Topic: Recent Retro/Misc Gaming Purchases? (Not PS4/PS5)

@Werehog I know the Stuntman Demo you mean, it came with an issue of Official Playstation UK. They did some other single discs like Resident Evil 2 and Tekken 3 that didn't always end up on magazines unless they were bundled with other Demos. I kept all of the discs but not the magazines, something I regret now. I have all of the old discs that came with the consoles, the variants too. I never thought we'd need a paid subscription service just to play the demo of a game. I'm sure they did some other single disc Demos for the magazine but I can't remember. I think I have 1 to 80 and dropped off there. The best will always be Silent Hill with the original PS1 Metal Gear Solid, the second best might be the Metal Gear Solid 2 tanker Demo that came with Zone of Enders on PS2. The UK magazine also did a special edition Metal Gear Solid Demo, I'm assuming I kept that too. I couldn't name even one PS5 Demo, it would be 100% guess work.

@GirlVersusGame Similarly, I also have some of those Official PlayStation Magazine demo discs knocking about somewhere, although unfortunately I didn't keep all of them. I definitely have the one with the Metal Gear Solid 2 demo (which is what's responsible for me being a fan of the series, played that so freakin' much) and maybe the one with Stuntman. PaRappa the Rapper 2 is also another memorable demo I enjoyed replaying (and funnily enough, when I finally got to play the full game years later, none of the other songs hit as right as that opening number).

I think I've also got some DVDs from some unofficial PlayStation magazines that are filled with game and movie trailers, trade show footage, and developer interviews. They're kinda cool throwbacks, if nothing else (although some of them are painfully "early 2000s gamer culture" in their execution).

Binary Domain on ps3. I still have a few spaces left on ps3 games that I’ll play before I hang it up and even though the plat is difficult, long and requires significant co-op… I like the look of it. Like Gears of War if it was made by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios.

I bought SEGA's latest console, the Dreamcast. I don't think it's quite as powerful as Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo's latest consoles, but it's all about the games! Annoyingly the games I've ordered haven't arrived yet, so I'm unable to play it

XBOX 360 "Jet Set Radio Future" & "Chronicles of Riddick Escape from Butchers Bay & Dark Athena".

@BentIeyma What games do you plan to play for the Dreamcast? The console was fairly before my time, so I'm not sure what great exclusives are awaiting you there. The only one I know of that lokks very good is Skies of Arcadia. That one on the list by any chance?

@Tjuz Skies of Arcadia is definitely on my list, but the games I ordered along with the console were Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2, Space Channel 5, Jet Set Radio and Headhunter. I'm going to try and finish those before I buy anything else.

Another amazing purchase!

Finally I am getting my "bootleg" childhood games on the original hardware!

@Zuljaras You just got dangerous. Do you have a list of the ones you are trying to source or are you just dark-wing'ing it? (I just played a game with a lot of puns, no one is safe)

@GirlVersusGame Nice ones!

I already got the most of the games I owned as a kid but they were bootleg Chinese ones because in a post communistic country those luxury goods were non existent.

The ones I already got:
TMNT (NES)
Tiny Toon Adventures (NES)
Spider-Man Return of the Sinister Six (NES)
Faxanadu (NES)
Castlevania 2 Simon's Quest (NES)
Darkwing Duck (NES)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Mega Drive)
Dune II Battle for Arrakis (Mega Drive)

The ones I still have to hunt:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (NES)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (NES)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (NES)
Batman: Return of the Joker (NES)
Batman Returns (NES)
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (NES)
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2 (NES)
Monster in My Pocket (NES)
The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (NES)
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (NES) - but I have to import as it is exclusive to the US

@Zuljaras I love that they are all licensed. I played that Monsters in My Pocket game on a very legitimate handheld device I bought on a very legitimate website. It was great and featured all of the little guys from the toy range. I love the artwork and aesthetics of that franchise, the history too since they tap into everything from Dracula to Springheeled Jack. I'm waiting for someone to write a book about that toy-line, it's good big kickstarter potential.

