Juli 8th:
Visited the nearby GameStop again, probably for the last time, but who knows, they have open for 10 more days until Juli 18th before they close down forever, so it's not impossible I go there again within that time.
All games were pre-owned/used and the collectibles/other stuff was all new.
DS:
Disney's Brave (cartridge only)
Sonic Colours (cartridge only)
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (cartridge only)
PSP:
a white 2GB SONY Memorystick Pro Duo
PlayStation 3:
Get Fit With Mel B
We Dare
PlayStation 4:
Deception IV The Nightmare Princess
Xbox 360:
Far Cry 3 (disc only)
Le Tour de France
Metal Gear Solid V Ground Zeroes (disc only)
PC:
a Piranha Rush Medium Mousepad (27x22cm)
Collectibles/Other:
two more StarLink Pilot Packs - Razor Lemay
four @play component+composite cable combo packs (compatible with PlayStation, PS2, PS3, Wii, WiiU and Xbox 360)
and two @play USB-charger cables for 3DS
also from other places I got some other random stuff
two battery powered red LED string lights
green 3,5mm in-ear earphones
two Zebra/Flying Tiger brand Build-Your-Own Dinosaur polybags (a red dilophosaurus and an orange velociraptor)
and a lot of candy (skittles both regular and wild berry, ahlgrens bilar grillbilar and limousiner, mentos fruit etc.)
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Juli 9th:
Ordered some more games, should arrive some time next week. All new, nothing second-hand/used/pre-owned this time.
UPDATE: package arrived and I went to pick it up on the 13th
Wii U:
Darksiders Warmastered Edition
Injustice Gods Among Us
Mass Effect 3 Special Edition
Skylanders Imaginators Starter Pack
PSP:
Syphon Filter Logan's Shadow (PSP Essentials)
Xbox 360:
Blades of Time
Other:
My Arcade Micro Player Retro Arcade BurgerTime!
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Gaming Purchases - Juni 2020
Juni 2nd:
Visited my mom again today. She had another good day and we walked a full lap around the entire hospital, great weather yesterday too, and on the way home I visited GameStop again.
The Wii U console and all games were pre-owned/used (unless otherwise specified), and the collectibles were all new.
DS:
WinX Club Rockstars
Wii:
Kororinpa
Monster High Ghoul Spirit
Wii U hardware:
a black Wii U Elite 32GB console (with tablet controller, Wii sensor bar, power cable, HDMI cable, charger cable for the tablet, charging bay for the tablet, a regular stand for the tablet and two small clip-on vertical stands for the console)
PlayStation 3:
Call of Duty Black Ops II (disc only)
Crysis 2 (disc only)
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (disc only)
Saints Row IV (made sure to pick up the correct game this time!)
PlayStation 4:
RIGS Mechanized Combat League (new)
Xbox 360:
Colin McRae DiRT (disc only)
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 (disc only)
Skyrim (disc only)
Race Driver GRID (disc only)
Rise of the Tomb Raider (disc only)
WarTech Senko no Ronde (this was the PAL version, I originally got the NTSC version back in the day and it's nice to finally have the proper PAL release as well)
Yaiba Ninja Gaiden Z Special Edition (sadly missing the Special Edition comic book, but the soundtrack CD was included)
Collectibles/Other:
a StarLink Pilot Pack - Razor Lemay
two more Crash Bandicoot keyring figure blindbags (containing Aku Aku and yet another Crash)
and two more Lara Croft Temple of Osiris Totaku figures
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Juni 11th:
Went ahead and ordered some games, mainly for my recently purchased Wii U since I didn't have anything to play on it other than regular Wii games.
I placed orders from two separate places a few of days ago (Juni 8th) and the first package arrived today. The games that arrived today were all new and sealed copies.
PlayStation 3:
Ultimate Action Triple Pack (Just Cause 2, Sleeping Dogs and the Tomb Raider 2013 Reboot)
Wii U:
Art Academy Atellier
Call of Duty Black Ops II
Legend of Kay Anniversary
LEGO Batman 3 Beyond Gotham
LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild
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Juni 12th:
Second order of games arrived today. All of these were used copies.
UPDATE: Two of the four games didn't work! Zelda Wind Waker HD was damaged on the data side of the disc so it didn't work at all, the Wii U didn't even recognize it as a Wii U game, and ZombiU was the american release, which doesn't work on my european Wii U system. It should've been labelled as an import but they hadn't noticed and sold it as a regular game by mistake.
LEGO Batman 2 and Super Mario 3D World both worked, but there was extensive water damage to the Super Mario 3D World cover so the paper was all gross and nasty, and the LEGO Batman 2 disc has some rather worrying looking scratches on it.
The scratches on LEGO Batman 2 were on the outer part of the disc and the game starts up without any issues. Hopefully they're shallow enough that it will remain fully playable without any noticeable issues, but until I've played through the entire game 100%, I can't say for certain.
I contacted the store about this and because these were all Wii U games, they didn't have any more copies to replace them with.
I am to return the two games that didn't work and then I would get a 10% discount on the order for the remaining two games as "goodwill", as they phrased it in their reply.
Wii U:
LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes (some scratches on the disc, only playing through it and 100%-ing the game will tell if it will have problems later on or not)
Super Mario 3D World (game was fine but the cover had severe water damage and looked gross, grimy and nasty as a result)
The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker HD (didn't work at all, there was damage on the data side of the disc and the Wii U didn't even recognize the disc)
ZombiU (american release, unplayable on my european Wii U)
Visited my mom again today. She had another good day and we walked a full lap around the entire hospital, great weather yesterday too, and on the way home I visited GameStop again.
The Wii U console and all games were pre-owned/used (unless otherwise specified), and the collectibles were all new.
DS:
WinX Club Rockstars
Wii:
Kororinpa
Monster High Ghoul Spirit
Wii U hardware:
a black Wii U Elite 32GB console (with tablet controller, Wii sensor bar, power cable, HDMI cable, charger cable for the tablet, charging bay for the tablet, a regular stand for the tablet and two small clip-on vertical stands for the console)
PlayStation 3:
Call of Duty Black Ops II (disc only)
Crysis 2 (disc only)
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (disc only)
Saints Row IV (made sure to pick up the correct game this time!)
PlayStation 4:
RIGS Mechanized Combat League (new)
Xbox 360:
Colin McRae DiRT (disc only)
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 (disc only)
Skyrim (disc only)
Race Driver GRID (disc only)
Rise of the Tomb Raider (disc only)
WarTech Senko no Ronde (this was the PAL version, I originally got the NTSC version back in the day and it's nice to finally have the proper PAL release as well)
Yaiba Ninja Gaiden Z Special Edition (sadly missing the Special Edition comic book, but the soundtrack CD was included)
Collectibles/Other:
a StarLink Pilot Pack - Razor Lemay
two more Crash Bandicoot keyring figure blindbags (containing Aku Aku and yet another Crash)
and two more Lara Croft Temple of Osiris Totaku figures
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Juni 11th:
Went ahead and ordered some games, mainly for my recently purchased Wii U since I didn't have anything to play on it other than regular Wii games.
I placed orders from two separate places a few of days ago (Juni 8th) and the first package arrived today. The games that arrived today were all new and sealed copies.
PlayStation 3:
Ultimate Action Triple Pack (Just Cause 2, Sleeping Dogs and the Tomb Raider 2013 Reboot)
Wii U:
Art Academy Atellier
Call of Duty Black Ops II
Legend of Kay Anniversary
LEGO Batman 3 Beyond Gotham
LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild
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Juni 12th:
Second order of games arrived today. All of these were used copies.
UPDATE: Two of the four games didn't work! Zelda Wind Waker HD was damaged on the data side of the disc so it didn't work at all, the Wii U didn't even recognize it as a Wii U game, and ZombiU was the american release, which doesn't work on my european Wii U system. It should've been labelled as an import but they hadn't noticed and sold it as a regular game by mistake.
LEGO Batman 2 and Super Mario 3D World both worked, but there was extensive water damage to the Super Mario 3D World cover so the paper was all gross and nasty, and the LEGO Batman 2 disc has some rather worrying looking scratches on it.
