August 2012 pickups

[scarmullet]

I didn't get that good of a haul, mostly online since yard sales are not happening much due to some MUCH NEEDED rain.

I got

NES
Ultima (III) Exodus

SNES
Ultima VI: The False Prophet
Ultima VII: The Black Gate (Shitty port, not recommended...get the game on GOGs and be merry. Its so bad because they had to dumb down a very adult game (investigating murders, while dealing with a corrupt local religion...and pirate hookers.) to something that would be an E rating. EA and Origin should have put this on the Sega CD.

PS1
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Oddworld: Abe's Exodus

PS2
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force
Dragon Quest VIII

NDS
Retro Game Challenge
Final Fantasy III
Dragon Quest IX
Star Trek Tactical Assault

[AO007]

Why are there so many copies of that game anyway?

Mario Paint? Because it was bundled with the SNES at some point. The reason it's cheaper than SMW is because it's arguably a better game than Mario Paint. MP doesn't "blow" though, but it's definitely not a full-blown experience. Swatting flies is serious biz, man.

[madrocsz]

Also, Mario Paint blows.

Wiggy, I think you need to take a time out in the corner. 

Its funny, the actual painting part of mario pant blew, but I wore out that mouse on the flyswatter game and making music lol

[madrocsz]

Oh and on the note or mario paint, that mouse worked flawlessly yet and current gen consoles they can't get a 1 to 1 ratio mouse to work for whatever reason. My PS3 would probably blow up if I could use a mouse on it (and have it work like a computer one without dumb lag etc)

[wiggy]

Mario Paint not only blows, but sucks as well, and not in the good way.

[Maben]

No pics right now, but I did pick up Dead Space (360), Banjo-Tooie (64), and Half-Life (PS2) recently.  I'm working my way through Banjo-Tooie (way harder than the first one!), and Dead Space was up next but my Xbox just gave me the RRoD last night.  It gave me five good years and now it's dead. 

So yeah now I "picked up" a repair kit on ebay for like $8 and I'm gonna see if I can make it work again.  I see no reason to pass more money in Microsoft's direction until I exhaust other options.

[tiktektak]

Aw, come on. We need pictures or at least a complete list

Na. I'm not the show-off type. I'm too lazy to make pics too. Ah ok one pic of what is lying around on my table at the moment.

[wiggy]

It's a showoff thread, you've gotta showoff a little at least

Nice looking piles there!  So, what's with MGS?  Is that in one of those JP shorty cases? (freakin' love those cases)

[AO007]

Oh and on the note or mario paint, that mouse worked flawlessly yet and current gen consoles they can't get a 1 to 1 ratio mouse to work for whatever reason. My PS3 would probably blow up if I could use a mouse on it (and have it work like a computer one without dumb lag etc)

The best part? The mouse is optional. You can play Mario Paint with a standard controller.

[Dan-Fu]

I can't ever remember being able to play Mario Paint with a controller... 

[tiktektak]

It's a showoff thread, you've gotta showoff a little at least

Nice looking piles there!  So, what's with MGS?  Is that in one of those JP shorty cases? (freakin' love those cases)

That's actually a normal US version of Twin Snakes. Just looks tiny comapred to the huge PAL Sega Saturn boxes (not as huge as US ones though). I collect US versions exclusively for Gamecube and N64. Has a bit of a weird background.

US GC with component gives you at least the chance of prog. scan.

US/JP N64 with tabs removed and RGB modified as well as a booster cable also gives the best possible picture.

So it's all about looks for me on those two systems.

[AO007]

I can't ever remember being able to play Mario Paint with a controller... 

Well, it's possible. Not optimal, but possible.

[Dan-Fu]

Well, when I tried it which was about 20 min ago, I didn't work.

[wiggy]

I can BS on controller played Mario Paint. Sounds like a bad dream to me

I'll take a copy of Rolan's Curse LOL!  I never realized that that Europe got their own version of the stupid-ass proprietary case for Saturn games. Only Japan lucked out in that way, save for those games like Cyberbots that have ever-so-slightly thicker jewel cases which are even harder to find than the damned US Saturn boxes. Grumble grumble...

[AO007]

Well, when I tried it which was about 20 min ago, I didn't work.

Hmm... hold on I'll test on my copy.

Okay, I dunno where I got the impression that it's playable with a controller, but apparently it's only playable with a mouse. :/