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Collectorcast Episode 36: Me and Billy are Tight

We survived RetroWorld Expo and are here to tell the tale. Listen reminisce about our trip, the drive to Connecticut, and getting to hang out with everyone at the convention. As usual, some fantastic questions come from the listeners. Keep them coming!

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Show Notes
Music: Gradius II (Famicom)
Q & A - 10:10
Topic - 57:30
Outro - 2:51:35

Can't wait to listen.  I was supposed to be on this cast but I was incapacitated :( 

The Panic Restaurant had a minimum bid of $250 and was passed on. Spoke to the guy after the show and worked something out.  Had a great time up there and only wish I could have stayed longer.

Totally with you Crabby, soft spot for Resident Evil 2 for the same reasons.  Fixed cameras are super cool and spooky and I don't mind tank controls either.  Tight inventory and tight ammo was always super tense.

I would like to partially agree with Duke, I don't love the Cube MOVIES, I love Cube.  Cube 2 and 3 are bad.

Cube 2 isn't bad, but 3 was disappointing.

I'm about halfway through and I like hearing about the road trip.  I definitely felt the pressure to be a good host and I was definitely nervous about the event in the days leading up to it.  I didn't realize how much I was projecting that anxiety.  Now that I've done it, I hope that I can be a bit more calm the next time I have everyone over for the next RetroWorld.

Totally understandable Bil. It didn't bother us - we just wanted you to have fun!

Yeah, the only time I noticed was the day of the convention. You were a wonderful host to all of us.

I want to do an in-depth response to some things on the Collectorcast this episode (including my own aborted plans to go to RetroWorld), but I haven't had the time.

One quick thing I would like to say is about Off the Charts.  I met Chris from OTC at A Video Game Con, a con held in Northern Jersey.  What caught my attention was a RetroDuo V.2, new in box, sitting out on his vendor table.  I had been chasing one of those, but I hadn't been willing to pay the near-$100 prices online. 

I asked him the price, and he quoted me a screaming deal.  As I asked him to confirm that this was an NTSC unit (it was), that was when I noticed the Off the Charts patch on his shirt.  As we wrapped up my transaction, I told him that I was a member of RF Gen and always heard OTC's ads on the Collectorcast.

I also got share an anecdote of mine about OTC.  You see, I had purchased some games from OTC while they were selling through Amazon, and I still have the flier for OTC that was included with my order.  Chris explained that he did a lot of selling through Amazon when the OTC website had a very clunky and unfriendly store interface, and he had done a lot of work to ensure the current site would work much better for all involved.

That's it.  I left a very satisfied OTC customer.

Thanks for sharing your story. Chris was really nice and had a great spread at RetroWorld Expo. It's really nice to have him support the show, and he really does offer some good deals. His new store just opened, so I'm wishing him continued success!

Fester's Quest.  One of those bad games I loved.  The game was pretty horrible but for some reason I liked the grinding to get my weapons upgraded.  I stuck with it, and it took awhile,  but I beat it.  You have to always have those weapons upgraded.

Duke, you didn't know about the Sudafed?  I think it has been about 5 years that it hasn't been over the counter because of the Methheads.

Crabby, you couldn't find a more direct flight?  That is A LOT of stoppage!

It's always really cool to meet a vendor that has great stuff at great prices run by an awesome guy.  Great to hear you had a good experience with Chris and OTC, Ikariniku.  We don't do ads for just anyone.

Just listened to that portion and I have to say, he sounds like a great guy.  I need to check out the website and get some stuff from him.

@shaggy: Fester's Quest was a game built around the poorer part of Blaster Master, but I can see how it can bring back some warm nostalgia if you played it a lot back in the day. Just frustrating for me.

I didn't know about the meth thing or Sudafed. I usually don't take many meds outside of the ones I am required to, and I wanted to sound better on the recording. Sad thing is it cleared up and I almost immediately got another sinus infection. :/

It was very frustrating but I was so determined to beat it, which I finally did, it grew on me.  It is definitely a horrible game.  Didn't know it was built around Blaster Master.