The scratches on LEGO Batman 2 were on the outer part of the disc and the game starts up without any issues. Hopefully they're shallow enough that it will remain fully playable without any noticeable issues, but until I've played through the entire game 100%, I can't say for certain.
I contacted the store about this and because these were all Wii U games, they didn't have any more copies to replace them with.
I am to return the two games that didn't work and then I would get a 10% discount on the order for the remaining two games as "goodwill", as they phrased it in their reply.
Wii U:
LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes (some scratches on the disc, only playing through it and 100%-ing the game will tell if it will have problems later on or not)
Super Mario 3D World (game was fine but the cover had severe water damage and looked gross, grimy and nasty as a result)
ZombiU (american release, unplayable on my european Wii U)
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Gaming Purchases - May 2020
May 31st:
Today was Mothers Day in Sweden and I went to visit my mom who's been in the hospital recovering from surgery for pancreatic cancer for about a month.
We were allowed to see each other outside only due to the corona virus. She's well enough now that she could walk outside with a stroller holding her drip thing, and today the weather was very warm and sunny so it worked well.
On the way home I took a little detour to the only GameStop store still open in Sweden (they're open until 18th July), and I found some stuff!
All games were second-hand/pre-owned/used. Other stuff was new.
DS:
Elements of Destruction
MechAssault Phantom War
MTV FanAttack (already got a copy of this recently, but it was the cheapest DS game they had so I picked it up for the case)
Wii:
Baroque
PlayStation Portable:
Beaterator
Championship Manager
Football Manager Handheld 2010
Gunpey
NBA Live 07
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
PlayStation 3:
Atelier Rorona Plus The Alhcemist of Arland
Cabela's Dangerous Adventures
Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3
Saints Row The Third (I already have this, when I meant to pick up Saints Row IV, I accidentally picked up the wrong damn game! D'oh!)
PlayStation Vita:
Aegis of Earth Protonovus Assault
FIFA 13
FIFA 14
Xbox 360:
Need for Speed ProStreet (Classics)
Collectibles/Other:
three Crash Bandicoot keyring figure blindbags (two were Crash, the other was Coco)
two Coco Bandicoot Totaku figures
a Lara Croft Temple of Osiris Totaku figure
two more packs of PlayStation themed decals (same type as I purchased recently)
Today was Mothers Day in Sweden and I went to visit my mom who's been in the hospital recovering from surgery for pancreatic cancer for about a month.
We were allowed to see each other outside only due to the corona virus. She's well enough now that she could walk outside with a stroller holding her drip thing, and today the weather was very warm and sunny so it worked well.
On the way home I took a little detour to the only GameStop store still open in Sweden (they're open until 18th July), and I found some stuff!
All games were second-hand/pre-owned/used. Other stuff was new.
DS:
Elements of Destruction
MechAssault Phantom War
MTV FanAttack (already got a copy of this recently, but it was the cheapest DS game they had so I picked it up for the case)
Wii:
Baroque
PlayStation Portable:
Beaterator
Championship Manager
Football Manager Handheld 2010
Gunpey
NBA Live 07
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
PlayStation 3:
Atelier Rorona Plus The Alhcemist of Arland
Cabela's Dangerous Adventures
Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3
Saints Row The Third (I already have this, when I meant to pick up Saints Row IV, I accidentally picked up the wrong damn game! D'oh!)
PlayStation Vita:
Aegis of Earth Protonovus Assault
FIFA 13
FIFA 14
Xbox 360:
Need for Speed ProStreet (Classics)
Collectibles/Other:
three Crash Bandicoot keyring figure blindbags (two were Crash, the other was Coco)
two Coco Bandicoot Totaku figures
a Lara Croft Temple of Osiris Totaku figure
two more packs of PlayStation themed decals (same type as I purchased recently)
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Gaming Purchases - Oktober 2019
Oktober 30th:
Ordered some stuff online. All new, nothing secondhand this time.
UDPATE: arrived the next day
DS:
Secret Saturdays Beasts of the 5th Sun
Xbox 360:
Far Cry 2 + Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
PlayStation 3 accessories:
2x e-ZEE Chat (Dual Shock 3 mic + speaker attachment)
Vita:
2x LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes
PC:
Dark Void
Ka Kuro Classic (Medallion)
DVD:
Modesty Blaise (1966)
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
Ordered some stuff online. All new, nothing secondhand this time.
UDPATE: arrived the next day
DS:
Secret Saturdays Beasts of the 5th Sun
Xbox 360:
Far Cry 2 + Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
PlayStation 3 accessories:
2x e-ZEE Chat (Dual Shock 3 mic + speaker attachment)
Vita:
2x LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes
PC:
Dark Void
Ka Kuro Classic (Medallion)
DVD:
Modesty Blaise (1966)
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Gaming Purchases - Januari 2018
Januari 9th:
A shopping trip resulted in some nice finds today.
3DS:
Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens (new, sealed)
Yoshi's New Island (new, sealed)
Wii:
Star Wars The Clone Wars Lightsaber Duels
PlayStation Vita:
two Vita 2000 Slim model protection cases (new, sealed)
Xbox 360:
Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes
Lego Marvel Super Heroes
Hot Wheels:
Aston Martin 1963 DB5
Batman Live! Batmobile
Dragon Blaster
Flash Drive
Ford Shelby GR-1 Concept (orange with black stripe)
Howlin' Heat
Knight Draggin'
Lamborghini Countach (Tooned series)
Mad Manga
Ratmobile
Speedy Pérez
Steer Clear
Turbot
Transformers:
Dickie Toys - Transformers Robots in Disguise - Metal Series 1 - Sideswipe
Hot Wheels Star Wars:
Boba Fett's Slave I
Millennium Falcon
Rebel Snowspeeder
Tie Fighter
X-Wing Fighter - Red 5
Y-Wing Fighter - Gold Leader
tools and stuff:
several different sizes of extendable/retractable utility knives
a set of pocket sized precision screwdrivers
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Januari 16th:
some second-hand finds
PC:
American McGee's Alice (SoldOut!)
Lego:
Lego 3855 Star Wars Battle of Hoth (board game set)
Toys:
Wonder Woman figure (McDonalds 2016)
Super Mario Kart Mario figure
CD:
Basshunter - Now You're Gone (singel)
Reel 2 Real - I Like To Move It (singel)
DVD:
Barbie presenterar Tummelisa (Barbie presents THumbelina (2009))
Black Beauty (1971)
Disney's Talespin Vol. 1
Haja Läget 2 (The Reef 2)
Kungen och Jag (Anna and the King (1999))
Milo mot Mars (Mars needs moms)
Moses Nilens Prins (Prince of the Nile The Story of Moses (1998))
Sagan om My Little Pony (My Little Pony The Movie (1986))
Anime DVD:
Porco Rosso
Rurouni Kenshin Samurai X Vol. 1 Trust
Rurouni Kenshin Samurai X Vol. 2 Betrayal
Bluray:
Haj Fajv (Seefood)
Books:
Disney's Klassiker Törnrosa
Disney's Tjuren Ferdinand
Det Var En Gång Askungen
and some outlet movies from a movie rental store
DVD:
Monster High Electrified
Spark
Bluray:
Monster High Boo York, Boo York A Monsterrific Musical
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Januari 17th:
picked up some more outlet movies at the movie rental store today as they stocked up with some new ones
DVD:
Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice
Colossal
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Hostel 3
Husdjurens Hemliga Liv (The Secret Life of Pets)
Kong Skull Island
Monster High Scaris Skräckens Stad (Monster High Scaris City of Frights)
Bluray:
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
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Januari 19th:
Ordered a bunch of games online, it's friday today so they should arrive some time next week if everything goes as planned.
from one place I ordered (these arrived the following monday, the 22nd)
Mega Drive:
Battle Frenzy (German, no manual)
Saturn:
Virtual On Cyber Troopers Operation Moongate (Japanese)
3DS:
Skylanders Giants Booster Pack (new)
GameCube:
V-Rally 3
PlayStation:
Aironauts
Cybersled
Firebugs (no manual)
Roswell Conspiracies
PlayStation 2:
Garfield Saving Arlene
Dreamcast:
Tomee High Definition VGA Cable with separate composite RCA plugs for stereo audio (new)
Amiibo:
Splatoon 2-pack - Callie & Marie (new)
and from another place I ordered (these arrived on the following thursday, the 25th)
DS:
Disney's Kim Possible Global Gemini
Lego Batman The Videogame
Lego Star Wars II Original Trilogy (no manual)
3DS:
Lego Star Wars III The Clone Wars
PlayStation:
Colin McRae Rally 2.0 (Platinum)
Syphon Filter 2 (Platinum)
PlayStation 2:
WinX Club
Lego Batman The Videogame
Offroad Extreme!
