I Defeated Dr. Robotnik's Mean bean Machine for the second time in 11 years tonight.

I first played the game 11 years ago on my Genesis and always had a hard time defeating scenario mode. Well a few years ago I beat it on sonic's Mega Collection.

Well last week I got Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, and looking at the achieves i though for the most part every one was easy.

'Cept, I overlooked one.

Yatta - Beat Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - 50G

Uh oh, I've only done this once before...well tonight...I did it again and i got a shiny new achieve to prove I did it :D proud retro moment There.

Now, it's just 2 player play for that game from now on. xD

Oh and SF4 coems o

Lately, this past week, I've been playing Culdcept Saga for the 360. It's like a Collectible Card game combined with Monopoly. I've been having a pretty good time playing it.

but let's make no mistake the game is brutal to the player. A single match can last to 1 to over 4 hours or so. The AI isn't dumb, They will defeat you and you must not take them lightly at any time. When you first start it will probably take 4 or more losses on the first stage to get the hang of things and a grasp on what to do. There's no difficulty levels, and luck does play a bit of part in the game. And achievements, if you want achievements, then don't even dare speak this game's name because achievements don't come easy, they take skill/time.

But Culdcept Saga is still pretty darn good. It'll reward you cards even if you lose (more cards are rewarded to you if you place higher/win the match.) It's got plenty of variety in stages, plenty of different types of cards, and has multiplayer and online play up to 4 plays at a time. Plus in VS. and Online modes you can customise the rules any way you like. And the game is very rewarding once you get practice in, achievements are rough, but earning them are proud moments and the game does have an addictive flavor.

So far, after 20 hours of play I've gotten 5 achievements for a total of 50gs.

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I got Sonic's Ultimate Genesis collection this week for the 360 as well. It's a solid game collection, all pretty good titles (Alex Kidd still is a horrible game to me), and the smoothing option does make it look pretty in HD.

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Also, this might be heading our way:

From Joystiq's site:

"An anonymous source apparently tipped off Dutch gaming site Segaonline.nl to some top secret images of Sega Vintage Collection, a series of retro titles making their way to Xbox Live. The games are what you'd expect; it's classic Sega fare with Gunstar Heroes, Comix Zone, Altered Beast, Shinobi III, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3. "

Though, don't give your hopes up...though Gunstar Heroes on live with Online Multiplayer? Sega Fan's Dream there. :D

My 3rd Xbox 360. Didn't my 1st one RROD?

Well, as some of you know around, Sept 08, my 1st xbox 360, a Xenon model, RROD after almost two years. So, my sis gave me hers, which she never used (a falcon version of course). Well the system was fine until NXE came out. then my disk drive occasionally didn't want to read a disk in a drive . It would just say open tray."Well, the last week it got to the point where 95% of the time it'll read open tray and never read the disk. So, after talking to MS, it's apparently that the disk drive of the console, not the console itself has gone sour...after hardly only 4 months or so of real use.

And they want $99 to repair it? Forget that.

I went after what I really wanted and got it.

I got an Xbox 360 Arcade model for $180 (yay for employee discount) that's one the Jasper line of 360. In case you didn't know, these 360's (in short( feature different parts, and addresses all the errors previous 360s have fallen to, including RROD, overheating, and disk drive issues and etc.

After confirming that it's a Jasper in store, I took the puppy home and it's now online. My spend the money for a fix, when you can get better model for just $80 more?

Needless to say I'm ticked of course, but I'm glad that I got a Jasper now (was gonna get one anyway). My sister's 360 now, isn't gonna get sent out to the graveyard. the system still works, I just might see about getting the drive replaced (for much cheaper) then what MS wants to do.

So the arcade model comes with the 5 arcade games on disk (which I already got) and Sega Superstars Tennis (which is cool.

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I also stopped by a Goodwill Store and for $5 total I got these two games:

Quackshot, Complete, Genesis, manual good shape, everything else excellent shape, R4

NFL 2k2, Complete, Dreamcast, Excellent shape (2k football series by Sega on DC is now complete), R2

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I hope you all have a nice weekend guys and gals

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You might not know this, but this Tuesday 360ers (and PS3ers) are gonna get a nice surprise - Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection comes out!

Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection/Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection is an upcoming compilation of video games being developed by Backbone Entertainment for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. The compilation features more than 40 Sega games which were previously released for the Genesis/Mega Drive console (including most of the Sonic the Hedgehog titles released for the system), and will feature arcade titles as well.

• Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
• Alien Storm
• Alien Syndrome (arcade)
• Altered Beast
• Beyond Oasis
• Bonanza Bros.
• Columns
• Comix Zone
• Congo Bongo (arcade)
• Decap Attack
• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
• Dynamite Headdy
• ESWAT: City Under Siege
• Ecco the Dolphin
• Ecco: The Tides of Time
• Fantasy Zone (arcade)
• Fatal Labyrinth
• Flicky
• Gain Ground
• Golden Axe
• Golden Axe II
• Golden Axe III
• Golden Axe Warrior (Sega Master System)
• Kid Chameleon
• Phantasy Star (Sega Master System)
• Phantasy Star II
• Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
• Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
• Ristar
• Shining in the Darkness
• Shining Force
• Shining Force II: Ancient Sealing
• Shinobi (arcade)
• Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
• Sonic 3D Blast
• Sonic & Knuckles
• Sonic Spinball
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3
• Space Harrier (arcade)
• Streets of Rage
• Streets of Rage 2
• Streets of Rage 3
• Super Thunder Blade
• Vectorman
• Vectorman 2
• Zaxxon (arcade)

It'll feature online multiplayer for some titles too, and achievements/trophies plus not to mention the upgrade to HD to boot. And it'll retail for $29.99...a steal. So even if you have played some of the titles before or own them on collections, it might be worth it to pick up the ultimate colelction for your next gen console. You know I will.

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R-Type dimensions was released on Live today. it's an update on R-Type1 and 2 from the arcade, and feature online co op and infinite modes in addition to cla$$ic and tons of leaderboards. Not at first Iw as skeptical..it retails for about $15 worth of points which is steep for an arcade remake, but after playing the demo and seeing what it offers, for a shooting fan this might be an absolute must get. if you don't care for the brutal nature of R-type..well stay away from it. :P

I thought I could be rusty. Did I still have the skills? Could I at least hang with them? Could I still rock the double enforcer, wham with the rocket launcher, shut you down with the flake cannon, and make chaos with the redeemer?

Yes, I can, I can quite nicely. If you can't tell I'm talking about the unreal series, which I've played since it's first days on the PC. Unreal tournament is one of my favorite games of all time - i used to come home after school and play it for hours. I did play 2003 and a bit of 2004 in college - but a few years have passed and I haven't really played unreal games since then. So, for Xmas i got Unreal Tournament 3 for the 360. I popped it in late last week, and sure enough....I still got my fragging skills both offline and online. In online games, I consistently rank in the top 5 to 3 in full deathmatches (16 players I believe) at the end. So, it's like I never left. and even though it's on a console, believe me it's still pretty darn awesome (and this comes from a past PC unreal player). Now unreal's achievements take time to get, but I'm ready to commit to get some achieves and kick butt and of course...have fun.

Favorite modes you ask? Why of course it's Deathmatch and team Deathmatch of course for this frag addict.

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I did pick up two Snes games today for $2.50 each; two quite fun shooting titles:

Darius Twin, SNES, Cart Only, Excellent Shape, $2.50, R2

Wing Commander, SNES, Cart Only, Excellent Shape, $2.50, R1

Check It Out:

1. 10 Years Too Early - 20 - Win 50 Xbox LIVE battles.
2. 10 Years Too Late - 50 - Win 100 Xbox LIVE battles.
3. All Dolled Up - 10 - Set your Title and Icon.
4. Arcade Rat - 20 - Clear Arcade Mode with one character on medium or higher difficulty.
5. Challenge Expert - 30 - Clear all challenges in Challenge Mode.
6. Challenger - 10 - Clear a challenge in Challenge Mode.
7. Color Guard - 10 - Unlock all colors.
8. Crowd Pleasing Master - 10 - Perform 10 Personal Actions (Taunts).
9. EX-cellent Master - 20 - Perform 100 EX-Moves.
10. First Victory - 20 - Win 1 ranked match.
11. Focus Master - 10 - Perform 100 successful Focus Attacks.
12. The Gold Standard - 50 - Earn gold medals in all challenges.
13. Hard Fought Battles - 20 - Play 200 Xbox LIVE battles.
14. I Got Next! - 30 - Win 5 ranked matches in a row.
15. Icon Master - 50 - Collect all Icons.
16. Last Man Standing - 20 - Clear Hard Survival in Challenge Mode.
17. Legendary Champion - 50 - Defeat Gouken and clear Arcade Mode on the hardest difficulty.
18. Lobbyist - 10 - Create 10 multiplayer lobbies.
19. Medal Collector - 10 - Collect 100 Medals.
20. Medal Hunter - 10 - Collect 500 Medals.
21. Medal Master - 30 - Collect 1,000 Medals.
22. Medals Get! - 30 - Collect all Medal types.
23. No Challenge Too Hard - 20 - Clear Hard Trial in Challenge Mode.
24. No Sweat - 10 - Unlock all Personal Actions (Taunts).
25. Playing To Win! - 50 - Win 10 ranked matches in a row.
26. Proof of Battle - 20 - Play 500 Xbox LIVE battles.
27. Rapid Fighter - 10 - Clear Normal Time Attack in Challenge Mode.
28. Save Your Quarters - 30 - Clear Arcade Mode without using a single continue on medium or higher difficulty.
29. Simply Perfect - 10 - Achieve 10 Perfect victories.
30. Special Move Master - 10 - Perform 100 Special Moves.
31. Speed King - 20 - Clear Hard Time Attack in Challenge Mode.
32. Storied Reputation - 30 - Clear Arcade Mode with all characters on medium or higher difficulty.
33. Sunny Daze - 40 - Perform 365 flashy background finishes.
34. Super Combo Champion - 10 - Perform 50 Super Combo finishes.
35. Super Combo Master - 10 - Perform 100 Super Combos.
36. Taking On All Comers - 10 - