#742 - Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters

#742
Godzilla 2
Collector's Cards & Games
5/21/12

So strange to find a boxed game this late in the game that's within my budget - but here sits Godzilla 2, fresh from a nice little shop in Florida.  The box is in not-so-mint shape, but I don't care much.  I was just glad to find this game for $30 - especially after the prices have all gone skyrocketing on eBay and Amazon.

Godzilla 2 is a weird strategy something or other game...I don't really have much interest in it beyond having it on the collection shelf.  Check out AVGN's video to get an idea of what it's all about.  I like the box art - it's red and orange and Godzilla looks PISSED with lightning striking him from all sides...

Now we're really down to it.  Only 5 licensed games left and the prices are STEEP to say the least (especially for the run-in-place game).  I'll hold out hope that I'll find a deal out there somewhere.

In the meantime, I'm considering ways to keep this blog going.  Just because all the little gray squares are getting snapped up doesn't mean we can't continue these sporadic musings.  So, as they say at the end of every TV season finale; 'to be continued....'

#740 & 741 - Stack Up & Dragon Fighter

#740 & 741
Stack Up & Dragon Fighter
NA & eBay
5/7/12

It's times like this where the whole 'collect every game' thing gets weird.  There have been games that I have no interest in playing (anything where you take turns to fight each other) or are duplicates of other games (Donkey Kong Classics), but at least those were games that I could play if I wanted to.  See that Stack Up game?  I can't even play that one.

See, Stack Up was the second and last R.O.B. game (Gyromite is the other) and it requires a special set of pieces to play it properly.  There are round blocks (if you can call a round shape a 'block'), special claws for R.O.B. and little trays that you hook onto him.  I have none of that stuff.  I don't intend to ever get any of that stuff.  Stack Up is, therefore, an unplayable game for me.  Yay?

On the bright side, Stack Up DOES finish off the 'black box' set - I have all but 4 in their actual black boxes (no Stack Up, DK Jr Math, Urban Champion or CluClu Land boxes).  So that's pretty cool.  Plus, I can just let R.O.B. play with the cartridge.  See?  He's having fun.

The other pickup is Dragon Fighter, which I got from eBay by offering and counter-offering and realizing I had a few bucks left on a gift card.  The 10 minutes of it I played was a decent experience.  You walk along, slashing monsters and snowflakes when suddenly...you become...a giant green fucking dragon!  Every play Michael Jackson's Moonwalker and get the comet to turn into Super Mecha-Michael Jackson?  Same kind of feeling you get in Dragon Fighter.


Cross your fingers, as I may have ANOTHER cart coming in the mail in the next week or so.  We're coming down the home stretch and this shit's getting REAL now.