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Posted: **Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:53 am**

I started slow in February, but between my trip to Asheville last weekend and an Atari pick up this morning, I went out with a bang.

There were no huge finds this month, but I did manage to add 31 games to my 2600 collection and both Fire Emblem: Awakening and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy to my 3DS collection.

I am also averaging a little less than $3.50 per game despite picking several, relatively expensive new titles. I expect this number to creep up, however, as it becomes more difficult for me to find inexpensive games for my 2600.

January

February

March

Total Games - 140; Total Cost - $483

Posted: **Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:24 pm**

I haven't picked up much this year.

In January, I grabbed an NES and picked up Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt and Dragon Warrior.

For my Dreamcast - Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver, Jet Grind Radio, and Skies of Arcadia. Sadly, I haven't had time to play any of them.

For my 3DS - Pokemon White Version 2. I never played a Pokemon game when I was a kid. I never saw the appeal. I watched some footage of the first White version and wanted to get it but I didn't want to pay $35 for it. Luckily, the sequel was on sale that weekend for $15 and I grabbed it.

Posted: **Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:30 pm**

Last day of the month, updating time:

Previous months:

January: £21.30 - 5 games
Consoles - 1 - £290

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

A really lacking month for new games this month, for two reasons - first off, I'm pretty broke. Secondly, I did actually spend more in order to preorder Fire Emblem Awakening when it comes out in April in the UK. I've already put the money down for this one, so I guess it could count as a February purchase too. Tank! Tank! Tank! was a freemium download from the Wii U e-shop. I purchased one piece of the DLC add-ons in order to unlock unlimited plays of the multiplayer mode, which is the main reason I downloaded it. F-Zero was this months Famicom Anniversery game, which picked up for 30p because why wouldn't you?

Hopefully next month I can add something more substantial. At the very least I should be able to add the next Famicom Anniversery games though, which I think is Punch-Out!! next month.

Posted: **Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:53 pm**

Lots more pieces to make things more complete this month, like the last. A few more on the way still. Anyway, now that I've picked up today's mail, here's my February.

GBC
Little Mermaid II Pinball Frenzy book
Little Mermaid II Pinball Frenzy cart
R-Type DX book

GBA
Gradius Galaxies book
Iridion 3D book
Idirion II book
Monster Force book
Super Collapse II book

DS
Space Bust -A- Move

NES
Archon book
Dig Dug II book
Pin Bot box
Skykid book
Skykid box
Star Force book
Star Tropics box
Starship Hector book
Thunder & Lightning book

SNES
Shanghai box
Strike Gunner box

GG
Game Gear book

SMS
Line of Fire

PS1
Elemental Gearbolt disc
Paranoiascape
PS 1001 box

PS2
Gradius V

PS3
Infamous 2

360
Capcom Digital Collection

PC
3D Ultra Pinball: The Lost Continent

Posted: **Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:07 pm**

February

Pretty easygoing month. Most of these were dirt-cheap finds from the local thrift store and record shop.

I've purchased a surprising number of PC titles this year.

Posted: **Sat Mar 02, 2013 10:57 pm**

For a total of $21 at Goodwill today:

-Batman Returns (Genesis)
-Enclave (XBox)
-Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War (XBox)
-Ultimate Spider-Man (PS2)
-Virtua Racing (Genesis)

Posted: **Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:11 pm**

Well, since my package finally came in the mail, I can share my final February acquisitions.

Shiny, new and fresh from the Amazon box.

Walmart had FFXIII and since I had a giftcard it cost me a whopping $0.04. The book I found later, since I have a soft spot for strategy guides, especially RPG strategy guides (even if this one is linear and I probably won't need it).

Posted: **Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:53 am**

That Growlanser game is amazing.

Posted: **Sun Mar 03, 2013 7:42 pm**

BoneSnapDeez wrote:That Growlanser game is amazing.

I've had my eye on it for a while and have heard nothing but good things about it. Picking it up was a no-brainer

And now for the first acquisitions of March:

Poor Syberia II box. Almost crushed to hell

The thrift stores were practically erupting today with PC games. Someone had unloaded these and what looks to have been their entire Sims 2 collection. I don't give a damn about the Sims, but I do like adventure games, so I snatched these up. They hadn't even been put out yet. They were in the back in a row of "items to be put out later" carts.

I'd sort of been waiting to find a couple of these for the Xbox (I may end up doing that yet), but this works too.

Posted: **Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:15 pm**

Goodwill is like a treasure trove of old PC games. Three of my February games were from Goodwill - $1.99 each. I'm convinced people give away a lot of their old PC games because they don't know they can run them on current PCs (they don't know about DOSBox or whatever). Lucky for me I multiple PCs with DOS, Windows 3.1, 98, XP, Vista, and 7.

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