I’ve had some luck recently and would like to share my pickups.
Metal Slug 2, loose; found a seller in Mexico who gave me a deal I could not refuse. This is the only Slug I have not played through or owned. Most Neo Geo Collectors argue that this version is indeed better than Slug X and possibly the best in the series. It does have a ton of slow down but I may look into having it modded to reduce the slow down. It’s a good one no doubt.
KOF 99, this game has a lot of nostalgic value as it was in a MVS 2 slot at my college along with Samurai Showdown II. I’ve had the MVS cart for years never thought I’d get the AES copy let alone for a killer price. This is my new Favorite AES game it is so balanced yet so challenging. The backgrounds changing between the rounds and the level of detail make this a top ten AES game for me.
Slug X, it was $40, can’t go wrong. All I need now is Slug 5 to complete my MVS Metal Slug Collection
Two NES Classics.
Why 2? Trying to get just one is almost impossibly unless you deal with a scalper who has stacks of them and asking crazy prices for what amounts to be a (very good) emulation machine.
On the Facebook gaming groups someone posted a tip that BestBuy would make the NES Classic available at 12:00PM Central time. I had my Bestbuy page up on my PC and cellphone, both logged in and on the NES Classic page ready to “Buy it Now”. 1PM eastern hits and sure enough they are available. I click buy it now both on my cell phone and my PC and….. Nothing; it just spins and spins and times out. I try again and again until I get one in my cart, trying to check out constantly provides errors and you cannot add the NES classic to the basket.
I am hammering incessantly on both my Cell Phone and my PC until; somehow, my PC shows that I have 2 in my basket. This is after 30 MINS of timing out futility which I imagine is everyone trying to do the same. Got them for $59.99 each and free shipping. Thanks BestBuy!
I got to say that this thing rules. I love the save states. I played through Mega Man 2 and it feels great, great picture and sound and the controllers feel authentic. I may mod it soon to get the entire NES library. I would not pay scalper prices, at least not over $100.
