Tanooki

While I may post the GBA list, it's shorter but good, here's the 8bit stuff. I'm sure some will be curious about some of the stuff, because of such love for Sachen here. I'm more picky and keep what I care about, but since we're doing imports, for the original GB I've got these: - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R - Ganso!! Yancha Maru (JP) - Genjin Collection (JP) - Lunar Lander (JP) - Miracle Adventure of Esparks (JP) - Money Idol Exchanger (JP) - Nekketsu Kou Kou Dodge Ball-Bu (JP) - Nettou Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special (JP) - Nettou Samurai Spirits Zankurou Masouken (JP) - Noobow (JP) - Sports Collection (JP) Includes: Seaside Volley, Boxing, Roadster, Soccer, Dodge Boy - Trip World (JP) - Metal Slug (Terrifying 911 hack) - Yuenan Zhanyi 2001 (Metal Slug) (Sintax!) - Pocket Monsters Blue (Bootleg, Teal Cart - Game Amy) - Sachen 31-in-1 Mighty Mix -- (Game Boy / Color) - Sachen 8B-001 8-in-1 Color -- (Game Boy / Color) - Super 23-in-1 -- (Game Boy / Color) - Super 25-in-1 -- (Game Boy / Color) - Super 28-in-1 -- (Game Boy / Color) - Super 58-in-1 w/Box -- (Game Boy / Color) - Super 102-in-1 (Game Boy / Color) - Rockman World / Yuu Yuu Hakusho Dai-2-dan: Ankoku Bujutsuaki GBC are black carts -> - Konami GB Collection Vol. 1 (EU) -- Gradius, Castlevania Adventure, Konami Racing, Probotector - Konami GB Collection Vol. 2 (EU) -- Parodius, Quarth, Track & Field, Frogger - Konami GB Collection Vol. 3 (EU) -- Pop'n TwinBee, Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, Motocross Maniacs, Guttang Gottong - Konami GB Collection Vol. 4 (EU) -- Gradius II, Castlevania II Belmont's Revenge, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Antarctic Adventure

Ahh thanks for showing those off, when you're ready as discussed you know where to mail them.

OH yeah love Trax, finally got that one back locally amazing recently kind of (this year.) Short, but an easily enjoyable replayed gem. For imports if you want a really unique one, not hard, but just fun, look at Noobow. This is translated, not that you need it really. A really big one, well set, for the proper fully color (black cart) GBC releases, look to the UK and there's KOnami GB COllection Vol1-4. 4 will hurt your wallet, but check the games below. There are Japanese titles here with first off for then english versions of titles, very worth it, one of them is Goemon. Parodius, Pop'n Twinbee, MOtorcross Maniac(bikers), Guttang Gottong, Quarth, Yie ar Kung Fu, Frogger, contra, castlevania, gradius and more. And an old one, the true gameplay and visual real sequel to Kid Niki unlike those 2 weird turds on FC, here's Ganso! Yancha Maru. FOund this gem soldered into a GB BOy Color a decade ago, had to buy the cart. I'll add more later, best to break it up.

@portabello I'd agree with that, I've had a few things I've ended up re-buying, but only twice did I really regret that mistake and that would be getting back into doing the DS/3DS as the luster wore off a year or two later and it rarely got used after. The other was the NGPC because it got worse than before where loose price was complete price, but not many months after the stupidity wave hit it and the prices got further toxic so I just stopped buying/caring, so I sold it last year with zero regrets. I'm currently selling my remaining DS/3DS system/games off locally. If it's not a system I know I'm going to really make the effort on anymore it's outta here...this time done means done. Next one I'm really strongly pondering is Gamecube as I'm starting to view it as a liability. The more I flush, I find the stuff I'm retaining gets more use and I care more, like you said, cherish what made the cut, and even feeling comfy to add a bit.

I've yet to watch this, need to this evening, but I do find it very interesting that the two Mario based RPGs people tend to agree are the quality greats are the two that got the resurrections so I guess Nintendo agrees too. Also heard about TR, didn't know it was an honest remake and not something into the weeds, so now I really have to take a peek. Friend mentioned some Peach game too, I liked that squirrely one that the DS got so maybe it's good too.

Or like this crazy lady.

They do, when the ship. I'm cash only, local only. I don't open it up to scams. You show up, or if enough $ is under it I'll drive a bit and meet...at a public well camera'd up place. So unless they bring counterfeit $20s I'm not concerned.

