Topic: Your latest retro purchase

@NeonPizza Nice see an actual retro purchase in this thread rather then my latest purchase is something something on the Wii or DS 😜

Did you get it from Nintendo or off of someone on ebay or some other third party site. I always liked the feel of the NSO controllers it's annoyed me that they didn't do the 6 button pad for the Genny. I actually got to hold the NES ones when a pair came through my work a few months ago and they felt good. I was annoyed that I couldn't buy them but that the breaks lol.

Let me know how they feel when you get your hands on them really interested to hear your opinion.

The latest jewel in my Castlevania collection

@NeonPizza The SuperStation will be using the SNAC for the PS1 ports I suspect. It wouldn't surprise me if an adaptor appears at some point so you can use original controllers via those ports.

@NeonPizza I just checked it out, thanks! However, I am getting a little motion sickness as I am not moving but the scene is moving. They look really good but still a video.

BUT I will definitely try some 360 videos in VR to get accustomed to the motions

@NeonPizza I don't really have any nostalgia for the old Nintendo consoles - being in the UK I was more into home computers like the C64 and Amiga, then I got a Mega Drive/Genesis as my first console - so I'm glad it isn't styled on an NES/SNES.

Last weekend, I found a copy of Armoured Core: Last Raven for ps2 at a local Gamestop for a good price. Copy works, and comes with the manual. Tried it and, well, turns out earlier Armoured Core is a little hard to get into. I might need to start with another entry (even the original)

I actually have a disc only ps3 copy of For Answer I found at a yard sale... for 25 cents. But I need a ps3 to play and try it.

Edit: can't get a good picture right now, sorry

@NeonPizza 😂 I'm not sure I had GI Joe on the C64, although that character select screen looks familiar. GI Joe wasn't that popular in the UK as far as I remember, although I'm sure my younger brother did have a couple of the action figures - I definitely remember the Snake Eyes one. My older brother still has the C64 and Amiga's I think - we had an Amiga 500, but he also bought a 1200 and a CD32 for himself when he started earning some cash as he would've been about 16 or 17 when the 1200 came out.

The MiSTer is something I 've always wanted to get at some point, but could never really justify the cost given I've already got an Analogue Pocket - until the MiSTer Pi was announced. I ended up ordering the SuperStation One instead though. The convenience of an all-in-one box instead of having to figure out all the parts needed for a MiSTer won me over in the end - and, as you say, it looks a lot nicer than a MiSTer.

I'm kinda similar in what I'd consider Retro - anything pre-CD for me - so, apart from my Mega Drive, the SuperStation One will be surrounded by older-but-not-quite-retro consoles like the Dreamcast, Wii, PS2 etc, although I'm always looking out for older stuff I didn't have back in the day, so might pick up an NES or SNES some day.

Last time was Nintendo, this time is PS.

In my quest to apparently save every broken console from landfill, I've recently picked up (not all retro):

• a job lot containing an original Xbox, a PS1, a Wii, a Mega Drive II, a PS2 Fat and an Xbox 360.
• a(nother) PSP 1003
• a GameCube
• a New 2DS XL
• an NES
• 2 Switches

Finally got Castlevania and Castlevania 3 My Castlevania NES trilogy is complete!!!

Also got Dracula for the Mega Drive! It is a highly criticized game, but it is one of my childhood favorites! It has a killer soundtrack!!!

Another amazing retro (with the exception of the Switch game) haul!
Those games bring many childhood memories! Especially Ninja Gaiden!

The only bad thing is that the site I love to order from is located in the UK and I have to wait a month to get my orders because of the customs AND have to play VAT as well

PS: I HATE Brexit! I wonder how many small stores closed because its customers from the EU stopped shopping from the UK.

Time for a monthly update. Back with more PS games because why not? The most I'm excited on is clearly Thousand Arms. Took me a long time to finally get this bad boy to come home with me at a respectable price. Wouldn't be surprised if anyone here hasn't heard of it. A real gem this game is!

Today I finally received a package containing a game that in a few months will be 20 years old. And I have a hard time accepting it.

It is a CIB copy of Jump Super Stars for the Nintendo DS.

Unlike Jump Ultimate Stars, this one isn't as import friendly. You can still get the gist of what to do or use a translator, but to evolve a Help character into a Support or Battle character you have to fill empty panels with 1, 2 or even 3 characters, figuring out what empty panels belong to who is the real challenge. Jump Ultimate Stars mitigates this by having an evolution tree for each character in its place.