The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread

[EvilEvoIX]

2014-03-31 Thrift Finds
First a bunch of random stuff I found at the thrift shop this weekend.  Nothing too amazing.  DJ Hero seems pretty kludgy to me. 

DJ Hero 2 Turntable Bundle.  Complete with turntable, connection dongle, PS3 game, and quick start guide.
Nascar 99 [N64]
Tetris 2 [GB]
Wall-E [PS2]
Van Helsing [PS2]
Clear Blue PSOne SCPH-110 Controller




Arc the Lad Watch - Anrietta

I picked this up and it finally arrived last week. This is the last one of 14 Arc the Lad Collection Pre-Order Watches that I needed to have a full collection.




2014-04-02 Pickups

Chu Chu Rocket Manual [DC]
Wild Arm Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy VIII Original Soundtrack
Final Fantasy IX Original Soundtrack

Misc stuff here.  The Chu Chu Rocket Manual is to complete my copy, but the soundtracks are for my wife as she's a big fan of the FF games and Wild ARMs.

I got DJ Hero 2 for $15 Band New Christmass 2012 and there it sits on my wall with the receipt still attached.

[xcrement5x]

I got DJ Hero 2 for $15 Band New Christmass 2012 and there it sits on my wall with the receipt still attached.

Heh, this one was $6.  You're right about it being kind of big though, I'm not sure if I will keep it long term since I've already got enough weird rhythm game peripherals in my life.

[bob]

I got DJ Hero 2 for $15 Band New Christmass 2012 and there it sits on my wall with the receipt still attached.

Heh, this one was $6.  You're right about it being kind of big though, I'm not sure if I will keep it long term since I've already got enough weird rhythm game peripherals in my life.

I got one for $5 at a local closeout store called tuesday morning. Also picked up guitar hero 3 for 5 as well.

[munchiaz]

Its crazy how some of these rhythm games just crashed so hard. flooded the damn market with them

[ToyMachine78]

I got DJ Hero 2 for $15 Band New Christmass 2012 and there it sits on my wall with the receipt still attached.

Heh, this one was $6.  You're right about it being kind of big though, I'm not sure if I will keep it long term since I've already got enough weird rhythm game peripherals in my life.

I got one for $5 at a local closeout store called tuesday morning. Also picked up guitar hero 3 for 5 as well.

Holy crap! Tuesday Morning has game stuffs!? Those things are all over here, but I thought it was only home furnishings/ decor! I must investigate!

[ToyMachine78]

Its crazy how some of these rhythm games just crashed so hard. flooded the damn market with them

As a music and game lover, I think Guitar Hero is one of the best games evah conceived! Lol I still play the hell out of GH Metallica. I just wish GH KISS would have come to fruition. Genes greedy ass prob wanted too much for the license.

[ToyMachine78]

Is Snatcher for PCE actually playable for us Japanese impaired folks?

[munchiaz]

new obey came in today. Thanks to Nectaris

[bob]

I got DJ Hero 2 for $15 Band New Christmass 2012 and there it sits on my wall with the receipt still attached.

Heh, this one was $6.  You're right about it being kind of big though, I'm not sure if I will keep it long term since I've already got enough weird rhythm game peripherals in my life.

I got one for $5 at a local closeout store called tuesday morning. Also picked up guitar hero 3 for 5 as well.

Holy crap! Tuesday Morning has game stuffs!? Those things are all over here, but I thought it was only home furnishings/ decor! I must investigate!

Its a crap shoot. Every once in a while they do. Ours had a stack to the ceiling of xbox rock band, the whole set for $20 each.

[Nando]

I still play the hell out of GH Metallica.

This!

I so want to play this, but I need to get the dual pedal setup for my drums. I busted the pedal I had

[ToyMachine78]

I got DJ Hero 2 for $15 Band New Christmass 2012 and there it sits on my wall with the receipt still attached.

Heh, this one was $6.  You're right about it being kind of big though, I'm not sure if I will keep it long term since I've already got enough weird rhythm game peripherals in my life.

I got one for $5 at a local closeout store called tuesday morning. Also picked up guitar hero 3 for 5 as well.

Holy crap! Tuesday Morning has game stuffs!? Those things are all over here, but I thought it was only home furnishings/ decor! I must investigate!

