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It's so expensive, I know I once spent nearly $400 to play Tempest 3000 but I just can't justify the $200 to by Earthboud
I think the only way I'm going to get to play that game is to get a Snes flashcart and do something piratey....
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Funnily enough FFVII ripped off a lot of Phantasy Star IV and didn't do it as well.
As for Earthbound on the SNES the games you mentioned are really just fun games with silly but well told fantasy stories. Earhtbound is a different beast. As a game it works brilliantly, it's one of the best Dragon Quest clones around. However if you look deeper into the game it's a brilliant deconstruction of the RPG genre and an exploration on growing up and maturing in the real world. Shigesato Itoi is what separates Earthbound from the others you mentioned. Getting one of the most celebrated and brilliant literary geniuses write and help design the game is what makes it so different
It might sound a bit pompous and pretentious but that leads to another reason why Earthbound is so good. It has very deep literary themes yet unlike obviously avant garde stuff like Fez or Braid it's never trying too hard to be clever. It works both as a game and as a very deep exploration of its themes and never forces them on the player. You probably won't be aware of the deeper meanings in the game until you beat it.
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True it is simplistic although later on in the game the use of the rolling HP counter really comes to the fore to make some rather frantic battles. There are deeper battle systems but I also can't say I didn't enjoy earthbound's battles either. It's got that Dragon Quest thing going were the mechanics might be simple but it's the enemies that you fight that make it interesting since they do some really unexpected things. It's the enemies that you fight that add the depth rather than battle mechanics.
There's a few other things that stand out, most notably there's no random encounters and this was before Chrono Trigger. Also if you are level up a bit you can start automatically winning encounters just by touching the enemies. The battles are very fast paced as well meaning there's none of the frustration of other random battle based RPGs.
I'd much rather a fast paced battle system than something like Legend of Dragoon which totally drags that game down. Then again it's nice to have the best of both worlds with something like Persona 3 and 4.
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atavan-halen wrote: »Looks like a rather fat walkman from the mid to late 90's. You can actually use it as one though can't you?
Yes you can, it will guzzle 6 AA batteries on you faster than Paris Hilton guzzles....
Anyway it's not very practical.
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I've started putting my cardboard game boxes in these really strong but usable clear cases. So far the guy makes them for N64/SNES/NES and Game Boy (and any other case you can fit in them).
They're pretty much the absolute best clear cases around and I've tried loads and ended up dumping them in the bin as they were just crap/weak/sh1t.
They come with a cling wrap on the clear cases to protect them in transit/storage so are nice and clean and scratch free when you get them.
http://www.sentinel64.com/
Best to buy at least 10 of them as the saving is pretty decent once you start to order more of them in one go.0 -
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I've started putting my cardboard game boxes in these really strong but usable clear cases. So far the guy makes them for N64/SNES/NES and Game Boy (and any other case you can fit in them).
They're pretty much the absolute best clear cases around and I've tried loads and ended up dumping them in the bin as they were just crap/weak/sh1t.
They come with a cling wrap on the clear cases to protect them in transit/storage so are nice and clean and scratch free when you get them.
http://www.sentinel64.com/
Best to buy at least 10 of them as the saving is pretty decent once you start to order more of them in one go.
Have you seen this guy Steve?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-Clear-SNES-N64-Game-Box-Protectors-Protect-your-CIB-games-Nintendo-/160869488648?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2574919808#ht_2789wt_1110
Might buy in a batch to test them out.0 -
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Tonnes or lag, crap range and the connection is interrupted if line of sight is lost. Until the wavebird wireless controllers have been pretty terrible.
Edit: just looked and it seems to be blutooth. Not seen them at all before.
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Free shipping in the uk, might be a job for parcel motel, whats the postage to ireland like from him, is it more than 3.50? would you fit 35 in a parcel motel do you think? are they flat packed when you get them?
sorry for all the questions they look pretty good.
They come flat packed in a decent sized but not massive hard cardboard backed envelope (it fit through my letter box). They actually look a little messy at first and I was pissed off but its just the clear plastic wrap that's on each of the cases protecting them.
Postage was about 8 or 9 Euro for my last batch of 20 or so of them.Have you seen this guy Steve?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-Clear-SNES-N64-Game-Box-Protectors-Protect-your-CIB-games-Nintendo-/160869488648?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2574919808#ht_2789wt_1110
Might buy in a batch to test them out.
Yeah, I tested their stuff.
I used it to line my bin
The actual game cases they sell(the ones that hold the carts) are nice but they are just overpriced versions of the generic cases you can find elsewhere (except they include some badly printed artwork).
As I said, the absolute best you can get at the moment is the sentinel cases and if you buy a decent amount of them the price is actually very good per case.0 -
They come flat packed in a decent sized but not massive hard cardboard backed envelope (it fit through my letter box). They actually look a little messy at first and I was pissed off but its just the clear plastic wrap that's on each of the cases protecting them.
Postage was about 8 or 9 Euro for my last batch of 20 or so of them.
Yeah, I tested their stuff.
I used it to line my bin
The actual game cases they sell(the ones that hold the carts) are nice but they are just overpriced versions of the generic cases you can find elsewhere (except they include some badly printed artwork).
As I said, the absolute best you can get at the moment is the sentinel cases and if you buy a decent amount of them the price is actually very good per case.
Thanks to you both for saving me some money!
I'll have to invest in the Sentinels when they're back in stock. Cheers.0 -
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Thanks to you both for saving me some money!
I'll have to invest in the Sentinels when they're back in stock. Cheers.
Check them out on facebook as they do answer questions there and report stock etc.
https://www.facebook.com/Sentinel640 -
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That has to be a typo on their site no, £11.49 for a single case?
Yeah it must be, its about the price for ten of them.
I think they were the same or close to the NES cases price:
You're talking about £2.99 per case if you get just one, but as you can see when you go up to ten the price is actually decent.
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By the way they will send you a free case as a sample with free postage to the UK (parcel motel??).0 -
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Large amount of gamecube games on adverts with res 2+3, Mario Baseball and the Zeldas. Broke so cant be bidding
but someone else might be looking for one or two of them:)
Also I checked online and Smyths seem to be stocking inazuma eleven nationwide. I knew I seen it somewhere locally just wasn't 100%. It was Smyths.0
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