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So I’ve finally hooked up my #EvercadeVS. Previously I’ve been playing Evercade carts on the Handheld Evercade which I recently sold in favour of the Evercade VS. The VS hooks up to the your TV which I have found more enjoyable than the handheld. I’ve played a lot of the Sega Master System port of R-Type (which is great) but the true Arcade game is just brilliant… and a little difficult but not insane. So far I can get to stage 3 on 1 credit and I’m loving it. Next up was Tanglewood (originally for the Sega Genesis). I’ve beaten Tanglewood on the Evercade handheld and it was a great experience and ported very well. So I was surprised to find that my same Tangewood Evercade cart on the VS is not a perfectly smooth experience. There was noticeable choppiness while running. This is not input lag but what feels like a low frame rate. And while the game is still very playable it’s a shame it’s not the same smooth experience as on the Genesis/MD. And for a pure nostalgia trip I played the C64 Mission Impossible and Jump Man. To my surprise Jump Man is still a very fun game. And Mission Impossible is still damn near impossible. Despite some bumps I am really enjoying the Evercade VS. Anyone else have one? What are you favourite games so far? #RetroVideoGames #RetroMegabit #16bit #SegaDude #RetroCollective #SegaGenesis #Sega #RetroVideoGameCollection #RetroVideoGameCollector #Evercade #EvercadeVS #RTYPE #Tanglewood #Jumpman #MissionImpossible https://www.instagram.com/p/Concly1uuFj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I have a very large Sega Master System collection. Any notable games I’m missing are pretty expensive; games like Masters of Combat and Power Strike II. Which is why I can’t even remember the last time I added an original Master System game to the collection before yesterday’s chance find. So, it’s not an exciting game but my new Sega Chess is in amazing condition and it was very cheap at $12.99 CAD (~$9.75 USD). What made this purchase extra fun was that it felt like time traveling back to when this hobby was super affordable! At the same time as I was buying Sega Chess my close friend @evilkalman was buying Pro Wrestling for the Master System that he found by chance out in the wild. So games are still out there and the hunt can still bear fruit! Sega Chess is the 238th Master System game added to my collection. I’m not even sure how many games there are total. #RetroVideoGames #RetroMegabit #8bit #SegaDude #RetroCollective #SegaGenesis #Sega #RetroVideoGameCollection #RetroVideoGameCollector #SMS #MasterSystem #SegaMasterSystem #SegaChess #Chess https://www.instagram.com/p/Com-OXPuKCg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

So I’m pretty sure now that I am collecting the small set of Japanese Sega Ages 2500 games for the Playstation 2. My two newest games from this series of are Dragon Force (Vol. 18) and Alien Syndrome (Vol. 14). Putting me at a total of 16 of 33 Sega Ages 2500 titles. All in this order cost me $120 CAD (~$90 USD) with taxes and shipping. At these prices I’m going to take it slow and easy. At release (starting from 2003) they were budget games selling for 2500 Yen (~$20-$25 USD) each. I don’t want to break the bank and I don’t mind if I never get them all. I suspect there will be a significant language barrier with Dragon Force but check out that cover art! I need to find a good way to display these cool Sega re-makes. #RetroVideoGames #RetroMegabit #16bit #SegaDude #RetroCollective #SegaGenesis #Sega #RetroVideoGameCollection #RetroVideoGameCollector #MegaDrive #Japan #Playstation #PS2 #SegaAges #SegaAges2500 https://www.instagram.com/p/CobEMFYOgdN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Craving Metroid for your Sega Genesis or Mega Drive? Meet Life on Mars. Life on Mars -Genesis- has an Aliens Colonial Marines mood to it; which works very well. The game lands very firmly into the Metroidvania genre. The graphics are very good. Not Metroid good but they hold their own. Running, jumping and combat all feel very good. I haven’t played for long but I’ve already been treated to a bunch of unique environments and a Mini Boss. My first death came in the form of a flock of Mutant Chickens. My early impression of Life on Mars is very positive and I’m eager for more. The physical package is very good. What does stand out is that the manual is not as wide as original Genesis game manuals. Odd. And if I were to nit-pick I’d say the title is a bit subdued and doesn’t pop; while the cover art is amazing. Anyone else playing this cool Indie game? #RetroVideoGames #RetroMegabit #16bit #SegaDude #RetroCollective #SegaGenesis #Sega #RetroVideoGameCollection #RetroVideoGameCollector #LifeOnMars #LifeOnMarsGenesis #Indie #VideoGame #IndieVideoGame #KaiMagazine #KaiMagazineSoftware https://www.instagram.com/p/CnBT6ARueYZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

