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

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

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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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Hidden Gems: Rocket: Robot on Wheels

I'm going to review games that not many people have played, 

'Hidden Gems' 'Unsung Heroes' whatever you want to call them.

I'm going to start off this series with a game I hadn't even heard of until a week ago!

Rocket: Robot on Wheels is an N64 game published by Ubisoft in 1999, it follows the story of a robot called Rocket, around an amusement park called Whoopie World.

The story goes: The day before the grand opening of the new amusement park 'Whoopie World', 

The creator of the park, Dr.Gavin, leaves Rocket (a robot created by him) and the two mascots

(Whoopie, a large purple walrus and his sidekick Jojo, a Raccoon) to look after the park while he's gone.

The problem is, Jojo is sick of being just a sidekick to Whoopie and so he steals the tokens and tickets to the park and hides himself within the park, shutting down most of the areas, or worlds in the park.

It's Rocket's job to collect Tickets (which unlock new worlds) and Tokens (which buy new powerups) and defeat Jojo before Dr.Gavin returns.

This criminally ignored game has it all, a great soundtrack, brilliant control, very clever puzzles and lots of collectables (if you find that stuff fun)

There is A LOT to do in the huge game! Staring things off, you have 7 massive worlds in the game that are all located within a large Hub-World, you don't even realise how big the worlds truly are at first, it's only after you complete certain tasks that unlock a door to go to an even BIGGER place than the location you were at before that you stop and say 'Woah, I've got alot of work to do!' There are even sub worlds!

In each of those seven worlds there 12 Tickets (similar to Stars in Mario 64),

200 Tokens and about 7 machine parts to collect

The machine parts, once all have been collected will unlock yet another section to the world which usually leads you to a Ticket.

Within each world there is a vehicle that you can plug yourself into and drive about the world. (7 in total)
These include, A dolphin-bot, A hot-dog car and a Paint-spitting cannon.
Each of these is as fun as the next, though it's pretty hard to controll the Hot-dog car IMO.

A subworld in the first world

Like games that make you feel smart? Same here, The second world in Rocket involves painting things
they give no instruction what-so-ever so you have to use a bit of common sense, I'm not going to spoil anything for those of you who plan to play this game but there's a bit involving pools of paint and a guard, that was probably one of my favourite parts of the game.

I could go on about this game for ages as it's such a wonderful game, the graphics aren't as good as, say Banjo-Kazooie (another game I shall be reviewing soon) but that doesn't mean that it doesn't have as much charm!
The only bad things I have to say about this game are related to the camera and the level in the sky... (god I hated that one..)
The camera can be VERY frustrating so someone who isn't used to it,
it catches in corridors (just like in Mario) but the annoying thing is, if you press Left on the C-Pad twice it will keep switching between places and I find it very irritating.
Other than those, there is nothing, in my opinion, that take the fun out of this game at all.
Rocket: Robot on Wheels did not get the attention it deserved and it's such a shame.

I totally reccommend this game to ANYONE (Y)

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