Januari 10th:
just some various secondhand finds, no games this year yet
DVD:
Barbie & her sisters in the great puppy adventure (2015)
Barbie Mariposa and her butterfly fairy friends (2007)
LEGO Friends (Ep 4-6, 2014)
My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Vol. 10 A Canterlot Wedding (2011)
Comics:
Hulk
Miss Hulk (She-Hulk)
Batman
(will maybe fill in more info later)
Books:
(will maybe fill in more info later)
LEGO:
LEGO 3843 Ramses Pyramid (board game)
LEGO 3863 Kokoriko (board game)
Other:
4x junction boxes (2x white, 2x yellow)
a black keyring compass
a couple of movies from a movie store
DVD:
Escape Plan 2 (2018)
Ready Player One (2018)
and some stuff from a DIY store
Other:
500-pack blind rivet set + carry box (assorted 2,4mm, 3,2mm, 4,0mm and 4,8mm)
50-pack blind rivets + drill tip (3,2mm)
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Januari 15th:
First proper game stuff of 2019, and a good'n too! A cheap second hand store find.
PlayStation 3:
PlayStation 3 Slim console with power cable and HDMI cable
2x black Sony Dual Shock 3 controllers
DVD:
Vaiana (aka Moana in the US, found it still inside the PS3 Slim's disc slot, lol, BONUS! sadly an extremely shitty movie though, tried watching it but couldn't even sit through the whole thing, absolutely complete garbage, even by modern Disney standards this was unusually unbearable, if only they'd stop forcing everything to be low quality musicals for the sake of being low quality musicals at the expense of everything of value, they'd automatically become infinity³ times better without even trying, just the lack of that shit would skyrocket their movies all the way up to lower levels of mediocrity)
Other:
a "blind bag" of various assorted stuff, I buy these every now and then, gotten some good stuff like Rubik's Cubes etc. in the past, this time however it wasn't anything interesting, oh well, can't win 'em all
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Januari 18th:
A late Yule gift from my mother arrived today, my very own Chaos Emerald!
Basically a green diamond shaped glass ornament piece, very nice.
10cm diameter is medium size but it's one of the biggest actually available, and even then you have to import them with hefty import taxes.
The biggest I've ever seen online was over 30cm in diameter, but they come in sizes as small as just 1cm and usually 4-6cm is the biggest you can find, 8-12cm is rare and the prices for those go up by quite a lot over the small ones, and the even bigger after that, the 16-30+cm are impossible to find unless you're lucky, and of course those are very expensive, so at that point it's literally on the level of real treasure despite being fake.
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Januari 22nd:
some second hand finds today
Xbox:
Gauntlet Seven Sorrows (complete in mint condition)
PC:
Fujitsu Siemens KWD-205 keyboard (white)
Portable game device:
E-9999 Brick Game 9999-in-1 (blue/black model, defective because of a battery acid leak and a disconnected wire, I bought it for the parts which are all intact and functional and the plastic casing is in good condition and complete with and undamaged battery cover)
Other electronics:
female Red, White and Yellow RCA -> male 3,5mm adapter
2-way RF splitter (1-1000MHZ)
DVD:
Betty Boop & Friends (2003)
Book:
Barbie's Big Fairytale Book
Other:
nude woman with a water jug statue
a decorative porcelain shoe
11x classic red Yule tree candles (boxed)
2x small prism-shaped decorative cut glass pieces
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Januari 23rd:
Placed the online order today (Wednesday).
UPDATE: It arrived on the 28th (Monday).
3DS accessory:
USB charger cable (also compatible with DSi and DSi XL)
Plug-N-Play:
Sony PlayStation Classic Mini
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Januari 24th:
Some second hand finds this Tuesday.
Comics:
Action
Donald Duck
Python
Samurai
Other:
a decorative metal box with viking(?) relief patterns
a small decorative glass pyramid with a 3D rendition of Nefertiti's head in it
a small metal replica of the Capitoline Wolf
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Now Playing - Januari 2019
CastleVania Symphony of the Night (PlayStation, played on PlayStation Portable)
created a new game file for my annual playthrough of 2019, calling it "MM X IX"
Shinobi (3DS)
playing around a bit in the free play mode with some of the unlockable cheats, it's definitely better but you're still limited to what you've unlocked in the normal mode, so it's not a lot to have fun with until you've suffered through til the end of the main mode and at least unlocked all the levels to free play in
Rouge The Bat in Sonic The Hedgehog (Mega Drive)
A homebrew hack/mod of Sonic The Hedgehog that replaces Sonic with Rouge, fully custom adapted with her own graphics, new unique moves and abilities.
New favorite game of all time? Nah, it'd need an official version and physical release and preferably a new game to go with the new stuff this one has in it, but for what it is, a hack of the original Sonic game, it's exceptionally well made and I love it. As a Rouge fan this is one of the best games I've ever played for sure.
Wacky Races (Mega Drive, emulated prototype ROM)
Easily the best kart racer of the 16-bit generation in the things it gets right, with just a little bit more tweaking and some other minor things it would've been perfect, sadly it was never finished and remains only available as an unreleased prototype ROM, but wow what a prototype, it has FMV, polygonal graphics, excellent sprite quality, lots of high quality animation and tons of high quality sample based audio and on top of it all it plays with a good framerate and high speed, the controls are a bit of a mixed bag but they are functional and better than some games that did get released, so there was great potential in close reach.
