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Casino Games complete. Attempted ESWAT, but sadly fell short.

Been slowly working through Casino Games. Blackjack isn't going to get it done, so it's poker from here on out. Will keep you all posted.

Tried tackling Zillion yesterday, but didn't have the stamina to make it through. Missed a floppy disk somewhere and didn't feel like backtracking. Fired it up on classic reload while working today and completed it. Another top 10 master system game for me. The programmers instructing you to enter the suicide code at the end of the game is pretty hilarious. The ultimate rage quit moment would come at the end of the game if you haven't plotted your escape route. There is very little room for error. I believe I made it out with only 12 or 15 seconds left. At least they had the foresight to remove all enemies (other than the final boss of course lol) and laser barriers during your escape, otherwise you'd be screwed.

Last one for the night. **** this game. Shinobi complete. Yes, this is what they reward you with for finishing the game. Last stage deliberately butchers you in 5-2. 5-3 is a breeze though and the masked devil forces damage on you in his final form which I've always detested. Anyway, the master system port of the arcade game was a worthy substitute for us who didn't have access to the arcade cab. The PC Engine port is the definitive home version for me though.

Love that you added this to the challenge! Finding out we had a bonus game built in to our master system that already had hang-on and safari hunt was exciting!

Rocky and Rastan complete. Two of my childhood games. Clubber Lang gave my a much harder time than Drago, today. Normally I struggle with Drago a lot more, but I did great on the last training session and not so great on the second one. Rastan has killer music, terrible jump mechanics, and unforgiving level design with some of the god**** fire and water traps. Still a special game for me.

Figured I'd bang out California Games as well. I'll try to get Zillion done next.

Alright, Miracle Warriors complete! Miracle Warriors is one that sends me right back to the late 80s. A true grind, but so rewarding once you finish it. This isn't a game that holds your hand and that final dungeon warping you to other dungeons across the world map is just straight up cruel. The final battle with Terarin lives up to the hype as well and is impossibly difficult if you can't get your stone of protection to work - she's a beast.

I'm working on finishing up Miracle Warriors, will submit the photo once complete.

Fortunately she is real, though I appreciate the role that repros play in making games like this more accessible.

Here is the last of it..

I used to have a massive JP MD and Mark III collection, but this is all that remains. A couple of other obscure titles as well..

Recent Super Famicom additions

Very cool @sp1nz! I'm wondering if they abandoned this cover in favor one that actually shows Maru. Your card looks like a vidpro card of sorts.

Stumbled across this box recently, and I have been trying to find other examples of it with little luck. Does anyone have any history around this variant? I will post a few more pics in follow up posts.

This is great man! I agree with @The Strangest that it'd be great if we could add the other cart label variants as well (Wonderboy in Monsterland and Psycho Fox alongside the monopoly note) as well as a small piece on Sega for the 90s stickers to deal with leftover Tonka stock. An additional section on "extras" as well, including posters, manuals, reg cards (for the Activision releases). Thanks for this!

@AmpplaysOh man, another to add to this. I love it. I will add both sets of pictures to the main thread once I get home.

You must perform a bootleg toilet test. Only way to know for sure is to drop it in your toilet and see if it floats Legit bootlegs are more dense, so they sink right to the bottom.

lol, is this pedigree stuff a f****** joke? Sorry, been away for a minute.

Not without breaking the tabs - the cases are tamper proof, including the top.

Totally agree with the big list of lists coming over here.

Love the retro setups here! Here's my master system set. Just wrapped up a US set this past month, so snapped some pics.