Sunday, February 11, 2018

Game Purchases - Februari 2018

Februari 7th:

Ordered a new battery for my 3DS, hopefully it'll arrive some day next week.

3DS:
a replacement battery

Februari 11th:

Earned some points for the order I placed back in December (Quake III Arena on Dreamcast etc.) and spent them on another game today, it cost almost exactly the amount as the points I had earned from that other purchase so I got it for virtually nothing, which I can live with.

PlayStation 2:
Unreal Tournament


Februari 13th:

Unreal Tournament for PS2 arrived today and I found some other stuff at a second-hand store.

DVD:
Survival of the Dead

Books:
art books: Egyptian art, Roman art, Rumanian art and Rokoko art
Swedish to English incorrect translation humor book
Bad Girl's Guide humor book
Barbie gets Kidnapped

Comics:
Min Häst
Pokemon
Robot
Smurfs
Barbie as a Model
Diamond
Penny
Spiderman
Classic Tales Homer's Odyssey
Moviestar Planet
Smart

Toys:
2x Daphne Blake from Scooby-Doo McDonalds Happy Meal figures (unopened)

Other:
3x Chinese decorative plates, 1 from 1986 and 2 from 1987


Februari 14th:

the replacement battery for 3DS arrived today


Februari 15th:

some second-hand finds today

PC:
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis (Medallion Best Value edition)
Rayman 3-pack (Rayman, Rayman 2 The Great Escape and Rayman M)
Star Stable Spring Rider
Star Stable Summer Rider
Star Stable Autumn Rider
Star Stable Winter Rider

DVD:
Balto Wolf Quest
Disney Fables Vol. 2
Supa Strikas Season 3 DVD 13

CD:
Ambient Worlds - The Mountain Stream
Muzyka Mistrzów - Smetana - Dusza Czech (1997)
NRJ Dance Hits 5 (1998)
Oriental Nights - From the Mediterranean to the Orient (2003)

Comics:
Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo
The Smurfs

Books:
Crazy Funnies
Only as funny as you make yourself

Magazine + Lego:
Mickey Mouse Magazine + Lego Nexo Knights 30378 Shrunken Headquarters


Februari 17th:

some minor second-hand finds today

PlayStation 3:
Skate 2

DVD:
Gladiator Cop
I Am Legend (2-disc special edition)

Hardware:
Xbox One Traptanium Portal

also some gifts from a friend in the form of a Commodore C64C microcomputer and a Commodore Amiga A500 microcomputer with some extra stuff and a whole bunch of diskettes and cassette tapes, sadly neither had video or audio cables

Hardware:
Commodore 64 C64C
+power adapter
+expansion pack
+mouse
+joystick
+cassette tape adapter
+user manual
Commodore Amiga A500
+power adapter
+mouse
and a whole bunch of diskettes and cassette tapes with unknown content


Februari 17th:

some second-hand finds today

PC:
Lemmings 3D
Sonic R (Xplosiv)

DVD:
The Barbie Diaries (Barbie Dagbok)
Barbie in a Mermaid Tale (Barbie i en Sjöjungfrusaga)
The Fairytaler Vol. 12 - H.C. Andersen - The Snow Queen (Sagoberättaren - H.C. Andersen - Snödrottningen)
The Reef 2 (Haja Läget 2)

Comics:
Acke
Min Häst
Kalle Anka
Pettson & Findus
Star Wars The Clone Wars
Vildhästar i Fara

Toys:
Lego Bionicle masks
McDonalds Batman figure (2016)
McDonalds Transformers Optimus Prime with sword (2016)
Transformers Construct Bots - Dinobot Warriors - Autobot Hound & Wide Load Dino (complete in box)
2x robot keychains (Youngtoys 2015)

and a couple of movies from a shop that rents and sells movies

DVD:
Impy's Wonderland (På Äventyr Med Dino)
Monster High - Friday Night Frights + Why do Ghouls Fall in Love (Monster High Dubbeläventyr - Fasansfulla Fredagskvällen + Är Det det Här Monster Kallar Kärlek)