OutRun 2006 Coast 2 Coast
Rally Championship
Saint Seiya The Hades
Sonic Mega Collection Plus
Sonic Unleashed
WRC 4 (Platinum)
WRC Rally Evolved
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Januari 23rd:
No games today, just some other second-hand finds.
CD:
Darude - Sandstorm (single)
N.G.3 As Nasty As We Wanna Be
VCD:
Mickey Mouse (Chinese)
Tom & Jerry (Chinese)
DVD:
Disney's Princess Stories Vol. 2 Tales of Friendship
Hocus Pocus
Monster High 13 Wishes
Pixar Short Films Collection Vol. 1
The Fairytaler Vol. 12 H.C. Andersen's The Snow Queen
Bluray:
The Hobbit Smaugs Ödemark (The Desolation of Smaug)
Comics:
Bugs Bunny #1 1995
Carousel #1 2009
Carousel #3 2009
Asterix and the Vikings
Asterix Rose and Pedal
Berts Dagbok
Berts Dagbok
Lilla Fridolf
91an Karlsson
91an Karlsson
Min Häst
Tom & Jerry
Bamse
Books:
Bolt
Peter Pan
Lego:
a Lego bucket with assorted Lego Friends content
Other:
a miniature crystal stone guardian lion figurine
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Januari 25th:
went and picked up the second order of games today (listed above) and also bought some other stuff at a second-hand store
PlayStation 2:
EyeToy Play Astro Zoo (Platinum)
DVD:
Disney's Frozen
Lego Star Wars The Yoda Chronicles Vol. 1
Mamma Mu & Kråkan The Movie
Books:
Barbie on Ski Vacation
Disney's Robin Hood the big ambush
Disney's Aristocats on the run
Other:
glass marbles and stones
and a movie rental store
DVD:
Baby Boss (2017)
Monster Trucks (2017) they had one copy left of the Bluray version of Monster Trucks but my friend saw it first, so I could only get the DVD, maybe I'll find another copy of the Bluray version some day
A shopping trip resulted in some nice finds today.
3DS:
Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens (new, sealed)
Yoshi's New Island (new, sealed)
Wii:
Star Wars The Clone Wars Lightsaber Duels
PlayStation Vita:
two Vita 2000 Slim model protection cases (new, sealed)
Xbox 360:
Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes
Lego Marvel Super Heroes
Hot Wheels:
Aston Martin 1963 DB5
Batman Live! Batmobile
Dragon Blaster
Flash Drive
Ford Shelby GR-1 Concept (orange with black stripe)
Howlin' Heat
Knight Draggin'
Lamborghini Countach (Tooned series)
Mad Manga
Ratmobile
Speedy Pérez
Steer Clear
Turbot
Transformers:
Dickie Toys - Transformers Robots in Disguise - Metal Series 1 - Sideswipe
Hot Wheels Star Wars:
Boba Fett's Slave I
Millennium Falcon
Rebel Snowspeeder
Tie Fighter
X-Wing Fighter - Red 5
Y-Wing Fighter - Gold Leader
tools and stuff:
several different sizes of extendable/retractable utility knives
a set of pocket sized precision screwdrivers
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Januari 16th:
some second-hand finds
PC:
American McGee's Alice (SoldOut!)
Lego:
Lego 3855 Star Wars Battle of Hoth (board game set)
Toys:
Wonder Woman figure (McDonalds 2016)
Super Mario Kart Mario figure
CD:
Basshunter - Now You're Gone (singel)
Reel 2 Real - I Like To Move It (singel)
DVD:
Barbie presenterar Tummelisa (Barbie presents THumbelina (2009))
Black Beauty (1971)
Disney's Talespin Vol. 1
Haja Läget 2 (The Reef 2)
Kungen och Jag (Anna and the King (1999))
Milo mot Mars (Mars needs moms)
Moses Nilens Prins (Prince of the Nile The Story of Moses (1998))
Sagan om My Little Pony (My Little Pony The Movie (1986))
Anime DVD:
Porco Rosso
Rurouni Kenshin Samurai X Vol. 1 Trust
Rurouni Kenshin Samurai X Vol. 2 Betrayal
Bluray:
Haj Fajv (Seefood)
Books:
Disney's Klassiker Törnrosa
Disney's Tjuren Ferdinand
Det Var En Gång Askungen
and some outlet movies from a movie rental store
DVD:
Monster High Electrified
Spark
Bluray:
Monster High Boo York, Boo York A Monsterrific Musical
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Januari 17th:
picked up some more outlet movies at the movie rental store today as they stocked up with some new ones
DVD:
Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice
Colossal
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Hostel 3
Husdjurens Hemliga Liv (The Secret Life of Pets)
Kong Skull Island
Monster High Scaris Skräckens Stad (Monster High Scaris City of Frights)
Bluray:
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
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Januari 19th:
Ordered a bunch of games online, it's friday today so they should arrive some time next week if everything goes as planned.
from one place I ordered (these arrived the following monday, the 22nd)
Mega Drive:
Battle Frenzy (German, no manual)
Saturn:
Virtual On Cyber Troopers Operation Moongate (Japanese)
3DS:
Skylanders Giants Booster Pack (new)
GameCube:
V-Rally 3
PlayStation:
Aironauts
Cybersled
Firebugs (no manual)
Roswell Conspiracies
PlayStation 2:
Garfield Saving Arlene
Dreamcast:
Tomee High Definition VGA Cable with separate composite RCA plugs for stereo audio (new)
Amiibo:
Splatoon 2-pack - Callie & Marie (new)
and from another place I ordered (these arrived on the following thursday, the 25th)
DS:
Disney's Kim Possible Global Gemini
Lego Batman The Videogame
Lego Star Wars II Original Trilogy (no manual)
3DS:
Lego Star Wars III The Clone Wars
PlayStation:
Colin McRae Rally 2.0 (Platinum)
Syphon Filter 2 (Platinum)
PlayStation 2:
WinX Club
Lego Batman The Videogame
Offroad Extreme!
OutRun 2006 Coast 2 Coast
Rally Championship
Saint Seiya The Hades
Sonic Mega Collection Plus
Sonic Unleashed
WRC 4 (Platinum)
WRC Rally Evolved
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Januari 23rd:
No games today, just some other second-hand finds.
