Oddities in your collection?

Anyone have anything a bit different or unusual in the collection?
I dont have a whole lot, but a few interesting things nonetheless. I have a cartridge copy of Beastball that i bought from Markymark (i think), the guy responsible for dumping a lot of rare protos and cancelled games, and a Megadrive/SNES game copier called the double pro fighter that dumps the cartridge to a floppy disk. Apparently it launched in 94 with a notoriously high DOA rate although mine seems to be fine still.
So anyone else have anything a bit off the beaten track?

o1s1n

i won't go listing stuff as I'm sure the regulars here are sick of me at this stage (!) but my oddest piece is probably that undumped Zero Tolerance early proto build, mainly because I've a gang of Russians after me for it

o1s1n

o1s1n wrote: »

mainly because I've a gang of Russians after me for it

??? Please elaborate on this:pac:

o1s1n

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

??? Please elaborate on this:pac:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056504374

bit of piss taking and joking but I did genuinely receive freaky messages via PM on a number of sites over several years :eek:

Steve X2

I've a few hard to find things, but the oddest thing in my collection is me

o1s1n

o1s1n wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056504374

bit of piss taking and joking but I did genuinely receive freaky messages via PM on a number of sites over several years :eek:

That's unreal. Never thought the Russians would be that passionate about the megadrive.
I remembered another strange one I have lying around somewhere, a new pal Asia megadrive from stock found in an old warehouse. Story about it here
http://www.retrocollect.com/News/two-decade-old-mega-drive-supply-uncovered-in-warehouse.html

Los Lobos

I have a copy of centipede for the 2600 (obviously ) signed by the 1983 world champion 😃

Los Lobos

Los Lobos wrote: »

I have a copy of centipede for the 2600 (obviously ) signed by the 1983 world champion ðŸ˜႒

That's very cool, did you buy it that way or did you meet him and get him to sign it?

Los Lobos

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

That's very cool, did you buy it that way or did you meet him and get him to sign it?

Got talking on atariage, sent over a copy to him and he signed a cart and manual for me. I've got a good few carts signed this way over the years!

Atavan-Halen

I've a GameCube NR reader with some discs. A few blank ones and a few with different builds of games. Was offered $100 to ship the discs to the states for someone to dump them and then send them back but didn't want to risk a stranger running off with them!

Other than that nothing too unusual, a couple of "rare" games but nothing crazy.

Inviere

Full Steel Batallion stick setup sitting in storage, batsh1t crazy thing but very cool

The Last Bandit

I've a CDi.

Got a couple of oddball controllers, Jogcon, Neogeo, few of those weird 1 handed RPG/Porn ones.

Mr.Saturn

The Last Bandit wrote: »

I've a CDi.

Got a couple of oddball controllers, Jogcon, Neogeo, few of those weird 1 handed RPG/Porn ones.

"Throw it in all casual like", I say, as I back away from my breakfast.

CiDeRmAn

I too have a Steel Battalion set up, instantly making your one less odd!

I have a complete Namco Museum collection in its display box and including sleeve.
I also have the Namco paddle controller for it.
Also have paddle controller for the DS as well.

Atari Super Pong and a 70's black and white telly to play it on is less odd more cool, imho.

BGOllie

most of my MSX non-konami stuff is pretty out there. Bee Cards made by hudson and msx games audio tapes.

Steve X2

It's hard for me to even tell what counts as an oddity anymore, but I love 3DO stuff and have all the variations of the hardware. I guess the Panasonic ROBO 3DO is the weirdest, along with 2 variations of the M2 follow up device.
I recently picked up a Sega TeraDrive, which i guess is a bit odd.

Gamewise, probably my weird fondness for collecting multiple copies of Darius Alpha(it's a sickness )

Tchoin

Nothing too out of the ordinary in my collection, I guess a few oddities considering context (collecting while in Uruguay) are my boxed Panasonic Q w/ 3 Panasonic controllers + Panasonic GBA Player, and my 64DD with most games (not even going to bother for Doshin 2 or Japan Pro Golf Tour).

5 years ago I bought an NR Reader with some NR discs, but it was lost at sea, probably a castaway on some island at this moment (that's what I prefer to think rather than someone stole it at the post office).

CiDeRmAn

Steve X2 wrote: »

It's hard for me to even tell what counts as an oddity anymore, but I love 3DO stuff and have all the variations of the hardware. I guess the Panasonic ROBO 3DO is the weirdest, along with 2 variations of the M2 follow up device.
I recently picked up a Sega TeraDrive, which i guess is a bit odd.

Gamewise, probably my weird fondness for collecting multiple copies of Rise of the Robots (please shoot me )

Fixed it for you!

CiDeRmAn

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Fixed it for you!

I remember getting rise of the robots when I was but a youngling, around 7 or 8. At that age I was of the opinion that there was no such thing as a bad game and I just didn't "get it". Played it non stop over a weekend until the sad truth sunk in

CiDeRmAn

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

I remember getting rise of the robots when I was but a youngling, around 7 or 8. At that age I was of the opinion that there was no such thing as a bad game and I just didn't "get it". Played it non stop over a weekend until the sad truth sunk in

I'm only sorry it took that long.
It was especially unfortunate that the game appeared on pretty much every media outlet and magazine cover, with extensive previews that promised much, before the reviews revealed that it was, in fact, sh1t.
Similar thing happened much later with Driv3r, it was to be this great awesome sauce title, carrying the mantle of the first two games onto the next console generation. Then, upon release, it turned out to stink like yesterdays diapers.
I think Gamesworld/Gamestop lost a fortune on that one, they ordered in a pile of them, I got an early copy from them before returning it the next day. The head man asked me why, and when I told him he went pale, realising they were going to be stuck with them.
Afaik a large number of early buyers and preorders came back, this was in the days when a legit reason to exchange a game included "not liking it"... good times!

Retr0gamer

There were actually a lot of reviews that said Rise of the Robots was great. Caused a bit of a storm about ethics in videogame journalism (but this time about actual ethics and not an excuse to harass people).

I actually remember playing awful games on my C64 and thinking that it wasn't the game that was crap it was me not getting it Weird to think that now when you are a lot more clued in and realise that there are people out there that will sell you **** just to get your money.

o1s1n

Or sometimes you were bought a game for your birthday that you just had to force yourself to like.

Battle of the Ballz I'm looking at you :mad:

Am I imagining things or did Ballz get massive coverage at the time. It was supposed to be the next biggest thing in Fighting games?

CiDeRmAn

Ballz was an attempt to compete with the likes of Killer Instinct on the Snes, though the latter attempted a voxel type 3D fighter and the latter a prerendered affair.
Ballz, by all accounts, is sh1te, and KI still has it's fans.

Retr0gamer

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

Am I imagining things or did Ballz get massive coverage at the time. It was supposed to be the next biggest thing in Fighting games?

It was basically an attempt to do a 3D fighter like Virtua Fighter on the 16 bit systems. It was a clever bit of programming and reviewed well in a lot of publications.

In retrospect it was ****e.

Whoever thought putting fatalities in would be great is seriously misguided. It's impossible to tell what the hell is going on... just like with the rest of the game.

If you want a game like Ballz but great try Joy Mecha fight. It's a million times better and on the famicom