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Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:42 pm**

We are a little more than half way through the month; so, I thought that I would update my list. (As always, the new entries are in bold.)

I received a few of my charity auction winnings a few days ago, and I am one of the lucky few who tracked down a copy of Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS), my biggest purchase this month. The biggest surprise, however, has been Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy (3DS), which I am really, really enjoying at the moment. (It is a really fun rhythm game that really cashes in on classic Final Fantasy nostalgia.)

In any event, my wife and I are taking a trip to Asheville, North Carolina this weekend, and I always pick up a lot of games whenever we visit. Accordingly, I should have a lot to add before the end of the month.

January

February

Total Games - 111; Total Cost - $396

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:58 pm**

BurningDoom wrote:*Silpheed PS2*
I got this for $1.99 at GameStop last year, complete. I don't know why it was so dang cheap, because it's a fantastic shoot-em up.

As far as Treasure offerings go it isn't that great and many shmup snobs enthusiasts poo poo it so it isn't that popular. I think it is just fine and $2 for a complete copy is great IMHO.

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:44 pm**

Blu wrote: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.

January:

Phantasy Star Zero - Nintendo DS
Dreamcast Collection (New) - Xbox 360
Panzer Dragoon Orta - Xbox
Yakuza 4 (New) - PS3

Total: $49.

February (Probably the only games I will buy this month, as we're saving for a vacation)

Gunblade NY & LA Machineguns Arcade Hits Pack - Wii - $15
Ico - PS2 (Charity Auction) - $10 (total)
Shadow of the Colossus - PS2 (Charity Auction)

I'll note that if you're looking to get some cheap new games, Toys 'R' Us is having a Buy one, get one 40% off if you're buying games 19.99 and below. Snagged a copy of it for a friend's birthday, and picked one up for me too.

Few additions, from which I've cut myself off unless I find a fantastic deal.

Picked up a Sega Saturn, which needed video cords. $53 for:
- Saturn Console Model 2
- 1 Controller
- 1 Memory Card Plus
- PTO (Complete)
- Romance IV (Complete)
- Sim City 2000 (Complete)
- Sega All Stars Hockey (Disc and Manual)
- 3 in One (Virtua Cop, Virtua Fighter 2, and Daytona USA, missing Virtua Fighter manual)
- Sega Screams 1
- Sega Bootleg Sampler

Outrun 2 - Xbox (Complete) $.99

From mjmjr25: - $13.95
-Nights (Saturn)
-Blue Stinger (Dreamcast)
-Sega GT (Dreamcast)

91.95 total. I need to curb it for now.

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:10 pm**

I have been on a big Playstation 1 kick lately. I just picked up Wild Arms 1 & 2 and am having a blast. I also got today a sealed copy of GTA 1, as well as a sealed first run copy of Chrono Cross from Goodwill!

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:46 am**

I think I'm done for February, so time to update. I went nuts this month, but actually spent very little. I took in all the Genny/SNES/N64/PS1 games that I had never managed to sell on here and traded them in at the new game store near me, and happened to do so on a B2G1 sale day... so I pretty much wiped him out of loose NES carts :lol:

So, that is where 90% of these came from. The rest were just flea market pickups.

January

Total cash spent in January: None
Games acquired: 4

February

Total cash spent in February: $37
Games acquired: 49

prfsnl_gmr wrote:
I love collecting NES carts, and a few sub-sets are:

* the "pixel art" Nintendo games (i.e., Balloon Fight, Duck Hunt, etc.);
* the "silver label" Konami games (i.e., Contra, Jackal, Super C, etc.);
* the "Captain Commando" Capcom games (i.e., Gun.Smoke, Mega Man, Trojan, etc.);
* the "purple label" Capcom games (i.e., DuckTales, Little Nemo, Mega Man 2-6, etc.);
* licensed Tengen carts (i.e., Gauntlet, RBI Baseball, etc.);
* unlicensed Tengen carts (i.e., Gauntlet, RbI Baseball, Rolling Thunder, Shinobi, etc.).

I've been having a lot of fun picking up games for these subsets! The one I am mainly focusing on to start is the silver Konami games, which I have more than half of now. From there, I think I will go into the purple Capcom games, as there are so many games I want in that subset, and it will set the bar a bit higher than th Konami games.

I'm curious, out of those 3 pricey Capcom games (SB, RR2, DT2), which do you prefer? I plan on picking one of them up when taxes come in, as my first "gem" so-to-speak. I'm leaning towards one of the platformers, but just can't decide which one to go for.

