What did I get in the mail today?

Look at those packages. All three of them were crammed into my tiny mailbox, but thankfully nothing was hurt in the process. That little red one looks funny..

The first yellow package was RBI Baseball. The game looks good, only minor label wear. The little red one was Dino City. The person decided to just wrap the game in some, uh, I can't think of what the stuff is called (we'll just call it plastic wrap) and put the label over it. Interesting and cheap way to ship it. That last yellow package is the mystery item! I will unveil what it is sometime before Thursday when it goes to the person it is for. I'll probably give in and give it away before then, which is fine by me!

Now I have to get my RBI gameplay on since I have a world series coming up! Wish me luck!

150

That's right, I've reached 150 NES games. I only have 50 more games to reach my goal of 200 by the end of the year. That might prove a bit difficult considering now I've gotten into collecting more than just NES games, but it only requires me to purchase 6.25 games a month. We'll see how it goes.

Stuff from this weekend

Only one thing from the thrift store: that lovely fishing controller for the PS1. It goes with the game Bass Landing, which I just happen to own. Looks like the controller is woth about $30 and I bought it for $5. I haven't tested it yet.

Midway Arcade Treasures 2 and Trauma Center Second Opinon are obviously from Game Stop. Nothing special, I just happend to walk in and find them. I've been searching for one of the two Trauma Centers that are out in anticipation for the new one that is coming out in May: Trauma Team. I've never played it before, but it looks like a pain in the butt like Cooking Mama. And Midway Arcade Treasures 2 is a compilation of several arcade games, but now I have all three of them.

Toki came in the mail a few days ago, but I didn't have the opportunity to blog about it until recently. This game looks really neat compared to the NES version. They are both fun games, although I'm not too great with the Genesis version.

I've won a few things on Ebay this weekend as well. First would be Dino City for the SNES. My brother let me borrow this game and I just had to get a copy of my own. It's a fun little game that I used to play in my childhood, but I die at the same spot every time I play. I will certainly get past it, I just haven't sat down and played past getting the game over screen (I'm not one to use continues). I also got RBI Baseball for the NES. This is going to be in prep for a 7 game world series I'll be participating in. I got one last thing, but it's a surprise.

Next weekend my parents will be coming out, so I don't know how much game shopping I'll be doing, but my Mom wants to go thrifting, so we'll see how it goes.

I got one last thing that I'm really excited about:

No more plugging every game system into my VCR! FINALLY. Now I have to just get off my lazy butt and hook it up. :P

Thrift Store Weekend

I got lots of goodies at the thrift store this weekend. Here I'll show off my first find:

That's right, a Sega Dreamcast IN THE BOX. I only paid $25 for this nice gem. It looks brand new. Obvously it wasn't since the cords were loose in the box and there was no manual, but it's nice and fancy looking. And with all the cables that came with this system, I was able to test the other system I had that did not have the cords with it and it works great too! It was like a two-for-one type deal!

Onto my next finds:

These were at a thrift store that had TONS of games, the most I have ever seen in a thrift store at once! I got all this stuff for $16, which is the cost of Kickle Cubicle alone! The NES games look brand new, the Genesis games look just fine (not brand new, but not chewed up). Unfortunately the Genesis games did not come with manuals and the Aladdin case is a little funky, but they work just fine.

Anyway, that was it. There was more out there, but these were the only items I was interested in (and not overpriced). Lets hope I have more luck in the future.

About those six games..

So I finally cleaned up and tested my new six games, and here's what my first impression was of them:

- Top Gun: Second Mission was only played for about a minute. Not having the game in reverse axis or whatever its called so hitting up actually goes down and vice versa totally threw me off. I'm not much for those type of games anyhow.

- Captain Skyhawk was kind of fun. It feels like a 3D Zaxxon. This is a game I will probably play a bit more in the future.

- Tecmo NBA Basketball lasted about 5 seconds. I basically made sure it turned on and the players could run around and stuff. I really don't have much interest in this game other than now it's part of my collection.

- Baseball Stars II was such a pain in the butt to figure out how to get a game started! I originally accidently picked only the computer to play, so I just kept watching games. Then, after I realized what I did, I finally got a chance to play. Baseball games are hard on the NES. That ball goes flying and you don't know where your players are in the outfield! I can see why RBI is so frustrating. The sounds they had to replace voices were pretty interesting.

- Duck Tales was fun. I suck at it, but obviously I'm going to when it's the first time I'm playing. It reminds me of Tiny Toon Adventures. I definitely will play it some more.

