The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread

[bob]

^^ what do youthink of formation?  That is a recent addition of mine too.

[MotherGunner]

Picked up World Heroes 1, Art of Fighting 2, and Akumajo Dracula for Super Famicom. On PCE picked up Formation Armed F, Paranoia, and Victory Run. Also grabbed two DVDO iScan Plus V2 units on the cheap.

Didn't know you wanted a Victory Run.  I have a spare I would have given you my friend.  =)

[richc]

Obey came strong today!  I'm off tomorrow so Gradius II will go for a run tomorrow!

[Gypsy]

Vasteel CIB online. Hopefully I'll have it early next week.

[xcrement5x]

Vasteel CIB online. Hopefully I'll have it early next week.

Nice!  You get the sleeve too with it?

[Gypsy]

I very much doubt it unfortunately as the seller didn't mention it and mentioned everything else. The sleeve seems to command quite the premium.

I didn't want to start buying Hucard games until we talked more about our trade but I am going to need to get 1 Japanese game and 1 US game by the time it arrives to I can make sure it's working.

[wildfruit]

Just had a new PC delivered. Missed not having a tower. Laptop exterminated.
G3258 Oc to 3.8 ghz
8GB ddr3
750 ti
240GB SSD

[PCEngineHell]

Picked up World Heroes 1, Art of Fighting 2, and Akumajo Dracula for Super Famicom. On PCE picked up Formation Armed F, Paranoia, and Victory Run. Also grabbed two DVDO iScan Plus V2 units on the cheap.

Didn't know you wanted a Victory Run.  I have a spare I would have given you my friend.  =)

Strangely enough I didn't know I wanted it either lol! Ends up the seller I got Paranoia and Armed F from threw it in the package as a surprise bonus. I got those games and the iscan units pretty cheap on ebay. All in all was a pretty good past couple of weeks of small buys.

[vmorr]

Some Genesis grabs today:

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[SuperGrafx]

I remember buying Landstalker from the clearance bin at the local KB Toy Store back in the mid 1990's.
What really resonates with me is the fact that it came packed with a fruit roll up inside.  For some reason, the fruit roll up company had some sort of marketing tie-in on this title. 

Guess it's one incentive not to keep your games sealed.

[SamIAm]

I think Gunstar Heroes had a fruit rollup inside it, too.

[Mathius]

I remember buying Landstalker from the clearance bin at the local KB Toy Store back in the mid 1990's.
What really resonates with me is the fact that it came packed with a fruit roll up inside.  For some reason, the fruit roll up company had some sort of marketing tie-in on this title. 

Guess it's one incentive not to keep your games sealed. 

I would say the biggest reason to not keep your games sealed is, now cover your eyes collectards, is PLAYING THE DAMN GAME!

[SuperGrafx]

I think Gunstar Heroes had a fruit rollup inside it, too.

I think you may be correct.
Kind of an odd product tie-in.
I do recall my Landstalker cartridge and manual smelling like artificial strawberry for some time.

[vmorr]

I think Gunstar Heroes had a fruit rollup inside it, too.

I think you may be correct.
Kind of an odd product tie-in.
I do recall my Landstalker cartridge and manual smelling like artificial strawberry for some time.

Mine currently smells a little smokey I think.

[SuperGrafx]

I think Gunstar Heroes had a fruit rollup inside it, too.

I think you may be correct.
Kind of an odd product tie-in.
I do recall my Landstalker cartridge and manual smelling like artificial strawberry for some time.

Mine currently smells a little smokey I think.

Hmm.  I hate that.
I know I'd definitely prefer the artificial fruit scent

[TR0N]

Some Genesis grabs today:

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Nice haul man i still i never understood why sega had to put peter pan on the cover for landstalker 

[esteban]

Peter Pan on Landstalker...HA!

I never looked too closely at that cover. Fantastic.

[Gypsy]

Grabbed Suikoden V locally CIB minty. Been wanting this one for awhile.

[vmorr]

Nice haul man i still i never understood why sega had to put peter pan on the cover for landstalker 

Looked up the Japanese cover, looks much nicer. Why did game covers need to be so lame for  a North American release 

[TR0N]

Nice haul man i still i never understood why sega had to put peter pan on the cover for landstalker 

Looked up the Japanese cover, looks much nicer. Why did game covers need to be so lame for  a North American release 

I've looked at the japan cover before it is indeed way better.Heck if i could have a custom cover of that,id take it instead.

