I skipped Soul Hackers when it came out because there was something else out at the time... I'll get to it eventually.
The Week's Swag
On 01/11/2014 at 04:40 PM by KnightDriver See More From This User » |
I was good for a few weeks not buying anything but a few things came up that necessitated me to pick up a few things: One was my need to read everything Halo; another was getting an Amazon gift card for Christmas; yet another was the dimness of my GBA SP; and finally was the sickness I just contracted – RETRO FEVER!
Here we see the comic Halo Escalation #2 that I couldn’t resist picking up on Wednesday. Also the new game I bought on Amazon, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner – Soul Hackers for 3DS. Then the Nintendo DS Lite that I bought because I couldn’t stand the dim screen on my GBA SP even though it has a backlight boost. I could’ve bought a “new” refurbished one, but I wanted the red color and so got a used one. As an added benefit of that, besides the $10 less price, was New Super Mario Bros. still in the DS cart slot (it’s missing it’s GBA cover, but I only care about it working and it does just fine).
Then I contracted RETRO FEVER this week and started populating a spread sheet full of games I’ve always wanted to play from all eras of gaming. Top of the list of games I already had was Advance Wars, so I started that, prompting me to get the DS Lite for the better screen. Top of the list in all other games was XCOM: UFO Defense for Playstation. Amazon sellers wanted $50 for a complete copy but I found it at my local retro store Jay St. Video Games for $40. Yes, you can get it on Steam for $5, but I don’t have a dedicated gaming PC at the moment and don’t want to clutter my laptop with games. Plus, I enjoy physical copies of my games more.
I also saw another game high on my list, Dark Wizard for Sega CD. I don’t have a Sega CD console anymore but my buddy promised me a SNES and Genesis from his enormous collection, so maybe I can cobble together the rest of it somehow. Dark Wizard is only available on Sega CD and is not that expensive. I saw it for $25 at Jay St., so maybe next week I’ll pick that up.
Comments