CD:
Darude - Sandstorm (single)
N.G.3 As Nasty As We Wanna Be
VCD:
Mickey Mouse (Chinese)
Tom & Jerry (Chinese)
DVD:
Disney's Princess Stories Vol. 2 Tales of Friendship
Hocus Pocus
Monster High 13 Wishes
Pixar Short Films Collection Vol. 1
The Fairytaler Vol. 12 H.C. Andersen's The Snow Queen
Bluray:
The Hobbit Smaugs Ödemark (The Desolation of Smaug)
Comics:
Bugs Bunny #1 1995
Carousel #1 2009
Carousel #3 2009
Asterix and the Vikings
Asterix Rose and Pedal
Berts Dagbok
Berts Dagbok
Lilla Fridolf
91an Karlsson
91an Karlsson
Min Häst
Tom & Jerry
Bamse
Books:
Bolt
Peter Pan
Lego:
a Lego bucket with assorted Lego Friends content
Other:
a miniature crystal stone guardian lion figurine
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Januari 25th:
went and picked up the second order of games today (listed above) and also bought some other stuff at a second-hand store
PlayStation 2:
EyeToy Play Astro Zoo (Platinum)
DVD:
Disney's Frozen
Lego Star Wars The Yoda Chronicles Vol. 1
Mamma Mu & Kråkan The Movie
Books:
Barbie on Ski Vacation
Disney's Robin Hood the big ambush
Disney's Aristocats on the run
Other:
glass marbles and stones
and a movie rental store
DVD:
Baby Boss (2017)
Monster Trucks (2017) they had one copy left of the Bluray version of Monster Trucks but my friend saw it first, so I could only get the DVD, maybe I'll find another copy of the Bluray version some day
Now Playing - Januari 2018
Lego Batman 3 Beyond Gotham (3DS)
beat it 100%
Lego Marvel Avengers (PlayStation Vita)
beat story mode
Lego Batman The Videogame (Xbox 360)
beat it 100%
Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens (PlayStation Vita)
Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes (Xbox 360)
beat it 100%
Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens (3DS)
Now I see why the Vita version was so mediocre and lackluster, it's sadly just a port of the 3DS version rather than a properly made and optimized Vita original version or stationary console port like it could've easily been seeing as the Vita is literally PS3 hardware and there are games on it that surpass even the best technical achievements on the PS3, like the incredibly impressive Killzone Mercenary that far surpasses games like Killzone 2 and 3 and Resistance 2 and 3, four of the very finest shooters the PS3 has to offer! not saying this is a bad game, it's just a shame the low tech 3DS (it's weaker than the old PSP) got a custom version when the vastly more powerful Vita just gets a slightly polished up port.
Yoshi's New Island (3DS)
Unresponsive, stiff, forced motion controls during certain segments, one-way levels that force you to replay the level from the beginning if you missed something, plain and simple this game feels like it was designed in the mid 80s.
Battle Frenzy/Bloodshot (Mega Drive)
An FPS in a similar vein to Wolfenstein 3D only in a sci-fi setting and it has a 2 player split-screen multiplayer mode.
It's a good game for the time and I like it, it gets a bit choppy and the countdown at the end of every level is almost a greater enemy than the nasty killer machines you face along the way.
It's a very tough game but it's cool enough and still enjoyable.
I got the european version titled Battle Frenzy but in the game the title screen still says Bloodshot.
Disney's Kim Possible Global Gemini (DS, played on 3DS)
Very similar to the PS2 game Kim Possible What's the Switch?, it actually does a really good job with the visuals and gameplay alike, its' smooth, responsive, you got good moves and I like the visual style with some flat shaded polygonal stuff, it fits with the cartoony look perfectly and helps the DS keep up a nice level of detail and a brisk framerate at the same time, a very well crafted game overall so far and I'm enjoying it.
UPDATE: The on-rail segments with snowboard and moped suck, they use the touch screen as a pseudo analog steering tablet and it's awkward as fuck to hold the DS/3DS while playing a game that way, those are by far the worst parts of the game so far, also the matrix type levels aren't very good either, it's just a gauntlet of dodging laser beams and a lot of grapple hook swinging, neither of which are this game's strong points, also they look really generic with the same blue grid pattern on everything.
WinX Club (PlayStation 2)
Finally I got hold of this for PS2, I've had the PC version for a few years but as both a fan of WinX Club and an avid console gamer I've always wanted the PS2 version specifically. It's virtually identical to the PC version. A good action platformer and great game for WinX Club fans.
beat it 100%
Lego Marvel Avengers (PlayStation Vita)
beat story mode
Lego Batman The Videogame (Xbox 360)
beat it 100%
Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens (PlayStation Vita)
Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes (Xbox 360)
beat it 100%
Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens (3DS)
Now I see why the Vita version was so mediocre and lackluster, it's sadly just a port of the 3DS version rather than a properly made and optimized Vita original version or stationary console port like it could've easily been seeing as the Vita is literally PS3 hardware and there are games on it that surpass even the best technical achievements on the PS3, like the incredibly impressive Killzone Mercenary that far surpasses games like Killzone 2 and 3 and Resistance 2 and 3, four of the very finest shooters the PS3 has to offer! not saying this is a bad game, it's just a shame the low tech 3DS (it's weaker than the old PSP) got a custom version when the vastly more powerful Vita just gets a slightly polished up port.
Yoshi's New Island (3DS)
Unresponsive, stiff, forced motion controls during certain segments, one-way levels that force you to replay the level from the beginning if you missed something, plain and simple this game feels like it was designed in the mid 80s.
Battle Frenzy/Bloodshot (Mega Drive)
An FPS in a similar vein to Wolfenstein 3D only in a sci-fi setting and it has a 2 player split-screen multiplayer mode.
It's a good game for the time and I like it, it gets a bit choppy and the countdown at the end of every level is almost a greater enemy than the nasty killer machines you face along the way.
It's a very tough game but it's cool enough and still enjoyable.
I got the european version titled Battle Frenzy but in the game the title screen still says Bloodshot.
Disney's Kim Possible Global Gemini (DS, played on 3DS)
Very similar to the PS2 game Kim Possible What's the Switch?, it actually does a really good job with the visuals and gameplay alike, its' smooth, responsive, you got good moves and I like the visual style with some flat shaded polygonal stuff, it fits with the cartoony look perfectly and helps the DS keep up a nice level of detail and a brisk framerate at the same time, a very well crafted game overall so far and I'm enjoying it.
UPDATE: The on-rail segments with snowboard and moped suck, they use the touch screen as a pseudo analog steering tablet and it's awkward as fuck to hold the DS/3DS while playing a game that way, those are by far the worst parts of the game so far, also the matrix type levels aren't very good either, it's just a gauntlet of dodging laser beams and a lot of grapple hook swinging, neither of which are this game's strong points, also they look really generic with the same blue grid pattern on everything.
WinX Club (PlayStation 2)
Finally I got hold of this for PS2, I've had the PC version for a few years but as both a fan of WinX Club and an avid console gamer I've always wanted the PS2 version specifically. It's virtually identical to the PC version. A good action platformer and great game for WinX Club fans.
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Gaming Purchases - Juli 2017
Juli 4th:
I placed an order for some games and gaming related stuff at the end of Juni, all new stuff, even the older items.
The first packet arrived today containing a PSP 2000 headphone remote control for music playback, I only had the original remote control for the original PSP 1000 model, which is not compatible with the 2000 (or 3000 in my case) model because they changed the design of the plug to allow for video output on the 2000 model for playing on TVs.
Hardware:
PSP 2000 Remote Control
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Juli 5th:
Almost everything else came today, in three separate packets, and only a couple of things are still missing, the GBA screen protector+light I ordered three of, one for each of my three GBAs, but strangely enough one of them came today packed with some of the other stuff, so why they sent the other two of the same type separately I don't know, I just hope they sent it at all so it's not been a mistake because I fucking hate having to deal with shit like that.
Hardware:
a Game Boy Advance X-Light with screen protector
an original Sony PlayStation link-cable
a red TTX Tech Classic Controller for GameCube
two GameCube controller extension cords
Game Boy Color:
Roswell Conspiracies Aliens, Myths & Legends
Game Boy Advance:
Back Track
DS:
Garfield's Nightmare
MX Vs ATV Reflex
PlayStation:
Battle Arena Toshinden 4
Crisis Beat (I already owned this but the copy I had was a second hand purchase and a bit battered)
PlayStation 2:
Resident Evil Code Veronica X
PC:
Slipstream 5000
Virtua Fighter PC
Juli 7th:
Turns out the two missing X-Lights were lost in the mail and i won't be getting them after all, they didn't have any more in stock either so I'll just be getting my money back.
Juli 8th:
Ugh, now they sent me a new bill to pay but it's updated wrong, instead of three X-Lights in now says two, but I only got one, they only reduced it by one when two were missing. I've contacted them about it but because it's the weekend I'll have to wait till monday for a reply.
Juli 10th:
I got a reply and if I understood it correctly I'm going to get a new bill with the updated correct info on it soon, but I haven't gotten it yet.
