Tanooki

Yeah but having seen that since I've been going over those MVS finds you get there, I wouldn't put it on the same level. You're not picking up filler, and even those you got +1 copies of aren't $2 DS turds but something others would appreciate which could easily mean trades with others to get a nice new game without taking the arcade game price hit. Even if I remember right saw you had a spare of a game I'd take a crack at I annoyingly let go of years ago.

I don't remember now, but didn't Eyra have some distinct differences between the versions, or moreso just the audio-visual to fit the format?

I was thinking family basic too but it's not great, yet there are learning games that might fit largely KOEI and it's copycats over there who also made a play off either the three kingdoms or nobunaga era type stuff. I know they didn't get the Mario edutainment dreck we got, but they do have the earliest era stuff like that popeye and dk learning title choice too not that they're liked either. They did get some that would basically teach you how to work the Japanese stock market in its boom period, so maybe? I would bet you'll find something with the various Go and Shougi training/playing games hitting that one. Some of them didn't even have AI, you had to play along with a going match coded into it (from real known played games then) and guess the best move, to being educated how to play.

WURM now that's an underrated gem, surprisingly kept it's anime look/story as well coming over. That one really fell under the radar and if I remember the developer right, this was kind of a higher bar for them compared to the usual. I got this cart only for the first time maybe a year or two ago(forget now) in town. A great mix of a shooter, first person targeting combat with a wee bit of story based strategy to whittle health to a kill shot, and a run n' gun with a little exploration. Strangely, it blends very well, each part plays nicely enough, and while not an A tier game, it's a good solid B worth playing. It's like being part of a cheesy 80s/90s sentai type show/movie.

This one isn't part of New SMB series, they would have included that in there. It sure handles more like a more classic SMB title, the only 'new' that did was U/Switch and they even said after taking in consumer feedback they wanted that one to handle like SMW(SMB4) which is it did, probably why it's the one I really only liked. I need to put Wonder (SMB5?) to good use then, so damn time constrained I still haven't even finished world 1 which is why I've stayed out of here largely to not ruin things. I don't buy/get gifted many switch games at this rate, got this, kirby, metroid prime, and valis collection 2 this year, that's it I believe. None of them are finished.

Oooh that first bundle half is useful as the RotN (GBC) and UC(SNES) those look fun.

I'm not sure you're aware, but the value between the two is fairly wide, so if someone did this, consider it a very generous early Christmas gift.

Yeah, no... it's anti-social media. You'd have a more soothing time hitting your head with a ball-peen hammer.

So the fullwis seller got the piss taken out of them?

I've been aware, Xevious is huge, even it's a selfmade meme for Jeremy Parish with his WORKS videos, he had like this 1/2 second popup prank nearly per video which is "DAYS SINCE XEVIOUS WAS LAST MENTIONED: 0" for a reason. To them it was the second coming of shooters after space invaders because everything since can trace a direct or semi-indirect lineage back to it, especially in the 80s and early 90s shooters. But you are right, I stlil can't figure out what the hell they were thinking when they localized only 12 of like 32 games for the US market and gave us some utterly questionable crap which I'd include that in due to lack of US popularity. Mario Bros, Clu Clu Land, Balloon Fight, Wrecking Crew, Ghosts n Goblins, US version of Kid Icarus, even Star Soldier US wise is more interesting than some of the odd choices we got. SMB, Zelda 1+2, Castlevania, Dr Mario, Excitebike, and Pac-Man make more sense than the others.

Unless they changed it from when I was selling all year on there, they did for the longest time allow blocking 0 feedback buyers as a safety net just like how you can block anyone with any negative rating too or was that all removed?

Damn I miss that, as I said elsewhere earlier, really good job spotting that one. Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa is an underrated Konami gem, and the vintage famiclone of it with that name is just fun.

