Latest Purchases

  Shigaraki Anagama water jar

Its been a nightmare to find somewhere in stock without over inflated prices (Game had moved the pricinig up to £50, and third party resellers on Amazon/Play were around that point), but I managed to grab this when Shopto had it briefly available on Tuesday.

The Legend of Zelda - Hyrule Historia

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - Wizard's Edition (PS3)

Mario Tennis Open (3DS)

ASUS AMD 7970  DX 11.1 / 4K READY

Asus 7970 GPU - check
Asus 7.1 Xonar - check
Razer Tiamat 7.1 headphones - check
Aliens CM pre-loaded on Steam - check
Aliens CM Season Pack - check

Let's rock!..this Tuesday...

Resistance was futile in the face of Fire Emblem!

You didn't get the special FE 3DS bundle? Aw but that blue 3DS was so cool..

I was going to, but Nintendo borked up their shipping this week. Couldn't find the unit in stores, and Gamestop was only giving up their limited stock for preorders.

I thought about waiting -- but then the bundle doesn't give you the card and the game case. Just the game preloaded on the system. I don't really trust how Nintendo is handling this digital stuff, so to be safe I wanted the card.

Might regret not getting the super-slick FE3DS later. We'll see. :p

9 Hours 9 People 9 Doors (Thanks to Az' for his tip).

Didn't even have to pay shipping since I ordered something else as well to get the amount above 25$ and get free shipping ^^ :

Project Zero 4 (finally I'll get to play the fan translation )

Jacob4000 said:
I was going to, but Nintendo borked up their shipping this week. Couldn't find the unit in stores, and Gamestop was only giving up their limited stock for preorders.

I thought about waiting -- but then the bundle doesn't give you the card and the game case. Just the game preloaded on the system. I don't really trust how Nintendo is handling this digital stuff, so to be safe I wanted the card.

Might regret not getting the super-slick FE3DS later. We'll see. :p

This is why i don't like bundles these days, i hate the idea of pre-installed content...although at the same time i would never get rid of a game like this or any other main Ninty game anyway...

Still a good choice to get it separately anyway for this reason!

That 7970 looks so tasty.... Shame about Aliens CM though :?

Anyway:

(Can you tell I'm going Snowboarding again?)

Books - I've gone a little girly for a while in reading:

- Beautiful Creatures
- Beautiful Chaos
- Beautiful Redemption

- The Mortal Instruments 1,2 &3

Echoes221 said:
That 7970 looks so tasty.... Shame about Aliens CM though :?

Aye, not happy with Gearbox's handling of such a game, and comments from their CEO today.

It's got a patch today which remedies simple stuff, it needs another for addressing the bigger issues though. If it gets that I can be happy. MP is already playing better post-patch

( Edited 12.02.2013 22:46 by Linkyshinks )

Thanks to you Cal, I discovered Qwertee . I didn't know about it before. I need to stay up-to-date with what they sell, cuz' some of these older designs, I feel sad I missed on (and that Metroid one is one of them ^^).

EDIT:

Echoes221 said:

Anyway:

That Metroid top =O

I mean, look at it. I couldn't not get it!

YAHOO!

Actually Az', it went down in price after you checked for me the other day, snatched it for £21.99 (plus £3 for shipping to Belgium, which wasn't too bad). I'm glad I waited a couple more days .

<3

Brand new rumble pack! I am going to need some reccomendations on how to 'get' games (if you know what i mean)

Unfortunately the RF cable supplied wouldn't work on a HDTV, who would have thunk eh! I tried connecting to a VCR and manually tuning (old style) but neither worked so i have had to also buy this;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/RGB-Scart-Cable-for-Dreamcast/dp/B0001DDBMU

( Edited 20.02.2013 01:43 by Flynnie )

Excellent, excellent purchase. Where did you buy from?

Reminds me I really want to get my hands on a Saturn, too. Anyone got any recommendations for places to buy from, let me know.