Its a crap shoot. Every once in a while they do. Ours had a stack to the ceiling of xbox rock band, the whole set for $20 each.

Maybe they carried Rock band because it practically is home furnishings once set up lol

[xcrement5x]

I will have to check then.  There is a Tuesday Morning right next to the thrift by my house which I hit regularly. 

[dingsbums]

Is Snatcher for PCE actually playable for us Japanese impaired folks?

Not really 
But there is a complete playthrough on YT and several walkthroughs on the net:

Snatcher CD-ROMantic (PC Engine CD) Full Playthrough

[jtucci31]

Is Snatcher for PCE actually playable for us Japanese impaired folks?

Not really 
But there is a complete playthrough on YT and several walkthroughs on the net:

Snatcher CD-ROMantic (PC Engine CD) Full Playthrough

Could you guys tell me how to play an English version? Is the Sega CD version the only one in English?

[Mathius]

Is Snatcher for PCE actually playable for us Japanese impaired folks?

Not really 
But there is a complete playthrough on YT and several walkthroughs on the net:

Snatcher CD-ROMantic (PC Engine CD) Full Playthrough

Could you guys tell me how to play an English version? Is the Sega CD version the only one in English?

Officially yes. I know that SD Snatcher on MSX2 has been English translated. But that is a slightly different game.

[jtucci31]

Is Snatcher for PCE actually playable for us Japanese impaired folks?

Not really 
But there is a complete playthrough on YT and several walkthroughs on the net:

Snatcher CD-ROMantic (PC Engine CD) Full Playthrough

Could you guys tell me how to play an English version? Is the Sega CD version the only one in English?

Officially yes. I know that SD Snatcher on MSX2 has been English translated. But that is a slightly different game.

Bummer. I might have to......emulate..!

[Ninja Spirit]

There is supposed to be a Snatcher homebrew remake for Dreamcast. Wish it was modeled after the PSX and Saturn versions though
http://segabits.com/blog/2014/02/20/hideo-kojimas-snatcher-being-remade-on-dreamcast/

[jeffhlewis]

Is Snatcher for PCE actually playable for us Japanese impaired folks?

Not really 
But there is a complete playthrough on YT and several walkthroughs on the net:

Snatcher CD-ROMantic (PC Engine CD) Full Playthrough

Could you guys tell me how to play an English version? Is the Sega CD version the only one in English?

Officially yes. I know that SD Snatcher on MSX2 has been English translated. But that is a slightly different game.

Bummer. I might have to......emulate..!

Once you play, it prepare yourself for 30 minutes of fast-paced mediocrity!

It's not a bad game but in no way does it live up to the insane hype it gets. It's basically a Blade Runner: Choose your Own Adventure book.

[jtucci31]

Is Snatcher for PCE actually playable for us Japanese impaired folks?

Not really 
But there is a complete playthrough on YT and several walkthroughs on the net:

Snatcher CD-ROMantic (PC Engine CD) Full Playthrough

Could you guys tell me how to play an English version? Is the Sega CD version the only one in English?

Officially yes. I know that SD Snatcher on MSX2 has been English translated. But that is a slightly different game.

Bummer. I might have to......emulate..!

Once you play, it prepare yourself for 30 minutes of fast-paced mediocrity!

It's not a bad game but in no way does it live up to the insane hype it gets. It's basically a Blade Runner: Choose your Own Adventure book.

30 minutes?! And that does appeal to me but I could see how it would be a letdown

[xcrement5x]

I'm pretty sure Snatcher is longer than 30 minutes, but I know you can beat it in a couple hours at least.  I've never beaten the game myself.  Mainly because I started played then stopped until I found a Justifier.  Then once I got a Justifier I never found the time to go back.  Space Adventure Cobra is supposed to be another game with a similar playtype (also on PCE and Sega CD) if you're into those games.  I highly recommend CDRs though.

[bob]

rise of the dragon is a good sega cd alternative too.  and its cheap

[Ninja Spirit]

Other Snatcher alternatives include Space Cobra Adventure also for Sega CD

PCE Nadia Secret of Blue Water

[jtucci31]

I'm pretty sure Snatcher is longer than 30 minutes, but I know you can beat it in a couple hours at least.  I've never beaten the game myself.  Mainly because I started played then stopped until I found a Justifier.  Then once I got a Justifier I never found the time to go back.  Space Adventure Cobra is supposed to be another game with a similar playtype (also on PCE and Sega CD) if you're into those games.  I highly recommend CDRs though.

