The good and the bad

We'll start off the with bad. The bad is that Donkey Kong Jr. may have been lost by the Post Office. It said it was delivered two days ago, but has not arrived in my mailbox. I had to call the Post Office and open a case or claim or whatever the heck its called, and I should be getting a phone call within two business days (today being the first one). I honestly have no idea what is going to happen from this point. Guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.

Here's the good:

Yep, games in the mail. I actually got Qix a little while ago, but never blogged about it. I haven't tried out either of them yet, but they both are in great condition. I'm kind of shocked that I got GI Joe before Ninja Turtles, but oh well. I also ordered a bit so I can open my SNES since it appears to be broken. The picture only stays on if you have the system in just the right position. I'm told it can be fixed, so hopefully soon it will be. I might have my other game in the mail today, so I will post if I do.

The fun wasn't over just yet!

Yay for Skykid! Is it one word or two? Who knows. But anyway, the game doesn't look too great in this photo, but it does look in good shape in person. I got it for $2.99 locally.

Also, out of pure randomness and luck I happened to bid on a G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor in the last few minutes of the aution, thinking I wasn't going to win. Although there were no bids at the time, I figured someone was watching it to get it for the low low price of $9.99 plus $2.99 shipping. I just bid the $9.99 and walked away. After I checked on it a little while later (way later than the auction ended), I saw that I had won. This game is said to be worth $31 on http://www.videogamepriceguides.com/ ! Watch out now!

I also didn't mention in my last post that I had won Donkey Kong Jr. for $10.00 even. So here I am with five games for the weekend. Looks like I'm ahead of schedule for my goal of 200 games by the end of the year. Right now I'm at 169, which leaves me to get about 4 games each month until December. This is quite possible!

Next month or two may be slow months in the gaming realm for I have quite a few car issues to take care of, such as registering and tune-up. But we'll see how it goes. In the meantime, I will do my best to get some gameplay footage up somehow.

The end of my weekend...

So there you have it, that's what I got for this weekend (well, today). Freedom Force is worth $9.50 and Space Shuttle Projcet is worth $11. Why two copies of Space Shuttle Project? Cause I can. And why a second copy of Gyromite? Well, here's why:

That beauty! That is an adaptor that will allow Famicom games to be played on a NES! Oh yeah! I hope to come across more in the future, but this is the only one I found today out of at least 10 other copies of Gyromite I came across. I hope to get Circus Charlie or the first Goonies game someday. They are both really fun. But for now it will remain Gyromite.

Tomorrow I get a few bucks for selling a Dreamcast, then I might check out Game Haven by my work to see if maybe they have more Gyromites. I'm too lazy to go all that way today. Last night I won the copy of TMNT III, so I'm happy about that.

Today's adventures

So I did actually go out and thrift a bit. I didn't have a whole lot of luck, and the things I did get I ended up not keeping, so in reality the only thing I got was an AC adaptor for a 1st Gen. Sega Genesis. I also got a Sega Dreamcast controller, but that is going to someone I'm selling a Dreamcast to.

On Ebay I won Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III for $7.00, so I'm excited about that. I haven't played it before, but that leaves me with only one TMNT game to get: Tournament Fighters. I also have a few games in the calendar still, so game shopping is not done for this weekend. Tomorrow I plan on stopping by Game Haven since I haven't been there for awhile. I doubt they'll have anything fantastic, but I'm hoping they'll still have that copy of Space Shuttle Project that I keep eyeballing cause I will get it.

Anyway, hope everyone else has had a better gaming weeking. We'll see how my luck is tomorrow.

My Opinion Of Felix The Cat

I got this game recently, and finally sat down to beat it. Here's the ending:

This is structured weird. I had more than one life left. And is Kitty referring to herself in the third person? Who knows.

Felix and Kitty fly off into space... for God knows what reason.

There's my high score. I didn't really play this game for a score, so that's not very good. TwinGalaxies.Com has the world record at 854,830. The fastest speed run is 25 minutes.

All in all, the game was not bad. It was fairly easy (except for a few of the end bosses gave me some trouble) and kinda long. I'd play it again though. It's very simple to get lives and to power-up without problem. I suppose if I could get that score with my first time playing it I could probably get to that world record after a few attempts.

