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The SNES version of SFA2 is such a chore to play. I mean, I commend the effort, but the actual product is just *blecchh*
What do you have, brother?
One of the reasons I was putting off getting SNES/SFC releases for the time being, because it seems to be a bit easier to get ahold of. But I failed that mission today because I'm still a kid when it comes to monies.
sixteen-bit
Member
saw this on hibachi's tumblr, lmao
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
i'm now reminded that there's a Reservoir Dogs PS2/Xbox game that "fleshes out the story"
Classic Mega Man is such a great series that I love to collect for.
Oddities include:
Wily Wars/RockMan Mega World [Sega MD] (PAL and JP only though)
Mega Man IV (GB)
Mega Man V (GB and Super Gameboy Enhanced)
Mega Man (Game Gear)
Mega Man X Collection [Gamecube/PS2 - The only way to play the Kart Racer Battle and Chase on a NTSC system so it counts as classic =P]
Mega Man Rockman & Forte 2 [Wonderswan]
Mega Man 8 (Saturn - has extra bosses)
These will all set you back a fair amount but are real collectible gems. I only own 2 of these right now but someday hope to get them all.
I've always wanted to collect Mega Man games. I'm a huge stan for that franchise. I'm even more fond of the X games. Do you have any images of the ones you already have?
I'm thinking that after I do my due-diligence with my current collecting of the SFII games, I could focus on a smaller scale series to let my wallet breathe. Maybe something like Final Fight, or an STG franchise.
Charles Brandon
Member
I guess I'm ambling towards Street Fighter, Castlevania, Zelda and Metroid sets because I have lots of that already. Castlevania in particular has lots of odd ball entries in the series and things that are connected like Kid Dracula etc.
Shadowman16
Member
Awesome! So you were collecting SF ports as well? Anything in your collection you are willing to part ways with?
It looks like the Sharp 68K version will be one of the most expensive/hardest to track down ports. Along with that terrible Brazil SMS port. I'm getting ports that I really like first (PC Engine, DC, SAT/PSX) before I get the more bizarre ones.
I like the more bizarre ports, even though they are mainly bloody awful! I'm not selling any games at the moment, all the ports I have are ones that I treasure in one way or another. Collection wise I just ended up with them since I went after loads of Capcom stuff a few years back. I ended up with a few nice Saturn ports - all the fighters basically Zero 1-3, the Vs games, Dungeons and Dragons double pack, Cyberbots CE, even Final Fight Revenge!
Speaking of Megaman games though, yeah that was my addiction for years until I ended up with pretty much every one released, including some package variants (like Megaman 2 from Germany, which got a much better box art compared to USA or UK), PC Asian releases like Rockman Strategy, Rockman X Math Tornado, Gold Empire etc.
Plus stuff like Wily Wars, Rockman EXE for the Wonderswan, EXE 4.5 for the GBA, Rockman & Forte for the Wonderswan, 1&3 for the PC etc. Its an awesome series to collect, plus since I love the series so much I've played through almost all the games in my collection (just need to finish a couple of the RPG's).
Pictures here for anyone interested, its an outdated post though, since I've got a few more PC releases since:
http://www.capcom-unity.com/mega_ma...ctures-of-my-entire-megamanrockman-collection
The pictures are pretty large, so I won't flood this page with them!
sixteen-bit
Member
Oddball platformers are my thing and I have full collections of Klonoa and Umihara Kawase. The latter night get expensive nowadays but there are only a few games in the series.
Ban Puncher
Member
I remember this ad.
I should dig out all my old gaming magazines and scan them.
Then I remembered it is 2015 and who the fuck owns a scanner any more?
Also, Score Master > Super Advantage
CV is great for it. Has a bunch of games, and sometimes it's right on the line between slightly obscure and super popular/common. Has a bunch of games to hunt down, ranging from some of the best games to some pretty bad ones. Good variety too.
Castlevania is another series (along with Metroid) I would love to collect. The sheer number of ports in the CV series rivals that of SF, so at the moment I couldn't really focus on it. SFII has been very fun so far, as they are just so many random weird releases and consoles that had no business getting SFII.
