Archive for September, 2014
Auction Watch – 27/09/2014
by Matt Keller on Sep.27, 2014, under Auction Watch
A lot of pre-Atari consoles up this week! Don’t feed the vultures – look for value in your retro gaming purchases.
Videomaster Olympic Home TV Game
Sheen M-1200 Microprocessor Programmable TV Game
NES Top Loader (3-in-1 cart version) – Sans 3-in-1 cart, amusingly.
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Nintendo 64)
Soundic Victory MPT-02 Home TV Programmer – complete but faulty
Video Game Ad of the Day: The Death and Return of Superman
by Matt Keller on Sep.27, 2014, under Video Game Ad of the Day
The Death and Return of Superman was a major comic book event in 1992, the mass media success of which could be construed as the catalyst for the bursting of the speculative comic book bubble. Sunsoft teamed up with Blizzard in 1994 to produce a video game based on the arc. It’s a pretty straightforward beat ’em up, but it’s arguably one of the best Superman games ever made, by virtue of not totally sucking. Due to a relatively small print run and a release a year after the SNES version, the Mega Drive version can fetch a pretty penny.
Auction Watch – 20/09/2014
by Matt Keller on Sep.20, 2014, under Auction Watch
Back for another round.
Dreamcast with 12 games (NTSC-U)
Mega Drive "Big 6" Console Bundle
PlayStation Console in branded briefcase – These were used for rentals when the machine first landed – though I think this one is missing some internal foam.
Super Mario Land Ambassadors of Funk featuring MC Mario music cassette
Atari Bulk lot, including boxed XEGS, 2600jr
Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo 64)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GameCube)
Link: The Faces of Evil (CD-i)
Light Crusader and Fantastic Dizzy/Rocket Knight Adventures 2-Pack (Mega Drive) – Two of Ozisoft’s weird VHS case releases
Video Game Ad of the Day: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
by Matt Keller on Sep.20, 2014, under Video Game Ad of the Day
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance marked the debut of the Fire Emblem series on home consoles outside of Japan. It also introduced the world to Ike, who would go on to represent the series in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and the soon-to-be-released Super Smash Bros for 3DS and Super Smash Bros for Wii U.