Games Acquired 2013

Post by **jinx** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:14 am

January/February/March

I'll only list prices on items I got for a good deal. (I think...)
Collection is finally starting to come together.
Now I just need to budget a little better...

Systems:
Genesis ($12 shipped)
Dreamcast (w/VGA Mod)
Gamecube ($15 pick-up)
PS2 Slim (free)
SNES
GBA
GBA SP

Games:
Dreamcast:
Bomberman Online
Gauntlet Legend
Phantasy Star Online ver.1 and ver.2
SoulCalibur
Unreal Tournament
Last Hope: Pink Bullets

Genesis:
Rocket Knight Adventures
Sonic & Knuckles
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Vectorman
Vectorman 2

PS1:
Crash Bandicoot
Final Fantasy IX
The Legend of Dragoon

PS2:
Final Fantasy X-2
Fullmetal Alchemist: and the Broken Angel
Kingdom Hearts

Gamecube:
DDR: Mario Mix
Luigi's Mansion
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2 Echoes
Super Smash Bros. Melee

SNES:
Castlevania IV
Donkey Kong Country
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Mario Allstars + Super Mario World
Super StarWars
Ultima: The False Prophet

N64:
007
Castlevania
Donkey Kong 64
Excitebike 64
Gauntlet Legends
The Legend of Zelda OoT
The Legend of Zelda MM
Starfox 64
StarWars Episode 1 Racer
Super Mario 64

Accessories:
Quite a few for Dreamcast and N64 controllers
Several VMUs for 2 bucks a piece.
Dreamcast Agetec Arcade Stick
Dreamcast Keyboard and Mouse ($20 shipped)
Dreamcast Magazines vol 2-12 (around $20 shipped)

Post by **prfsnl_gmr** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:37 am

I scaled back a bit, but nonetheless finished up strong in March. (Some country flea markets and the GameStop B2G1 sale on Wii games were good to me this weekend.) I am setting up some purchases/trades through this site right now - and I plan on hunting for some 2600 games this weekend - so, I also have high hopes for April!

January

February

March

April

Total Games - 214; Total Cost - $710

Average Game Cost - $3.31

Post by **dsheinem** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:43 am

prfsnl_gmr wrote:
Total Games - 161; Total Cost - $578

Average Game Cost - $3.59

That's a good idea of a line to add!

I'm at 181 total in, $726 total out, for an average of $2.49 per game

Before March i was at less than $0.80 an average per game across about 150 purchases :lol:

Post by **prfsnl_gmr** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:59 am

dsheinem wrote:I'm at 181 total in, $726 total out, for an average of $2.49 per game

Before March i was at less than $0.80 an average per game across about 150 purchases

That is awesome!

I have been tracking the average cost for some time, and trying to keep it down has caused me to be a little more selective with my purchases. (Also, Fire Emblem Awakening, the one new game I have purchased this year, is throwing my numbers off...without it, I would be down to $3.36 per game.)

The two things that I have trouble accounting for are trades and "get one free" sales. I account for the former by dividing the out-of-pocket cost of the traded item and shipping cost evenly across the games that I receive in return. (My collection is like a black hole; so - as a general rule - any games I have for trade were purchased solely for that purpose.) In contrast, I account for the latter by marking the "free" items as $0, rather than dividing the total cost of the purchase across all of the items.

Post by **Stark** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:01 pm

January Purchases:

February Purchases:

3/1 – El Shaddai (360)
3/5 – Castlevania Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate (3DS)
3/21 – Tomb Raider (360)
3/22 – Persona 3 Portable (Vita)

I've already beaten Castlevania too, it was awesome!

Post by **ExedExes** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:28 pm

January:

February:

March:

April:

*NEW* Advance Wars (GBA)
*NEW* Battalion Wars (Gamecube)
*NEW* Chaos Field (Gamecube)

An ABC way to start April off right! Advance Wars has been on my want list for a while now, but I had to wait for the Nintendo Premium Price (TM) to go down first. Batallion Wars I was able to get complete for under $10 so I figured it would pair well with Advance Wars. Chaos Field I've heard a lot about in the past year and it's always nice to have another shmup port that is exclusive to the GC.

Website · Post by **Hobie-wan** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:03 pm

I'm going to wait and include the stuff I'm keeping from the mega pile in April since it is possible I might have buyer's remorse on some of it and put it back into the sale. :lol:

PC
3D Ultra Minigolf

NES
Adventures Dino Riki COMPLETE
Cybernoid
Day Dreamin' Davey
Fester's Quest
Gun.smoke
Impossible Mission II AVE BOXED
Legacy of the Wizard
Lode Runner
Pipe Dream

SNES
Alien 3 box and manual
Ys III Wanderers From Ys COMPLETE

N64
Blast Corps

GB
Flipull
Hollywood Pinball
Pinball Fantasies

GBA SP flame red

XBOX
Jade Empire SEALED

SMS
Impossible Mission EURO

GEN
Pirates of Dark Water
Virtual Pinball COMPLETE

GG
Fantasy Zone Gear
Pop Breaker COMPLETE

PCE
Kiki Kaikai
Titan

PS1
Mass Destruction PS1

PS2 net adapter X2

Post by **BoneSnapDeez** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:59 pm

I buy about one AES game per year on average. This year it's The Super Spy. It's a pretty neat game; kind of a first-person shooter/beat 'em up with some light RPG elements. I dig it. It's weird to see a game from 1990 with a big ass photograph of a gun on the packaging. I think I'd (slowly) like to collect every Neo Geo game that I can get for under $50. So far I have four.

Arcana is a game I've wanted since I first heard about it two decades ago - I still remember the Nintendo Power article. For some reason I never got around to buying it until now. Can't wait to try it out.

I am a little ticked off though. The website I bought The Super Spy from claimed it was a complete game. Well, it arrived today with no manual - there's even a sticker on the box that says "manual not included"! How did they eff this up? Just like the Sega Saturn, I only like to buy complete Neo games. I can't exchange it because the site doesn't have another copy. I don't want to return it either because I got a pretty good deal. Guess I'll check ebay periodically for a replacement manual, but how common are those??? The box is kinda beat up too.

Oh and when I stepped into my house this afternoon I dropped Arcana and a big chunk of plastic broke of the cartridge. It's been one of those lives.

Post by **Ack** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:04 pm

That sucks, as I really like Arcana. My copy of Street Fighter II Turbo has a large crack along its back that occurred during shipping, so I can understand your pain.

As for The Super Spy...eh, it's ok. I once played through about half of it when I had an MVS, but I quit from boredom. It was a cool idea that just didn't work for me.

Post by **ExedExes** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:40 pm

BoneSnapDeez wrote:Arcana is a game I've wanted since I first heard about it two decades ago - I still remember the Nintendo Power article. For some reason I never got around to buying it until now. Can't wait to try it out.

You have good taste in RPGs, and you won't be disappointed in Arcana. I tend to enjoy the SNES RPGs that didn't get a lot of press or love :lol:

Ack wrote:As for The Super Spy...eh, it's ok. I once played through about half of it when I had an MVS, but I quit from boredom. It was a cool idea that just didn't work for me.

The only issue I had is the constant backtracking and re-spawning enemies as you were exploring everything, even those you had to defeat before entering rooms that half the time didn't have anything useful or poorly translated dialogue. But, it's an arcade game, so of course those elements were present.

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