Awesome stuff you've just bought (+pics please)

[Skykid]

Went to NYC this past weekend. Picked up these to goodies!!!!
Giga Wing 2, and Dreamcast stick. 140$ all together!!

Is that a good deal?

[rancor]

That's exactly what I was wondering.. Wouldn't a set like that usually go for around $80 ~ $90?

[RealPlumpBox]

That's exactly what I was wondering.. Wouldn't a set like that usually go for around $80 ~ $90?

yes. slighty better than ebay. Not much but a little. stick was 80$ and giga wing 2 was 50$

Edit- also it was 130 before tax.

[Skykid]

That's exactly what I was wondering.. Wouldn't a set like that usually go for around $80 ~ $90?

$70

[shmuppyLove]

Been away from the office since last Thursday, when I got back it was like Christmas morning!

LS-32 with sexy blue sexy bubble sexy top (only ever seen pics, they don't do them justice) from Christoph


Sealed Rez for PS2 - traded with Vyxx for my ActLabs PowerRamp. Haven't played Rez in a long time, but I love it so so much.


Taito Legends 2 CIB for PS2 - eBay score for ~$18 shipped


And last, but definitely not least, PSP 3001 with an official case, games all CIB and a loose NHL 07, package deal from eBay for ~$95 shipped.


Edit: ehehe one more arrived today!

Castle Shikigami 2 for PS2 CIB for $10 shipped

[t0yrobo]

Probably not the best starter bike, but I'm not going to argue with a gift like this.

[MNK]

Nice acquisitions! How much did Blast Wind go for? I'm really curious about that game, it seems to have been an orphaned arcade release like Shienryu Explosion and Sanvein. Also has very similar music to TFV.

I bought all 3 games from a collector in Sweden and paid about $120 for Blast Wind which is in superb condition. I don't buy a lot of games so I'm not too bothered about that price.

[beatsgo]

Probably not the best starter bike, but I'm not going to argue with a gift like this.

Sweet beans, how big is the engine on it? I assume you just received your motorcycle license. Yet to get a bike that I can store in a safe other than a storage lot.

[Raytrace]

Hello everyone !

Just recently gotten back into shooters and arcade games, glad I kept my Saturn for all these years. The Gradius 2 box is just fantastic.

wooah woah - lovely

[t0yrobo]

Probably not the best starter bike, but I'm not going to argue with a gift like this.

Sweet beans, how big is the engine on it? I assume you just received your motorcycle license. Yet to get a bike that I can store in a safe other than a storage lot.

Yeah I just finished the safety course this weekend. I actually did it a few years ago but never got my endorsement. It's a 1085cc (90hp), but my main concern is the size of it. It's so freaking tall that even at 6'4" walking the bike can be a little tricky.

[AKRATEN]

I got some original arcade paper from Bay this week.


Dangun Feveron


Donpachi


DoDonpachi


Batrider


Kingdom Grandprix


Battle Garegga


Dogyuun

I am stoked to get some of this art for my games thanks Bay!

[undamned]

IREM tokens!

GIVE!
-ud

[pixeljunkie]

I got some original arcade paper from Bay this week.

all that sweet paper! FFFFUUUUUUU!

[cj iwakura]

This little firecracker is Artemis, four weeks old.






My cousin's cat had a litter, so I helped lighten the burden.

And, Castle Shikigami: Nanoyozuki Gensyoko.



Artemis approves.

[Ghegs]

On my trip to Lebanon I found a small game shop that had tons of boxed pirate GB games and I couldn't resist picking the one with the coolest cover:



I thought hey, it has Ninja Gaiden GB and I've been meaning to get that, so why not? Turns out the actual cart inside was totally different...

It's mostly filled with first-gen GB games so nothing interesting there, except Mario N64 / Super Mario 4 which is a pretty extensive spritehack of a game called Shin Chan 4.

As a sidenote, does anybody recognize where the picture for "New Ninja Gaider" is from?

