Hello! I am J. C. T. Holmes, aka Sonic9jct (the jct is pronounced "jay-see-tee"). I am a retro gamer. I'm slowly growing my game library which has very recently capped 175 games! Woohoo! I aspire to become a game developer and I really like animation and comic strips. Also, I'm not very sure what I should be writing in a profile thing, so here's some random facts.
My Favorite Games
Sonic the Hedgheog 2
Rocket Knight Adventures
Ikaruga
Galaga
Psychonauts
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Beyond Good & Evil
We <3 Katamari
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 9
The Red Star
Metal Slug 3
Metal Gear Solid
Super Metroid
Metroid Zero Mission
Klonoa 2
Crash Bandicoot 3
Mr Driller
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Yoshi's Island
Earthworm Jim
Earthworm Jim 2
Mario Kart DS
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Blaster Master
Puyo Pop
Little Nemo the Dream Master
Aladdin (Genesis)
Threads of Fate
Kingdom Hearts
Gitaroo-Man
Super Mario Galaxy
Excitebike
Excite Truck
The Secret of Monkey Island
Timesplitters 2
Strider
Kaboom
Ghosts 'n' Goblins
Sam & Max episodes
Um Jammer Lammy
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Rhythm Tengoku Gold
StarTropics
Mother 3
Rhythm Tengoku
Braid
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid 4
Bioshock
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Seconded on Tingle's Balloon Fight, or anything Tingle for that matter.
I'd find Tetris DS more worth of hunting.
I don't mean that LITERALLY. You get 30 pts for registering DS games (which typically cost $30) and 50 for Wii games (which typically cost $50) and you also get random points by doing surveys. I didn't even buy all those games either. It took about 19 games to get enough points, and most of that came from bugging my friends for the registration codes (I've already got 700 points back right now!)
@Everyone else
You guys are saying that it sucks... without having played it. Trust me, you might think it's a bit craptacular, but it's not. You have to really be retro-minded to enjoy it fully, but considering that they stopped making Game & Watches 30 years ago and Game & Watch Galleries about 10... this is a pretty welcome addition. They are quite fun, and play alot like a weird hybrid of arcade games and rhythm games. There's a reason it stayed in my DS for about a month. And even if they DO come out on DSiware, us collectors definitely have something special on our hands. ;]
And the only reason I haven't gotten those incredibly tempting Hanafuda cards is because I'm afraid s soon as I buy them, Tingle's Balloon Fight might come out. And I couldn't live with myself if I missed THAT.
You got Pokemon Platinum? I got an extra code for it, if you'd like it, you can take that off my hands. Unless someone else wants it...
Nothing JHolmes likes EVER sucks!
JHolmes understands. JHolmes understands all.
But yeah, supposedly they will be adding some new items this month, so that likely has something to do with it.
Seriously, though, they should do a full on Game & Watch Gallery 5. A lot of those modern versions were great.
I will, however, make a note that if you do not already have "Game and Watch Gallery 1-4" you are missing out on some of the best hand held gaming you will ever come across.
1-2-3 are for GB/GBC and 4 is for the advance. You need these games. You can play the classic versions, or new re-imagined versions.
They manage to cram 6 games into each one, along with galleries, timelines, and in some cases, bonus games. They are cheap to find at used retro stores, and some gamestops if they still have anything left from the get rid of all GB games.
Get them. I swear to you, you will wonder why nintendo didnt released THESE instead of the classic game and watch.
@ free touch
"Manage to cram 6 games into each one"
Oh come on, I'm sure they could have fit much more on there if they wanted to. "Cram" is hardly the correct word to use there. Still, I always meant to pick them up...
Technically, 10-12 games in each one, because I'm pretty sure the first one only had 5 games.
But, like I said, they have the classic versions, and newer "graphically enhanced" versions, which have a a lot more animation that the originals.
Cram is probably wrong, but you seriously get a lot of stuff on each game.
For now I have the G&W Gallery 4.
BTW, nice list of games you have there, sir! I approve! =)
Of course, the annoying thing about the Gallery games is compromises are made when displaying the dual screen games, which the Collection naturally has no problem with.
And while I'm here, the Modern version of Octopus is great. I love that song.
I think I still have about 500 points, at least.