Topic: Your latest retro purchase

My last Dreamcast had problems with reading some of my game discs, so I bought a new one. Checked it with every game I have and it works. I hope this Dreamcast will stay with me. Really looking forward to playing stuff like Powerstone and Sonic.

Been searching for good deals on Sega Genesis games recently as ive been looking for more games to play on it (I just got a genesis from a garage sale in may) and most recently got some good deals on Phantasy Star III and Ecco the Dolphin!

Been playing Ecco first, and it's genuinely awesome. Really enjoying the difficulty of certain sections.

@Jhena The Dreamcast is such an underrated console. Its sad to think of what the Dreamcast could have been but due to Sega's mishandling of the Saturn we will never know. Its still one of my favorite consoles of all time and I still play mine from time to time.

@Tasuki TRUE! I wish I had one... Jet Set Radio looks amazing on that console!

@Tasuki
I agree. The Dreamcast has a great library of games, especially for a failed console. Gaming at its best.

Finally, I found and ordered Castlevania Vampire's Kiss for the SNES. I am waiting "patiently" for it next month, probably.

This will mark my FULL physical collection of the main Castlevania titles.

The only thing that is missing is the Ultimate Dominus collection for the Switch that is again delayed for next month!

I have so many Sega Genesis/Megadrive games, it's one of the systems I've enjoyed collecting bits and pieces for the most, soooo many awesome titles to grab

@WaveBoy Man Family Matters was the thing back in the 90s especially after introducing Urkle. Who could forget Urkel-Os and the Urkel Doll, lol. TGIF was just the place to be Friday nights. I remember looking forward to Friday nights during the early 90s so many great shows. Then it seemed the 2000's hit and the shows just became bland and unimaginative. Every show.just seemed the same but with different actors settings. Plus they tried too hard to tackle major issues. I mean yeah I remembered shows like Full House and Family Matters tackling stuff like drug use or bullying or AIDS but those episodes were major events and were far and between sprinkled in-between zany episodes like Urkle turning into Bruce Lee and such. Once the 2000s hit sitcoms just became too serious for me. It was like man I watch sitcoms to get away from that stuff not to be reminded. Even now when I dont know what to watch I fire up one of the TGIF shows.

@Tasuki @Jhena I still have my copies of Shenmue (US) and Shenmue II (EU), plus the boot disc for getting the latter to work! What a fun time. I even used Sega.net to send the US save to my computer so I could alter some hexadecimal values and send it back, letting me carry my progress to the sequel. I was determined not to let Peter Moore have his way, the jerk (no I don't hold grudges).

@WaveBoy Family Matters, hell yeah. I had such a crush on Laura when I was little, haha.

@hisownsidekick
That is serious dedication, I love it. Shenmue is an atmospheric masterpiece. I played it the first time, when it was available on the PlayStation 4 and it was such a great experience, that it became one of my favourite games ever. I would like to play the original versions of I+II on my Dreamcast someday. Glad that you still have your disks.

@Jhena I'm so happy that people who never got to play it back in the day can check it out with some quality-of-life features on more modern platforms, along with its sequel. Even cooler to hear that someone who played it for the first time on PS4 was still able to enjoy it to such a massive degree! Did you check out 2 and 3? And are you a Yakuza/Like a Dragon fan? I consider that series to be a spiritual successor to Shenmue in multiple ways.

@hisownsidekick
Yes, I played Shenmue II and III, even got a platinum trophy for Shenmue III. Love that series and I hope part IV will happen someday. I also played the Yakuza series and loved those too. Got a platinum trophy for Yakuza Zero. But I do not play games like Yakuza anymore, because I do not play games with an age rating higher than 12+.

If you die and see this it means you are in heaven

@WaveBoy That is true but I only get games that are in English I also have it on the PSP as it is unlockable there

Don't take this the wrong way but RoB is ranked in the middle for me. I am not a big fan of Richter.

I also do not have Judgement which I kind of refuse to acknowledge its existence

As for ReBirth I do not have it as I prefer physical games, but I might pirate it in the future on my Steam Deck.

@Zuljaras What if I go to hell? What would I see? mid-to-late 2010s Konami?

Jokes aside, yesterday I got one more game for my collection of Japanese games: Itadaki Street DS.

Even though Fortune Street on the Wii is proof that I suck at this series, I did manage to win the first Tour and unlock Platypunk with some basic gist and my previous experience with the Wii game.

It's crazy to think that starting with 2017 and the two Ouendans, I'm getting those imported DS games I wanted years ago. Now, if only I could find a European copy of Last Window: The Secret of Cape West.

@HammerGalladeBro If you see Kirby, Fifa or any other sports game you are 100% in hell.

All jokes aside ... but I still HATE those games

@Zuljaras I disagree with Kirby but I can respect your hate towards it.

Fifa or any other sports game? I agree with you there.

@HammerGalladeBro It is not exactly hate (I worded it too harshly) but I don't see myself playing those games ever, with that pink cute balloon.

As for the sports games I do not understand why people love them

@WaveBoy Dont blame you on the cases after the 16 bit era, the artwork if you can call it that is just blah and have no.creativity. most of them are just pictures ripped right out of the game itself. Not crazy box art like Shatterhand on NES or.some of the other tripping ones.

Totally agree with you to anything after PS2 is not Retro and even PS2 is pushing it. When will these people learn GameCube, DS, Wii is not retro lol.

@Anti-Matter They are totally soulless are they are are generic stock pictures. Nothing special about them at all. Look at those pictures and the take a look at Splatterhouse for example. You see that and you know Instantly its Splatterhouse. Take away the Barbie name from the one and you can use it for anything its just a girl on a horse. You can use ot for a farm sim game or a horse racing game, just so souless and generic.