Collection Update

I'm sorry, once again my new post hasn't been a review but another collection update,

I haven't really had the time to make posts despite being on my holiday and I can't seem to get into the right frame of mind to do a review, but anyways.

I was at another bootsale today and managed to find some pretty cool stuff,
got a couple of films, LOST season 1 for £2 but no anime this time.
What I did find was a bundle of N64 games, none in particular that I would've picked out
(the only 2 I would've I owned already) but for the price they were going at I couldn't have left them!

I picked up 11 games for just £4.50!

I was pretty chuffed to have found a Super Scope

(or a Nintendo Scope as it's known over here)

Not only that but it was CIB, Manual, pieces and everything!

It really is quite a cool peripheral and all of this pretty much mint for £5,

I couldn't go wrong!

The last thing I bought today is nothing really special but it means alot to me,

My older brother and I had this game when we were younger and it just disappeared one day.

I really enjoyed it and missed it quite a bit after we lost it so I was really happy to have found this today

Quest for Camelot

For a game based on a Disney Film you wouldn't expect it to be so good and, judging from reviews, you're probably right. It's nothing really special, just a basic game but the reason I like this game so much is because of the memories behind it.

I haven't had much time to play through this game again but I will soon.

I'm really happy at all the stuff I managed to bag today, really lucky to have found it all.

Toku-R

Bootsale Swag

I realise that most of the posts I've been making recently have been about my collection rather than reviews of Retro Games, admittedly I haven't had alot of time on the computer as I've been going out alot more but still..
Is it a bad thing?

Anyway, I've been to another boot sale and picked up quite a bit of stuff,
I got 2 series of anime and a few manga too, I also found some Retro Items



Managed to find a Gameboy Colour for only £1 and a copy of Mulan inside
 and Advance Wars for £1.50



and F-Zero X and Jet Force Gemini £4 for the 2 :D

Pretty happy with what I found yesterday and pretty pleased with today too!

Rented Super Monkey Ball 3D and Rayman 3D for the week for just a fiver!
played em for a little bit and think they're both great, the 3D effect is pretty awkward on SMB3D though..

Anyways, will get back into the habit of reviewing pretty soon I hope..

Toku-R

Games from the Past and Duo Screen

Okay so this weekend, the creators of the anime/gaming blog Duo Screen and I decided to meet up!
We met in town and then shopped for a bit before coming back to my house to play video games and chat,
I had already met one of the creators (Caialn) before but it was my first time meeting Danwen so that was fun.

Back at mine we got to know each other more and played a few arcade games and then I watched while Caialn played Majora's Mask, we pretty much spent the whole day together and it was pretty fun!

Caialn playing my 3DS and Danwen reading my manga

Also, at another bootsale I managed to find another cool retro related item,
I picked up this Sega Mega Drive emulator console at the bootsale for only £1!
It's normally found at about £20 - £30 too so I saved quite a bit there.



It's quite a nifty console that also looks quite cool in my opinion,
It has 20 Mega Drive games on it such as Alex Kidd, Sonic and Knuckles, Golden Axe, Ecco and so forth.
Admittedly I have most of the titles on this console on other platforms like PS2 or those TV plug-in games theres only about 5 that I don't have but I don't mind a bit since it's still a cool find IMO

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Hitting the Jackpot

Today, I got up at 12:00 after yesterday's long and fun night.

 I was told we were going to a farm, apparantly there was a rummage sale sort of thing so I agreed to come along, after all, you never know what you're going to find at these things.

I often dream about finding a person selling a pile of Anime or N64 Games but I could have never expected to find what I did there!

We looked over the whole place and picked up a Chinese Lacquer-ware Box for £2.50 which was really cool, I doubt that it's anything valuable but it's a nice find none the less!

After looking once, we were about to head off and I VERY NEARLY missed it..

I looked down and saw a black N64 and a Sega Master System II!

I asked the man who ran the stall how much it was and he said he'll give me the lot for a fiver!

What a result! 2 great retro consoles for £5!

But that wasn't the whole of it, I got home and on further inspection of the dusty, dirty box I found that there wasn't just 2 consoles in there but FOUR!

I found a black N64, a Sega Master System (1 and 2) and a Sega Mega Drive II!

And with them came a Master System game (Rampart) 3 Master System Controllers,

A Sega Mega Drive controller and the Sega Master System Light Phaser!

