Holiday Swag

[Black Tiger]

My female partner got me Terraforming. The rest are from my in-laws.

[esteban]

My female partner got me Terraforming. The rest are from my in-laws.

Your in-laws are L'awesome.

Damn, that's a gorgeous cover for Sword Master. I don't have that game, so you gotta tell me how the music is. SCAN THE COVER FOR ME!

I actually like some of the music in Slime World. The game itself? I never really got into it. I played the game on Lynx, too, back in the day (not recently) and that version didn't grab me, either.

[Black Tiger]

My female partner got me Terraforming. The rest are from my in-laws.

Your in-laws are L'awesome.

Damn, that's a gorgeous cover for Sword Master. I don't have that game, so you gotta tell me how the music is. SCAN THE COVER FOR ME!

I actually like some of the music in Slime World. The game itself? I never really got into it. I played the game on Lynx, too, back in the day (not recently) and that version didn't grab me, either.

Here's the scan:

http://superpcenginegrafx.net/misc/swordmaster.jpg


Sword Master is yet another under-appreciated gem that no one talks about. It's probably the closest thing to Shining Force on PCE. The animated battles feature super detailed and often huge creatures and cool spell effects. The summons in the game are about as good as they get in 16-bit games. The CD tracks are nothing special by PCE standards, but the chip tunes are pretty cool and sound like FM.

[esteban]

My female partner got me Terraforming. The rest are from my in-laws.

Your in-laws are L'awesome.

Damn, that's a gorgeous cover for Sword Master. I don't have that game, so you gotta tell me how the music is. SCAN THE COVER FOR ME!

I actually like some of the music in Slime World. The game itself? I never really got into it. I played the game on Lynx, too, back in the day (not recently) and that version didn't grab me, either.

Here's the scan:

http://superpcenginegrafx.net/misc/swordmaster.jpg


Sword Master is yet another under-appreciated gem that no one talks about. It's probably the closest thing to Shining Force on PCE. The animated battles feature super detailed and often huge creatures and cool spell effects. The summons in the game are about as good as they get in 16-bit games. The CD tracks are nothing special by PCE standards, but the chip tunes are pretty cool and sound like FM.

I never heard of Sword Master...and I did not recognize the cover (hence my post).

Naturally, I am intrigued by everything you just shared with me. Thanks for the scoop.

[Medic_wheat]

My female partner got me Terraforming. The rest are from my in-laws.

Your in-laws are L'awesome.

Damn, that's a gorgeous cover for Sword Master. I don't have that game, so you gotta tell me how the music is. SCAN THE COVER FOR ME!

I actually like some of the music in Slime World. The game itself? I never really got into it. I played the game on Lynx, too, back in the day (not recently) and that version didn't grab me, either.

Here's the scan:

http://superpcenginegrafx.net/misc/swordmaster.jpg


Sword Master is yet another under-appreciated gem that no one talks about. It's probably the closest thing to Shining Force on PCE. The animated battles feature super detailed and often huge creatures and cool spell effects. The summons in the game are about as good as they get in 16-bit games. The CD tracks are nothing special by PCE standards, but the chip tunes are pretty cool and sound like FM.

I never heard of Sword Master...and I did not recognize the cover (hence my post).

Naturally, I am intrigued by everything you just shared with me. Thanks for the scoop.

But is it playable for English players or you would need a cheat guide?

[esteban]

I doubt Sword Master has much English, if any.

[Black Tiger]

But is it playable for English players or you would need a cheat guide?

It's just about as gaijin friendly as it gets. It doesn't use animated icons like Neo Metal Fantasy/Shining games, but the menu navigation (and "RPG" segments) flows as smooth as possible and everything works exactly as you'd expect. Even if you can't read Katakana (a printed-out chart will do the trick), the font and layout of the spells/summons is very easy to recognize.

I don't have time to play through it right now, but I'm going to do my first complete run in an emulator, so I can make a simple how-to-play guide and point out any tricky gaijin-protection.

[Necromancer]

Other than some clothes and a varied selection of DVDs and books, the most interesting things I got were a Simpsons trivia game and a complete set of Simpsons Lego mini-figures.  My nephew spent nearly an hour in the store digging through the shelves and carefully feeling each package to find all sixteen. 

[jtucci31]

Other than some clothes and a varied selection of DVDs and books, the most interesting things I got were a Simpsons trivia game and a complete set of Simpsons Lego mini-figures.  My nephew spent nearly an hour in the store digging through the shelves and carefully feeling each package to find all sixteen. 

Simpsons trivia and Lego figures, sounds awesome! Don't they have sets you could build to go along with the figures? I need to get me some of those though, or at the very least a Milhouse

[VenomMacbeth]

So far, I've gotten:

SNES Blackthorne
TG16 Sidearms
NES Super Contra
Saturn Panzer Dragoon & Salamander Deluxe Pack


Got me some DVDs also:

Roll Bounce
Rifftrax Shorts "May the Shorts Be With You"
MST3K 20th anniversary edition
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Vol. 1
Macross Plus
Armored Trooper Votoms Uoodo City

Also got the book "How To Survive a Sharknado"...aaaand a leaf blower.  Still got one family left to have Christmas with, so we'll see what that holds...

[SuperGrafx]

A Merlino Wool sweater
Various gift cards
Sonicare toothbrush

[lukester]

Good luck with Sidearms, venom. Took me 2 whole weeks to beat it.

I got a tasty can of peanuts, a bunch of wii games and Journey for PS3.

My grandma also gave me a $500 check, which I will put in my college fund.

[TR0N]

Beside getting GTAV for christmas just money from family nothing more.

[xelement5x]

Other than some clothes and a varied selection of DVDs and books, the most interesting things I got were a Simpsons trivia game and a complete set of Simpsons Lego mini-figures.  My nephew spent nearly an hour in the store digging through the shelves and carefully feeling each package to find all sixteen. 

That is a devoted nephew!


My wife normally tries to avoid getting my games but I did get some interesting goodies from other folks:


Christmas 2014 Goodies by xelement5x, on Flickr

Rengoku II [PSP]
Lord of Arcana [PSP]
Akiba's Trip [PS3]
Beyond: Two Souls [PS3]
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F2 [PS3]

Klingon Bird of Prey Metal Model
Sonic & Blaze Figures with Comic Bundle


And I got this!!


Wild ARMS 2 Knight Blazer Figure by xelement5x, on Flickr

A friend got me this for Christmas and it looks awesome, my picture does not do it justice.  It will be out of the box and up on my shelf pretty soon. 

[Necromancer]

Rengoku II [PSP]

Mmm, nice.  I want the Rengoku pair because they're Hudson bee goodies and presumably taste like delicious honey.