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Can I get that on a shirt?

Yeah retro jpn pc hardware is a lot to deal with. If he was possibly wanting an X68000, the company who worked on the genesis mini (zuiki) did just put out a mini X68000Z.

Yes i did. If he doesn't know about this YT channel and it's PC-88 Paradise series, I think he will enjoy it as it covers falcom games and their history.

I forgot to post about this but remember when the news made a big deal about pedo ass signing on to a letter that we should take a pause on AI? Remember how much that was blown up but non idiots knew it was BS? Well X announced their own LLM Grok recently that is tied into twitter/x data. Elon Musk Announces Grok, a ‘Rebellious’ AI With Few Guardrails | WIRED WWW.WIRED.COM xAI, Elon Musk’s new company, claims to have built a powerful language model with cutting-edge performance in just two months. I give it about a day before it's found to spout really racist shit.

I’m guessing he also picked up the other Falcom games as well? He has good taste. (speaking as another falcom nerd).

Looking forward to getting my copy this week but fat chance I actually get to play it anytime this year. =(

@CastlevaniaNut18 I see you bought brandish (I love the psp remake and promote it all the time on psp threads)

I'm looking forward to you posting what you brought back.

Sorry to keep spamming this thread further (I'll make a retro what you playing topic in the future), here is a bit more on the psp games. Top left is White Knight Chronicles: Origins. This game did get an english release in pal regions but not in north america. I just started playing my copy and feels like a PSO style game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Knight_Chronicles:_Origins The top right game is Tokyo mono hara shi: karasu no mori gakuen kitan. A much forgotten Atlus game that can kind of be looked at as persona game based around hanafuda cards. It's part dungeon crawler, part visual novel. I kind of think this one got ignored/forgotten because the VN portion of the game makes it look like the game is just an Otome game (VN produced for women/girls), yet it's more like a persona/etrian odyssey mixed game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Mono_Hara_Shi:_Karasu_no_Mori_Gakuen_Kitan The bottom left game is GachiTora! Abarenbou Kyoushi in High School. It's a pretty fun action game from Spike. It plays a little like spike's other series Kenka Bancho but battles instead play out as a heated argument while you fight it out. The game does have some questionable otaku crap (defeated enemies end up nakid, male and female) but past that the game is really fun/goofy. A bit shame this didn't get localized (specially when stuff like akiba strip does). I had this game digitally from PSN but saw a new copy was going for cheap while I was picking up other psp games. The bottom right game is Venus & Braves. A beautiful 2D game frrom namco that originally came out on the PS2 then later got a PSP port. It's a tactical rpg that is a sort of sequel to Seven: Cavalry Troop of Molmorth, which is the ps2 game in my picture, where you configure the placement of your characters before battles but then durring battles you rotate your rows of characters around which will affect what they do for the next round (ie front row will attack, mid and back rows will support or do long range attacks). As I previously mention I use to have this game for ps2. I feel like if either game, V&B or Seven, they would be well regarded gems on the ps2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_%26_Braves

Fair but sadly creates a cycle where I want to post more about said games to explain more but I see no response and just assume nobody cares. I'll post some videos info soon on some of the games I got to show why I initially had an interest in them. Yeah that sucks to hear and I can totally understand. I remember when I had to sell off stuff due to limited funds or just needing to drum up money to help my parents out. I will admit I've become too much of a hoarder since the 3ds/vita as there is so many games I had in the past that I want to go back and play but the price for them is just stupid. I know retro games are in limited/low supply but I really hate what the pandemic and comic book collectors did to the retro market. The prices for some games no longer make sense and even some newer games are going for more than some older games. =/

Ah. I was wondering because there are multiple fan expo, we. have one here in Toronto every year.

Which one?

if it’s retro, there is a far higher chance I’ll play them fairly soon after getting them. If it’s modern it tends to go on the backlog and takes me time to get around to them. I rarely play my PS5 and most of what I play on it is my ps4 backlog of Yakuza games, so I’ve only bought 1 ps5 game and it’s a yakuza game (the ps4 version was out of stock during a sale). I do put an ok amount of time into my switch as it’s easier to game on at night when I’ve got 15-30 mins. I’m currently playing Quake 2 & Neir but I will admit my switch backlog is getting out of control and there are a few games I might not play for a few years (but I mostly pick up games when on sale). For my more recent pickups, the Neo Geo stuff will 100% get played sometime soon. The PC Engine stuff will get played as soon as I get my Analog Duo, due out this year. Bomberman 2 I technically already played 2 months ago (rom) on my Analog Super NT and just wanted an actual cart. Of the psp games, only two of them I’ve never played but 3 of the 4 will be played soonish and the other is just a sealed copy of a game I’ve already own digitally and played through (it was also very cheap to get). I’d say the main odd one out is the ps2 game Seven which I probably won’t play for some time but want to check out, mainly because it and Venus & Brave are related as V&B reused a lot of assets from Seven but is its own story. V&B I have played before on the ps2 long ago. So TL;DR, yes if retro because I normally don't buy/play most modern games. Sorry for the long messy text, dealing with a newborn recently. I’d gladly talk more about some of the retro games I pick up if people had interest in it. I’ve been recently feeling like my write ups with my pickup photos is a waste of time.

Remember, it's not really a crime until you screw over a rich person.

My second box from japan showed up today! If you had to take a guess on which game was the most expensive, who would have said world heroes 1? That one ended up 5,000 Yen more expensive than Jet 2. =/ Sadly I have a strong affinity for World Heroes series so i've wanted these for a while now (I already had WH2 AES and the entire series of 4 games on Neo CD). The soccer games I got because they were bundled in a single auction and just wanted to add to my Neo CD collection (it also wasn't very expensive). I'm now going to go ban myself from yahoo auctions/buyee for another few years....

Thanks, if true this is back on the want pile!!

I'm waiting to find out some day soon that atari also bought New Wave Toys (they make 1/6th scale arcade cabinet replicas and works closely with atari).

It took a while but one of my two boxes from japan arrived. I'd say i went a bit neo geo heavy but my other box is all neo geo. Interesting extra bit is the ps2 game, seven, is related to one of the psp games, venus and braves. V&B is the follow up and originally was released on the ps2 but later got a psp port. I use to own the ps2 game in the past which is how I knew about the two games. There is also a bit of a forgotten Atlus dungeon rpg in the top right. Next box has already passed through customs and I'll have probably early next week.

I generally enjoy going for a walk to pick up takeout in my neighborhood (I live in downtown Toronto) but man sometimes it's difficult when you have little kids on strict schedules. Last night I ordered food at 6, got it at 7, then didn't get to actually eat it till 10pm (I've got a 1 month old and a 2 year old). =/ Yup. Even after you factor in the markup/overhead on the apps you end up even or cheaper than going in when they do their 40% or 50% off deals.

Be like jasper

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Yep, fucking BS. Just go back to charging a $5 switch tax. I was hyped about buying this one but will probably pass unless another region gets a complete version on cart.

One day you will find out about blippi and question why?!?! I’ve come to accept baby shark.