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OKAY! I did a deep dive inventory and also rummaged around and found my old pile of loose (with manual) Playstation 1 and Dreamcast games, did a fast inventory of box quality and here's the revised pile alphabetized and graded. How am I doing here?

Harmonix wireless keyboard to use with Rock Band 3 for Playstation 3 - Loose, excellent condition
Collapsible Guitar Hero for Wii - Loose with strap
Wii Fit Pad - Loose
Playstation 2 + joystick
Playstation 3
Wii with two wiimotes
Xbox 360 x 2 with joysticks
Ouya - loose with all wires, unplayed condition (lol)

Dreamcast Games:
Bust a Move 4 - Loose with Manual -
Crazy Taxi - Loose with Manual -
Evolution - Loose with Manual -
Jet Grind Radio - Loose with Manual -
NBA 2K1 (Allen Iverson) - Loose with Manual -
NFL 2K (Randy Moss, Vikings) - Loose with Manual -
Resident Evil: Code Veronica - Loose with Manual -
Seaman - Loose with Manual -
Shenmue Jukebox - Loose -
Sonic Adventure - Loose with Manual -
Space Channel 5 - Loose with Manual -
Web Browser 2.0 with SegaNet - Loose - 

GameCube Games:
Animal Crossing - CIB -
F Zero GX - CIB -
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - CIB -
Legend of Zelda: Windwaker - CIB -
Metroid Prime - CIB -
Pikmin - Loose with Manual - 
Soul Calibur 2 - CIB -
Starfox Adventures - CIB -
Super Monkey Ball - CIB -
Super Smash Brothers Melee - CIB -

Wii Games:
Endless Ocean - CIB -
Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn - CIB
Guitar Hero 3 - CIB -
Little King Story - CIB - 
Sam and Max - CIB - 
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - CIB -
Super Smash Brothers Brawl - CIB -
Wii Fit - CIB -
Zelda Twilight Princess - CIB with a spare box/manual - 

XBox 360 Games:
Arkham Asylum - CIB -
Arkham City - CIB - 
Assassin's Creed - Manual and Disc in Clear Box - 
Bioshock 2 - CIB -
Brutal Legend - CIB -
Civilization Revolution - CIB - 
Condemned Platinum Hits - CIB
Culdcept Saga - CIB -
Dead Rising Platinum Hits - CIB -
Dragon Age Origins - CIB -
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - CIB -
Fable 2 - CIB with strategy guide - 
Fallout 3 - CIB -
Far Cry 2 - CIB -
Fifa Soccer 10 - CIB - 
Fifa Soccer 2009 - CIB -
Forza Motorsports 2 - Loose
Gears of War - Manual and Disc in Clear Box - 
Genesis Collection - CIB -
Ghost Recon Platinum Hits - CIB - 
Guitar Hero Aerosmith - CIB - 
Just Cause 2 - CIB -
Left 4 Dead - CIB - 
Madden 2016 - Loose
Marvel Ultimate Alliance / Forza Motorsport 2 Double Disc - CIB (slightly damaged box) - 
Mass Effect - Manual and Disc in clear box - 
Mass Effect 2 Platinum Hits - CIB - 
Mass Effect 3 - CIB - 
NBA 2K16 - Loose - 
MLB 2K18 - CIB - 
Popcap Arcade - Loose - 
Red Dead Redemption - CIB -
Red Faction Guerilla - CIB - 
Resident Evil 5 - CIB -
SSX - CIB - 
Saints Row 3 - CIB -
Orange Box (Half Life 2 Episode 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal - CIB - 
Unreal Tournament 3 - CIB -
Way of the Samurai 3 - CIB - 
Witcher 2 Enhanced - CIB with slipcase -
XBox Live Arcade (Pac Man CE, Uno, Boom Boom Rocket, Luxor 2, Feeding Frenzy) - Disc in slightly damaged box - 
XCOM: Enemy Unknown - CIB -