Is Space Adventure Cobra in English? And is it relatively cheap?

[Psycho Punch]

Snatcher I played it fully... on youtube.

I refuse to pay 999999 dollars on a digital comic.

[TR0N]

I'm pretty sure Snatcher is longer than 30 minutes, but I know you can beat it in a couple hours at least.  I've never beaten the game myself.  Mainly because I started played then stopped until I found a Justifier.  Then once I got a Justifier I never found the time to go back.  Space Adventure Cobra is supposed to be another game with a similar playtype (also on PCE and Sega CD) if you're into those games.  I highly recommend CDRs though.

Is Space Adventure Cobra in English? And is it relatively cheap?

Space Cobra Adventure is very expensive for the sega-cd beside it's dub being a joke.Though,like with snatcher the sega-cd doesn't have copy protection you could all ways burn it.

[NightWolve]

RIDDICKULOUS!!

Har har, clever. ;)

Nightwolve, I am with ya man, the ridick movies have all been entertaining and I played throw the games a few years back and enjoyed them. And just like you never heard of the first release but was equally good to play and a cool bonus they added.

Worth playing man
Oh mine was for the ps3 and looked really good, so I can only assume the PC version will even be better

Ah, nice, oh hey, you'll be pleased to know, because of the decent success of the last movie, it's been official that Vin is up for another. Maybe he'll get a better budget this time, but yeah. He took a big risk to get this 3rd one made and it was lucky that it paid off (it is weak). Glad to know there are some meaningful fans of the series here. I've watched Pitch Black many times, it has pretty good replay value.

I beat Butcher Bay back when it was originally released. Still own it for PC too. I am pretty sure it was around the time I was running a Socket 754 Athlon 64 and a Geforce 6800 AGP unlocked via a bios flash. Those were some good times back then...

I have 2008 hardware with 32-bit Vista, so I should be alright for the first one which came out in 2004, dunno about Athena (2009), but I'll see, haven't installed it yet. Looked up my specs real quick:

AMD Phenom™ X3 8450 Triple-Core Processor (2.1 Ghz I think?)
ATI Radeon™ HD3450 Graphics Card, 256 MB and DirectX® 10 support
System Memory: 3072 MB DDR2 SDRAM

[xcrement5x]

I got my US Magical Chase the other day, woo!  Thanks again to chop




Also because I love this picture:

[PukeSter]

Secret of Mana. Finally my first SNES RPG. Haven't played much at all in the genre either.

To save money, I split the cost with my brother, so we can do the 2 player mode together.

[wildfruit]

Got a new psp for my birthday treat to replace my old one that wouldn't load umd and the battery wouldn't sit properly after i dropped it

[EvilEvoIX]

I got my US Magical Chase the other day, woo!  Will post pics once I can get flickr sharing stuff again for me.

WOW MAJOR PURCHASE!!!

[PCEngineHell]

I have 2008 hardware with 32-bit Vista, so I should be alright for the first one which came out in 2004, dunno about Athena (2009), but I'll see, haven't installed it yet. Looked up my specs real quick:

AMD Phenom™ X3 8450 Triple-Core Processor (2.1 Ghz I think?)
ATI Radeon™ HD3450 Graphics Card, 256 MB and DirectX® 10 support
System Memory: 3072 MB DDR2 SDRAM

I'm not positive on this, but I could swear that the version of Butcher Bay included with Dark Athena runs on a revised engine that they used to make DA, so you may run into issues if that is the case. Really though if your GPU is a HD3450, even the original version of Butcher Bay would prob have issues if you tried to run it maxed out settings wise. HD3450 just isn't very powerful at all. Even though the original Butcher Bay is from around 2k5, it was one of the more hardware demanding titles for that time, and sadly the HD3450, other then offering DX10 support, just cant really compete with any of the old higher end GPU's from even 2k5.

