Not Much Other than More Game Pick Ups

I haven't done that much in the last few days, I had to (have to) finish working on my lesson plans for tomorrows classes. I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and buy a laminator so that I can make the props/supplies I want and need.

It has been crazy cold here the last few days, I don't like the cold I was a June baby so I prefer the summer time. I thought I left the cold when I left Boston, I'm so ready for summer. There is nothing better than walking around at night in shorts and a t shirt.

Still no update on the Xbox situation, they said I would have it or have to call them on the 13th so we will see about that. I really just want the whole thing over with besides I bought a whole bunch of new games that I want to try out.

Yesterday I had some time so I went and decided I would go to a Book Off that was near where I had my training. The real reason I decided to go there was that when I got to the bus station (which I didn't plan because it was after I went to the post office) the bus for that location showed up and the one that goes to Tenjin was going to be another 45 minutes. Anyway that store had a good collection of stuff last time I was there so I wanted to check it out again.

When I got there I was able to find a few things that I wanted but there prices were not the best. I have seen some of the games at other Book Offs for half as much as they were asking. Non the less I did pick up a few, I made my way to the Saturn games and the first game that got my interest was Sonic Jam. At $9.50 it was a little steep but that was the first time I had come across it in the wild. Then I found a game that I would have though would have been easier to find but again this was the first time I had seen a copy in the wild. That game was Virtual On again at $5 not the best price for the condition (slight sun fade on the very bottom of the manual) but I needed this game to go with the epic twin stick purchase a few months back.

Moving over to look at the Super Famicom games they again had a few good ones, Mega Man 7 sticks out, but they were asking way too much at $16. Other decent games were similarly priced. I did manage to find Valken for $5 which is the price I had seen it at in the past so I grabbed that one. I also picked up a power cord for the Saturn I bought awhile back for $1, now all I need is to buy the AV cord looks like I'll need to get that on eBay.

After leaving the store I jumped on another bus to Tenjin which only costs $1 so its not too bad. I then hit the typical places starting with Super Book Off, I wasn't expecting to find much and I was right. They did have a few new titles a Neo Geo Pocket Color game that I almost bought and a PC Engine game that if it had not been faded I may have bought, the only game I bought was for the Dreamcast. The last time I was at Hard Off I bought a Dreamcast Keyboard so what better game to get then The Typing of the Dead ($5), honestly if you don't know this is a really good game.

I then headed back over to Mandarake again, they had apparently restocked or got some new Saturn titles in which was good for me. I found another copy of X-Men vs Street Fighter with the 4MB Ram Cart, I know this is the fourth copy of the game I have bought but they seem to sell really fast so I will keep picking it up when I find them. I found a copy of Groove on Fight that they were only asking $16 the other copy they had there was going for $50 or so. The value on that game has come way down in the last few years but its still a good buy at that price. This was another game where I really liked the disc art.

Then I stumbled upon a copy of Burning Rangers which they were only asking $6 for and a copy of Sonic Wings Special for $5 and Street Fighter Collection for $5. It turned out that the first disc of Street Fighter Collection was a little scratched and I haven't been able to test it, but the game most want to play, Street Fighter Zero 2 Dash, is on disc 2 so it could have been worse.

The best game I bought that day was Guardian Force again on the Saturn, it was $34 but goes for around $100. The case was a little damaged but the card said A so I tried to get a discount at the counter but no luck. It kind of sucked because it turned out the disc holder part was broke too so I had to replace the cover and inside from another game.

I did manage to resist the urge to pick up that boxed white Sega Saturn but we will see how long I can hold out. Finally I forgot to mention in my last post that I picked up Persona 2 Sin for the PS1 at Book Off for $5.