Xbox One Games:
NBA 2K15  - CIB -
Star Wars BattleFront - New - 

Playstation 1 Games:
Bomberman Party Edition - Loose with Manual -
Bust a Groove - Loose with Manual -
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Loose
Dance Dance Revolution - Loose with Manual -
Dance Dance Revolution Konamix - Loose with Manual -
Final Fantasy 7 (3 discs) - Loose
Final Fantasy 8 (4 Discs) - Loose with Manual, Additional Walkthru booklet and Brady Strategy Guide -
Final Fantasy 9 (4 Discs) - Loose with Manual, Additional Online Strategy booklet and Brady Strategy Guide -
Final Fantasy Tactics - Loose with Manual -
Grandia II Music Disc - Loose -
Metal Gear Solid (2 Discs) - Loose with Manual -
Metal Gear Solid VR Missions - Loose with Manual -
Monster Rancher - Loose with Manual -
Parasite Eve (2 Discs) - Loose with Manual x2 -
Squaresoft 1998 Collectors Disc V1 (Demo for Xenogears, Movie for Bushido Blade 2, Brave Fencer Musashi, Final Fantasy 8) - Loose x2 -
Street Fighter Alpha - Loose -
Tekken - Loose -
Umjammer Lammy - Loose with Manual -
Vandal Hearts - Loose with Manual -
Wipeout 3 - Loose with Manual -

Playstation 2 Games:
Dance Dance Revolution Max 2 - CIB -
Dragon Quest 8 - CIB with FFXII Demo Disc - 
Dynasty Warriors 3 - CIB -
ESPN Basketball - CIB -
Final Fantasy 10 - CIB -
Final Fantasy 12 Collector's Edition - CIB Steelbook - 
Frequency - CIB -
Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec - CIB and additional loose copy in box -
GTA: San Andreas - CIB -
Guitar Hero - Loose
Hitman 2 - CIB -
Hitman Blood Money - CIB -
Hitman Contracts - CIB -
Karaoke Revolution 3 - CIB -
Katamari Damacy - CIB -
Madden 2003 - CIB -
Metal Gear Solid 2 - Disc in Origina Box, no manual - 
Metal Gear Solid 3 - Snake Eater - CIB -
Network Adaptor Start-Up Disc - Loose with Manual -Persona 3 FES - CIB -
Rogue Galaxy - Loose
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection - CIB -
Virtua Fighter 4 - CIB -
We Love Katamari - CIB -
Xenosaga 1 - CIB -

Playstation 3 Games:
3D Dot Game Heroes - CIB -
Borderlands - CIB -
Dark Souls 2: Black Armor Edition - CIB in Steelbook -
Dark Souls Collector's Edition - CIB in Steelbook - 
Demon Souls - CIB -
Deus Ex - CIB -
Dishonored - CIB -
Elder Scrolls: Skyrim - CIB -
Fallout: New Vegas - CIB -
Ico and Shadow of Colossus Collection - CIB -
Katamari Forever - CIB -
LA Noire - CIB -
Madden 2011 - CIB -
Metal Gear Solid 4 - CIB -NBA 2K11 - CIB -
Mortal Kombat 2011 - CIB -
Ni no Kuni - CIB steelbook with case - 
Portal 2 - CIB -
Rockband 3 - CIB -
The Last of Us - CIB -
Uncharted 1 - CIB -
Uncharted 2 - CIB -
Valkyria Chronicles - CIB -

Wow... I take it by "loose with manual" you mean you put them all in binders or something?

yeah, all in binders. everything is in excellent condition with a few minor exceptions.
Is this a safe/roughly accurate place for price checking? Doing a money inventory now.
https://www.pricecharting.com/

Yeah that's the best bet for checking prices in general- it's essentially a video games discogs sort of tool.

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Pricecharting is a little high because it's based on ebay which brings certain assumptions of quality (game is tested and working) . It also doesn't account for listings that tie shipping cost into the price tag for listings that want to say "free shipping," which drives prices up.

Good points. Everything on that list should be working or at least it was the last time I touched it!

* I just hit up Evan with a hopefully reasonable price for all the wii/gamecube stuff (60% of market is reasonable, right?)
* X, I'd like to hit you up to respond to your wish list but you didn't include your email in your ILX mail! Write back!
* Lol i am definitely not getting a CRT.
* Karl, I would be down to send you a care package if there's anything in the sony collection or non-nintendo elsewhere that might be happy making?
* Leee if you want that Persona 3 (technically "Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES" but still CIB!) for $20 and shipping I could make that work? Drop me an email.
* Stevie D, I would happily get you a PS3 with some games at a price that works for you if you could pick it up? I just don't wanna deal with my post office for anything more than a single disc in case.
* thank you all for putting up with this nonsense, it's been helpful!
* anybody else?