A week ago I plotted out how this has been a very strange and irregular month with all those items in quantity and quality having hits each week/weekend. Despite there being a rainy day all weekend I had this 1/2 day due to an appointment in the mid/late morning on Friday so I went across town to the old mans toy/game/etc shop I can hit just a few times a year and it for sure did not disappoint. I walk in hoping to find something useful for the few systems I bother with, and what pops up in my sight, PLOK ($20) and not a wrecked copy of it, as I've been trying to get it for years locally and the last 2 copies were moderately thrashed. I talk to the primary guy that works there now the last year or so, got to know him on a customer level pretty well and got to dig through some other stuff. As I was digging he mentioned I might like something on the magazine rack, he knew, and there were like 30-40 copies of Nintendo Power, and I whipped out my list and 1/2 of them were useful, a couple repeats, the others were ones I avoid (FutureOne) due to that publishers shitty attitude and making it super borrowed time generic so I ended up with 20, and bundled up for only $50. They needed a nice cleaning on the covers, a few mostly, as the former local for a time was a smoker, but whatever, $2.50/issue works for me as they're all intact minimally with their posters/pokemon comics, most other extras too other than TCG freebies. Having put those on the counter I dug some more finding a nice pair of N64 games for only $6 which were the MIdway Arcade and Top Gear Rally. Also saw a bunch of blackbox games, got to talking about the FC converter inside, he had no idea, so I started one after another, and hit one I could feel by weight alone, was able to borrow a screwdriver and found Hogan's Alley, let me have it for almost nothing ($3) too since it was an education. Whole visit ended up with 20 NP, 2 N64, 1 SNES, and 1 NES game for $85. Bonus...went down the street, found The Battle of Olympus for $15, hadn't seen a copy of that in over a decade maybe two, so I grabbed it, and today at another spot found Top Gear Rally 2 for another $15. $115 poorer but richer in quality stuff I actually care about.

What's worse is whether it is right or wrong to your comment, the ones above...they just stick with it, then double and triple down as others bounce of that being coin begging babies up on YT wanting that YT, patreon, etc grift yet supplying or bringing nothing new to the table. Sad thing is, sometimes you even hit a point where it's plausible, yet because you may know better but can't back it up, it gets drowned out with more stupidity it makes you question why to even bother. Well it was the year of it, it was a marketing ploy because it's easier now than say 30 years ago to pull that racket and have it stick thanks to the internet. The game was limited, limited into the millions to the point no matter how much they hyped it you could find stacks well after it was apparently put out of print at major retailers nation wide. It makes me think back to the first time they did that kind of limited bit, SMAS+World, the under a year packin with how many consoles? It still surprises me that one gets off so cheap vs this Switch game with exponentially more copies that weren't tied to bought hardware.

The problem with the DKL games are two fold: - They put so much detail into the ground/background along it's hard to really know when you're going to land on ground or eat it, and you can't always make yourself out on the screens of the time. - They didn't quite adjust the old maps at all to a square screen, stages are meant for tv aspect so you get an annoying level of leap of faith jumps that'll end up in cheap deaths. It's why I just have the first, and largely since it's CIB, not because it's actually really fun without modern solutions to only correct the first problem.

Maniac Mansion is not one you'd want to play on Famicom, stick to the NES. It's a beta of a copy in quality, loaded with bugs, crash issues, poor interface, places to lock yourself from ever ending it. Jaleco broke it so bad Lucasarts pulled the game away from them and re-crafted it themselves for the US version. (Reference: FamiDaily on YT)

So, no love for Mad City (aka: Bayou Billy?) While the NES game was rigged to punish players having 4x the damage you take and giving 1/2 to the enemies to beat down renters it still was a solid multi-genre game: brawler, driver, zapper (or punisher style) gun sections too. After finding out what I did, I'm looking to import Mad City to get the true non-kaizo release.

This part is kind of a concern I had and didn't post that first time. Some people are pretty savvy, more than they should be given the skill set they probably don't need for their jobs, usually from a mix of fun or for taking advantage of (stalking?) others. Images unless you set it up that way with your mobile device or actual camera have all sorts of stamps embedded into them even if you don't see it just as it is on reddit, elsewhere. Look at your phone, drag up in iOS I think it is, and it'll show all sorts of things, including a geotag of some sort from basics to right down to the space it was taken, date, time, etc. What if this image if you used the right tools could skim that out? I mean we're talking a game with a shit ton of cash, like buy a damn nice CAR cash, a 20-50% down payment on a house type good in most states. What's to stop some determined scumbag from trying to hunt the data in the image, take a ride or flight to X shop, and then make a play for it? Even if you let the owner know it was worth 10K let's say (which is a lie) you could drop that brick of 100s on the counter and they'll get Conker $ $ eyes and take it, not realizing they left 10s of Ks left on the counter. OP is screwed being a dumbass posting it, shop is happy with 10K but unaware they could have had what... 40K more? NEVER, never post a damn thing you're thinking you can snag until you snag it.

Denial as your sketchy Taiwanese vidier games have no value as it came from a den of pirates and thieves. Next time you fire up the shrinkwrap machine, remember not to load it with saran wrap.

