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Playing on All the Teams: Sega, NES and Neo Geo

I haven’t been able to make it out to many swaps all summer because of conflicting scheduling with other life things, but we finally got to make a weekend trip out of one this past weekend.  I am really excited … Continue reading

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Things I Wish I Knew: Ys – The Vanished Omens (SMS)

Ys: The Vanished Omens was a game developed by Falcom in 1987 and saw a release on the Sega Master System in 1988.  You play as Aron, a swordsman who has washed ashore in an unknown land following a hurricane.  … Continue reading

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Multi-Console Game Lot: Genesis, SMS and NES

Sometimes I luck out and happen to be the first person to reply to an ad.  I’m surprised this doesn’t happen for me more often since I probably check the video games section of the local classifieds site at least … Continue reading

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Many, Many Dirty Games

I’ve finally had some time to clean up that filthy, filthy game lot I mentioned in my previous post.  Some folks have asked for a before photo of some of the stuff we bought, but unfortunately I’m really bad for … Continue reading

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His Power Level is Over 9000

We bought a console lot with a few games the other day, but I can’t post much about it yet since we’re still in the process of cleaning everything up.  The seller drove a long while to meet us in … Continue reading

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Things I Wish I Knew: Miracle Warriors (SMS)

Miracle Warriors is a turn-based RPG that was originally released for the PC-88 in Japan in 1986 and translated for release on the Sega Master System in 1988.  The game opens with a request from the king to seal up … Continue reading

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Hiding in Plain Sight

With work picking up at full speed for me, I’ve been exhausted and have barely had time to get through emails, never mind sit down and write a proper post about some of the goodies I’ve run across lately.  Here … Continue reading

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An Overseas Treat: Psychic World (SMS)

When I think about the games I love the most, they are all concentrated on several consoles like NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Playstation, etc.  There are so many excellent games to be played on those consoles alone that I could … Continue reading

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The Holy Grail – Sega Master System RPGs

I recently found an eBay listing that I couldn’t get out of my head.  I know that sounds crazy, but it’s true.  It was a beautiful lot of Sega Master System games that someone was taking offers on.  The games … Continue reading

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The Swap Timing Experimentation

My boyfriend was feeling pretty crummy on Sunday.  We were supposed to wake up early and travel out of town to a game exchange event but he was not fit to travel.  I wasn’t completely heartbroken by this news because … Continue reading

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