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1 hour ago, Renmauzo said:

Agreed, it was the one game I thought there'd be no chance of seeing...not even on ebay most of the time, so to get it complete and decently under what I've seen it go for (the odd time I would see a copy too late) was a show making moment for me

Very cool!! Post like these always make me smile knowing there’s still hope of finding rare stuff and good deals out there. I was lucky enough to get my CIB commando steel on eBay ages ago before people knew about it. I think the only rare DS I managed to find CIB at any game store was Black Sigil and it was for a good price, also way before people really knew about it. I’ve never found a rare CIB DS game at a flea market or goodwill or anything like that and I don’t even see rare CIB DS games at game stores for any price. I pretty much only see them on eBay. 

On 10/19/2022 at 8:00 PM, Renmauzo said:

Super Robot Taisen OG Saga was a game I thought I'd had all this time but found out recently was the one DS Atlus game I seemed to have missed. I really like the SRT games, and this one has Kos-Mos in it (and I'm a huge Xeno fan...).

Commando: Steel Disaster was the one game I didn't expect to see at all, so when I saw that Ian was selling it and for sweetheart price, it was was equal parts joy and shock.

Man those are some nice DS pickups!!!! Commando steel is pretty darn hard to find CIB! In the wild no less!

This bad boy came it today. Looking forward to trying it out. 

Pretty sure mine was super smash bros melee when we did a 99 stock battle at a sleepover. That battle took AGES. 

27 minutes ago, RH said:

9 of 10, but I'm another 9.5 with this one.

You guys are being soft, though.  This game is 1,000x better than Majora's Mask.  I can't get into it and I don't see the appeal.

(Shots fired!)

I agree with you. The backtracking and time limit became annoying after a bit and I was always bummed most of the masks didn’t do anything significant. 

Gave it a 9 only because there are other zelda games I enjoy more like link to the past and wind waker. Botw and oracle of seasons, oracle of ages and links awakening may compete with it too but could be 9s as well. 

9 hours ago, CasualCart said:

19 - OwlFish [Mickey Mousecapade]

@CodysGameRoom I'm pretty sure this sprite is a bird, but for some reason it gave me "fish" vibes, too ...

-CasualCart

Lol I love that you chose one of the high characters. 

I thought of some more 

civilization revolution DS - $10

new super Mario bros DS - $15

luigis mansion dark moon 3DS - $15

new super Mario bros Wii - $20

mario kart Wii - $20

arkanoid NES - $20

52 minutes ago, Link said:

Is this the latest "hidden gems" thread?

Maybe best bang for your buck thread. I’m not sure there really is a cheap hidden gem anymore. I’d say most have been found and those that haven’t are probably on switch and might not be cheap yet because it’s the current gen. 

1 hour ago, twiztor said:

i had a friend who worked at Toys R Us and was a "Gym Leader" for at least one of those kind of events. Definitely how i scored a non-Game Genie Mew back in the day, even if it is long gone by now. It still counts as "legitimately" getting a Mew if you lied to collect one, right? 

He just figured out an alternate way to get a legit mew. I still have my Japanese copy of diamond with the glitch where you can surf through the door in the elite 4. I consider my darkrai and shaymin I can get from this glitch to be legit even though I don’t use the event items to unlock these Pokémon. 

4 hours ago, CasualCart said:

18 - Cute Lil' Ghostie [Wonder Boy in Monster World]

@spacepup - I'm always excited for Master System suggestions. Great way to shake things up!

-CasualCart

Glad you didn’t interpret the red part as a bra lol. 

I gotta say making my list made me realize how many more cheap games existed 5-10 years ago that used to be $5-10 and are now like $30-100

Just got the email that my copy of into the breach is shipping soon!

I decided cheap is $20 or less to get a game in any form. Usually this means getting a loose copy for this price. 

wii play - $4

geometry wars galaxies DS or wii - $10

nintendo land Wii U - $10

civilization vi switch - $10

dr Mario NES - $10-15

NES remix 3ds - $15 

mario strikers charged Wii - $15

zelda twilight princess Wii - $15

mega man 11 switch - $15-20

chocobo tales DS -$15-20

super Mario bros NES or GBA - $20

super Mario bros 3 NES or GBA - $20

Zelda ocarina of time 3ds - $20

wii sports - $20

yugioh dungeon dice monsters - $20

zelda link to the past GBA - $20

super smash bros brawl Wii - $20

tetris DS - $20

6 hours ago, CasualCart said:

17 - Droll [Dragon Warrior]

@Jeevan to be honest, I don't really see the "dump truck" in this sprite haha. It just looks like some kind of mushroom slug to me...

