To the left are two Master System games that I picked up from What's On 2nd: Thunder Blade and Gangster Town. As my cave is still undergoing repairs at this time, I don't have access to my Master System and have not got a chance to try them out. From what I have read, both should be well worth the price. I'm particularly looking forward to Gangtser Town.
Atop the two SMS games are a few items from estarland: Ninja Gaiden for the Lynx, and Macross: Do You Remember Love, an import for the Sega Saturn. Ninja Gaiden is fun and, apparently this is a "port" of the original arcade game; the gameplay is more of a beat-em-up, and less of a platformer like the NES NG's. Macross is a short shmup, but quite fun, especially if you enjoy Macross(Robotech). It is also one of those games that is a cakewalk until the very end, when the difficulty is cranked up considerably. Still, it wasn't too hard to finish. The game also features cutscenes from the anime movie.
In the middle are the five NES games I picked up this week, Double Dribble and Mickey Mousecapade courtesy of What's On 2nd. Aaaaand, I got them for the low, low price of $2 a piece. Double Dribble brings back memories of my early NES days playing with my brother. I can still remember what a thrill it was to initiate those slam dunk "cutscenes". The Mickey game I'm not sure if I played before, but if nothing else will be sure to reek of some cheesy cuteness that I can never seem to get enough of. The bottom three NES games I picked up at Top Games. Originally I just got 1943 and Pin-bot(LOVE the label art) from there, but Mega Man 2 beckoned me back the next day. $10 for Mega Man 2 ain't too shabby.
Now about those Atari games...those are what I found at the garage sale. I have had ZERO luck at garage sales through the years. My luck has been so bad, I rarely even bother any more. But this one was right down the road from my house, so I gave it a shot. As always happens at yard sales I go to, I initially saw nothing but, shall we say, woman stuff: lamps, cups, bowls, that kind of useless stuff. I did spy a computer mini-joystick box, and lo and behold, Atari games inside! My heart probably should have skipped a beat. Could it be? Had I finally found favor with the gaming gods? What hidden treasures await in this crappy joystick box? Perhaps Custer's Revenge? Has the spirit of Gunpei Yokoi directed me to a copy of Air Raid?!?!? Of course not. Inside were six games, all of them very common. Pac-man, Slot Racers, Space Invaders, Basketball(the only one I didn't already have), and to add insult to injury, TWO copies of Combat. Yes, Combat. Regardless, they were all in pretty good shape and I only paid 5 clams for them.
When I was snapping the (fuzzy) pic of my pickups this week, I felt like I was missing something. Sure enough, I did forget one game. Luckily, I had snapped a pic while playing it earlier in the week...
Ultraman for the SNES. My, my, how could I forget you?
And to wrap things up, I also got my copy of Pat The NES Punk Vol 1&2 in the mail this week. For those who don't know, Pat Contri is a retro game reviewer/funny lad on the Youtubes. Not only does he have weird hair, he is also my personal favorite retro game aficionado on the interwebz. I thoroughly enjoyed the dvd and encourage anyone who reads this blog(both of you) to check out his Youtube content as well as his personal site, thepunkeffect.com. Pat is one of the many talented and lovable yokes who contribute to an awesome site called RetrowareTV. If you love retro games, or just want to learn a thing or two about them, RetrowareTV is an awesome place to go.
So that's it for my pickups. Hopefully I will have more luck in the coming weeks. Then again, let's just leave luck to heaven. Get it?
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