September 2018 - ... stuff...

[Arseen]

Something cool from Brazil came in the mail today! This is a re-release of the fabled 32x version of Surgical Strike that was only released in Brazil by Tec Toys! I'm still technically one game down from finishing my 32x set but I figured I'd add this one too :p Here is some more info about the history and this release from John Hancock who helped with this re-release:

https://youtu.be/AWuvFJXxfuM

Now 2 of us has that.
I just don't have all nesessary things to play that yet.
I have Japanese MD2 and MCD2 waiting to be internationalized, but before that I need Japanese 32-X.
Or maybe that Polymega will have compatibility.

[Bear78]

That's cool man!  Good luck with the Japanese 32x, those things don't seem to pop up very often.  As far as I know, this is completely region free so you should be good on that aspect.

[Arseen]

That's cool man!  Good luck with the Japanese 32x, those things don't seem to pop up very often.

I know.
I want Japanese version as the cartridge slot is bigger in that and when modding the console the slot doesn't have to be enlarged like US/EU ones would have to be.

As far as I know, this is completely region free so you should be good on that aspect.

I thought it is NTSC-U version.
Anyway I have no clue where my MD stuff is, so I anyway need to buy new ones.

[Megatron]

This finally got here!  I am a huge fan of Holy Diver (both the game AND the album) so I was more than excited when I heard that there would finally be a (somewhat kinda sorta) official US release!  



Absolutely beautiful.  The first 1000 sold got a white cartridge, while the others got a black one.  Admittedly, I'd have preferred a different color than white, but I will happily take what I can get.  And the game looks amazing running on my AVS.  

[ShoothimNow]

Currently in a quarrel with my brother over him being an inconsiderate prick, so since he is obsessed with PS trophies and playing his drums on Rock Band, I am on a quest to platinum all of the Rock Band games that have trophies (or for the Track Packs... just get 100%...)

Only problem is, as of a couple weeks ago, I had no Rock Band games, nor working instruments.

Craigslist find beginning of the week had Rock Band 4 (PS4) w/ bluetooth Drums  w/ bluetooth Jaguar Guitar  w/Mic for $30.00



currently though, I am also creating my own PushButton Band (Hero) with a broken PS3 drumset    I legitimately can't believe that you can solder a few wires to the brain of the PS3 drumset, add a battery, and connect an arcade button and make it actually work.  Just finished my proof of concept probably an hour ago, and I still can't believe it works.  Will have to take a picture of the finished product when it's all done    The buttons were 14 for $46

[Dr.Agon]

That's pretty cool with the buttons, looks like something I'd do!

So I was out today picking up my new glasses and thought I'd treat myself, wandered around a bit and went into my local branch of CEX (second hand electronics/movies/games) and picked up a few games off my want list;



For £1 how could I not get JC...

[ShoothimNow]

I can mediocre'ly play on hard with the drums with real drums (the kick drum is my main problem).  Soldered Ethernet cable to the main pcb board, so extending the cable or having the button box be a standalone box is feasible. 

From what I have tested so far with one button, and nothing soldered, I am already loving this.  I did find out that I can wire two colored notes to one button and press 1 button to activate 2 colors (not sure if I really want to implement that though....)

[Megatron]

Being an Xbox guy and owning a One X and a base PS4, I never really planned on getting a PS4 Pro...until this thing got announced.  My favorite super hero and most anticipated game of 2018....I couldn't resist.  I just wish they made a red stand to match.

[aaron-hagel]

Some Parker Brothers swag I picked up this weekend.

[TDIRunner]

A few more long boxes for the PS1 collection.

[Hesch]

3 amazing games. I still love cyber sled. Wish they'd revive that one.

[wiggy]

I played the shit out of Warhawk. 

[TDIRunner]

I don't have any pickups at the moment, but I figured this was a good of a place to share as anywhere else.  Every summer over the past few years, Target has done a bunch of clearance sales on their video games.  I've found some pretty awesome deals on brand new games.  But I've been pretty disappointed that I've seen almost nothing so far this year.  Well I was pleasantly surprised today to find a bunch of clearance accessories.  To clarify, NO GAMES.  But lots of decent stuff marked down including first party controllers and accessories.  I didn't see anything I needed, but I'm hoping that this means they might start marking their games down soon, so keep an eye out.

I know that not all Targets across the country clearance their stuff out at the same time or same price, so I was curious what others have seen.  Wiggy, I know you are usually good about tracking the prices at Target, so I'm curious if you have seen similar results this summer.  

[aaron-hagel]

Got some more Atari swag in the mail today to be turned into covers...

[wiggy]

From some rather significant trades via Instagram