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Post by TrekMD on Oct 20, 2013 8:56:06 GMT -5
Looks like you're really embracing the NES homebrews, Trek. Out of interest, I watched a video of Donkey Kong XM for the 7800 on YouTube. Is it a more accurate translation of the arcade version? Yes, I like to support homebrew releases. I'm looking forward to 8-Bit Christmas 2013. The other carts are a bit too expensive to get, though. I do have the ROM's to play them. Donkey Kong XM is as arcade-accurate as it gets. No other version comes as close to the arcade as this one right now. Even the game logic has been rewritten to match the arcade.
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Post by TrekMD on Oct 23, 2013 22:12:24 GMT -5
Plus, what is "Hover Bover" (or is that "Bower"?)? Well, looks like Elektronite has found a way to move forward with Hover Bovver! Check it out: Hover Bovver 'Half Cut Edition'
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Post by VectorX on Oct 23, 2013 23:04:12 GMT -5
What a bizarre deal!
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Post by TrekMD on Oct 24, 2013 6:11:19 GMT -5
There's a long story behind it.
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Post by gliptitude on Oct 25, 2013 17:23:11 GMT -5
Found a curious cartridge at a thrift store yesterday and paid .99 for it. I thought it might be a Famicom cartridge, but wasn't sure since I have never seen one in person and it doesn't say so on the cart. I think it has the right number of pins on it to be Famicom, but the warning text that is embossed into the plastic is in English. ... The PCB inside resembles Nintendo ones, with two chips on it, but the chips are very flat little PCB's rather than the EEPROMS or whatever I normally see in a NES cart. ... The label on the front of the cart shell is absent, without even a trace of glue. No screws in the assembly, it just snaps together with tabs. Black plastic.
Anybody know what this might be, if not a Famicom cart?
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Post by wyldephang on Oct 27, 2013 3:31:35 GMT -5
Sorry, Glip, I haven't got a clue. I've seen a few Famicom cartridges in person, but not up close. Are there any numbers printed on the board or the chips that could help you identify them? I did manage to pick up one more game from eBay: Super Bomberman 2 for the Super Nintendo. The auction closed at a relatively low price, but the original UPS shipping costs were unreasonably high, so I asked the seller if he wouldn't mind changing the service to something cheaper such as USPS. He agreed. In Bomberman, the player is closed inside a grid and must navigate the levels by planting bombs to destroy enemies and clear obstructions. Though the gameplay is straightforward, power-ups can be collected to boost player speed and strengthen bombs. Now that I think about it, Bomberman might be one of those games that would make a good conversion to the Vectrex.
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Post by VectorX on Oct 27, 2013 8:13:57 GMT -5
How was the Genesis version of Bomberman, do you know? I always wanted to try that one out.
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Post by wyldephang on Oct 27, 2013 17:01:37 GMT -5
How was the Genesis version of Bomberman, do you know? I always wanted to try that one out. I've never played Bomberman for the Genesis, actually. Out of interest, I researched it before buying Super Bomberman 2; it seemed the game was better represented on Nintendo's hardware, so I went with the SNES version. The gameplay across the two games seems to be mostly identical, though the Genesis version features animals that Bomberman can ride. I like the level design better on the SNES version, but if you see the Genesis cartridge for a fair price, I'd recommend picking it up.
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Post by VectorX on Oct 27, 2013 17:37:11 GMT -5
Yeah I figured I would just get it anyway at some point. A local Blockbuster had it back in the day but I never rented it. I meant to do so though.
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Post by wyldephang on Nov 5, 2013 4:04:39 GMT -5
Latest pick-up for the NES: DuckTales! One of Capcom's most beloved NES platformers, DuckTales epitomizes everything that I like about good video games: good graphics, memorable music, and smooth gameplay. You control Scrooge McDuck as he travels through exotic locations like the Amazon, Transylvania, and the moon to collect rare valuables.
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Post by TrekMD on Nov 5, 2013 8:48:56 GMT -5
Latest pick-up for the NES: DuckTales! One of Capcom's most beloved NES platformers, DuckTales epitomizes everything that I like about good video games: good graphics, memorable music, and smooth gameplay. You control Scrooge McDuck as he travels through exotic locations like the Amazon, Transylvania, and the moon to collect rare valuables. Great pick up! I have that game and it is fun.
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Post by wyldephang on Nov 9, 2013 18:11:56 GMT -5
I want to purchase a PlayStation 2 to round out my collection. Even though it survived almost into the eighth generation of gaming, it can be considered a classic console as the older PS2 titles are in their thirteenth year of existence. The advantage to collecting for the PS2 is that most of the best games are widely available for a low price--generally under $10--and the systems themselves along with the accessories can still be found new-in-box. Previously, I had used my brother's console to play games like Final Fantasy X and Metal Gear Solid 2, but I no longer have access to it. Wal-mart sells the slim version for about $100.
