Gallery: Atari Lynx & Jaguar Libraries

Posted on December 23, 2011 by geelw

Hmmm. I’m missing a bunch of Lynx stuff here (commons like S.T.U.N. Runner, Hard Drivin’ and a few others) as well as some manuals. But I think I may have sold off a bunch of games a few years back thinking I’d replace them at some point. The manuals for most of the loose cards are most likely in one of the bins here packed with assorted game stuff, but it’s going to take time to get through all that stuff. As for the Jaguar games, I had a few more as well and I found my Cybermorph manual after I took the photo, but I can’t locate the cart. I need another Jaguar anyway, as I sold one to a guy in Japan about nine or so years back and the other one I was planning to buy got snapped up before I could get to it. Anyway, Alien vs. Predator is still the best overall game on the platform, but I also like Tempest 2000, Power Drive Rally, Iron Soldier, Super Burnout and for some crazy reason, Hover Strike. I always wanted to try Towers II: Plight of the Stargazer for the Jag, as I found the PC version for a buck on closeout and while I hated the controls, the game was a pretty interesting RPG. I’d played the Game Boy Color Towers game (which was pretty cool) some years back and it actually “feels” better than the PC game did in terms of navigation.

Gallery: Game Cube Library

Posted on December 22, 2011 by geelw

And here you go, minus a bunch of stuff I played and sold or traded. Yes, the Windwaker manual is signed by Miyamoto, so that’s something off my bucket list (only 90,000 things left… yikes). Note to Dreamcast fans (and the guy who emailed me): SEE, I do have Skies of Arcadia after all. I did have the Eternal Arcadia box at one point as well as the US SoA for my DC, but sold them both off a long time back.

Anyway, Yeah, I need to get Baten Kaitos 2 one day, as I missed it when it came out and I liked the first game quite a lot. Yes, the last pic with the demos, GameCube promo DVD and Pac-Man VS. is here because I found them after I took the other pics (oops). Note: I only had about a dozen or so Japanese titles, but those are gone now. I think I still have a promo DVD with a booklet from Japan around here somewhere. but I can’t find it at the moment…

Gallery: Sega Dreamcast Library

Posted on December 20, 2011 by geelw

Smaller than it once was (by around 40 or so titles), but still fun to go back to for some of these gems. Like a few too many Dreamcast owners, finding out the hard way that getting a new or replacement console meant those old Phantasy Star Online saves were no good was a shock (grrrrr!). But the game still holds up as a great RPG whether it’s played solo or online. Speaking of online (and in case you were scratching your heads at that last sentence), I recently found out that private servers (not officially run by Sega) exist for the game, so my crazy MMO suggestions from last week recently actually make a bit more sense. Not that I’ll join any of those few hundred or more still enjoying the game, mind you. I’m way too busy doing other stuff. Anyway, outside of the classics everyone always yaks about, I say D2 needs an HD remake, Illbleed needs a sequel and Rent-A-Hero #1 would be pretty cool to finally see, considering it was localized for the Xbox, but never completed.

Gallery: PC Games Library (Most Of It)

Posted on December 14, 2011 by geelw

More stuff from the collection – these are actually posted on my Facebook page, but it’s only accessible to friends and folks on my contact lists. These pics were taken earlier this year, so a few (well, a bunch of) new arrivals are missing as are a few games I loaned out (as I’m such a nice guy). That, and the photos obviously don’t include all the stuff currently on my hard drive and a few portable drives.

I actually have a dead HDD here that had a ton of games and game saves on it that I didn’t want to destroy in hopes of one day recovering everything. But I’ve replaced a chunk of what was on it already, as it was mostly indie stuff and a bunch of free games and demos I downloaded years back. Yup, I’ve played all of these games. Nope, I’ve not completed every single one, but I can definitely spin a few stories about the too many hours spent with a lot of what’s here (if prompted and properly soused, ha and ha-ha).

-GW

Gallery: PC-Engine/Turbo Grafx/Duo Library

Posted on December 9, 2011 by geelw

More stuff from the collection. All the import shooters and some key platformers and RPG’s are gone thanks to selling them off, but there’ still a nice selection of games here including a number of titles that would have given both the SNES and Genesis some decent competition had NEC and TTI had the time and money to localized them. Given that these folks had the first CD-based home console out in Japan before the Sega CD (and more than enough games to support it), I wonder every now and them how the system wars of the early 80’s would have turned out had the T-16, Duo and Turbo Express gotten the proper respect.

Classic Gaming Expo 2012 Update: Vegas, Baby!

Posted on December 8, 2011 by geelw

And here you go: the first official update on next year’s CGE! I’d only been to the show once when it was at the Riviera a few years back, but I see the renovated Plaza Hotel seems to be the place to be next year. More news to come as it becomes available!

Gallery: Mega-CD Library

Posted on December 6, 2011 by geelw

Not as large as the other libraries (and nope, nowhere near complete), here’s some Mega-CD titles to pore over. I have a bunch of Sega CD and UK Mega CD titles as well, but I’d sold off most of the core titles, so it’s a shadow of its former self. It’s too bad Sega or any other publishers didn’t have enough time to localize MORE of the RPG’s for the add-on, as games such as Shadowrun (an all-new version created for the platform), Record of Lodoss War, Shin Megami Tensei, Illusion City, Fhey Area, Cosmic Fantasy Stories, Death Bringer and others here would have made for a much more impressive lineup. But, hey – we DID get the fighting/RPG hybrid Battle Fantasy here as Revengers of Vengeance, so THAT makes up for a lot (he said, eyes rolling in his head)…

Classic Gaming Expo Is BACK!

Posted on December 2, 2011 by geelw

Now, I just need to be able to afford to go, grrr! I got this note in my inbox and did a happy dance (despite my lousy finances, it’s great to see the show hath returned!):

YOU WERE THERE FIRST. Not enough time to get this to all of our outlets or properly document it on our website, so those of you here get to hear it first: Classic Gaming Expo 2K12 is ON, it’s August 11th and 12th in Las Vegas at our old stomping grounds, The Plaza Hotel. The Plaza has completely renovated everything from its rooms and casinos to the ballroom itself. We loved it, can’t wait to do this again! More details to follow.

And yes, I’ll be posting those details when I get them. Woo and hoo. Off to find some pennies!

Gallery: 3DO Library

Posted on December 1, 2011 by geelw

More of my game collection madness for your viewing pleasure. Actually, of the three galleries posted so far, this set of games was the easiest to photograph as almost all of them are stored right next to my PC in a CD tower and the others are in a nearby bin. Enjoy!

Gallery: Super Famicom Library

Posted on November 29, 2011 by geelw

OK, I was going to save posting there until I woke up in a few hours, but I decided to stay up an extra half hour just for you guys. Anyway, I figured that since I went to all that trouble to photograph my MD/Genesis collection, I may as well break out the stepladder and get the Super Famicom stuff down just to get it done. Here you go – enjoy. I’ve a bunch of loose carts as well, but I’ll get to those at some point when I have more time. Before you ask, my large SNES collection got sold off a few years back, save for a handful of extra loose carts and manuals I held on to.