Score! I'll probably grab as many Final Fight titles as possible and that is high on the list and the most expensive in most cases. Congrats!
Your Mega Man collection is fucking impressive! Just got hella inspired there. I guess knowing I'm not alone in this kind of desire helps me alot.
Klonoa was such a dope game. And this actually the first time I've learned of anyone collecting his games. I love that. Not sure if I've ever heard of the second game though. Gonna look that up now.
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
I just started buying some gradius and r-type games. Order Gradius Gaiden last night. Trying to find 3+4 for PS2 for less than $30 complete. Gonna get R-types soon.
Gaiden is easily one of my favorite games. Another fun series to collect! R-Type as well. Will you be aiming to eventually collect the arcade boards? That might be the most difficult portion of my hunt with SFII.
Although I'm mostly into collecting 1st party Nintendo stuff in general, I think shmup collectors are the coolest and worthy of the most respect.
Again, this is coming from someone who is not a shmup collector.... I just feel like they have the coolest setups and most rad gaming skills.
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
nah, i'm console only.
I agree. I keep contemplating starting an STG collection again. So many wonderful titles and focus areas one could do.
That's an effective way to keep costs down and save money, for sure. Although some ports after rarity/availability and all that kick in can costs more than the arcade releases. Twice now I've spent just as much or more on ports for my collection than some of the arcade counterparts. @_@ But... I... must...!
NormalFish
Banned
yeah, I'm looking to collect CIB versions of all the interesting shmups for PSX. Should be fun, though there are some that I just simply can't afford (harmful park please T^T)
GayForMaster
Banned
Just wondering why you have so many variations if they all play the same (save for being different languages and 50 vs 60 fps)? Also, GH versions too?
Shadowman16
Member
I've managed to get most/all of the Final Fight games I think. I got the first one for the Mega CD (love the port, LOVE the music). I then got the Japanese releases of 2 and 3 (Tough) for the Super Famicom. 2 is ok, looks great but feels a bit bland in my opinion. 3 is better, plays much better. Bloody expensive though! Revenge is either "so bad its almost good fun" or I'm just forcing myself to get some enjoyment out of it to justify my purchase! Its funny, with some of my Saturn stuff I got later in my collecting I don't have much of a recollection on why I really ended up with them, so looking back at my collection is sorta surprising. I've got a few nice Shmups that I forgot I picked up!
Glad you like the Megaman stuff
Its one of the only four gaming related things I've been tempted to properly try to collect - the other three being Game and Watch games (that's a work in progress), the Yakuza/Ryu Ga Gotoku games and PS Vita. Its a great series to collect for, since I enjoy the series so much so I know I'll play all the games, plus going after the more obscure Japanese releases was a lot of fun.No reason really, its just the only series that I have such a huge connection to that I really wanted to go after everything I could find. But my thought process was this:
First just get one of each individual game regardless of region. I got lucky and snagged some real good deals starting out - Wily Wars for £25, Megaman 1 for the NES boxed and complete for £10 plus all the legacy games I had from when I grew up.
I then went after the regional variants because - I wanted all PAL releases because I'm from the UK, so I wanted all MM games released in Europe.
I wanted all Japanese releases because they almost always have the best box art and manuals and are just much nicer to look at in terms of the manuals and box art. Plus there are games like the Zero games that are uncensored and other minor changes etc.
The USA stuff I just went for completions sake.
The PC games were a huge draw for me due to the big boxes. They look great and have some pretty huge boxes in the case of the Japanese/Asian releases. They were also surprisingly hard to find, thrill of the hunt and all that really lead me to grab as many as possible.
I wouldn't mind getting a few of those.
GayForMaster
Banned
I've managed to get most/all of the Final Fight games I think. I got the first one for the Mega CD (love the port, LOVE the music). I then got the Japanese releases of 2 and 3 (Tough) for the Super Famicom. 2 is ok, looks great but feels a bit bland in my opinion. 3 is better, plays much better. Bloody expensive though! Revenge is either "so bad its almost good fun" or I'm just forcing myself to get some enjoyment out of it to justify my purchase! Its funny, with some of my Saturn stuff I got later in my collecting I don't have much of a recollection on why I really ended up with them, so looking back at my collection is sorta surprising. I've got a few nice Shmups that I forgot I picked up!
