Has it been awhile?

I feel like it has been awhile since the last time I posted something, maybe not (I didn't check when the last post was before starting to write this). I have been working a lot on making a website for the school I work at and that has been taking a lot of time. Pft what is this work thing anyway I'm suppose to be just lounging around right?

Anyway lets get started, I had a doctors appointment last week, at least I think it was last week all these days merge together, anyway I had a doctors appointment. My doctor is about 2 hours away by car, I brought my 3DS with me and back home I would have felt super dorky but in Japan thats a normal sight. I was going to play it in the car but I fell asleep instead. Once we got to the doctors we checked in and started the process of tests. After they were done we just had to see the doctor, so we started to wait. Well one hour went by two hours went by, so I asked how long it would be and they told me there were still 9 people ahead of me. 9 people! I broke out the 3DS and it turned out to be a good thing I brought it because we waited about 4 hours in total. Game update: I had bought Bravely Default for the 3DS and I love the game I'm up to 75 hours of gameplay and I think I have only had the game for 2 weeks but again time lines are fuzzy. But yeah I have been playing it a lot.

In my last post I had bought another Super Famicom and a few days ago I broke down the one I had to swap some of the parts, mainly the controller ports. Now the pictures don't look too different as far as color difference but its noticeable and on the controller port I think it shows the difference clearly.

After I opened the second one I could tell right away that the two boards were different, one was an updated one that came out later. However they also changed the way the ribbon cable from the controller ports connects to the main board. At first I was worried about slack but it turned out to be fine.

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After watching a hockey game in which my team blew a 3 goal lead I needed to go out and do something to clear my mind. I went into Tenjin and bought a few games, that always makes things better right? Anyway at Book-Off I picked up Sonic 3 and QuackShot both for the Mega Drive (Genesis in the USA) for $2.50 each. I also found Super Metroid in great condition for $2.50 while I was there, I should be able to get $20 to $30 for it so that was a nice pick up.

I then went over to Mandarake and ended up getting Zelda: Oracle of Seasons ($9) and Pokemon Gold ($3) both in the box and both for the Game Boy Color. I also picked up Taito Chase H.Q. ($3) for the PC Engine.

Then yesterday I made the trip to Hard Off and Eco Book on the way I saw the Shinkansen (bullet train) it was leaving the station at the same time which is how I was able to get a picture of it.

First up was Hard Off, I looked around and saw a few things, a AV cable for the Super Famicom which I need and a nice copy of Twin Bee for the Game Boy. I ended up putting both back as they were each $5 and that was a little too much for me. For some reason its really hard to find Super Famicom AV cables you wouldn't think so but that's the case for some reason. Now if you need Playstation cables those are everywhere. And I really don't understand why Game Boy games are $5 on average for a loose game I mean I would think they would be pennies not dollars.

Anyway I made my way over to Eco Book and was pleased to see a bunch of new items. Looking though the Super Famicom boxed games I found a bunch of games with great prices. First up was Muscle Bomber ($.47), Fatal Fury Special ($.10), Fatal Fury 2 ($.10) and Mortal Kombat ($.48). I had just bought a loose copy of this a week ago for $3 and this was a boxed copy for a fraction of that. Continuing to look though the SFC boxed games I also found Star Fox ($.28), Secret of Mana ($1.98) and Yoshis Island ($6). I looked thought the loose games but didn't find anything worth picking up.

Moving to the N64 games I got a boxed copy of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ($6) but it was missing the instruction book and a boxed copy of 1080 ($1) but the cart turned out to be yellowed. Looking at the Game Boy games I found Pokemon Green and Pokemon Yellow both in their boxes for $6 each. I already have Blue and Red in the boxes so this would complete the original Game Boy set which I can keep or sell.

On the Saturn I found Rockman X4 it was a little pricey at $15 but I had X3 and X4 is a good game anyway so yea.

I ended up grabbing a boxed copy of Dragon Ball Adventure ($6) on the Game Boy Advance, which is a really awesome game. I already own a US version but I figured what the heck. Lastly I picked up another copy of Street Fighter Zero 2 on the Playstation as it was only $1.