Secret Santa 2015

[DeshDildo]

Merry Christmas!  Holy cow Santa, thank you so much.  Cosmic Fantasy is a game I've been wanting to grab for awhile.  The game that has seen the most play time so far is Kunio Kun Soccer.  My son loves that game already.  I can see it will now be a fight between him wanting to play that and me wanting to play other obey.  The Mega Man comics and Hucard Keychain are awesome!  Thank you so much!

[jeffhlewis]

So this really happened - I open the box above and this is inside:



I mean I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but c'mon - even the Sega CD cases were cracked. And I usually give my Santa partner great stuff every year. I just thought "oh well, always next year". I put the box on the trash pile.

As we were breaking down cardboard, I slit the bottom of the box and this fell out of a false bottom, in bubble wrap (thank god):



Holy crap!!! Ope was this you?

[jeffhlewis]

And ROFL - you're welcome dude! Always happy to give the gift of Outrun!

[PunkCryborg]

Thank you Santa! The "Get Zonked" postcard/stickers are especially awesome! This was a fun year as always. Merry Christmas everyone and special thank to NecroPhile for hosting this like always. I love Pc Engine FX

[grolt]

Everything may be frozen up here in Canada right now but I'm going for a dip in Splash Lake thanks to my Secret Santa.




Thank you and Merry Christmas to you all!

[johnnykonami]

No label but my package return address was from Robot Hell... thank you Necro! 





Wow!  So much greatness!  My girlfriend also wanted to let you know that she loved the candy corn wrapping paper and also - you didn't know this about me yet (or did you...!) but I love old fashioned Christmas candy!   Thank you again bro!



Here's the rest of my haul, future mother in law also got me a Necronomicon Pinball which I've been wanting for a while now.  Brand new!!

[Opethian]

Haha yea i was hoping you would find the false bottom. Glad you did cheers man.

[johnnykonami]

Everything may be frozen up here in Canada right now but I'm going for a dip in Splash Lake thanks to my Secret Santa.

Thank you and Merry Christmas to you all!

That wrapping paper is awesome.

Haha yea i was hoping you would find the false bottom. Glad you did cheers man.

That is also awesome.  You guys are awesome.

[Enternal]

Thank you secret Santa!!!!



I was up visiting my girlfriends parents on Christmas eve and on the drive back today I was dying to get into the house and open the gift.  I have Star Soldier and Starship Hector and have played Super Star Soldier back in the day and really liked it,  I never played got to play Final Soldier.

I will now spend Christmas trying to finish these! Thank you so much it may be Christmas 2015 but tonight its the 90's and Earth is under attack from aliens, time to be a hero

I've been waiting for my Secret Santa recipient to post his gift.

[EvilEvoIX]

WOW!!!!  Such generosity!

[hoobs88]

Cool artwork on the shipping box.


Letter from Santa Zonk and another layer of unwrapping to do.


Factory Sealed Zipang and L-Dis

Thank you Santa Zonk (aka Desh)!

[Mathius]

Merry Christmas you guys! It wasn't official but I did get a minty Ave 6 pad from Bernie. Also he even set me up with a boxed pachinko controller. Ironically it's actually pretty comfortable and could be used for regular games easily I would imagine. Thanks Bernie!

[chany60126]

Can't wait to play this game, sealed too! Thanks Santa!

[jeffhlewis]

Haha yea i was hoping you would find the false bottom. Glad you did cheers man.

You seriously had me fooled with the false bottom, heh. You spoiled the shit out of me, man - above and beyond. If you make it to MGC you've got a beer (or ten) on me.

[JoshTurboTrollX]

Whooo!!  Secret Santa delivery!!!  WOW!!  Thank you so much!!

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[Koop]

Whooo!!  Secret Santa delivery!!!  WOW!!  Thank you so much!!

You're welcome buddy enjoy! Sorry it was a day late. 

[turboswimbz]

Sadly I don't have a picture ready, 

BUt thanks to my Santa, I got some very nice gifts.

Including some really cool things

Bomberman 94 which I had given away to someone here really wanted it, so now I have it back!

Sindibad - wanted to try this one for a long time now

and 3 X 3 Eyes. I can't wait to fire up the Arcade Card!!

Happy Holidays to All.

[turboswimbz]

Merry Christmas!  Holy cow Santa, thank you so much.  Cosmic Fantasy is a game I've been wanting to grab for awhile.  The game that has seen the most play time so far is Kunio Kun Soccer.  My son loves that game already.  I can see it will now be a fight between him wanting to play that and me wanting to play other obey.  The Mega Man comics and Hucard Keychain are awesome!  Thank you so much!

Your Welcome, Glad the games are being enjoyed.  Kunio Kun Soccer is a cool little game.  I had hoped that the comics and such would be appreciated.  Hope the Holidays are filled with more joy for you.

