Recycled Gaming

This is an amazing find. Final Fantasy for the Nintendo NES complete in the box (CIB). All the maps, instruction manual, warranty card and even the little foam insert are inside the box.

Here is the front of the box:

Here is the back of the box:

I’ve owned the Final Fantasy game cartridge since I was a little kid, however I didn’t have the box and all the other goodies it originally came with… until now

My current copy of the game is in really nice shape, but the one inside this box is mint perfect. I’ve never seen a label so shiny before in a used game and I have some really clean games.

If you recall, Final Fantasy is listed in my Top 10 NES games. I really enjoy this game.

Granted, the graphics are nothing compared to modern RPG’s but Final Fantasy is the game that started it all and besides, I like the classics and if you’re reading this post, so do you.

I’ll post more pictures showing the maps, the minty fresh label, even the foam insert in the coming days.

I plan on doing a full review of the game, I just need to brush up on the game a little bit first.

This evening I’ve been working on organizing some of my Atari 2600 cartridges:

Old shoe boxes sure do make for great vintage Atari 2600 game storage.

I still have a lot of games to go through and clean. 30 years of muck doesn’t allow for good game play

I think sometime tomorrow I’ll review Activision’s Pitfall, River Raid or maybe Kaboom! I’m not sure yet.

Say what you want about the flickering graphics and the blocky, goofy-looking monsters, Wizard of Wor delivers some serious maze-shooting action. You can even play simultaneously with a friend!

The object is to exterminate all the monsters in each dungeon. The maze changes in terms of layout and color as you progress, and a scanner on the bottom of the screen helps you track invisible monsters!

There can be up to six creatures crawling around the dungeon at a time and some can even shoot at you! There are two escape doors on either side of the screen, like Pac-Man.

After clearing out the normal monsters, a winged beast called a “Worluk” flies towards an escape door, and you can blast him for bonus points.

Next you engage the Wizard of Wor himself. This guy teleports all over the place, usually vanishing before you get a chance to pump lead into him.

Sometimes it takes a lucky shot to nail him, so keep shooting. Wizard of Wor plays much better than it looks.

For best results, set the difficulty to A, and don’t forget to use the right joystick for the single-player game.

Earlier this morning I posted about the Atari 2600 VCS (Video Computer System) and that I’d be starting to post about the hardware, hacks, game reviews, photos and much more.

Well this evening I broke out a big bag (out of many bags) that hold classic Atari 2600 cartridges, a couple instruction manuals and took the following picture:

In the above photograph, you will probably notice a few titles that were later released on systems like the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Nintendo (SNES), etc.

Some of the game titles in this display of classic games: Jungle Hunt, Pitfall, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, River Raid, Joust, Yars’ Revenge, Video Pinball and a lot more.

A little nugget of Atari 2600 gaming trivia: Space Invaders for the 2600 was the first home license of a coin-op video game.

As promised, in the coming days I’ll be doing some playing and reviewing of these classic games. Stay tuned.

In closing, if any of my readers have an Atari 2600, use to own one, or know someone who owns one, etc., let me know as it would be great to get some good conversations going about this vintage gaming console.

Thanks for visiting and Keep Coming Back!!!

Today I decided to go roaming around local thrift stores to see if I could find any good Sega Genesis games and just before I was leaving the last place, I found this 1994 Activision boxed gem:

Yep, Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure, complete in the box, with instructions, all for the low price of $1.99 USD.

The game label is mint and the game fired up right away without any cleaning needed to the game connector. I’ve got the box to thank for that I’m sure.

I never played this game when it originally came out for the Genesis, however I did love playing it on my Atari 2600 back in the day which brings me to the next part of my post.

Hidden within the game is the entire original Atari 2600 version of Pitfall! Sweet! The instructions I thought would tell me how to unlock it and/or find it but no… denied. Bastards

Thanks to the internet and some searching, I found out how to get to the Atari 2600 version.

From the Title Screen, you enter the following code: Down, A(x26) down and magically Atari 2600 Pitfall in all its glory appears on the screen.

The only bummer is once you die (stupid scorpions), the game resets back to the main Pitfall game. I wish it added it to the menu or something like that, but I guess pressing A 26 times isn’t so bad.

Below are some pictures of my original Nintendo Entertainment System from when I was a kid. It’s pretty much mint and works 100% thanks to a new 72 pin connector.

I hope my pictures bring you lots of happy childhood memories. (more…)