As someone who neglected collecting Nintendo for a few years too long and as prices continue to climb; this is what an exciting NES pick-up looks like in 2022. Oh yeah, It’s CIB … no big deal 😎 Thank you to @retro.game.bros for gifting me the actual game/cartridge to complete my NES Golf. Maybe someday I’ll get lucky enough to score Pro Westling or Kung Fu! #RetroVideoGames #RetroMegabit #16bit #SegaDude #RetroCollective #SegaGenesis #Nintendo #RetroVideoGameCollection #RetroVideoGameCollector #NES #NintendoEntertainmentSystem #Golf #CIB https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmoui18OMmp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Living in Canada it was a bit of a challenge to pick-up the Sega Genesis Mini 2. It sold on Amazon.com and would not ship to Canada. What’s with that?! Fortunately for me my Sister lives in the US and I was able to order and have it shipped to her. It took a while to get my hands on it because my Sister highjacked my Sega Genesis Mini 2 so that she could ‘gift’ it to me for Christmas 🎄 That’s a sign of a good healthy sibling relationship 🤗 And I’m very happy for it! Thank you! ❤️ I have most of the included games and a good working Sega CD so this Mini is just for the shelf. #RetroVideoGames #RetroMegabit #16bit #SegaDude #RetroCollective #SegaGenesis #Sega #RetroVideoGameCollection #RetroVideoGameCollector #SegaGenesisMini2 #SegaGenesisMini #SegaCD #MegaCD https://www.instagram.com/p/CmnfWiBu-CM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

And now for something a little bit different. Who here is excited by #Evercade? I am, and thank you to my lovely Asawa for this super fun Christmas gift. For a time I was collecting every Evercade cartridge but this very unique console is on fire and releases are coming out at an intense pace. Even at a very affordable $20 USD per cartridge/collection I recently sold a bunch of carts to focus on releases that really pack a punch for my personal gaming taste. These two cartridges pictured include some amazing Arcade classics. The highlights for me include R-Type, In the Hunt, Truxton, Zero Wing and Snow Bros. I’ve played Sega’s console ports for all of these games except In the Hunt which is a gorgeous looking submarine shooter made by very talented people from the Metal Slug series. Did anyone here ever discover In the Hunt in the Arcades when it was new. It an entirely new discovery for me. #RetroVideoGames #RetroMegabit #16bit #SegaDude #RetroCollective #SegaGenesis #Sega #RetroVideoGameCollection #RetroVideoGameCollector #Arcade #Evercade #EvercadeVS #RType #InTheHunt #SnowBros #Truxton #ZeroWing #Cartridge #Licensed #Physical #HomeConsole #Retro #VideoGame #Pixel #PixelArt https://www.instagram.com/p/CmnRuM4OjBN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This is the 2022 Columbus Circle 30th Anniversary Edition of Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer for the Japanese Sega Mega Drive. This edition is slightly changed from Columbus Circle’s Glay Lancer release from 2019. I believe this 2nd re-release happened because of demand for this excellent Mega Drive exclusive shooter. This 30th Edition version received some improvements from the previous 2019 edition. This time around the cartridge has beveled edges and the game manual and cart label have improved quality. Even for this 30th edition I find the manual to be a little soft and in places the print is a little dark. The cart, cart label and cover sleeve are excellent. Over all this is a very good product. But it does fall noticeably short of the quality we’re getting from the recent @retrobitgaming re-releases. Retrobit’s Gaiares and TOAPLAN collection are just perfect. I purchased my Glaylancer 30th Ed. from ebay for $85 USD which included $5 USD shipping. When it arrived I got hit with $15 USD duty. @retrobitgaming is doing their own release of Gley Lancer and pre-orders are open now. I recommend skipping this Columbus Circle release (despite it being good) and opt in for Retrobit instead. #RetroVideoGames #RetroMegabit #16bit #SegaDude #RetroCollective #SegaGenesis #Sega #RetroVideoGameCollection #RetroVideoGameCollector #MegaDrive #Japanese #ColumbusCircle #GleyLancer #AdvancedHawkbuster #Retrobit #PhysicalVideoGame #RetroGaming #Shooter #Spaceship #Anime https://www.instagram.com/p/ClUSyUYuE1d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“Sega Was Bad” It’s a song and yeah, it got my attention. My close friends @nintendojoe1985 and @evilkalman saw the Wordburglar perform live in Toronto and we had a blast (processing)! Wordburglar’s newest album ‘Burgonomic’ is out now on CD (that’s Compact Disc to you kiddies). Or digitally on Bandcamp. Link in Bio. This album is so bad (the good kind) and so fun! Not only is this pure uncut Wordburglar the cover art was also created by the wickedly talented @evilkalman (the same close friend as mentioned above). What a combo! No way I could pass it up. “NES for Genesis, a hard trade but carts played like they came out of the Arcade.” You should have a listen 😎 Link in Bio. #RetroVideoGames #RetroMegabit #16bit #SegaDude #RetroCollective #SegaGenesis #Sega #RetroVideoGameCollection #RetroVideoGameCollector #Wordburglar #Burgonomic #Wordburg #CD #CDAlbum #SegaWasBad #EvilKalman https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj6pRjGuha_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

