Fun stuff for the day

So here's what I got:

- Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Vol. 1 for the N64 ( $9.99)

- Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord for NES ( $2.99, worth $10.49 according to VGPG.COM)

- N64 Controller (which had GUM in the rumble pak port.. grr...)

- Sega Genesis Controller (that'll just have to go in the garbage since I don't have a Genesis).

I finally got a chance to play the N64 which works great. Playing Root Beer Tapper on it though was quite weird. It was slow. Trying to play Spy Hunter was weird as well. The, uh, "C" pad doesn't feel right, so I may need to consult my expert video game repair person to open it and fix it.

That Wizardry game was very weird. It was like playing Dragon Warrior with much less graphics and absolutely no sound. I got bored real fast.

I'm not having much luck with Ebay these past few days. Offers have been left ignored or just flat out denied without a counter offer. I've added a few other titles to the calendar that I'll keep my eye one, but this isn't really the best paycheck to be spending lots of money on games since rent is due...

I just bought a copy of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins for $9.98. Lets hope that offer I put in for the other copy doesn't go through... although I doubt it will.. I can't wait for this game to come!!

We'll see if I have any luck in the next few days with any more games.

Lukie Games pulls through!

I received a response from Lukie Games. And what you know, they're willing to exchange the game for me! Whooo!!

I'll be getting an envelope and mail that game out on Monday! Yay!

Afterthoughts of Lukie Games purchases

After thinking abou the purchases made from Lukie Games, I'm pretty disappointed. My first experience with Lukie Games was back when I purchased Castelain. The shipping was extremely quick and the game was in excellent condition (minus some dust on the cart). I was very pleased and was looking foward to making another purchase from them.

Finally I made another puchase from Lukie Games, this time multiple games. The shipping took much longer than the previous purchase, but it wasn't Lukie's fault. I was irritated, but they arrived. To my disappointment, one of the games was NOT satisfactory:

I mean, look at this game! This is not Very Good as it was listed on the auction page. This is after I cleaned the game. The label is faded, it looks like something was spilled on it, and the label is literally coming off. All those nicks in the label are PART OF THE LABEL MISSING. Half of the top if the label is gone. To me, this is not acceptable from a top Ebay seller, especially without any warning.

When I opened Excitebike, it seemed like something was spilled on the inside of the game. The contacts were kind of sticky. It did come off and the game works just fine.

Boulder Dash had writing on the back of it. Whoever "Snyder" is should be slapped. Who writes their name on a game?! And in green?! It took a few tries with the whiteboard marker to get the writing off but it did come off.

The other games really had no issues. ALL THE GAMES needed to be opened and cleaned. The contacts were filthy. What happened to them being cleaned, as stated in their generic information on ALL their acution pages?

I have emailed Lukie Games and told them about the condition of Secret Scroll (even though I already gave them positive feedback). I told them how disappointed I was in the condition and asked if another purchase was made if they would verify the label was not as torn up as this one was. The hope is that instead of saying "sure, purchase another copy and we'll make sure it's in *cough* Very Good condition *cough*", that they'll replace my copy. I don't care if I have to pay for return shipping to get a better copy, I would just like a better one. My assuption is that this is not going to go my way, in which I will not purchase from them anymore. I hate for it to go that way, but I deserve to be happy!

On a side note, when I opened Laser Invasion, I was shocked to see such a huge board on the inside:

Look at that monster! It's, like, half the size of the game! And there isn't a battery for a save feature. So why the heck would it need to be so darn big? Who knows. Maybe it will make sense once I actually play the game.

Anyway, I will make sure to post any type of reply I get from Lukie Games and what I plan on doing from there.

FINALLY!

My games have arrived!

All but one are in good shape. Poor, poor Secret Scroll...

Is USPS Broken?

Where are my Lukie Games?!

It was dropped off at the post office on Jan 16 from Hollywood, FL and it just arrived in Las Vegas today! But why aren't they in my mailbox?! Are they really being that slow? Has my mail not been delivered yet today? Why did it take 6 days to get here?We shall know soon enough...

Thrift store hunting and Ebay goodies!

Here's what I found in my endeavours today: Nintendo 64 ($15), V Rally '99 for N64($1.50), and Sonic the Hedgehog for Sega Genesis ($2.99). I know, I know, I don't own a Sega Genesis. That doesn't mean I can't get games before the system! It's kind of neat because this is the first Genesis thing I've ever owned in my life! It's a milestone! Both the system and the games look really good, like they've hardly been used. I need to invest in a controller for the N64, but that's not an immediate thing.

