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Are you signed in when you try to download it? It’s showing as available for me. Let me know and I’ll get it to you one way or another. I’ve not updated it in some time. I’m in the middle of relocating so it’ll be a while before I get around to it.

Ahh ok. That’d explain it. Thanks!

I’m not seeing Brigandine: Legend of Runersia in the released games list.

I pulled the trigger on some Switch blind boxes from Limited Run Games. I got Saturday Morning RPG, Windjammers, and Super Meat Boy. Does anyone know what number in the LRG series Meatboy is? I couldn’t find it mentioned on the site.

I may be looking at this through nostalgic colored glasses. I’ve been collecting off and on for a long time and it used to be more of a collector helping collector mentality. I remember one sale where Best Buy was running PS2 games for $5 but different Best Buy stores had different games. One of the forums I was a member of coordinated to get games to people. Game + shipping + payment fees. That was it. Just gamers trying to get games to other gamers. It was a different atmosphere in that regard than it is now.

Wal-Mart clearance on these is completely random. I live in between two and one had a lot of them on clearance, and the other had everything regular price. I did manage to grab Octopath Traveler.

I used to use this. I stopped because it would randomly add games to my collection. Did that ever happen to you?

I’m plugging away at it. It’s not a priority but it’s on my list. To be fair though, I’m only going for ntsc games, not every variant.

I’m not sure we’re there yet. We tried Paper Mario Origami King but he didn’t have the patience to get through the text. You got any recommendations? Maybe one with mainly video instead of text would be a better introduction.

Had a minute and wanted to post a game we’d beat from the backlog. Date: 05-25-2019 Kids Age: 5 Game: Mega Man 11 Platform Nintendo Switch Settings: easy Fun Stuff: I needed a break from Mario. Figured I’d introduce my son to Mega Man. My wife had picked the game up for me as a surprise. It seemed like the stars had aligned. Given that my son’s gaming skills are in full development mode and mine are as dull as Ben Stiller in Tropic Thunder the easy setting felt like the way to go here. I was right. The first stage we beat was Tundra Man. My boy immediately fell in love with the TORNADOOOOOOO!! As it was pronounced every time it was used. This game is a great tool for experimentation as my son was constantly “Daddy we can beat this bad guy with that weapon!”; “Daddy I’ve got a great plan!”; “Daddy this idea is a genius!”. The last one being my personal favorite. Proud Dad Moment when I got called away on the honey-do list and came back and my son had beat Acid Man completely on his own. I didn’t have to do a lot of heavy lifting in this game. Exceptions being the stuff that chased you across the screen and instakilled you, one extremely frustrating jump on Bounce Man’s stage, and that first boss in Wiley’s castle. This really felt like a collaborative effort. I could see my son getting better. Two side notes: Two days after we beat MM11 my Switch disappeared for three weeks. My son’s favorite type of music to listen to is video game music. It is entirely because of this game. We listen to it almost every morning on the way to school. He asks me to roll the windows down so “other kids can hear how great this music is. They might like that a little bit.”

Anybody else been playing Super Mario Bros 35? I’ve been having way more fun with this game than I expected! I can usually place in the top 10 (not actually sure if that’s good) my daughter played and just stood there and placed 19th. I can feel some of the rust is coming off. Not as good as I was as a kid but I don’t look like a bumbling idiot ALL the time.

Thanks guys! I’ll look into it. I actually think I’ve got Baseball Stars 2 somewhere. I’ve played Road to Freedom. I didn’t like the combat at all.

So I just got finished watching Moneyball and I would like to play a game that focuses on managing a sports team. What recommendations you got? Systems I have access to at the moment in order of preference Switch, PS3, PS4, PC.

That’s why I started the thread! I figured a lot of my fellow gamers were more knowledgeable than I was in this area. I’ve seen secret lab pop up quite a bit so I started looking into them.

Thanks for all the great insight! Any of you guys ever heard or tried this chair? https://www.samsclub.com/p/2d-zero-gravity-xl-gaming-massage-chair/prod22390036?xid=plp_product_1 Ive been looking into the secret lab chairs and am seriously considering one of them.

I’ve never owned a chair specifically for gaming. Always been the couch, floor, recliner, or folding chair type. Oddly can’t ever recall gaming on a bean bag. Holidays are coming up and this might be something I’m looking into. Thoughts? Recommendations? Stay Away Froms? Let’s hear what you got!

I’m playing as the Gustava Empire on normal difficulty. I’ve just taken over my First Nation, Norzaleo I believe. I was aggressive. Managed to pull it off in 4 turns. BUT the AI hasn’t attacked anywhere yet. Is this normal? I was really hoping they would be more aggressive.

Once. Exactly how many times I beat it without the code. In my younger years when I had something to prove to myself.

Only way to play it. lol.

TMNT Hyperstone Heist - Genesis Super Double Dragon SNES (Fully trained hack) Super Mario Bros. 3 - NES Contra - NES NBA Jam - system of choice Legend of the Mystical Ninja - SNES (double check but IIRC it is co-op) Psychic Detective - PS1 (one player but logic through it together) I've been doing a lot of co-op games with my son, he’s 5. If we can handle them you guys probably can too.

