Markies wrote:Went out yesterday and picked up Skies of Arcadia for the Dreamcast.
Even though I own a Gamecube, I want to at least play through the original game first before I try out the remake. I've heard that the Dreamcast does better graphics and sound then the Gamecube.
Plus, I have never minded playing an original first before a remake.
But the Gamecube version isn't a remake, it's just a port. It has rebalanced encounter rates and exp. gains and some extra content.
I've never heard of the Gamecube version having worse graphics, if anything I've heard they were polished up a little. The music quality thing seems fairly minor, it's just a little more compressed from my understanding. You probably woudn't even notice anything wrong, I sure didn't/
They also added new content, but also has stronger censorship because of Nintendo.
I do want to play both and experience them both for myself. So, I figured I might as well start at the beginning and play the original before I play the port.
If the game is as good as I have heard from many other people, then I have no problem whatsoever in playing through it twice.
Listing stuff acquired from 7/28/2015 - 9/11/2015 since I don't remember what was bought when. Big, though not expensive, acquisitions were the 2DS and GameCube Component Cables. I also picked up some Amiibo and Nintendo Power guides which will you can find in my YTD listings.
NES/Famicom: Dr. Mario C Fantasy Zone II C (JPN) Yoshi C
SNES/Super Famicom: Mario & Wario C (JPN) Super Star Wars C Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose C
N64: 1080 Snowboarding C Donkey Kong 64 C Rakuga Kids C (JPN) Star Wars Episode One Racer C
Gamecube: Batman Vengeance CIB Disney Sports Soccer CIB GameCube Interactive disc 16 C Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire CIB Medal of Honor: European Assault CIB Metroid Prime bonus disc C Nintendo Puzzle Collection (JPN) CIB Tales of Symphonia CIB Wave Race: Blue Storm CIB GameCube Component Cables
Wii/Wii U: n/a
GBC: Star Wars Episode One Racer C
GBA: GBA SP AGS-001 Cobalt w/ charger Custom Robo GX C Densest no Stafy C Densetsu no Stafy 2 C Kirby and the Amazing Mirror C Mario Golf Advance Tour NFR C Scooby-Doo Cyber Chase & Mystery Mayhem Double Pak C
NDS: Legendary Starfy C New International Track & Field C Prince of Persia: The Fallen King C Puyo Pop Fever C Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals C
N3DS: 2DS system CIB Lego Lord of the Rings CIB
Neo Geo Pocket King of Fighters First Contact C
Sega Genesis Mega Everdrive
List of Games (and other video game related goodies) acquired YTD:
NES/Famicom - 4 + 1 accessory Dr. Mario C Fantasy Zone II (Famicom) R.B.I. Baseball 2 C (Tengen version) Yoshi C Accessories: NES V 2.0 (Dog Bone) Controller
SNES/Super Famicom - 4 + 1 accessory SD Gundam: V Sakusen Shidou C (Super Famicom) Mario vs Wario C (Super Famicom) Super Star Wars C Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose C Accessories: Hudson Multitap V 1.0
N64 - 5 1080 Snowboarding C Donkey Kong 64 C Rakuga Kids (JPN) C Ridge Racer 64 C Star Wars Episode One Racer C
Gamecube - 52 + 4 accessories & 1 console Backyard Football CIB Baten Kaitos Origins CIB Batman Vengeance CIB Beach Spikers CIB Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO CIB Cars CIB Chicken Little CIB Disney Sports Soccer CIB F1 2002 CIB FIFA 2003 CIB FIFA Street CIB Finding Nemo CIB Gauntlet: Dark Legacy CIB Go! Go! Hypergrind CIB Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire CIB Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup CIB Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life CIB Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction CIB Interactive Demo Disc vol 14 CB Interactive Demo Disc 16 C Madden '06 CIB Madden '07 CIB Madden '08 CIB Mario Party 5 CIB Medal of Honor: European Assault CIB Mega Man Network Transmission CB Mega Man X: Command Mission CIB Metal Arms: Glitch in the System CIB Metroid Prime Bonus Disc C Naruto: Gekito Ninja Taisen! 3 CIB NBA Courtside 2002 CIB Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island CIB NBA Street CIB NFL Street CIB NHL '06 CIB Nintendo Puzzle Collection CIB (JPN) Odama CIB w/ big box P.N. 03 CIB Pokemon Channel CIB Resident Evil 4 CIB Resident Evil Code: Veronica X CIB Shadow the Hedgehog CIB Skies of Arcadia Legends CIB Sonic Heroes CIB SSX 3 CIB Star Wars: Rebel Strike - Rogue Squadron III CIB Star Wars: Rebel Strike - Rogue Squadron III Demo Disc CB Tak and the Power of Juju CIB Tales of Symphonia CIB Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles CIB Tony Hawk's Underground 2 CIB (2x - 1 black label, 1 Player's Choice Wave Race: Blue Storm CIB Zatch Bell!: Mamado Battles CIB Systems & Accessories: GameCube Component Cables Indigo GameCube system with region switch mod Smash Bros Wii U Controller Wavebird Controller w/ receiver (grey)