You could prob swap out your power supply for something like an Antec in the 400-500 watt range and put a Geforce GTS 450 or GTX 550 in there and see a big leap in performance in games for around $100-120. That Phenom X3 8450 will still run a few games released now and most games from 2k11 and prior well enough and medium settings to high settings if the graphics card is decent. I'm not sure if you'd want to go to such extremes though just to play a couple games. It's only worth doing if there is more out there you want to play.

[SuperDeadite]

My 8 year old lappy finally died, decided to build a machine.  Originally wasnt really going to build a gaming PC, but I simply couldnt say no to the super discount I got on this beast.

[Tatsujin]

lol gaming pc.

[BlueBMW]

Hey now... Pc gaming is where its at!

[NecroPhile]

I got an LA with Sega PAC from fellow member synbiosfan.  He sent along a couple 6 button pads and a copy of Pinocchio too. 

[Tatsujin]

Hey now... Pc Engine gaming is where its at!

fixed ^^

[Tatsujin]

I got an LA with Sega PAC from fellow member synbiosfan.  He sent along a couple 6 button pads and a copy of Pinocchio too. 

teh feka LA? hope you will change that very soon

congrats for the nice get anyway

[NecroPhile]

Don't fret, bazzy, le obey PAC is on the way. 

[PunkCryborg]

No pics? come on necro!!!

[Nando]

My 8 year old lappy finally died, decided to build a machine.  Originally wasnt really going to build a gaming PC, but I simply couldnt say no to the super discount I got on this beast.

so what are the full specs of your new rig?

[SuperDeadite]

Not quite finished yet, but for now:

Zalman Z3 Plus
Corsair HX650 (Gold)
Asus H87-Pro
Core i3 4340
8gb DDR3 1600
MSI GTX 770 Lightning
32gb SSD (for booting/windows only)
1TB HDD for other installs.
LG Super Multi DVD drive
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Still needs a floppy drive, capture card, and a 2TB HDD just for video recording and editing but those will wait until next month.  Currently very happy with this rig, it runs anything beautifully, and thanks to the Asus mobo plus tiny SSD cold start to desktop is under 5 seconds.

[NecroPhile]

No pics? come on necro!!!

Okay, I'll do it for the LA. 

[synbiosfan]

I miss it ...

[Tatsujin]

nice necro, even with the feka-pac

just in, latest shooting gameside -=R-TYPE=-
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and some pce snipets.

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[bartre]

Nice get NecroPhile, I'll hopefully be following suit here soon.

[Nando]

Not quite finished yet, but for now:

Zalman Z3 Plus
Corsair HX650 (Gold)
Asus H87-Pro
Core i3 4340
8gb DDR3 1600
MSI GTX 770 Lightning
32gb SSD (for booting/windows only)
1TB HDD for other installs.
LG Super Multi DVD drive
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Still needs a floppy drive, capture card, and a 2TB HDD just for video recording and editing but those will wait until next month.  Currently very happy with this rig, it runs anything beautifully, and thanks to the Asus mobo plus tiny SSD cold start to desktop is under 5 seconds.

Those SSD's are awesome. I have one at work, the boot times rock for sure.

I'm totally lost on the last few sets of chips.  What's the difference between the i3 and the i5 chipset in that category? wouldn't you get better performance video editing with the i5? assuming you are using software that can access the cpu efficiently.

[xcrement5x]

Just got a package for the family from my mother in law, I had to share because it was ridiculous...



This recent pile of candy was sent to us for my wife, daughter, and I.  The only problem is my daughter is 11 months old and can't eat this stuff yet (so she gets the rabbit that is chocolate scented instead), and there is no way we will eat all of this since we're in our 30s, not like 8.  I was kind of happy though, because I FUCKING LOVE Raisinets!

[Mathius]

Haribo Gummie Bears are the bomb!

[Mathius]

Trade you my sealed Magical Chaise or my Keith Courage Comic for the diabeetus.

[bob]

Just got a package for the family from my mother in law, I had to share because it was ridiculous...



This recent pile of candy was sent to us for my wife, daughter, and I.  The only problem is my daughter is 11 months old and can't eat this stuff yet (so she gets the rabbit that is chocolate scented instead), and there is no way we will eat all of this since we're in our 30s, not like 8.  I was kind of happy though, because I FUCKING LOVE Raisinets!

she robbed a dollar store?  what a thug.