Date: 7-25-2020 Kids Age: 5 Game: Super Double Dragon - fully trained hack Platform: Super Nintendo Settings: Default Fun Stuff: Man! Double Dragon brings back so many memories. I’m not a huge music person but I love turning the volume up and listening to Double Dragon soundtrack. It takes me back to the gas station that I’d play the original at. Where my Mom would give me a few quarters and I’d just play. It reminds me of simpler times. Back when a gang of street thugs would kidnap your girlfriend for no good reason. You’d grab your best friend, armed with only your world class martial arts skills and grit. Who doesn’t have those? Walk out in the street and fight your way to her freedom. Because 80’s. I realize it seems that my son and I only play beat ‘em ups. This isn’t the case. I’ve got a very small backlog of games we’ve beat I’m going to post about in the near future. I have the reason we’ve been gravitating towards them though. 1. A high number of them are co-op. 2. The reward is really quick and relatively easy. 3. The controls are simple. Punch, kick, jump, block. Or in my sons case jump kick. There was so much funny for me in and with this game. On a personal note I got way to much satisfaction out of trapping a punch and Jean-Claude Van Dammeing somebody’s face. My son immediately set about learning how to jump and kick. His aerial assaults were unstoppable. My daughters got a kick out of this as well. They both were captivated for the majority of the game. A great sign! My youngest (2) even took the controller for a bit, from me. She performed exactly like you’d expect. Pausing and unpausing the game in rapid succession daring anyone to move. A virtual game of red light green light for the ages. The stage where you fight beside the airplane before it takes off was a huge hit. I don’t know why. This happened: My son would jump next to someone, walking is reserved for special occasions, and just stand there facing them. A few seconds would pass and he’d get punched in the face. Time for video game dad to intervene. I pause the game. “Son, what are you doing.” ”I’m trying to talk to him.” My curiosity is piqued. ”About what?” Honestly, I was fighting back a chuckle. ”I’m trying to ask him if he doesn’t want to fight.” My mind immediately went to an alternate reality where instead of fisticuffs you break out in a verbal parley. Like the debates in one of the Romance of the Three Kingdom games. ”Well of course he wants to fight son.” The concept of not killing the enemy is STILL a foreign concept to me. Even in stealth games. “We’ll never know if we don’t ask them Daddy.” At the age of 5 my son has surpassed me on some levels. This also happened: In an incredibly tense moment in the game my son, standing in front of the tv, places the controller on his head. Yells at the top of his lungs, ATTACK, and starts spinning in circles while mashing buttons. Still spinning he asks “Am I getting them Daddy?” This worked better than I expected. There was absolute heart break when: My son’s favorite weapon, the barrel/rock, rolled off the screen where he couldn’t pick it up again. Every time he threw it I couldn’t help but say, “Do a barrel roll”. Different game I know. A complete overreaction happened: every time a bad guy threw a Molotov cocktail. We’d both shout BOMB!! And run as far away as possible. I almost did a real life dive behind the coffee table, but the parent in me said this is a bad plan. So I didn’t. Inexplicably: my son got hit by way more knives than you’d think possible. If it was thrown he’d unwittingly walk into it. UNTIL the last stage where there was a complete role reversal and if a knife was thrown he’d throw it back at the enemy with insane accuracy. Usually at the toughest guy. How in the world: Do you make that jump on the bridge. Neither of us ever made it. No amount of out of game acrobatics helped. Luckily the game starts you on the other side after you die. Those bosses though: Mainly two. Affectionately nicknamed The Arnold and Kung Fu Elvis. To many Arnold quotes were used every time The Arnold was on screen. I’m not ashamed. Kung Fu Elvis uses your kick against you. My logic don’t kick Kung Fu Elvis. My sons logic, JUMP KICK!! Both strategies worked. That ending was terrible. Talk about phoning it in. You know what? Don’t care. This game was an absolute blast. Shot of nostalgia for me, a solid watch for my girls, and a good work out for my boy. I really rambled on this time. Part of me wants to apologize. The other part of me thinks it is a discussion board. As always, feel free to share games you’ve beat with your kids if you would like.

Please do!

When he was 3 almost 4 we started playing SMB. It took about an hour over a few days to make it over the first jump. The celebration was epic. An hour or two of game time over about a week and he’d beat stage 1-1. 8 or 9 hours in and he could get to the castle on 1-4. The key was for me to SHOW him how to do it, but I absolutely refused to do it for him. The advantage your child has is he hasn’t played games. Games today are easier. Your kid doesn’t know that so he can cut his teeth on the classics just like we did.

Date: July-18-2020 Kids age: 5 Game: Streets of Rage 2 Platform: Sega Genesis Settings: Normal/Easy, lives 5/9, level select code The Fun Stuff: When I was growing up Saturday morning was for cartoons. Now that my son is growing up Saturday morning is prime gaming time. we have been working on Streets of Rage 2 off and on for a couple of months. I would typically play as Axel and my son almost always played as Max. Who he referred to as “Hulk Smash”. We started this game on normal and spent a fair amount of time beating each other up. I switched over to easy in the hopes that we wouldn’t be able to hit each other. We still could. Regardless, we got fairly proficient at staying away from each other. Pfffttt!! No we didn’t. We beat the crap out of each other on every stage. As with most beat em ups I did a lot of the heavy lifting. There’s always exceptions and in this case it was Jet, the jet pack guy, or any of his iterations. I just couldn’t get that guy, but my son came through in a big way against him every time. We split the turkey’s , but my son wanted the apples because they were apples. Kid logic is a wonder to behold. I wasn’t going to use the the level select cheat but this game was just to long for us. We were ripping through the game. Started level 6 with 5 lives for me and 4 for him and he just wanted to stop. “I’m tired of playing, daddy”. So we stopped and picked up where we left off. I don’t really consider that cheating. When we picked up Is when we went from 5 to 9 lives. My son really liked using the special attack, that happens to kill you when you use it. So, we came up with a workaround. Hulk proceeded to SMASH!

Duck Hunt!! My kid did the same thing! We had a blast with Duck Hunt for the longest time. Then we, naturally, transitioned over to Super Mario Bros. The NES controller worked well too. A lot of the modern controllers were just to big and, honestly, complicated for him at two.