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Peter, Alundra was one of the first RPGs I got for my PS1, too. It reminds me of a Sega Genesis game called Landstalker.

Thanks, Andrew. I spent a chunk of time hanging out in arcades once we moved to Maine. There was a chain of drug stores called LaVerdier's that had arcades in the back, so just about every town that was big enough for its own drug store also had an arcade. I mostly watched other people play the video games and stuck to pinball myself, but I did spend my share of quarters on Qbert, Moon Patrol, Pacman, and Centipede.

Genesis had some tough games, too. I have only finished a small fraction of the Genesis games I own. I introduced one of my nephews to Genesis games a few summers ago with Sonic's UGC. His remark was: "wow, those old games are hard".

Not only has the ring system been used in action-rpgs, but the Ratchet & Clank games use it as well.

Hey Josh! Yeah, the gang's pretty much all here.

Matt, speak for yourself, lol!

I love getting game-related packages :)

Aaron, thanks! I can hear your mom yelling at now, lol.

It's fun taking that trip down memory lane, trying to remember how you got here.

I never had a NES, so I never got into Mario. I'm trying to fix that now. And there's a lot to be said for the good times spent with older brothers gaming, isn't there?

I have one of the first SP models, back when the only colors were cobalt or silver. I really wanted one of the red ones, but I didn't want to wait, as I needed a handheld right now because I was going through gaming withdrawal while I was away at a three week law enforcement course. I still have it, it still works, but I've always wanted one of those spiffy pearl blue backlit ones. As for the PSP, geez, I wish I could find a 3000 for $50! Maybe I can get my brother to give me his...