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General Discussion / Re: Walmart & Best Buy-No more...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - December 10, 2025, 11:47:39 AMIt's been awhile since the last post... however, I was in Best Buy a few times. They still have Physical games. It seems they expanded the Switch section as well... however, Xbox seems more minimized... PS5 about the same.
DVD's / Blu-ray's are 100% gone. Nothing... Kind of a bummer. I'm curious if they just didn't sell any or they just didn't find enough profit from them. Either way, they do have more lego's, toys and other things now lol.
@Mai Valentine --> If you have the chance, check out my question above.
DVD's / Blu-ray's are 100% gone. Nothing... Kind of a bummer. I'm curious if they just didn't sell any or they just didn't find enough profit from them. Either way, they do have more lego's, toys and other things now lol.
@Mai Valentine --> If you have the chance, check out my question above.
#12
General Discussion / Re: Hawkeye revisited
Last post by BLUEVOODU - December 10, 2025, 11:35:48 AMI can do this alll..... Daaaaayyyyyy!! LOL 
#13
General Discussion / Re: Binge-Watching Shows Threa...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - December 10, 2025, 11:35:16 AMyou know... we finished Pikard... that was good. We are looking to start something Star Trek again... might take a page out of that book @retro junkie lol
Continuing Hawkeye 2nd disc - what a great series
Continuing Hawkeye 2nd disc - what a great series
#14
General Discussion / Re: Post Your Recent Physical ...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - December 10, 2025, 11:32:16 AMAlright... over Black Friday... We found several good physical media deals:
Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Steel Book
Wednesday Season 1
Monk DVD - full series
Avatar the Last Airbender Blu-ray set
Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
and a bunch of ridiculousness:
Falcon and Winter Solider Steel Book
Wandavision Steel Book
Loki Season 1 Steel Book
Loki Season 2 Steel Book
Hawkeye Steel Book
Moon Knight Steel Book
Mandalorian Season 1 Steel Book
Mandalorian Season 2 Steel Book
Mandalorian Season 3 Steel Book
There were some deals going on and we missed many of these special editions the 1st time around. Amazon wasn't charging the right price either... and so I called them on that and got an extra discount. Still, it was a decent amount of money, but we wanted these for the collection
Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Steel Book
Wednesday Season 1
Monk DVD - full series
Avatar the Last Airbender Blu-ray set
Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
and a bunch of ridiculousness:
Falcon and Winter Solider Steel Book
Wandavision Steel Book
Loki Season 1 Steel Book
Loki Season 2 Steel Book
Hawkeye Steel Book
Moon Knight Steel Book
Mandalorian Season 1 Steel Book
Mandalorian Season 2 Steel Book
Mandalorian Season 3 Steel Book
There were some deals going on and we missed many of these special editions the 1st time around. Amazon wasn't charging the right price either... and so I called them on that and got an extra discount. Still, it was a decent amount of money, but we wanted these for the collection
#15
Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: The Hyperkin RetroN GX - A...
Last post by retro junkie - December 08, 2025, 06:22:59 PMThe economics and dilemma of wanting to get involved in the Turbo Grafx 16/ PC Engine world. If you don't want to be involved in emulation on your PC but want to go with the physical stuff here is the run down.
The figures I have here in this makeshift chart are taken from eBay. EBay has a way of influencing game prices. The prices reflect the current average price which fluctuates. And sometimes you can catch someone selling at a lower price. PC Engine games can be at a much lower price on some game titles. As much as one fourth of the price of the same title of a TG16 game.
Prices of a Hyperkin RetroN GX= $99. The Price of a Turbo Grafx 16 mini= $280 plus, which contains 57 game titles. Many great games on this little console. If you don't have a library of TG16/PCE games, it is the most reasonable route to go. And if you are really into the TG16/PCE world the Analogue Duo is something to consider but the price point is $249. If it is still there next year I might consider as it does play the CD games too.
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The figures I have here in this makeshift chart are taken from eBay. EBay has a way of influencing game prices. The prices reflect the current average price which fluctuates. And sometimes you can catch someone selling at a lower price. PC Engine games can be at a much lower price on some game titles. As much as one fourth of the price of the same title of a TG16 game.
Prices of a Hyperkin RetroN GX= $99. The Price of a Turbo Grafx 16 mini= $280 plus, which contains 57 game titles. Many great games on this little console. If you don't have a library of TG16/PCE games, it is the most reasonable route to go. And if you are really into the TG16/PCE world the Analogue Duo is something to consider but the price point is $249. If it is still there next year I might consider as it does play the CD games too.
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Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: The Hyperkin RetroN GX - A...
Last post by retro junkie - December 08, 2025, 11:38:12 AMWhen the PC Engine launched in autumn of 1987 the first HuCards already came in at a whopping 2mbit, soon to be expanded to 3 and 4mbit capacities and eventually reaching a full Megabyte (8mbit) in storage in the early 90s (not counting the 20mbit Street Fighter II extravaganza).
They wanted to bring R-Type to the console but found out that it was too big at the time because they were using the smaller HuCards. But they continued with the project and divided the game into two HuCards. You had to purchase both HuCards separately to get the whole game. By the time they were porting the game to the US Turbo Grafx they were using the bigger cards and that is why it is on only one HuCard in the US version.
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Here at the end of 2025 for the PC Engine to have the complete R-Type game it can cost you between $60-$100. The Turbo Grafx 16 R-Type is going for about $100 in a single HuCard. I am getting my prices from eBay which seems to have an influence on game pricing in a lot of the Video Game stores.
They wanted to bring R-Type to the console but found out that it was too big at the time because they were using the smaller HuCards. But they continued with the project and divided the game into two HuCards. You had to purchase both HuCards separately to get the whole game. By the time they were porting the game to the US Turbo Grafx they were using the bigger cards and that is why it is on only one HuCard in the US version.
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Here at the end of 2025 for the PC Engine to have the complete R-Type game it can cost you between $60-$100. The Turbo Grafx 16 R-Type is going for about $100 in a single HuCard. I am getting my prices from eBay which seems to have an influence on game pricing in a lot of the Video Game stores.
#17
Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: The Hyperkin RetroN GX - A...
Last post by retro junkie - December 08, 2025, 09:46:29 AMThe games that I tested on the RetroN GX. I have a few more games but I think I have misplaced them. I will have to figure out where they are. I have some Japanese games that are the same game on the Turbo Grafx. I found that, while testing, one or two of them did not download the rom but pulled the rom from the SD card to play. The others downloaded the game again. Differences in play? Don't recall.
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#18
Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: The Hyperkin RetroN GX - A...
Last post by retro junkie - December 08, 2025, 09:37:04 AMStreet Fighter 2 was never released in the US. It was greatly handy caped by the two button controller. You had to use the turbo switches to access the different moves of the fighters, crazy. They did come out with a six button controller, finally. It was a very good port of the game to the PC Engine and showed what the console was capable of. It should have been released here, it would have pushed the system sales.
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#19
General Discussion / Re: Post Your Recent Physical ...
Last post by retro junkie - December 08, 2025, 09:30:42 AMMy Wife has a love for Bonanza. We have been stalking eBay for each Season. We are purchasing one Season a month. Season 5 is in the mail and on its way.
My recent purchases,
Season 4 of Star Trek: Enterprise Blu Ray(I did not know this existed, it switched networks and became the last season.)
Thor Ragnarok Blu ray
Captain America: Winter Soldier DVD
My recent purchases,
Season 4 of Star Trek: Enterprise Blu Ray(I did not know this existed, it switched networks and became the last season.)
Thor Ragnarok Blu ray
Captain America: Winter Soldier DVD
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