Well the unbelievable has happened… I actually talked my wife into letting me buy a PS4. Our Xbox 360 was acting up so it was time for an upgrade. The Sega dude has been harassing me to get one of these things since it’s release, however I held true to my word that I would never get one… at least for a long time. But then…. Star Wars Battlefront came out and I was hopelessly out gunned. The detail that went into that game was too much for me to handle (foot prints in the snow?!… Come on!) so I caved and bought the console from a guy on Kijiji:) In addition to Battlefront I’ve also purchased Fallout 4, and The Witcher for the system… again on Kijiji. I’ve been told that The Witcher is an awesome game… and it looks awesome, but honestly I’ve had a hard time getting into it. Between my job and school I just haven’t had the necessary time to dedicate to the game. I haven’t even loaded Fallout 4 yet, but I know I won’t be disappointed by it… I’m a huge Fallout Fan!
Enough of that… onto Nintendo! Honestly there hasn’t been much to say in the past while. I picked up a complete copy of Cybernator for the SNES at a local pawnshop for a fairly good deal at $29, but this is the only real acquisition I’ve made since Christmas. Well that and I managed to pick up a horse for my Ganon figurine that I picked up at a local retro toy show last weekend. I actually had bought Ganon at a thrift shop for next to nothing, but for years it he has had to walk around my basement. No longer however… now he has his trusty steed. The horse looks pretty cool… kind of like a Nightmare in Dungeons & Dragons minus the flaming feet. I have always thought it would be cool to own a black horse and dye it’s mane and tail bright red, though I’m sure PETA would have something to say about that and I wouldn’t want to cross those guys! It would be pretty cool though eh!?!
The horse was the only pick up at the toy show that I made. The Sega Dude managed to score some Insectors figures which I haven’t seen in a really long time… that was pretty cool, but unfortunately there wasn’t a whole lot of retro video games at the show. In fact there was really only one two tables that had games… and one of them wanted WAY too much for his wares. $40 for Super Star Wars… get out! No really, get OUT! He must have really not wanted to sell it, or as a buddy of mine says, “he must have been real proud of it.” There is no way it will move for that price! Then this guy also said he would be willing to pay $1200CAN for a copy of Little Sampson. If that is what the game is going for these days… then I have to throw in the towel. Even though it might be one of the best games on the NES, there is just no way it is worth that much. At least not to me… and I’m Nintendo Joe for goodness sake!
Holy crap… $30 for a lousy copy of Super Mario Bros.?!!! And to think… this was at Value Village thrift shop! You know this was a pack-in game right, and every jerk in town owns a copy even if by accident. They must have:
1. Saw that it was Nintendo, and since retro games are currently a hot item MUST be worth a pretty penny.
2. Saw that it was a Mario game… and some Mario games go for a lot… but not this one! If this sells for $30 then honestly, I’m done. I’ll sell off my entire collection and retire for good! That would mean no more blog… and how sad would that be! Actually it wouldn’t be sad at all… I would be suckling down rum and cokes on a beach and playing video games for the rest of my days. Oh the dream!
SEGA Corner: Well there isn’t much to say here other than that the Cybernator SNES game that I bought is actually a prequel to Target Earth (Assault Suits Lynos) which was a Sega Genesis game that totally rocked. I don’t currently own a copy, but if I remember correctly it was a really hard, but really awesome game. There were of course a few cheats that made the game beatable… such as ignoring everybody in the first level except for shooting down the boss ship… this awarded you with every weapon in the game which gave you a major advantage in the early stages… while still proved challenging in the later levels. I think there was an invincibility code too, but I can’t remember what it is. Anyways if Cybernator is half as good as Target Earth then this was money well spent.
Target Earth is also to be re-released on the PS4 soon… actually I’ve heard it has already been released in Japan but not yet in North America (or anywhere else in the world for that matter). I am anxiously awaiting it’s North American debut!
That’s all for now. Until next time…
Nintendo Joe
My Nintendo Dimension 