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I remember when folks said it was undumpable

Right, but you need to look at it in the bigger context of homebrew from late nineties until now, something very few were following back then aside from NES dev members. So I suspect you weren't...there. if you were following everything at the time, you wouldn't be asking the question as to the significance of this game

To address your points: 1. I never said Star Keeper was an early homebrew game. You should go back and reread exactly what I wrote. 1998 or 1999 is around the time when we first started getting actual homebrew games, then around 2007 or 2008 is around the time we started getting homebrew games that we could purchase on cartridges. Yes, two years later we had Battle Kid and two years after that, Battle Kid 2, and then in 2014 Star Keeper. Now in 2024, look at the quality and wide array of homebrew games, a lot more progress has been made in the past five or six years than in the previous twenty. If we divide homebrew into two periods, Star Keeper falls into the earlier period. That's something that made it significant, this was the point where people started realizing, "Hey, there are some fun homebrew games that amount to something coming out". We had that with the Battle Kid games a few years earlier, but that was it more or less, as well as some simple clones of games. 2. Tiger Game.com had the online stuff, seems like that was sort of a big deal at the time. 3. I find it even more hilarious how you keep saying about how the Super A'can has such fun games, when the bulk doesn't amount to much. tl;dr Star Keeper has historical significance for homebrew for many reasons, it's sort of a situation where one had to be there and been following it to understand it.

How big and what year are you talking? I've seen a few around 2010 or so with a ton of extra crap packed in hence the box size.

I have some local PC games developed in Taiwan, they're always fun to collect in big box form. I've also got a few official localized games, as well as some extra PC stuff I'm looking to dump!

I don't think it's necessary to do some sort of full hypocrite disclosure when posting one's opinions on a gaming forum. I also own one of these, and have also been saying for years that the game is not great. Then again, neither are the Super A'can games, they are not great either, when compared to the price point. You ask why the game has captured so much attention? It goes back to the history of the game and its release, as well as the history of NES homebrew as well, imo, ranging from the early years (i.e. Chris Covell and the early impressive tech demos before then) up until now. A game such as this is quite significant to the history of NES homebrew scene; other titles I'd also value up there would be the early Christmas carts, Garage cart, etc. To compare it to the Super A'can, for example, that's a machine on an equal footing to the Tiger Game.com, i.e. a mediocre machine without much oompf to back it. Yeah, some people tried to artificially inflate the prices and popularity, but at the end of the day there's 12 mediocre 16-bit seen-it-all-before games, with the historical significance resting on an ethnicity, i.e. that Taiwanese people made it for a Taiwan market. On the other hand, with something like Star Keeper, it falls into a much broader historical area, of general NES homebrew, so it should be quite obvious why this would be a significant piece from the early years....

Meatloaf or shepherds (well cottage) are the two I'm good for, for Febs, as my dad will be visiting. He's not gonna wanna make or eat a ramen hahaha

Yes!

The game looks interesting, but I'm not sure how exactly it was developed by Acclaim since they've been defunct since 2004. Acclaim is by now just the brand that was acquired, right? Or is this some long lost prototype release?

Chuka Taisen would be the natural response, if I'm understanding the question correctly.

I'll do it if you get a matching one, only with Luigi. Then when we meet up for our once every ten years hangouts, people can think we're reincarnated versions of the Mario Bros.

I thought it was pretty funny as I was putting the box together, I'm glad the humor wasn't lost.

I don't think I'd call that a personality, tbh, everything you mentioned there are all things I do with my friends when we get together, lol. Just saying that just because I don't have a Super Mario tattoo on my face doesn't mean that I've got an issue with others knowing about my collection

Desolate Love is now up for grabs. Kept this one under wraps for a long time. FC Desolate Love (Homebrew) | Mali S Cash Bar

New game added!

I don't think anyone is trying to hide their collections from the lives of their friends, colleagues, lovers, etc. - that would be incredibly dishonest imo, especially at the age that most of us are, where we should be secure enough about ourselves not to care what others think of such idiosyncrasies as these; however, my point is that I personally don't want to be defined by my gaming collection, no more than a stripper wants to be defined by his or her job, swingers by their hobby, etc. The people who should know about it know about it, those who wouldn't care about it have no need to know about it, and those that are on a more intimate level yet don't care about it in particular, know about it, but don't need it thrust in their face anymore than is necessary. Then again, although I do consider these old games to be a large part of my life, it's definitely not the essence of me as a person.

Yeah no bones generally isn't the option here, but it's cultural as people prefer bones here.

My favorite "find" of the year wasn't a find itself, rather it was an acquisition, though it's an odd situation as I had made the game. I am talking about Mr Lee's Alishan Tea Collector for the Famicom. By the time one gets into having a large enough collection, it gets to a point where the focus almost feels like one is just trying to tick off a box to complete a set or what not. It's enjoyable for what it is, but there's only so much you can do with owning shelf piece that you can't properly play as you don't understand the language (the downside of collecting imports). Then there's another side of the matter, it all begins to feel a bit opulent when you're spending tons of money on old games, dropping four or five figures whilst you see people around you struggle, whether your peers or strangers on the news in war-torn countries, etc. Mr Lee's Alishan Tea Collector is different though. It's a game based on a trip I took with gaming friend I knew online, forging a lifelong friendship and countless memories. It's the embodiment of memories and experiences being greater than material items, and the game has even begun to develop a cult following here, which has led to even more fun times and memories. So while not a find, it was a game that was added to my collection last year, and it is one that will stay in my collection even if I do someday unload other items.

Here's my attempt at Mos Burger. Actually usually when I go to Mos I'll get nugs instead of fries, should have done the same here.

That's pretty neat, price seems fair as well if it's in working condition.

Trust me, it's amazing

Maybe I can take some of those Game King and Gamate games off your hands

I don't think you will find any Electronic Arts games with that sticker. EA handled the fabrication of their own games, and it's my understanding they also handled the distribution of their games. For example, EA distributed their games in Taiwan (where they were all fabricated), so there's a huge disproportionate amount of EA games here compared to other NA games.

My apartment is quite big for the area, luckily, and the price is also quite a steal for the area. That being said, I'm in the same boat as @MegaMan52 as I have games and machines stashed away in cabinets in basically all rooms of the apartment, aside from the bathroom, though in the living room, aside from the television set up, there are not many games or anything on display. I do have some really nice glass cabinets built into the walls in the living room, and I've often considered just using them exclusively to display the prime gaming stuff, boxing the rest up, and then turning the current game room (which is quite small) into an office area. The only problem with that is I really hate the idea of people possibly defining me by my games, whenever I host parties or invite friends / dates / family over. It's certainly a part of my life, and it's certainly not something I am ashamed of, but at the same time feeling like I have to "explain" it or "justify" it anytime a non-game collector is over doesn't sound very fun, especially when my actual time playing games and the like is quite limited.

So I was at a restaurant today eating soup containing taro, pork, noodles, and some veg. I thought it was really delicious and thought about taking my father to the shop when he comes to visit. Then I stopped and thought about it for a moment, nope, he wouldn't fancy the soup because he hates having to deal with bones with his meat, as does my mother, and many other Americans that I know. On the other hand, I know a lot of people in Asia prefer eating meat with the bones as they feel the meat in those areas is more tender and flavorful. I used to find the bones a nuisance, but after being in Taiwan for so long, I don't mind just shoving meat into my mouth, manipulating it off the bones, and then spitting the bones back out into the spit bucket or whatever. So I'm curious how the VGS group feels about bones in their meat.