Post everytime you get ANYTHING retro. We want to know (^v^)

[endo]

Also got Bubble Symphony on the Saturn a couple of weeks ago, which is a really nice conversion. Has an English mode too, which is handy.

I've got my eye on one of these- is it worth getting? I think I'll probably just cave and get it anyway, it is mint and I get paid on Friday...

Another one to add to my burgeoning Saturn collection. Got Battle Garegga (utterly uber-mint condition), DoDonPachi, DonPachi, Souky and Batsugun in the past couple of weeks. Loving the Saturn so far, don't know why I hesistated buying one for so long.

[SharkSkin-Man]

I've got my eye on one of these- is it worth getting? I think I'll probably just cave and get it anyway, it is mint and I get paid on Friday...

I have a friend who is a massive SSP fan and he hates Bubble Symphony...

Agree about Hit-Japan, like most internet sellers hasn't got a clue about grading condition.

[Mayhem]

Dunno... I've had As, Bs and Cs off him and I can see the difference between them. But I've only ever bought cart based items from him, no CD/DVD. Totally reliable and quick though.

[JamesS]

I've got my eye on one of these- is it worth getting? I think I'll probably just cave and get it anyway, it is mint and I get paid on Friday...

I really like it. I've admittedly not played it in great depth, but it seems to be a solid update to Bubble Bobble. It's really just more of the same, but it looks a lot nicer, has multiple routes and characters and more bosses and enemy types.

If you do get it, it's worth checking out the FAQ on GameFAQs, as there's a hidden menu that lets you set the game to English.

[wheelaa]

BTW, Killer pce pickups wheelaa, you don't see those every day.
How is the sound in your renny blaster? I bought that a while ago and mine sometimes has scratchy sound during some of the cut scenes, I was told it's normal though. (Mine doesn't have the spine or mail away card unfortunately, you lucky sod!!)

Cheers
Can't say I've noticed a scratchy sound tbh, but I've yet to play it too much. It is really hard to find spined (like lots of pce scds sadly) and took me ages. Still, I maybe have a sealed copy on the way too

[endo]

Cool- I think that's just swayed me, oh my aching credit card.

[Duddyroar]

New Zealand Story, Megadrive...I love this game.

[wheelaa]

Why?

Please explain. The whole New Zealand Story thing has passed me by. Why is it so good?

[Baseley09]

Because it has a cute yellow bird in a hot airbaloon.

It's the same appeal as dressing cats in page boy outfits.

[wheelaa]

exactly..no appeal whatsoever...

[Baseley09]

That meant I really like it

It has a whale too. Whales are good.

[Mad Gear]

One of Taito's best imho.

[Geezer]

Nah, play Mizubaku Daibouken instead, thats the good stuff

I never managed to get hold of the Saturn version of it unfortunately, just the PCE one

[anephric]

I love New Zealand Story... it has a pikey Walrus for a villain, ffs.

Wasted so many hours of my youth in the arcades... and, like so many deceptively cutesy games, is rock-fuggin-hard.

[Duddyroar]

New Zealand story is from a time when games could be stupidly cute and still kick ass. Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands are other examples, but people tend to forget about NZS. I suppose from a gameplay point of view it's the weakest of the three, but how many games give you the chance to play the role of a pissed off kiwi with bow-and-arrow?

Exactly.