Also sometimes with my connector and certain games, it seems to not work with certain PAL games in the back. Switching to another PAL game usually works. I'm not sure if it is actually because of that or because of the connections as Peagles say, and that it just happens to work with the second cart. But I guess you can try it if you haven't.
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SNES Game Collecting (Tips, discussion, and info for like minded collectors)
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So, on a whim I decide to check out a couple of prices on eBay, just to see how the whole price explosion's going.
Holy moly, Megaman X3 is $150+ for just the cart? I got a replacement in 2007 for just $7.50, that's insane 0_o.
Demon's Crest for ~$100 is disappointing though. More people should be able to enjoy it. X3 is a fine game, but DC is a true, oft-overlooked gem of the times.
Edit: Then an actual auction like this. I remember seeing them at Gamefellas in 2006 for $20 each, and I thought they were overpriced then.
Holy moly, Megaman X3 is $150+ for just the cart? I got a replacement in 2007 for just $7.50, that's insane 0_o.
Demon's Crest for ~$100 is disappointing though. More people should be able to enjoy it. X3 is a fine game, but DC is a true, oft-overlooked gem of the times.
Edit: Then an actual auction like this. I remember seeing them at Gamefellas in 2006 for $20 each, and I thought they were overpriced then.
Some carts definitely work better than others.
Hehe yeah it's crazy. I've resorted to buying Super Famicom versions of some games because they haven't been as affected... yet. I got Rockman 3 for around $20 or so for a cart. And yes that last part you mention is how I think about a lot of games these days. Like Mega Man 1 on the NES. Around 5 years ago I saw a cart of it in a local game store for 300 SEK and thought to myself "lol 300 SEK?! Are you insane? Who would pay that?!". Nowadays I'd throw my money at it for that price. There's a lot of games like that which I wish I had bought sooner, because they might've been expensive before but it's just crazy nowadays.
Edit: Oh shit I meant $20 for a Rockman X3 cart, not Rockman 3.
IrishNinja
Member
^absolutely. a year ago when i was filling in gaps, i bought a lotta gems on SFC to save $: Dracula X, MMX3, Demon's Crest, Hagane, R-Type 3, Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, etc. the system mods so easily and some titles like Drac actually come uncensored, so it's a bit've a win-win for me.
GloriousNL
Neo Member
Someone linked a youtube vid for cleaning the yellow off carts and controllers a while back, anyone know the link? I can't find it anymore.
Not sure, but I think you mean retrobright.
Seven Force
Banned
I started re-collecting SNES games around this time last year with the intent of reacquiring titles that I stupidly sold or lost when I was younger and to also be able to have physical copies of games that would likely never be re-released on digital platforms. And although it's been slow going, this is what I have to show for it a year later:
(*Not pictured: F-Zero)
Not terrible for a year's work, I guess. Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III (VI), and Demon's Crest are next on my list of must haves, along with Mega Man X thru X3, Mega Man 7 and a Super Game Boy. After that, I'll probably start getting around to the rest of the Capcom/Konami stuff that I haven't gotten around to, yet. Here's to another year of SNES!
(*Not pictured: F-Zero)
Not terrible for a year's work, I guess. Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III (VI), and Demon's Crest are next on my list of must haves, along with Mega Man X thru X3, Mega Man 7 and a Super Game Boy. After that, I'll probably start getting around to the rest of the Capcom/Konami stuff that I haven't gotten around to, yet. Here's to another year of SNES!
I regret not starting my collection earlier. I actually never thought about it and was going to rely on the VC for all the older games. When I realized that the VC was shit, I started my collection. I wish I wasn't scared of online purchases at the time either. It might have pushed me to start buying earlier =/
I keep forgetting there's a lack of co-op in this game. I still enjoy it though
BTW, regarding the Super Game Boy you should just get the Japanese Super Game Boy 2. It's not that expensive even though it came out in 1998(!). The original Super Game Boy has a slightly higher CPU clock rate, so games run a little faster than they're supposed to. It's not VERY noticable in most cases though but since the SGB2 isn't that expensive might as well get that. And it also has a link cable port for multiplayer.
You'd have to get an adapter that has pass-through pins for the expansion pins though, or just take out the tabs inside the SNES so that Super Famicom games can be plugged in directly.
You'd have to get an adapter that has pass-through pins for the expansion pins though, or just take out the tabs inside the SNES so that Super Famicom games can be plugged in directly.
Seven Force
Banned
It's decent. Not as good as Capcom's best Disney stuff (Magical Quest, Aladdin), but it's alright. Pretty much rips off the dash mechanic from Buster Busts Loose, though.
Yeah, it's pretty boring (and unforgiving, holy crud) without co-op, but it was about $5, so I figured why not.
I plan on getting the Sega CD version one of these days, though.
Didn't know that about the SGB1! Might actually spring for that, then. The tabs in my SNES are already removed for importing purposes.
Will think about modding it in the future, but not now. I may end up buying the JP games that I want, and simply download the game on my SNES flash cart.
Will do.Speaking of Kunio games, definitely check this one out.
