JamesRobot | 5,819 Events Team · Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Big THANKS to my Santa, @LutherDestroysTheGond. He went above and beyond with a copy of Blade Buster (top of my list), a CIB T2 NES , and Geometry Wars PS4. The Blade Buster retains the high score too. Banged out a quick score of 1,321,800 and confirmed the score retention after turning off the console. So rad! 12 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neodolphino | 267 Homebrew Team · Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 9 hours ago, ScaryD said: It is Christmas on the east coast. Thank you to my Secret Santa. Love the gifts! As soon as I saw that I received Castlevania III for the Famicom I had to pop that one in and listen to the FM synthesis goodness. You're very welcome! Other than the Castlevania, I tried to get you neat things you maybe hadn't considered from the general areas you were interested in (TG-16, FDS). Merry VGS Christmas! 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageOliver98 | 720 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 So my Secret Santa was @spacepup and he... uh... managed to nuke whatever was knocked out of the park. I'm still trying to process everything, but I do know that I'll finally be able to listen to the OST's of Herzog Eins+Zwei and Thunder Force III+AC without an internet connection (the Rockman CD looks very interesting too), play Mega Man World II and III for the first time (+ play an authentic copy of MMW IV), see if Kirby will help me become a fan of Puyo Puyo, and most importantly... Spoiler clean and make space to assemble, display, and investigate all the other goodies instead of storing them in a box. Thank you so very much to Spacepup, the big Secret Santa (no guesses on who it is from me this year though), and the rest of the participants for making VGS Secret Santa (and VGS in general) so wonderful! Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all! 10 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lago | 221 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Well in classic me fashion I managed to miss this thread until today. I’m as excited for the person I am Secret Santa for to open their gifts as I am to open mine. Which will be happening shortly! Merry Christmas everyone! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacepup | 2,409 Administrator · Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 I'm so glad you enjoy @AverageOliver98 ! I honestly had SO much fun shopping for your stuff, it was a blast!!! That's what it's all about. Thanks for the kind words and have a great day!!! P.S. I hope you like Kirby and Megaman this much hahahahahahah 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khromak | 770 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 (edited) Merry Christmas everybody! This year my secret Santa was @JVOSS! He did an excellent job, sending me several games I was missing from my unlicensed NES set, a couple manuals I need, and some awesome cards and stickers. Thanks jvoss, hope you and your family have a great Christmas Edited December 25, 2022 by Khromak 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHazard51 | 2,047 Social Team · Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 2 hours ago, spacepup said: Merry Christmas everyone! I received an awesome batch of goodies from my secret santa @FireHazard51 and he did a great job!!! Thanks very much fire, excellent work The tags were quite clear that you wouldn't know it was me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lago | 221 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 @JamesRobot that’s some of the best wrapping I’ve ever seen! GUYS!! I got a complete minty copy of Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers! AND NINJAS! Seriously dude this is awesome! Not only is this a heavy hitter on my want list but a childhood favorite I played a lot as a kid. Thanks so much! side note. I didn’t put anything in my package to let my person know I was their secret Santa. . If they don’t figure it out I’ll tell them after they reveal. 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaryD | 237 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 2 hours ago, neodolphino said: You're very welcome! Other than the Castlevania, I tried to get you neat things you maybe hadn't considered from the general areas you were interested in (TG-16, FDS). Merry VGS Christmas! Definitely cool. Thanks again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,579 Editorials Team · Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 @captmorgandrinker got me exactly what I wanted, and lots of it! Everything was individually wrapped and super festive. Fun to open and very generous. Thanks!!! 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutherDestroysTheGond | 690 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 @ScaryDwas my Secret Santa. They knocked it out of the park with Luigis Mansion 3 (looking forward to playing with my daughter as she watches), Talespin, Space Shuttle Project, and some holiday candy! Thank you!! 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaryD | 237 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 2 hours ago, LutherDestroysTheGond said: @ScaryDwas my Secret Santa. They knocked it out of the park with Luigis Mansion 3 (looking forward to playing with my daughter as she watches), Talespin, Space Shuttle Project, and some holiday candy! Thank you!! Glad you liked it! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Tank | 969 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 I'm awful with real names, but my Shecret Shanta went, way way way way above and beyond! So much to go over here so I tried to display them all on our coffee table. One of our dogs has her eyes set on the face hugger, but she can't have it! This will definitely help fill out the hobby room which I will be working on over the next week! With these 3 puzzles I now have 5 lined up and waiting to be completed! The Funkos will be a great addition to my slowly growing bunch! Also, there is a new ornament to our tree now! My favorites are the Bases Loaded handheld as well as the Zombie artwork. I can identify a few zombies, but not enough! Thank you very much to my Shecret Shanta! I have to up my game for this event as my gift bundle feels very weak compared to this! Thank you once again and Merry Christmas to all! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Tank | 969 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Lago said: @JamesRobot that’s some of the best wrapping I’ve ever seen! GUYS!! I got a complete minty copy of Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers! AND NINJAS! Seriously dude this is awesome! Not only is this a heavy hitter on my want list but a childhood favorite I played a lot as a kid. Thanks so much! side note. I didn’t put anything in my package to let my person know I was their secret Santa. . If they don’t figure it out I’ll tell them after they reveal. Lmao that CJ GTA card. When I was picking up some donated trees for work, some older guy was just grabbing some thin flimsy tree and was telling his mom it was a nice tree. The mom looked at one of the trees I had and she asked where I got them, so I pointed her to the Frasier Fir ones and the son was like, but this tree is just fine. I wish I would of had this card so I can hand him one lol. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameboyRicky | 71 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 @twiztor hooked me up with my 194th CIB 64 game. He also included a Goldberg action figure, so opening this package felt like I was back in 1998. I also appreciate the Christmas card. Thanks again! 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neodolphino | 267 Homebrew Team · Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 I'm not sure who my secret Santa is yet, and I haven't had a chance to attempt to decipher this code, but thank you so much! I haven't heard of Sol Feace, but clips online look sick! The Machine and Pocky & Rocky were two games I've had my on for a while, and I'm super excited for them. Also, I love the Cow Pies - I asked for a local/regional candy and this certainly fits! 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray | 2,449 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 My Secret Santa this year was @WalterWhiteJr. which is fantastic given that he was my very first SS recipient back in 2015. Thank you for the thoughtfully written card and gifts! This year Murray tried something different and asked for a copy of my recipients favorite game. Which worked out nicely as I didn’t have a copy of Tony Hawk for the N64! The bottle o rum and cigar were a nice touch and will be put to good use as handsome Murray tries to do some some wicked hand-plants! Murray Christmas! 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray | 2,449 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Also, I’ve ben waiting on this mafk forever. Haha nice shout out to jamsgobot! 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,819 Events Team · Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Murray said: Also, I’ve ben waiting on this mafk forever. Haha nice shout out to jamsgobot! Aw hell yeah. I honestly haven't been able to give this enough attention yet since the actual release. Didn't even notice I got a manual credit. Sweet deal! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masterofzelda | 72 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 My secret Santa nailed it simply perfect. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor | 855 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 huge shout out to my Secret Santa, @Murray! this wasn't just a gift, it was a party in a box! with party hats and other favors,favorsw i was in for a whole celebration. and the gifts over delivered! included were Mega Man 11 (Switch), Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) [and complete in box!!], and an issue of Nintendo Power. all things i can check off my list, moving me one step closer to completing my collection (haha, as if that's possible!). also included were some various goodies- Murray stickers (which will find a home on my vinyl record shelf, filled with 70s/band/brewery stickers), an awesome Murray pin (that reminds me a lot of Skeletor), and some robot and njnja mini figures (which have already infiltrated my MUSCLE minis!) it really was a bright spot of my Christmas Day after spending the rest of it doing family obligations. Thank you so much!! you're a good dude Murray! also, unrelated to Secret Santa, for anyone that doesn't follow the Cute Girl or Feminine Boy thread (early cheap plug for next year's contest), i was the yearly recipient of this amazing picture. thank you again to @Foochie776and @Ferris Bueller 8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 I did get to open mine this morning, but had a long day with the in-laws and am only just now getting settled to the point where I can participate. With that said, I got my package early (I want to say a week or two after names/lists had been exchanged), and due to my daughter's insistence, opened the shipping box