(and all the leads and plugs necessary to play)

Needless to say I was BEYOND chuffed, 4 consoles, 4 controllers, 1 light gun and a game for FIVE POUNDS. This has got to be the GREATEST thing I have ever found at any sale ever!

As the Consoles hadn't been touched in quite awhile they were caked in dust and other dirt so it took me a good 30 mins to clean up and get them all sorted out and imagine my surprise when I take a look inside my new Nintendo 64 and find that this console also had the Expansion Pak!

After getting all this stuff for so cheap I was curious to see how much all of this would cost if I were to buy online. To save time, I just searched Amazon

Sega Master System - Used from £16

Sega Master System II - Used from £28

Sega Mega Drive II - Used from £23

Nintendo 64 - Used from £26

Rampart - Used from £3 

Sega Master System Controller - Used from £8 each
Light Phaser - Used from £5
(all prices include postage and packaging prices)

So without even adding all of this up you can see I saved an ASS-LOAD of money on this
and I added a ton of new (old) stuff to my Retro Collection :D

Toku-R

Nintendo 3DS

While not Retro, Today is the European Launch of the Nintendo 3DS!
I've been waiting for this for over a year now, since they announced the thing,
So I've been saving up nice and managed to pick it up today, the first day of launch!
Due to a slightly annoying mix up, I had to travel all the way back to town to swap the 3DSs over as mmy dad handed the wrong one... But as a result, I owned both colours of the 3DS!
Check it out.

Front of Both Boxes (Top - Cosmos Black / Bottom - Aqua Blue)

Dad brought home the Black one but I preordered the Blue one and the worker at the 

till mixed em up so I had to go all the way back into Town to pick up the right one..

When I opened the box and took out my Nintendo 3DS I was AMAZED, and I hadn't even switched the thing on!

The system has a GORGEOUS metallic body with a thin plastic coating which makes it looks just..wow.
Flip the lid and you can see the Circle Pad the Widescreen 3D Display and the 3D slider

I haven't got pics of me playing it but I even switching it on and seeing such simple things as Text Bubbles in 3D was astounding, it makes it seem as if there's no screen but instead, a window through which you can see everything inside. Even the little menu title screens were impressive!

I had a quick go at making a Mii and was impressed with the added hair styles and colours and the way you could look around your Mii in 3D. I then played 2 of the 6 AR games (AR Target and AR Shot)
they were really fun but I only had a quick go so I could probably get lots more out of it.
I also played a quick game of Face Raiders and I was REALLY impressed with that, It takes a photo of your face and then the photo jumps out at you in full 3D, dons a warlord-style helmet and rushes away, the aim of the game is to move your 3DS around, looking throughout the environment you are in through the Stereo 3DS outside cameras, you find small faces wearing Helmets and shoot them before they get a chance to kiss the screen and decrease your life bar. It's a very fun game for Score-Chasers.

All in all, I had HIGH expectation for the 3DS but I can still say that, now owning it, it surpasses all of them,
This console was well worth the wait and hopefully I can buy a game for it soon as I didn't have the money to buy one at Launch.

A pic of me holding the N3DS Box with my cat in the background

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Majora's Mask + More N64 Stuff

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Today was a good day, it was warm, the sun was out and there was not a single cloud in the sky..

More importantly I managed to bag another N64 Controller, a Rumble Pak and
The Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask! All of that for only £17.00 too!

Getting Majora's Mask completes my Zelda N64 collection and brings me one step close to my Childhood collection. (I'm trying to collect every N64 game I had when I was a kid)

Majora's Mask was, like Ocarina of Time, a huge part of my childhood and one of the games I have most memories of and playing it again has brought back most of the feelings I had when I was young.
The main selling point of the game was the power of transformation given to you through the 4 masks you collect on your Journey
(one for each of the three main races and another special one)
You also collect 20 other masks throughout the game too and while it isn't necessary to collect them all, they are essential in the last part of the game if you want to receive the final, special mask.

Link receiving the Blast Mask

Other than the usage of masks, this game added quite a few other things since OoT.

First of all the Sound is clearly better, music is more detailed and has alot more going on in it and most, if not all, of the NPC's have voices when they speak which really adds to their character.

 Secondly the textures have been improved making everything look alot nicer.

