twiztor

On 7/6/2017 at 7:35 AM, E-Day said:

I think you are overthinking this way too much. No kid is going to see it that way.

totally agreed. 

comparing a "possession mechanic" to rape is ludicrous. these are all animated (i.e., non-living) creatures and made specifically for this purpose. i think we'll all be ok.

very cool little article/post. a few of the artworks confused me, since they were not the released coverart. nonetheless, they were all recognizable and interesting.

then i get to the GameCube era and see Donkey Kong Racing. i had never heard of this! perhaps it was Japan-only? so i did some research. And now i am sad that this game was never (fully) made. i was ready to play the hell out of it.

still on the lookout for an official NES mini controller. 

to everybody getting their hopes up, Nintendo refuses to learn its lesson on meeting demand.  i would expect nothing different from this short-term holiday item.

see: Wii, Amiibos, NES Classic, Switch.

i'm not much of a mobile gamer personally. i tried the PokeMon Go game, but it kept crashing on my phone. I have Super Mario Run installed on there, but i don't think i've played it in over a month (and i haven't even beaten it yet!). a guy i work with has a new game on his phone seemingly every day, but i can't even imagine that.

hell, i'm not even a handheld gamer. i'm just a console gamer. 

call me old fashioned, but a lot of what i watch are VHS rips. i have a 32" flat screen that i would guess is 720p as my main tv. i really couldn't care less about 4k or whatever. i still prefer dvds to blurays (cases look nicer lined up), except for the special features.

picked up a GameCube back in November. something like 6 games for it. The usuals: Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Metroid Prime. Gauntlet: Dark Legacy has been getting the most play from me tho.

well, at least 3 1/2 years later the JPGs are working.

also, i have a digital subscription to Nintendo Force (have since year one!) and it is fantastic.

Happened across this band called "Gun".  If you're looking for super early heavy metal, this. is. it.
can't believe these guys don't get talked about more, as their whole self-titled debut album (from 1968) is awesome.

This is a live performance from 1969. seriously, this predates Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. 

modern games made to look retro are usually a pass for me. they lack the charm of the actual NES games that i love so much. I feel that many times it just leads to shortcuts in other places also that i just don't dig.

a couple exceptions are Shovel Knight and Retro City Rampage. love both of them.

bought this day one. played it quite a bit.

a bunch of stuff happened. vacation, weddings, friends, etc., and i took about a month off from it.

played it again this last weekend. Hit 50 shrines completed, finished my first Divine Beast (have two others that i 'opened' but never completed) and unlocked the entire map.

i freaking love this game.

On 3/17/2017 at 8:45 PM, E-Day said:

I don't even want to know what the proposed kickstarter purchase price is.

estimated retail price: $1690 (plus $80 for a pair of chairs). 

BUT, act now, and via KickStarter, you can get your very own table for ONLY $1100 (chairs still sold separately).

yeesh. good luck to them tho. it's a pretty awesome idea.

it's been a pleasure having you as a part of this community.

*Goldeneye for the Wii. 

bought this on the strength of Goldeneye for the n64. That was one of my most played and favorite games. Picked up the Wii remake and found it to be completely different. Felt more like CoD than Goldeneye to me, which is a big downgrade. I even gave it a second chance and picked up the Wii Zapper, to see if i could acclimate myself to the playstyle. Still couldn't stand it. Remains the only Wii game i've traded in after buying.

*Bayonetta 2 for the Wii-U. 

picked it up when it first came out, due to high praise and the fact that it came with Bayonetta 1. Played it for about two hours, 45 minutes of which was cut scenes, and the part that wasn't i didn't find interesting. There was too much "Now Press X!" "Now Press A!" for my liking. Traded it to a friend for something (don't remember what) but i definitely got the better end of that deal IMO.

like i said, not much of a PC gamer. 

not much of a PC gamer, but Diablo II is either #1 or #2 for favorite game of all time. Legend of Zelda (the original) is its main competitor, and my preference changes daily.

The first time i played on a LAN was a Warcraft 2 mega battle that we all felt was pretty damn epic. Wouldn't trade that for the world.

Played a lot of Doom in jr. high/high school.

honestly, outside of that, i've always been a console gamer. Definitely some good stuff here, although the vast majority i haven't played firsthand.     wait, does Minesweeper/Solitaire count? because i've sunk countless hours into both of those.  I'm kidding. Please don't lynch me, PC fans.....

about a month ago, i beat Donkey Kong Country for the first time. now, that game's not that difficult, but i didn't grow up with a SNES so never had long-term exposure with the game. I'd played it here and there at friends' or relatives' houses, but never was able to dedicate the time required to complete the game. So i plugged away at it, here and there, until i finished it. It was actually quite rewarding and brought a huge smile to my face. And the game is, of course, fantastic.

