Topic: Your latest retro purchase

I need to set up the Dreamcast and try out the games I got for it years ago again. I remember hating every one of them, but I haven't touched them since 2010, if not earlier. You know, when I was still a hormonal teenager.

I pick up Final Fantasy Legend 3 for the Gameboy today.

@the_shpydar caught em slippin!

@TylerTheCreator: thats what i read and i cant wait to play it.
in regard to mario superstar baseball i had a hard time choosing between this and wii version. have u played either? i chose GCN version because from what i read i had better challenges for 1player.

F-Zero GX/AX Soundtracks

Bought Midway Treasures 3 and Clock Tower 3, both for the PS2. Missed out on Zillion, sadly.

So not so much of a purchase more as a gift. A co-worker of mine is moving and he decided to give me his entire SNES collection. At first I thought ok they are probably just run of the mill games but who am I to turn down free SNES games. You can probably imagine my delight when I looked through the games after he left.

Donkey Kong Country
DKC 2
Killer Instinct
Battletoads Double Dragon (One of my personal favorite)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
A few sports games
Super Mario All Stars + Super Mario World

Sadly he doesn't know the value of games like I do (obviously since the Mario Allstars + World can fetch a good price) so if I passed on them he was going to give them to Goodwill. Thing is now cause I know the value I will give him money for them otherwise I won't be able to sleep at night.

@briwipdx: I played the one for GameCube. I'm not a big fan of baseball but even I thought it was fun.

My last retro purchase was Sonic Adventure DX, Crazy Taxi, and SSX Tricky on Gamecube, if that can be considered retro. My favorite really retro game I bought was Illusion of Gaia for SNES.

Ok small retro purchase. Won an auction last night on Goodwill's site for Street Fighter II on Genesis C.I.B. Now I know what some of you might be thinking, but the SNES had better coloring and sound. I will agree but for playability it has to be the Genesis version for me cause of the awesomeness that is the six button controller for the Genesis. When it come to fighting games I hate use shoulder buttons to attack (which is probably why Tekken is my choice of Fighter on the PS but that's another story) and find it more comfortable using the six button controller on the Genesis.

When it arrives I will post pictures.

Another small purchase today

Picked this up for $6.99. Never played it before but looking forward to it.

@Tasuki
Cool. I've always been curious about that game, so i'd be interested in hearing how it is.

@the_shpydar: So far I am enjoying it. If you like KotOR I recommend it. It plays alot like KotOR with the choices but the fighting is more real time combat not turn based and you fight using a variety of martial arts moves depending on the style you choose. You also get weapons that you can use in combat and there is even a way to slow time down time in combat kinda like bullet time for emphasis of cool moves. There is no party like KotOR but you get one follower that will help you in combat either taunting opponents or healing you. Not sure how it works cause I don't have one yet.

Bottom line, if you liked the gameplay and the writing of KotOR, like Kung Fu Bruce Lee type of flicks, Asian culture then I am pretty sure you will like this.

So... I'm finally going to get a front loading NES. Now, I have a few options that are in my area, but there are a few things I noticed. One system says it has the lock out chip disabled. Another says a "new" 72 pin connector has been installed. Another system is cheap cause it needs a new connector.

Now the last time I owned a NES was when I was just a kid. So retro gamers, any experience/ insight on these things?

Thanks for any tips and info!

If you're willing to buy a new 72 pin connector, I'd get the one that lacks it. It's very easy to disable the region lock on the old NES if you follow a tutorial and changing the 72 pin connector is quite easy as well.

Are you asking what those mean?
The lockout chip was a chip in the NES that was Nintendo's way of controlling production as well as the content of NES games (as their means of "quality control") and also stopping unofficial or bootleg games from being made, as well as stopping import games from working. Disabling the lockout stops the system from checking and allowing any NES-compatible cart to be played.
However, the lockout chip was known to be oversensitive and would lock-out even games it should play if there is even a slightly bad connection with the cart port.
It was bad enough that in the top-loader NES, Nintendo removed the lockout.

The 72-pin connector is what connects the NES cart to the system and allows the console to read the cart. The connector was designed to make it easy for the system to read carts when the system was new but over time the pins would get bent and the connector wouldn't work as well.
It's said new connectors aren't as good as the originals and some prefer to refurbish the original connectors, but that can take a bit of work.

As for my own purchases, Kirby Air Ride for GameCube. I think that is one of the few first-party games I don't have.
And another F-Zero GX disc. The one I got is a little scratched up. Though the one I already have is complete and cost me less a year or so ago I think that what the disc alone now goes for.

@Drowsy @KingMike

Thanks for the info! I wasn't too familiar with those things, but that really helps.

And on topic, I just received my first cartridge for it. I got a boxed SMB3 with the instructions as well. It's in decent shape too. Very excited to have this back in my collection.

My latest "retro" game is for the XB1. Wait, what? Yeah, Rare Replay, one of the greatest compilations ever.

BattleToads Arcade alone is worth it. Played this gem for the first time last night.

I thought Battletoads arcade was one of those games were people were arguing about what the proper aspect ratio even is. (or at least emulator authors due to technical things with the hardware)
Now we now.

@Ryno: I love the Battletoads Arcade game. I am kinda surprised that we never saw a home port till now especially during the SNES era when they were porting alot of Arcade games to the SNES. My son and I play that game quite often on the Ouya. In fact I think I will play it now.