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Now Playing - Februari 2018

Disney's Kim Possible Global Gemini (DS, played on 3DS)
I got as far as I could, the game requires a B grade on all levelös to play the final level and the vehicle levels I all have the lowest grades on and all the matrix like levels I have the second lowest, I despise those levels and I won't be trying to get better grades in them, the game was not good enough to warrant such an arbitrary bullshit requirement to complete the game, I unlocked all the bonus stuff and found all the secrets so there's really only the end of the story left and I didn't give a flying shitsickle about the story in this game so fuck it, I'm done, it had a good game engine with good visuals and good gameplay in the regular levels, the regular levels were huge and had good gameplay design and were enjoyable to play through but the game still lied about being able to play as Rufus, you only get to use him as an item to unlock doors, you have no control over him at all, so yeah, it's an okay game but ultimately very disappointing and it should've been a lot better, the Kim Possible What's the Switch? game I have on PS2 is much better than this game in every way, the best part of this game was the visual quality, it looks very good for a DS title.

Lego Batman The Videogame (PlayStation 2)
Another great version of a great game. No complaints.
You can watch my playthrough on YouTube by clicking HERE.

Lego Batman The Videogame (DS, played on 3DS)
A different game with the same name, it's basically a simplified game made from the ground up specifically for the DS and it does offers unique content the other versions didn't have, it's nowhere near as advanced, varied or complex as the other versions but it's an okay compliment to own if you can find it cheap enough and already own a DS or 3DS.

Lego Batman The Videogame (PlayStation Portable)
Basically the console version, it lacks 2-player co-op and the visuals are a bit lower quality overall and the framerate can be a little choppy at times, but other than those minor things it's the entire full console game on the go, a very impressive port all things considered and the only way to play the full version of the game in a portable manner as the DS version was a different game entirely.

Unreal Tournament (PlayStation 2)
A very good port of the PC game, some content is missing, there aren't as many options to play around with and it can get a little choppy at times, but it definitely satisfies the urge to play some Unreal Tournament.
It's not as good as Unreal Championship or Unreal Championship 2 The Liandri Conflict on Xbox, or Unreal Tournament III on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for that matter, but it's a good alternative and without an Xbox, an Xbox 360 or a PS3 on offer this is still a great game to have some fun with.
There's also a version for Dreamcast which is fairly similar, it's been too long ago since I played it to remember exact details, but it had some differences in content, with a slightly different set of levels, but overall both are very good with roughly the same pros and cons. I'll keep trying to hunt down a copy of the Dreamcast version as I sadly don't currently own one and would really like to play it again.

Lego Star Wars II The Original Trilogy (DS, played on 3DS)
Very glitchy and choppy but more advanced than Lego Batman on DS

Lego Star Wars III The Clone Wars (3DS)
A rather good game with some occasional severe framerate issues if you have the 3D effect turned on, sadly.

WORMS (Mega Drive)
Always fun to go a few matches in WORMS. Incoming!

Cyber Sled (PlayStation)
One of the best 1-on-1 arena versus games ever made, featuring sleek futuristic hovertanks and tight arcade style controls, one of my top favorite games of all-time.

4min33secs (PC)
A simple game where you try to be the only one playing for 4 minute and 33 seconds, it's literally just a timer and a connection to an online server that keeps track if anyone else logs on and plays at the same time as you,. if you manage to be the only person wo is connected for 4 minutes and 33 seconds you win, that's it.

Cat Planet (PC)
Haven't played this in a while, it's still fun to fly through once in a while.

Death Illustrated (PC)
A game I haven't played in years, it's based on the Quake or possibly Quake 2 engine and is arena after arena of enemies you have to kill ,it's fast paced, relatively hard and very gothic in the visual style, black and white visuals and a heavy metal soundtrack, it's got some nostalgia despite not being that old, it's just about 15 years old or so.

Base Conflict (PC)
A very old artillery game with some added strategy, you control a base and you can fire missiles and send tanks toward the enemy base, you have to build new ones if you run out, it's very good and it's a nostalgic game for me.

Megatron (PC)
A very old maze shooter with battlemechs, a Vulture and a Mad Cat from the Battletech universe to be specific, I have a lot of nostalgia for this one.

Lemmings 3D (PC)
An awful game, I never liked Lemmings in the first place and in 3D with awful controls and equally awful camera controls it's even worse than it was in 2D, complete shit.