When I saw this on Twitter, I thought you were joking about calling out sick to play Fallout 4.  Feel better, Duke.

I was thinking about a bad game I genuinely love.  My stock answer is Spelunker, but I don't think Spelunker is bad, everyone else does.  A game I love that is indisputably bad is James Bond Jr. for the SNES.  Based on a cartoon I remembered from my youth, I picked up the game in college for a buck at EB, and it became something of a joke to my group of friends and a mania for one of them in particular. 

He approached it like someone approaching Takeshi's Challenge or I Wanna Be The Guy, with a determination not to let the game beat him.  And we watched in the proper attitude, laughing at both the game and his futile attempts to beat it.  Good times.

But it's not just the memories.  The game's combination of bizarre level settings (which have nothing to do with the cartoon and contain some very culturally insensitive content) and its oddly broken game mechanics make it an engaging, if never enjoyable, experience.

So you got room for a 3rd wheel next year, Duke and Crabby? :)

1 thing I learned from this podcast:

Duke=Bad Memory
Crabmaster=Good Memory

We may have to put him in a home soon. He's getting pretty old ;)

Get off my lawn!

Hey Duke, take out meeting fellow RFGen members, how does Retro World compare to the Midwest Gaming Classic?  Which is better?

MGC is definitely bigger, although that shouldn't be surprising considering it's the first year for RWX. It's tough for me to compare them as I mainly hang out with friends at both. There are a lot of Nintendo Age guys at MGC.

Since it's easier for you to hit MGC, I'd say the trip out to RWX would mainly be to meet up with RFG buddies.Either show is a lot of fun.

:laugh:  I like how you answered it but really didn't answer it.  I'm hoping to make it to RWX next year and meet you folks!  You going to MGC next year?

As long as the buddies I went with last year invite me, yes, I'll be at MGC. Not in any show capacity, just having fun.

It's almost like choosing which kid you love most. I enjoy them both for the same reason, the peeps.

Yeah, just giving you crap.  So I'm not enough reason to go to MGC? ;)

@Duke:

Interview with Hidetaka Miyazaki:

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/dark-souls-3-interview-it-wouldnt-be-right-to-cont/1100-6432425/

Q: Over the last few years we've had a lot of Souls games: Dark Souls 2, Scholar of the First Sin, Bloodborne. Is there a worry that people may be over-exposed to the franchise?

A: It'd be a lie if I said I have no concerns about that. I don't think it'd be the right choice to continue indefinitely creating Souls and Bloodborne games. I'm considering Dark Souls 3 to be the big closure on the series. That's not just limited to me, but From Software and myself together want to aggressively make new things in the future. Dark Souls 3 will mark the last game where the development project began before I became president. The next title will be a game that was conceived while I was president. I believe that From Software has to create new things. There will be new types of games coming from us, and Dark Souls 3 is an important marker in the evolution of From Software.

So no more Dark Souls games after 3?

Like I said, it's all about friends. You included.

@Addicted: In some respects I will be sad to see an end to the series, but if he keeps creating games with the same mechanics (like Bloodborne), I'll be a happy camper. They are games that just get the action right. It keeps me coming back.

Hey Crabby, is it true that in Canada it is illegal to use a yo-yo?  I heard that on another podcast when they were talking about Startropics.

Normal yo-yos are not banned. Yo-yo balls are, because they present a strangle hazard. They're banned in the UK too.

Total cliffhanger with this show - how did Crabby get everything home? Did you ship it all back Duke?

This was almost a hybrid small scores show, but alas - hard to remember everything given all the stops you guys made.

Great show guys.

Somehow (and I still don't understand how), Crabby managed to get it all packed in his luggage. Magic.

Mad skillz

i have some major nostalgia for Solar Jetman! i always loved the physics of the different gravity effects on each planet, i think on a technical level it was ahead of it's time. definitely a frustrating game though and i never got very far in it.