Games Acquired 2020

[pook99]

Picked up 3 rare wii games this week for a decent price, dragons lair trilogy, no more heroes 2, and gunblade/:A machine gun arcade pack.

I probably didnt need dragons lair trilogy since I own it digitally on switch and on steam, but it is one of my all time favorite games and just really wanted a physical copy

[BoneSnapDeez]

Some of this month's pick-ups: retro and modern:

[prfsnl_gmr]

Sweet. What’s the Togo Famicom game?

[opa]

pook - gunblade is a pretty fun light gun pack. Probably not as good as the house of the dead 2&3 pack but they're solid games to add to a Wii light gun collection.

bone - why is that one famicom cart larger than the others? Does the game have extra sound chips in it or something?

[BoneSnapDeez]

Yeah, big Famicom games will typically have an extra sound chip or whatever.

And the game with the text-only label is Fushigi no Umi Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water.

[marurun]

Lagrange Point is the larger one. Has a KONAMI VRC7 chip in it. Not only does it add 6 FM synth channels, it also does a lot of other stuff like other advanced mappers.

[Note]

2020 pick-ups:
1. Gunstar Heroes (GEN)
2. Lightening Force (GEN)
3. Comix Zone (GEN)
4. The Ninja Warriors (SNES)
5. Golden Axe (GEN)
6. Beyond Oasis (GEN)
7. Rocket Knight Adventures (GEN)
8. ActRaiser (SNES)
9. Castlevania IV (SNES)
10. Wonder Boy in Monster World (GEN)
11. Secret of Mana (SNES)
12. Skies of Arcadia (DC)
13. Gradius III (SNES)

May game pick-ups ...



14. Castlevania - Symphony of the Night (PS1): Earlier this year I made it one of my goals to find a good condition copy of this game and I finally came across one on a mom and pop game store's website. Back when the PS1 was new, I actually never encountered this game, but I'm a big fan of the system and the Castlevania series has been growing on me the past few years. After finishing Castlevania IV on the SNES a few months ago, I'm aiming to play this one next in the series.

15. Shadowrun (GEN): This has been on my to get list for a long time, but I never seemed to come across it at any local stores the past few years, so I finally picked it up online. When I was young, my neighbor who also had a Genesis was really into this game, and we would play it every so often. I'm a fan of the cyberpunk aesthetic as well as action RPGs, so I'm looking forward to learning the game and trying to finish it. The cover art is also awesome IMO.

16. Zero Tolerance (GEN): This is another game I never played or even came across around the time of release. I heard about it a few years ago, and finally gave it a chance via emulation and had more fun with it than was anticipating. It's pretty impressive to see a game like this running on the Genesis, even if the field of view is pretty small. Also, it's pretty expansive for a FPS on a console at the time, with about 40 levels. One day I'd like to setup the co-op system link situation, seems like that would be a lot of fun. This is another game I'm looking forward to putting time into.


There were a few other games I wanted to pick-up this month, but one of my online orders (luckily not video game related) from early May ended up being lost in the mail. Because of this issue, I didn't want to spend any more money on online orders until it got sorted out. The eBay seller finally gave me a refund today, but I'm not sure how much online purchasing I'll be doing in the coming weeks, as I'm a little hesitant after this incident.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Extraordinarily high IQ pick-ups.

[BoneSnapDeez]

May

Atari 2600
Encounter at L-5

Famicom
Akumajou Special: Boku Dracula-kun (JPN)
Fushigi no Umi Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (JPN)
Lagrange Point (JPN)

Switch
√Letter: Last Answer
Trials of Mana

Switch eShop
Arcade Archives: Frogger
Arcade Archives: Golf
Arcade Archives: Hyper Sports
Arcade Archives: In the Hunt
Arcade Archives: Karate Champ
Arcade Archives: The Legend of Kage
Arcade Archives: Mat Mania Exciting Hour
Arcade Archives: Mr. Goemon
Arcade Archives: Pinball
Arcade Archives: Time Tunnel
Arcade Archives: Track & Field
Arcade Archives: Vigilante
Arcade Archives: Vs. Balloon Fight
Arcade Archives: Vs. Castlevania
Arcade Archives: Vs. Gradius
Arcade Archives: Water Ski
Arcade Archives: X Multiply
Arcade Archives: Yie Ar Kung Fu
Sol Divide: Sword of Darkness

Vita
Chaos;Child
Steins;Gate 0

Steam
Higurashi When They Cry Hou: Ch.8 Matsuribayashi
Pillars of Eternity
Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram
Steins;Gate Elite
Summer Pockets

Inching closer to that complete Data Age Atari set. And yeah, I went overboard with the Arcade Archives...

[Syndicate]

...I'll have to break out the next batch of pickups by month. So far this year though I guess I'm doing alright.

Genesis

1. Marvel Land
2. Phantasy Star II
3. Paperboy
4. Alisia Dragoon
5. Light Crusader
6. Dynamite Headdy
7. Quackshot
8. Mystic Defender
9. Beyond Oasis

Saturn

1. Die Hard Arcade
2. Earthworm Jim 2
3. X-Men:Children of the Atom

PS4

1. Metal Wolf Wolf Chaos XD

XBox One

1. Ace Combat 7
2. Crackdown 3
3. Bayonetta and Vanquish 10th Anniversary Bundle
4. Ori and the Will of the Wisps Collector's Edition
5. Samurai Shodown
6. Blazing Chrome (Digital)

Switch

1. Ghostbusters The Video Game Remastered
2. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
3. Psikyo Shooting Stars Bravo Limited Edition
4. Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha Limited Edition
5. Overcooked! + Overcooked! 2
6. Hasbro Game Night
7. Danmaku Unlmited 3
8. The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors
9. Blazing Chrome
10. Gigantic Army
11. River City Girls
12. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (eShop)