This is a collection of gets from the past few weeks mostly. I have been getting a lot of crazy good deals lately… I didn’t spend more than $5 on any one of these games… so I am ready to call that a victory. We begin with my old mistress, the Famicom; Ikki is a [...]
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Deadly Gets! February Edition!
Posted in finds, tagged 25th anniversary, arkanoid, cybernator, deadly gets, dragon slayer, Famicom, family computer, finds, frankenstein, ikki, legacy of the wizard, nes, nintendo, parodius, parodius da, snes, star trek, super mario bros., super nes, super nintendo, the monster returns, twin bee, twin bee 3 on February 2, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Chasing Carts: All Zelda CIB (Update #5)
Posted in Art of Collecting, Featured Article, finds, tagged 3d, 3ds, collection, gane boy advance, GBA, nes, nintendo, ocarina of time, skyward sword, snes, super nintendo, the legend of zeldaq, wii, zelda on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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, the first update, the second update, the third update, and the fourth update . If you are among my most faithful readers, than you already [...]
NES Finds and Deadly Gets!
Posted in finds, tagged console, deadly gets, devja vu, finds, gaime, gets, kirby, kirby's adventure, mega man, mega man 3, megaman, nes, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, retro, uninvited, video games on January 17, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I have been off of collecting for the NES for a few years now, mainly because there aren’t that many games left for the console that I feel I desperately need, and I only have about 100 carts. There are still a couple titles I am actively seeking, however, and I do occasionally switch out a loose [...]
Hard Games: The Good, the Bad, and the Broken
Posted in Featured Article, tagged 8-bit, capcom, castlevania, contra, difficult, expert video games, hard games, konami, mega man, nes, ninja gaiden on January 11, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Nintendo games are hard. It’s a fact. Pictured: hard fucking games A lot of old Nintendo games are, as a matter of principal, really hard… but let’s be honest here. Video games these days for the most part are moronically easy. There are exceptions to this rule, but the rule remains. Challenging video games are a dying [...]
Game Boy / Tetris Thrift Store Gets
Posted in finds, tagged deadly gets, finds, game boy, Gameboy, gets, handheld, nes, nintendo, tetris on January 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I was killing some time on my lunch hour last week, rummaging through a local secondhand store, when I stumbled across a couple pretty awesome finds. First up,I snapped up the Game Boy pictured above for a measly $6. Not bad. As I was examining the condition of the Game Boy (in great shape, by the way. screen is a [...]
Super Mario Bros. 2 is a hard game
Posted in Reviews, tagged disk system, Famicom, family computer, mario, nes, nintendo, super mario bros. 2 on July 13, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Having recently sat down and watched a marathon of Game Center CX, I found that the Super Mario Bros. 2 episode was stuck in my mind. It’s been a while since I sat down and gave the disk system version of Mario 2 a good thorough play-through. Was it really as hard as Shinya Arina [...]
Metroid II is a great game
Posted in Featured Article, Reviews, tagged action, game boy, gb, metroid, nes, nintendo, return of samus, review on July 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Metroid II The Return of Samus, the lone Game Boy entry of the storied sci-fi Nintendo franchise takes a lot of flack. People just do not seem to like it all that much. It has been referred to as an inferior sequel and even blamed for the lack of a NES follow-up. Even Jeremy Parish, [...]
Famicom Time
Posted in Art of Collecting, Featured Article, tagged a/v famicom, antarctic adventure, collection, Famicom, family computer, japan, konami, nes, nes advantage, nintendo, punch out gold, punch out special, recca, retro on July 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I recently had some *gasp* free time, and I thought the best way to fill it would be to pull all my beloved Famicom games out and put in and play each and everyone, if only for a minute. I sat down and played for a good solid three hours… something I haven’t done with [...]
Mega Man!
Posted in Art of Collecting, Featured Article, finds, tagged 64, archie, capcom, keiji inafune, legends, mega man, mega man 64, mega mix, megaman, megamix, nes, nintendo, nintendo 64, playstation, rock man, rockman, super nintendo, x on June 7, 2011 | 11 Comments »
I have been getting quite a bit of Mega Man stuff lately without even realizing it, so i decided to make this a catch all finds/collection post. Now, I do not have the most extensive or impressive Mega Man collection, but it has never really been about collecting Mega Man games to me. The joy [...]
Hanafuda Fever!
Posted in Art of Collecting, finds, tagged club nintendo, Famicom, hanafuda, mario, nes, nintendo on June 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Pursuant to my earlier post which saw me searching my house for Club Nintendo registration cards, I received my Club Nintendo gift in the mail today! Say hello to 800 coins worth of Nintendo centric glory; the limited edition Club Nintendo Hanafuda cards. What are Hanafuda cards, you ask? Translated, the name means flower cards. [...]
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