Speaking of which, I finished LttP and DKC1. I take back what I said about LttP being over rated, I actually enjoyed it immensely. Really great game. On the other hand, DKC1 was a really really average platformer. DKCR is a billion times better than DKC1, and I will never understand why my friends constantly say the original games are better. Maybe if I play DKC2 I will change my mind?
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Mail just arrived. Thanks to a fellow Gaffer, it is done:
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
No, just the last piece I needed to complete it all (Mega Man 5). The rest has just been picked up individually over time.
GloriousNL
Neo Member
Well, that depends when you played them. DKC was state of the art when it was released and I drooled all over it that Xmas.
sixteen-bit
Member
This is pure gold in my eyes. Congrats.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Thanks. One of my absolute favorite series. Took a year, but finally got it all.
Next up, finish up getting the portables:
Get equipped with M.Collection!
Are you going to add the PS1/Saturn/PS2 games as well or just leave it at that?
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Not the Saturn or PS2 ones. Don't have any interest in those systems. I have Eight and X5 already for PSX. Will definitely get the rest of the Xs, not sure about Legends. I never really cared for them. If I ever find them locally for cheaper than eBay prices I'd probably jump on them.
KDash31987
Member
I love Mega Man Legends.
Legends 2 is better, though. I really wish 3 hadn't gotten cancelled...
Legends 2 is better, though. I really wish 3 hadn't gotten cancelled...
Damn that's awesome.
However, you are missing one piece of the collection:
I love my Megaman 9 cart <3
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I'll probably drop the coin on the rest of the MM games myself. They're just too important to me. And now it's easy to catch up on the collection since the series is dead ;(
X3 was released on the ps1? I thought only Japan got it. Rockman X3 was my first ever MM game. I remember when I bought Megaman X4, I went "Man these guys are totally ripping off X3, even down to the name and characters" lol. Then I got MM8, and was annoyed that he could not wall jump nor dash.I love Mega Man Legends.
Legends 2 is better, though. I really wish 3 hadn't gotten cancelled...
KDash31987
Member
Nah, that's the PC version, which is based on the PlayStation version. The game never got released in the U.S. on the PlayStation, though it did get a PAL release.
I also used to have Mega Man X4 on PC, but I lost it at my old house, and I could never find it. Heh.
Oh, I also have Mega Man 2 and 10 on the Wii, and 9 on PlayStation 3.
theSlacker
Member
You are bad people. Games were amazing adventures that while really different from the standard Megaman titles didn't hurt or let down the name. First one in particular had a fully explorable island that you gradually unlocked new areas through power ups that gave direct abilities which made it feel more than just finding keys to get in new places. Which was amazing for a console adventure game of the time. The npcs had something new to say after about every even minor event in the story, and there were a lot of them. Tons of optional events and side quests that you really have to explore to find as well.
So yeah, Legends may not be much like the mainline or X games but try not to hold that against them. As their own games I feel they stand up to the other great adventure games of their time, even OoT (while the first one even came out a full year before OoT).
Don't mind me, still massively bitter over canceled MML3.
Most Legends fans are all still bitter.
Unless you find good deals, go SFC for Megaman 7, X2, and X3.
Don't have a way to play these yet but I will probably do so. I may even go Famicom for the NES games.
I know but I honestly don't see the situation improving. Besides, the SFC games are still affordable.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Damn that's awesome.
However, you are missing one piece of the collection:
I love my Megaman 9 cart <3
It's a shame 9 and 10 aren't out on Steam. Don't have a PS3 or 360 any more so they are completely lost to time for me now.
I actually enjoyed what I played of the first game when it came out (I got it for my birthday right after it released). I never finished it, though. I figured they don't hold up that well these days to people who didn't have an affinity for them originally. It's not really that I don't like them, it's more that I just don't care about them.
I have some Todd McFarlane action figures and Beanie Babies I'd like to sell to you at a very high price.
Mega Man is way too hot right now. People will move on. People will forget.
It's also on the Wii, which should be hooked up to an SDTV anyway.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Scalpel Knight
Member
By chance, has anyone here picked up a Super Retro Trio, and if so, can it run SD2SNES/Mega Everdrive etc? Do those clone systems normally run those? I'm trying to use my actual carts as little as possible, especially since I have so many now.
McBradders
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Oooh Flying Hero looks neat!
Just got a bonus from work so on the hunt for some sweet ass Kiki Kakai action. Found a decent cart only auction on eBay... gonna be hard not to go over my limit on this one. Such fond memories.
Just got a bonus from work so on the hunt for some sweet ass Kiki Kakai action. Found a decent cart only auction on eBay... gonna be hard not to go over my limit on this one. Such fond memories.
Shadow Hog
Member
Huh, so that's the Genie-less Aladdin boxart Shinji Mikami was talking about.
I want to pick up a japanese Demon Crest but I dont know if there are menus or text in japanese. I would not care if there is text but if all the menus are en japanesse... Its going to be a present for a good friend... Also i can play with it too :3
Also im looking for a list of exclusive japanese videogames without text like S. Metroid but is very hard to find a good one. Have any of you a list like that?
Also im looking for a list of exclusive japanese videogames without text like S. Metroid but is very hard to find a good one. Have any of you a list like that?