October 2016 Pickups. Start Christmas shopping.

[larryinc64]

It did seem there was ether the cheep common stuff or the realy expensive stuff, though last year I was looking for Saturn stuff and found nothing. There was quite a bit of Saturn and CD, but I only got a Clockwork Knight CIB for around $15. Almost got a Scudd but it was scratched up.


On a side note one booth had a copy of SNES Wild Guns in the box stolen. 

[palmer6strings]

I did see a copy of Buster Douglas Boxing for SMS.  It's completely out of my price range, but it was nice to actually see one in person.  It was priced $500 which is a little high.   

I looked up this game and personally, I'm curious why it's so expensive. I wouldn't ever spend that much on game that doesn't look fun (which it doesn't) even if it's extremely rare.

[redsox2012]

I did see a copy of Buster Douglas Boxing for SMS.  It's completely out of my price range, but it was nice to actually see one in person.  It was priced $500 which is a little high.  

I looked up this game and personally, I'm curious why it's so expensive. I wouldn't ever spend that much on game that doesn't look fun (which it doesn't) even if it's extremely rare.

Two reasons.  First, Master System games are region free.  European and U.S. cartridges are exactly the same, only the packaging is different.  With loose MS carts, there's no way to tell if it was originally a U.S. or European release.  However, in the case of Buster Douglas Boxing, it was a U.S. exclusive release due to licensing.  In Europe it was released as "Heavyweight Champ" with no endorsement.  

Second, it was released in the U.S. in the early 1990's when Master System was nearly extinct in the U.S.  Very few copies were made.  At this point, the U.S. Master System market consisted almost entirely of ports of popular Genesis titles, and Buster Douglas Boxing seems to be, by far, the least common of the games with U.S. specific packaging.

After Buster Douglas, Sega released four last games in the U.S. (Sonic the Hedgehog, Strider, Spider-Man & Golden Axe Warrior).  However, these didn't have U.S. specific packaging.  Sega simply took the European cases and slapped a U.S. UPC Sticker on them.  These still have the multi-lingual artwork and manuals.  Sonic the Hedgehog is the most famous of these, and is the most valuable Master System game.  The last one sold for nearly $1000 five years ago, and I haven't seen one sold since.

[TDIRunner]

The nice thing with Buster Douglas Boxing is that you can easily tell the difference between a US and PAL release due to the different name.  It's virtually impossible to tell a US Sonic from a PAL version which makes it really easy to try and sell a fake PAL sonic as  US version and charge big bucks for it.   

[wilybird]

know what guys (and gals)?
nostalgia is dope.
i love the feeling of that... well, that 90's feel (i was born '86).
case-in-point, just marathoned stranger things on netflix, it's set around pre-atari, or atari's first years (feel free to correct me), but everything, the music, the imagery, the references..... i loved it, and as a plus the plot was great and the wife and i binged on it for two days, we were sad when the final 8th episode was over...

i said all that to say/ask this... nostalgia feels good. but some of these games.... i try to introduce to my boy (6 yr old) and the games are just.... hard.
river city ransom held his attention for a bit but was even too hard even for me... blaster master was fun but too hard for him....

do y'all (i'm texan ) collect for the sake of collection?
do y'all collect to play for yourselves (play w/ yourselves, lol)?
do y'all collect to play w/ kids...?

let me know if i should re-post this elsewhere..
maybe that crossroads thread, idk.

[TDIRunner]

know what guys (and gals)?
nostalgia is dope.
i love the feeling of that... well, that 90's feel (i was born '86).
case-in-point, just marathoned stranger things on netflix, it's set around pre-atari, or atari's first years (feel free to correct me), but everything, the music, the imagery, the references..... i loved it, and as a plus the plot was great and the wife and i binged on it for two days, we were sad when the final 8th episode was over...

i said all that to say/ask this... nostalgia feels good. but some of these games.... i try to introduce to my boy (6 yr old) and the games are just.... hard.
river city ransom held his attention for a bit but was even too hard even for me... blaster master was fun but too hard for him....

do y'all (i'm texan ) collect for the sake of collection?
do y'all collect to play for yourselves (play w/ yourselves, lol)?
do y'all collect to play w/ kids...?

let me know if i should re-post this elsewhere..
maybe that crossroads thread, idk.

