The Blackangel

I have 4 dogs, 1 conure, and around 50 rats. Does that count? 😉😁

Possibly. I can't give an honest yes or no, and I've played about half the entire Sega Genesis library, but missed a lot of titles for various reasons.

It all depends on the system. I'll name a few of the ones I remember best. Atari 2600- Pac-Man, Frogger, Pitfall, Galaga, Q*Bert, Berzerk, Dig Dug, Donkey Kong, Joust, and Swordquest. Colecovision- Ladybug, Donkey Kong, and one other that I can't remember the name of. NES- SMB, Zelda, Blaster Master, Mega Man, TMNT, Castlevania, Bubble Bobble, Contra, Astyanax, Excitebike, Wizards & Warriors, and Punch Out. SNES- Zelda, SMB, Blackthorne, Street Fighter 2, Earthworm Jim 2, Final Fantasy(multiple), Mario Kart, F-Zero, Star Fox, Mario Is Missing, and Mortal Kombat. N64- Zelda OoT/MM, Mario, Hexen, South Park, 1080 Snowboarding, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Mario Kart, Castlevania, and Banjo Kazooie. PS1- Castlevania SOTN, FF8, Bushido Blade, Dark Stone, Diablo, Coolboarders, and MDK. Sega Genesis- Sonic(series), MK, Pitfall The Mayan Adventure, Ghouls 'N Ghosts, and Tinhead. I have spent more time on the Atari 2600, Colecovision, and NES than I have any other system that I have ever played.

Are you serious? Did you not read anything I said?

Nothing new. I've been alone for almost 40 years now, so at this point, being around people feels weird and unnatural anyway.

You're right. Many games wouldn't make it onto the market. Maybe that's why Hatred isn't on the PS4. Or Xbox. Or Switch. There is a line between PC and outrageous. How many people at Columbine do you think would be okay with this game? There have been so many school shootings in this country that the game would most likely be banned REAL quick. Possibly before it was even released. Personally I have PC. I have a sticker on the back of my van of a kid pissing on "political correctness" while giving you the finger. There are just some things that you don't do in a video game. Hell we may as well bring Custer's Revenge back with the updated graphics of today. I bet that one would go over great.

I only paid for a microtransaction once, and that was last night (12-23-21). i downloaded a game that I really enjoyed but there were ads after every single stage. I finally got sick of it, and paid to stop all the ads. Now I can just play in peace.

We picked up Diablo 3 a year or two after it was released for PS3 if I remember correctly. Neither of us was impressed with it. I think we sold it, but it might still be around here somewhere. It's been so long since the last time I saw it, that I honestly have no clue whether we still have it or not.

I'm alone again this year, the same as every year. So I'm just going to be watching YouTube and munching on whatever I can find.

I'm not too sure, but you just pick the person you want the cameo from, give them some details in a message when you buy it. They then record it, and then you get a link to the video. I got it in an MP4 file. Or at least that's the file type of what I saved to my computer.

It's seeming to me at least, that working in the video game industry at any level is an extremely toxic occupation. It doesn't matter whether you're the designer, actors, or retail seller. The position you hold is irrelevant. Jobs in gaming have become so toxic that I don't know whether to feel bad about buying new games, or if it even matters at any level. My $60 isn't going to make or break any company. But do we, as gamers, have to take any responsibility for the abuse in the industry? That's the question I want a coherent and unbiased answer to. But considering that everyone will have a different view, I don't think we could ever get an unbiased answer to that question.

That's what sucks about Nintendo. Their greed drives me nuts. They have a lot of the best games, but they just won't let the prices go down any. The bastards.