Juli 12th:
I got another reply and it's basically the same as the very first I got, and I still haven't gotten the updated bill yet, they did push up the paying date to the 21st though, so now I just gotta wait some more and hope they don't fuck up any more.
Juli 14th:
Finally got the updated bill with correct info today so I can pay for these things already.
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Juli 19th:
I ordered some more games and stuff a few days ago that arrived today. All items are new and sealed.
3DS:
Fast & Furious Showdown
Fossil Fighters Frontier
Moshi Monsters Katsuma Unleashed
Sega 3D Classics Collection
Star Fox 64 3D
Xbox 360:
Binary Domain
Other:
Super Mario Collection Princess Daisy Amiibo
Yo-kai Watch Tattletell
I placed an order for some games and gaming related stuff at the end of Juni, all new stuff, even the older items.
The first packet arrived today containing a PSP 2000 headphone remote control for music playback, I only had the original remote control for the original PSP 1000 model, which is not compatible with the 2000 (or 3000 in my case) model because they changed the design of the plug to allow for video output on the 2000 model for playing on TVs.
Hardware:
PSP 2000 Remote Control
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Juli 5th:
Almost everything else came today, in three separate packets, and only a couple of things are still missing, the GBA screen protector+light I ordered three of, one for each of my three GBAs, but strangely enough one of them came today packed with some of the other stuff, so why they sent the other two of the same type separately I don't know, I just hope they sent it at all so it's not been a mistake because I fucking hate having to deal with shit like that.
Hardware:
a Game Boy Advance X-Light with screen protector
an original Sony PlayStation link-cable
a red TTX Tech Classic Controller for GameCube
two GameCube controller extension cords
Game Boy Color:
Roswell Conspiracies Aliens, Myths & Legends
Game Boy Advance:
Back Track
DS:
Garfield's Nightmare
MX Vs ATV Reflex
PlayStation:
Battle Arena Toshinden 4
Crisis Beat (I already owned this but the copy I had was a second hand purchase and a bit battered)
PlayStation 2:
Resident Evil Code Veronica X
PC:
Slipstream 5000
Virtua Fighter PC
Juli 7th:
Turns out the two missing X-Lights were lost in the mail and i won't be getting them after all, they didn't have any more in stock either so I'll just be getting my money back.
Juli 8th:
Ugh, now they sent me a new bill to pay but it's updated wrong, instead of three X-Lights in now says two, but I only got one, they only reduced it by one when two were missing. I've contacted them about it but because it's the weekend I'll have to wait till monday for a reply.
Juli 10th:
I got a reply and if I understood it correctly I'm going to get a new bill with the updated correct info on it soon, but I haven't gotten it yet.
Juli 12th:
I got another reply and it's basically the same as the very first I got, and I still haven't gotten the updated bill yet, they did push up the paying date to the 21st though, so now I just gotta wait some more and hope they don't fuck up any more.
Juli 14th:
Finally got the updated bill with correct info today so I can pay for these things already.
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Juli 19th:
I ordered some more games and stuff a few days ago that arrived today. All items are new and sealed.
3DS:
Fast & Furious Showdown
Fossil Fighters Frontier
Moshi Monsters Katsuma Unleashed
Sega 3D Classics Collection
Star Fox 64 3D
Xbox 360:
Binary Domain
Other:
Super Mario Collection Princess Daisy Amiibo
Yo-kai Watch Tattletell
Now Playing - Juli 2017
Been playing some more of my DS games on my newly acquired 3DS, also been taking some stereoscopic "3D" photos with it, which is a neat function, too bad I don't have any 3DS games yet, there aren't really that many I want except maybe Metroid Samus Returns which isn't coming out for another two months and a select few that are a bit on the pricey side and are hard to find. I did get hold of some good ones this month though.
Smart As... (PlayStation Vita)
Been playing this regularly every day for about three months now and I can say it's pretty much run it's course. It hasn't gotten any better, it remains a poorly executed unbalanced mess with some minor redeemable fun to be had when taken on it's own.
Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects (DS, playing on 3DS)
C.O.P. The Recruit (DS, playing on 3DS)
I'm stuck on a mission where I have to put out some busses on fire with a fire extinguisher, the timer is brutal and the touch screen aiming controls are not helping, great game otherwise but this mission can go fuck itself.
Star Wars Lethal Alliance (DS, playing on 3DS)
It's not as good as it is on PSP and every step of the way I take in this version reminds me of that fact.
Roswell Conspiracies Aliens, Myths & Legends (Game Boy Color, playing on Game Boy Advance)
A very dark game, not the best idea for a game made for portables without backlit screens, but the game itself is very well made, has some nice light effects and the level of detail is excellent, the entire level of technical quality overall is some of the best I've seen on Game Boy Color alongside games like Alone in the Dark The New Nightmare and the Harry Potter RPGs.
Sadly the game is very hard to play, not just because it's hard to see without good light conditions but also because it just doesn't play that well, it's got clunky controls, tough enemies and no way to recap what you're suppose to be doing, so remembering the mission briefing given to you before a missions starts is imperative. I gave my new GBA Advance X-Light a try and it made the game a lot easier to see, but the difficulty still kicked my ass regardless. Suffice to say I haven't gotten past the first mission yet.
Back Track (Game Boy Advance)
An FPS similar to Wolfenstein 3D and Zero Tolerance, it plays fast and relatively smooth but it's tough to aim, shoot and dodge as the controls have a lag in the animation of everything you do, you don't aim, move or shoot right away when you press the buttons, making it very unresponsive and much more difficult than it actually is. Your goal is to rescue abducted humans from aliens while gunning down the aliens and their machines.
MX Vs ATV Reflex (DS, playing on 3DS)
A pretty bad racing game with motocross bikes, ATVs, trophy trucks and monster trucks, it has pretty awkward basic controls and the advanced controls for tricks and such are even worse, it's not unplayable but it has enough issues that it's a lot less fun that it should be.
Garfield's Nightmare (DS, playing on 3DS)
Not bad at all actually, a simple platformer where you play as Garfield in his nightmares after having eaten too much food before naptime. It looks very nice, well styled, detailed and animated, one of the best DS games I've played so far.
UPDATE: I completed it 100% on the 9th, around 04:30 at night, took me about 5 hours.
Battle Arena Toshinden 4 (PlayStation)
It's not what I imagined, it has about as much to do with my beloved Battle Arena Toshinden 2 that any other random fighting game from any other completely irrelevant series does, it doesn't have the same characters anymore, at best there are some relatives and stuff to some characters from the older games and that's about it, it's not good enough in my opinion, I play Toshinden for Sofia first and foremost and her absence is one of the major complaints I have against this game, it also doesn't play quite the same, it doesn't look the same in the art style nor does it look as good visually in the technical department either, with simpler blob shadows and Tekken-esque arenas with little to no detail other than a ground texture and some very scarce background detail, it's just completely different in every way really, it only shares the genre of being a fighting game and that you have weapons to fight with, that's it. The fact that it's a continuation of the story when it's made so different means little to nothing for me as the feel of the story being relevant is completely gone when the characters that made the story aren't there anymore.
That being said, it's not awful or anything, it still looks okay and animates smoothly, it reminds me a lot of Tekken in how it looks overall, with blockier character models that animate rather slowly, it has some really cool and cinematic special attacks, somewhat similar to Evil Zone, and it plays just fine with the controls, the free moving ability is neat even if it's a lot more limited from normal gameplay when activated, as most other fighting games do from the late 90s and early 2000s, it's just not a game that stands out like the name suggested it would, or at least not in the way I had imagined.
So while it doesn't hold up to Battle Arena Toshinden 2 in any way it's still a good game, just not as great as it should've been given the honorable title of Toshinden and being a rather late title on the PlayStation it ultimately fails to impress.
By 1999 and 2000 there were many other fighting games around both on PlayStation and the other active systems, like the new next gen Dreamcast with games like SoulCalibur no less, that simply made this game look bad by comparison.
However, it should be mentioned that this was released as a low budget title, and re-released as such two more times after that in 2001 by two different budget brands only a day apart, so they at least acknowledged that it wouldn't cut it had they tried to sell it at full price.