I collect to play.  But I also find that older games tend to have much higher difficulty.  The main reason for this is that older games are shorter, and the higher difficulty would mean that it would take longer to master the game and eventually beat it.  Back then, most people expected to play the same game over and over again until you acquired the skill needed to beat it.  These days, games are much longer and if the difficult was as high as older retro games, some of these games would never be beaten. 

So with that said, I still love playing older retro games, but I do not have the patience and time to master some of these older games.  That's why I like to use cheat devices like the Game Genie, or if I'm using a flash cart, I will usually patch the ROM for invincibility or unlimited lives.  Some will disagree with this since the games weren't meant to be played that way, but I say play whatever way allows you to enjoy it.  I love the TMNT beat'em up games, but I cannot beat them without unlimited lives.  When I play those games, I pop them in and use the cheats to play though to the end and I have a great time doing it. 

Fortunately, I don't have to cheat with some games.  I still have the muscle memory to beat most of my childhood favorites like the old Mario games.  I can just about beat SMB2 with my eyes closed.   

[Bear78]

I was out in Denver this past week for a wedding and vacation and hit up some local stores.  Finally knocked Gauntlet off my list and found some cool imports.

[wiggy]

Some unusual colors coming from Japan as of late...

[Megatron]

^ Is that Super Nintendo gray!?  I may need to import one of those for myself!


edit...Nevermind...just looked at it on my 4k monitor vs my phone...it's lavender, huh?  Ah well.

[wiggy]

'Tis lavender.

[TDIRunner]

After much consideration, I've decided to get a PS4 Pro, which means it will be a few more weeks before I will even have it.  In the mean time, I've been getting ready.  

[Nacho3]

After much consideration, I've decided to get a PS4 Pro, which means it will be a few more weeks before I eve have it.  In the mean time, I've been getting ready. 

Same here, I have 8 or 9 PS4 games and no system to even play them on yet.

[razielleonhart]

Picked up a PC copy of FABLE III  

Cost me $20 but it was worth it to redeem it on steam. I will post a link just in case anyone wants to pick up a copy for steam

https://www.amazon.com/Fable-3-Pc/dp/B00AR03O8I/ref=sr_1_1_twi_gam_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1477001660&sr=8-1&keywords=fable%2B3&th=1

[Megatron]

Picked up a PC copy of FABLE III  

Cost me $20 but it was worth it to redeem it on steam. I will post a link just in case anyone wants to pick up a copy for steam

https://www.amazon.com/Fable-3-Pc/dp/B00AR03O8I/ref=sr_1_1_twi_gam_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1477001660&sr=8-1&keywords=fable%2B3&th=1

For that much I sincerely hope the game is better then the 360 version. 

[razielleonhart]

Picked up a PC copy of FABLE III  

Cost me $20 but it was worth it to redeem it on steam. I will post a link just in case anyone wants to pick up a copy for steam

https://www.amazon.com/Fable-3-Pc/dp/B00AR03O8I/ref=sr_1_1_twi_gam_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1477001660&sr=8-1&keywords=fable%2B3&th=1

For that much I sincerely hope the game is better then the 360 version.  

i have the 360 copy i just wanted it for my PC and it plays nice with GFWL and Steam

The game on steam will read any DLC you bought on GFWL or redeemed with a key in the past. just as long as you log in with the xbox account. for some odd reason it would not pick up any DLC i have on steam with the game. but after a not so work around and restarting the game for the who knows what time i believe i have all the DLC working with my Steam copy of Fable III