Topic: Your latest retro purchase

I'm having fun with it so far. It does seem to be pretty linear and not all that hard, but fun nonetheless. I'd recommend checking it out if you like ARPGs and can grab a copy for $10 or less.

BrainLord is on the list of games where I got to the final boss and stopped.

yeah ive always liked the way brain lord looks

ah, just snagged dragon fighter for famicom. (i had the nes version but sent it back due to cosmetic preferences.)
i also got a new famicom to nes adapter.
i also got warriors of fate ps1 japanese import.
i also got a nwc 1990 shirt.
i also got a game chasers shirt because "i knew...i had to have it!"
to be continued...

Just saw something I'd been looking for for a little while. So I had to grab it right away: Door Door for the Famicom CIB. Box is a bit beat up but otherwise it looks to be in good shape.

And oh wow, I actually recognize WaveBoy's avatar. Pizza-dude or Pizza-face or something from some cheesy '90s Pizza Hut commercials.

So I picked up for my son as part of getting good grades and finishing off the school an original Xbox along with KotOR and Crimson Skies from the local retro store. Grand total 70 dollars.

Got a used Xenoblade (Wii version) in perfect conditions for 40 euros At last, I can see what all the fuss is about!

A little bit of an nostalgia purchase for me. This was one of the first Genesis games I played (well this and Altered Beasts). Back when I was in sixth grade on one of the last days of the school year we had bring your favorite game to school day. Well I think the teacher was thinking more of along the lines of board games but one of my classmates brought his Genesis along with a few games (I remember he brought Altered Beasts, Tommy LaSorda Baseball, Joe Montana Football and some sort of racing game). I remember then the teacher had to go get a tv on a cart that was hooked up to a vcr from the AV room so we could play it. Out of all the games I remember playing Tommy LaSorda the most. Needless to say my Clue boardgames sat untouched for the day.

Anyway saw a few copies at my local retro shop and I just had to get it. .

Got the Back to the Future trilogy. I've never actually seen 1 and 3 in the series. Gonna rectify that when I get some time. And finish the Mad Max Trilogy...

Does this count as retro?

I couldn't pass this up for 5 bucks. I always wanted to check out the Colecovision. I know it's not as good as the real thing but as I said for 5 bucks I could have done worst.

As for non-Steam Purchases:

SkyBlazer (SNES)
Konami Wai Wai World (Famicom)
Goemon's Great Adventure (N64)

Next time I'll try for Harvest Moon 64 and Brain Lord. And maybe Soul Blazer.

how about this instead!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/161545038260?lpid=82&chn=ps

ogo, why are you not recommending the FAMICOM version of Kung Fu (no, not Spartan-X)?

So yesterday afternoon I got the SNES movie tie-in The Addams Family video game, which if I'm not mistaken is one of Ocean's first (if not the first) endeavor(s) on the Nintendo 16-bit. Short version of verdict: I liked it. It's fun, it's got charm, the music is great, and despite the challenge it did not stray me away from the path (never underestimate the value of perseverance, sheer will power, and... secret rooms). While it would've been better had the gameplay and difficulty had been given some polish, I still enjoyed it while it lasted as it felt manageable to me, especially since it had a password system to back it up. I beat it this morning; I spent several hours playing it in total.

The reason I chose to buy this game recently was because after four and a half years of having owned The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt I felt it proper to try the SNES predecessor to see what it was like by comparison. And now that I finished the original Gomez-led game, I want to see if I can finally reach the end of Pugsley's frustratingly password-less scavenger hunt.

An hour into Pugsley's game getting stuck in one of the stages

I miss The Addams Family already

To each their own

I know I've mentioned in the comments of the review but Pugsley is prone to random crashes, though it may just be a problem with certain SNES revisions. I've still got my original SNES, a near-launch NTSC SNES (aka a 1/1/1 system).
Doesn't seem to have crashing problems on an emulator and I dumped the ROM from my cart to be sure it's identical to the one on the Internet, which leads me to believe it is a console issue.
I've particularly had it crash during the underwater part of the bathroom stage. Opening the stats screen a lot (Select button) also seemed to also do it.

It was a pretty fun game and I almost beat it a few times as a kid, when I was able to avoid crash problems.

Spends 3 hours going to the retro shop and back
Only spends 5 minutes in said shop

Ended up ordering RoboTrek and the Genesis version of Shadowrun to be sent to my house since they offered free shipping. Cost me a pretty penny, but I'm out of Gift Cards, so no more eBay until late July. Oddly enough they didn't have a copy of Super Mario All-Stars without World on it (ones with SMW cost way too much for my blood), so next time it'll probably be that, Brain Lord, and Soul Blazers. Then I still got Shadowrun SNES, Lufia II, Harvest Moon 64, and Ape Escape 3 to worry about, but otherwise I'm getting really close to being done with this binge.

I just found this:

That's about how much I paid for that game in similar condition. Never did get a chance to try it...

I've heard it described as the PlayStation 1's answer to 3D Zelda, the 2D one being Alundra.

It's still an action game, but it has a lot more RPG elements added in. I'd say Spyro would be the PS1's version of Zelda IMO, although it has some more platforming elements.