the following day. Inside, I discovered eight different packages, each with a label attached both telling me what order to open them in, as well as telling a kind of descriptive, thematic tale. To say that I was tickled was putting it mildly, and my wife and son had somewhat shocked expressions on their faces when we put the tree up and started migrating presents underneath it due to the volume. Here is everything laid out this morning, after everyone else had opened their gifts: And next is the reveal, with all the notes left in place on their respective gifts. I can happily say that I did not have anything in the above photo save the cartridge for the Genesis X-Men game, but mine is in rougher shape, so an upgrade (and a newly spare cart to pass on to someone else) is certainly welcome! My only current regret is that the Lucasfilm game "archive" is on 3.5" floppies, and I sadly do not currently have a running machine in the house with one installed, so I'll have to wait on playing those until I can work out something with a drive (USB 3.5" drive, get an old system back up and running, or find an online archive of the disk images), but the rest can go into queue immediately. Between getting a batch of wholly new-to-me games as well as wanting to try to finish some stuff off for the backlog thread, I'm going to have a hard time deciding what to play for the near future! (The notes now reside in one of the blank SMS cases, until such time as they're needed in another capacity.) Thank you so much to my Secret Santa! I'm not certain who it was, as they didn't leave their username inside, and I didn't recognize the name or address on the box that everything was shipped in (which was unfortunately thrown out sometime in the last week). However, I believe I remember enough of the address to think that it might have been @Lago. If I'm wrong and my Secret Santa wishes to be identified, just let me know. Thanks! 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVOSS | 1,762 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 On 12/13/2022 at 2:45 PM, Gloves said: Hey man I watch plenty of movies that aren't anime! could have fooled me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Mega Tank said: One of our dogs has her eyes set on the face hugger, but she can't have it! I have to say that I, too, am jealous of the plushy face hugger! 3 hours ago, Murray said: Also, I’ve ben waiting on this mafk forever. Same! I (finally) got mine on Friday after a near panic attack from the mailman marking it as delivered "to front door/porch" but finding nothing there and having to track it down in a parcel locker down the hill from my house (in windy 5F/-11F weather). I let it alone to come back up to room temperature so as to not have condensation all over everything, but haven't gotten a chance to get back to it. Maybe sometime this week! Edited December 26, 2022 by darkchylde28 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lago | 221 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 7 minutes ago, darkchylde28 said: I did get to open mine this morning, but had a long day with the in-laws and am only just now getting settled to the point where I can participate. With that said, I got my package early (I want to say a week or two after names/lists had been exchanged), and due to my daughter's insistence, opened the shipping box the following day. Inside, I discovered eight different packages, each with a label attached both telling me what order to open them in, as well as telling a kind of descriptive, thematic tale. To say that I was tickled was putting it mildly, and my wife and son had somewhat shocked expressions on their faces when we put the tree up and started migrating presents underneath it due to the volume. Here is everything laid out this morning, after everyone else had opened their gifts: And next is the reveal, with all the notes left in place on their respective gifts. I can happily say that I did not have anything in the above photo save the cartridge for the Genesis X-Men game, but mine is in rougher shape, so an upgrade (and a newly spare cart to pass on to someone else) is certainly welcome! My only current regret is that the Lucasfilm game "archive" is on 3.5" floppies, and I sadly do not currently have a running machine in the house with one installed, so I'll have to wait on playing those until I can work out something with a drive (USB 3.5" drive, get an old system back up and running, or find an online archive of the disk images), but the rest can go into queue immediately. Between getting a batch of wholly new-to-me games as well as wanting to try to finish some stuff off for the backlog thread, I'm going to have a hard time deciding what to play for the near future! (The notes now reside in one of the blank SMS cases, until such time as they're needed in another capacity.) Thank you so much to my Secret Santa! I'm not certain who it was, as they didn't leave their username inside, and I didn't recognize the name or address on the box that everything was shipped in (which was unfortunately thrown out sometime in the last week). However, I believe I remember enough of the address to think that it might have been @Lago. If I'm wrong and my Secret Santa wishes to be identified, just let me know. Thanks! It was me! I spent all that time coming up with that tale and didn’t think to put my username in there at all. I am glad you like your gifts! I hope you have as much fun playing them as I did getting them together. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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