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

Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Switch)
Ys I & II Chronicles+ (PC; GOG version)

7th Dragon III Code: VFD
Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
Stella Glow

All on Nintendo 3DS.

No idea when I'm going to play all this, but I'm remembering how Sony just sort of stopped hosting sales for Vita games I wanted, and I wanted to pick these up before they suffered the same fate.

Vanquish was a couple of quid on Steam so I picked it up alongside Return of the Obra Dinn which was on a big sale too. I have a horrific backlog on PC so good to add to it 😂

@RogerRoger It’s my first time playing but I’m a big Platinum fan so it should be a fun experience!

Picked up this little collection today, there's a PS2 hidden there somewhere too

@RogerRoger I've always been a retro gamer at heart but never really had the space until moving recently. Then with the launch of PS5 and discussions over the best launch games, it just got me interested in collecting for the system, I've got a decent Saturn collection already and now with a launch PS3 can easily play the games. So at the moment it looks like this at home (before I set the PS2 up)

Oh and Astro Bot with its Playstation museum

@carlos82 Nice setup. Have you got the old consoles hooked up to the TV? I still have all my consoles in a box upstairs. I doubt my PS1 still works and it also looks ridiculous as I bought a custom sticker set to put on it (of a Ferrari F1 car FYI).

And an excellent choice of Sonic 2 on the side there

@Thrillho cheers, the PS1 isn't setup as I'm waiting for a RAD2X cable to be in stock to hook it up, either that or there's a HDMI mod that's just been released so I may pick that up in the new year. For now the PS3 handles all those games. I'm going to keep it a full Playstation setup on this TV but want a crt for my Saturn as I have the light gun, I had an old TV recently but it died on me sadly.

I found that Sonic 2 in a random box when I moved so just thought I'd keep it, I might get some Megadrive stuff next year too

@carlos82 I saw Ridge Racer Type 4 going for £4 in CEX and was so tempted to pick it up, you can get some proper brilliant retro games at a low price in there!

@nessisonett yeah I've got some bargains from there including that one, also PS2 games like Gran Turismo 3 for 50p

@carlos82 Oof, that’s probably still my favourite Gran Turismo so 50p is an absolute bargain. Worth it just to race while Feeder’s Buck Rogers plays in the background 😂

@RogerRoger haha thanks, the difficulty now is working out how to increase my visible storage as I pick up more games and consoles. I'm tempted by a low black table to the left and maybe have the Playstations that can stand vertically on there with the PS1 games stored underneath.

Oh and for anyone wondering what that coin is next to the Megadrive mini, its actually a replica of the Wolf Medallion from Resident Evil 2

So as I was offered silly money for my PS5, I've used that to bolster my retro setup and now have a crt next to my 4K TV and will get another PS5 when freely available at retail, oh and the Jaguar version of Doom is very good. I also have the Terraonion Mode in the Saturn so I can effectively play any game (it costs a fortune to collect for)

@carlos82 That’s one hell of a set-up! I can’t believe you have Cybermorph oh man, WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO FLY

@nessisonett haha it came with the auction I won, I've only had a brief go and it plays better than the Nerd suggests but yes, the first thing I did was deliberately fly into a mountain 😂

Its a bit strange having nostalgia for a game I've never even played before

@carlos82 I have to say I’d never heard of the Jaguar before I saw that Nerd episode. The late 80s through to the 90s had so so many consoles that I didn’t really know anything about like the Neo Geo, Turbografx 16, Jaguar and even Sega Saturn.

@nessisonett I'd seen one in a shop window at Gamestation around the time it was out but I can't say I knew much about it until AVGN. I did have a Saturn back then playing stuff like Panzer Dragoon and Bug but the games were very hard to find where I lived. Now with the disc drive emulator I'm discovering many truly great games and some gorgeous sprite based games like Astal and Magic Knight Rayearth.

The Jaguar is much more impressive then I'd have imagined back then, even more so when considering the version of Doom i used to play on the SNES compared to this. But yeah its crazy to think how many consoles were around then

The last shopping trip of the year was a very worthwhile one, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw these in store. All manuals inserts and controller overlays are included and in great condition

Trials Rising - Gold Edition (Switch)

I still play on my Japanese flash saturn that I imported back in the 90's. It's still going.
At the moment I'm on SM64 on the 35th anniversary switch collection.
I'm as in love with that game, despite its faults, as I was when I bought it with the N64 on import.