He is the hardest boss in the game, and yeah I played it earlier this year on Hard with no continues used thankfully.
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SNES Game Collecting (Tips, discussion, and info for like minded collectors)
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Seven Force
Banned
Yeah, he just screwed up my Hard 1cc Run, haha.
Used to be able to do that consistently with this game. Guess I'll practice more.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
DarkShock released 1.0 of his Chrono Trigger MSU-1 mod. YouTube trailer here.
You have to buy the three Chrono Symphony albums and I ran into some problems with his download. But, now I've gotten it up and running and it is absolutely fucking awesome.
You have to buy the three Chrono Symphony albums and I ran into some problems with his download. But, now I've gotten it up and running and it is absolutely fucking awesome.
sixteen-bit
Member
Cool tech
EatinOlives
Member
^^ update to this post:
I finished the Addams Family cover! This one for me was way more ambitious, because I decided I couldn't find a good enough picture of the box from eBay to use as a "scan" of the front and back cover images. Because this is a licensed game from the Addams Family movie, all the imagery that isn't in-game screenshots is just marketing material from the actual movie. Thankfully movie-buffs DO keep decently hi-res marketing shit of their media
So I just grabbed the poster and studied how Ocean's marketing guys made the cover. It actually wasn't anything too terribly complicated. They cropped out the actors, shrunk them and moved some elements around to make the cover for the game. The back cover was basically the same. The picture of The Thing was from another marketing image I also found online, so that was great. And lastly, the text was all Times New Roman so it was easy to recreate the text itself. Since I went through so much trouble cropping everything and making my own makeshift cover, I decided to go all out and threw in the highest-res logo of Ocean games I could find, rearranged the bottom text of the back cover to match the SNES box cover, even found a logo of Paramount and threw it in there, as well as that giant paragraph of unnecessary text on the bottom right of the back cover. The in-game screenshots I did have to lift straight from a box shot from eBay in all their shitty low-res skewed glory, because I wasn't about to fire up an emulator to recreate the exact same screenshots
Photoshop is a ton of fun
For anyone who wants this, here's the final cover.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/741/21400698150_62a6fc6499_k.jpg
Compare this to the box photos found in this eBay listing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Addams-Fami...WORKS-Adams-/151591288917?hash=item234b8b8055
You'll notice some differences with the front cover of the game and the one I ended up with. That involved doing a ton of photoshopping that, to be honest, I'm not experienced enough to tackle. Maybe someday, but atm I'm happy with what I have now.
Brock_Landers
Member
I've never managed to hit the first boss
EatinOlives
Member
Hmm I don't know anything about those games, but yeah I could give it a shot! It all depends on the quality of the photos of the boxes that I can find. Really all I'm doing is some color correction, cropping, and scaling/moving things around. But with photoshop the results end up surprisingly decent, and they're much, much better than nothing
I think I found a good eBay listing with the Gun-Nac famicom box. Is this the game you're thinking of?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gun-Nac-Famicom-Nintendo-japan-fc-game-/291556157564?hash=item43e219e87c
Also, which of these templates did you want to put the covers in? There's several variants of the covers and I'm not sure which one you prefer.
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=1610.0
lol I dunno if that's a good or bad thing. Is it Contra hard, or just stupidly paced?
Hmm I don't know anything about those games, but yeah I could give it a shot! It all depends on the quality of the photos of the boxes that I can find. Really all I'm doing is some color correction, cropping, and scaling/moving things around. But with photoshop the results end up surprisingly decent, and they're much, much better than nothing
I think I found a good eBay listing with the Gun-Nac famicom box. Is this the game you're thinking of?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gun-Nac-Famicom-Nintendo-japan-fc-game-/291556157564?hash=item43e219e87c
Also, which of these templates did you want to put the covers in? There's several variants of the covers and I'm not sure which one you prefer.
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=1610.0
Yup, that's the one. The template i'd prefer is the NTSC-J (custom famicom) one ( the one with the Famicom logo (the 4th one in the template list for Nintendo 8-bit).
Basically the one that looks like this:
Salamander's cover looks like this
and SD Great Battle V like
I guess the problem is that these games don't really have high res box scans floating around the net?
EatinOlives
Member
All right, great!
Yeah, the issue with, for instance, the Super Buster Bros box that I posted a while back was that there were no high-res box scans anywhere. Same for Addams Family. I ended up going to eBay and taking the pictures people post of their CIB listings and unskewing them and doing color correction on them to turn them into "scans". Results as I said are nowhere near high-res scan quality, but they're decent enough with Photoshop and at least they're something.
