teh "what did you buy today"-thread

[Mathius]

Well I got an Famicom Everdrive N8 for Christmas. Now I just need to find a good organized romset

I got a little Christmas cash from the folks. I may spring for one now.

[VenomMacbeth]

I've not opened all my presents, but so far I've gotten CIB copies of Elemental Gimmick Gear for the Dreamcast, and Alien Soldier for the Mega Drive!  I parted with my repro of that one awhile ago, before prices went crazy, so I wasn't expecting to ever get a legit copy.

Unlike Radiant Silvergun, Alien Soldier is one Treasure game I don't ever see myself getting rid of. :3

Oh, and I also got Season 4 Vol. 2 and Season 5 of The Venture Bros on DVD.  Woot!

[johnnykonami]

I've not opened all my presents, but so far I've gotten CIB copies of Elemental Gimmick Gear for the Dreamcast, and Alien Soldier for the Mega Drive!  I parted with my repro of that one awhile ago, before prices went crazy, so I wasn't expecting to ever get a legit copy.

Unlike Radiant Silvergun, Alien Soldier is one Treasure game I don't ever see myself getting rid of. :3

Oh, and I also got Season 4 Vol. 2 and Season 5 of The Venture Bros on DVD.  Woot!

Alien Soldier is one of my favorite games of all time.  I got a nice copy years and years ago, and I will definitely never let go of it either.  I hope you can beat your old times on your new copy!  I also love my Radiant Silvergun too though   Those are without a doubt the best two Treasure games in my mind, with no disrespect to Guardian Heroes and Gunstar Heroes which are also amazing, as are most of the games they put out.

Necro!  I went to my Mom's house last night and look what she got me:



New!   Wow, it's been a long time since I've seen a sealed in box GB game, like since when I was a kid.  Don't worry though, I'm gonna open er' up.  There's a nice little faux "VGA graded" box on the outside (it's just thin plastic) but I am gonna keep the box in there after opening and playing it.  I should get some of these for my other boxes, so cool!

[CatPix]

Not bought today, but received today :



And, more in line with here :



Not the console itself, but everything else.

[esteban]

Not bought today, but received today :

What?! I never heard of the fantastically-named "Mega Duck"...I am intrigued.

Not the console itself, but everything else.

Great bunch of games.

[Gypsy]

I've not opened all my presents, but so far I've gotten CIB copies of Elemental Gimmick Gear for the Dreamcast, and Alien Soldier for the Mega Drive!  I parted with my repro of that one awhile ago, before prices went crazy, so I wasn't expecting to ever get a legit copy.

Unlike Radiant Silvergun, Alien Soldier is one Treasure game I don't ever see myself getting rid of. :3

Oh, and I also got Season 4 Vol. 2 and Season 5 of The Venture Bros on DVD.  Woot!

Very nice. EGG is a fun game and someone must really like ya to get Alien Soldier for a present.

I grabbed The Legendary Axe and Dungeon Explorer today. Happy to add both into the fold and play through them.

[CatPix]

Great bunch of games.

Lotsa fun coming.

And I realise I forgot to picture the Famicom and FDS games I received at the same time

What?! I never heard of the fantastically-named "Mega Duck"...I am intrigued.

The Mega Duck appears to be the efforts of a team of two French companies, Creatronic and Videojet, and of one Dutch company, Timlex. (tho, as Creatronic appears to have a very sparse and suspisciously low account of machine mades between the late 70's and early 90's, I suppose that it's just a nameholder for another company. I would think ITMC/Yeno, or Videojet themselves)
It was released around 1993, mostly in France, Germany and the Netherland.
It also found a way to South America where it was sold under the even more hilarious name of COUGAR BOY (as you can see on some of the game carts I have).
All of the games appears to have been programmed by the famous Taiwanese company Sachen.
They are of decent quality. I suppose, if it had received the backing and publicity the Watara Supervision received, it might have been more successful. But it didn't and quickly faded into obscurity.

And the Famicom and FDS games :

[Gredler]

My family was super generous this year, I feel so lucky and blessed

My brother went the amazon route,
Hyrule Warriors Wii U
Shovel Knight Wii U
Duck Tails Remastered Wii U
Majora's Mask 3DS
Saturn SVideo Cable
Dreamcast VGA cable
PlayStation Component Cable

My Fiance found a brick and mortar cheap copies of BloodBorne and Alien Isolation for PS4.

My Mom who is in Montana found a bunch of thrift shop games and gifted them to me, some of which I already had but it really warmed my heart that she tried and found me anything at all

Iron Sword NES
Solstice NES
Super SpyHunter NES
Star Wars Shadow of the Empire N64
GoldenEye 007 N64

But there was a cool few I didn't have too,

RoboWarrior NES
Toxic Crusaders Gensis
Superman 64  N64 ( I hear good things about this hidden gem)
Perfect Dark N64
Army Men Sarge's Hero's 2 N64
Blast Corps N64

So I was really blown away. I never expected to get such rad variety and quantity of games. My collectardation increased significantly this Christmas.

I usually treat myself to something this time of year because the family usually supplies me with undergarments and household wares, which made this year even more excessive because of my independent acquisitions outside of the gifts.

I got a great deal on a 32x loose but with all the parts (clips and cords and ac adapter) and 5 games,
Doom
After Burner II W/Manual
Star Wars Arcade CIB
Virtua Fighter CIB
And the crown jewel, Virtua Racing CIB.

I also picked up the two Turbob Express sets. The other recently purchased item, and the only thing out of all of these I've played yet, is Xenoblade Chronicles X Wii U. I love the game so far and can't recommend it enough if you enjoy exploration and beautiful open world RPGs. Japanese sci-fi skyrim or fallout with better combat.

I am so busy with family, travel, and personal projects this time of year I can't find the time to enjoy all this stuff right now, but I am well.supplied for some time to come :p Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone

[Bernie]

This... 


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[johnnykonami]

Man, it's been a long time opening a new GB game for me, I was hit with a massive nostalgia bomb.  This shit even came with a cool poster!  I'm gonna get a frame for it and hang it up, too.  Does anyone have any idea where to score these thin plastic protective boxes?  I kept almost all of my GBA cardboard boxes and three GBC ones, I should do what this seller did and plop them in there.

[schweaty]

http://www.videogameboxprotectors.com/store/4569532134

[johnnykonami]

http://www.videogameboxprotectors.com/store/4569532134

Thanks Schweaty!  I'm not a really a box collector so I didn't know about these, but I have a couple boxes I've been keeping anyway - they just look damn cool sitting on your shelf.  Gotta box up my US Cosmic Fantasy 2 from forever ago so I can enjoy that fantastic artwork forever.

[cr8zykuban0]

some stuff i got this week! some nintendo and pop toys.
Plus thanks to emperoring for the great sale on browning and to shadowkitty for throwing such an awesome raffle.

[Necromancer]

Necro!  I went to my Mom's house last night and look what she got me:



New!   Wow, it's been a long time since I've seen a sealed in box GB game, like since when I was a kid.  Don't worry though, I'm gonna open er' up.  There's a nice little faux "VGA graded" box on the outside (it's just thin plastic) but I am gonna keep the box in there after opening and playing it.  I should get some of these for my other boxes, so cool!

Sweet!  Let us know what you think of it once you've had a chance to play for a bit.