* Nhex?

Man, you have even more valuable stuff listed this time! Thank goodness you didn't just dump it all away

I'm probably most interested in buying the Wii + a bunch of random games, but if you don't want to ship that i understand

drop me an email!

Okay, I have thought this through a bit more and I am going to pass after all, I prob won't be up in NYC for a while, and even if I was it'd be a pain to schlep it all home, and even if I did I still have like 20 or 30 games on my to-play list before I would get around to any of it. Thank you so much for the offer, though!

just got my package from the forks store. highly recommended! these games are in good shape.

regretting not buying the ouya

not as much as he regrets buying it in the first place!

i have no regrets, just lack of space around the house

I had an ouya, along with regrets

okay, this'll be my last BUY MY SHIT post from this collection but it's fairly well so I want to give it one more go.
Here's what's left. Pricing is via PriceChart and would be adjusted down by 65% + shipping/handling if you can find $30 or more to buy.
Or if you want everything or most of everything, I'm open to an offer! Possibly even an unreasonable offer!
If anything here is of interest, let me know via ilxmail and include your email so i can follow up?

Ouya - loose with all wires, excellent condition

Dreamcast Games:
Bust a Move 4 - Loose with Manual - $15 (no manual)
NBA 2K1 (Allen Iverson) - Loose with Manual - $3 (no manual)
NFL 2K (Randy Moss, Vikings) - Loose with Manual - $3 (no manual)
Resident Evil: Code Veronica - Loose with Manual - $17 (no manual)
Shenmue Jukebox - Loose - ?
Sonic Adventure 2 - Loose - $26
Web Browser 2.0 with SegaNet - Loose - $3

Xbox 360 system x 2 with joysticks
XBox 360 Games:
Arkham Asylum - CIB - $6
Arkham City - CIB - $5
Assassin's Creed - Manual and Disc in Clear Box - $6
Bioshock 2 - CIB - $5
Civilization Revolution - CIB - $6
Dead Rising Platinum Hits - CIB - $4
Dragon Age Origins - CIB - $5
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - CIB - $7
Fable 2 - CIB with strategy guide - $9
Fallout 3 - CIB - $5
Far Cry 2 - CIB - $7
Fifa Soccer 10 - CIB - $4
Fifa Soccer 2009 - CIB - $4
Forza Motorsports 2 - Loose - $5
Genesis Collection - CIB - $9
Ghost Recon Platinum Hits - CIB - $5
Guitar Hero Aerosmith - CIB - $8
Just Cause 2 - CIB - $8
Left 4 Dead - CIB - $10
Madden 2016 - Loose - $7
Marvel Ultimate Alliance / Forza Motorsport 2 Double Disc - CIB (slightly damaged box) - $8
Mass Effect - Manual and Disc in clear box - $6
Mass Effect 2 Platinum Hits - CIB - $6
Mass Effect 3 - CIB - $5
NBA 2K16 - Loose - $8
MLB 2K18 - CIB - $20
Popcap Arcade - Loose - $9
Red Dead Redemption - CIB - $10
Resident Evil 5 - CIB - $5
SSX - CIB - $8
Orange Box (Half Life 2 Episode 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal - CIB - $21
Unreal Tournament 3 - CIB - $8
Witcher 2 Enhanced - CIB with slipcase - $21
XBox Live Arcade (Pac Man CE, Uno, Boom Boom Rocket, Luxor 2, Feeding Frenzy) - Disc in slightly damaged box - $4

Xbox One Games:
NBA 2K15 - CIB - $4
Star Wars BattleFront - New - $5

Playstation 1 Games:
Dance Dance Revolution - Loose with Manual - $10 (no manual)
Dance Dance Revolution Konamix - Loose with Manual - $5 (no manual)
Final Fantasy 7 (3 discs) - Loose - $14 (no manual)
Final Fantasy 8 (4 Discs) - Loose with Manual, Additional Walkthru booklet and Brady Strategy Guide - $10 (no manual)
Final Fantasy 9 (4 Discs) - Loose with Manual, Additional Online Strategy booklet and Brady Strategy Guide - $7 (no manual)
Grandia II Music Disc - Loose - ?
Metal Gear Solid (2 Discs) - Loose with Manual - $15 (no manual)
Squaresoft 1998 Collectors Disc V1 (Demo for Xenogears, Movie for Bushido Blade 2, Brave Fencer Musashi, Final Fantasy 8) - Loose x2 - $10
Street Fighter Alpha - Loose - $15

