Video Game Collecting

Well with my latest PedroGames.Com spending spree I acquired Fighting Golf.  This was my last hold out for completing the SNK collection on Nintendo NES.  It was the last title for a variety of reason.  1.) I had always anticipated I’d find it cheap in a store. 2.) I always figured I’d get a copy in a lot.  Needless to say things didn’t turn out the way I had thought.

Also, for some reason when I get interested in a game it always seems like the price shoots up.  Fighting Golf is not worth $5 and why I couldn’t find it cheaper locally is beyond me.  There certainly isn’t a short supply of this game.

All of these titles I got from http://www.videogamepriceguides.com except for Baseball Stars, Crystalis and P.O.W.  P.O.W I got from a co-worker and the other two I got from eBay in a sad moment of my life when I felt it necessary to mutilate Nintendo NES cases to put computer mobo’s inside them.  Yes, I know, I’m a sinner.

Incase you’re wondering, or you can’t see in the picture below, the 14 games are: Ikari Warriors 1,2,3, Alpha Mission, Crystalis, Baseball Stars, Touchdown Fever, Little League Baseball, Guerrilla War, Mechanized Attack, P.O.W, Fighting Golf, Iron Tank and Athena.

SNK was heavy on war games and Sports, but not so much on RPGs (thank goodness).  With the exception of Crystalis I believe every one of them was also an Arcade release, if not in North America certainly some place else (TNK III = Iron Tank).

The SNK Nintendo NES legacy was obviously warm up for the NEO GEO, and I’m happy to finally have all 14.  Watch the video below of title screens and some game play footage for all 14 titles (except Baseball Stars which I couldn’t get the damn game to start).  Enjoy.