[NecroPhile]

It's not a game, but this recent buy is too awesome to not post whore. 

[VenomMacbeth]

It's not a game, but this recent buy is too awesome to not post whore. 

GROOVY!  Is it rare/expensive?  If not, I'll definitely have to add it to the list of LDs to get, along with Evil Dead II if it's available.

[DragonmasterDan]

It's not a game, but this recent buy is too awesome to not post whore. 

I see you were shopping smart. Shop S-MART.

[NecroPhile]

GROOVY!  Is it rare/expensive?  If not, I'll definitely have to add it to the list of LDs to get, along with Evil Dead II if it's available.

Nope; it was $10 shipped, and you could probably find it even cheaper if you trolled forums, thrifts, etc.  Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 are pretty cheap as well, unless you want the special versions (gold ED and red ED2).

[VenomMacbeth]

This is why I love Laserdiscs.  So cheap for such good movies. ^-^

[Gypsy]

Dat cover.

@Element: Yeah Vasteel was CIC. It arrived today. Excellent condition though.

[xcrement5x]

Nice haul man i still i never understood why sega had to put peter pan on the cover for landstalker 

Looked up the Japanese cover, looks much nicer. Why did game covers need to be so lame for  a North American release 

I've looked at the japan cover before it is indeed way better.Heck if i could have a custom cover of that,id take it instead.

The cover project is your friend!
http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?cover_id=13673

[Mathius]

It's not a game, but this recent buy is too awesome to not post whore. 

Okay you know I have to comment on this. Nobody, I mean nobody expresses pain like Brucie. Such a classic movie.


Gimme some sugar baby.

[jtucci31]

How appropriate, after Necro's post, that I find one of these at a goodwill. Can't wait to start watching laserdiscs on this thing, hopefully it works well. Now I have something else to keep an eye out for at garage sales and whatnot.
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Also got these today in a trade. Excited to play them.
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[bob]

Make sure you play the FLT quest mode.

[SuperGrafx]

Make sure you play the FLT quest mode.

Great times there!

[Gypsy]

The modded Core Grafx w/ IFU I've been waiting on arrived in the mail today. The seller included a random hucard game so at least I know it's working.

Also, I picked up this anime today via CL.

[xcrement5x]

Wow, it's probably been close to like 15 years since I have last watched Serial Experiments Lain

[VenomMacbeth]

Finally got an obscure Takatoku goody that I've been after for quite some time, but it's never been within my reach because they usually sell for much more...

I present to you, in all its Christmas-like glory, the Sasuraiger SL-Type "Batrain"

[Medic_wheat]

Finally got an obscure Takatoku goody that I've been after for quite some time, but it's never been within my reach because they usually sell for much more...

I present to you, in all its Christmas-like glory, the Sasuraiger SL-Type "Batrain"

Never seen or heard of this

But it is cool

[VenomMacbeth]

Never seen or heard of this

But it is cool

It's from an old anime, Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger, which unfortunately hasn't ever been translated.  It's loosely based on Around The World In 80 Days & the characters all have very American names.  Not to mention the antique steam locomotive-styled spaceship that turns into a robot.

Takatoku, the company that made the original toys for Macross, Orguss, and Dorvack (many of which were acquired for G1 Transformers) also made the toys for this show.  They made sofubis, non-variable action figures, a small henkei-type transforming figure (later released in the US under the Convertors line, which I also have) and this big guy.  Both the transforming toys require a bit of parts-forming, but there's something highly impressive about getting a robot that imposing out of something that looks like it should be running around your Christmas tree.

[Gypsy]

Thanks Element.

[Sparky]

it was $2.99 day

[MotherGunner]

Nice!  I just started playing PE again on my PS TV.  Game takes me back, though my wife used to complain I played with Aya more than I played with her!

[Mathius]

Nice!  I just started playing PE again on my PS TV.  Game takes me back, though my wife used to complain I played with Aya more than I played with her!

Ha! I love PE. The music really nails that cyberpunk 90s vibe. Though I wish I could skip the cutscenes I've already watched.

[bartre]

Nice!  I just started playing PE again on my PS TV.  Game takes me back, though my wife used to complain I played with Aya more than I played with her!

