Library Acquisitions, Retro, Minecraft and Odin's Sphere

On 03/15/2018 at 12:41 AM by KnightDriver

Got the following games. What is it will old games holding their value at Gamestop these days? My current theory is that because people are buying digitally instead of physical, there are less trade-ins and so prices go up for what Gamestop has in physical copies. The theory doesn't seem to fit for last gen games though. I'm paying like $10 a game right now and they should be more like $5. It's annoying to me. Here's the list for today:

Demon's Souls (PS3)

Sacred 2: Fallen Angle (X360)

LoTR: Battle for Middle Earth II (X360)

Dragon Quest VII (3DS)

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Shadow Wars (3DS)

Donkey Kong 64 (N64) - this came in the mail from Jay Street today.

My friend Mark gave me his old CD Rom of Heretic too. I'll have to figure out how to play it on a modern computer sometime.

The other thing is. I'm only buying games with the full original packaging. No loose carts, except for that DK64. Only at Gamestop do I refuse to go anything but the full deal. These are library games after all. They have to look good on a shelf.

I hooked up the original Xbox to play Colony 7 on Taito Legends. This game plays like Missile Command. You defend a city under a forcefield as enemy flying saucers attack. It was annoying that all they had to do was destroy your gun emplacements to win. Not fair at all.

Played some Minecraft with Mark today. I spent a long time trying to build a tiny town and railway to somehow simulate a model train set, like I used to make as a kid. One night though, I got too close to a creeper and got blown up. I play permadeth, so that was that.

Odin's Sphere Leifhrasir: I'm in the Epilogue of the Pooka Prince story. The voice work for this game is really good. I'm also creating huge storms of action as I've boosted my lightning attacks. Without button mashing, I got a 300 combo and a trophy. It was against a giant slime that breaks into tiny slime. There were a lot of targets.

That's a day. One more to make a kind of holiday.

Cary Woodham

03/15/2018 at 01:36 AM

I didn't remember Colony 7, but after looking at screenshots, I can see why I forgot about it.

DK64 hasn't aged as well as Banjo-Kazooie and its sequel.

KnightDriver

03/16/2018 at 12:00 AM

Yea DK64 looks really terrible now. It plays fine except for the annoying camera views. Why every time you come through a door does the camera swivel around to face you instead of facing in the direction you are going to move. It drives me crazy.

goaztecs

03/15/2018 at 12:23 PM

Oh it's all about complete games from the GameStop. Some employees are cool with it but sometimes you run into that one guy who takes it like you disprespected his mother when you ask for a complete game. One employee was really nice and gave me a steel book insted of the regular copy because she said it was in better condition.

As for the pricing, yeah I'm waiting for that drop in prices but it hasn't come. I think you're right about digital, because with the previous consoles I would find a bunch of good stuff usually for under $5-10.

03/15/2018 at 11:51 PM

I remember buying up PS2/Xbox/Gamecube games a few years after the Xbox 360 gen started and got a lot of stuff very cheaply. This is not like that at all.

Super Step Contributing Writer

03/15/2018 at 01:23 PM

I have never finished DK64.

03/15/2018 at 11:47 PM

I may not either. I forgot how ugly these old N64 games look. Or, at least this one. I'm fine with Ocarina of Time but those character modles are just grotesque. I've been fighting with the camera views too.

03/16/2018 at 02:48 AM

I always thought DK64 was one of the better looking n64 games. Sure it's not your HDTV showing you flaws you were never intended to see?

03/16/2018 at 01:08 PM

As I reflect on it a day later, I still don't enjoy the visuals, but the gameplay seems pretty good to me now. The camera issues are very controllable once you figure out how to manipulate it. Also, I noticed the sound was really good. The music plays all muted when you dive underwater. Nice touch.

03/16/2018 at 04:07 PM

My friend and I had a hell of a time adjusting to shooters on N64 and I know DK64 has guns, so I can feel your pain on that front.

What other N64 games have you played recently? DK64 was always one of the better looking ones to me, so I'd say train your eyes.

03/16/2018 at 10:29 PM

I just got the cannon gun thing in DK64. Shooting it is fine. Not going to run-and-gun with it but I can aim carefully and shoot accurately.

Not playing anything else yet on N64, but I'm going to get into it more in July. I've got my retro plan adjusted so I revisit all console generations over the course of the year. Previously I was doing one year a month so it would take me like 4 years to cover everything. After 15 months of that, it feels way too long.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

03/15/2018 at 05:51 PM

I like Demon's Souls. It gets forgotten in the shadow of the Dark Souls games, and it's not as refined, but that shit is scary sometimes, and I had a lot of fun playing it. I probably got farther in that than the other games.

03/15/2018 at 11:45 PM

The Dark Souls games seem less dark and more high fantasy. I really love the horror design of Demon's Souls and Bloodborne.

PixlBit