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You know... I saw this one and passed it up.  I had a feeling this is exactly what it was.  Though I really used to like these games:
Guerrilla War, Ikari Warriors, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road, Ikari III: The Rescue 
* these games almost sold me on the package.


Holy Crap.. Beast Busters... I swear I played that in the Arcade FOREVER ago.  Could be a faded or incorrect memory... but I swear I played it lol and it only captured a few quarters from me.

With that said... are the games I listed above worth it?  And don't forget to update us on Crystalis  lol... Never heard of it... probably should've heard of it being SNK.

We've discussed Breath of the Wild for the Nintendo Switch.  @targetrasp @Kinikko and others really dig the game.  But How does Breath of the Wild compare on the Wii U?  What are the differences?

I noticed it is currently for sale at Best Buy.. and I was thinking of picking up a copy cheap.  If anyone remembers... the Twilight Princess was released on the Gamecube and Wii.. The Gamecube version became somewhat of a collectors item.

Linky: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Wii U - bestbuy.com.  Now... it's currently $34 and it's a bit tempting.   I know the Wii U version didn't have near as many sold... even though 1.5 Million copies were sold as of August 2018 (I believe the number is).

SO what are your thoughts?  Should this be in a collection for increasing value?  Post it up!

LOL... I had to laugh at these.  So... I noticed at Gamestop, they are on Sale.  I was actually tempted ... not sure why...  But I didn't buy.

Linky is here: Giant Robot Slippers with Sound - By ThinkGeek  - Gamestop.com

Here's a brief Youtube.com video on what they do - the last 15 seconds of foot tapping is my favorite.  The sound somewhat reminds me of the Cyberdemon in Doom 2 ( @Jack lol):




Anyone try these? LOL...  They look like they would be a great gift for certain gamers.  post it up!

Hell Scyth ( @Helskyth ) - I've been looking to pick this game up.  Re-reading your review made me want to get it.  I missed FarCry 5 on sale... I'm hoping to find it on another sale just before Christmas.   I have all of the Far Cry games.  I think Far Cry 2 was my most played, followed by Far Cry 3.   3 seemed to get more repetitive than 2 though...

I own 4 but barely broke it out... and will own 5 at some point. 

Anyone else play these games?  What are your favorites?

Now that Super Smash Bros Ultimate is coming out... I will probably buy into this next week.  Anyone else?   It would be cool to get some of our members playing Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

Also, any word of the games included @targetrasp ?  Or ... if they're enhancing the old games?  IE online play.

Yeah... Even more excited LOL.  These directs are cool and well made.  I'm not sure how many other videos have done such a good job at hyping games.  Good job keeping these out here and linked!

Also, good job on the Smash Bros Ultimate Never Seen Before Secret.  Yeah... AND keep up the good work on the FortNite updates.

I have this game pre-ordered... getting excited for next week!   I'm still disappointed I didn't get the Super Smash Bros Ultimate bundle with Controller though.

Anyone else pumped? 

I've been listening to Metallica's ...And Justice For All album since it was recently re-released.

Mainly just been sticking to the classic's lately like Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest & Ozzy. I haven't been able to get into a lot of the metal bands that have come out in the last decade but I'll have to check them out a bit more. Need to broaden my horizons.

man... I love Shortest Straw... that's still one of my favorite songs. I have not heard the re-release.... I take it was remastered as well?

There are a lot of newer bands to try.  Trivium is a great one to get into if you like Metallica - they are definitely heavier though and rotate between clean singing and growling.  Shogun, In waves, Vengence Falls, and Ascendancy are perfect places to start.  I like their tempo.

Unearth is a band @Grindspine introduced me to a few years ago.  III: In the eyes of Fire, Darkness in the Light, The March, and the Oncoming storm are great places to start.  Watchers of rule is ok.  It's growly... but I like it... and it's another where I like the tempo.

Word on the street is that a few of these games are the PAL region versions which means that they will be running at 50hz even for the North America release. Not sure what Sony is doing and who is running this project. Pretty sloppy if you ask me.

Oh man... what in the world are they thinking?!    I'm not sure why they would do that either... it probably isn't a license thing either as it should be easier to use the US release games.  Therefore, it cannot be a cost thing either. 

I bought this a while ago off of Amazon. Haven't had a chance to get to it though. Might try to finish Spider-Man first.

I missed it for $10.  The lady said they should have it on sale again close to Christmas... and to download their app LOL    So I'll potentially do that.. and watch out for the sale again.  I've missed like 4 things now.  But I guess I didn't really need them... 

Well... it was free... I think you can still get it for free.  Not 100% sure.  Give it a shot if you can, it's a pretty fun side scroller beat-em-up.   It's funny too.  You're in a play... so once you beat up some of the people... they play dead.  Then will crawl off stage.    It was a little funny.

@Mai Valentine  - This game was mentioned on deal in the Gamestop Black Friday Thread...  I've been wanting to try this game since reading your thread in April.  Like Creepindeth... I was waiting for a price drop.  Hopefully I can pick this game up tomorrow from our local Gamestop.  They don't seem to have stock though... and due to Axiom Verge Multiverse Edition Playstation Vita  shipping issues with Gamestop... I don't want to order online from Gamestop anymore.

@CreepinDeth Are you picking this up now? LOL... seems the price has dropped sufficiently 

I really wanted Horizon Zero Dawn for the PlayStation 4...but I cannot seem to get it locally right now.  I'm going to call them tomorrow.    It's still $10 and I want it.

