Games Acquired 2013

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ExedExes wrote:
BurningDoom wrote:Does the GBA version have the cool 80s living room menu?
Sure does, plus some really good menu music! Not everything is there from the console ports, but Aspyr did a heck of a job emulating that menu. I also like that they put the games in alphabetical order too unlike the PC version. The game interface is much cleaner and easier to use too. Finally, a huge plus, high scores are saved to cartridge. That's a big deal for me, because I can run up huge scores on Crackpots and Seaquest :)
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There's a GOW3 Special Edition with dog tags, a "statue", the game, and some other crap at GameStop for $50usd.

The box looks like crap, and the trade in value for the game is $2.50usd. Trying to figure out how to tell my friend he should return it other than by saying "IDIOT!".
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Luke wrote:There's a GOW3 Special Edition with dog tags, a "statue", the game, and some other crap at GameStop for $50usd.

The box looks like crap, and the trade in value for the game is $2.50usd. Trying to figure out how to tell my friend he should return it other than by saying "IDIOT!".
that's a good deal actually if it is this edition: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003O6EEE ... mdp_mobile
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May Update!:


Previous months:

January: £21.30 - 5 games
February: £2.09 - 2 games
March: £34.57 - 10 games
April: £69.89 - 9 games
Consoles - 1 - £290
Consoles: Wii U Premium Bundle - £290

Games:
January
New Super Mario Bros. U Wii U - Free
Nintendo Land Wii U - Free with console
Bubble Bobble SMS - £9.05
Kirby Mass Attack DS - £11.95
Balloon Fight Wii U VC - £0.30
Total: £21.30 - 5 games

February
Tank! Tank! Tank! Wii U eShop - £1.79 (free download + DLC add-on)
F-Zero Wii U VC - £0.30
Total: £2.09 - 2 games

March
Patapon PSP - £3.49
Shock Troopers Wii VC - £6.30
Piyotama PSN - Free
Patchwork Heroes PSN - Free
Wild Arms PS1 Classics - Free
Every Extend Extra PSP - £2
DoDonPachi Resurrection XBox 360 - £5
Little Inferno Wii U e-Shop - £4.49
Punch Out Wii U VC - £0.30
HarmoKnight 3DS eShop - £12.99
Total: £34.57 - 10 games

April
Super Aleste SNES - £6.21
Diddy Kong Racing N64 - £6
Fantastic Dizzy MD - £5.91
Fire Emblem: Awakening 3DS - £29.81
Kirby's Adventure Wii U VC - 30p
Liberation Maiden 3DS eShop - £4.49
Aero Porter 3DS eShop - £2.69
Crimson Shroud 3DS eShop - £4.49
Mario Kart 64 N64 - £9.99
Total: £69.89 - 9 games
May
To The Moon PC - £2.63
Ice Climber Wii U VC - 99p
Super Metroid Wii U VC - 30p
Super Mario World Wii U VC - £1.49
Tomb Raider PS1 - £1.50
Mario Party 8 Wii - £1
Sonic & The Secret Rings Wii - £1
WarioWare: Smooth Moves Wii - £3
Kirby Superstar Wii U VC - £1.49
Total: £13.40 - 9 games

A slightly deceptive month quantity wise. Ice Climber, Super Mario World and Kirby Superstar were all 'upgrades' from the Wii VC versions I already own. It's a bit of a rip-off that they're charging the fee imo, but for 60hz and gamepad play it's worth it to me. Super Metroid was the 30p game for the month (and also another upgraded game for me).

To The Moon was a cheap download from GOG - it actually cost $4, so my price in £ is a rough estimate. Tomb Raider, Sonic and Mario Party were cheap boot fair aquisitions, and I found WarioWare in a second hand shop for £3 too, s jumped on that too.

Despite getting 9 new games this month, it's not done a whole lot of damage to my backlog. I'd already beaten the 4 VC games before, as well as WarioWare, and To The Moon I've already beaten, meaning only 3 of them still need finished. Not too bad.

So much for my 3 games a month resolution. These digital sales are ruining me >_<
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dsheinem wrote:
Luke wrote:There's a GOW3 Special Edition with dog tags, a "statue", the game, and some other crap at GameStop for $50usd.