- Mickey Mousecapades (or just Mickey Mouse like it says on the title screen) sucked majorly. I can't believe how poorly it was made. I was warned, but I'm still shocked. It could have been so good. Here's what really got me mad: The first door you see has a bubble that says KEY. So when I find the first key, I go back to that door and nothing happens. Apparently the FIRST KEY YOU FIND isn't the correct key. What a rip-off! And why does Minnie follow you around, but it doesn't matter if she gets hit or not? I was running around trying to try to avoid both of the characters from getting hit, but Minnie is apparently invinsible because it doesn't matter if she gets hurt! Sheesh..

So there you have it. Eventually I will try to get my camera to record appropriately and get some game play up for you all. Until then, this is what you get! Ranting!

Lookie lookie!

Yeah, aren't they pretty? They look really good. I don't notice any flaws in the labels or any other types of ick on them. Tecmo NBA Basketball has a bit of a rattle in it, but that probably just requires me to open it up and get it out. I haven't tested these bad boys yet, but I'm sure I will soon enough.

Aren't you jealous of my Baseball Stars II?!

It arrived already

Yep, it sure did. The game is in great shape, just needs a little cleaning up. It took me awhile to figure out what I was doing (I frogot how to play the game), but even when I did, I still sucked. I'm no good with games that require you to use the little joystick with your thumb. But hey, it's here. Now I need a rumble pak so I can save my games! :)

Tracking Numbers

Over the weekend, I ended up winning Buck Bumble for $5 with free shipping. I also won a lot of 6 games that includes: Top Gun: Second Mission, Baseball Stars II, Time Lord, Duck Tales, Mickey Mousecapades, and Tecmo NBA Basketball. I won this lot for $14.49 (including shipping). I received tracking numbers for both. So far, Buck Bumble has been processed through Sort Facility in CT, and my lot does not have any information yet. Here are the tracking numbers if you're interested in looking for yourself:

(Mostly) Genesis weekend

Here's what I got. All locally. Not bad prices. :)

Little Ebay Luck Today

It's been awhile since I posted, so I thought I would share with you my attempt at winning some stuff. Here's what I've done so far:

- Won Buck Bumble (N64) for $5 and free shipping.
- Best offers on Virtual Bart (Genesis) and Toki (Genesis), but found out later that these games already had some pending offers. I've pretty much given up on hearing back from these.
- Best offer on Boulder Dash (NES), but haven't heard anything back from it. I'm not expecting to since this seller has the game listed for $15 and I offered $1.. ha ha ha.
- Bid on StarTropics $0.99 with $2.50 shipping, but lost. Last time I checked it, the auction had four minutes left, and I went to do other things and came back to an outbid screen. Oh well.

I plan to do a little bit of game shopping this weekend. I plan on purchasing another Wii remote (PINK) and another SNES controller. I'll probably check out some more games on the price guide tonight and go from there.

Other than that, I want to try recording some gameplay of Ren & Stimpy on GB, but I'm not too sure if I want to try fighting with it again. I tried recording earlier in the week and I couldn't get the picture to come out clear. We'll see...

Twisted Metal for PlayStation

Sometimes trips to the thrift store can have you come across interesting things. I came across the above: Twisted Metal for the PlayStation. It's in a long, weird looking case. Apparently some games came like this. It's complete with manual and the disc looks almost perfect. The case is coming up in some spots and just needs to be glued back down.

I got this game for $2. I'm not too sure how much it's actually worth, but it's definitely worth more than $2. Games on VideoGamePriceGuides.Com were ranging from $6 - $30, so it's hard to say. I'll guess in the middle and say $15. Will I ever play this game? Probably not. But it looks cool.

The end of Donkey Kong on Gameboy...

Stage 9-9, you think "Yay, I saved that Pauline bitch finally!" There's a nice little heart and...

Oh shit, a big-ass Donkey Kong comes to try and smash you with his fists! That's okay, throw 6 different barrels at him as they come down the screen and he's toast.

Mario get's a mushroom that makes him grow in probably more areas than one. He picks up Donkey Kong and gives him the smack down (not really). Pauline is all types of hot for Mario now.

What?! They're one big happy family and that's the end? And only on Stage 9? I thought there were 12 stages?! I guess the FAQ's I read were wrong.

There you have it. Another title beaten. This game was not too difficult, but long. Only two different stages that I can think of gave me trouble. I had the right idea while playing them, but I just needed to tweak my technique to pass those stages. I'll probably play this game again just to see if I can do it without dying or something to that effect. Who knows. But for now, this game will go on the shelf. Bye bye, Donkey Kong!