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Doom 64 - The Treasure Trove
Tanooki replied to NostalgicMachine's topic in Guides, Analysis, and Reviews
I bit, click bait 100% misleading title, but the content is on point. The game really is fantastic, the real DOOM 3 before we had ehh Doom 3. Was happy when this thing got re-released just in the last few years. I do wish they hadn't set the contrast so low it's a real pain to see much in the game without realy cranking things up. -
FF1, FF2, DQ3, FF4, FF5, FF6, DQ7, DQ8, FF9, FF10(by default, other is a MMO), and DQ11 I'm sure I was against the grain on some of those, but dragon quest time to get great and FF for the time started out nicer even the wonky way FF2 went as it was. DQ3 was magic as is 4 but sorry not as epic as FF4 by any means, as can be said for the SFC era of DQ, but then it really took its stride in the 7 and since era. FF went into the weeds of largely garbage fires and DQ stayed true.
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The Monkey Island market has absolutely exploded !!!
Tanooki replied to avatar!'s topic in VG Economics
Go back about 3-4 years ago I had a big shelf loaded with DOS/Win (up to about 2000 era) big box games. They either are hot or cold, and if they are hot they get stupid, very stupid to levels of magnitude if the franchise is big, if it has crazy stuff in the box, or if it just never got another release ever over licensing bs or whatever. I kept a few things of what was there, at times felt maybe I sliced one or two too many like the old Trek click games(kept the amazing novella guides though.) One that was a biggie to me was SImpsons Arcade it's costly, not 1000s but still sucks. Another huge one I kept all along since purchase is my talkie CD release of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and it's in great shape too, kind of wondering if it'll go nuts given the source. Wing Commander Deluxe is another gem of an option has all the big huge blueprints of all the ships in there, the Claw Marks full on magazine/game guide thing, and more. I'm sure someone will snark, got a complete boxed up Knights of Xentar, best JRPG of the dos era we got, even if it's eechi even without the 17+ patch, and a sealed up Power Dolls (Same company, no eechi.) There's a few others, some didn't have boxes. -
I just don't want to upload images here after some underhanded drama some months ago, its why I removed the stuff and went to text, but here I put it on my hosting some quickie images I showed a local friend at the time. http://tanooki.byethost8.com/trade/toys1.jpg http://tanooki.byethost8.com/trade/toys2.jpg http://tanooki.byethost8.com/trade/toys3.jpg If you're curious what the gashapon toys are in #3, it's a complete set. Forgot to mention dropped $10 on these, haven't assembled them yet. Seems they have notably more value than what I got into them at least, and there's a nice chibi naruto button pin as well. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394341238037
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Does Anyone Collect Vidpro Cards?
Tanooki replied to jettgogaming's topic in General Collecting Discussion
Beautiful, even if the game is trash that Game Boy Indy I'd put into a frame because of that scene. -
From my understanding seeing many complaints online (non-video) the easiest application would be the shared goomba biting your ass to death story I had and others in this thread with the TV vs the Wii release of the game (all-stars in my case special pack.) You'll probably end up gunned down a second before you actually SEE the bullet hit you thinking you dodged it. I remember all the commentary how bad it was so I never got it, have the other 2 Cotton's though which is a shame as I like the franchise, even have my little nenroid on the desk of the witch here from the huge Cotton Fantasy set.
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My half price books up the street had some adult drop their 90s gaming/cartoon toy collection there and it all wen out for $4 a piece. I walked away with some fine stuff if any of your memories are jogged by it. Capcom and Marvel did some co-packs of stuff, grabbed a Chun Li, Mega Man w/War Machine from that, one of those SMB3 happy meal Racoon Mario springs, the Ocarina of time 6" or so Link w/sword(shield lost) and Ganon, and one of those bd&a plushie beanie wing cap marios with the tag on it. Then went back today when I realized the mistake and grabbed that war machine and also from the megaman/bandai line the Rush dog with jetpack. The biggest wins are the plush, 2 zelda pieces, and rush which surprised me. They're all on display, again, NFS territory. If were flipping again there were a ton of those old fox era cartoon xmen toys and vehicles in that same pile with other quality stuff including a few vintage tmnt things, whenever one of the usual local scalpers find it they'll grab the tray if they know what's good for them, if not both of the trays and some contents from the usual wall hangers too.