The box looks like crap, and the trade in value for the game is $2.50usd. Trying to figure out how to tell my friend he should return it other than by saying "IDIOT!".
that's a good deal actually if it is this edition: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003O6EEE ... mdp_mobile

I called my local GS and they have plenty in stocky (keeping the baby-talk typo).

Maybe I should pick one up, and run out the door with it.

If only you could trade in your old copies of gameinformer. I'd take a dime for each.
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Ok, there will be nothing tomorrow short of someone randomly throwing games at me after knocking on my door. I absorbed some more from the mega pile, so that inflates my intake again this month.

GBA SP Classic NES - boxed complete
Pitfall! / Demon Attack - C64 boxed complete
Blood - PC
Blood Plasma Pack - PC
Septerra Core - PC
Super Robot Pinball - J GBC boxed complete
Kyukyoku Tiger II Plus - J SAT complete
Thunder Cross Ore-tachi Gesen Zoku - J PS2 complete
The Firemen box and manual - J SFami to complete mine
GG Aleste II - J GG
Gridrunner - C64 boxed complete
Super Buster Bros - SNES complete
Ghoul Patrol - SNES
Hybrid Heaven manual - N64 to complete mine
Arkanoid manual - NES
Conquest of the Crystal Palace manual - NES
Pyramid manual - NES
Zanac - NES
Ghostbusters - GEN complete
Neo Geo Controller Pro - NG complete boxed
Jim Power The Lost Dimension 3D - SNES
3-D Ultra Pinball - PC
Bully - PS2 complete
Outrun 2006 Coast to Coast - PS2 complete
Twisted Metal Head-On Extra Twisted Edition - PS2 complete
Legacy of Kain Defiance - XBox
Bubble Symphony - J SAT complete
Layer Section - J SAT complete
Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari - J SAT complete
Shin Shinobiden - J SAT complete
Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Pazurudama - J SAT complete
Draconus Cult of the Wyrm - DC sealed
Puzzle Bobble - NGCD complete
Last Blade - NGCD complete
Top Hunter Roddy & Cathy - NGCD complete
Neo Geo Controller Pro - loose
Cotton 2 - J SAT complete
Hori Famicom controller
Darius II - J MD
The Peace Keepers - SNES
Sidearms Special - PCE complete
Jewel Master - GEN
Shadow Warrior - PC
Herc's Adventures - SAT complete
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You know, sometimes I'd feel a little anxious about all the games I got and the money I spent on them. Still do, sometimes. Do I really need another RPG when I have so many I haven't gotten to yet (the answer to that is of course I do.)

But I take a look in this thread and see what some of the rest of you are getting and I don't feel so bad anymore.

Carry on.
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With all of these freaking sales going on I've literally picked up about, oh, 65 games in the past week for just over 20$ USD.

Alan Wake + sequel
Oddworld: Abes Odyssey, exodus, munch's Odyssey
All of the Genesis classics packs
And 11 sonic games.

All of these things that I've been meaning to get for PC for a while now, and out of nowhere, BAM! Amazon.
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This was an interesting month for several reasons. For one, I got rid of two consoles: The N64 and all the titles I had for its library and an Xbox 360 fat. I also purged my collection of a lot of titles that no longer interested me or that I had/planned to get in another format. On the other hand, I spent a good deal -I picked up an Xbox 360 slim and a library of games with it, many of which were dupes of games I already had. The result of these two deals was that I was able to upgrade one console (and make some profit at the same time) as well as purge my collection of a lot of titles that I didn't want. In the end I spent about $400 this month but made about $1100, bringing my yearly totals down to a much more manageable figure and closer to where I want to be.

So...as a result of all this, I've tried to update my stats below with a few more categories to get a better sense of what's happening with my collection and what it is costing me to change it up as I have. I am just going to let the values of consoles "balance each other out" and ignore them in terms of calculating per game averages. Only those of you who care about stats will care about this, of course. :lol:

January: 84 (added) /56 (sold or traded away)
February: 74 (added) / 74 (sold or traded away)
March: 23 (added) / 2 (sold or traded away)
April: 22 (added) / 6 (sold or traded away)
May: 44 (added)/76 (sold or traded away)


MAY:

PS3/Vita
Pinball Arcace - Cactus Canyon/Central Park
Pinball Arcace - Dr. Dude and His Excellent Ray/Firepower

