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| TyrannicalFascist:
I can't believe I forgot to mention it here, but I got a Virtual Boy for Christmas! It came in excellent condition, including the stand and foam visor, and came with Wario Land, Mario's Tennis, Galactic Pinball, Teleroboxer, and Vertical Force, all of which had instruction booklets, plus my dad tracked down Mario Clash with its booklet because he knew that I wanted to get all the Mario games on VB. He said he found it locally and it was all about $100 total. I'm actually really surprised that the VB isn't as bad as I'd always heard. The games are decent and it all kind of has a novelty that I think is pretty cool. Even my friends have asked to play it every time they stop by... We've also written it into our Star Wars parody fan film as a joke involving how our "Sith" got their bloodshot yellow eyes. :P Part of the reason I bring it up here is because I blame you guys and the nature of this site for encouraging me to organize and even expand my retro gaming collection! I've been tracking down games that I never had but wanted as a kid, and games and systems that I stupidly sold/traded in or had stolen from me (as was the case with my PSone and GBC during a garage sale). I'll probably get other systems I never had growing up, like 32X/Sega CD, Sega Saturn and Dreamcast. I even ordered the red DS cases for my VB games, though I ordered enough for all 14 American games plus extras in case I mess up the cutting. I'm considering getting most or all the American-released VB games, but are there any other games for the system you guys think I should track down first? |
| Arseen:
--- Quote from: TyrannicalFascist on January 26, 2012, 04:09:02 PM ---Part of the reason I bring it up here is because I blame you guys and the nature of this site for encouraging me to organize and even expand my retro gaming collection! --- End quote --- Welcome to the world of hordering, retro collecting. :D --- Quote from: TyrannicalFascist on January 26, 2012, 04:09:02 PM ---I'm actually really surprised that the VB isn't as bad as I'd always heard. The games are decent and it all kind of has a novelty that I think is pretty cool. Even my friends have asked to play it every time they stop by... --- End quote --- Yeah I like my Virtual boy, image is red, but so what, original game boy was grayish green. --- Quote from: TyrannicalFascist on January 26, 2012, 04:09:02 PM ---We've also written it into our Star Wars parody fan film as a joke involving how our "Sith" got their bloodshot yellow eyes. :P --- End quote --- Do publish this master piece. 8) --- Quote from: TyrannicalFascist on January 26, 2012, 04:09:02 PM ---I even ordered the red DS cases for my VB games, though I ordered enough for all 14 American games plus extras in case I mess up the cutting. I'm considering getting most or all the American-released VB games, but are there any other games for the system you guys think I should track down first? --- End quote --- Waterworld!!!! maybe not... I have it, just haven't tried it. Heard it's rareish and utterly crap. Maybe 3D tetris or the Japanese V-Tetris? And do scan your manuals. EDIT: Jack Bros is probably the best addition to your collection. |
| TyrannicalFascist:
--- Quote from: Arseen on January 26, 2012, 04:27:54 PM --- --- Quote from: TyrannicalFascist on January 26, 2012, 04:09:02 PM ---We've also written it into our Star Wars parody fan film as a joke involving how our "Sith" got their bloodshot yellow eyes. :P --- End quote --- Do publish this master piece. 8) --- Quote from: TyrannicalFascist on January 26, 2012, 04:09:02 PM ---I even ordered the red DS cases for my VB games, though I ordered enough for all 14 American games plus extras in case I mess up the cutting. I'm considering getting most or all the American-released VB games, but are there any other games for the system you guys think I should track down first? --- End quote --- Waterworld!!!! maybe not... I have it, just haven't tried it. Heard it's rareish and utterly crap. Maybe 3D tetris or the Japanese V-Tetris? And do scan your manuals. EDIT: Jack Bros is probably the best addition to your collection. --- End quote --- Keep your eyes on http://www.spoofwarsfilms.com/ this weekend, we're planning to launch our new website sometime either Friday or Saturday. We have a whole series of parody movies, and we're also premiering a goofy weekly series of short skits centering around one character when we launch the site. Basically the history of this series is that my friends and I made a star wars parody in 2003/2004, and have since come back together to make the sequels we always wanted to make. Our finale, "The Plot Strikes Back", which we are working on now, actually has a bunch of retro video game references. Aside from the Virtual Boy, our officers will be carrying repainted NES Zappers, and probably most epic of all, Dharth Tyrannical-Fascist (where I get my username from, even though I don't play that character), is basically our Darth Vader, and he's going to be decked out in video game gear: model 2 Sega Genesis chest box, Sega AC brick, Game Gear portable power adapter and Sega Genesis controller on his belt among others, and probably my favorite, a Nintendo Power Glove repainted black on his right hand (we're calling it the Unlimited Power Glove)... There's also references to several game series, most notably Star Fox, though I won't spoil those until we finish the movie. It's a pretty ambitious project (besides, we're finishing 3 other movies at the same time), but to top it all off, we're aiming to make a condensed "trailer" version to submit to this year's Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge, which will have awards at the Celebration VI convention in August. Sure, I'll scan the manuals, I've got them for all of them exceptTeleroboxer. |
| Arseen:
Perfect, and no worries I think we have Teleroboxer. And bookmarked the site. |
| AO007:
Not something you wanna brag about, bro. |
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