Let's bump up to GBC for a moment, still Gameboy 8bit though I think GBA is fair game too. I consider this a pair of technical marvels for the system and they work very very well. The first is Warlocked, ever played the old DOS Warcraft? Same game here basically right down to the 4~ units per side, same stuff you can build up, same peons, knights, archers, flight units, even a dozen~ stages per side with a progressive story for each. Stage variety is the usual to the obnoxious limited units cross the map stuff all here still. The change, having wizards to find that do strange effect spells. You can get a heap of sprites on screen, everyone has lots of speech per unit many words to small sentences and despite 2 buttons it's easy to wrangle a group and get busy. And then, we know digital eclipse and how they seemed to find insane ways to emulate games on weak hardware or do some crazy technical marvel stuff. This one, love it or hate it given the mechanics people know, it's Dragon's Lair. Unlike the NES, GB, SNES etc releases that were sprite swapped etc weirdness from some euro-junk, this is the laserdisc. They got the game, compromised on detail, color and audio, it's down to 2bit color, but it's there minus like a half dozen moves in the long smithy stage. The music jingles are still present and sound good, as are the retained sound effects and dirks death yelps too. 4MB sized cart on this and they squeezed a lot in. And a bonus, Cannon Fodder, to me the best piece of FMV the system has. But beyond that uses some nice high color visuals for the camp map, and has some nice solid sprite/detail work in the stages and audio too. The audio compression is laughably tinny on that FMV too.

I can't speak to ebay much anymore, low cap, just get it over with at the top of the year. But I did notice on marketplace things are slowing progressively more on what sells. You get your A or B group. The A group are the local scalpers and they'll either treat you like an unknowing sucker, or they'll take whatever you want and won't do more than 1/2 even if it's already notably under ebay paid -- and some have the balls to say well you bring it to me, and they're like 30+minutes away. ummm.no. The others are the collectors or casual buyers and they just ask questions, then stop talking, or they will want another 20-25% off what you ask, again, even if it's already easily seen to be about that off ebay. They are treating marketplace now like a 2000-2009 era garage sale/flea market where you got to hand them a freebie like they're doing you the favor getting rid of it, so give it away cheap since you're putting them out having to come n' get it. I've got around 1300 in a 3DS(n2dsxl) nearly unsued 10 game +9ds game, +r4 w/neo geo library, and a couple cases and other pieces up there, asking $800, so far best one was $600 and that was snark and arm twisting. At that rate I'll let it sit.

I brought this up, but it still surprises me so I decided to link a 15min play through, it's that short given what it is. In the right hands even early on the old GB could blow you away beyond the thought capabilities of it with 2D. I mean even early on to jump from Super Mario Land to Gargoyle's Quest the fidelity increase was insane. Then there's this... (go around 5min in for the stunt course, that's the best 3D with raised tracks and the infamous loop.)

Ahh yeah I was about to reply, then saw Dave got that one first. I've had those bit corp switch carts. They're unique, you do your menu selection in reality, not using an in game boot menu. There are a number of them.

I have a NES Maker setup, hope this works out for whoever ended up with it. I'd have jumped on it as a learning experience but was in the middle of one of my 15 hours work days so I can't browse for long stretches. This looks like both a good development kit but also something that could be used just to make your own carts for games when you don't want to deal with everdrive bs and want something more tangible.

Oh it's out? Why do I not remember this, my luck it was during one of the awful power outages I had this year which was a real treasure.

I had a successful little flea market day on Sunday morning. Ended up getting a dollar gameboy game, 22 for a n64 and genesis cart, and a 5 dollar snes game too. The day before been trying not to buy online, finally saw a copy of LUnar Legend show up for $30 locally and did grab that. The gameboy game was Centipede, the pair of games was FIghting Force 64+Sonic Spinball, and the SNES game was a blockbuster sticker/void sticker/sharpie nightmare hiding a nearly immaculate Final Fantasy II under it which I 100% recovered with zero label damage because i know tricks. If curious, I posted images in discord on that recovery. Neat thing it has one save with 45~hours on it at the end of the game which someone really powered through ages ago and adored it.

Albert has been pretty open about it on discord and on the page. Last I looked the majority of posters on there range from the 40-60s age group and that was fairly recently keeping an eye on when people say things if not outright say as much. Albert was his own thing running AA it was his job and what came of it did. As a worker for Atari now, he has a steady paycheck, same controls, setup and terms that AA had still exist, but now he has that title and all those added responsibilities about it. He seems pretty happy, except when the nitwits 2 nights ago at invision boards fouled up the script renewal on there which took the page down for some people (me too) using a chromium core for their browser. He was pissed and was pretty going on about it until it got fixed. He was afraid people would think it was Nintendoage/Dain pulling the rug out.

This comes back, one post, and I see that avatar of Charlie, and well, it looks like slightly more human looking bot version of this with glasses. It can not be ignored.

Super mushrooms and the newer new series micro(dosing) mushroom too.

Yeah I could see that, not fun. I probably would have done it though, re-couped $300-400 of it selling the solder fixed VB that didn't match, but I get it entirely. I've basically give up on boxes, just not something I want to lose money on for prestige I don't care about. If I get one without taking a beating, local, fine, but that's it. That's how I have a 101 Graphite, cost me $70 before the stupid virus and it's nearly new in the box, or when I got an Action Set(orange zapper) box and all paper inserts and most wiring for like $20 at a final day estate sale and backward build the full package for $50.:) There are ways, but VB's just do not show up around here but rarely, and usually thrashed.