[JoshTurboTrollX]

Whooo!!  Secret Santa delivery!!!  WOW!!  Thank you so much!!

You're welcome buddy enjoy! Sorry it was a day late. 

Hey buddy thank you so much!!  I am loving playing through the moon runes version of Calvin Koolage in the Beta Zones!! 
Did you enjoy your Xmas gifts?  Did you figure out who your Secret Santler is?

[bartre]

I'm really curious what that game by human is.
the PCE game on the bottom right?

on the note of my Santa, holy crapbaskets!
my santa was a little sneaky, the gift was shipped directly to me from the printer, so i have no clue who it could be!
though i'm suspicious that it was someone i kinda know, many of your addresses are familiar to me


anyone curious, it's a christmas story starring our very own Bonk and Rick.
seriously though, this is amazing!

[esteban]

I'm really curious what that game by human is.
the PCE game on the bottom right?

on the note of my Santa, holy crapbaskets!
my santa was a little sneaky, the gift was shipped directly to me from the printer, so i have no clue who it could be!
though i'm suspicious that it was someone i kinda know, many of your addresses are familiar to me


anyone curious, it's a christmas story starring our very own Bonk and Rick.
seriously though, this is amazing!

The game by HUMAN is La Place No Ma...

That Bonk's Christmas Adventure is awesome, by the way. 

[NecroPhile]

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Santa Caws was very good to me.  Thanks so much, le bleu!!!  The mouse works dandy, but I'm surprised it sports only two buttons (no Run and Select buttons like the PCE mouse), and I played enough DK4 to see some tittehs. 

Also, don't y'all just love the lil smiley face on the PC-FX controller connectors?

[xcrement5x]

PCEngineFX Secret Santa Gifts! by xcrement5x, on Flickr

I got some awesome Bloody Wolf from my Santa!!  Plus a quite neat Devil's Crush sticker too!

[CrackTiger]

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Thank you very much Secret Santa!

Patlabor is full of amazing artwork, all with top quality pixelart and lots of OVA quality animation, like 3x3 Eyes and Gunbusters.

[esteban]

PCEngineFX Secret Santa Gifts!

I got some awesome Bloody Wolf from my Santa!!  Plus a quite neat Devil's Crush sticker too!

Dude! We need a scan/close-up pic of that awesome Bloody Wolf XMAS cover!

At first I missed how great that cover is!

[NecroPhile]

Ha!  I missed that too.

Well played, Santa.  Well played. 

[blueraven]

Santa Caws was very good to me.  Thanks so much, le bleu!!!  The mouse works dandy, but I'm surprised it sports only two buttons (no Run and Select buttons like the PCE mouse), and I played enough DK4 to see some tittehs. 

Also, don't y'all just love the lil smiley face on the PC-FX controller connectors?

Your welcome, NecroPhile, glad it was appreciated and it all arrived working!! I was a bit worried about the Mouse, as I had not tested it. I never noticed the smiley on the controller connectors! Also, glad about the tittehs

Thanks for organizing the Secret Santa, what, 5 years running?

...I'll have photos posted from my Secret Santa very soon!

[NecroPhile]

'Tis year six, which is why I sent along a bag of candy and used candy corn wrapping paper.

The traditional gift for a seventh anniversary is wool, so I guess I got a year to learn to knit. 

[PunkCryborg]

'Tis year six, which is why I sent along a bag of candy and used candy corn wrapping paper.

The traditional gift for a seventh anniversary is wool, so I guess I got a year to learn to knit. 

Is there anyone who has participated every year?

[NecroPhile]

Besides myself (of course), it looks like bmw, ope, hoobs, bartre, and josh have participated all six years.  I don't recall who all participated when Windy did it one year.

[bartre]

Really? I'm in the cool kids club? This is new

[CrackTiger]

The game by HUMAN is La Place No Ma...

That Bonk's Christmas Adventure is awesome, by the way.   

La Place no Ma is a great game if you can handle the language barrier.

[johnnykonami]

La Place no Ma is a great game if you can handle the language barrier.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to cracking into it.  It was a pleasant surprise to get that one from Santa this year!  I collect horror games (and play them too of course, it's just one of my primary genres of interest is what I mean) so I'm very happy I can enjoy it and the other games too.  I also love Turn Based Strategy games and loved the original Vasteel when I had it, so Vasteel 2 was another slam dunk.  And finally I have reunited with Dungeon Explorer!  Between that and the bootie of DE2, I am super stoked and totally have more games than I know what to do with at the moment, but they're all gonna get played eventually!