Such a pleasing image. I can name most of them just from memory.

I remember you posting that Mega Drive copy of Dracula, I have that too but only because I love the movie. It's hard to stop with licensed games, Nintendo had some great ones. I leave most boxed but I did try Alien 3 and got absolutely murdered every single time. I saw a game recently called Ronda of Blood. It was Castlevania with a female protagonist and I thought 'I need to ask Zuljaras about that'. Maybe it could be my first Castlevania game (not counting the PS4 ones)

Was it hard to get legitimate copies of games in Bulgaria when you were a child/younger? I'd say more than half of the Russian games market was bootleg. I didn't see many genuine copies until I moved to England, there's still a big bootleg market especially now where piracy is basically State sponsored and highly encouraged. Most people who want the real deal are importing. The retro market is still strong, stores are still exporting stock and collectors are still importing the classics.

Never gets old.

@GirlVersusGame Yep Rondo of Blood has Maria in it but I think you have to unlock her by rescuing her in Stage 2. Until then you can't play as her. And the game is on the PS4 bundled with the greatest game EVER created Castlevania Symphony of the Night. It is also on the PSP booth the Remake version and the original one that was only released on the PC Engine.

If you want Castlevania with female lead play Order of Ecclesia. Amazing game!

And yes in post-communist Bulgaria the only way to have a legitimate console is to have someone import it from England, Germany etc. Like your uncle, father or someone who worked there. ALL of the market was with bootlegs and we did not even know it as kids. Once I started collecting original hardware I started to "educate" myself

I loved importing from the UK but after the idiotic Brexit I have to pay 20% extra on arrival AND I have to wait 1 to 2 weeks for the customs to finish their "inspections". I still do it but rarely.

PS: I have to take a photo of my Castlevania collection as in my eyes it is complete

@Zuljaras I'll be picking up that PS4 bundle for sure. With a series like that it's hard to know where to start, especially if so many are retro. That's sounds like Czech Republic too, I've seen some great looking bootlegs come from there and many make them online. A lot of the Russian bootlegs were manufactured at night, often in the same factories as the legitimate copies. It's almost impossible to tell them apart. Turkey too, I watch a lot of bad foreign knock-offs of movies and Turkey has some gems. Last night I watched the Bengali version of Robocop from Bangladesh, it was pretty good. I've seen probably twenty or so Star Wars knock-offs. I'd love to see your complete collection, even if I don't play the games I recognize that it has one of the best looking aesthetics. It's only a matter of time before they make a blockbuster sized live action movie, the potential is there.

@BentIeyma Having played its PS2 version, I can confirm that Headhunter is... well, yeah, it's alright, kinda! Worth a look-see, at any rate. Be interesting to see what you make of it on Dreamcast. Not sure it'll be much different, but it was filling a larger gap in that console's line-up, so maybe it didn't need to be.

@Werehog Headhunter is the game I've put the most time into so far and it's alright. I like the on foot gameplay, once I got used to the controls, but controlling the bike is absolutely awful.

@BentIeyma Good to know the uncontrollable bike wasn't exclusive to the PS2 version, then!

I had a demo of the opening gas station sequence when I was a kid, and really enjoyed playing that on a loop for a while. I only completed the full game a few years back.

Hope you continue to have fun!

I've added Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 to my Dreamcast collection. Really enjoying going back and playing the Dreamcast. I'd forgotten how good Space Channel 5 is. Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2 is a game that never gets old, even if I'm unable to play it online.

an hour and half ago earlier i ordered off of walmart online Dragon Quest I and II HD Collection for Nintendo Switch and had it delivered from the local walmart store. just got the game delivered at my front door a few minutes ago.

Just wanted to share my Castlevania collection!

@Bundersvessel Yes! And it looks cool! And it is in Paris which is new thing for Castlevania!