teh "what did you buy today"-thread

[Mathius]

Cool Beamer! I am glad all of it went to a good home. Get that Amiga hooked up if nothing but to listen to some tunes.

[Nando]

$25 at a garage sale today:

Too funny, cue in Ahnold! RECALL, RECALL! that joystiq just brought back a memory dump of great times! nice set of games too. I've never played MM6.

[vestcoat]

Teh dog bonz!  And two and a half great games!  (I love MM6 by the way)

HA. Which one's half great? I liked Mega Man 1 & 2, but lost interest in the series with the third game. Curious to see what they changed by number six.

First time using a dog bone - great controller, but I'll probably stick to my NES Max for most games.

Also my first time trying an Advantage in twenty years. I hated it BITD, but really like it now. My joystick skills have improved slightly by stubbornly using some of the TG16 joysticks, so that helps. I'll have to get a couple more NES shooters and run n' guns to use it with.

[Mathius]

Teh dog bonz!  And two and a half great games!  (I love MM6 by the way)

HA. Which one's half great? I liked Mega Man 1 & 2, but lost interest in the series with the third game. Curious to see what they changed by number six.

First time using a dog bone - great controller, but I'll probably stick to my NES Max for most games.

Also my first time trying an Advantage in twenty years. I hated it BITD, but really like it now. My joystick skills have improved slightly by stubbornly using some of the TG16 joysticks, so that helps. I'll have to get a couple more NES shooters and run n' guns to use it with.

I LOVED my NES Max back in the day. It was the only reason why I was able to beat Contra. These days I can barely use it. What was once a great (if not slightly awkward) control pad has turned into a nightmare for me as an adult.

[BlueBMW]

HA. Which one's half great? I liked Mega Man 1 & 2, but lost interest in the series with the third game. Curious to see what they changed by number six.

First time using a dog bone - great controller, but I'll probably stick to my NES Max for most games.

Also my first time trying an Advantage in twenty years. I hated it BITD, but really like it now. My joystick skills have improved slightly by stubbornly using some of the TG16 joysticks, so that helps. I'll have to get a couple more NES shooters and run n' guns to use it with.

I only gave the Mario 2 a half great

Megaman 6 had some neat features that werent in the other Megaman games.  Plus it had some excellent music!

[Mathius]

HA. Which one's half great? I liked Mega Man 1 & 2, but lost interest in the series with the third game. Curious to see what they changed by number six.

First time using a dog bone - great controller, but I'll probably stick to my NES Max for most games.

Also my first time trying an Advantage in twenty years. I hated it BITD, but really like it now. My joystick skills have improved slightly by stubbornly using some of the TG16 joysticks, so that helps. I'll have to get a couple more NES shooters and run n' guns to use it with.

I only gave the Mario 2 a half great

Megaman 6 had some neat features that werent in the other Megaman games.  Plus it had some excellent music!

Mario 2 is definitely a *full* great. :razz: I'll never forget the day I got my copy from K-Mart shortly after its release. It was so different. The cover art was different. The gameplay was different. The music was different. It was all so unique and detached from the first game (this being before I knew of its true origin). I think a lot of developers miss that nowadays. A sequel doesn't have to be an exact copy of the first game to sell.

[JapanTokei]

I actually thought Megaman 3 was the best of the series!  1 and 2 were good too but 3 took it to another level.  after that it got too big/complicated imo

Teh dog bonz!  And two and a half great games!  (I love MM6 by the way)

HA. Which one's half great? I liked Mega Man 1 & 2, but lost interest in the series with the third game. Curious to see what they changed by number six.

First time using a dog bone - great controller, but I'll probably stick to my NES Max for most games.

Also my first time trying an Advantage in twenty years. I hated it BITD, but really like it now. My joystick skills have improved slightly by stubbornly using some of the TG16 joysticks, so that helps. I'll have to get a couple more NES shooters and run n' guns to use it with.

[bartre]

N64 Games - all near mint basically.  Did this guy even play this stuff??

mucho jealous.
care to share? 

[BlueBMW]

Depends on what you're wanting Bartre

Some of the games I'll be keeping, others not so much.

