New Get City, post here when you get something new

BGOllie

yeah. took the Solo one too. yoda looks awesome too.

CiDeRmAn

And it seems I now own a double of Hand of the Heavenly Bride, feck!
It's Chapters of the Chosen I need!
I'll have to do a bit of buying and selling on fleabay and correct this heinous error.

The Star Wars figures look great alright, I just can't go buying into the Disney Infinity series, seems like very very expensive DLC and simple base gaming, unless things have radically changed since the first one. And I have no interest in buying into a franchise and then discovering that I have to build the game myself.

Andrew76

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

The Star Wars figures look great alright, I just can't go buying into the Disney Infinity series, seems like very very expensive DLC and simple base gaming, unless things have radically changed since the first one.

New to the franchise myself so no idea how it compares to the first two. Not sure how comparable it is to Skylanders either - does that have level creating/sharing type functionality? Not sure. There seems to be buckets of content so far though, on top of spending time playing the first Play Set campaign we've killed a good few hours just running around the Tox Box hub levelling up that way. Haven't gone near the level creation side of things either other than the first tutorial so not in any position to comment on it's longevity yet.

I've only one complaint so far though - Jar Jar Binks makes a short appearance at one stage. So what if the play set is roughly following the first 3 episodes, still leave that clown out! :pac:

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

And I have no interest in buying into a franchise and then discovering that I have to build the game myself.

Hope you didn't spend any monies on Mario Maker so... :P

CiDeRmAn

Andrew76 wrote: »

Hope you didn't spend any monies on Mario Maker so... :P

At least there level creation is quick and a game in itself and the price you pay for the game buys you everything you need to build a SMB level.
Splatoon has shown the type of model that delivers big changes and expansions for free, even if they go the MK8 DLC route then it's still some of the best value to be had out there, on console.
It's interesting that on the figurine enhanced titles the price of two figures will buy you the whole DLC packs for MK8 and all the goodies therein.

But, the Star Wars Infinity package looks superb... might buy into it later, when it's cheaper.

airmax87

I actually got cvs2 the other week but here's a nice picture of the two.




EDIT : snapped up grandia II for 11 quid and getting up (always wanted this when it was new but just never got around to buying it)
Player1 in maynooth have a good selection of dreamcast fighters (even had jojos! ) but I had to resist spending my pub money.

TechnoFreek

Today I received:

A small hole drilled in the wall directly behind the arcade cabinet so I don't have to snake an extension lead across the floor everytime I want to turn the machine on!

Literally the last thing I had to get done as part of the whole refurb and typically took ages as I was depending on someone else turning up with their masonry drill!

BGOllie

so just back from the US and the Retroware Convention.
Myself and Banjo Girl Fiona spend the week after game chasing on small roads of Connecticut, America Pickets style. Found a TON of games for cheap, some toys and a couple of LCDs and boxed consoles. But my favourite find was this metal food tray found in a barn

Thargor

BGOllie wrote: »

so just back from the US and the Retroware Convention.
Myself and Banjo Girl Fiona spend the week after game chasing on small roads of Connecticut, America Pickets style. Found a TON of games for cheap, some toys and a couple of LCDs and boxed consoles. But my favourite find was this metal food tray found in a barn
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More details please?

BGOllie

Thargor wrote: »

More details please?

I was wearing my blue jumper

EDIT : I'll work on a video soon

eddhorse

BGOllie wrote: »

I was wearing my blue jumper

EDIT : I'll work on a video soon

Ya cant come in and say you were game chasing in america and just show us a pacman tray (as lovely as it is).

Mooar details

BGOllie

let me see... in a nutshell :

went to NYC for two days, did some tourist stuff there:



Also went to the Nintendo World shop and got me some Zelda tees and hats.


Found a couple of retroshops and got an MSX game there of all places. pretty cheap too.


Then went to the Retroware convention up north in CT: Retro world expo


... and met these guys


Then I did the panel with retroware :


...and went game chasing with them the next day:

BGOllie

After that we spent the week on the back roads of Connecticut, stopping at consignment shops, pawn shops, goodwills, thrift stores and pickers barns and met amazing folks, some wild ones and some beautiful areas off the beaten path. I got A TON of stuff and more
We went in light with clothe I didn't mind leaving behind so we could bring back as much as possible
Here's the gaming bits























This lot was found on the last day. $2 per cart





... other than that and the fact that Fiona now wants a pinball machine it was a pretty boring standard type of trip

MrVestek

...and what did you get for the rest of us?

BGOllie

...bag of oranges

The Last Bandit

BGOllie wrote: »

...bag of oranges

Better than a bag of CDi

BGOllie

what's the better present actually, a working CDi or a non working CDi ?

BGOllie

also I got that Terrorpods Amiga box signed by everyone

The Last Bandit

BGOllie wrote: »

what's the better present actually, a working CDi or a non working CDi ?

That's a tough one..

If you give them a broken CDi, well then you get to see the disappointment in their face when the realise it broken. But ultimately they're better off.

Whereas as if you give them a working one with 'software', then you get to enjoy the utter devastation on their face as they actually use it. So really is a present for you

Retr0gamer

A broken one is worse. I got a broken one, researched a fix, realised there were no guides so researched it more and came up with a fix. Then I put the effort into fixing it and then I got to play the games...

Jack burton

BGOllie wrote: »

... other than that and the fact that Fiona now wants a pinball machine it was a pretty boring standard type of trip

She's a keeper!

eddhorse

Wow that looks like a great holiday and a pic with the game chasers whooooop
That galaxian mini is awesome.

Tchoin

Got these as early birthday presents from the missus

CiDeRmAn

PJ's and Crocs?
Sounds like a show on the Disney channel!

Tchoin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

PJ's and Crocs?
Sounds like a show on the Disney channel!

LOL!

That's the wife who is currently (and comfortably :P) "in between jobs" at the moment :rolleyes:

BGOllie

For a while I've been making videos of the carboot sales and charity shops I go to. Not so much like the game chasers but more like LGR and PAT's flea market madness. I don't really find stuff as glamorous as NES carts, but the odd medagrive titles. Mostly it's disk based systems, like ps1, psp, pc, xbox...
most of the footage is a few month old already by the time I get to edit it. I'll be posting these regularly in the Gaming Vids & Streaming forum under my own thread

CiDeRmAn

No carboot here, just a trip to Smyth's to net a copy of LoZ: A Link Between World's, new, for only €19.99, in there Nintendo Selects range, happy days.

TotallyEpic

Some birthday gets from the Girlfriend. Loving the Retron 5, and finally tried out Mother: 25th Anniversary. I don't think I can go back to vanilla after playing.

The 8bitdo SFC30 is definitely highly recommended if you have a Retron 5 (or play emulators full stop). Feels great, just like the original SNES controller. Check out the reviews, generally highly regarded. Packaging is impressive too, pretty much like an Apple product.

TotallyEpic

Double posted.

Myrddin

TotallyEpic wrote: »

Mother: 25th Anniversary

Interesting, I'd never heard of that before

TotallyEpic

Myrddin wrote: »

Interesting, I'd never heard of that before

Yeah, it's great. It's a rom hack/translation patch that updates all the sprites, the map and pretty much everything else to give it more of an Earthbound feel. It still stays extremely true to the gameplay and experience, just updated.