I have many a time contemplated playing copied games on my DC but just never bothered in the end. I pretty much have the games I really wanted to play, although there's probably a good few I haven't. Perhaps one day I'll look into it.

But AFAIK, it's a relatively simple process. If your DC was manufactured before October 2000 you just burn DC game images to CD-Rs and pop the disc in and job done. If the game doesn't contain a self boot then you need to burn a Utopia boot disc and pop that in before you play the burnt disc. You'll just need to buy yourself a bunch of CD-Rs (CD-RWs don't work unless you wanna open up your DC and mess with it. Not recommended). Be prepared for a couple of failed attempts, too, I guess.

You'd do well to try and research the topic yourself because I read different information about whether or not you actually even need a Utopia boot disc or not, but I think it varies from game to game. But it should be one of the easiest times you'll have getting a console to play copied games, unlike something like the Wii or PSP which requires lots of research and can potentially brick the systems.

In the mean time, have a browse at DC game prices and see what takes your fancy. You might feel like actually owning one or two DC games for the sake of it.

Finally, get Shenmue 1 and 2.

Azuardo said:
Excellent, excellent purchase. Where did you buy from?

Reminds me I really want to get my hands on a Saturn, too. Anyone got any recommendations for places to buy from, let me know.

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Genki Videogames is good.

Copy of Crysis 3 (PC)

Linkyshinks said:
Genki Videogames is good.

Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (3DS)

Persona 4 Golden (PSVita)

Assassin's Creed III (WiiU)

And a 16GB SD Card for my 3DS, as well as a bunch of books for my final literature module.

( Edited 20.02.2013 11:46 by SuperLink )

Azuardo said:
Excellent, excellent purchase. Where did you buy from?

Reminds me I really want to get my hands on a Saturn, too. Anyone got any recommendations for places to buy from, let me know.

I have many a time contemplated playing copied games on my DC but just never bothered in the end. I pretty much have the games I really wanted to play, although there's probably a good few I haven't. Perhaps one day I'll look into it.

But AFAIK, it's a relatively simple process. If your DC was manufactured before October 2000 you just burn DC game images to CD-Rs and pop the disc in and job done. If the game doesn't contain a self boot then you need to burn a Utopia boot disc and pop that in before you play the burnt disc. You'll just need to buy yourself a bunch of CD-Rs (CD-RWs don't work unless you wanna open up your DC and mess with it. Not recommended). Be prepared for a couple of failed attempts, too, I guess.

You'd do well to try and research the topic yourself because I read different information about whether or not you actually even need a Utopia boot disc or not, but I think it varies from game to game. But it should be one of the easiest times you'll have getting a console to play copied games, unlike something like the Wii or PSP which requires lots of research and can potentially brick the systems.

In the mean time, have a browse at DC game prices and see what takes your fancy. You might feel like actually owning one or two DC games for the sake of it.

Finally, get Shenmue 1 and 2.

Yea i have seen a few guides as to how to do it, i would like to buy the games genuinely but finding them now is near enough impossible unless i am going to pay £200 for it! 

I did own a Dreamcast back in the day which is why i still have some games for it as i never sold them. I did have Shemnue at one point...i guess i was quite silly for selling it...oh well. 

There is a cool retro shop hidden away in Croydon, although its really small and boxy they actually have a lot of old retro stuff hidden away, but some of its a pretty penny, they had SNES' in there for £60. The DC was £25 . Either way its called M&M games, but it seems their website has expired in the last day or so, but if you are nearby it might be worth checking out. If not then i guess just check independent stores although you might find better prices on ebay...

I somehow missed out on a bid for Shemnue, i put £14 down but the winning bid was £12.50...I am a little miffed how i lost...i never actually bought anything off ebay before but then i went and did something a little impulse like and spent £7 on the following!

( Edited 20.02.2013 21:10 by Flynnie )

Thanks again to Cal for making me discover Qwertee

JET SET RAAAAADIIIOOOOOOOOOOOO! £2 on ebay! Bargs!

GORGEOUS !!!