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I only ever saw the things sitting (the box at least) on the floor at like Software Etc and other game dedicated stores. They rarely moved, got dusty, then they made room for affordable stuff that actually moved. A small space was kept as a select few games came in but even they knew wasting a lot of space on a AES cart was madness vs a SNES game given the good size difference in boxes and largely so the price. NeoGeo I have had a care about since 1990 when it appeared as it happened to show up at the pizza place we always ate at, and another local burger joint too. That's largely why I care more for the non-fighting stuff. Between them you had Baseball Stars, NAM, Magician Lord, Bust a Move, Samurai Shodown, Fatal Fury, League Bowling, Cyber Lip, Art of Fighting, World Heroes, Eightman, and so on. Always loved throwing a few dollars at the thing, also did at the one at my college rec room which had Bam, Samurai Shodown 3 and various other titles along with Metal Slug. Even since the 90s I wished I could afford the home unit, then the arcade one on the front and well into the back end of that thing vanishing. It's why when I had an opportunity in the mid 2010s I bought one. And it came with metal slug 1 and 2.
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All these big posts and big images, and well I'm going to keep it simple. I've found some stuff recently (like a couple of GB games for $4 ea with Wave Race and F1-Race both non-PC in cases, GameGear adapter for my MegaSg, etc), even got some stuff even in the mail from fcgamer a split order with half about so far. But all that said, the most important find for me even over that, as it was local, and was a great many years hoping to see it (and never owning it in the past times I've had the hardware either) made it amazing to get and it's just one game alone. Sega Genesis - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker I always wanted that one, never got it, then wrote it off when he died as well, the vultures come out of the woodwork. It was found at a local shop here, they wanted $60 but accepted a $50 offer and it's in amazing shape with everything clean, no wear or funk to the sticker. Such a unique and screwy game, but quite a lot of fun.
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Maybe the difference is those few pages and one vs two folded up posters. That could do it. I'm overly basic on this, not looking up sizes, but if the box is like 1 1/4" thick, and the game was about 1" within the sleeve, you just have a 1/4" to play with not bulging the box sides so whatever fits fits, and if a sleeve gets removed to add another 1/8" they'd cut it.
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Does anyone go for full sets anymore?
Tanooki replied to LeatherRebel5150's topic in General Collecting Discussion
If not for the Virtual Boy, and perhaps other smaller (sub-300~) game libraries which are largely easily accessible and mostly not price toxic yeah I'd say some people would go for it as it's not too bad, and could be far more costly over time compared to a drinking, smoking, or drug habit...perhaps others less seedy like old car restoration and so on. I wouldn't touch it anymore, but I started that journey before the scalpers squatters and resellers made it into the decade and some ongoing circus. I had attempted it last as this mess started, saw writing on the wall and stopped it cold. It just doesn't make sense for price, and given a library size the epic costs involved. Throw in these wonky yet licensed small run outfits doing little pushes that people get just to scalp for stupid prices and I pity anyone going anywhere near that hot mess, say like, the Switch being a prime example of that. -
Take what Contra did right early on, apply that SNK magic, and there you go -- Metal Slug. A franchise that has been pretty consistently solid over the years (at least) on their arcade hardware. Even some of those home editions on handheld have been fantastic too. A really nice balance of high animated detail, cute but yet serious visuals, the weird moments mixed with the grittiness of what's going on. Great spread of weapons and in time tanks from the Metal Slug to the oddball camel with mounted cannon. One of the best run n gun games ever made, tops Contra easily in many aspects, not just a spiritual successor to that franchise but an improvement.
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Oh yeah the money is a factor, anyone who says otherwise is either pretty wealthy, in denial, or lying to look more above it all. And on that note, I did pull the trigger. I spent hours about a week ago and I photographed my console and it's hdmi cable/module hookup, the gb player with disc/sleeve/case, the wavebirds, the accessories and added controller to go with the console, and all the games, import games, and freeloader. I gave friends until the 24th to pick anything they wanted at a generous discount, then the rest went up on ebay on the 26th of what I put up. It was a bit much so I held back about a third of the games. They're moving, and I'm pleased some have sold, a number have bids, and my guess given how I did it there will be some serious last minute sniping clicks. I put it where the BIN was the average sales price and the start being 30% less made them very attractive. Most of my stuff I'm the original owner of so it's spotless or close which helps. When all is said and done my resources will be back to full and perhaps a bit higher too really from being tapped out largely from finally getting my new computer which delivers tomorrow.
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Wasn't Paper Mario GC coming in a few months for the Switch? Was a date exactly ever set? Currently I've pulled it all and it's largely up on ebay and selling, my entire gamecube collection, just over it. So stuff that overlaps I do care about still I'd dig up.
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The only thing I'm surprised with on that list is how Contra didn't have a better than a 2 point rating on there, and that kusoge mess Ikki even made the list. Maybe it was a local flash mobbish style campaign to promote a turd for laughs. ...gee I wonder, Dragon Quest might just make that list for the next one right? It's not like the game was so toxic to schools and jobs they had to after a point get the company to do weekend releases of that to keep up attendance.