This is a current Ebay listing for Little Samson for a whopping $899US! Are you kidding me… with that kind of label damage this thing isn’t worth the space it takes up in the landfill!
Wow… jjgames.com is now charging a whopping $1928.75US for their copy of Little Samson! Clearly, old man JJ doesn’t believe in Pat the Nes Punk’s prediction on the trend of prices in retro game collecting! I could swear that two weeks ago the price on the same site was about $150 less… what are they thinking over there?!
There has been so much demand for the Sega Corner department on this blog, and as such I’m happy to announce a new/big development. The Retro Game Bros., were having a Black Friday sale at their store this past weekend, and I must say that their discounts were pretty exciting… so much so in fact that both the Sega Dude and I traveled to the store together on a big date! How could I resist a 40% discount on all NES games?! Unfortunately they didn’t have any heavy hitters, but they did have a copy of the Namco version of Ms. Pac-Man. However there was a bit of label damage and if you follow this blog, you’ll know my feelings about imperfect labels (glorified pieces of trash). I am a proud label snob! Anyways this copy of Gaiares for the Sega Genesis was picked up for a great price…. considering the game goes for $128 on price-charting.com, I got a 60% discount (you do the math) for a complete and mint copy of this title that I used to think was groundbreaking when it first came out. I want to say that I paid $110 for the game back in 1990 which was/is crazy expensive, but I got my money’s worth out of it as I played the crap out of it. Renovation really had some great games like this one, and Granada, but also had some real duds like Earnest Evans… I actually almost bought this game for the Sega Dude thinking he didn’t have it, but the guy fortunately wouldn’t take my offer of $30. As it turns out, not only does this game really suck, the Sega Dude already has it in his collection.
I think I already did a bit on this game last year, but as I received this game as a gift the other day I thought I would talk about it again. The original US version was called Target Earth and was awesome as it had a cheat in the game that allowed you to acquire every weapon the game had to offer after the first stage. The Mega Drive version did not have this option, and as the game was REALLY hard, it was nearly impossible to beat. But man was it every fun! Though this re-released version of the game has been out for a while on the PS4, I really want to play it now!
Did I mention I purchased an over the air PVR which makes the NFL experience 100x better! I realize this isn’t a sports blog, but seriously… no more commercials and lousy commentary that no one but my brother-in-law cares about! My life just exponentially improved!
This is my boy Branson and he’s a real Marine in that he wants to kill everything he sees… except most people, but there are even a few of those whom he would like to meet in a dark alley some day! I’ll be honest in that I’ve not really done a great job in training him, and most of the time it feels like he’s my master in that I let him on the couch to cuddle with, and that he whines when you don’t pet him hard enough. He’s a big suck most of the time, but it wasn’t always this way. I had to dominate him when we first brought him home. He wouldn’t stop barking, and at one point jumped on my back… I remember looking at my wife saying what do I do now?! I don’t believe in hitting people and especially dogs, so that option was off the table. What I did was whip around, and yell in my battle cry voice “ENOUGH!”… since then he doesn’t give me too much grief. In fact he treats me like the second coming of Christ every day I come home after work! Anyways we’ve had this monstrous beast living with us for the past 6 years, and as such I’ve learned a lot about him… such as:
Favorite Book: Cujo by Stephen King
Favorite Movie: Air Bud… Ole Yellar was a close second, but we always cry at the end!
Favorite NFL team: Clevland Browns… dog pound!
Favorite NHL team: Phoenix Coyotes
Favorite NBA team: Minnesota Timberwolves
Favorite University: Georgetown… go bulldogs!
Favorite Song: Who Let the Dogs Out by the Baha Men.
Favorite Comedian: Triumph the insult comic Dog… honestly I love this guy too. Although his best work was at the premiere of Star Wars episode 2, and he was also great when he appeared on Hollywood Squares, and when he handled that douche bag Eminem… I must say that his newest political roasting is fantastic! The world is for Triumph to poop on!
Does anybody actually care about the Canada Post rotating strikes?! It has literally zero effect on me. What they should do is destroy 10% of all packages they receive… that would get people’s attention! The fact that we all get mail delivered to our door in Toronto is just a bonus that most others don’t get.
That’s all for now. Until next time,
Nintendo Joe
My Nintendo Dimension 