Wii - 22 (23 retail, 1 eShop) A Boy and His Blob CIB Arcade Hits Pack: Gunblade NY & LA Machineguns CIB Back to the Future: The Game CIB Batman: Brave and the Bold CIB Bit.Trip Complete CIB Doc Loius's Punch-Out!! (eShop) Drawn to Life CIB Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time CIB Ghost Squad CIB Guilty Party CIB House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return CIB Jerry Rice and Nitus' Dog Football CIB Monster Hunter G (JPN) CIB Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident CIB Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers CIB Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection CIB PopStar Guitar CIB Sam & Max Season One CB SSX Blur CIB Tournament of Legends CIB TopSpin 3 CIB (new, sealed) Trauma Center: New Blood CIB Trauma Team CIB Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure CIB
Wii U - 23 (4 retail, 19 eShop) Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (eShop) ESPN Sports Connection CIB Golden Sun (eShop) Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (eShop) Hyrule Warriors CIB Ice Cream Surfer (eShop) Mario Kart 8 DLC (eShop) Metroid Prime Trilogy (eShop) Mighty Switch Force: Hyperdrive Edition (eShop) OllieOllie (eShop) Pikmin 3 CIB Pushmo World (eShop) Runner 2: Future Legend of Alien Rhythm (eShop) Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (eShop) Shovel Knight (eShop) Sportsball (eShop) Stealth, Inc. 2 (eShop) SteamWorld Dig (eShop) Swords & Soldiers HD (eShop) Super Smash Bros. CIB The Fall (eShop) Toki Tori (eShop) ZaciSa's Last Stand (eShop)
GB/GBC: 1 Star Wars Episode One Racer C
GBA: 6 + 1 system Custom Robo GX C Densetsu no Stafy C Densetsu no Stafy 2 C Disney Extreme Skate Adventure C Kirby and the Amazing Mirror C Mario Golf Advance Tour NFR C GBA SP system (AGS-001, Cobalt) - 2x
DS: 14 Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride CIB Dragon Quest IX: Sentinel of the Starry Skies C Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker CIB Gardening Mama CIB Hop CIB Kirby Mass Attack CIB Legendary Starfy C Littlest Pet Shop: Garden CIB New International Track & Field C Nintendogs: Dachshund & Friends CIB Prince of Persia: Fallen King C Puyo Pop Fever C Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals C Toy Story 3 CIB
3DS - 28 (8 retail, 20 eShop) Animal Crossing: New Leaf CIB Attack of the Friday Monsters: A Tokyo Tale (eShop) Crimson Shroud (eShop) Dillon's Rolling Western (eShop) Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D CIB Fairune (eShop) Freakyforms Deluxe: Your Creations, Alive! CIB Gunman Clive (eShop) - 2x Gunman Clive 2 (eShop) Kersploosh (eShop) Kid Icarus: Uprising (eShop) LEGO Lord of the Rings CIB Mighty Gun Volt (eShop) Mighty Switch Force (eShop) - 2x Mighty Switch Force 2 (eShop) Moon Chronicles (eShop) New Super Mario Bros 2 CIB Nano Assault CIB Nintendogs + Cats: Toy Poodle and Friends CIB OllieOllie (eShop) Photos with Mario (eShop) + Goomba AR card Pokemon Shuffle (eShop) Pokemon Y CIB Pushmo (eShop) SteamWorld Dig (eShop) Whoa, Dave (eShop)
Sega Genesis/32X/CD - 4 (3 Sega CD) + 2 consoles + 1 accessory Dragon's Lair C Ecco the Dolphin C Lethal Enforcers C Mega Everdrive C Systems & Accessories: 2 Sega Genesis model 1 systems, no hookups 32X unit plus cords
oXbox - 6 + 1 accessory Avatar: The Last Airbender CIB Azurik: Rise of Perathia CIB Blinx the Time Sweeper CIB Buffy the Vampire Slayer CIB Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning CIB Shrek Super Party CIB Accessories: Xbox High Definition AV Pack (I need component cables for it)
Xbox 360 Kinect Adventures CIB Kinect Disneyland CIB Raiden IV LE Sega Dreamcast Collection CIB Sega Superstars Tennis / Xbox Live Arcade CIB
PSP - 2 + 1 system PSP 1000 Unit Silent Hill Origins CIB Twisted Metal: Head-On CIB
PS2 - 7 Def Jam Vendetta CIB (Greatest Hits) Dora the Explorer: Journey to the Purple Planet CIB Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King CIB (missing FF demo disc) Grand Theft Auto III CIB Kingdom Hearts CIB (Greatest Hits) Kingdom Hearts II CIB Suikoden III CIB