I remember you and @Mai Valentine writing about it in the Linked post above.  For $10... and for the Complete Edition... I'll do it.

LOL... I hear you... I used to like AS I Lay Dying a lot until the singer was convicted for trying to setup a deal to kill his wife.  I still like the music a bit... but it killed it for me.    Austrian Death Machine is essentially As I Lay Dying plus Guests.. and Arnold Schwarzenegger... and songs about all his movies.  Pretty funny... pretty good music.   

What have you been listening to lately?

@Grindspine  @CreepinDeth What about you?

Not a problem - I can do that.  Yeaaaahh.... I know what you mean.  What I do is have Discord, the @mentions for this forum, and topic subscriptions for this forum go to email.  Most everything else... outside investing price alerts ... are killed off anymore or are sent to "summary" emails.   Summary emails might be a good idea for this forum, but that will take a bit of development time.  You know... a running log of what's been happening, though I want to make things meaningful and not ignored.   Working on that balance.

TLDR... sure!  no problem lol.

I need to pick more of these up... we probably need a post where we can list all the Gradius games and variants.  That would be a fun topic.

I've had a bit of a Shmup addiction the last month.  I picked up another one for the PS4... there will be a post / small review of it coming soon.

I can solder pretty well but this guy puts the kids in a Foxconn sweatshop to shame. what he does in about 30 seconds would have taken me at least 5 minutes.

LOL    that's pretty funny.   This guy is pretty amazing...  So...  Does that mean there's a bromance going on here?

@CreepinDeth Part 2 is great as well... nice post ... keep it up 

6 has too many generous things

@Bomber Man ... Generous things like what?   

Alrrrigghttt.... everybody Chill! lol.  No takers for Austrian Death Machine?

Did anyone take part in any of the GameStop Ads?

I was trying to get @SpartanEvolved on Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 .... no go so far.

Speaking of that... I need to get you ( @targetrasp ) and @Jack to play Blackout or Team Death Match. It's about time for that.

Licensing could definitely be the hold up @targetrasp  AND that would make sense.  Though.... not being able to easily transfer doesn't make sense    I guess it could be a ploy to get people to buy their games multiple times.  There are some games ( I believe) available on the Wii but not newer consoles. I could be wrong on that... but I thought Sin and Punishment was one of them.  It might be available everywhere now.

LOL... I miss those LAN nights  where we played Mario Party.  That was ridiculously fun.

idk... it's hard to say whether Mario Party 5 or 6 is better.  I love 5 a lot ... but 6 improved upon some things and made the action faster.

Nice!! @retro junkie  Good job on the DS Lite Repair. That's awesome.   It looks like you needed a part 1 and a part 2 marathon lol    Good stuff though.  It looks like you had a lot of fun... and played a few SHMUPS as well!  Akai Katana Looks great!  I want to try that game.

My favorite Geometry wars was on the Nintendo Wii.  I've played several of the versions... but that one is by far my favorite.  The one on the Playstation Vita is extremely well done as well...  I need to make topics on those games  in the near future.

Man.. Dracula X... we need a topic on that game.  It's been a very long time since I played it.

Mastermario, Grindspine, and I ended up playing Diablo 3 and Overwatch - This is at the Pseudo - LAN Thanksgiving thread.

I now have Overwatch PC...  we Played it Thanksgiving night.  Check out the ThanksGiving Pseudo-Lan topic.


Post up if you have it.  Mastermario, Grindspine, Spartanevolved, and I have it.  I definitely would like to get more games rolling in Overwatch PC.

@Kinikko ... what about you?

Per our regular yearly tradition, @mastermario @Grindspine and @SpartanEvolved gamed.  Unfortunately, Instead of a Thanksgiving Lan...  We used to play from after dinner... all night.   So this year, Grindspine and I started out with Diablo 3... then Mastermario, ComradGC (Gamecube lol) and I played 2.5 hours of Overwatch.


How many of you have Overwatch?  Check in at the Overwatch Topic   I'm going to try to organize some people to get together. 
@targetrasp ?  @Jack ?  @Zidart ?

I'm in it to win it. Let's goooooo

@mastermario   a little late to this one lol.

Hm... this is $35 right now @targetrasp ... I'm seriously considering this right now.  Think it's worth $35?

@mastermario it's cross platform. I believe pc plays with console which plays with mobile.. And even the switch.   See my cross play topic.

Seems like we have a few players. We should do that.

Gamer is where you are playing a video game at night. Your goal is to beat the Mom's record, and to stay out of her sight by hiding under your covers. If you hide for too long, you'll fall asleep. That minigame is fun

Oh yeah!  Now I remember. Yeah lol. That's a lot of fun.  Not sure why, I completely forgot about that.  It's in one of the smash Bros as well.

@Jack did you check this out?

Lol annnd as I said - I don't want that to be a basis to post.  I want people to enjoy this place and to feel free to come and go (hopefully more coming than going ) as they please.  I want it to be a home base... a place to gather, have permanence (unlike many communities in social media these  days), and for gathering players for multiplayer gaming.

This place isn't going away and I'm going go continue to work on updates.   People remember the 'good ol ega days'. We can have those again here. 


@mastermario we need to create a GameCube topic on this and the pc topic.  It would be cool to get a few people to play .