Topic: Your latest retro purchase

@dmcc0
Do not worry about it. I think almost everyone has at least a few backlog games. Sometimes I buy retro games without having a concrete plan when I will play them, because I fear the price might go up in the future. Thankfully I also do not have this problem with modern games. Only one new game on the PlayStation 5 is waiting to be played, Granblue Fantasy Relink.

@Jhena Yeah, it's definitely more than a few games in the backlog 😅…

1000+ at the last count - although to be fair that is counting compilations as multiple games, rather than a single title so the numerous Arcade compilations have probably inflated that figure quite a bit. There's likely some duplicates there too, as I've got a couple of them on multiple systems. I've got a Midway arcade compilation on PS2, Xbox Series and PSP for example.

@dmcc0
Woah, that is alot. Hope you can finish a good chunk of them, if you feel like reducing it. I am always wondering, do games which I drop because I do not like them still count as part of the backlog?

@Jhena I guess it's up to you whether you consider them part of the backlog.

For me, I'd say if you're done with it - whether that's 100% complete, or 30mins in and you've decided it's not for you - it's no longer part of the backlog.

I'm not too bad for dropping games that I've bought - I might not finish them 100%, but I usually get enough value for what I've paid for them. It's very rare when I feel like I've wasted money on a game - although I never pay full price or buy at release, so that probably helps.

@dmcc0
Thanks. I guess in the end I should just try to enjoy the games and not think too much about stuff like this.

@Tasuki yea i barely play mine as it's never hooked up. I intend to though. It's such a rush of nostalgia

@NintendoByNature Oh yeah without a doubt. Even if it's a game that you can play on NSO for example, there's just that blast of nostalgia of popping a cart in the original NES and grabbing those controllers!!

Yea, I'm in the same boat. I have a few games for Switch (Tomb Raider collection, World Ends With You, Live A Live) that I need to get around to, but honestly I'm happy just playing Donkey Kong Country on my SNES for the time being.

I find that when I start treating gaming like a job (looking up how long games take to beat, forcing myself to get in a certain amount of time on a game per day, etc.), it quickly becomes unenjoyable. I know that sounds extremely common sense, but a lot of us fall into that trap anyway.

And yea, in my opinion you just can't beat playing on original hardware. NSO is great, but playing DKC on NSO compared to my actual SNES on a CRTV... yea, just doesn't even compare. The feeling is so much better doing it the way it was originally designed.

I picked up (another) faulty PSP with about 20 games for a decent priced from eBay...and I actually got around to fixing this one! It was listed as having a faulty screen, but sound etc was working. I thought it was probably a relatively simple fix like the backlight fuse or something, but when I turned it on the screen looked like it was shattered with loads of cracks all over it - it looked perfect when it wasn't powered on though. Just replaced the screen with a donor from one of my other faulty PSPs and it works perfectly.

@dmcc0 Happy days 🥳 Each time I read your posts on this topic, there's a part of me that wants to join in, bigly. But there's another party of me that has a very many devices in very good condition already, so cannot justify the space or time, so please know that you have my full support.

@gcunit Thanks. It was nice to finally get something fixed, gives you a real buzz when something that previously wasn't working is brought back to life. Admittedly, this wasn't a particularly tricky fix - quite simple in fact, but I'll happily take the easy win this time. I've never had a PSP before, so I'm probably going to keep this one. The plan is not to buy anything more for now and concentrate on fixing the stuff I've already got, but I've said that before...

This all started out because I wanted to re-buy some of the stuff I'd regretted getting rid of when I was younger, was looking for a Mega Drive and noticed how inexpensive faulty ones were. After a bit of research, I figured it was something I could probably fix it myself.

@dmcc0
Congratulations! Always a pleasure to hear, when someone gets something done.

It's been awhile since my last post. But I finally got this gem!

Just got Castlevania Lament of Innocence but the PAL version is called simply Castlevania

A friend went to Japan and she got me a loose copy of Jump Ultimate Stars that she bought on a Book-Off in Osaka.

Maybe one day I can get Jump Super Stars as well.

Tactics Ogre, Gokujou Parodius, Tales of Phantasia, Romancing SaGa 2, Dragon Quest VI, Front Mission, & Fire Emblem Monshou no Nazo/Mystery of the Emblem

I got myself a few games on eBay - specifically, some Japan only SNES games. I was particularly interested in getting Gokujou Parodius to go with my Parodius: Non-Sense Fantasy (PAL) and Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius.
With the use of a Sanni Cart reader, I was able to dump the roms and patch them with translation patches - mostly. My Front Mission cartridge was of too low a revision for any available patch, whereas Tactics Ogre was of too high a revision for any patch currently (and most likely ever) available.
I'll have to play them using a translation guide, or general purpose FAQ.

An interesting note for the Tales of Phantasia fan translation - it includes a fan dub of the voice acted lines, and it's charming in it's own way, so props to them for that.

Pokemon Snap with the original package and manual. I feel like going retro again.

Star Wars Roque Squadron for the Nintendo 64 CiB. It is a new game to me.

Traded in some Switch games at CEX that I'm unlikely to ever play, and got Rainbow Islands Evolution on PSP (maybe not quite retro yet) and also Taito version of the Super Pocket.

Mostly handheld games this week with a hidden gem GCN game.