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Bally Professional Arcade, aka Astrocade. It was the Neo Geo of the 70s. Spec-wise it totally blew away the competition, the controllers are incredible and it had some really cool games in its small library. We'll probably never know the console's full potential due to poor support and lack of attention. Even now, a good chunk of retro gamers have never heard of it.

The review I read on Polygon seemed unflattering, but not dismissive. Confession: I hated my time with Metal Gear Solid V and quit playing it after about 10 hours. So, it's hard for me to give Kojima the benefit of the doubt now. I like games that try something weird or unusual (like say, Catherine) but it still needs to be fun. Death Stranding doesn't really sound fun. I think it's also telling that in a recent Gamestop email ad, they have a "guarantee" for buying DS. Something like "If you don't love it, return it within 48 hours for full store credit." I read that as: "we know a bunch of people are going to hate this weird game, so go ahead and buy it at no risk for $60 please."

The TurboGrafx-16 is certainly worth playing but as others have said, may not be the best for collecting these days. The US library is fairly small, and it includes some unfortunate turds, but overall the TG-16 has a charm all it's own and is probably one of my favorite consoles of all time. The timing of its release put it right in that sweet spot between NES and SNES/Genesis, with simple but colorful sprites and solid gameplay. It represents one of the pinnacles of retro gaming, especially if you have a soft spot for underdog consoles like me. Enjoy!

The first that comes to mind would be World of Warcraft 2 - all completely new, where everyone has to roll a new toon and start fresh at Level 1.

You're right, apologies for the name-calling. But damn, this is a double whammy. What's with all the selling out?? I latched onto GVN early because of its ease of use and layout, but more importantly because the prices were just more accurate (at least imo). VGPC is owned by (I think his name is) JJ Hendricks but since he also sells massive amounts of games under JJ Games, it seems there's a conflict of interest there to an end user like me which makes it untrustworthy.

Yea wouldn't it be great to be independently wealthy so you wouldn't have to be at work all day? Time is certainly the limiting factor for gaming now, not money. If you only have 3-4 hours an evening BEFORE dinner and family and pets and chores and bills and a hearty deuce, it's hard to make time for games (or even just yourself). You find yourself planning for weeks or months for a day off that you HOPE you can spend playing a game... if you don't have doctor or dentist or car or groceries or errands or other random life shit. Youth truly is wasted on the young.

I saw a few people mention this in another thread, but didn't want to hijack it. Did GVN get bought by the same dbags that bought NA? I love that site (so much better than VGPC) and a few years ago I even helped Rick sort out a few issues and errors with the Atari 2600 list (and a couple other consoles). A buyout is news to me and I really hope I'm misunderstanding. Would anyone mind giving me a quick rundown??