I did find some CIB listings of Salamander on eBay with (imo) pretty good pictures so I don't think it should be too hard. Yeah I'll definitely give it a try!
Onion_Relish
Member
Does anyone know about a good source to either buy or find high resolution video game maps? Id love to frame the originals but there are a number of snes maps id love on my wall
IrishNinja
Member
damn, might have to jack gunsmith's SNES ED but i'm down for this
Cleaning the attic, 21 years of shit to sort through
Found a bit of a goldmine. SNES PAL game boxes, flattened and kept safe from when I was younger. Games are long gone though, sold those.
How much are they worth? I have LTTP, All Stars, Super Game Boy big box plus book, DKC 2, Pilotwings. I will likely keep hold of them, just curious.
I also found a boxed GBA SP with Mario 3....and it still has full fucking battery. What the fuck. Also, a headphone adapter for it!
Also, various N64 controllers too! Analogs need replacing on all though.
Found a bit of a goldmine. SNES PAL game boxes, flattened and kept safe from when I was younger. Games are long gone though, sold those.
How much are they worth? I have LTTP, All Stars, Super Game Boy big box plus book, DKC 2, Pilotwings. I will likely keep hold of them, just curious.
I also found a boxed GBA SP with Mario 3....and it still has full fucking battery. What the fuck. Also, a headphone adapter for it!
Also, various N64 controllers too! Analogs need replacing on all though.
check eBay for finished actual sold listings.
Can anyone help me track down a legitimate cart of Mega Man 7? Do you know of a local store or anyone looking to sell one? I haven't been this frustrated trying to find a game in a long, long time. Starting to consider paying the jacked up prices for a crappy cart on ebay. Everytime a decent priced copy comes along, it sells in minutes, I can't monitor ebay 24/7.
Beyond the extortion levels of asking prices, I swear finding a copy with a legitimate label seems nearly impossible. Preferably looking in the $160 and under range, but anything decent under $200 would be worth considering. Obviously more if were more complete, but I'm getting desperate here. It's the last one I need to finish the 1-10 run.
On another note, I can't stop playing Biker Mice from Mars, what a blast. For a game that I knew nothing about and got with a bunch of other games, it's the most fun I've had with the SNES in a long time. I honestly had more fun with it than other combat racers on SNES (even Mario Kart). I need to try out more of the characters and play at the higher difficulties, but it just plays so well once you get used to the controls. Seems like it might be similar to rock 'n roll racing, would that be accurate?
Beyond the extortion levels of asking prices, I swear finding a copy with a legitimate label seems nearly impossible. Preferably looking in the $160 and under range, but anything decent under $200 would be worth considering. Obviously more if were more complete, but I'm getting desperate here. It's the last one I need to finish the 1-10 run.
On another note, I can't stop playing Biker Mice from Mars, what a blast. For a game that I knew nothing about and got with a bunch of other games, it's the most fun I've had with the SNES in a long time. I honestly had more fun with it than other combat racers on SNES (even Mario Kart). I need to try out more of the characters and play at the higher difficulties, but it just plays so well once you get used to the controls. Seems like it might be similar to rock 'n roll racing, would that be accurate?
Just get the SFC version unless you only want North American carts.
Edit: Yeah gbasp batteries last a long time for some reason.
sixteen-bit
Member
I really want to try it after seeing the MLiG episode on it.
entremet
Member
Great game. I rented all the time back during the SNES days.
Shame we never got the third one here on the SNES. It was ported to the GBA, though. Capcom went nuts with SNES to GBA ports.
Laws00
Member
I went to Columbus flea market in NJ and they have a game stop
I don't know who the hell went there or why the hell someone had all these games Super Famicom games there. It just weird me out that there was close to 50 games there. That was the first time i've seen more then 1 SFC at one time in a place. It also was the first time i've seen discoloration on cartridges. All carts were 2.99
Wish I knew Japanese or took pictures
Only game I recognized was Romance of the Three Kingdoms
I don't know who the hell went there or why the hell someone had all these games Super Famicom games there. It just weird me out that there was close to 50 games there. That was the first time i've seen more then 1 SFC at one time in a place. It also was the first time i've seen discoloration on cartridges. All carts were 2.99
Wish I knew Japanese or took pictures
Only game I recognized was Romance of the Three Kingdoms
I just got my copy of Shadowrun from eBay. I've never been one for rpgs, but I always kind of wanted this game since I was a kid. It seems to have other elements to it that make it more appealing.
So far I got to the first save point, but realized I already used an item I was supposed to save until later so I guess I'll restart. I'm liking it so far.
