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Re: Video: What Was Your First Video Game Ever?

jorel262

The older the memories the harder they are to recall. I think it was 1982 or 1983. Played an unknown game on an Atari VCS at a friends house. Later I got the 2600 Junior for Christmas and remember many others games: Jungle Hunt, Battlezone, Real Sports Baseball, Desert Falcon, etc.

Re: Scalpers Set Their Sights On Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Special Edition

jorel262

@Anachronism I wish they would just do pre-orders and produce product until people stop wanting it, or at least until interest has dwindled. I know this is different than a Special Edition game bundle, but they should do that with hard to find game consoles too. Why can't I order a product when it's out of stock but more are on on the way? Have retailers forgotten about back orders?

Re: Mario Movie Producer Defends Chris Pratt's Casting (Again), Says Movie Is 75% Complete

jorel262

@Aurumonado I agree with you. Sadly Hollywood can't release an animated movie into theaters without using big name actors for the voices, obviously for marketing. I find this especially frustrating with IPs that have well established voice actors. For the movie Scoob! almost everyone was re-cast. I don't know how Frank Welker was still able to voice Scooby-Doo. It sucks IMO.

Re: Video: Do You Own A Video Game So Rare That You Can Never Actually Play It?

jorel262

I don't have anything that would be considered truly rare, not that my small collection is worthless. Nothing I have is sealed unless it's a newer game that I haven't gotten around to opening yet.

I had a Disaster Report on PS2 sealed and sold it since it was worth something. I was never going to play it so why keep it. I think that qualifies as playing games I own if I get rid of ones I have no intention of playing.

I would never send anything to be slabbed and graded though. That's a coffin for some rich investor's bookshelf.

Re: Lawsuit Brought Against Game Grading Firm, WATA, Alleging Market Manipulation

jorel262

Been following this and related topics for some time. Wish something would have happened sooner but at least we are here now.

I don't think I'll be able to justify the price of a CIB retro game anymore, especially the titles that are in the news like Super Mario on NES, I just wanted a CIB copy mind you, not sealed.

Lots of crappy stuff. Dude from Heritage listing his graded collectibles up for auction, with no intent to sell, just to keep pumping up the value, what a jerk.

Re: Nintendo Says It Wants To Avoid A Repeat Of Wii U With Switch's Successor

jorel262

As many have said previously Nintendo should probably not try to change too much. Just give us a better Switch with full backwards compatibility for both physical and digital games. Play everything the Switch can now. And maybe work harder on getting better third party support? Not to say there is anything wrong with the Switch now or the games on it at all.

Re: Random: Chrono Cross Director Rereleased Radical Dreamers To Stop Scalpers

jorel262

As others have said...this article should have used a different word than scalper.

This is not the typical definition of scalping, especially taking into account the high prices scalpers try to sell XBX and PS5 for. I can't go into a Target and by an old video game, unless it's a used game store. Simply put buying at retail and flipping it for profit is scalping.

Releases like this make it cheaper for people that want to play the original but cannot afford to buy it. Klonoa is another good exampled of this.