Topic: Your latest retro purchase

Licensing perhaps? The arcade version was originally published by EA (maybe their only arcade game), while Tradewest had the Battletoads rights for consoles.

Tenchu - return from darkness (xbox)

just got the game today. played the first level. right when i beat the boss the game freezes. i hope this is not a bug that happens every time :/

@Tasuki: Yeah, its pretty great. It definitely has a darker vibe to it. To bad it doesn't have an online component because they would be fun when you get your X1. I was playing R.C. Pro AM and that took back since that was one of NES faves as a kid. I now believe Mario Kart didn't "start" the Kart Racers genre, R.C. Pro AM did.

@KingMike: Wikipedia said work was started on a SNES copy and then links "Retro Gamer 86, page 82." It would be interesting to see what that actual reason they gave was though.

@Ryno: Well I probably won't get an X1 till the holiday season. Right now my money is tied up in a trip to Portland Oregon this October for the Retro Game Convention. . So excited for that one.

I bought a japanese copy of Yoshi's Story for the N64 since it was dirt cheap. Interesting game.

Someone gifted me a SNES with castlevania 4, so I figured I should buy some more games.
Clay fighter tournament edition for 5$

The game is fun, even if the fighting is not that great.

gunstar super heroes for gba

Ok so my package came today and as promised pictures

So a C.I.B copy of Street Fighter II for the Genesis. The instruction booklet has a little wear and tear but nothing major. So now I can play Street Fighter II without having to deal with shoulder buttons. So now this makes copy number six of Street Fighter II I have. Spanning 3 systems.

While I was in Minnesota for a family vacation I discovered a couple of video game stores.....I'd say it was a good vacation!

Well another Genesis Goodie this one might not be a big deal for you all for me it was a bit of a nostalgia value.

Back when I got my Genesis on a Christmas morning (sadly I don't remember what year) I got two games with the system as well that well, we're my parents picks. Sadly back then most didn't know or want to know much about games back then which always made getting an unexpected game gift a gamble. Most parents went by the picture on the box, or what they liked sports wise as was this case or a well known IP like a movie game.

Anyway my Dad was a big Boxing fan so he got this game with my Genesis along with a Street Fighter clone that I don't remember the name of, and surprising this game was really good (The fighting game not so much). I remember playing this game and Sonic 2 (the pack in game) all Christmas day that day. This game had a career mode and was great two player game as well. I have been looking for it for awhile but have been finding loose cartridges online.

Well I went into a local thrift store today and saw it there C.I.B. what most online places were charging for cart only. It even has the poster inside of upcoming Sega Genesis games . So I picked it up. I will post more pictures in a bit.

Also thanks to @the_shpydar I have another retro purchase coming in a bit and will post pics of it.

_{Thanks again man I think. That site is going to get me in trouble now.}

So i've been lazy and haven't posted these, but here's a couple pick ups from a week or two ago...

Bible Adventures & King of Kings: The Early Years (NES) - Bible games! Both include the original Wisdom Tree cardboard sleeves, and Bible Adventures has the manual. Honestly, while these games are not great, they are not as horrible as everyone claims. Perfectly playable, though not without their faults.

E.T. (CIB) (2600) - Because of course. Been a while since i got another CIB copy, especially since people have been totally overpricing their listings ever since the Alamogordo dig.

@Tasuki
I know what you mean, man. My wishlist on that site is ridiculously long. I could easily drop several hundred dollars there and there would still be stuff i'd like to get.

So another purchase for the Xbox

I remember reading about this game back during that gen and thinking man if I had the money for an Xbox I would get it for that game alone, being at the time I was a hardcore tabletop Dungeon and Dragons player. Still a 4 player dungeon crawler based on D&D, me thinks I have another game for the guys for our multiplayer game nights.

Had to hit the retro shop this past Saturday ...
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Rad Racer (NES) - A great game, and one of those "i thought i already owned this" games. Alas, i did not, but that has now been remedied.

Duck Tales (GB) - I got DT2 on GB just recently, so had to grab this one as well. Ironically, i don't own either NES DT game, which really is something that i should fix soon.

Adventures of Batman and Robin - This is the reason i had to go to the shop this past Saturday. I've been wanting this game for a while, and when i saw that Mike had posted a picture of it on FB amongst a bunch of games that had come in the store last week (including a CIB Bucky O'Hare!), "i knew i had to have it" (TM @TheGameChasers). A little pricey, but a good price for what this game usually goes for.
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And finally, since i am awesome, Mike threw this in for free:

The smoothest man in the galaxy! Fun fact (and i think i've told this story to @ogo79) - Billy Dee Williams won the election for incoming Senior Class President in my final year of high school. Seriously. It was awesome.

@the_shpydar: Great purchases there man, Do you happen to have a pair of 3D glasses for Rad Racer?

Nice one on Ducktales as well I have been looking for a copy on GB as well lately, I have the NES one but whenever I see a GB one on ebay I always get outbidded at the last moment and I am usually at work. Been hoping that my local retro shops get one but so far no luck. Might have to wait till I go to the Portland Retro Expo to get me a copy.

@Tasuki
Unfortunately i do not have a pair of 3D glasses at the moment. I really should find a pair, especially since i also have 3D Battles of WorldRunner.

As an aside, I remember when i was a kid there would regularly be some sort of cross-promotional thing with 7-11 and a local TV NY station (WPIX, Channel 11) where WPIX would periodically show classic 3D movies (from the 50s and 60s) on Saturday afternoons, and 7-11 would give you a free pair of glasses (usually with the logos of the station and the movies and on them) when you bought a Big Gulp. 'Twas very cool.

I had awhile ago bought a Famicom DT2 (because it was like $15, way back while the NES version was "only" a $30 game), so I ended up getting a Famicom DT1 for consistency. I eventually got the disc version of Remastered for PS3.
My only retro purchase was a Pac-Man 2 SNES manual (not very exciting, but I have a box and cart). A couple Japanese Wii games, but something going on with my Paypal, so the manual was more of a "check my account is working" purchase.

Now I should be ordering as a lot Super Pinball II for the Super Famicom and some crappy other game, American Battle Dome.
(Super Pinball might be the creepiest pinball game I've played, so I can imagine the SFC-exclusive sequel is more of that )

got stone protectors for snes.
i had this game a few years ago. dont know why i got rid of it in the first place. but i do know i have replaced it.

this game has really good graphics too.

@ogo79
Yeah, Adventures of Batman & Robin has drastically jumped in price. I have an app on my phone to keep track of my retro Ninty purchases that i d/L'd a couple years ago, which includes values of each game but sadly does not/cannot update, and it still has the price-point at $20-$25 ... now it's typically at like 3 to 4 times that, cart only.

Also, people have to beware if they wear 3D glasses in my presence. Otherwise, they are sure to experience a virtual eye-gouging from the majesty of the 11th finger.

_{also also, for the record, i absolutely hate the stupid looking new emojis.}

i actually was going to find a way to integrate that 11th finger deal in my original post.
great minds think alike.
all bald people are smart.
everyone with hair is stupid

Majuu-ou seems to have recently topped 1k. I was screaming no way when it was at the $200 mark.

Got the last "RPG" missing from my SFC set I think. A poor condition CIB of Shodai Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun for $23. The box looks crumpled and there's tears in the manual, but still I don't think it should've been passed up at that price. (when I was looking a couple years ago, most offers for good condition were in the $45-50 range. Don't know how much it's changed since.)