If you don't have this game, get it. It's worth it.

I took a few pictures of some of the things I thought was funny throughout the game. Enjoy!

A cat riding a dolphin.. that's awesome.

Even better, a cat scuba diving on a turtle's back. And the turtle burps on things!

Felix swimming around inside a Felix head. Weird.

In a space ship, attacking Hersey's Kisses (or yogurt, which was my first thought when I saw those things).

Not only does that not look like Felix, but that grin is hilarous! Ha ha ha!

M.C. Kids

This game finally came in the mail. The cartridge looks really good, but the pins were a disaster when I opened it up. It took more than a rub-down with the eraser to get those suckers clean. But after that it worked just fine.

Unfortunately this game is not too creative. It looks very similar to Super Mario Bros. 2. Even the opening cut scene gives you false hope that the graphics are going to be outstanding. First you see a tent outside at night, with lights reflecting off of buildings 'n such:

Then you look inside the tent to see the horribleness (if that's even a word) of what the rest of the game is going to be:

I mean, look at that? The neat reflection effect they had in the first scene turned into it looking like someone is pushing in the sides of the tent! And the kids don't have eyes! And why is there only one sleeping bag for two kids?! The zipper isn't even right..

Anyway, I haven't played the game too much, but it's nothing special. You go around collecting arch cards in these weird levels and you go into a zipper to end the stage. It's alright, I guess. I'd rather play Super Mario Bros. 2.

Snake Rattle 'N Roll

Game looks good. Still have no idea what it's about.

I watched the video below to try and get an idea of what the concept of the game was, and I'm still not so sure about what it's all about. It looks like you're collecting parts of your body by hitting special spots in the level and avoiding weird enemies.

I may need to read up on the manual to make sure. Looks odd. But hey, I got it cheap, so no complaints here!

Ebay this morning

Just a quick update:

I was looking around on the price guides and added some things to the calendar. I've won Snake Rattle 'N Roll for $2.03 (before my Ebay Bucks it was $3.15) and M.C. Kids for $4.99. More auctions are in the calendar for the day including: Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom, North and South, A Boy and His Blob, and Star Wars. Who knows what I'll bid on next!

Adventure Island Here At Last

Doesn't it look pretty? Wait until you see the back of it...

Why would you need to write "Nintendo" on the back of a NINTENDO game?! Who knows.

I have not had the opportunity to clean it and test it, but I'm sure it's fine. Getting the marker off will take some time, but I'm sure it will come off without too much issue. I've been under the weather for a little while now, so I haven't been playing too many games or worrying much about anything other than sleep.

This morning, though, I did play a game of RBI Baseball and actually won! But I think the team I was playing wasn't trying too hard. It was still nice to say I won for once, but I think it will be a victory short-lived. I'm not sure when the 7 game world series is going to happen, but I better keep practicing!

Anyway, I'm off to nap after a long day at work. Maybe I'll dream of something good while I do..

Thrifting with my Momma

This is what I found:

Included is Robin Hood for the NES, Alien 3 for the Geneis, A complete 1st generation Sega Genesis, and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (that my cat is so graciously covering). The Genesis came with a power suppy, RF switch, one normal controller, and one licensed six-button controller. It works great, looks pretty good, and everything else works fine. Alien 3 kinda reminds me of Codename: Viper, but it kinda sucks. Sonic 2 is good. Robin Hood is just terrible. What am I going to do with another Sega Genesis? Who knows. They seem to be easy to come across.

Here's something else I got as a gift from my parents:

That's right, Mario Kart Wii. My Mom's Wii broke, and she insisted that we play this game this weekend even though her disc is stuck in her system at home. So she just decided to buy me a copy and she'll get her system fixed. I'm so spoiled sometimes.

I was mistaken and though the Goodwill stores were having an everything 75% off sale today, but its only for Easter stuff. I got myself all types of excited to go buy more stuff today, but looks like thats probably not going to happen. In a way, I'm kind of glad cause I'm not feeling very good. I could use the day to rest since I have to work tomorrow. My sinuses are all messed up so I'm pretty tired.

Anyway, Happy Easter to all and hope you feel better than I do! (I'm happy though, I'm having Ham!)