The Motherload

It’s been a while, but I finally have something worth an update. Last week and earlier this week I picked up a few games, but nothing exactly newsworthy. However, Thursday a friend of mine hooked me up with some of his old SNES games. That’s the real deal of the week, but first I’ll show the two other games I had added to the family earlier.

Skyblazer for the SNES. This looks like a fun game with an interesting graphical style. I’ve read it’s similar to Hook on the SNES, but more polished. It’s also a Sony Imagesoft game, which always stings a bit when I see that. Just think, at one time Sony knew their place and made games on video game companies’ game consoles. A few precious years later, they bought their way into the industry and forever wrecked it. But that’s a tirade for another day. As far the condition of the cart, it’s in pretty darn good shape. The label is nice and shiny with no major defects. On the back are some hideous rental stickers, but those, along with the marker….marks on the front bottom of the cart, can be taken off rather easily.

Then there was Sidearms for the TG16. This is complete! With the actual box, along with the jewel case and manual. You don’t see that too often. The game looks really fun. As I’m easing into TG16 klectin, I really would like to focus on shmups like Sidearms, since that is where the system really shines. Gunpei Yokoi willing, I hope to be picking up some more TG16 games in the near future.

And now the main event, the buttload of SNES games my friend hooked me up with. And when I say “hooked me up with”, I mean it. I got these games at a very fair price. Most of them are CIB, though a few lack a manual or are missing  page or two from the manual. It has been a long time since I've gotten such a good deal, and since I've gotten such a big haul. Let’s take a look…

I’m most excited about Final Fantasy II, which I’ve been wanting to get for the longest time, Oh-oh-ohhhh, for the longest time. The box is in pretty good shape to boot. Aaaaand it has the manual/guide too! Sweet! Also, Ultima: False Prophet is of particular interest to me. I have wanted to play an Ultima game since the late 80s, but for some reason just have never gotten around to doing it. I do have an Ultima game on the NES, but I’ve got a feeling that this one will be the first one that I play.

Also, it was really nice to get Super Ghouls n Ghost and U.N. Squadron with their respective boxes. Unless it is hiding in my collection somewhere, I realized after I bought this lot that I did not own Super GnG beforehand! Wow, and here I thought I already had the game for years. And U.N. Squadron, such an awesome game. I already own the game, but not with the box. I don’t have many boxed/complete SNES games, so I was very happy to get some quality boxed games in this bunch. Also notice TMNT IV, Earthworm Jim, and Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems in the flock.

Star Trek and Scooby Doo?

Since I don't like Mortal Kombat, I'll just leave this pic upside down!

UN Squadron, you're so cool

Ok, that’s it for now. Hopefully the next update will come soon-ish, as I plan to step up my game a little bit here in the near future. Until then, big hands I know you’re the one.