Wow I'm in shock this didn't exist already and thought it did. I haven't touched the handheld (GB through Adv) for a little while, until recent. I had a small trail of good luck finds with Gameboy related stuff. Just yesterday knocked off one I hoped to find over a year now in this area and it was average so whatever, but Lunar Legend and it's still fantastic. Also recently picked up as of a week ago Blades of Steel for a few dollars and nabbed Centipede for a dollar today for some odd variety. Recently in the last month also snagged for 5/ea Catrap and Lock n Chase. All these games but Centipede I've had before and they're quite fun, sad to see what some go for now which is nuts. And related, anyone here using the GB Operator? They finally redid and released the v1 of their software package now calling it Playback!. They do nearly nightly build updates too. The package is quite robust now runs a whole lot, just the more screwball stuff it hates on still like any form of a multicart (vintage, modern, flash kit) and I can't re-write my first party GB Memory Nintendo Power flash cart ...yet, but it should be added, some cheapy chinese junk carts can be done. I put some time (2hr~) on Lunar using that package on my computer here yesterday, thinking I may do the same here again here shortly. Truth be told once i got that PVM a few months back, mostly I've just been doing 8bit Nintendo and have been on a bit of a Famicom bender unless I find a nice local NES goodie. I was very slowly prodding at Mario Picross though in my Super Gameboy, which I added a tindie DIY package to so it runs at the correct clock speed.

In either scenario nothing changes much. I'd find out what their, both, real budget and real will to take the hit is once the luster wears off asking for a true bit of honesty. From there I'd suggest a few things. Real hardware with a modern android style PC like low refresh panel and an HDMI original modded console/handheld, or real old school with a CRT if they really want to go there, but nothing over 20" to really keep that period feel. As to the games, I'd strongly suggest not diving into buying on line, unless they wanted to patiently watch for a fairly decent sized 20-50+ games lot with system pops up to get started and more or less stop with that, online that is. I'd tell them to get their goods, clean the stuff with the right things, get it clean, sanitary and happy...then take a break and enjoy it, chill, see what you like, love, are passive or hate in the lot, and make some stacks to keep or release. From the get go, I'd tell them whenever out, see what you can find locally at stores, private, fleas, that are somewhat to grossly under the ebay troll rates. Buy that, see if you like it or not, keep and and play that, and what doesn't, add that too to the turn stack. From there that turn stack I'd suggest selling or trading them, if selling maybe you end up with another spare system, bundle it. Get a nice nest egg going, then use that money to buy a game you want that's more toxic (over old MSRP) so you don't get into the habit of screwing your budget. That's basically what I'd do, and I'd suggest picking no more than TWO systems, like a console and a handheld, or two of one or the other, and that's it. FOCUS is key, if you just buy whatever whenever and don't care, it always leads to disaster of some sort. I'd also push them towards aliexpress for cheap copies of expensive or translated game carts since $10 is better than $100 or $500. I'd also show them their flash kit options as well, why not enjoy things without being bit by a shark right?

WOWOW @a3quit4s Good move on that. I wish I had that, not that I don't like the blockbuster case, but it is the original. Too late to do it now unless luck strikes. Speaking of luck...flea market today treated me well, and as a bonus I was able to recover a SNES game covered in 4 layers of sadistic evil level blockbuster hell which took around an hour. That game, Final Fantasy 2. Sticker/clear tape over the top of the label into the rear, then the 2 pure evil blue/yellow/white wrap arounds on both of the sides around the back onto that sticker, then an earlier VOID style shiny on the front with found sharpie under that. I took an utter turd and made it look almost new. My thumbs hurt but $5 for $50-60 why yes! THen there was GB Centipede I found in a bag for a dollar, and for $22 Fighting Force 64+Sonic Spinball (Gen) too. Yesterday...long hunt over (local as online is easy) Lunar Legend for GBA which I'm currently picking away at. I can post the blockbuster devastation on discord if anyone cares.

Agreed and I'd go there. It does, there's a few of the angsty pretty boy things going on, but the core mechanics swing largely back to the 16bit era and it's appreciated. Recently it had a solid 50% off sale (square does them 2x a year) on iOS so I put 9 on my phone to enjoy again at my own slow pace.

That's directly why I don't have one, because ebay is a cesspool. I figure if fcgamer ever came across a spare he'd let me know, otherwise I can do without.

@Ankos Wow nice a Gamate, rarely see that brought up. Like you I've had an interest, just never see them when I do look, or it's someone fishing which means I avoid it. I know from what I've dug up it's more gameboy like than the supervision I have is, at least a little. Mega Duck is another I've been very interested in, its games seem to look more like the Gamate too.

FF7 I can tolerate in bursts (enough yet never finished it) but it went off the rails how I did not like things, but FF8 basically was like that angry cartoon character that has this F this moment and flips the table over entirely just the ruin things people like. FF9 I have said for over 20 years was Square apologizing for the last 2 games because it largely is like a 3D version of the SNES games mechanics, taking the best bits of all three. It was the last true honest FF game by title, Bravely Default kind of pick it up but made some big mistakes too.