Playstation 2 System
Playstation 2 Games:
Dance Dance Revolution Max 2 - CIB - $6
Dynasty Warriors 3 - CIB - $10
ESPN Basketball - CIB - $8
Final Fantasy 10 - CIB - $7
Final Fantasy 12 Collector's Edition - CIB Steelbook - $10
Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec - CIB and additional loose copy in box - $6
GTA: San Andreas - CIB - $12
Guitar Hero - Loose - $9
Hitman Blood Money - CIB -$5
Hitman Contracts - CIB -$5
Karaoke Revolution 3 - CIB - $4
Madden 2003 - CIB - $5
Network Adaptor Start-Up Disc - Loose with Manual - $10
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection - CIB - $10

Playstation 3 System
Playstation 3 Games:
Borderlands - CIB - $5
Dark Souls Collector's Edition - CIB in Steelbook - $30
Dark Souls 2: Black Armor Edition - CIB in Steelbook - $12
Demon Souls - CIB - $24
Deus Ex - CIB - $6
Dishonored - CIB - $4
Elder Scrolls: Skyrim - CIB - $6
Fallout: New Vegas - CIB - $7
LA Noire - CIB - $5
The Last of Us - CIB - $10
Madden 2011 - CIB - $4
Metal Gear Solid 4 - CIB - $7
Mortal Kombat 2011 - CIB - $10
NBA 2K11 - CIB - $7
Portal 2 - CIB - $14
Rockband 3 - CIB with Harmonix wireless keyboard to use with Rock Band 3 for Playstation 3 (Loose, excellent condition) - $60
Uncharted 1 - CIB - $6
Uncharted 2 - CIB - $5

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i'm playing Bloons Touchdown 6. it was only $2.99 wow

i just played the first level of Bloons Touchdown 6 on Medium, for the first time, and i was dominating. i was on round 56/60 and had leveled the crap out of everyone. tons of xp. then it crashed. ya goddamn bloons! :D

Bloons had been munching way too much of my time recently. It's such empty calories tho.

no offense, but some of you need to hear this. if you consider yourself a "gamer" or even someone who briefly thought it was appropriate to post in this thread, and you haven't voted in Coint & Plick VOTING thread - best games of 2020 (also campaign here) DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 21st MARCH

- then you're not a gamer at all. 18 hours remain, and then it's coitus.

*applies breath spray*

someone has to shake it up this year. it's been a rough one. let's just vote on 2020 games and chat about it

I have only been playing old games - I finally got around to the 2013 adventure game Broken Sword 5 (because I kickstarted it) and there are some characters who are dimly-remembered returnees, so I forked out for a reduced-price bundle of the other 4 games. 1&2, like 5 so far, are charming point-n-clickers with a touch of Dan Brown but also some decent writing.

3 is such a terrible game! It's a 3-d game, similar to Grim Fandango except stunningly ugly, and it doesn't support the mouse - the arrow keys move you around, and WASD select various context-dependent actions - but there's no controller support.

A significant amount of the game is platformy and/or moving cuboid boxes around - not a really high percentage of it or anything, but time grinds to a halt every time you have to do so - it's like Tomb Raider the Angel of Darkness (the Paris one) but even clunkier. It's just a really weird left-turn for a games franchise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zazqZBT4tDI

I've mostly been playing Links Awakening on the Switch. It's an entirely gorgeous version of an already great game. I played the DX version on the Gameboy Color back in the day and I much prefer this version.

horace - got this for $2 on sale. i'm pretty tired of the emo 8-bit aesthetic but this is a very good platformer. challenging but not impossible, fluid controls, little minigames that break up the platforming.

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i've gotten back into this after a little break and i highly recommend it if you're in the mood for a platformer. good variation of level designs and goals so it never gets boring.

Booted up Mario Odyssey after a three year break, got dozens more moons in the last few days. Good game.

that does sound fun. i always thought i'd revisit it, but never did. i think i only got 1/10 the moons that lagoon did

i stopped around 500, felt it was enough

Oh it definitely is enough, but that also means you’ve left more than enough moons to make booting it up again entertaining, such has been my experience.

