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I never got one at launch due to the insane price tag. I did buy one around 2001 and had a small collection of about 10 games at the time. Wing Commander 3 Heart of the Tiger and Return Fire were a lot better than the PSX versions. I loved Super Wing Commander(system exclusive) AD&D DeathKeep and Slayer I had high hopes for but they were utter crap. Wolfenstein 3D was the best version at the time. The 3DO version of DOOM was unplayable IMO. Strahl I enjoyed but I'm a sucker for those old interactive movie games. I couldn't justify the shelf space and sold it off around 10 years ago. Do I miss it? Yea a little bit. But after looking at the recent price tags on systems and games I'll probably never play one again.

I think they made 20 copies of Feda. I have #2. I don't remember who made it(traded for mine from another user) but I'm thinking user @galvatryne did?

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Hmmmmm....no Sega love here? My choice would be Starflight for the Sega Genesis. A very cool Sci-Fi space exploration RPG. I remember getting this a beating it back in 94. Back then there weren't a lot of reviews. I made my choice based on the front and back cover art/explanation. The manual was a small book in itself. What's this? A star map? Looks nice but do I need it? Trust me you needed this map to help you with the game. It was a huge time sink for me. Just flying around and discovering a new solar system. What planet was I going to land on? Oh wait that planet is loaded with valuable minerals but is highly volcanic? My Science officer recommends I don't land there. Yea well I'm the captain and I'm risking it. A few times I'd get caught in an eruption and it was a struggle to get my landing craft back to my ship to take off. I'd die several times and get rescued and have to dig myself out of debt. Traveling all over the galaxy finding the artifacts you needed was challenging. I felt very satisfied when I finally beat this game. I know I don't have the patience to beat it ever again but every once in a while I'll fire it up and go on a mining exploration, maybe fight some aliens who are being jerks. I'm surprised this one doesn't get mentioned at all.

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Got this one coming from Ebay on your recommendation!

1. Metal Marines 2. Operation Logic Bomb 3. Wing Commander 2:The secret missions 4. Ogre Battle 5. Wizardry 5 : Heart of the Maelstrom

I remember back in around October 2001 an Ebay seller from Dallas flooded Ebay with a ton of brand new copies of Shining Force CD. I recall a used complete copy at the time went for around $80. I ended up buying 3 sealed copies for around $15 each. I think today if a game for an older system is found with multiple copies on a pallet the seller will research it first and only sell one copy at a time to not cause a price crash.

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I like seeing: Hex map grids Zones of control lots of unit variety different paths/story lines to take based decisions you make in the game or from battles won/lost A strong A.I. that gives you a challenge Mission variety. Offensive or defensive missions with a turn count. Reach a certain point on the map before the enemy does. Rescuing a captured character. Character class changes and/or promotion eg. Ogre Battle I like character death as long as I have lots of other characters to develop in reserve.

Love them. Unleashed in the East was the first tape i got for my walkman in Xmas of 83.

I love collecting strategy guides. Some of my favorites. The Landstalker one is a Japanese guide. I'm curious if anyone else has other import guides and how useful they are.

@maxlords should chime in

I only collect games I like. I have several systems where I have 7 games or less for. There are a few games I'd like to play again that I got rid of long ago. Turok 64 comes to mind. I try and keep everything organized to a small bookcase. https://collection.gamevaluenow.com/share/collection?id=11805

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Genesis does what Nintendon't! Coffee is a gross drink I hate the Final Fantasy series Most politicians/governments are corrupt and wasteful and I'm tired of it.

That Vampire game looks really good. I might have to try and preorder it somewhere too. Stll no word of regular systems being available. I can buy them new locally at a $50 markup which isn't bad but I'll wait.

You really should change your name from Tabonga to Mr Dark Wizard

I think it's been good for the hobby. It's got a younger generation into the Nes/Snes/Genesis era. Over the years I've enjoyed the odd "Hidden Gems" videos. I like the longplay videos so I can check out game play before buying a game which has been helpful.

Started around 1998. I had a Nes with Arkanoid, SMB3 and various Koei games along with a Genesis and NHL95, Dune and Herzog Zwei. I then got a 32X and my first taste of Doom. In 1999 my wife and I bought our first home computer. Discovering the internet and finding out about various Strategy games and RPG's I caught the bug. First started buying on Ebay then discovered Gametz in 2000. For me 2000-2008 were my glory years in collecting. Games were easy to find. It was fun/easy to trade online(shipping was cheap!) And older games were relatively cheap then too.

I've known Maxlords personally for over 15 years and can vouch he's a good guy

Interesting list Tabonga. Several gems on there for me(LOTR Trilogy, Star Wars Ep4 and The Road warrior)The only one I'm surprised at would be The Day. 11 out of 10? More like a 5 for me and you know how much I love Post apocalyptic movies. Some 11's for me are The Usual Suspects, The Great Escape, Lawrence of Arabia.

I was looking through some of my old threads on Digital Press today. In an old Gamepro(late 1990 issue or Jan 1991) was a print ad advertising a contest for Dragon warrior 2. You had to complete the game and send in a "report card" about the game. The ad states " When you complete your quest in DW2 send us a photo of you next to the game's final screen, along with your written,detailed impressions of DW2 From Feb1991 continuing each month through May 1991, the 20 best write ups for each month will win one of the prizes shown above. In May 1991 the 24 players with the best"report cards" will each win a pre-release copy of Dragon warrior 3. Yada..yada..yada" The prizes were: 1st(one winner) Statue of Gold Man 2nd(3 winners) A Jailers Key and Watergate Key from DW2 3rd(3 winners) A Gold and Silver Keys from DW2 4th(6 winners) A cloth map displaying the armor from Dragon Warrior 1,2,3 5th(6 winners) A cloth map displaying weapons from dragon warrior 1,2,3 What I want to know is: 1. Does anyone remember that contest and/or won a prize 2.Has anyone seen these prizes appear on Ebay or other collector forums for sale?

I've always tried to keep my collection to one small shelf. When it becomes overflowing I'll sell a few things off. With Gamecube prices going bonkers I might consider parting with a few of them. If Snatcher and Space Adventure Cobra ever reach Keio $2000 level then I might bite too.

My favorite pizza is a local place called Pepis. Regular crust. The tomato sauce has a hint of sweetness that I've never had before in other pizzas that I like. I always get Pepperoni, ground beef, red onion, green olives and "heart attack" bacon with extra cheese put on when the pizza is almost done. Heart attack bacon as I call it are bacon "squares" slightly bigger than a quarter that are extra crispy and give you a bit of a "crunch" when eating it. I always ask for extra cheese to be put on when the pizza is almost done to act as a "web" of sorts to weigh all the toppings down and keep them from falling off I also enjoy Chicago Style deep dish that I get in another city close buy. It's really heavy and I can usually only eat 2 slices. I've been told the best is made in Chicago which I hope to try one day. I'm supposed to go to Chicago for work when the company traveling ban is lifted.