There are minigames and unlockable art and stuff too, so there's at least a good amount of content.
Raceway Drag & Stock Racing (PlayStation 2)
Decided to give this game a try again. I actually got first place in a stock race, but it was on easy, I still haven't been able to win on normal. I just needed a win, the stock racing mode is really hard so any win was welcome at this point.
Sega 3D Classics Collection (3DS)
A small mixed bag of old 8-bit and 16-bit generation games from Sega, faithfully re-created for 3DS.
It has some great games but also some highly questionable additions and omissions, like oddly enough it has no version of Space Harrier or OutRun, even though in Japan they got both as downloadables and could've easily added them to this collection, but it has three Fantasy Zone games, whereof two are just different version of Fantasy Zone 2 and the other is a secret you can find by clicking on an empty area of the touch screen at the Extra Games menu.
The three Fantasy Zone games included are Fantasy Zone for Master System, Fantasy Zone 2 Tears of Opa Opa for Master System and Fantasy Zone 2 W.
There are some great games on here though, like the original Mega Drive version of Sonic The Hedgehog, the arcade version of both Galaxy Force II and Thunder Blade and the original Master System game Maze Walker.
There's also the Mega Drive version of Altered Beast, the previously arcade exclusive racing game Power Drift and Puyo Puyo 2.
Here's a screenshot I took of Maze Walker/Maze Hunter 3-D for Master System using the Kega Fusion emulator.
If you cross your eyes and line the two images up as one you'll get a good idea of what the 3D depth effect in this game is like, it's really nice to see in real life on a 3DS or on an original Master System with 3D glasses.
Killzone Mercenary (PlayStation Vita)
Decided to play something else now that I'm done with Smart As. I want to play something that makes me impressed by the Vita again after so much mediocrity and this game is literally the most impressive portable game I've ever seen and I just so happen to own a copy of it to play.
Fast & Furious Showdown (3DS)
It's a pretty good port of the game, a little choppy in the framerate but still playable. It's a very unbalanced game, with some things being near impossible, taking dussins of tries before you win, while others are so easy you can't help but get them on the first try, without even trying.
Moshi Monsters Katsuma Unleashed (3DS)
A basic platformer, it offers nothing that hasn't been done better before many times by countless other games, but it's okay, the framerate is strangely not very good considering how unimpressive the game looks, it's just a very basic and barely 2,5D platformer, with 2D backgrounds and 3D models for Katsuma and the enemies, it doesn't really do anything to push the hardware so why it's not a solid 60fps I don't know, it should be when it's this visually underwhelming.
UPDATE 29th Juli
Beat the game with only a few things missing for 100% completion. It was a very short game.
UPDATE 30th Juli
Completed everything else, you get Hard Mode unlocked and you can find some hidden cheat codes if you explore a bit.
Smart As... (PlayStation Vita)
Been playing this regularly every day for about three months now and I can say it's pretty much run it's course. It hasn't gotten any better, it remains a poorly executed unbalanced mess with some minor redeemable fun to be had when taken on it's own.
Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects (DS, playing on 3DS)
C.O.P. The Recruit (DS, playing on 3DS)
I'm stuck on a mission where I have to put out some busses on fire with a fire extinguisher, the timer is brutal and the touch screen aiming controls are not helping, great game otherwise but this mission can go fuck itself.
Star Wars Lethal Alliance (DS, playing on 3DS)
It's not as good as it is on PSP and every step of the way I take in this version reminds me of that fact.
Roswell Conspiracies Aliens, Myths & Legends (Game Boy Color, playing on Game Boy Advance)
A very dark game, not the best idea for a game made for portables without backlit screens, but the game itself is very well made, has some nice light effects and the level of detail is excellent, the entire level of technical quality overall is some of the best I've seen on Game Boy Color alongside games like Alone in the Dark The New Nightmare and the Harry Potter RPGs.
Sadly the game is very hard to play, not just because it's hard to see without good light conditions but also because it just doesn't play that well, it's got clunky controls, tough enemies and no way to recap what you're suppose to be doing, so remembering the mission briefing given to you before a missions starts is imperative. I gave my new GBA Advance X-Light a try and it made the game a lot easier to see, but the difficulty still kicked my ass regardless. Suffice to say I haven't gotten past the first mission yet.
Back Track (Game Boy Advance)
An FPS similar to Wolfenstein 3D and Zero Tolerance, it plays fast and relatively smooth but it's tough to aim, shoot and dodge as the controls have a lag in the animation of everything you do, you don't aim, move or shoot right away when you press the buttons, making it very unresponsive and much more difficult than it actually is. Your goal is to rescue abducted humans from aliens while gunning down the aliens and their machines.
MX Vs ATV Reflex (DS, playing on 3DS)
A pretty bad racing game with motocross bikes, ATVs, trophy trucks and monster trucks, it has pretty awkward basic controls and the advanced controls for tricks and such are even worse, it's not unplayable but it has enough issues that it's a lot less fun that it should be.
Garfield's Nightmare (DS, playing on 3DS)
Not bad at all actually, a simple platformer where you play as Garfield in his nightmares after having eaten too much food before naptime. It looks very nice, well styled, detailed and animated, one of the best DS games I've played so far.
UPDATE: I completed it 100% on the 9th, around 04:30 at night, took me about 5 hours.
Battle Arena Toshinden 4 (PlayStation)
It's not what I imagined, it has about as much to do with my beloved Battle Arena Toshinden 2 that any other random fighting game from any other completely irrelevant series does, it doesn't have the same characters anymore, at best there are some relatives and stuff to some characters from the older games and that's about it, it's not good enough in my opinion, I play Toshinden for Sofia first and foremost and her absence is one of the major complaints I have against this game, it also doesn't play quite the same, it doesn't look the same in the art style nor does it look as good visually in the technical department either, with simpler blob shadows and Tekken-esque arenas with little to no detail other than a ground texture and some very scarce background detail, it's just completely different in every way really, it only shares the genre of being a fighting game and that you have weapons to fight with, that's it. The fact that it's a continuation of the story when it's made so different means little to nothing for me as the feel of the story being relevant is completely gone when the characters that made the story aren't there anymore.
That being said, it's not awful or anything, it still looks okay and animates smoothly, it reminds me a lot of Tekken in how it looks overall, with blockier character models that animate rather slowly, it has some really cool and cinematic special attacks, somewhat similar to Evil Zone, and it plays just fine with the controls, the free moving ability is neat even if it's a lot more limited from normal gameplay when activated, as most other fighting games do from the late 90s and early 2000s, it's just not a game that stands out like the name suggested it would, or at least not in the way I had imagined.
So while it doesn't hold up to Battle Arena Toshinden 2 in any way it's still a good game, just not as great as it should've been given the honorable title of Toshinden and being a rather late title on the PlayStation it ultimately fails to impress.
By 1999 and 2000 there were many other fighting games around both on PlayStation and the other active systems, like the new next gen Dreamcast with games like SoulCalibur no less, that simply made this game look bad by comparison.
However, it should be mentioned that this was released as a low budget title, and re-released as such two more times after that in 2001 by two different budget brands only a day apart, so they at least acknowledged that it wouldn't cut it had they tried to sell it at full price.
There are minigames and unlockable art and stuff too, so there's at least a good amount of content.
Raceway Drag & Stock Racing (PlayStation 2)
Decided to give this game a try again. I actually got first place in a stock race, but it was on easy, I still haven't been able to win on normal. I just needed a win, the stock racing mode is really hard so any win was welcome at this point.
Sega 3D Classics Collection (3DS)
A small mixed bag of old 8-bit and 16-bit generation games from Sega, faithfully re-created for 3DS.
It has some great games but also some highly questionable additions and omissions, like oddly enough it has no version of Space Harrier or OutRun, even though in Japan they got both as downloadables and could've easily added them to this collection, but it has three Fantasy Zone games, whereof two are just different version of Fantasy Zone 2 and the other is a secret you can find by clicking on an empty area of the touch screen at the Extra Games menu.
