I don’t recall how I found out but I stumbled upon an invitation from SEGA to write a message from me to SEGA commemorating SEGA’s 60th anniversary. The invitation went something like this: “Please submit a message in commemoration of SEGA’s 60th anniversary! The message you send will be displayed on this site. You can also send a picture together with the message.” – SEGA https://60th.sega.com/en/message/send/ It felt like something fun to do. And who doesn’t love celebrating SEGA?! Below you can see me the ‘Sega Dude’ in all my glory and my somewhat uninspired yet sincere message to SEGA ..read more

I made some recent sales on my local classified as I downsize my loose cart collection of Nintendo NES and SNES games. I then took that money straight to Retro Game Bros. in the hopes of finding some nice complete Super Nintendo or NES games. I’ve decided that I want to chase complete games rather than loose cartridges and because that means spending more money I’ve decided that I’m OK having less games in the collection. Of course I would love all my complete games to be like new and in super mint condition but I know that’s not realistic. Complete and mint games are hard to find and will be ..read more

Over the years I’ve occasionally seen Dune: Battle for Arrakis being sold for about $50 CAD (~$38 USD). I had always passed it up because the condition of the ones I’ve encountered didn’t live up to the asking price. More recently I’ve noticed that Dune has been creeping up in price. GameValueNow lists a complete copy averages for about $118 CAD (~$90 USD) while Dune on PriceCharting comes in slightly less at $110 CAD (~$84 USD). So when I saw Dune: Battle for Arrakis on my local classified for $75 CAD (~$57 USD) I felt it was time. Or risk this game climbing out of reach. My new Dune for ..read more

So this is pretty cool. Not very useful but cool. Any 8-bit and 16-bit Phantasy Star fan knows that Phantasy Star II on the Sega Genesis came with a very hefty hint guide. And while the Japanese Mega Drive version of Phantasy Star II didn’t come with a hint guide they were available for purchase. I’ve known about them for a very long time but I never had good access to hunt them down. Thanks to Japantiquity on Instagram (and FaceBook) I managed to get my hands on these two guides for a fair price. How Japantiquity works is you get access to someone with easy access to the Japanese market. Req ..read more

Just too beautify to pass up! For a long time now it’s been a rare occurrence to find Japanese Mega Drive stuff out in the wild. So when I found this boxed Mega Drive console it was a genuine surprise. I wasn’t planning on buying what would be my third Mega Drive but after holding it for just a few minutes there was already an unbreakable bond. I offer Retro Quest $40 CAD (~$30 USD) and they were willing. It’s missing the power brick and video cable but I’ll find them eventually. The condition is not perfect but it’s pretty good and it’s hard to argue with the price. If you’re local to Toront ..read more

OK, this is something real special. How often do you get a chance to own a video game sound track on cartridge? Not often… not often at all. Almost never actually. Have a look at the Tanglewood OST with its beautiful red (orange?) cartridge for play on your original Sega Genesis and Sega Mega Drive. This is a sight you won’t see often! In addition to the OST cartridge you might have noticed a set of 10 Tanglewood themed Post Cards. Normally you’d only get one random Tanglewood Post Card in every physical copy of Tanglewood the game from Matt Phillips’ Tanglewood Kickstarter campaign. The f ..read more

Happy 60th’s Anniversary Sega! Thank you for all you do! And what an incredibly fun way to celebrate with a micro version of Sega’s Game Gear. We don’t have all the details yet but I feel Sega is off to a great start. The Game Gear Micro will retail for about $46 USD, with a release date of October 6th, 2020 and will be available in four different colours (black, blue, yellow and red). And, yeah, it’s… small. Really small. In fact it would appear to be very appropriately named. Each version is shown with a different game; including Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic & Tails, Shinning Force and L ..read more

Say hello to my boxed Sega Genesis. This was my last retro pick-up before COVID-19 put Canada on lock-down. It was actually full on Winter when Nintendo Joe and myself visited Retro Game Bros.; where I made this purchase. I was on the hunt for some affordable boxed NES and SNES games when I noticed this boxed ‘launch edition’ Sega Genesis. “Launch Edition” wasn’t a thing back in the day but what was important to me is that this is the packaging variant I got as a kid. (“Variant” also wasn’t a thing back in the 90’s.) I already had a very similar boxed Genesis but the condition of this replace ..read more

So, I’ve jump down yet another rabbit hole. As I’ve been down sizing my Super Nintendo and NES collection the idea has started to grown in my head that I’d like to get the games I really want in my collection ‘complete in box’ (CIB). This past weekend I now have my first five CIB NES games. And thanks to Retro Game Bros. it was so much easier than I expected! I already have most of the NES titles I want, but they are loose cartridges (some with their manual). Finding just a box for sale is really hard to do. I thought I’d be stuck re-buying games just to get a box. But as I was browsing and c ..read more

Similar to my previous blog entry I’m continuing the trend of downsizing my Retro Video Game Collection. Nothing too extensive just a few odds and ends are getting trimmed. Just because I’ve sold the games below does not mean they’re not worth having. I actually like Water Margin but I can’t have it all so I’m being more selective with my money. I recently sold the above three Piko Interactive games and the four Genesis games below as a lot for $160 CAD (~$120 USD). For a short time I had it in my head that I wanted to include PAL exclusive games in my Sega Genesis Collection. PAL is a ..read more