Previous years, I went massively over budget. This time, I stuck to around $100. And I swore, I’d only get stuff that I’m truly excited about.
So here’s what I got:
- Warioland 1, 2, & 3. These are the Japanese versions. All were C$5 each.
- Sub Terrania. I’ve wanted this game ever since I was a kid. Thrilled to have it in box for C$20.
- Black & White 2. One of the best PC games of all time, but you can’t get it on any storefront anymore. Got it in box for C$15.
- Dark Cloud. Despite what the cover art indicates, it is not like Zelda—this is the spiritual sequel to Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole. Got it in box for C$20.
- Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade. A hack-‘n-slash action RPG. This was C$2.
I was tempted to buy a PC Engine console for C$50 but then I’d have yet another console hanging around my house.
All of the games I got are, in my opinion, must-haves.
Black and White 2 is SUCH a great game! I didn’t realise you couldn’t get it on any storefront!!
Is it B&W2 or B&W1 where the game whispers your name if you play it at night?
In the first one at least it would whisper “deaaath” if a follower died and there was no graveyard built. Terrified me hearing that the first time playing at night
I used to sing Sub Terrania’s praises long before it was cool. That game is a gem. The development team was a bunch of demoscene madmen who were able to wring miracles out of the Genesis and eventually created IO Interactive, which went on to make Hitman and the upcoming 007 game.
Their later game, Red Zone, is a technological flex like nothing else.
I played this as a kid. I was so bad at this game. I wanted to get farther but I think the third or fourth level broke me.
It really was brutal, but in the way that makes you very aware that it’s your fault for sucking at it.
If I recall, Dark Cloud surprised me. I think I got it on a whim for cheap and ended up sinking quite a bit of time into it.
Black and white 2 is phenomenal.
Omg I owned untold legends when I bought my psp at release. I loved that game but my little brother destroyed my psp like a month after I bought it with my first job. I could never remember the game’s name
Amazing! The upper left quarter is essentially my childhood.