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:32 am**

dunpeal2064 wrote:
prfsnl_gmr wrote:
I love collecting NES carts, and a few sub-sets are:

* the "pixel art" Nintendo games (i.e., Balloon Fight, Duck Hunt, etc.);
* the "silver label" Konami games (i.e., Contra, Jackal, Super C, etc.);
* the "Captain Commando" Capcom games (i.e., Gun.Smoke, Mega Man, Trojan, etc.);
* the "purple label" Capcom games (i.e., DuckTales, Little Nemo, Mega Man 2-6, etc.);
* licensed Tengen carts (i.e., Gauntlet, RBI Baseball, etc.);
* unlicensed Tengen carts (i.e., Gauntlet, RbI Baseball, Rolling Thunder, Shinobi, etc.).

I've been having a lot of fun picking up games for these subsets! The one I am mainly focusing on to start is the silver Konami games, which I have more than half of now. From there, I think I will go into the purple Capcom games, as there are so many games I want in that subset, and it will set the bar a bit higher than the Konami games.

I'm curious, out of those 3 pricey Capcom games (SB, RR2, DT2), which do you prefer? I plan on picking one of them up when taxes come in, as my first "gem" so-to-speak. I'm leaning towards one of the platformers, but just can't decide which one to go for.

You have grabbed some great games this month! I remember when I started collecting NES games in earnest. It was so much fun grabbing heaps of common games for next to nothing.

I am also glad to hear that you are going for the "silver label" Konami games first. None of the games in that sub-set are particularly valuable, but the sub-set contains some amazing games that have held up really well (i.e., Castlevania I - III, Contra, Gradius, Jackal, Life Force, Super C, etc.).

Finally, to answer your question, I prefer DuckTales 2 to any of the other rare/valuable Capcom games. (Full Disclosure: I have not yet acquired Snow Brothers, but I have played it on an emulator.) The DuckTales gameply is very, very solid, and while the second Ducktales game is not as good as the first, it is still one of the best games on the NES. (To be honest, all of the rare/valuable Capcom games are pretty good; so, I don't think that you will be disappointed with any of them.)

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:17 pm**

About bloody time

I walked into GS, at this point they recognize me as that guy who really wants the Fire Emblem game. Lucky for me UPS had arrived apparently just a few hours before I showed my face. They opened the box and there it was!

They only got 2 copies and, according to them, they have no idea if they'll be getting any more.

So I'm quite the happy camper. Once I finish my math test I think I'll finish up RE: Revelations and start on Fire Emblem! :mrgreen:

Posted: **Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:33 pm**

FerretGamer wrote:
Hazerd wrote:
Michi wrote:They had one copy. I must have stood in front of the case debating on whether or not I should get it for close to 5 minutes before thinking, "Hell, if I don't get it now and can't find it later it'll bug me for the rest of my life." So in my nice little collection stash is where it now resides

Good call, i also had to debate on buying the only copy my Target had, and glad i did, as Amazon is still out of stock and 3rd party sellers still selling them for $60+.

It's a good decision, the Fire Emblem games hold their value EXTREMELY well so most likely it will always be $40 (or more).

That's a very good point. I hadn't thought of that before.

You guys are great. You're making me feel better and better about my purchase :mrgreen:

RyaNtheSlayA wrote:I walked into GS, at this point they recognize me as that guy who really wants the Fire Emblem game. Lucky for me UPS had arrived apparently just a few hours before I showed my face. They opened the box and there it was!

They only got 2 copies and, according to them, they have no idea if they'll be getting any more.

I'm glad a lot people here seem to be having good luck with finding this.

Posted: **Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:23 am**

Thought I had posted this yesterday, but it looks like the Internet ate it, so I'll try again.

January:

February:

Namco Museum 50th Anniversary (Gamecube)

*NEW* Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown (Gamecube)

I was running a bit low on FPS, so I needed another.

Posted: **Sat Feb 23, 2013 6:35 pm**

Today's finds..........

Bull Moose Music - Waterville, Maine: Zone of the Enders ($7), Summoner ($3) and five Atari games - Kaboom!, Circus Atari, Bowling, RealSports Football, and Ice Hockey ($2 each).

Amazon: Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard ($4 + shipping). Wish I had done a little research on this one before purchasing. I thought it was a Windows Vista/7 game, it's actually a Windows 2000/XP game. Crashes when I attempt to load it on my computer. Time to drag the old PC out of the closet...

I'll probably pick up Etrian Odyssey IV shortly after launch and then I'm done for the month.

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