Ha! I love PE. The music really nails that cyberpunk 90s vibe. Though I wish I could skip the cutscenes I've already watched.

fuck you.

Parasite eve is damned near perfect.

[Mathius]

Hey, bro-cheese, I wasn't knocking PE.


....much 

[xcrement5x]

Ha!  I have actually been listening to the PE soundtrack again recently.  I loved the game and played the crap out of it back and the day. 

My friend and I would actually replay the game and swap saves so that each of us could benefit from continuing to increase the stats super high on a weapon that you could carry over from each playthrough.  Made it to the top of the Chrysler Building and and got the "true" ending too


EDIT: No reason to double-post I guess


Woohoo!  I'm glad to finally join the realm of candy cab owners!


MVU 4 Neo Geo Candy Cabinet by xcrement5x, on Flickr


I recently picked up this MVU-4 Neo Geo cab from a gentlemen up in Denver and it's a really nice small candy cab with a 25" monitor on it.  Also has a coin box, and panels that make it super easy to access the included MV-4F Neo Geo PCB with a Unibios already installed.  Plus working memory card and headphone ports on the front, though I do not own a memory card or anything yet, and he also let me keep the JP mini-marquees at the top that are installed.

The seller also included a Neo Geo to Jamma adapter so that I can use other JAMMA PCBs with the unit nice and easily.  I have a couple other PCBs so that'll be nice to be able to swap around too.  I am just super duper excited to finally have a nice clean cab to play stuff on!

[vmorr]

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Picked this lot up yesterday off a local guy for $100 cad. Haven't bothered to check if that's high or not. All the games came with little plastic cases too. First time I've come up on Neo Geo Pocket in Canada, and I completely forgot about it until this point. Only time I ever seen these things were at a KB Toys in like Buffalo area once or twice when I was a kid and I had no idea what they were. Me and my cousin were playing some games yesterday, it's pretty cool. The controls are awesome and the screen's colour is pretty nice. I also love that the lithium battery used for keeping saved game memory is a part of the console and easily accessible compared to the Game Boy Colour and Game Boy Advance setup.

[bob]

I had one of the neo pockets and got rid of it immediately. I got one for 100 with 15 loose carts, similar set to what you have. I tried every game, and couldnt stand the screen. It may have been defective, but there is no backlight, right?

[SuperGrafx]

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Picked this lot up yesterday off a local guy for $100 cad. Haven't bothered to check if that's high or not. All the games came with little plastic cases too. First time I've come up on Neo Geo Pocket in Canada, and I completely forgot about it until this point. Only time I ever seen these things were at a KB Toys in like Buffalo area once or twice when I was a kid and I had no idea what they were. Me and my cousin were playing some games yesterday, it's pretty cool. The controls are awesome and the screen's colour is pretty nice. I also love that the lithium battery used for keeping saved game memory is a part of the console and easily accessible compared to the Game Boy Colour and Game Boy Advance setup.

Decent deal.
I had a NGPC once, but I could really warm up to it.  Mainly the audio has that chintzy Sega Master System-sound to it (shrilly and bell-like I guess).  Kind of surprising since this was late 1990's technology.

[Digi.k]

I was after Doraemon stuff while in hong kong particularly a doraemon clock.  All I ended up buying were these figures stuffed with candy.  I should have also picked up the new movie Stand By Me on DVD but forgot the chance..

[wilykat]

Stand by Me the movie with 4 boys from about 30 years ago?  I have BD version and I think I still have DVD version to get rid of.  Region 1 if I find it, want it?  If it's different Stand by Me, sorry.

[vmorr]

I had one of the neo pockets and got rid of it immediately. I got one for 100 with 15 loose carts, similar set to what you have. I tried every game, and couldnt stand the screen. It may have been defective, but there is no backlight, right?

Yep no backlight. Seems a lot more tolerable than what I remember my Game Boy Colour being... Maybe because its bigger or the better graphics but it plays well under some light.

Decent deal.
I had a NGPC once, but I could really warm up to it.  Mainly the audio has that chintzy Sega Master System-sound to it (shrilly and bell-like I guess).  Kind of surprising since this was late 1990's technology.

I like the audio so far,  but yea I can see the similarities in sound with the Sega consoles. I've been playing my Master System quite a bit lately.

[bob]

I picked this up today at a thrift store and it works. Has win 98 loaded.

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