The three Fantasy Zone games included are Fantasy Zone for Master System, Fantasy Zone 2 Tears of Opa Opa for Master System and Fantasy Zone 2 W.
There are some great games on here though, like the original Mega Drive version of Sonic The Hedgehog, the arcade version of both Galaxy Force II and Thunder Blade and the original Master System game Maze Walker.
There's also the Mega Drive version of Altered Beast, the previously arcade exclusive racing game Power Drift and Puyo Puyo 2.
Here's a screenshot I took of Maze Walker/Maze Hunter 3-D for Master System using the Kega Fusion emulator.
If you cross your eyes and line the two images up as one you'll get a good idea of what the 3D depth effect in this game is like, it's really nice to see in real life on a 3DS or on an original Master System with 3D glasses.
Killzone Mercenary (PlayStation Vita)
Decided to play something else now that I'm done with Smart As. I want to play something that makes me impressed by the Vita again after so much mediocrity and this game is literally the most impressive portable game I've ever seen and I just so happen to own a copy of it to play.
Fast & Furious Showdown (3DS)
It's a pretty good port of the game, a little choppy in the framerate but still playable. It's a very unbalanced game, with some things being near impossible, taking dussins of tries before you win, while others are so easy you can't help but get them on the first try, without even trying.
Moshi Monsters Katsuma Unleashed (3DS)
A basic platformer, it offers nothing that hasn't been done better before many times by countless other games, but it's okay, the framerate is strangely not very good considering how unimpressive the game looks, it's just a very basic and barely 2,5D platformer, with 2D backgrounds and 3D models for Katsuma and the enemies, it doesn't really do anything to push the hardware so why it's not a solid 60fps I don't know, it should be when it's this visually underwhelming.
UPDATE 29th Juli
Beat the game with only a few things missing for 100% completion. It was a very short game.
UPDATE 30th Juli
Completed everything else, you get Hard Mode unlocked and you can find some hidden cheat codes if you explore a bit.
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Gaming Purchases - April 2017
April 8th:
Went to the local GameStop and got a couple of more Vita games alongside some other gems and a bunch of cheap PS3 games I'm going to use the cases to replace broken ones I have, also a DS game to use the case for one of my GBA cartridges that lacks the original box, haven't decided which one yet.
DS:
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (no manual)
PlayStation Vita:
One Piece: Unlimited World Red (new, factory sealed)
The Muppets Movie Adventure (new, factory sealed)
PlayStation 3:
Alone in the Dark: Inferno
FIFA 12
FIFA 12
FIFA 12
NFL 11 (no manual)
NFL 11 (no manual)
Xbox 360:
NeverDead
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena + Escape from Butcher Bay Remastered
Also got some Orbeez from BR Toys.
April 27th:
I ordered some games online but they won't be arriving until May so I'll write about them when they arrive.
Went to the local GameStop and got a couple of more Vita games alongside some other gems and a bunch of cheap PS3 games I'm going to use the cases to replace broken ones I have, also a DS game to use the case for one of my GBA cartridges that lacks the original box, haven't decided which one yet.
DS:
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (no manual)
PlayStation Vita:
One Piece: Unlimited World Red (new, factory sealed)
The Muppets Movie Adventure (new, factory sealed)
PlayStation 3:
Alone in the Dark: Inferno
FIFA 12
FIFA 12
FIFA 12
NFL 11 (no manual)
NFL 11 (no manual)
Xbox 360:
NeverDead
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena + Escape from Butcher Bay Remastered
Also got some Orbeez from BR Toys.
April 27th:
I ordered some games online but they won't be arriving until May so I'll write about them when they arrive.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Gaming Purchases - November 2016
November 1st:
Today's second-hand finds.
Game Boy Advance:
Dogz 2 (game cartridge and instruction manual only)
DS:
Guitar Hero On Tour (+accessories)
PlayStation:
Checkmate
PlayStation Portable:
Daxter
Tekken Dark Resurrection
LEGO Star Wars II The Original Trilogy (Platinum)
Xbox:
Amped Freestyle Snowboarding
Need for Speed Most Wanted
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II Sith Lords
Vinyl:
At The Hop (1976)
DVD:
Barbie in a Christmas Carol
Denver The Last Dinosaur - On The Golf Course - The Crocodile Hunters
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice - from Quarterback to Knight of the Round Table
My Little Pony (G3) - A Very Minty Christmas
UMD Video:
Sahara (2005)
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November 10th:
No games today but I got some other stuff.
Second-hand:
DVD:
Transformers Prime - Season 1 - Vol. 1
Comics:
Archie
87:an Axelsson
W.I.T.C.H.
Other:
various figures
3 VHS-C Videocamera tapes (still factory sealed)
New:
DVD:
Minions
Penguins of Madagascar
The Book of Life
Tom & Jerry the Lost Dragon
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November 15th:
No games today either but again I got some other stuff.
Second-hand:
DVD:
Hello Kitty Xmas Tales
Tekkonkinkreet
Comics/Books:
Disney Christmas Special
Disney Princess Christmas Album
Disney Princess Christmas Album
other various
Other:
Christmas Rat/Mouse Girl
New:
LEGO:
Nexo Knights magazine + bonus set Kid Clay
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November 17th:
No games today either but today I at least got something gaming related in my second-hand finds.
Second-hand:
PC hardware:
USB stereo speakers
DVD:
Disney Princess - Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
Epic
Hot Wheels Accelerators: Breaking Point
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Special Edition
Other:
Mega Bloks 91014 World of Warcraft Goblin Zeppelin Ambush
Minnie Mouse pink racing car
New:
LEGO:
Ninjago magazine + bonus set Ronin with Aeroblades
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November 24th:
Today's second hand finds include a couple of Wii U games of all things! I don't even have a Wii U!! THIS IS CRAZY!!!
Wii U:
Disney Infinity
Skylanders Giants
DVD:
Ah! My Goddess
Dune
Cube 2 Hypercube
Mad Max Fury Road
Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace
Stephen King's The Mangler
Books:
Cinderella's Magic Adventure
Picture Facts Future World
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November 29th:
Today's GameStop finds include some DS games I will use the covers from to house rogue GBA cartridges.
DS:
C.O.P. The Recruit
FIFA 08
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
PlayStation Portable:
Burnout Legends
EyePet Adventures
Mega Minis Volume 2
PlayStation 3:
Earth Defense Force 2025
Books:
Lilo & Stitch: Härligt stökigt!
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Today's second-hand finds.
Game Boy Advance:
Dogz 2 (game cartridge and instruction manual only)
DS:
Guitar Hero On Tour (+accessories)
PlayStation:
Checkmate
PlayStation Portable:
Daxter
Tekken Dark Resurrection
LEGO Star Wars II The Original Trilogy (Platinum)
Xbox:
Amped Freestyle Snowboarding
Need for Speed Most Wanted
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II Sith Lords
Vinyl:
At The Hop (1976)
DVD:
Barbie in a Christmas Carol
Denver The Last Dinosaur - On The Golf Course - The Crocodile Hunters
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice - from Quarterback to Knight of the Round Table
My Little Pony (G3) - A Very Minty Christmas
UMD Video:
Sahara (2005)
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November 10th:
No games today but I got some other stuff.
Second-hand:
DVD:
Transformers Prime - Season 1 - Vol. 1
Comics:
Archie
87:an Axelsson
W.I.T.C.H.
Other:
various figures
3 VHS-C Videocamera tapes (still factory sealed)
New:
DVD:
Minions
Penguins of Madagascar
The Book of Life
Tom & Jerry the Lost Dragon
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November 15th:
No games today either but again I got some other stuff.
Second-hand:
DVD:
Hello Kitty Xmas Tales
Tekkonkinkreet
Comics/Books:
Disney Christmas Special
Disney Princess Christmas Album
Disney Princess Christmas Album
other various
Other:
Christmas Rat/Mouse Girl
New:
LEGO:
Nexo Knights magazine + bonus set Kid Clay
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November 17th:
No games today either but today I at least got something gaming related in my second-hand finds.