It's easily one of the most technically impressive games of the 16-bit generation, and that says a thing or two when you look at some of the best competition for technical achievements that generation had.
Beam Rider (Intellivision)
A very good space shooter with a 3D viewpoint.
The Last of Us (PlayStation 3)
Trying it out on my newly purchased PS3 Slim while also testing the controllers I got for it, all works well, had to safe mode reset it to work though as it was set up for HDMI display so I got no image or sound on my old SDTV at first, thankfully it's easy to do, just hold the power button down until you hear a second beep and it's pretty much done and you can play as normal.
Had to start a new game of course, but I haven't played the game in so long that I was planning on starting over anyway as my old save file from 2015 on my Super Slim is so old now that I don't even remember where I was, I think Fall, but more than that I dunno, I just know I hadn't gotten to Winter yet, at least.
Ratchet & Clank Tools of Destruction (PlayStation 3)
Finally getting into this game, it's pretty good so far, it looks good, plays smoothly, worst thing has been that a lot of side paths and stuff to pick up is missable so extremely easily, so now already I have to go back and redo stuff from all the way back from the beginning of the game as you're not allowed to backtrack in the levels at all, they're linear and almost every step forward blocks your ability to go back even a single room or area, very annoying when you know there was more stuff back there if only you could open that door again that was open without any issues just a second ago or jump back on the platform just over there where you should easily be able to reach, but no, they're permanently blocked off unless you restart the whole level from the start, I really hate that, it makes the levels feel far less impressive and open, they look big and open ended but it's literally just a pretty corridor.
Space Debris (PlayStation)
Cool Boarders (PlayStation)
It's been a long time since I played this one, it's still one of the best snowboarding games ever, easy to get into, fun to play.
Super Sprint (as part of Midway Arcade Origins, played on PlayStation 3)
Spent a few hours getting over 257000 points, it gets repetitive after a while and the emulation is not perfect, but it's enjoyable enough for a gameplay session from time to time.
created a new game file for my annual playthrough of 2019, calling it "MM X IX"
Shinobi (3DS)
playing around a bit in the free play mode with some of the unlockable cheats, it's definitely better but you're still limited to what you've unlocked in the normal mode, so it's not a lot to have fun with until you've suffered through til the end of the main mode and at least unlocked all the levels to free play in
Rouge The Bat in Sonic The Hedgehog (Mega Drive)
A homebrew hack/mod of Sonic The Hedgehog that replaces Sonic with Rouge, fully custom adapted with her own graphics, new unique moves and abilities.
New favorite game of all time? Nah, it'd need an official version and physical release and preferably a new game to go with the new stuff this one has in it, but for what it is, a hack of the original Sonic game, it's exceptionally well made and I love it. As a Rouge fan this is one of the best games I've ever played for sure.
Wacky Races (Mega Drive, emulated prototype ROM)
Easily the best kart racer of the 16-bit generation in the things it gets right, with just a little bit more tweaking and some other minor things it would've been perfect, sadly it was never finished and remains only available as an unreleased prototype ROM, but wow what a prototype, it has FMV, polygonal graphics, excellent sprite quality, lots of high quality animation and tons of high quality sample based audio and on top of it all it plays with a good framerate and high speed, the controls are a bit of a mixed bag but they are functional and better than some games that did get released, so there was great potential in close reach.
It's easily one of the most technically impressive games of the 16-bit generation, and that says a thing or two when you look at some of the best competition for technical achievements that generation had.
Beam Rider (Intellivision)
A very good space shooter with a 3D viewpoint.
The Last of Us (PlayStation 3)
Trying it out on my newly purchased PS3 Slim while also testing the controllers I got for it, all works well, had to safe mode reset it to work though as it was set up for HDMI display so I got no image or sound on my old SDTV at first, thankfully it's easy to do, just hold the power button down until you hear a second beep and it's pretty much done and you can play as normal.
Had to start a new game of course, but I haven't played the game in so long that I was planning on starting over anyway as my old save file from 2015 on my Super Slim is so old now that I don't even remember where I was, I think Fall, but more than that I dunno, I just know I hadn't gotten to Winter yet, at least.
Ratchet & Clank Tools of Destruction (PlayStation 3)
Finally getting into this game, it's pretty good so far, it looks good, plays smoothly, worst thing has been that a lot of side paths and stuff to pick up is missable so extremely easily, so now already I have to go back and redo stuff from all the way back from the beginning of the game as you're not allowed to backtrack in the levels at all, they're linear and almost every step forward blocks your ability to go back even a single room or area, very annoying when you know there was more stuff back there if only you could open that door again that was open without any issues just a second ago or jump back on the platform just over there where you should easily be able to reach, but no, they're permanently blocked off unless you restart the whole level from the start, I really hate that, it makes the levels feel far less impressive and open, they look big and open ended but it's literally just a pretty corridor.
Space Debris (PlayStation)
Cool Boarders (PlayStation)
It's been a long time since I played this one, it's still one of the best snowboarding games ever, easy to get into, fun to play.
Super Sprint (as part of Midway Arcade Origins, played on PlayStation 3)
Spent a few hours getting over 257000 points, it gets repetitive after a while and the emulation is not perfect, but it's enjoyable enough for a gameplay session from time to time.
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