Its pretty bad, but its a fun experience...like playing with a prototype Wii-Mote..I am a fan none the less. Whenever I pull it out I always remember that scene from the Wizard..and I had to play Rad Racer with the glove my first time I hooked it up..

Its bad. Even if you found one brand new in the box, it would take you weeks to get used to the controls for a single game. From my experience they never "fully worked". I was lucky enough to get one as a youngster, meaning I was able to find use for it by running around the house playing cyborg and crap like that. Now that I'm older, its truly worthless and sits in the bottom of a storage bin.

And despite what the Nerd would have you believe, the LaserScope was awesome...mostly because it actually worked.

As for games I'm most proud of in my collection, I'm going with Jackal and Wizards & Warriors. They were two of my favorite games, but they belonged to my uncle so I only played them on rare occasions. A couple of years ago when I began to beef up my collection, those were the first ones on my list that I picked up.

As for games that I've owned since I was little, I'll go with Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy. Not because they're rare or anything, but because it feels good to be on the ground floor for those titles. That's my pretentious statement for the day.

wizards and warriors 2 will always hold a special place in my collection, when I was young, like 8 or 9, I was playing in the yard, and I found a common every day garter snake slithering by and I caught that sucker,I was playing with him on the sidewalk and a kid from down the road came walking by and was absolutely awe struck by the snake, so he ran home and got wizards and warriors 2, ran back and offered it up as a trade for the snake, obviously I accepted, took the game, and ran in the house before he could change his mind.

some more are

gold cart zelda and zleda 2
punch out
Dr mario
super mario bros / duck hunt / track and field multi cart
super mario 2
super mario 3.

this is just off the top of my head.

I go back to those two pretty constantly. It just baffles me how they went from what they were to what they are.

It sounds like a broken record, but having the NES Ninja Gaiden trilogy is crucial. After playing the SNES cart of the trilogy, you'll see how badly they butchered the experience. The Castlevania trilogy is also a must.

Agreed but sadly are becoming hard and harder to find these days..I have Castlevania 3 and Ninja Gaiden (2 of em)

Don't think Castlevania 1&2 will be that hard but Ninja Gaiden 2&3 for me has been tricky..

Damned collector's market. Ten years ago, it wouldn't have been much of an issue. But even at a modern game price, they're worth it, since they're waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than anything coming out. Especially NGII. As for the CV games, no real worries, they're not so tough to grab. At least, they shouldn't be. But hell, take out a loan for the remaining NG games if you have to.

There's an awesome vintage game store here. I can't go there often because they are over-priced and I'll be damned if I don't try to buy everything they have each time I go. Because of that store I've completed my Ninja Gaiden and Castlevania trilogies.

Also I found Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy III, complete in box, for about mid-range of what they go for on ebay. But that's another topic.

I am looking for those SNES RPG's (Secret of Mana, FFII & III, Chrono Trigger) I sold them when I was a kid now I want them back but where I live they are priced out the wazoo, 89.99 for any one of those titles..that's just the cartridge..


I am trying to work on my NES Megaman (only have 2), Double Dragon (1&2), and Dragon Warrior (only have 1)..as well as Ninja Gaiden and Castlevania

I would definitely concentrate on those first, mostly because I consider them all to be far superior. You might be thinking "Far superior to Chrono Trigger? Blasphemy!" but I'm a purebred NES nut, so there you go. I'd play Double Dragon 2 over Chrono Trigger any day of the week if I had to choose one over the other.

Your best bet for those other SNES games is to stumble on one at a thrift store. You wouldn't believe what they have sometimes. NESJohnny at PlayTheNES found Chrono Trigger for something like $3 in decent condition!

I do scour the Thrift Stores, but it seems that in at least my city that many others do as well..I have found some good NES games but not many I would consider amazing finds..I found games like Duck Tales, Tiny Toons, and all 3 Donkey Kong Country games..but they are generally picked clean very very fast.

Far as my focus goes on particular titles, I have a list in my head, its whatever I come across for what I feel isn't robbery..and believe me the NES games listed above are on that list.

I know that feeling. The thrift stores near me are heaven and hell in that the interest in retro games is next to none, and while that means I'm often literally the only guy who snags them up, it also means you rarely, if ever, find anything you don't already have. Sad thing is, as recently as three years ago, there was a top-notch retro store near me that had damn near everything and for dirt cheap. Of course, Gaymestop nudged them out.

Keep your eyes open for decent NES deals, though. They're tough to find, but when you do, it's a great feeling. I recommend DKoldies.com for a lot of decent NES goodness, but shipping is often an issue. Buy over $50 and you'll get free shipping.

That's the holy trinity right there. I often refer to those three as the father, the son and the holy fucking spirit.

I did the same thing when I was a kid. I've almost completed my SNES collection, but I still need Secret of Mana and some of the Mega Man Xs. My pride and joys include:

Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Kirby Super Star
Super Metroid
Super Mario RPG
A Link to the Past
Pocky and Rocky
and most of all, EarthBound

Boy am I lucky to get secret of mana at a flea market for $2

But anyway...I don't have much to my nes collection anymore since my mom sold most of my games at a garage sale.

What I do have is:
Final Fantasy
Contra
....thats it

I once bought a lot of several NES games off someone on craigslist. When we met up to exchange, I looked in the bag and saw an SNES cart in there. I dug it out and it was Secret of Mana. I pulled it out and asked her if she knew it was worth a lot of money (more than what I paid for the 20 or so other games). She had this look as though 'OMG how did that get in there?' So that was my good deed for that day. She's lucky I already had it, box and all.

And I have all of those games (FFIII in box and all). Best RPGs ever. Period. I seriously hope they never release another game in the Chrono Trigger series as I have a feeling in the new era of grphics and voice acting crap would ruin it much of the same way I feel the Final Fantasy series is now.

Anyways, my girlfriend told me of a new video game vendor at a local flea market she went to yesterday. I'm on name basis with most other classic game vendors but look forward to checking this new one out. Apparently he has a ton of stuff and I'm looking to complete the NES Castlevania series as well. Right now I only have Simon's Quest.

Awesome Mr.Black

I find that the Flea Markets local to Hamilton, the "game guys" are gougers and generally have huge stock of last gen stuff (PS2, GC, Xbox) and that's about it. There are the occasional NES/SNES game in there but they are the common ones..like Rad Racer, Mario/Duck Hunt, and for some odd reason the Super Scope 6 cartridge. Hell even these old eastern European ladies at flea markets are charging outrageous prices for games with very little room to dicker down. Its the retro craze there are many of us collectors around so they figure they can gouge.

I saw Bad News Baseball for the NES (not a fantastic game but one I played as a kid) she wanted $15 for it..that was jaw dropping.. all of her NES games which she had a lot were $10 - $15 a piece I tried to bargain with her to no avail..I suppose when English isn't your first language in Canada you run into roadblocks..

I have travelled hours away from Hamilton to find one decent game store...there are a few in Hamilton that are fair but now that I am looking for the more rare / popular series the prices are getting bigger and bigger..

So I checked the site out again, and I see it's now $25 for free shipping, but DAMN, their prices have more than doubled in six months! I guess I picked the wrong time to go broke!

I got all 3 NES castlevanias, and ninja gaiden and never really think about them anymore because I have had them forever, up through castlevania 64 / SoTN i had all castlevanias as they were released, then it sorta fell off.

I really need to go through my NES collection and give it another lookin at, its been quite a while.

My NES console and games got lost in my last move. There wasn't a whole lot, though, so it should be easy to replace. This is a good start:

Click to see what I got.

I jumped on that the minute I saw it.