Neo Geo Pocket King of Fighters - First Contact C
Atari 2600/7800 - 26 (15 - 2600, 11 - 7800) + 1 system Atari 7800 console w/ hookups and 1 controller Games, all cart only: Asteroids (2600) Asteroids (7800) Berserk (2600) Centipede (2600) Centipede (7800) Food Fight (7800) Galaga (7800) x2 Joust (7800) Millipede (2600) Missile Command (2600) Moon Patrol (2600) Mouse Trap (2600) Ms. Pac-Man (2600) Ms. Pac-Man (7800) Pac-Man (2600) Pitfall (2600) Pole Position II (7800) Robotron 2084 (7800) Space Invaders (2600) Star Raiders (2600) Super Breakout (2600) Super Huey (7800) Vanguard (2600) Yar's Revenge (2600) Xevious (7800)
PC - 2 Grim Fandango CIB Star Wars Galaxies - The Complete Collection CIB
Nintendo Power Guides - 11 Banjo-Tooie Game Boy Official Camera Guide Game Boy Official Guide Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Luigi's Mansion Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Metroid Prime Metroid Prime Hunters Nintendogs Pikmin Pokemon Diamond/Crystal Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire StarFox Assault Super Game Boy Official Guide Super Smash Bros. Melee Top Secrets Official Guide Wave Race: Blue Storm
Amiibo/Skylanders - 24/4 8-bit Mario Captain Olimar & Pikmin Charizard Classic Character 3-Pak Duck Hunt, R.O.B., Mr. Game & Watch (pre-ordered) Donkey Kong Ganondorf Gold Mario Lucario Mega Man Meta Knight Ness Pac-Man Pikachu Silver Mario Sonic Splatoon 3-Pak Toad Toon Link Wario Zero Suit Samus 4 Swap Force figures
World of Nintendo Action Figures Diddy Kong - 2.5" Diddy Kong - 4" Donkey Kong - 2.5" Samus Aran - 4"
Game Systems Owned: NES, NES 2 (AV mod), SNES, SNES 2, N64 (Pikachu), N64 original (boxed), Gamecube (Orange, Silver, Purple), Wii, Wii U (Zelda), GB Pocket, GBA (2x-Arctic & Indigo), GBA SP (3x), DS Lite (Crimson/Black), 3DS (Aqua Blue), Sega Genesis and 32X, Game Gear, Lynx, PSP (2x), Vita, and Gold PS4.
Code Name Viper (NES) Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing (SNES) Duke Nukem Advance (GBA) Zone 66 (PC) Ghostbusters (DS)
June:
Street Fighter Alpha 3 (GBA) 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker (Gamecube) Advance Wars Days Of Ruin (DS) Feel The Magic XX-XY (DS) Clubhouse Games (DS) TouchMaster (DS) Trauma Center: Under The Knife (DS) Brain Age (DS) Brain Age 2 (DS) Swingerz Golf (Gamecube) Nervous Brickdown (DS) Point Blank DS (DS) Ultimate Mortal Kombat (DS)
*NEW* Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood (PC) *NEW* Adventure Island II (NES) *NEW* Cabal (NES) *NEW* Startropics II Zoda's Revenge (NES)
I too am super psyched about my pickups today, the NES offerings alone I've been wanting for a long time, and the PC grab was at the Goodwill on the way home, a new FPS!
(nice Famicom Twin by the way post above me!)
Xeogred wrote:The obvious answer is that it's time for the Dreamcast 2.
Game Systems Owned: NES, NES 2 (AV mod), SNES, SNES 2, N64 (Pikachu), N64 original (boxed), Gamecube (Orange, Silver, Purple), Wii, Wii U (Zelda), GB Pocket, GBA (2x-Arctic & Indigo), GBA SP (3x), DS Lite (Crimson/Black), 3DS (Aqua Blue), Sega Genesis and 32X, Game Gear, Lynx, PSP (2x), Vita, and Gold PS4.
Found a decent deal on eBay. Japanese seller. Kirby's Adventure (ooops I mean 星のカービィ 夢の泉の物語) was a freebie bonus I didn't expect.
I don't own a regular Famicom so getting the Twin seemed like a better route to me than a Famicom + a Famicom Disk System. It's a beautiful console too. Gonna check out some FDS-exclusive RPGs when I get the chance.
Code Name Viper (NES) Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing (SNES) Duke Nukem Advance (GBA) Zone 66 (PC) Ghostbusters (DS)
June:
Street Fighter Alpha 3 (GBA) 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker (Gamecube) Advance Wars Days Of Ruin (DS) Feel The Magic XX-XY (DS) Clubhouse Games (DS) TouchMaster (DS) Trauma Center: Under The Knife (DS) Brain Age (DS) Brain Age 2 (DS) Swingerz Golf (Gamecube) Nervous Brickdown (DS) Point Blank DS (DS) Ultimate Mortal Kombat (DS)
Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood (PC) Adventure Island II (NES) Cabal (NES) Startropics II Zoda's Revenge (NES) *NEW* Basewars (NES) *NEW* Mario Golf (GBC) *NEW* Mario Kart DS (DS)
Just like that, 3 more pickups today!
Xeogred wrote:The obvious answer is that it's time for the Dreamcast 2.