Played the first two Broken Swords relatively recently - they are fairly good point & clicks but the characterisation is, uh, iffy.

why's the guy in the youtube screengrab look like elon

Yeah, I'm not going to go beyond 'decent' on average - but there's some actual writing in there, which is more than I was expecting.

I started up Sea of Thieves on gamepass. It's pretty cool so far. I like how they simplified the process of operating a ship. You still have the lower the mast and raise the anchor and manually load cannonballs...

Just about ready to take a shot at the first boss in Valheim, which I've enjoyed in small doses. I'm not really into crafting, so I'm glad you can kind of fast-forward that by bringing advanced tech from another server to your local game. The fact that the whole game is less than a gigabyte is insane. There's a lot to do despite it being early access.

I started playing Remnant (colon FROM THE ASHES) via PS+ free games. I haven't played a shooting game in forever but the Souls-like elements intrigued me.

Seems promising so far, even though I'm just completely over having to talk to 'characters' and read notebooks, but the mechanics seem reasonably fun. It's interesting that every new game is procedurally generated to some extent apparently, bosses in different places (or different bosses in the same place?) etc.

Idk I'll probably bail after a few hours and go back to Dark Souls 3 invasions, but it's fun for a free game.

jordan did i get you to play mortal shell or not?

Still haven't tried it!

I was playing Mega Man 9 & 10 after the music poll, but I was doing very badly and also my wrist was hurting from the constant jumping & shooting (getting too old to play games with constant button input, lol).

i can kinda guarantee you will like it

xp me too, man

had to take a break from Hades for a while after my “slam the dash attack” play style made my hand cramp up

Ok forks, I'll give it a shot!

I'm only in the first sewer dungeon in Remnant and already tempted to bail...I don't play a lot of rogue-likes, so I'm not sure if I like the enemy waves & placements being different every time. It adds some tension, but also feels like you're getting lucky when you get a set you can handle? But mostly I'm annoyed at the constant waves of little bug enemies that are sent at you while you're trying to even figure out what moves the mini-boss/elites have. Like, you don't even get a chance to aim because there's always another little guy you need to hack at behind you. But I probably just need to get good or figure out how this game is supposed to be played.

oof, I'm at the end of Paper Mario and it seems that trying to play it to completion (collecting all star pieces, badges, chef lady recipes, etc) is incredibly tedious and exhausting to the point where it doesn't even seem like you're supposed to?? I've made it through 7 of 8 chapters and have only answered 15 of 64 Chuck Quizmo questions and slogging though this 49 more times PLUS finding all of the secret panels PLUS tracking down all of the badges... this seems like a bad idea

old JRPGs tend to be pretty hostile to 100% completion in general. at least that one doesn't have permanently missable stuff i don't think, which is common elsewhere.

they all assume you would do it on a second playthrough with a gamefaqs guide

nothing as bad as that invisible block you can only hit during a special event near the start of super mario rpg.

Ya that 2nd playthrough thing is a good point. The weird thing abt Paper Mario is that there is no way to neatly collect everything as you go along, like it's more or less designed to dump you at the end of the game with several more hours of tedious grinding if you actually want to collect everything before you go fight the final boss (after which you cannot save your game or return to collect the rest lmao)

I just finished Link's Awakening on the Switch and it lets you save after defeating the final boss and completing the story. You can load that save up and continue looking for all the seashells etc.
A wonderful game, by the way.

I gave Remnant another shot and figured out some things, and thought I was back in, but I've been stuck at the first actual boss. It's sort of like Resident Evil 4 in that your character is not very maneuverable, so you need to either stand and shoot or reposition yourself (or maybe I'm doing it wrong). But when you have enemies coming at you on all sides that are much faster, and can kill you in 1-2 hits, it's not so fun.

It really seems tuned for co-op -- I could see it being fun with friends, if one person is keeping tabs on these suicide bomber fungus creatures that keep running at you, and the other is handling the boss. But either I'm missing something or this game is just super hard solo. And not in a fun Dark Souls way where I feel like I'm learning or getting close.

Oh and apparently my randomly generated version of this boss (Gorefist) has health regen, so yeah, I'm out.