I think I'm going to post mine (or at least a tidbit of it) in a few minutes. I'll have to wait until this weekend before I drag out my old Nes, Master System, Genesis, and Playstation. For now I'll just have to settle for pulling out my PS2 and DS collection.

Crap, these pictures are pretty big. My collection isn't half the size I thought it was after I dug it out from my DVDs. Oh well...

If any of you are wondering why I have such weird tastes, I honestly can't answer that. Some of games I have in the pictures are merely ones that I haven't traded in yet. I have a pretty eclectic taste in games. The only game that's missing from that picture is Shadow Hearts 3. I'm lending it to someone.

Overall


Close-up of right column


Close-up of bottom-left column (I couldn't get the camera to take a decent pic of the top for some reason.)


DS set 1


DS set 2


Some of the boxes simply wouldn't register with this camera. Anywho, that's my collection. It's not half as big as I thought but I still love it.

Thanks, it's one of my personal favorites.

As for the games, it's really a matter of preference.

If you like a graphically old-school game with a unique atmosphere and a weird storyline you'll like Contact. It was made by the people who created Killer 7 if that's any help.

The Art of Fighting collection is good however if you're used to unlocking extras and stuff like that look elsewhere. The games included are the original installments and they aren't exactly state-of-the-art. If you're a die-hard SNK fan or just curious about one of it's more definitive series I would reccommend it.

The X collection is exceptional if you like Mega Man in any of his incarnations.

As for Zone of the Enders 2...yes....hell yes. It's a beautiful game with incredible control and beautiful music. I don't know how rare it is though.

I know this is sort of silly to add-in at the last moment. But I forgot to put Steambot Chronicles with my collection. I had it in my brother's room and I forgot to get it back. I have the preorder-harmonica as well.

I've never actually "bumped" before, however I want to see more game collections, so I shall.

BUMP!

I really don't want to say this but...

It's not that good. The story feels pretty contrived and the English voice acting is terrible. I'm not a voice-purist or anything, however these people are horrible. The Voice-actor for Yuri thought it would be funny to give him a gay lisp and the voice actor for Karin sounds like she had a lobotomy. Voices aside, the gameplay is needlessly slow. If you decide to leave voices on the characters will make a needless declaration at the beginning of their turn. You can turn the voices off, but their still seems to be a long pause before you can control your character. The english translation isn't that good either. The gameplay is okay, however it's not really that fluid and leaves alot to be desired. They creators thought that it would be a good idea to make a "Rank" system where characters gain individual stats much like the English Final Fantasy 2. While that doesn't sound so bad, the stats you gain seem to be pretty random and not reliant on any real outside factor save for luck. The battle system is odd as well. Characters take damage, however they do so in a different manner then usual. When striking your opponent you can deal alot of damage, however the majority of the damage you deal is highlighted in red. If you don't manage to defeat your opponent before his/her turn the red part of their life-gauge will heal. The sprites really aren't that fluid as well. They only have a few frames of animation and aren't nearly as nice as they could've looked. If you're expecting fluid sprites like off of Disgaea, look elsewhere. My main problem with the game though is the specials system. Whenever you do a special technique you have a random chance of it changing to something else for some unexplained reason. It could turn into something better, or a total crap move. You can lock the skills so that they won't change, however it's still a pain.

Agreed. The idea of playing a game where you can have Shadow Hearts and Gungrave characters is intriguing, however it was executed very poorly.

Thank you. I just play what catches me eye really.


Both Godhand and the MGS collection are great purchases. I highly recommend them.

You might think I'm making it up when I say this, but I got it absolutely free. This little kid used to ride the bus with me and my brothers a few years back. He had a few games that I liked so I traded him. The games were usually little things like Nanostray and some old puzzle games. However one day he brought up a game I wouldn't dare pass up. He told me he had a fighting game he didn't like because it was too hard. I asked him to bring it the next day in exchange for Onimusha 3. He agreed and the next day he produced the game from his backpack. I let him borrow Onimushua 3 and he returned it later, saying that it was too hard as well and I should just keep both of them. I didn't dare argue. I felt kind of bad about it, but then again it probably would've ended up at a yard sale for five bucks somewhere if I hadn't taken advantage of such a golden oppurtunity.

I just wish I had the time to play all of the games I already have, that would be a blessing. Right now I'm trying to finish Dot Hack GU, Pokemon Diamond, Lunar Knights, and Henry Hatsworth. To add to that list is Samurai Showdown Anthology. I just ordered it last night. I heard that it's getting rarer to find and I only spent a grand total of Twenty bucks after shipping and handling on Amazon.

They're both good buys. The thing that sold the Collection for me was a brand-new copy of MGS1 in a PS2 style case. That and a new copy of MGS3 with most of the Subsistence extras in-tact. (Funny movies and the original two Metal Gear games excluded sadly). I haven't even played the copy of Sons of Liberty that came with it. Playing through that game once was enough for me.

I just love it when deals like that turn up. By the way, I once had a chance to play Kabuki Quantum fighter and I really liked it. Is it a really good game all the way through? Also, is the protagonist a boy or a girl? I was playing it on a friend's computer and I couldn't figure it out. I'm assuming the main character is a boy though.