What sorcery is this?! The Sega Genesis and Mega Drive have received a lot of high quality Indie releases in recent years. Do you have any favourites here? Do you have any Indie favourites not shown here? Long live Blast Processing! #RetroVideoGames #RetroMegabit #16bit #SegaDude #RetroCollective #SegaGenesis #Sega #RetroVideoGameCollection #RetroVideoGameCollector #SegaMegaDrive #MegaDrive #Indie #IndieGames #Paprium #Tanglewood #Tanzer #XenoCrisis #MetalDragon #PierSolar #FXUnitYuki #CleopatrasCurse #CurseOfIllmoureBay #BigEvilCorp #WatermelonGames #SecondDimension #BoldGameStudios #KaiMagazineSoftware #NeoFD #PixelHeart #MikaelTillander https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj3iVQBuQmK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This is the recent re-release of Panorama Cotton by Strictly Limited for the Sega Genesis and Sega Mega Drive. The original release (shown here) never left Japan back in the day. Panorama Cotton has become an expensive game and it is so great to see this licensed re-issue. The game plays much like Space Harrier II; which means it’s very different from all other Panorama games in the series. It also really pushed the Genesis/MD hardware and looks great; however it would be nice if it was a bit smoother or less busy or something. Panorama Cotton suffers from being a bit too ambitious. Personally I feel Space Harrier II is the better game. Panorama Cotton is not worth what you might see the original Japanese version list for but it is worth 50 Euros just to check out. Anyone else out there have this cool re-release or the original Japanese version? #RetroVideoGames #RetroMegabit #16bit #SegaDude #RetroCollective #SegaGenesis #Sega #RetroVideoGameCollection #RetroVideoGameCollector #SegaMegaDrive #MD #MegaDrive #PanoramaCotton #StricktlyLimited #Rerelease #licensed https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjg_SJ4O1tM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This is ‘Jessie Jaeger in Cleopatra’s Curse’ for the Sega Genesis and Sega Mega Drive. This Indie game was created by Bold Game Studios. If you were to look at a few screen shots of the game you might not be able to fully appreciate it. Cleopatra’s Curse has really surprised me. The presentation, mechanics and game play are really good. After unlocking a bunch of new MetroVania style abilities and beating my first Boss I knew this game was a winner; worth owning and playing. Regarding the physical package I am equally pleased. High quality Genesis style clamshell case, with equally high quality manual and cartridge. I will note that the corners on the cartridge label are square and not rounded but this does not seriously harm the over all score. The included CD is not just a sound track. Put the CD in your Sega CD while playing to enjoy real audio music in game. I love chip-tunes and I found I was a bit conflicted as to what I wanted to hear. Both are great but the CD audio really does fit the game and works so well. My copy is marked as 48/200. I really hope there are more than 200 copies out there. There is much more here than a casual glance might see my Retro Friends! #RetroVideoGames #RetroMegabit #16bit #SegaDude #RetroCollective #SegaGenesis #Sega #RetroVideoGameCollection #RetroVideoGameCollector #Indie #BoldGameStudio #CleopatrasCurse #JessieJaeger #SegaCD MegaCD https://www.instagram.com/p/CjJygQIujKd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Here’s a small spot light on my good buddies Video Game Collection. @evilkalman has mostly Japanese Sega Mega Drive and Sega Master System games. With a sprinkling of PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360. You’re looking at his ‘nostalgia’ shelves 😎 #RetroVideoGames #RetroMegabit #16bit #SegaDude #RetroCollective #SegaGenesis #Sega #RetroVideoGameCollection #RetroVideoGameCollector #FriendSpotLight #BuddySpotLight #EvilKalman #MasterSystem #PS2 #PS3 #Xbox360 #RetroCollection #Nostalgia https://www.instagram.com/p/Chac_vuutD0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It’s common these days to see ports and remakes of popular video games. Like ‘The Last of Us Part 1’getting some treatment to take advantage of the Playstation 5. At the time I never noticed but this also happened in the 8bit and 16bit era. Super Mario All-Stars is a good example of NES games getting ported and upgraded for the Super Nintendo. This Super Mario All-Stars was one of the first SNES CIB games I picked-up; which was just a few years ago. I’ve heard the physic’s are a little different from the originals. Has anyone noticed? Does it matter much? #RetroVideoGames #RetroMegabit #16bit #SegaDude #RetroCollective #SuperNintendo #Nintendo #RetroVideoGameCollection #RetroVideoGameCollector #SuperMario #Mario #SNES #SuperMarioAllStars #MarioAllStars #SuperMarioBros https://www.instagram.com/p/CgxDI2GuxdL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=