SMB3 was definitely a mass produced game. But you have to realize that due to its popularity, people weren't buying it to collect it. They were desperate to play it. A sealed copy is extremely rare. There are almost none left. To collectors, it's the find of a lifetime. With Little Samson, the most a copy of that has ever sold for is roughly $6000. But that one was perfect condition, sealed, and graded. The reason Little Samson sells for so much is because it was made during the early SNES days when most had upgraded to the SNES and left the NES behind. Hence, not many people bought it, so it became a rare game. People have taken out mortgages and loans to afford some of these games. When given a chance they leap at it, if they think there's any way they can afford it. I have several copies of SMB3, but they're loose and just to play. They're worth maybe $8-$10 if I'm lucky. So, just because it's mass produced, doesn't mean it's not rare in certain circumstances.

The vast majority of my games, I play silently. I turn the volume all the way down so it's completely silenced. In all honesty, the ONLY game I can think of that I don't play in silence is RDR2. I keep the sound on for it. But that one has so much dialogue, it's kinda pointless to try to play the game without the sound on. Now if we're talking music like Disturbed, Whitesnake, Poison, White Lion, Cinderella, Damn Yankees, and so on, then yes I LOVE LOVE LOVE music more than gaming.

Actually quite the opposite. My skills are better than ever, and I'll be 40 in less than a month. So I would have to dispute this one.

Personally, if I'm reading your description correctly, I always thought of it as finding easter eggs.

As far as collecting goes, I can only think of two at the moment. The Legend Of Zelda franchise and FF8. I've gone nuts for both of them since they came out. I can't get enough of them. I play them all the time. I also have a lot of collectible items from both. Most of it is Zelda stuff, but I also have rare FF8 guides, and rare copies of FF8. So I guess I'm a bit of a collector there. If I think of anything else I'll post it, but I honestly can't think of anything else at the moment. I'm more into collecting Zippos and skulls.

Classic ("retro") games are a special class of games that typically only appeal to a niche market. We need to consider a few things here. Collectiblity, and popularity. As you mentioned the SMB3 game going for over a million. SMB3 was the most monumental game ever created. It back then was like the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S is right now. No one could get it because everywhere was sold out. Scalpers were raking it in with people paying $200+ for the game. There were movies based around it and tournaments. It was the inspiration for eSports tournaments that we see today. So a CIB, unwrapped copy is one of the most highly collectible games in existence. Now you take a game that was either virtually unknown or just not very popular. We'll say Astyanax. Most don't even know of its existence. Hence, they're not looking for it, CIB or otherwise. On eBay, a CIB copy of Astyanax is going for $40-$60 on average. A far cry from the million that was paid for the CIB copy of SMB3. So it all depends on the game, its popularity, and its collectible factor. Most games aren't all that collectible. Hell even Little Samson couldn't bring in anything even close to what that SMB3 went for. And most games that people are after in the classic market aren't going for more than $100 anyway. And if a game from N64 back reaches $100, that's pretty damn rare, and most likely either a stupid and/or greedy seller.

It's not a huge deal. I didn't see where the thread was initially posted, but you didn't do anything severe. Also welcome to the VGR forum.

I'm always suspicious of the smallest compliment. "I like your shirt" I'm looking for what they mean behind that, and what their motives are.

No. I just deal with the ads, and don't pay for any microtransactions.

After watching the video @skyfire posted, it looks boring as hell to me. And if it's strictly on mobile, well that's another lost point for it. I'm not going to be playing it any time soon.

I couldn't find anything on their site about this, but do you think they would ship internationally? Just for the hell of it, I designed a PS4 controller, and I really love what I came up with. But judging from everything I could find on their site, they only ship within the UK.

@Rain Dew picked one up for me to give to my best friend as a xmas present. I also gave her a copy of the FF7/FF8 cart and FF8 guide with it. Needless to say, she was surprised as hell.

I actually had to check out a trailer on YouTube to see what the game was. That said, I've obviously never played it, but it looks like a hell of a lot of fun. My only is the cost. I checked the Nintendo eShop, and Splatoon 2 is going for $60. I can't spare that kind of money for a game at the moment. It's a lot of the reason why I put games in my wishlist, but wait for them to go on sale, or I shop in the $10 and below section as almost every single game there is on sale. And a hell of a lot of them are really awesome games.