So I noticed many of you remained anonymous on your Secret Santa gifts, while I just went ahead and put my forum name on the From: label... I figured when you exchange gifts in person, you find out who you got then (when they hand it to you) - at least that's how my friends and I have always done it.  I hope I didn't spoil the mystery!

[Mathius]

Really? I'm in the cool kids club? This is new

Missed it 'cause of this year's dumb hardships. Damn!

[jtucci31]

Well I've had a really busy holiday with multiple car troubles and a relative in and out of the hospital, but my gifts this year were great.

No picture for now but I got Energy, Wonder Momo, and Gomola Speed. They've all been a blast to play and I wish I had more time to play them. Thanks again Punki!

Also won the Magicoal this year, so thank you NecroPhile for that and for setting this up once again. Hope everyone had a good holiday.

[Enternal]

on the note of my Santa, holy crapbaskets!
my santa was a little sneaky, the gift was shipped directly to me from the printer, so i have no clue who it could be!
though i'm suspicious that it was someone i kinda know, many of your addresses are familiar to me


anyone curious, it's a christmas story starring our very own Bonk and Rick.
seriously though, this is amazing!

You should make a video reading of this in front of a fire place with some Christmas music playing in the background.

[geise]

I miss Windy.  Hope he's doing well.  I believe I have only done it 3 or 4 times.

[NecroPhile]

You should make a video reading of this in front of a fire place with some Christmas music playing in the background.

Yeah!  Let's see some more of dat book. 

[hoobs88]

Besides myself (of course), it looks like bmw, ope, hoobs, bartre, and josh have participated all six years.  I don't recall who all participated when Windy did it one year.

Just wanted to say "Thank you" to Necromancer once again for hosting and organizing the Secret Santa gift exchange.

[blueraven]

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Thanks again BlueBMW!!  I've wanted Gradius for as long as I can remember, and the wrapping had me laughing for days! The shewties are much appreciated, and will get some serious oBey time now that I have my briefcase operational. Hopefully your holidaze have been filled with good times, and some time off from work and school.

Cheers to All!

[geise]

^Haha.  That was pretty sweet.

[johnnykonami]

Besides myself (of course), it looks like bmw, ope, hoobs, bartre, and josh have participated all six years.  I don't recall who all participated when Windy did it one year.

Just wanted to say "Thank you" to Necromancer once again for hosting and organizing the Secret Santa gift exchange.

Yes!  Thank you Necro!  Looking forward to doing it all again next year.

[Elder]

Thank you NecroPhile for setting this all up.  It was an absolutely blast



Major thanks to Johnny.  I've been looking for this one for a while now!  So super stoked by all the extra goodies too   I figured I'd take a pic of the wrapping paper so I always remembered where this awesome gift came from.  Thanks again!

[johnnykonami]

Thank you NecroPhile for setting this all up.  It was an absolutely blast

Major thanks to Johnny.  I've been looking for this one for a while now!  So super stoked by all the extra goodies too   I figured I'd take a pic of the wrapping paper so I always remembered where this awesome gift came from.  Thanks again!

You're welcome bro!  I was waiting for you to open yours up.  I saw your post about Alien and Devil's Crush from a while back, so I figured it would be perfect.  Not only that, when I received my TG-16 Xmas 1989, the game I got alongside it was Alien Crush, so I have some pretty mad Xmas nostalgia for it.  It's a great game, I hope you enjoy it.  And the stickers too!  Figured I'd throw in another weird piece of 80's nostalgia for ya.

[Elder]

You're welcome bro!  I was waiting for you to open yours up.  I saw your post about Alien and Devil's Crush from a while back, so I figured it would be perfect.  Not only that, when I received my TG-16 Xmas 1989, the game I got alongside it was Alien Crush, so I have some pretty mad Xmas nostalgia for it.  It's a great game, I hope you enjoy it.  And the stickers too!  Figured I'd throw in another weird piece of 80's nostalgia for ya.

I've been having a blast with it.  I actually opened everything on Christmas day, just never got around to uploading the picture until now   Thanks again!  Those stickers sure brought back memories.  I can't believe it has been over 30 years since the Garbage Pail Kids stickers first came out.  I feel exceedingly old right now. haha

[Opethian]

SS 2015

gallery of my video game gifts of the year

SS came in mephisto vs  the xmen and avengers nice!

Finally Tenchi Wo karou and Galaga 88! cheers tooch!

[blueraven]

Awesome Ope!! 

Now you can join the G'88 Highscore Thread!

[bartre]

You should make a video reading of this in front of a fire place with some Christmas music playing in the background.

Yeah!  Let's see some more of dat book. 

Is this a thing you guys want? I can do it if you'd like

[Enternal]

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is a story of Bonk and Rick for all to hear 

[Bernie]

So, who won the Magicoal?  Or did I miss that post....