Part Ys and part The Legend of Zelda, Crystalis is a top down action RPG that bests the early Ys titles in the game-play department and runs circles around the original Nintendo Zelda games when it comes to plot. Think of Crystalis as the game that should have been The Legend of Zelda 2. It [...]
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Review: Crystalis (NES)
Posted in Reviews, tagged action, classic, crystalis, nes, nintendo, retro, review, rpg, video game, ys, zelda on February 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Finds: Mega Man V (Game Boy)
Posted in finds, tagged 5, classic, collecting, finds, game boy, mega man, retro, v, video game on February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Another excellent find for the collection over the weekend! I pIcked up a copy of Mega Man V for the original Game Boy. The cart is in absolutely perfect condition as is the label, and as a double bonus the manual was also included, also in in perfect condition. If you have been following Game [...]
Chasing Carts: All Zelda CIB (Update #1)
Posted in Art of Collecting on February 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This is a reoccurring feature here were I provide updates in my quest to own all of the Zelda games complete-in-box. Play catch up on my progress by checking out my flagship entry in this ongoing conquest here. A pretty awesome update to the Zelda collection happened just today. After a hard day of working [...]
Sharp Twin Famicom
Posted in Art of Collecting, Reviews, tagged classic, disk system, doki doki panic, Famicom, game, mario, nintendo, retro, Turbo, Twin, video on February 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Manufactured by: Sharp Corporation / Nintendo of Japan Released by: Sharp Corporation Release Date: July 1st, 1986 The Sharp Twin Famicom is not a clone. Believe it or not, way back early in Nintendo’s jaunt into the home console business there was a time when Nintendo of Japan actually licensed it’s precious hardware to another [...]
Chasing Carts: All Zelda CIB
Posted in Art of Collecting, tagged a link to the past, adventure of link, DS, Famicom, Gameboy, gameboy color, n64, nes, nintendo, nintendo 64, ocarina of time, oracle of seasons, phantom hourglass, snes, super famicom, super nintendo, wii, windwaker, zelda on February 9, 2009 | 8 Comments »
In addition to my other Chasing Carts project, I am also working on a complete-in-box Zelda set. This one is going to be a bitch because nearly every Zelda game has two variants. Most come in their original release as well as a second run “classic series”, or “million seller” release. The Nintendo 64 games, [...]
“Not For Resale” Gameboy Printer?
Posted in finds on February 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I think I may have an oddity here. I picked this up at a local second hand shop for $4, and after some research I realized I may have a rarity here. If not a rarity, then certainly an oddity. The Gameboy Printer was released in 1998 at the same time as the Gameboy Camera [...]
Finds! (extra large edition)
Posted in finds on February 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This update culminates all of my finds for the last three weeks of January. The source of these games is a real mixed bag, from Ebay to pawn shops. Some really nice stuff for the old collection, starting off with a personal favorite of mine… Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES, CIB and damn [...]
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