Or not creepily do that and let the guy have his win? And agree with @drxandy they should all rot, lucky that we're into a minority report style of reality as they'd be erased all quite quickly and deserve it. It shows the true depths of how far our former for the fun of it hobby has degraded into a cash grab, fraud, deceit and manipulation cesspool of degenerates.

I'm surprised that Salamander isn't up there, but then again having jibberish kanji with the real name in small under it likely DQ'd it from that list, yet in a way, with Life Force, there it is. I do agree with you on the selection for the next question, it maybe trying to highlight Obake no Q-Tarou, but if it's not a literal case of obake in the title, there are a good number of spirits, ghosts, ghouls, and other undead/dead type stuff that would make the list fairly interesting. Gegege no Kitarou 1 (and the lousy sequel) would work as you said, also Ghosts n Goblins would fit too. Splatterhouse might fit the bill, it has lots of paranormal/haunted objects. They got 2 Ghostbusters games too, Uninvited might fit the bill. Sweet Home I think could be a possibility but might be a reach. Off the top of my head possibly could see again Getsu Fuuma Den, Youkai Douchuki, Youkai Club, Dracula Kun, Zombie Nation (Abarenbou Tengu), Digital Devil Story Megami Tensei 1 & 2, maybe any of the 1-3 Castlevania titles. Holy Diver?

I might skim some of those, but usually I just don't bother as it's just showing the likely case of someone wanting to knoe what they can sell it for, even if they're not going to admit it. If someone asks how to do a game, improve something, how to remove a rental defacement, repair, etc I'll reply on that, along with uniquely interesting stuff. I get that daily feed email of 5 randoms (and click for more) from reddit so I keep up that way otherwise I'd forget about it for a week or two easily like discord.

I've had Gold Ball and Pin-Bot, honestly wish I had kept the Gold Ball as it wasn't a pain to keep working right and honestly just was more fun even if it was more basic. Pin-Bot became a burden so I sold it to someone I bumped into at the LAX here a couple years back, no regrets and he and his little kids ended up enjoying it. I've been holding the money in an account for a replacement computer, then the flippin CCP got the world sick and prices got stupid so its been waiting. They're fun, and if you don't have a notoriously finicky one which needs precise angles to get the basics to work as it should, they're worth the time if you have the space. These days I'm just back to digital pinball, and this badass long tabletop Sonic the Hedgehog TOMY made table I picked up earlier this year locally. It has oddly a lot in common with some early 80s pinball, a 'whirlwind' style spinner bowl, ramps, pop bumpers, and some other nice gimmicks to keep it fresh.

@DarkTone Your call out of EB and blow-up doll face I would have listed so nice calls. The losers who throw around bounties on stuff would be another, the pay whatever it takes types and either make that very clear and open, or they quietly throw it out there (or mentally cling to it) and when X item comes up they'll throw $500 or maybe even $5000 or more hoping that and not a higher cap they used is taken. They're cringy and cancerous as it just hurts anyone else who cares about the game, not the concept how much they can coax out of the next patsy with a fat wallet and low self control. They're like the newer form of the old attention seekers who would do FIND videos on youtube or talk up so called hidden gems. Given maybe a little leniency to start maybe they really did care about the game, but the effect of it early on caused others to get a bad case of FOMO and made it clear pumping out more videos lined their pockets to increase their financial value in a WATA/HA halperin-bronty style kind of reach around to profit. That former sealed game maybe was worth $1000, but let's make a sale/a video then sale and then throw unfounded speculation of rarity and value and suddenly it's worth 100x more. Sure, that's all because of the love of the game.

I'm late to the game but I remember what @SNESNESCUBE64 was saying way back and it was called conspiracy, and I remember it because I said it and felt the same, that it was a huge racket and that whole Pawn Stars speculation million dollars "could be?!" bit of pure lying on camera made it clear even back then. To see that bronty seemingly is in on this, lying about being out with that 2019 mail that's even putting more nails into the coffin of quite a few people and their integrity. I can only hope in the end when discovery is exposed, this goes fully through, and likely some/most of them will end up destroyed that it causes some panic among the suckers who bought into it. Would be nice to see a nice 1930s style bank run on selling their shit off before it loses 90% of its value due to the trust bottoming out, or them cracking cases to try and get other entities who aren't amoral/bankrupt who have some history (like CGC etc) re-do it. The blowback would hit the press hopefully harm the values in a trickle down effect. While I don't see it going all beanie babies and pogs freakout, a nice slap down is well in order.