So far I got to the first save point, but realized I already used an item I was supposed to save until later so I guess I'll restart. I'm liking it so far.
Am I right in thinking that EVO has a crappy story, and might as well be imported and played in japanese? No way I am paying the western asking price for that.
Btw, I think Mickeys Magical Quest is overrated. The game looks amazing, but it was just too slow for me when I finally got around to play it. Pretty easy too, not among the best Capcom disney-games unfortunately.
Btw, I think Mickeys Magical Quest is overrated. The game looks amazing, but it was just too slow for me when I finally got around to play it. Pretty easy too, not among the best Capcom disney-games unfortunately.
Which ones do you think are the best?
Ducktales is in its own league imo, and Darkwing Duck is also great, while I like Chip n Dale and Goof Troop for the multiplayer. So I would say those four are my favorites.
I played all of those I believe.=O
A Black Falcon
Member
Those probably are the four best ones, yeah. DuckTales, Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, and Goof Troop are all fantastic games.
I also agree that the Magical Quest games aren't as good as some people say. They're decent platformers, sure, but seem like somewhat average stuff, I haven't managed to stay interested in any of them to finish one even though they are fairly short and easy games... but of course I own all three anyway, including a Japanese copy of the third game. Heh.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I like EVO's story a lot, especially some of the rare endings. But the price has gone from expensive to INSANE over the last 5 years, so I couldn't begrudge anyone choosing any alternative.
Ok thanks, I always thought the story was pretty much non-existent. Still, it has to be incredibly good to warrant that asking price, so I ended up importing it now. Thanks for the advice anyways!
Seven Force
Banned
Magical Quest 1 is pretty decent. Decent OST, neat power-ups, decent environment variety, and you could knock it out in two hours. Not top tier Capcom/Disney, but I put it on the same level as Aladdin SNES and just above things like Bonkers. The other two games are painfully boring outside of Co-Op, though.
If we're ranking stuff, then:
Top Tier:
DuckTales
High Tier:
Darkwing Duck
Rescue Rangers
Goof Troop
Duck Tales 2
Mid Tier:
Aladdin
Magical Quest 1
Rescue Rangers 2
Little Mermaid
Magical Tetris Challenge
Magical Quest 3
Bonkers
Magical Quest 2
Low Tier:
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
Bottom Tier:
TaleSpin
Just my take, though. Even then, the only game on that list I'd say to actively avoid is TaleSpin.
If we're ranking stuff, then:
Top Tier:
DuckTales
High Tier:
Darkwing Duck
Rescue Rangers
Goof Troop
Duck Tales 2
Mid Tier:
Aladdin
Magical Quest 1
Rescue Rangers 2
Little Mermaid
Magical Tetris Challenge
Magical Quest 3
Bonkers
Magical Quest 2
Low Tier:
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
Bottom Tier:
TaleSpin
Just my take, though. Even then, the only game on that list I'd say to actively avoid is TaleSpin.
Seven Force
Banned
Not even going to lie, my dislike of the game is colored by 3 year old me's disappointment in it, lol
I'll say never sadly.Here it was one of the early games that started climbing, just after Ducktales 2. Glad I got it complete when it was still defendable. So angry I didnt buy more back when I had the chance though
Seven Force
Banned
Up in Yonkers on business, and thought I'd check the local game spot for Pokemon Black & White 2 and hoooooooooly shit
I didn't think this kinda shit happened anymore
I didn't think this kinda shit happened anymore
sixteen-bit
Member
2005 prices up in here
RoryDropkick
Member
Wow, is this going to be like one of those ghost stories where you come back next day and the locals tell you that the place has been closed for 10 years?
Sword Familiar
178% of NeoGAF posters don't understand statistics
Up in Yonkers on business, and thought I'd check the local game spot for Pokemon Black & White 2 and hoooooooooly shit
I didn't think this kinda shit happened anymore
I dreamed I got a good deal on some SNES games from a local shop the other night. Then I woke up.
I have both of those though.
Lol, and I was dreaming about getting a new modded Snes with some amazingly sharp RGB-output that looked incredible. This really is getting out of hand
Lol retro phantoms.
entremet
Member
South Park made a Halloween episode out of Blockbuster Video.
I'm actually surprised they haven't had Randy go on a retro game spree yet. I mean SMB1 is even in a Froot Loops commercial now.
Btw does this look like a real label? I've never really looked that hard at alignment, but it came in the actual box with manual, inserts, and that little white holder thing.
Seven Force
Banned
Sometimes they're just misaligned. I have a CIB F-Zero whose label is slightly misaligned.