Post here every time you get something new!

CDH

I've played the first Football game, its a truly terrible game.

Atavan-Halen

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The unholy trinity:

Whyyyy retr0, whyyyyy?!

landsleaving

I... words can't express my disdain for your purchase.

Did someone scribble 'Shin Megami Tensei' above the GAA logo or something?

Retr0gamer

Well I only bought Gaelic Games 1. Ciderman lent me the other 2. The only reason I got them is because I said I'd do an article for Hardcore Gaming 101 on them.

paperwork

mondeo wrote: »

You can download disk images from lots of sites but you will need a serial cable to connect your amiga to your computer inorder to send the games to your amiga disks... That's one way I've been doing it anyways. Have a look at these guys http://www.amigakit.com

I have a 600 aswell it's some machine!

wait, so i get this cable and some blank disks for the Amiga and download the roms?

batari

Retr0gamer

I heard it's a damn good game, probaly better than Halo 2 :P

Jack burton

That 2600 needs to be cleaned, get the toothbrush out

batari

Hah ha, was actually stripped and cleaned this morning! Was thinking the same when I saw the pics!!

Jack burton

Ah nice!

Never got ito the atari myself but i really want to get a lovely shiny vader 2600!

CiDeRmAn

Halo 2600, I wonder if it has a scarab level?

o1s1n

Well, 20 years later, I finally got around to buying Strider for the Megadrive. I have no idea why that took so long.

Jack burton

Yeha I only got that recently, seems like it would be one of those games that you would jut pick up really handy without even trying too much

I had to get strider 2 aswell

o1s1n

Jack burton wrote: »

Yeha I only got that recently, seems like it would be one of those games that you would jut pick up really handy without even trying too much

I had to get strider 2 aswell

My cousin had Strider when it came out. We always found it **** hard. Great game though. Looking forward to sitting down and having a good play through again.

Did Strider 2 cost you a fortune? Not a cheap one that.

Haven't really put up many pictures for a while. Decided to take a few snaps.

Sin and Punishment 2 & PDS Orta rock. Still haven't gotten around to playing Klonoa yet -



NTSC Descent big box version -



These really are huge. Here it is compared to a standard PAL version -



12euro Shining Force! Still can't believe the luck of that one -



Thought I'd photograph my NES games while I was at it. They really don't get enough love. Pretty small collection to. Going to have to work on that one :pac:

Andrew76

Those NTSC cases look as big as the Saturn jobbies. Must track down a boxed copy of SMB3, holds so many fond memories. Anyone remember a TV program on during lunch hour maybe early 90s, where they played SMB3? They had speed run competitions of it. I remember one kid called "The Iceman" was pretty much unbeatable at it.

Jack burton

Yeah I always liked the bis ntsc ps1 boxes, they just seem so much more epic

as for strider 2, for strider 1 + 2 it cost me €20 shipped, not bad considering they are both in minty goodness!

Fidelis

Some recent purchases:

o1s1n

Demolition Man on the MD is an overlooked gem. Didn't come across that game until recently enough.

Jack burton

yeah tis a good game alright, I found the overhead bits a bit awkard though.

but overall its a good game, not an easy game either

Andrew76

o1s1n wrote: »

Demolition Man on the MD is an overlooked gem.

Must be one of those rare occaisons where a game based on a film is actually better than the film. Usually the other way round.

Optimus Prime

Andrew76 wrote: »

Anyone remember a TV program on during lunch hour maybe early 90s, where they played SMB3? They had speed run competitions of it. I remember one kid called "The Iceman" was pretty much unbeatable at it.

Hhaha!! i Remember that i used to watch it everyday on my lunch break from school, they had a lad dressed up like Mario, it think it was called the Super Mario Challange or something! Thanks for the flash back!

Retr0gamer

There's only one true Strider 2 and it didn't come out on the megadrive!

Everybody is getting rule of rose. I really want that game.

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Everybody is getting rule of rose. I really want that game.

Reminds me of the Klonoa incident from a few weeks back.

Any other games you'd really like?

Fidelis

o1s1n wrote: »

Demolition Man on the MD is an overlooked gem. Didn't come across that game until recently enough.

I didn't even know about it's existence until someone on here posted about it. I had forgotten about Parodius until Retro mentioned it. This forum cost me an extra €40!

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Everybody is getting rule of rose. I really want that game.

I've had Rule of Rose on my saved searches for a while now and picked up a 'Buy It Now' listing for €20 (French edition). Some months back, a seller on eBay sold a few UK editions of it and they went for between £100 and £140, if I remember correctly.

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

Reminds me of the Klonoa incident from a few weeks back.

Any other games you'd really like?

Yeah, I need a job. I hear rise of the robots 2 is great :P

Andrew76

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Yeah, I need a job. I hear rise of the robots 2 is great :P

/rushes off to ebay Rise of..... Hey wait a minute!!

Seriously though, is there some NES games you could recommend? Megaman 2 worth getting?

o1s1n

You're asking Retr0 if Megaman 2 is worth owning?

Kind of like asking the pope if god exists. :pac:

Andrew76

o1s1n wrote: »

Kind of like asking the pope if god exists. :pac:

Asking who if what exists?
It was more asking which is the best NES Megaman to get or if anyone could recommend some good titles other than the SMB series, my NES memories are terrible at best. Prob the wrong thread to be asking this too sorry.

Retr0gamer

Andrew76 wrote: »

/rushes off to ebay Rise of..... Hey wait a minute!!

Seriously though, is there some NES games you could recommend? Megaman 2 worth getting?

Eh, Megaman 2 is probably one of the best games ever made and has without a shadow of a doubt the best 8-bit soundtrack ever. Megaman 3 is just as good.

Actually the NES has a lot of underappreciated classics. It's list time folks:

Little Nemo: The Dream master is an excellent late capcom platformer. Anything by capcom from Megaman onwards is sold gaming gold.
Castlevania 3: Seriosuly good although the japanese version is way better
Vice Project Doom: Excellent ninja gaide clone with some other genres in there too
Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom: stupid name, great graphic adventure.
Shatterhand: Another great ninja gaiden clone
River City Ransom: like streets of rage but with RPG elements
Metal Storm: Wonderful platform shooter from irem
Gaurdian Legend: Great mix of mercs and zelda
Crystalis: Like zelda but better
Magic of Scheherazade: another great zelda type game
ufouria: Best looking NES game by far, think this one was only released in japan and europe, really hard.

I've plenty more if you want!

Dr Bob

corblimey wrote: »

Not a game, but retro-related, just took delivery of the RetroGamer eMag DVDs 1 and 2, 55 full issues of RG. I'm using them to decide if I should get into another retro console (PC-Engine anyone?) or eat.

naah...magazine emulation doesnt compete with the real thing!
In unrelated news I'm flogging the almost complete run of retrogamer's from issue 2 to last months;), I'm keeping this months as I FINALLY GOT THE FECKERS TO PRINT ONE OF MY FORUM POSTS!in the "from the forum" section:)