Glad you like the Megaman stuff
No reason really, its just the only series that I have such a huge connection to that I really wanted to go after everything I could find. But my thought process was this:
First just get one of each individual game regardless of region. I got lucky and snagged some real good deals starting out - Wily Wars for £25, Megaman 1 for the NES boxed and complete for £10 plus all the legacy games I had from when I grew up.
I then went after the regional variants because - I wanted all PAL releases because I'm from the UK, so I wanted all MM games released in Europe.
I wanted all Japanese releases because they almost always have the best box art and manuals and are just much nicer to look at in terms of the manuals and box art. Plus there are games like the Zero games that are uncensored and other minor changes etc.
The USA stuff I just went for completions sake.
The PC games were a huge draw for me due to the big boxes. They look great and have some pretty huge boxes in the case of the Japanese/Asian releases. They were also surprisingly hard to find, thrill of the hunt and all that really lead me to grab as many as possible.
Alright, I see what you're saying. It's definitely the largest I've ever seen, and that playchoice-10 MM3 must be really fun to use. Also those Japanese boxes and the famicom cartridges themselves look great. The Mega Man Zero games being censored always bothered me. I was hoping romhacks would exist to create english versions of those at least. Reading probably isn't a necessity for Mega Man games but the Zero games have quite a lot of dialog. I also never knew about Rock Board so I might pick that up.
Maybe in the future, a repro of Megaman 2 with VRC6 audio will be released, so that could be something to potentially append to your collection (I sure as hell would want it). I don't know how any of that stuff works but maybe you'd have to buy one of the 3 VRC6 sound chip games and just reprogram mega man 2 into it, although as far as I know, no actual hack exists but maybe someone is working on it since the soundtrack has been distributed in NSF format. I wouldn't know if it was as simple as reprogramming a cartridge or not though (I hope so). I'm also usually against re-arrangements but this one sounds really legit and very well done. Feels like a lot of thought was put it into it, and it still retains the 8-bit feel, unlike the MSU-1 for SNES. I'm really not a fan of using CD/Symphonic audio to replace the 16-bit tracks, however the prospect of FMVs in an SNES game sounds amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmthY75368g&feature=youtu.be&t=45
It's gonna be a bitch to get, only because I'm poor and getting what I was able to get now was due to selling other stuff from the collections. But for completion sake getting the Arcade PCBs is a must. Which is why it will be the last thing I try and get.
I'm the same way. I'm getting every variation of every port of possible. Greatest Hits/Best, Capcore, the works. If it looks different or plays different in any way I'm getting it. PAL, Japanese, US.
So both of these.
7DollarHagane
Banned
anyone else have impressions of those 8Bitdo SNES controllers?
I use one of the official, original sega made Saturn USB pads for all my emulators but i like the idea of having that for my Wii.
Also Super Castlevania 4 soundtrack is still great.
I use one of the official, original sega made Saturn USB pads for all my emulators but i like the idea of having that for my Wii.
Also Super Castlevania 4 soundtrack is still great.
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
Been playing Phantasy Star 1 on the PS2 collection lately. Easy mode + increased walk speed + frame skip make it more bearable. and I'll admit something shamefuru--i'm using maps. So, I may as well not be playing the game but it's still fun lol
Anyone have an opinion on the PS2 remake of Phantasy Star 1? It's translated, but reviews seem a bit mixed on it.
Yeah, I looked up R-type Leo on ebay and conversion boards (which I've never heard of before but just seem like old boards flashed with a different game?) are $300. And from what I understand, that's kind of low heh
Anyone have an opinion on the PS2 remake of Phantasy Star 1? It's translated, but reviews seem a bit mixed on it.
Yeah, I looked up R-type Leo on ebay and conversion boards (which I've never heard of before but just seem like old boards flashed with a different game?) are $300. And from what I understand, that's kind of low heh
sixteen-bit
Member
I've heard they're good in the retropie thread.
