Topic: Recent Retro/Misc Gaming Purchases? (Not PS4/PS5)

@R1spam well I have played Portal a lot of times so worth it just for that and a great evenings Binge. Half Life 2 is good but I am a shocking gamer and never finished it..

In another topic I finally found a reasonably priced original copy of Chip N Dale for the NES. In an act of utter stupidity that I regretted the second I did it, I swapped the game for some crappy figures from something - possibly Jurassic Park when I was a kid. Finally got a boxed copy.

@R1spam Enjoy. It's an amazing collection.

@Rudy_Manchego Shocking! Go finish it at once!

Just bought jojo’s bizarre adventure all star battle and katamari forever for ps3. Excited to play both.
Although I shouldn’t buy to much and especially not expensive games like these as I’m going to a retro gaming convention in october and I’m planning to add to my ps3, psp and ds collections at that convention (hoping to find all psp persona’s, africa for ps3 and that wizard of oz JRPG for ds among other things.)

@RogerRoger I’ve finished touch my katamari and I think I dabbled into katamari damancy once. According to caddicarus katamari forever is the best and touch my katamari is the worst, and since I really liked touch my katamari I am sure I’m going to love katamari forever.

And I just realised I said katamari six times before this, now seven times.

Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force (PS2) and Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (PS2) purchased today.

Elite Force I had before, always wanted one of the PS2 Indy games - I'm sure it's not a patch on '... the Infernal Machine', but I'm sure it'll be OK.

@RogerRoger welp, I got the wrong version so I had to send it back. Do no katamari for me. Maybe I’ll find it another day.

Just ordered Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 for the PS2 for a little over $10 brand new. Can't beat that! I won't play it right away, but I do plan on digging into it next year.

@RogerRoger I'm still a bit amazed Katamari became a long-running series. The original was perfectly lovely as a quirky PS2 game, but I wouldn't have imagined there'd be enough material for multiple sequels.

@RogerRoger Ha!

Fate of Atlantis was a game we had for the Amiga that I often tried, but was pretty crap at concentrating on as a kid. Loved Infernal Machine on PC. It was horrid on the N64, definitely not worth shelling out for!

KOTOR is obviously great, never played the second one though. Shame Star Wars Galaxies stopped, I think you'd have liked that.

There's usually a decent Star Wars bundle on steam. X-Wing/Tie Fighter/vs/Alliance are always worth a go too. I'm pretty sure there are plenty of upgrade mods out there for them now.

@KratosMD Donkey Kong Adventure is nothing revolutionary, but it's more of the same sort of excellent content, so if you've finished the base game, you'll probably really dig it. It's also decent lengthy (not as much as XC2's Torna expansion, of course, but it should keep you occupied for 10+ hours).

@KratosMD Have you been re-exploring the various worlds after completing them? A TON of content is hidden behind optional challenges, puzzles, and paths in that game. I probably spent 40 hours on the main game content overall.

@KratosMD Oh, I wasn't talking about the DLC, but the main game, which I believe you said you completed. The worlds have a ton of hidden content in them in the main game. If you just went from world to world, it's probably why the main game felt short to you.

Sooo... went to fetch my delivery of PS2 games from CEX. Not particularly enthused I must say.

Both are in terrible shape. I'll probably be returning them to a store on the way home

@RogerRoger Yeah. Took them back.

Don't get me wrong, I use CEX a lot and I've still plenty of friends who work for them - but ordering online usually gets the 'best they have' of whatever you've ordered since all orders come from the stores.
I can see why they'd accept the Indy disc to a point, but the Elite Force one was really terrible.

I always prefer to exclusively buy used games if I see them in the store. I've actually purchased two online used games recently that have yet to arrive, and I hope they're not in horrible condition or it'd be a bad first online experience. I bought them from the same Dutch chain that has usually had used games in good condition in-store, so I hope that translates into the online purchases as well.

@RogerRoger Already on it 😊

Found a nice looking Indy for £4 and change and bought that, got a bid in for £1.50 on an Elite Force. Both look good, so here's hoping.

@Tjuz fingers crossed!

@RogerRoger That said - hopefully the mental ship hasn't sailed on my interest, as I ended up stumbling upon a review of the Colony Wars series on YouTube last night. It's been ages, so I might just start a game of that!

I know it is not technically retro but I don't want to start raising dead threads. Does anyone have any recommendations of good stores in UK or Europe for physical Vita games? Largely western as opposed to Asia titles? I've got the collecting bug and want to pick up some physical copies of games but prices are already starting to jump quite high. Can be second hand.

@Rudy_Manchego Vita stuff is on the rise again.

There have been a few peaks & troughs over the years - but it seems the market is pretty much on the rise for good now.

Other than any local independent who carry old stock - Cash Generator types and CEX are your best bet in the UK.

@KALofKRYPTON Yeah, I know what you mean. For example, the current going second hand price for Persona 4 Golden is £28 or so at CEX and a few other outlets. Even more common titles like Uncharted are going beyond £15.

Ah well, just goes to show my feeling that Vita is going to turn into a niche collectors console is correct.