Thirdly, and the one I like the most, is the addition of new animations for Link and other NPC's which, like the voices, gives them more character and makes them more life-like than before. I also love the fact that no matter how small the NPC is, they always seem to have a story behind them of some sort.

Link talking to Anju, the NPC who has, arguably, the longest and most indepth Sidequest 

However, even though MM improved on OoT in many ways, in my opinion it still can't stand up to Ocarina.

I can't quite put my finger on what it is, perhaps it's because I had stronger feelings towards Oot when I was younger? While I will admit that Majora's Mask's Storyline was alot deeper and more emotionally engaging, I don't think it was quite as epic as Ocarina of Time's, I know there will be people that disagree but that's just my personal opinion.

The other thing about MM vs Oot is the fact that Majora's Mask only has 4 Temples while Ocarina has 9.

Now I know that Majora's mask has alot more to do to get to the temples but I just don't think it justifies the drop in number.

Stone Tower Temple in Majora's Mask

Even though I'm only at the Woodfall Temple at the moment, playing through Majora's Mask has been IMMENSELY fun again.

One other thing, I thought I'd share a pic I took of my copy of Majora's Mask,

The Gold Cartridge is sexy..

I think this picture captures the dark theme of the game while still showing what fun it is to play :D


ALSO: My friends have a blog about Games, Anime and other stuff that has been going on,
It's called Duo Screen, please check it out!

http://duoscreen.blogspot.com/

Toku-R

My Weekend and N64 Update

Okay, so on the weekend I managed to pick up 2 more N64 games, 

Wave Race 64 and Blast Corps only for £4!

I've only played Wave Race for a little bit but, I think it's quite cool, it feels very realistic the way you race across the ocean, Blast Corps on the other hand I've played for quite a bit.

The basic objective of the game is to smash, blow up and destroy everything, and boy does it feel good.

With a huge variety of vehicles and robots to smash things with (each with their own unique control) Blast Corps is a very deep game that will keep your interest.

The other thing that was cool about the weekend was the fact that I got to play on a genuine six-button, joystick Arcade Cabinet! I know this sounds a bit odd considering how big a fan of Retro Gaming I am but I was born in the mid-nineties and never got the chance to go to many arcades, so for that I am ashamed.

The game itself was Metal Slug, what better game to experience on an AC?

I had a good play, though not as long as I would've liked as I had parents waiting,

but it was a brilliant experience.

I also got to have a quick go at the 3DS when I was in Game,

brilliant stuff as this was the first time I'd seen the console in person.

I had a quick go at the AR Target Shooting and I was very impressed.

Check it out on Youtube or something.

Toku-R

My N64 Collection So Far...

In October 2010 I got my hands on an N64 after 10 Years,

and I was pretty happy because it was a Limited Edition Pokémon Stadium console.
I got it with Pokémon Stadium and Super Mario 64 and since then bought 7 more games.

admittedly, for 5 months of having the console I havent bought alot, but here is my collection so far.

Pokémon Stadium, Super Mario 64, Rocket: Robot on Wheels
Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, Body Harvest,
Glover, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Star Wars Episode 1: Racer

My Whole Collection ATM, not very impressive but I love it
Pokémon Stadium Console and Controller
Boxes for N64 Expansion Pak and Body Harvest

Like I said, it isn't a very big collection, especially for 5 months but it's one of my favourite possessions and I'll always get enjoyment from switching it on and playing through games from when I was 5 :D

Soon, when I have money, I plan to buy Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Jet Force Gemini, Majora's Mask to add to my collection

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Nintendo 64

Okay, so back in October I finally got my hands on an N64 after looking for ages.

The shop I went into was selling them £15 for a Black and £20 for any other colour (Clear Red was there)

For some reason I didn't pick em up there, next time I went back, they were gone!

They finally had one in stock about 2 weeks later a Pokémon Special Edition N64 in there for £20, needless to say I bought it quick, It came with all the leads a controller and a free game (which was Pokémon Stadium), I also bought Super Mario 64 with it :D

When I got in I also ordered two other games off of Ebay and Amazon:

Rocket: Robot on Wheels and Banjo Kazooie,

I bought Banjo Kazooie because it was a HUGE part of my childhood and alot of memories were saved on that cartridge and Rocket had great reviews so I chanced it with that one.

Getting a Nintendo 64 and playing Mario that day, really took me back to when I was a kid,

and all the times my cousins would come round to play it with me, I'm glad I found one :D