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

@Ralizah Just a heads up... I am assuming you get Steam codes that you can gift?

@belmont Well, you can either gift or redeem the code you get for each game.

@Ralizah Thanks!

I finally succumbed and got myself a Switch Lite.

Immediate thought, I like the click Joy-Con buttons but ZR and ZL feel like some of the best triggers I've ever pressed. My Lord.

I'll give detailed thoughts once I've messed around with it.

I also got my sister PLG Pikachu, and Mario Kart 8, and Sonic Mania for her soon to be yellow Switch Lite, and got Mario Kart DS, Dragonball FighterZ for myself.

And then the weird obsession with retro games continues, I got a Mega Drive Mini. The buttons are...let's say loud, and it's weird playing something like Wily Wars with no slowdown, but this is a quality product. My fear of ATGames jank is gone.

@KratosMD Cosmic Star Heroine is... OK. Not great. It didn't feel very fully fleshed-out to me. But I do love the Sega Saturn-esque aesthetic.

@KratosMD I love Cosmic Star Heroine played it on the Vita did everything, got the platinum etc. A good Saturn-Phantasy Star-Cyberpunk hybrid that works.

Just pre-ordered the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 from Best Buy. Supposedly it comes with all the normal physical extras (CD, compendium, stickers, etc.) in addition a steelbook. I own pretty much nothing physically on PC, but I'll gladly put a handsome Cyberpunk steelbook on my shelf.

@Ralizah Think I've got the same for PS4 from Amazon, think it's the only place you can get the steelbook from here in the UK.

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, I pretty much never order from BB, but the steelbook seems to be exclusive to them in the U.S., from what I can tell.

It won't be useful for the PC version (comes with a code instead of a disc), but, if I ever get the eventual PS5 version, I'll use that steelbox as my case.

@Ralizah I was thinking that it's rare to get discs with PC releases these days!

I bought a CIB red gameboy pocket alongside a CIB ghostbusters 2, lion king, paper boy 2, jurassic park and mickey mouse for it, and also tetris and mario land with a manual and a loose mario land 2. That same day I bought super mario strikers for the gamecube and prince of persia trilogy for the ps3 (all 3 games in cases with a cardboars sleeve to hold them toghether.)

The weekend after I bought mario kart ds, mario kart 7 for the 3ds, castle of illusion starring mickey mouse for the mega drive and CIB V-rally edition 99 and MRC: multi racing championship for the n64.

The weekend after my parents found a mint tabletop snoopy game & watch for €75 and bought that for me as a gift.

And yesterday I went to the retro gaming expo in hengelo and bought a CIB super mario land, ducktales and wario land for the gameboy, CIB wario land 2 and 3 for the GBC and CIB wario land 4 for the gba. I also bought a CIB pokemon snap for the n64, bubsy 2 for the mega drive, learn with pokemon: typing adventure for the ds, DOOM and duke nukem 3D for the sega saturn, chu chu rocket for the sega dreamcast and my best purchases of all, marvel vs capcom 2 for the sega dreamcast.

And to cap it of, everything again but formatted more nicely.

Gameboy
Mario land 1 (with manual)
Mario land 1 (CIB)
Mario land 2 (loose)
Tetris (with manual)
Ghostbusters 2 (CIB)
Lion king (CIB)
Paperboy 2 (CIB)
Mickey mouse (CIB)
Jurassic park (CIB)
Wario land (CIB)
Ducktales (CIB)
Red gameboy pocket console (CIB)

Gameboy colour
Wario land 2 (CIB)
Wario land 3 (CIB)

Gba
Wario land 4 (CIB)

Ps2
Prince of persia trilogy (boxset)

Gamecube
Mario strikers

Ds
Learn with pokemon: typing adventure (CIB including the keyboard and longbox)
Mario kart ds

3ds
Mario kart 7

N64
Pokemon snap (CIB)
V-rally edition 99 (CIB)
MRC- multi racing championship (CIB)

Game&watch
Snoopy (tabletop)

Mega drive
Bubsy 2
Castle of illusion starring mickey mouse

Saturn
DOOM
Duke nukem 3D

Dreamcast
Chu chu rocket
Marvel vs capcom 2

Also these were my first saturn and dreamcast games and my first CIB GB, GBC and N64 games.

@KratosMD The XCOM games are great but the first one can really punish you for taking your eye off the ball. You really need to invest in satellites or things can go south quickly. Similarly, if you don't research the better weapons at the right speeds you can fall behind quickly.

If you enjoy the game, XCOM2 improves the game in so many ways and the War of the Chosen DLC improves the game immeasurably so I highly recommend them!

@KratosMD The urge to “save scum” in XCOM is so strong when the enemy has a single move that wipes out your best soldiers or when a 95% hit misses and that unit then kills your soldier.

You will almost certainly mess up a run but that’s part of the experience, no matter how annoying it is to have to start again.

@KratosMD M+R borrowed its tactical combat mechanics from XCOM, but the structure is entirely different. M+R is a linear campaign with an explorable overworld, puzzles, etc. whereas XCOM is primarily about resource management and base building as you play randomized missions (with the exception of a few story missions, of course) to gain access to more resources and manage the terror level worldwide.

On a whim I just decided to buy One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 on the eShop.

I'm not a huge One Piece fan, but I like the main cast well enough, and I figured the game would be a decent enough way to experience the story without having to plow through 100's of episodes (I've only watched the beginning through Arlong Park, and the Davy Back arc through Thriller Bark).

Being gifted a US PSN card last night... I ended up purchasing Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver & Legend Of Dragoon in the PS1 classics range for PS3.

I've already played LoD but lost the account (and it in tow) when my PS3 needed to do an entire system wide reboot/refresh a few years back and I forgot the account password. So very excited to play it again (It's not available on the uk store and I don't quite trust those code sites!)

Soul Reaver on the other hand I haven't played at all aside from a demo that I don't think I really got.

Really looking forward to it. Especially as it was on sale for $3.59 compared to $5.99 (Though ps plus reduces it to only $1.19 or so!)

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Soul Reaver was such a great game. I even bought it again on Dreamcast - which was an incredible port!

Good luck with that. Like, a week or two after launch, YW3 went massively out of print in the States. You can't get one for under $80 or so, minimum. Hopefully the stock situation is better in Sweden.

@KratosMD That's funny. Persona Q2 is pretty readily available in the States. Whereas Nintendo massively underprinted YW3 and doesn't seem interested in giving it another print run.

Well, this is why it's a good idea to buy niche games at launch when possible if you want a physical copy, I guess. Although I figured a Nintendo-published title was safe. I guess it's good that I don't actually like that series. My nephew does, though. He was disappointed when he had to go digital for the third game.

Just purchased AI: The Somnium Files for the Nintendo Switch.