[drauch]

Decent game, but it's got a good monitor. Plus it was in town and cheap. Weeeeee.

[shmuppyLove]

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-s ... 4999_n.jpg

Decent game, but it's got a good monitor. Plus it was in town and cheap. Weeeeee.

Too bad it's not the 3 player cabinet! 3 player Combatribes is fantastic.

[KindGrind]

Was browsing the used toys section of a little store to find something for the kids and stumbled upon this. I have very little knowledge about Transformers but very fond memories of playing with this guy. Bottom of the toy says Takara 1980, 1982.



It's missing the missiles alright, but at 5$ I can't complain much, can I?

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Why, that's an original G1 Optimus Prime you've got there, KindGrind. Nice find there. It sells for big bucks on the secondary collector's market indeed, especially if it's NIB condition.

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Transformers Factoid:

Hasbro didn't start selling the Transformers toys in North America until 1984 (hence the Takara date-stamp with the 1980/1982 years when it was sold to the Japanese public under it's original "Diaclone" brand of transformable toys). The Diaclone toy set of Convoy (aka Optimus Prime) was a cool set to get in Japan back in the early 1980s. Eventually, all the Diaclone toys were re-released in Japan under the repackaged "Transformers" brand name. All the TF toys were sold out at stores everywhere during the 1984 Christmas shopping season due to it's overwhelming popularity at that particular moment in time.
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PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[brokenhalo]

Got a box in the mail today. You'll never guess who it was from.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Say, could it be from rancor? All them speciality flavored Kit-Kats that NestleUSA doesn't even sell through normal retailer distribution channels anyways (aside from the usual regular milk chocolate, dark chocolate & white chocolate variant Kit-Kats sold across the USA). The American retailer, FYE, does sell them Japanese Kit-Kats at the front counter or they can special order them for you. The only catch is that you buy them by the case. Priced at $10.00 USD per case, that's a small price to pay if you can't get them any other way (aside from importing 'em).

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Sly Cherry Chunks]

continuing the transformers theme:

ARE YOU READY FOR THE SUMMER?


ARE YOU READY FOR THE HOT NUTS?


^Apologies. This is TW-01 "Hegemon" - an overpriced, third party, fake Megatron that is much, much better than the real thing. Much more manageable size than the Masterpiece Megatron. No die-cast though.



^T-Shirt someone made me off one of these print-your-own-t-shirt websites

[moh]

i finally understand why cave's so popular

out of all things, you had to pick up the shitty port of ddp to realise how great cave is?

wait until you try one of the GOOD ports

[Jon]

^^^Inferior sure, but shitty?

[ChainsawGuitarSP]

You'd have to be pretty shallow to let the quality of a port influence your opinion of a game anyway.

[GaijinPunch]

You'd have to be pretty shallow to let the quality of a port influence your opinion of a game anyway.

You would?

[CMoon]

Spent $99 on a like-new DSi XL. Spent an extra 3 bucks on Meteos which I hear you guys raving about.

Disgaea looks WAY better on the XL, and Fritz (best chess program on any game console right now) is actually very comfortable on the eyes. Yeah! Might need to go back and play some Etrian Odyssey at some point.

[ChainsawGuitarSP]

You'd have to be pretty shallow to let the quality of a port influence your opinion of a game anyway.

You would?

A crappy port of an arcade game does not automatically make said arcade game bad.

[ryu]

out of all things, you had to pick up the shitty port of ddp to realise how great cave is?

wait until you try one of the GOOD ports

i honestly don't think it's that bad. it's not like the pixellated explosions make the game any less enjoyable.

but it seems i'll have to go with the ps port of donpachi. now the saturn port for that one seems pretty bad.

[moh]

You'd have to be pretty shallow to let the quality of a port influence your opinion of a game anyway.

You would?

then consider me shallow?

i mean, the port isnt THAT bad, but its not like it was being ported to C64.

this is the saturn, the fucking king of 2D sprite graphics, how could we have gotten anything less than arcade perfect? look how nicely batsugun turned out.