doesn't pop up on eBay often). So when I saw that a cart was available, I decided to take a chance and go for it. And I can honestly say that after years of curiosity it was well worth it, for (as far as I played) it's pretty cool. ... Not too certain what the "17" on the cart signifies; I mean, I know that a company must keep track of their games, but assuming that this is (Nichibitsu) Nihon Bussan's seventeenth game for the Super Famicom, that's a little too much if that's the case. No company would do that.... checks eBay on other Nichibitsu/Nihon Bussan titles to verify Oh wow, I stand corrected! I've just noticed a few other SFC Nihon Bussan carts that had the same shield symbol on it but different numbers (such as 2 and 5). Pa-ree-ttee unusual; makes me wonder how many Super Famicom games they ended up making in total.
So let's see now: at this point my total of Nintendo 16-bit imports is thirty Super Famicom carts from Japan and one Super Nintendo cart from Europe (Super Morph). As much as I would like to continue, I think I need to take a little break from importing Ninty 16-bit carts (as I've been doing that a lot recently)... at least for now. I should probably consider for my next retro purchase either an NES game (haven't gotten a new one since Blades of Steel several years ago), a PlayStation One game, or perhaps a Genesis game (I wouldn't mind giving Puggsy a go, or even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (the Sega 16-bit version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time... more or less)), as I haven't a bought a new one of these in awhile.
To each their own
Indeed Puzzle'n Desu is a block-pushing puzzle game. It also contains backup memory to let you create a few of your own levels.
Puzzle'n Desu is indeed Nichibutsu's 17th puzzle game (though the 17 logo is also used on bootleg copies of Nightmare Busters, and not the recent licensed reprint. I don't know if Nightmare Busters was supposed to be their 17th game, as the timeline does roughly match up, or the pirates just arbitrarily chose that logo.
I hear it's a bit uncommon, but even more expensive to get a CIB copy (so mine is only loose).
Although Nichibutsu made a few games on the Famicom that look good like Booby Kids (yeah silly name) and Cosmo Police Galivan (a Metroid clone, maybe), sadly in the late 80s they turned to making a boatload of Mahjong games (seriously does even Japan need that much mahjong? ), canceling a neat-looking action/strategy game called Spirit Animal Genesis.
As to releasing over 17 games... by my count Namco released 83 Famicom cartridge games (though they stopped counting after #18, which still doesn't count the Macross game co-published with Bandai). Taito's last game was #48 (the Jetsons) and Irem's 29 (Hammerin' Harry 2). Konami had to have published at least 50 games across cart and disk.
Hudson probably published at least that many PCE games.
However as to my purchases...
I'm having a little trouble getting my copy of Disgaea DS to work. Can anyone take a look if there's something wrong with it? http://www.campsolution.com/ProductImages/release20051113/DSC...
(yeah, so I got those as a "gift" but checking feedback there's a good sign the seller could be a scammer.
So I ordered another copy. I'll wait to see on this first one but I have a feeling I'll be reporting them.)
Grabbed Warlocked for the GBC. It'll probably suck because it's a really old RTS, but it was, like, $8, so why not? Speaking of $8, is Heroes of Might & Magic for the GBC any good?
I also have a something special coming from UPS that hopefully should be here by this weekend ... stay tuned!
yeah when i ordered my transparent banana hammock from the same seller as you did, i was really surprised to see how quickly it arrived.
now we can match when we go to comic con this time.
the_shpydar wrote:
As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)
I also have a something special coming from UPS that hopefully should be here by this weekend ... stay tuned!
yeah when i ordered my transparent banana hammock from the same seller as you did, i was really surprised to see how quickly it arrived.
now we can match when we go to comic con this time.
How'd you know?
@WanderFan91
Yeah, H.E.R.O. is an excellent game, one of the best on Atari. I've also played it on the Anthology (as well as through other MAGICAL means), but finally was able to snag a copy of the cart.
I love coming home from work to see a package waiting for me. Especially on a Friday. So here's what i was waiting on ...
Retron3!
After watching various reviews of the Retron5, there were too many issues that bothered me about the system to make it worthwhile to me. I may still get one in the future, but not any time soon. I need a system that plays SNES/SuperFami games, and i had also been considering getting a top-loader NES since my original toaster can be iffy. So, i decided to grab a R3 — especially since it was just around 1/3 of the price of a R5.
I've only just tested it a bit so far, just making sure all my Genny games work as well as NES. I don't own any SNES carts, but the one SuperFami game i have — Dragon Quest VI — works perfectly. Thus far, i am very pleased with this little system.
@KingMike - I don't know if that's the image you intended to show, but the link opens up an image of a four-pack Panasonic AAA batteries.
@the_shpydar - nice! H.E.R.O.'s a good game; played it on Activision Anthology
The point was the seller scammed me (and apparently others judging by their feedback) so indeed that link was a joke to show the "game" I got. Like someone ordered FF7 from them, got some largely-unwanted Lord of the Rings game.
I ordered another copy from another seller, and I got that one. Although I noticed it looks like it must be a newer print as the back is English-only (where it looks like other NA copies have English+French text) but this one also credits the Nintendo trademarks 2013. Future rare print variant?
My internet connection's been down a few days, so I took a risk at GameStop without checking prices: $30 for Pikmin 1, $3 for Alien Syndrome both Wii CIBs, and $15 each for both Mega Man ZX DS games, card-only probably because that's how much GS now cares about the DS.
Before it went down, last I ordered online was Odama, new. And a 1019 memory card. If I can, I'll probably transfer the stuff from my 251 (I can't even remember what I had on it. Maybe a Ocarina of Time end save? Maybe a WindWaker clear-save but I think I did that with my friend's Cube+card even though he gave up on the game years ago and never went back.) and let my JP Cube re-format it and finally play the two games I got for it.
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