Depends on which series you want to play. They are all relative, however I only played the first volume of the original Dot Hack games. Their were four total, and the gameplay was a basic real-time system with spells and the like. The downside for me was that the spells and skills you got were equipped to your armor and weapons, meaning that if you uprgraded to a new weapon and it didn't have the skill you wanted, you were out of luck. Another thing that bugged me was that you couldn't choose your characters class. Although the game takes place inside an MMORPG, the character you play as in the first series is limited to daggers as his weapon. The one thing that made me quit playing, however, was the fact that the stronger spells and skills in the game looked exactly like the old ones save for a new name and more hits/damage. You could pull off a dagger-move and watch Kite (The main character of the first series) do a combo with them, then later in the game you could get a dagger-skill with a different title that did the same thing but was wind-oriented. Basic laziness. The story was okay, however I was never really sold on it.

The GU series is about the same except the battle system has been improved and the story is cheesier. The main character is of the "Adept Rogue" class which, according the fake forums in the game, is supposed to be really lacking in defense and ability. Ironically enough the main character gets awesome stats all around and is profecient with a few different weapons. The GU series is only three volumes long as opposed to four and the gamepay is pretty similar. The battle system has been improved though, and each new skill you learn stays with you. In the Second volume you even get the ability to change your weapon mid-battle by mapping one of the weapons skills to your R1 button (You get a total of four skills you can map to it, each one activated by pressing one of the main buttons, square, triangle, X, and O.) It's pretty good, since my friend let me borrow the first two volumes, I just bought the third one to save myself some money.

Henry Hatsworth is a really good Old-school platformer with puzzle elements mixed in. The puzzle isn't half as hard as you might think, however the games difficulty grows pretty steep by the fourth world.

I'd totally recommend the SS anthology. I can't wait to get it and start learning all of the characters moves. I've already got to play as Haomaru and Genjuro on Neo-Geo Coliseum, however I'm really curious about using the Kabuki Character. I always thought Kabuki make-up looked badass (It was actually my favorite face-paint to use on MGS 3).

And yes, I love Amazon. I don't trust Ebay in the least. I am a regular at Amazon and I order practically everything I want off of it.

That's true enough, however for 30 bucks it was a steal for me. Also, it was the last one in the store and I had just gotten paid. I couldn't pass it up. They never restocked it after that so I was really lucky.

I would like to play it on an emulator, however I don't know the first thing about them and I'm pretty sure it's frowned upon...

Yeah, the first series wasn't that good. Many people enjoy the story though.

Grinding is an aspect of the GU series as well, however you can go through the main game with minimal grinding if you don't mind missing out on the extra wallpapers and BGMs for your "desktop" (Since it's a take on an MMORPG, the menu interface is designed to feel like a futuristic desktop, complete with interchangable backgrounds and even BGMs.). It's not for everyone, however I enjoy it well enough.

The Puzzle plays out alot like the Gem games for the sega. You basically just match up blocks of the same color by switching the location of two adjacent pieces. It's really not that hard until you fight some of the bosses that have special abilities that can slow or hinder your ability to match pieces. It's still an enjoyable game and the bosses are really funny.

The main reason I like Amazon is because I usually get my items within three days of ordering them despite my use of standard shipping. I very rarely have to wait over a week to get what I order, and the website is very user-friendly.

I always have the problem of picking up games I don't think I'll see again. I have a pile of games I haven't even touched yet because I was afraid that they'd disappear. I was right in some of the cases, however I still haven't touched half of them.

If I got an emulator I would love to get Seiken Denitsu 3. That game was epic. If only Square Enix would stop being such dicks about only releasing titles that are based off of their best-sellers and finally port the damn game to the DS I would be able to die happy. That game rocked in so many ways.[/quote]

The extras can be hard to get because if you miss stuff on a past volume (Like forgetting to max out the books of 1000) you will miss them forever. It can be kind of difficult to get 100%. I took a hiatus because things were getting confusing, people told me that if you got certain things ahead of time you would miss important items later.

It's a good game. I haven't beaten it yet, but I'm close.

I agree. It's so damn easy to order something and simply verify that my account and location are still the same. Takes about a minute and I've ordered multiple games before simply because I had the money. It's a dangerous, yet enjoyable at the same time. lol

I was the same about a few games of mine. I'm always afraid some of the more vague games that I want will go out of print and will be impossible to find.

I don't remember. What set it apart from the first (The only other game in the series I played) was that you had six characters to choose from. You were allowed to form a team of three, no matter what team you chose they always interacted with each other as their own team. Which meant that you could mix and match characters just to find new conversations. The game also gave each character the ability th change their class twice, each class change allowing you to choose a good path or a bad one for each individual character. I really loved playing with Hawke as my main character. If they ever ported an SD collection to the DS I would be so damn happy.

It's fun, the game allows you to do stuff like jump on top of cars use a parachute to fall from incredible heights. The story isn't really that good and their isn't really much to do after you finish the game...

@ Ba'al: Thanks, I usually use Sun Jian or the guy with the turban and the huge axe. (I forgot his name...)