Games Acquired 2024

[ElkinFencer10]

I still hold that the Vectrex is the most objectively COOL system ever.

What are your thoughts on overlays? I've been playing Mine Storm for a couple days with the repro overlay that it came with. The screen seemed sort of washed out, but I figured that was due to the hardware being more than 40 years old. Tonight I took off the overlay and the screen was as sharp and as beautiful as the test unit I saw in a toy store back in 1983. It'd be nice to have a bit of color, but now I'm thinking that overlays are kind of like a video game prophylactic. And while it's true that I don't know where my Vectrex has been, I'm willing to take the risks for greater retrogaming pleasure.

I admittedly have never had any overlays and never bought any repros, but I love the sharp, crisp monochomatic vector graphics, so I probably wouldn't use them even if I had them.

[Syndicate]

...things have been pretty busy, so I haven't been around as much as I would like or even made to many acquisitions for the collection. It looks like everyone made some really nice additions over the last month though. February was sort of light for me, but I finally got my hands on a clean copy of Choplifter for the SMS. I spent a ton of hours on the 7800 version, and being able to add the best home version to my collection is really cool. Sine Mora is a triple dip and Moving Out 2 should be a blast w/my kids.

[ElkinFencer10]

Acquired in 2024 so far - 32 Games; 23 physical, 9 digital
(physical is in regular font, digital is in italics)

January (8 Games Acquired; 6 physical, 2 digital)

The Hundred Year Kingdom (Switch)
Persona 3 Portable (Switch)
Senren*Banka (Switch)
Akai Katana Shin (Switch)
Mario+Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (Switch)
Outbreak Collection Part 2 (Switch)
Plumbers Don't Wear Ties (Switch)
Silver Falls: Guardians and Metal Exterminators S (Switch)

February (11 Games Acquired; 7 physical, 4 digital)

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (Switch)
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (PS5)
Alan Wake 2 (PC)
The Imperial Capital Burns - Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (Steam)
Star Trek: Resurgence (PS5)
Wanted: Dead (PS5)
Red Wings: Aces of the Sky
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (Xbox One)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PS5)
Atari Recharged Collection 1 (Switch)
Atari Recharged Collection 2 (Switch)

March (13 Games Acquired; 10 physical, 3 digital)

Pokemon Ruby (GBA)
Pokemon Sapphire (GBA)
Unicorn Overlord (Switch)
Pokemon FireRed (GBA)
Pokemon LeafGreen (GBA)
Princess Peach Showtime (Switch)
Anime Girls: High School of the Dead (Switch)
Age of Booty (360)
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project (360)
Alone in the Dark (PS5)
Sniper Elite 5 (PS5)
Zombie Army 4: Dead War (Switch)
Rogue Warrior (360)

New for March 19-31
Unicorn Overlord (Switch)
Pokemon FireRed (GBA)
Pokemon LeafGreen (GBA)
Princess Peach Showtime (Switch)
Anime Girls: High School of the Dead (Switch)
Age of Booty (360)
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project (360)
Alone in the Dark (PS5)
Sniper Elite 5 (PS5)
Zombie Army 4: Dead War (Switch)
Rogue Warrior (360)

[REPO Man]

I recently preordered the forthcoming Killer Klowns from Outer Space game for PS5.

Other than that I've mostly scored random indie and classic games on Steam (either via the Steam Store or Fanatical) and GOG.

Sadly, a couple of the games (Relicta and Lego Marvel Super Heroes) don't run that well on my Loki Zero. I was however able to get Mothergunship to (mostly) run.

[Reprise]

Did we lose a bunch of posts?

I'll try to remember everything I have picked up.

January 2024:

Project Overkill (PS1)
Under Defeat (Dreamcast)
Bleach: The Blade of Fate (DS)
Killzone (PS2)
Gungrave (PS2)
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (GBA)
Red Dog (Dreamcast)
Killer Instinct Gold (N64)

February 2024:

Ring of Red (PS2)
Return Fire (PS1)
Cuphead (Switch)
Ren & Stimpy Show Presents Stimpy's Invention (Mega Drive)
Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep (Wii)
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Mega Drive)
Sonic and the Black Knight (Wii)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PS5)

March 2024:
Outrun (Mega Drive)
The Suffering (PS2)
Project Zero III: The Tormented (PS2)
Killzone 2 (PS3)
God of War 3 (PS3)
Hogs of War (PS1)
Need for Speed Underground 2 (PS2)
Grandia 2 (Dreamcast)
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (SNES)
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown (Switch)

April 2024:
Legends of Wrestling II (Gamecube)
Showdown Legends of Wrestling (PS2)
Pokemon Snap (N64)
The Firemen (SNES)
Seaman (Dreamcast)

[Markies]

Markies' Games Acquired List Of 2024!

1. Child Of Eden (PS3)
2. Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising (NS)
3. The Punisher (GEN)
4. Journey To Silius (NES)
5. Ninja Gaiden II (NES)
6. Pokemon Blue (GB)
7. Robotrek (SNES)
8. Ehrgeiz (PS1)
9. The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Of Cold Steel (PS3)
10. Sin & Punishment: Star Successor (Wii)
11. Mario Kart 8 (WiiU)
12. West Of Loathing (NSW)
13. Excitebike 64 (N64)
14. Metroid Fusion (GBA)

This is mostly just a reposting of games lost in the migration. Games added that were new are Excitebike 64 and Metroid Fusion.

[Raging Justice]

Samura Jack: Battle through Time Best Buy cover - Switch

Seems to be getting hard to find, though I could say that about a ton of Switch games at this point. I did read somewhere though that Adult Swim digital games are getting de-listed

[marurun]

Adult Swim has closed their publishing functions, so anything they published is being pulled. Most developers probably still own their IP and can re-publish if they remove the Adult Swim logos but that will all come down to contract language.

[Raging Justice]

Adult Swim has closed their publishing functions, so anything they published is being pulled. Most developers probably still own their IP and can re-publish if they remove the Adult Swim logos but that will all come down to contract language.

Interesting. I guess we'll see.

Glad I got a copy, I flipped the reversible cover. I like that it has Ashi on the back

[BoneSnapDeez]

Some recent acquisitions:

I also got a PS5 yesterday.... Never owned a PS4 so I have some catch-up to do.