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Best Use of Medivh 2017
The Lost Vikings (DOS) Final - Finalmente o Boss
Aquele jogo das antigas que vale relembrar. #lostvikings #game
The SNES Collection
Ah here it is! The SNES! It is probably my favorite console from Nintendo. Released in August of 1991, and triggering the notable console wars. It was superior, at least in my opinion, to everything it went up against at the time. This could be argued until everyone is dead and gone, but to me, The Old Nintendo Nerd, SNES takes it.
This console is in much better shape. Extremely clean, near mint condition as compared to my NES. Zero yellowing, dings, dents, scratches, scuffs or marks really of any kind. It is as if it was just taken out of the box. The elusive box, unfortunately, that, like the NES box, is also long gone. In trying to obtain one of these I believe there was a great deal of resistance in getting a SNES anywhere near launch date. If I had to guess I would say it was somewhere in 1994 that I actually got a SNES of my own. Likely purchased by my parents as well. I obviously took better care of the console itself, but no such luck on the box.
Man, I wish I had kept that box.
So many incredible titles were released for this system. It has an absolutely stunning library behind it. I cannot wait to possibly get my hands on a few more of them. This collection is much smaller than the NES, with my N64 collection even smaller still. This was the result of moving to a more expensive platform as the NES was phased out, but still being a young teen with not much of my own money. The collection is small, though I still have some VERY good titles in here, take a look.
All in great shape aside for the one permanent marker “P” on Uniracers, damn it. Why did kids write on these things, what purpose could it ever serve? Ugh!
Even more so than the NES collection, there are gaps, where is Gradius III or Super Metroid? Pilotwings? F-Zero? We don’t even have a copy of any of the Mega Man X series. Or Mario Kart! For shame! Hopefully we can fix that in my quest to fill out my collection a little bit.
I’m not looking to get any complete sets with this quest. Let me make that perfectly clear. No that is so frightfully above my head at this point it isn’t even funny. It takes a level of both time and financial dedication I just could not begin to muster to go for a complete set. But I do want a nice, well rounded core set of really great games. To do that I do need to obtain a few select titles, including the ones above and maybe a few more. With any luck we’ll be rocking a respectable collection in a year or so, maybe two. I am under no impression that this will be completed in a few months. This will take patience, and persistence. Yard Sales, Garage Sales, Flea Markets, and maybe even LetGo and OfferUp.
LetGo and OfferUp have the tendency to have eBay syndrome though. To me it is still an attempt to get rid of something, like a Yard Sale, where the prices are “get it out of my house” low. But people still go on eBay, check prices and wind up pricing a dirty, yellowing Super Nintendo that they found in a box in the garage, have no idea if it works, with one filthy copy of Madden 95, no cords and one controller at $60. The $60 one they saw on eBay was pristine, tested and guaranteed working as well as bundled with all cords, two controllers and a clean copy of A Link to the Past.
You get my point, I ranted about this type of thing in the last post enough, I said there would be less ranting so I’ll let it be. For now. I’m sure it will come up again and again.
My favorite SNES game is probably Super Metroid. The game is an absolute masterpiece. From the controls, to the graphics, environment, ambiance and enemies, it is hands down one of the best games I have ever played. Period. I don’t think I could ever come up with a negative, it is a 10 out of 10 game.
And it is missing from my collection.
Womp Womp.
This one will be, as a friend put it, my white whale so to speak. It isn’t rare by any means, it is readily available on eBay and even in retail stores local to me, but for an astounding $50 to $60. If that does not speak to the quality of game that it is, I don’t know what does. I will have Super Metroid though. Mark. My. Words.
Of the games I own, while Mario World is up there, I think the one I played the most of is TMNT IV: Turtles in Time.
Played the hell out of this growing up, it was like the arcade game was on my TV. I loved it. Graphics, sound, music, controls, all top notch. Pitching foot soldiers into the screen to actually beat the boss? Genius. Solid 9 out of 10 game, a must have for collections of any size.
A very close second is Battletoads in Battlemaniacs.
Fantastic game, the graphics and animations are stellar, and it is hard. Boy is it hard. But it’s a Battletoads game, it has to be. I love the music too, you find yourself bobbing your head as you are playing. They even kept the pause beatbox.
This next one would be higher on the list had I played it more, but I honestly, and I am ashamed to say this, have never beaten, or even played very far into this game.
*dodges all of the rotten tomatoes and other vegetables that are thrown at me*
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
I have it back out, and have started a new play through, so I will do it, I want to, the game is awesome. I just got this very late in my career of the SNES, I would say something like 1997, maybe even as late as 1998, and didn’t ever play it all the way through. I probably started a dozen games that always got overshadowed by another new shiny game on a newer console. Namely the Nintendo 64, which had been out for at least a year by the time I got my hands on a copy of this game. It will get finished. Oh yes. Soon.
A friend and I would rent a SNES on a weekend with a Monday holiday. Like Labor Day or Memorial Day. Not only would we be off from school, but we would also not have to return the console until Tuesday. Normally if you rented a console for the weekend you had to return it Monday. We would play all weekend long. Probably switching between 2 or 3 different games that we also rented. I remember one weekend in particular we rented The Lost Vikings, and Out of This World. The Lost Vikings is a fantastic puzzle platformer. With each viking possessing a different ability to help the three progress as a group through each stage. Music is fantastic, graphics are engaging and the control is right where it needs to be. We played this for hours.
The fact that we rented this game further reinforces my guess of me getting a SNES in 1994, since Lost Vikings was released in 1993. Out of this World I believe was some time in 1992. Though I am not 100% sure, I know it came out on Amiga in 1991, but as for an official SNES release date, I’m coming up empty. I’m merely guessing it may have taken a little time to port it to the console. SNES released second half of 1991. Puting the possible release of Out of this World first half of 1992. It could very well have been the same year though. I recently picked up the re-release on steam with better graphics. It was a trip to play I’ll tell you. I don’t have a copy in my collection so I have not played it for a very long time.
Ten out of ten console, I could go on for the foreseeable future on this one. But I’ll resist and snip it off here.
No pickups or video game buys thus far, total stays $83.09.
Next Post, the Nintendo 64 collection!
2017.04.21
:: Retro Blast :: I love leaving CoinOps on attract mode as you get some great ideas on what classics and hidden gems to play (tho in fairness I could just sit back and watch the sweet pixel art for hours!) Tonight we have The Terminator, Lost Vikings and Comix Zone, out of theses three classics which would you play? ❤🎮😆😊 #retrogamer #retrogaming #dreamcast #PlayStation #xbox #snes #c64 #gamecube #pcengine #Wii #mancave #zxspectrum #Atari #Amstrad #Nintendo #gameboy #dos #sega #megadrive #amiga #classics #nostalgic #emulation #coinops #retroblast #theterminator #lostvikings #comixzone #gba
Nintendo birthday party was a success! @charissajactor picked up two of my favorite games for my 34th, Lost Vikings and Donkey Kong Country. DKC was a huge hit last night, and @startledretard, @jmayplain and Caleb became obsessed with beating Mine Cart Carnage. It's so weird how, when you play a game like this for years, you get the patterns in your head and they seem easy, but when you haven't played them since the '90s, the patterns are lost and you're like, "I thought I was good at this!" Thank you to all who came to celebrate, and thanks to all who wished me a happy day. You're the best! #birthday #birthmas #snes #donkeykongcountry #lostvikings #34