-CasualCart

Lol long live the great mustache mushroom slug!!

13 hours ago, DarkTone said:

Thanks. It was from a toys r us event in the UK. 8 person battle tournament. Winner got a mew. Enter as many times as you want, but you can only win the mew once. 

My friend and I just told them we won, and got a mew each. Never entered the tournament! 

Lol this is an awesome story. Crazy that you still have the new after all these years. 

12 minutes ago, DarkTone said:

This thread had me thinking. A lot. Too much. 

A few accomplishments that are game related, but not from actually playing. I made a thread about that as well. 

Gonna come back to this, but the ones I can think of are:

• Getting every achievement in the mega drive collection (DRMBM can fuck right off) 
• Was in the top 10 of the xbox 360 version of the mini game all you can quaff from castle crashers 
• Getting the hadoken in MMX, with the ONLY clue being my friends brother hearing it exists. And that could have been bollocks too 
• Getting the original 151 pokemon in blue, legit. 

Out of all those, what do you think is the most impressive? Hopefully I think of something that tops them. 

I gotta say the Pokémon one really impresses me. I’ve never met anyone who got mew legitimately back in the day. That event was incredibly limited and without the internet to get event pokemon back then, that’s a truly impressive feat. If I knew more about the other 3 games I might vote for one of them but Pokémon gets my vote. 

5 hours ago, Optomon said:

In 2009, I once held made the record for speed running Castlevania without the use of holy water, at just over 13 minutes--

--then I lost the video.

Also the biggest fail.

 

 

Just do it again nbd lol

2 hours ago, CasualCart said:

16 - Cyclops Wizard [Robotron 2084]

@Link those Robotron suggestions were absolutely perfect! This one stuck out to me in particular...

-CasualCart

Now this is what I call making something out of nothing. Nice work!!

41 minutes ago, CasualCart said:

15 - Berkana [Mega Man X-Treme 2]

@AverageOliver98 - I usually shy-away from Mega Man bosses because they always have an existing cartoon design - but I hadn't seen drawings of Berkana before, so it was fun to try a fresh take on this one.

-CasualCart

Another very cool piece! Nice work once again!!

I just finished up a years long quest of trial and many errors tonight by winning all 3 cups on Mario Strikers Charged on Extreme difficulty with zero losses. I have beaten all 3 cups on this difficulty many times but have always had a couple losses. It was very difficult to do but I ended up going 37-0-0 tonight. It is definitely my greatest gaming achievement. 

My other one may be coming in the top 1 or so percentile on one of the Tetris 99 events where I won $15 in eshop credit. 

I am curious to hear what your greatest achievements are. Did you do a no death or no hit run? Did you do a speed run? Did you get a crazy high score or break the scoring system? Did you beat a game on a crazy difficulty? Win a tournament? 

9 hours ago, CasualCart said:

14 - Enchantress [Shovel Knight]

@DarkTone - I wasn't feeling particularly creative with this one, and I ended up drawing a ripoff of Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty haha.

-CasualCart

Very nice piece! Man now I want you to do all the knights in the game too. 

9 hours ago, CasualCart said:

13 - Vaccuum-'Copter Guy [Yo! Noid]

@RH - I had trouble choosing between those two Yo! Noid enemies, but the greaser-looking one seemed more fun.

-CasualCart

It’s like Luigi’s mansion Luigi If he were a greaser and could fly lol. Nice work!!

11 hours ago, CasualCart said:

10 - Nerves and the Hound [Abadox]

@ThePhleo - seems like you're always stretching the rules to get some big elaborate drawing out of me, but I guess it's becoming a tradition at this point...

-CasualCart

Holy shit this is awesome!!!! Very very nice work my man!!! Best one yet!!

6 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said:

But A +B (or A + B + C) is still better than just plain ol' A, right?

Yea you’re right. I was just saying for me I don’t miss them because they’re still making the games I care about. But yea it’s be nice if they were making stuff for all their series to please all fans.