So, the other day I randomly decided I needed some new retro games to play, and I got a little carried away on Amazon. The games have been pouring in over the last few days, and every day has been like Christmas. Today the final game got here, so I decided I would take pictures and show yall what I will be doing for the next few weeks.




1. SNES Game Genie

I know there are different opinions on the use of Game Genies on the site, but the bottom line is this: I'd like to see the ending of Super Ghouls N Ghosts. So sue me.

2. Star Fox

One of the great gaming embarrassments I've lived with is that I never played the original Star Fox. I had the Nintendo 64 version on day one, and beat the ever living hell out of it, but before now I never played the first. After playing it, I can say that...It's alright. The graphics are sweet baby Jesus awful, but it's pretty fun. I wish you could have a reticule to aim with in 3rd person view, but eh. I also never realized how Star Fox 64 was so close to this, with a lot of the same levels and everything.

3. F-Zero

Fuck yeah, F-Zero. I only rented the game as a child, but it left an impression on me, and after buying it now, I think I'm having even more fun with it than I did as a kid. It's simple, it's fast, and it's fun.

4. TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

I ordered this a few days before the XBLA version was announced. I think I'm a prophet. TMNT 2-4 have always been 3 of my favorite games of all time. I owned all of them when I was a kid, and since I have begun rebuilding my collection one of my milestones was reclaiming TMNT IV, and I finally did it. I think I'm going to play through it as soon as I finish this blog. It also completes my collection of TMNT 1-4.

5. DKC 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble

Again, the Donkey Kong Country series has always been a favorite, some of the best platforming this side of Mario. I beat DKC 3 in the last few days, and I think I know why everyone says it's their favorite: It's easy as shit. That's not a knock against it, it's an amazing game, but it really is easy compared to the first two. And the world map is kinda fun to dick around on. DKC 3 completes my obsessive collector's quest to own all 3 games.




6. Final Fantasy II

Somewhere in California, Naia just came. I have to be honest, I never played FFII until they rereleased it on the Loading Time Extravaganza PSX version. Owning the SNES version means I own FFII-FFXII, and all I need is the original NES game to complete the collection. Though I think I'm going to have to hold off starting a new FFII game until I finish my current playthrough of FFIII (I'm currently grinding Gau before I go to the Floating Continent).

7. Spiderman X-Men: Arcade's Revenge

I know, this game really isn't that good, but it's one of my childhood SNES games, which means I have an odd obsession to own it. It was hard as balls when I was young, it is hard as balls now. The Game Genie and this game will be meeting soon.

8. Toy Story

Like a lot of licensed games during the 8-bit and 16-bit era, Toy Story is not bad. It's a solid platforming game with very nice graphics, and while it doesn't do anything amazingly, I always rented it as a kid but never beat it. This will be remedied.

9. Street Fighter II Turbo

I know there's a hundred versions of this game, I own 2 of them on XBLA. So why would I buy another copy of this game? Because it was one of the two first games I ever owned for SNES (The other one being Super Mario World obviously), so it holds a special place in my heart.

There ya have it folks. Now if you will excuse me, I have some SNES to play.