Fast forward to late last week, i ordered Crash Bandicoot (the original, for the PlayStation). it arrived on Monday, and i popped that bad boy in and beat a few levels on the spot. I had never played the game before, outside of maybe 5 minutes with a friend or something. I am, for all intents and purposes, a Crash Virgin. But i gotta say that i am really enjoying this one. It has just enough challenge (or "Frustration Factor") to keep me entertained, but not so little to let me beat the game in one sitting. I'm currently 16/32 levels completed. My goal is to conquer it before the new Zelda game comes out, because i am well aware that my backlog goes out the window when that happens.

So, now that you've heard my story, What Are You Playing?

I haven't signed in here in ages. I'm just wondering how prices for vintage magazines are doing? I have some high-grade, older ( from the '80's, early issues including some #1's) magazines that I'm occasionally tempted to sell, but not if prices are down.

 

Has access to the e-versions affected prices adversely?

 

John

it really depends on the magazine. if it's sought after and considered rare, they can go for decent bucks. if it's a faily common issue, despite being older, then the price isn't going to be that high.

of course, there's also plain, stupid luck. sometimes prices will jump up out of nowhere for one sale, but be lower for the same item a week later.

if Nintendo made a phone, i'm sure someone would get upset that it wasn't the most powerful phone. they would post long paragraphs about how they could've used this other brand of chips that is more powerful and less expensive. How if they "really wanted to compete" they needed to upgrade everything and instead of catering to 'phone peasants' they need to adjust and instead market to the PC kings.

just razzing.

a Nintendo-brand phone i think would actually be a terrible idea. they've never dabbled in the phone market, they don't have a network, they don't have a userbase for this undertaking, i see it being a massive failure. 

preordered mine via Amazon, but ended up cancelling the preorder due to lack of interest. I'll wait for a price drop and/or game bundle and/or better lineup of games.

until then, Breath of the Wild will keep me occupied on the Wii-U.

wait. Donkey Kong Country is #2 on their list of most overrated games? wtf.

all one needs do is look at our thread of best SNES games (https://community.retromags.com/topic/6660-top-10-super-nintendo-titles/#.WGyqYlMrKM8) and see that almost every single person lists DKC as a top 10 title. 

in a rare bit of continuity, i've been replaying it the last week or so. i haven't touched it in 10+ years, so i'm not so great at it, but i'm having a blast.

if i were going to rank all 8 movies (from worst to best), i would put them as follows:

Ep 1- Phantom Menace

Ep 2- Attack of the Clones

Ep 7- Force Awakens

Ep 3- Revenge of the Sith

Ep 4- New Hope

Rogue One

Ep 5- Empire Strikes Back

Ep 6- Return of the Jedi

now, this order is DRASTICALLY different than it would have been a few years ago. When they released the 6 pack on Blu-Ray all together, i made myself a Star Wars weekend. Up until that point, Ep 1 was the worst, but Ep 6 was one that i never really cared for. Upon the rewatch, i found that i REALLY liked that one. i couldn't believe it, as i always had Empire as the top.

Also, i want to point out that i really did like both Episodes 2 and 3, so Force Awakens falling in between them is not a knock on it. The only SW movie i legitimately have no love for is Phantom Menace. Well, and the Holiday Special, but for obvious reasons i'm not counting that. (although if an official bluray ever comes out, i will buy it day one).

"You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch"  has always been my favorite.

here's one of my other faves:

just got out of the theater. LOVED this film. didn't follow rumors/set photos/trailers/casting or any of that, so it was fully new to me.

the new characters were all awesome if a bit undeveloped. the stuff with Vader is fantastic. i want to go into so many details but am refraining due to the spoiler thing, but definitely watch it.

Worst comic though? Gotta be Ziggy. For the love of all that is holy in this world, I think I only ever read a SINGLE strip of Ziggy that was actually funny. All the others, I read only to make the other strips in that week's paper THAT much better by way of comparison. Sorry Ziggy, just how it is, you strange, strange character.

the movie "Go" articulates my hatred of "Family Circus" the best:

Your out of luck on this one. Their were no magazines covering the NES launch. It's well known there was a lack of coverage at the time. The NES and the SMS launched during the dead zone after the video game crash where all the game mags were out of business. I believe video game historian Frank Cifaldi has looked for reviews and had found possibly the only only contemporary review of Super Mario Bros was written by this women who did a fanzine of sorts at the time.

http://www.area5.tv/blog/2014/1/29/outerlands-short-franks-magazine-collection-the-first-super-mario-bros-review

here is a vid of him reading blurbs from said review. stumbled upon it last night and wanted to share.