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I got some imports today. With the cost of shipping it worked out to about $20 a game. I'm looking forward to the Taito games the most. How can you go wrong with a game called Space Gun?

I also can't help but laugh at the Prince of Persia cover art. Our prince is most decidedly not from Persia. I guess it gives precedence to the Jake Gyllenhaal movie?

bmoc wrote:I got some imports today. With the cost of shipping it worked out to about $20 a game. I'm looking forward to the Taito games the most. How can you go wrong with a game called Space Gun?

I also can't help but laugh at the Prince of Persia cover art. Our prince is most decidedly not from Persia. I guess it gives precedence to the Jake Gyllenhaal movie?

Master of Darkness is legit, even if a "clone" of Castlevania.

I've had most of those when I had a SMS before. You're right about a Castlevania clone, but who cares when it's a solid good game. It's on my GG to get soon short list.

Tanooki wrote:I've had most of those when I had a SMS before. You're right about a Castlevania clone, but who cares when it's a solid good game.

I like to pretend that Soul of Darkness - another Castlevania knock-off - is its sequel.

EDIT: The linked review is more than a bit effusive. Soul of Darkness is OK, and I enjoyed my time with it. It really doesn't touch legitimate "metroidvania" games, however.

bmoc wrote:

I got some imports today. With the cost of shipping it worked out to about $20 a game. I'm looking forward to the Taito games the most. How can you go wrong with a game called Space Gun?

I also can't help but laugh at the Prince of Persia cover art. Our prince is most decidedly not from Persia. I guess it gives precedence to the Jake Gyllenhaal movie?

holy hell, nice man! legit jelly, both Dragon Crystal & Master of Darkness have been on my list forever now!

IrishNinja wrote:
holy hell, nice man! legit jelly, both Dragon Crystal & Master of Darkness have been on my list forever now!

Thanks! I only played them a little last night after disassembling and cleaning the carts. I might actually have to read the manual on Dragon Crystal. I had no idea what I was doing and got stomped almost immediately.

bmoc wrote:How can you go wrong with a game called Space Gun?

I found out how. The light gun can screw up the colors on your failing PVM even further. I guess I need to make that repair a higher priority.

bmoc wrote:

IrishNinja wrote: I might actually have to read the manual on Dragon Crystal. I had no idea what I was doing and got stomped almost immediately.

That can happen. It's a roguelike so it's entirely possible to die within seconds or have a game that goes nearly an hour...before you die.

I'll beat this damn thing one day!

I was so happy since I don't usually post finds I popped it into the smile thread, but for $500 + Dragon Warrior IV+guide book I got a cherry SNK manufactured 2 slot MVS cabinet with 9 legit cartridges and a 10th being the 161in1 multicart which is insane. Sold my Gold Ball I lost interest in to cover the damage and come out ahead as well. Probably end up using that added to buy a few carts for the cabinet not on the multi-cart or deal package. It's a low use machine too with 12.2k~ quarters through the mech.

I'm not going to blow the images out twice, no point, see the smile/anger thread for Sunday.

The 9 games were Aerofighters 2 and 3, Baseball Stars, Bust-A-Move, King of the Monsters, Metal Slug 1 and 2, Samurai Shodown II, and The King of Fighters 98. BAM and SS2 had some of their mini marquees and art cards (ss2 also has moves sticker) in a mix of english and spanish.

Betagam7 wrote:

bmoc wrote:

IrishNinja wrote: I might actually have to read the manual on Dragon Crystal. I had no idea what I was doing and got stomped almost immediately.

That can happen. It's a roguelike so it's entirely possible to die within seconds or have a game that goes nearly an hour...before you die.

I'll beat this damn thing one day!

fucking this...holy hell, you can starve to death so easy! ive literally beaten Fatal Labyrinth several times in my life, but that game is just brutal sometimes

I kind of just leave Dragon Crystal as something to enjoy a few times but also as a game with no end. I'm sure there probably is one, but given you die so easy and there's no save game method to it at all it's just enjoyable as a bite sized pick me up dungeon crawler.