[esteban]

SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 (USA) is f*cking awesome. Always has been. Always will be.

I don't care about whether or not it is "cannon." Folks sound like pedantic professors at a community college when they discuss the nuances (I should know, I discuss the nuances of the Star Soldier series. You know what? I don't care if GunHed/Blazing Lazers isn't cannon. I don't care if COMPILE compiled it. I include GunHed in the Star Soldier series. Granted, I categorize GunHed as  "the cousin with over-active lymph nodes", BUT AT LEAST IT'S PART OF THE FAMILY. Yeah, I do the same for JJ & Jeff and Wonderboy 1/Adventure Island (NES)...) 

Super Mario Bros. 2: IT'S A FRIGGIN' SWEET ASS GAME and the sprite designs are where the "modern" Mario universe originate so IT IS CANNON YOU MOTHERF*CKERS.

Where are my pants? Why is the internet connection so slow at Panera right now?

What was I ranting about? Was my ranting even warranted? No, of course it wasn't. I just wanted to hear myself lash out for no good reason.

I feel better now.

[JapanTokei]

Estaban - I agree but dont agree.  Agree on the gameplay of mario bro 2 is great.  dont agree because the JP version is better (aka Dream Factory).  the way Nintendo USA forced character changes contributed to the unnaturalness of the mario 2 as we know it today in USA.  otherwise, the game is fantastic in every way. 

In asia, mario 2 was actually never released in the states.. it had poison mushrooms and all.. forgot what it was called, but it was a lot tougher than super mario 1 and game levels wasn't as smooth/intuitive.. guess that's why Nintendo USA did what it did to skip it and repackage Dream Factory.

SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 (USA) is f*cking awesome. Always has been. Always will be.

I don't care about whether or not it is "cannon." Folks sound like pedantic professors at a community college when they discuss the nuances (I should know, I discuss the nuances of the Star Soldier series. You know what? I don't care if GunHed/Blazing Lazers isn't cannon. I don't care if COMPILE compiled it. I include GunHed in the Star Soldier series. Granted, I categorize GunHed as  "the cousin with over-active lymph nodes", BUT AT LEAST IT'S PART OF THE FAMILY. Yeah, I do the same for JJ & Jeff and Wonderboy 1/Adventure Island (NES)...) 

Super Mario Bros. 2: IT'S A FRIGGIN' SWEET ASS GAME and the sprite designs are where the "modern" Mario universe originate so IT IS CANNON YOU MOTHERF*CKERS.

Where are my pants? Why is the internet connection so slow at Panera right now?

What was I ranting about? Was my ranting even warranted? No, of course it wasn't. I just wanted to hear myself lash out for no good reason.

I feel better now.

[Nando]

In asia, mario 2 was actually never released in the states..

It was actually, as part of the SNES mario all star game. It was branded as "the lost levels" I think.

[vestcoat]

I like Mario 2 USA, but the Dig-Dug-style stages are wearisome. 

[futureman2000]

Found a Gameboy and some cool games at Goodwill- carrying case was unmarked under the counter, just happened to ask about it. And Super Monaco GP because Sega.

[roflmao]

SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 (USA) is f*cking awesome. Always has been. Always will be.

I don't care about whether or not it is "cannon." Folks sound like pedantic professors at a community college when they discuss the nuances (I should know, I discuss the nuances of the Star Soldier series. You know what? I don't care if GunHed/Blazing Lazers isn't cannon. I don't care if COMPILE compiled it. I include GunHed in the Star Soldier series. Granted, I categorize GunHed as  "the cousin with over-active lymph nodes", BUT AT LEAST IT'S PART OF THE FAMILY. Yeah, I do the same for JJ & Jeff and Wonderboy 1/Adventure Island (NES)...) 

Super Mario Bros. 2: IT'S A FRIGGIN' SWEET ASS GAME and the sprite designs are where the "modern" Mario universe originate so IT IS CANNON YOU MOTHERF*CKERS.

I agree 100%.  I probably play SMB2 more than any other Super Mario Brothers game.  It's just too much fun to play!