I'd love to see them make a bluetooth Saturn controller with both Start and Select buttons like the PS2 SLS ones.
Well I started playing it on my Master System yesterday. I had the retranslation flashed on a cartridge but for some reason never took the time to actually play it. I have to say I enjoy both the new script and the new music.
The first hour can be quite brutal, until you start being able to buy new gear and get more experience levels. Abusing the save system is a necessity early on, but after a while the game becomes really enjoyable. I only use maps for some dungeons because I don't want to draw them, but no overworld map or walkthrough. So far I haven't been lost, and wandering around gave me much needed experience and meseta.
I ended up my session yesterday by
going to Medusa's tower, because Tylon said earlier she had a cool axe useful to kill LaShiec. I got brutally murdered by the first monster and I won't come back here until much later ^^
Why do you hate my wallet so much?
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
The game itself is pretty tiny, it seems. It doesn't seem like Final Fantasy 1 or something where you can really wander off.
I'm wondering if anyone has played the remake.
Shadowman16
Member
Have you seen these Capcom Generations editions, they are really nice hard back colour guides that also come with a copy of the games. I've got all the ones that exist to my knowledge - All 5 Capcom Generations games, Pang, Strider II, Dynasty Wars 2 and Rockman 1&2 (I'd have loved to get 3-6 in this style
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Have you seen these Capcom Generations editions, they are really nice hard back colour guides that also come with a copy of the games. I've got all the ones that exist to my knowledge - All 5 Capcom Generations games, Pang, Strider II, Dynasty Wars 2 and Rockman 1&2 (I'd have loved to get 3-6 in this style
No clue those existed. OMG. I Just need 5. Guess I have to start looking high and low.
You are right! Just saw a handful on there, and got the $20 dollar one.
Shadowman16
Member
I swear Japan gets some of the nicest looking exclusives. I was happy to stumble onto these when I was still building up my Megaman collection. Glad to see that you managed to get a copy of 5
I swear Japan gets some of the nicest looking exclusives. I was happy to stumble onto these when I was still building up my Megaman collection. Glad to see that you managed to get a copy of 5
All thx to you, bro! And for a very reasonable price. That was less than the jewel cases for Volume 5. Now to get the other two versions. lol
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
japan has something like several thousand unlocalized PS1 games. I'm sure most of it is trash but there's a lot of interesting stuff in there.
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
Do you have that PS1 FMV game with the animated movie? I forget what it's called. I just learned it existed like a month ago.
Shadowman16
Member
I wanted to give that a try, I just wish the game consisted of more gameplay than watching the movie then fighting Ryu in one final fight (unless I'm wrong!)
The live action movie game is a guilty pleasure of mine. Its bad, but I still like to play it from time to time... plus I seem to remember the arcade version of the game had a different set of characters?
I used to have it on the Saturn. Ripped all the sprites of the bot from it too. But I don't have any interest it that title again. I'm trying to stick to the core games. That one while bearing the title is a little off track for me. Lol fun game though.
Some of them are in both. They also play differently from one another.
RadarScope1
Member
That Mega Man collection ... holy mother of God. Wow.
So another question to my collectors friends. What is the grail in your collection? Whether you have been able to obtain it yet or not. What is that one game that you just have to have, and/or may be worth the absolute most?
For me, I think the CPS Changer games will be the absolute most difficult to ever get, let alone their price will be astronomical.
For me, I think the CPS Changer games will be the absolute most difficult to ever get, let alone their price will be astronomical.
I own a hell of a lot of Mega Man games, but those were bought way before the current Mega Man inflation bubble that makes buying these games way too daunting.
As for subjects to collect, the only ones I'm really go for, regardless of quality, are Treasure developed games, Wonder Boy games, and Prince of Persia versions.
As for subjects to collect, the only ones I'm really go for, regardless of quality, are Treasure developed games, Wonder Boy games, and Prince of Persia versions.
I won't tell you, because then you will look for it too and snatch the cheap copy I should have found first.