Onto the Ebay winnings! I decided to order a few items from Lukie Games off of ebay (in hopes of getting a 15% discount with an exclusive code that didn't end up working). What I ended up with was Excitebike, Laser Invasion, Boulder Dash, The Secret Scroll, and Spy Vs. Spy. All the games were $1.95 and the total for shipping was $10.75. I also used my $1.68 in Ebay Bucks, so a bit less there.

That's it for today. I'm looking at a Super Mario Land 1 and 2 lot for GameBoy on Ebay that is going for about $10. It ends sometime tomorrow. I'm also looking at a Final Fantasy Adventure for GameBoy that is mislabeled as Pokemon Blue that is going for about $6 that also ends tomorrow. We'll see how it goes, but I'm not too concerned if I don't get either.

Ice Climber and the quirky NES controller

First, Ice Climber. This game finally showed up in my mailbox yesterday. According to the tracking number, the package only took THREE days to get here once it was received at the post office. What the heck? So I waited 4 days for the seller to print the label, then another 3 days to take it to the post office? Why? How annoying. But anyway, the game looks fine, needed some desparate cleaning, but works great.

Now for the quirky controller...

I bought a controller at Play-N-Trade here in town last Sunday. I didn't bother to try it out until yesterday, and to my discovery the buttons did not work. So I go back to the store and exchange it for another controller (and was told that he couldn't test the controller cause he didn't have a system, liar). I bring it home... and it doesn't work. Now before any one gets all upset, it SORTA works. I plug it into the Yobo and only the B button works. Different from the last controller, which only the directional pad worked. But with this controller, I plug it into my Nintendo in the living room (licensed, mind you) and it works just fine. Is there some sort of issue out there that I don't know about? I have never had this problem before. Weird.

I'm off to try and beat Super Mario Bros. 3.. again. Lets hope this doesn't end up like the last two times I tried where I went through the first 3 worlds and got NO LEAF items. How unlucky is that?!

Donkey Kong Gameboy Gameplay! Yeah!

Here is the opening title screen:

As you can see here, the first few levels are taken from the original Donkey Kong arcade game:

Here a few screens from the game after the original levels:

I like how that last screen looks like Donkey Kong Junior. It's one of the "boss" stages.

Here is the first "boss" stage:


Here are videos of the two bonus stages. You get these by collecting all 3 items that are in a level (umbrella, hat, and whatever that third thing is):

My Donkey Kong has arrived!

Yes, it finally came. Looks great. I've never attempted to clean a Game Boy game contacts, but then again they have never NOT worked before. The game does need a bit of a wipe-down since it's dusty, but other than that it looks great. I have not tested it yet, but I'm sure it will work fine. I need to rest for a bit after a long week at work, but then I will get down to trying it out!

Where is Ice Climber? I won it before I won this game! According to my tracking number, it just got proccessed through PENNSYLVANIA today. That jerk didn't bother to attempt to ship it until 7 days after I won the acution. Guess who's going to be getting a neutral rating? That loser. The aution page says estimated delivery date of 3 - 6 business days, not 7 days before they're even going to drop it in the mail....

Donkey Kong for Game Boy

I happened to win this title on eBay.

My brother was out for the weekend, and he was mighty impressed with my NES collection. He talked about games of the past and brought this title up. I didn't recall it when he first mentioned it, but after watching a video of if on Youtube, I instantly remembered the game.

You basically go around these weird levels collecting a key to open a door in another part of the level. There are some enemies, some unusual contraptions, and several other things getting in your way. I remember playing this game a lot with my brother and I hope it continues to be enjoyable after I receive it.

Ice Climber!

Game value: $11.45
Purchased for: $6.98!

This was brought to my attention yesterday, and it was a deal I could not pass up. Getting that game for about half it's value is pretty sweet!

That leaves me with 5 more games to purchase this month to keep on track for my 2010 goal!

I am looking at a few game lots, but depending on how pricey they get, I may end up waiting until next time I get paid to purchase anything else. We will see though.

What is that?!

I was playing City Connection this morning, passing the time before I went to work, and this random thing came up in the top corner of the game:

Once I unpaused the game after taking the photo, I tried to get up to the top level to get it, but it disappeared. Not disappeared like off the screen cause I went to far, but just disappeared for no explainable reason!

I have no idea what it is. I've never seen it before in the game (and I've played it quite a bit), and there is nothing in the manual that describes something like this. It looks like a hot air balloon to me, but maybe it's supposed to be the heart that is described in the manual that is appears on the Paris stage. I was on the first stage, which is certainly not Paris...

What do you think it is?