360
250GB Slim system
Skyrim
Dante's Inferno
Dead Space 3
Deathsmiles
Fable II
Fable II (sealed)
Fable III
Fallout 3
Forza 4 Essentials
Halo 4
Kameo
Lollipop Chanisaw
Ninety Nine Nights
Otomedius Excellent
Resident Evil 6
Splatterhouse
Viva Pinata
Akai Katana
Alice Madness Returns
Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts
Bayonetta
Call of Duty Black Ops II
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare GOTY Edition
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty World at War
Crysis 3
Metro: Last Light

PS1
Mass Destruction
Tiger Woods 99
Nuclear Strike
Driver
Supercross Circuit
Road Rash 3D

XBOX
Fatal Frame 2
Metal Slug 4&5

Sega Genesis
Fantastic Dizzy

Dreamcast
Sturmwind CE

PC
Sonic All Star Racing Transformed

iOS
Angry Birds Space
Angry Birds Space HD
Mr. Runner 2

TOTAL SPENT FOR MONTH: +$681.72 (more earned than spent)
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Running Stats
PS3: 24
PS3/Vita: 7
Vita: 3
360: 34
Wii: 10
PC: 17
3DS: 5
PSP: 6
PS2: 21
Gamecube: 2
Xbox: 39
Dreamcast: 9
Saturn: 5
PS1: 19
Jaguar: 3
Genesis: 9
SNES: 1
7800: 4
2600: 1
GBA: 1
GB: 2
Virtual Boy: 4
iOS: 5

Physical Games Acquired: 194
Digital Games Acquired: 53
Total Games Added: 247
Total Games sold or traded away: 214
Net Added to collection: 31 (Total Games Acquired - Physical Games sold/traded)
Net Physical Added to the collection: -22 (Physical Games acquired - Physical Games sold/traded)

Total Spent 2013: $195.28
Average Cost per new game added: $0.79
Average Cost per net game added to collection: $6.29


2012 totals
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2013 will probably be more of slimming down what I'll never play again, and playing through what I already have. I am okay with that though. 8)

January: $49
Phantasy Star Zero - Nintendo DS
Dreamcast Collection (New) - Xbox 360
Panzer Dragoon Orta - Xbox
Yakuza 4 (New) - PS3
February: $91.95
Gunblade NY & LA Machineguns Arcade Hits Pack - Wii
Ico - PS2 (Charity Auction)
Shadow of the Colossus - PS2 (Charity Auction)
Outrun 2 - Xbox (Complete) $.99
Sega Saturn Console
- 1 Controller
- 1 Memory Card Plus
- PTO (Complete)
- Romance IV
- Sim City 2000
- Sega All Stars Hockey

- 3 in One: Virtua Cop, Virtua Fighter 2, and Daytona USA
- Sega Screams 1
- Sega Bootleg Sampler

From mjmjr25:
-Nights (Saturn)
-Blue Stinger (Dreamcast)
-Sega GT (Dreamcast)

From Dad :)
-Saturn 360 Controller
-Mechwarrior (Saturn)
-Fighting Vipers (Saturn)
March: $139
Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram - $9 (Complete)
Soul Calibur with New Blue VMU - $15
Dreamcast Magazines 6-11 with Demo Discs $35
2, Count 'em, TWO sets of Samba de Amigo Maracas: $60
Samba de Amigo New & Sealed - $20
April: $151
SMS:
Bomber Raid - $20
Black Belt
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - $15
Ghost House
Trans Bot
F-16 Fighting Falcon
Gamecube:
Skies of Arcadia (Thanks Opa Opa!) - $40
Rogue Leader
NES:
Metal Gear
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Wii:
Dokapon Kingdom - $27
Fortune Street
Metroid Prime Trilogy$49, sold for $115
May:
Final Fantasy XI: Seekers Collection (Xbox 360) Nostalgia wore off incredibly fast on this one, traded it back to Amazon.
Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360)
Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
Journey Collector's Edition (PS3)
3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3)
Final Fantasy IX (PSX)
Pinbot (NES)
Super Spike V'Ball/Nintendo World Cup (NES)

Went pretty light on this month, which was fine. I spent $15 on Final Fantasy IX, and everything else, I had gift card balances for Amazon from using Bing Rewards, and some Power Up Rewards coupons that netted me the rest. Good month. :D

This year so far, I've sold items from my existing collection totalling $360.01, and spent $435.95, so in total my hobby over these past five months really has only cost me $76. 8)
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