Second-hand:
PC hardware:
USB stereo speakers
DVD:
Disney Princess - Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
Epic
Hot Wheels Accelerators: Breaking Point
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Special Edition
Other:
Mega Bloks 91014 World of Warcraft Goblin Zeppelin Ambush
Minnie Mouse pink racing car
New:
LEGO:
Ninjago magazine + bonus set Ronin with Aeroblades
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November 24th:
Today's second hand finds include a couple of Wii U games of all things! I don't even have a Wii U!! THIS IS CRAZY!!!
Wii U:
Disney Infinity
Skylanders Giants
DVD:
Ah! My Goddess
Dune
Cube 2 Hypercube
Mad Max Fury Road
Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace
Stephen King's The Mangler
Books:
Cinderella's Magic Adventure
Picture Facts Future World
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November 29th:
Today's GameStop finds include some DS games I will use the covers from to house rogue GBA cartridges.
DS:
C.O.P. The Recruit
FIFA 08
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
PlayStation Portable:
Burnout Legends
EyePet Adventures
Mega Minis Volume 2
PlayStation 3:
Earth Defense Force 2025
Books:
Lilo & Stitch: Härligt stökigt!
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Friday, July 1, 2016
Gaming Purchases - Juli 2016
Juli 1st:
An epic order of games I placed on Hetero Pride Day the 29th of Juni to celebrate my awesome sexuality! The order arrived today.
Mega Drive:
F22 Interceptor (Already had a copy of this but I didn't have a manual to go with it, this was cheap and complete with manual so it was worth picking up for the sake of completion)
Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker (cartridge only)
Mega Games 6 Vol. 2 (cartridge only, contains World Cup Italia, Alien Storm, Super Hang-On, Super Monaco GP, Super Thunder Blade and Columns)
Red Zone (cartridge only)
Story of Thor
Game Boy Advance:
Top Gear Rally
Wing Commander Prophecy
DS:
Project Rub
The Rub Rabbits!
PlayStation:
Fade to Black
MTV Sports Snowboarding
PlayStation 2:
Fire Blade
Sky Odyssey
Britney's Dance Beat
Road Rage 3
Savage Skies
The Getaway Black Monday
Xbox:
RoadKill
Red Ninja End of Honour
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Juli 27th:
Ordered some games last week, got them today.
PlayStation:
Brahma Force
Impact Racing
PlayStation 2:
FlatOut 2
Raceway Drag & Stock Racing
R:Racing
Turok Evolution
GameCube:
Starsky & Hutch
Xbox 360:
Metro 2033
Metro Last Light Limited Edition
An epic order of games I placed on Hetero Pride Day the 29th of Juni to celebrate my awesome sexuality! The order arrived today.
Mega Drive:
F22 Interceptor (Already had a copy of this but I didn't have a manual to go with it, this was cheap and complete with manual so it was worth picking up for the sake of completion)
Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker (cartridge only)
Mega Games 6 Vol. 2 (cartridge only, contains World Cup Italia, Alien Storm, Super Hang-On, Super Monaco GP, Super Thunder Blade and Columns)
Red Zone (cartridge only)
Story of Thor
Game Boy Advance:
Top Gear Rally
Wing Commander Prophecy
DS:
Project Rub
The Rub Rabbits!
PlayStation:
Fade to Black
MTV Sports Snowboarding
PlayStation 2:
Fire Blade
Sky Odyssey
Britney's Dance Beat
Road Rage 3
Savage Skies
The Getaway Black Monday
Xbox:
RoadKill
Red Ninja End of Honour
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Juli 27th:
Ordered some games last week, got them today.
PlayStation:
Brahma Force
Impact Racing
PlayStation 2:
FlatOut 2
Raceway Drag & Stock Racing
R:Racing
Turok Evolution
GameCube:
Starsky & Hutch
Xbox 360:
Metro 2033
Metro Last Light Limited Edition
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Gaming Purchases - Mars 2016
Mars 1st:
Was out shopping with a friend today and picked up a couple things at the local GameStop.
PlayStation Vita:
Sly Cooper Thieves in Time (no instruction booklet)
Skylanders:
Cynder
Mars 8th:
I was out shopping with a friend today and I had a GameStop code for a free Skylander to use, so we stopped by GameStop and I picked up a free Skylander set, a new PS2 controller, the three cheapest Nintendo DS games I could find to use their plastic cases for some rogue Game Boy Advance game cartridges I have laying around and some other stuff.
Hardware:
GameStop BB-122 Wired Controller for PlayStation 2 (GameStop brand Dual Shock 2)
Nintendo DS:
Disney Jonas
Guitar Hero On Tour Modern Hits
My Health Coach Stop Smoking with Allen Carr
Skylanders:
SuperCharged Combo Pack - Bone Bash Roller Brawl & Tomb Buggy (SuperChargers)
Other:
Hot Wheels - HW Race Track Stars #184 - DMC DeLorean
Pixel Bricks - Street Fighter - Blanka
Pixel Bricks - Street Fighter - Ken
Pixel Bricks - Street Fighter - Ryu
Mars 15th:
On my way home today I stopped by a second hand shop and among some other stuff I found some older, still sealed, PC games.
PC:
Devastation
Firestarter
Krazy Ivan
Legends of Might and Magic
Manhattan Chase
March! Offworld Recon
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
Nuclear Strike
Pariah
Racing Simulation 3
DVD:
The Smurfs Vol. 10
also picked up a couple of sealed and unused VHS and cassette tapes, two barely used microcassette tapes, a 1995 The Phantom comic book and an Oliver & Co. comic book.
Nostalgia shopping spree for the win!
Mars 22nd:
Went to the second hand shop on the way home today and found some stuff as usual, among it another old PC game.
PC:
Unreal II The Awakening
also a composite + S-Video to SCART converter, three Manga comics, a Tintin audiobook on CD, a Bakugan DVD, five more Smurfs DVDs, some paintings and some ornament figures.
Also got a Donald Duck comic with a LEGO Star Wars X-Wing Fighter set (black and orange) from another store.
Was out shopping with a friend today and picked up a couple things at the local GameStop.
PlayStation Vita:
Sly Cooper Thieves in Time (no instruction booklet)
Skylanders:
Cynder
Mars 8th:
I was out shopping with a friend today and I had a GameStop code for a free Skylander to use, so we stopped by GameStop and I picked up a free Skylander set, a new PS2 controller, the three cheapest Nintendo DS games I could find to use their plastic cases for some rogue Game Boy Advance game cartridges I have laying around and some other stuff.
Hardware:
GameStop BB-122 Wired Controller for PlayStation 2 (GameStop brand Dual Shock 2)
Nintendo DS:
Disney Jonas
Guitar Hero On Tour Modern Hits
My Health Coach Stop Smoking with Allen Carr
Skylanders:
SuperCharged Combo Pack - Bone Bash Roller Brawl & Tomb Buggy (SuperChargers)
Other:
Hot Wheels - HW Race Track Stars #184 - DMC DeLorean
Pixel Bricks - Street Fighter - Blanka
Pixel Bricks - Street Fighter - Ken
Pixel Bricks - Street Fighter - Ryu
Mars 15th:
On my way home today I stopped by a second hand shop and among some other stuff I found some older, still sealed, PC games.
PC:
Devastation
Firestarter
Krazy Ivan
Legends of Might and Magic
Manhattan Chase
March! Offworld Recon
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
Nuclear Strike
Pariah
Racing Simulation 3
DVD:
The Smurfs Vol. 10
also picked up a couple of sealed and unused VHS and cassette tapes, two barely used microcassette tapes, a 1995 The Phantom comic book and an Oliver & Co. comic book.
Nostalgia shopping spree for the win!
Mars 22nd:
Went to the second hand shop on the way home today and found some stuff as usual, among it another old PC game.
PC:
Unreal II The Awakening
also a composite + S-Video to SCART converter, three Manga comics, a Tintin audiobook on CD, a Bakugan DVD, five more Smurfs DVDs, some paintings and some ornament figures.
Also got a Donald Duck comic with a LEGO Star Wars X-Wing Fighter set (black and orange) from another store.
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