Not nearly reaching the treasure trove of role playing games that would flood its successor, the Nintendo Entertainment System still had its fair share of RPGs and more importantly played an integral part in wetting the West’s taste buds for the coming onslaught of 16-bit role playing adventures. Alas, as …
I recently gathered all my SEGA boxes and crowned one of my gaming shelves with their awesomeness. Funny thing is, I never really set out to collect SEGA stuff boxed, it just kind of appeared.Having realized that I was in possession of such a glut of radness I just had …
Released in June 1993 in Japan, only a month after Final Fight 2 for the Super Famicom, Mighty Final Fight was CAPCOM’s entry into the pool of 8-bit chibi/super deformed Japanese franchise spin-offs. Like Konami’s chibi Castlevania title Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun and Namcot’s Splatterhouse: Wanpku Graffiti before it, Mighty …
A couple years ago In traded up from my loose copy of Chrono Trigger to a boxed copy. The only problem was that the boxed copy I (knowingly) traded-up for was missing the maps/posters and the box and manual were pretty haggard. My line of reasoning was that any Chrono …
My wife and I are set to take possession of of new house on August 27th. Over the past couple days I have been going through my collection and weeding out extras, doubles, and stuff I am no longer interested in. Today I took a grocery bag full of TG-16 …
I am in the midst of doing a spring cleaning/reorganization of my game room, and while I was going through all my games I realized that I have quite a few high value games. My collecting philosophy has never been to collect games for the sole reason that they are …
This is a reoccurring feature here were I provide updates in my quest to own all of the Zelda games complete-in-box. Play catch up on my progress by checking out my flagship entry and the first update. Sorry for the week without updates. My wife, daughter, and I all had …
With this recent find, I have filled a sizable gap in the body of work that is my game collection. These are two of my favorite games that I have always owned loose, but to find them complete, in the mint/near mint condition they are in, and for the paltry …
I own a CIB copy of Castle of Deceit I acquired for a small investment from a local fellow video game collector who had fallen on hard times. As I excitedly added the game to my shelf I began to wonder… why in the hell did I want this game? …