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Post by gliptitude on Nov 9, 2013 21:30:06 GMT -5
PS2 is still the most contemporary non-handheld console that I have. I don't play it very often anymore, but I still consider it an essential part of my collection. Ico and Shadow of the Colossus are two of my very favorite video games, as I've probably mentioned over a dozen times in these forums.
I don't suppose I'll be recommending anything you've never played before, but I've pared my collection down to only games that I really like, and I pretty much have all the ones that ever interested me, plus a few others.
Marvel v Capcom 2 is fun if you are into the characters. Single player is decent and I was highly motivated to play until all of the Marvel characters were unlocked.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance - Also fun if you are into the Marvel universe. Cool to control a whole team of heroes, freely changing which one you are in control of. 2 player co-op is decent. I think the first one was the better of the two, and also a bit better than the X-men Legends ones.
Dragonball Z Budokai 3 - ok, not my kind of game and I only bought it because it was like $4. But I actually had a lot of fun with it. Interesting campaign mode and even I got into all of the bizarre and well articulated characters. A few of my friends grew up with Dragonball Z, I guess, so they were really into challenging me on this game when they came over.
Some of the retro collections are pretty good, although they all seem to fall a little short. The Sega Genesis one is just OK, but it does have some arcades that can be unlocked, including Zektor and Tac/Scan, which is awesome. .. Metal Slug seemed special to me because I remembered those games retailing for $200 each when I was a kid, so having 4 or 5 of them on a $15 disc felt like a jackpot. But the game is pretty samey when you have open access to it.
Playstation (1,2,3) controllers are the very best overall game controllers in my opinion. Not necessarily my absolute favorite, but I think empirically the best, most useful and economical in design.
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Post by wyldephang on Nov 10, 2013 3:40:18 GMT -5
Thanks for the suggestions! I actually compiled a list of about twenty games that I thought looked and sounded interesting. The stand-outs are Kingdom Hearts, God of War, Devil May Cry, Okami, Ratchet & Clank, Jak, Katamari Damacy, Twisted Metal Black, Metal Gear Solid 3, Final Fantasy XII, and Dragon Quest VIII. The games I've played and liked are also on the list: Metal Gear Solid 2, Grand Theft Auto 3, Final Fantasy X, and Shadow of the Colossus. I'll add Ico because you gave it a good recommendation. Actually, I already own the Sega Genesis Collection. It's one of the only PS2 games that I have in my library. But I purchased it shortly before my brother packed up his PS2 and moved away. So, the game is still sealed in the plastic wrap. I've since acquired most of those Genesis titles on cartridge, anyway, so it's not a tremendous loss. In fact, I may never remove it from the plastic wrap. There are a couple of cross-platform games that I'm looking into as well. TimeSplitters 2 and Viewtiful Joe are available on the PS2, but I'm more interested in the GameCube versions because those are the ones I remember playing. Psychonauts is an odd but well-loved PS2 title, but I'm gravitating toward the Xbox edition as it came out first. And I've been meaning to pick up Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for the Dreamcast, so I'll have to weigh the two versions side-by-side to see which one is better, or if there's even a difference. It looks like I have some work ahead of me. The good news is that most of these PS2 games are widely available and cheap. I needn't worry about those grueling bidding wars anymore. I agree that PlayStation controllers are some of the best on the market; very easy to grip, with sensible ergonomics and responsive buttons. If I've ever had a complaint, it's that the two analog sticks are fixed too close together, and sometimes I would bump my thumbs together while playing a first-person shooter game on the PS2. Otherwise, I've had no major problems with the controller.
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Post by gliptitude on Nov 11, 2013 16:08:18 GMT -5
I believe that the consensus verdict on Marvel v Capcom 2 is that the Dreamcast version is the best. .. I can only attest that the PS2 one is very good. If you have both systems, then price might be a factor. I paid at least $30 for used a couple years ago, maybe more, and I remember seeing it go for $50+ at times on ebay at the time. But the value may have declined considerably because I think they came out with a download version on PS Network a year or so ago. .. Not sure the value of the Dreamcast one.
Ico is also one of the more expensive and rare games. This too may have changed slightly with both a disc and download release for PS3. If you have a PS3 there is no reason to go for the PS2 version, in my opinion. But Ico is a MUST PLAY game one way or another. FIND A WAY TO PLAY IT. It is a wonderful and bizarre game and very tastefully put together.
BTW, the unlockable games I mentioned on the Genesis collection are NOT Genesis games. They are emulations of the actual arcade versions and they are worth the effort/expense of unlocking if you like any of those games, (Tac/Scan, Zektor, Altered Beast and Zaxxon, I think).
.. God of War was a hit franchise on PS2/3. I tried it out, and was impressed with the visuals and some of the content. But I basically found it to be unplayable because of all the "mini-games", button mashing and madly flipping the thumb sticks back and forth. It's pretty much the opposite of Shadow of the Colossus in that respect, and very much indicative of the trends that Ueda was bucking when he set out to make the type of adventure game that he made. ... If a video game requires as much physical effort as God of War, I feel like you ought to just go ahead and embark on a real life adventure, rather than a video game.
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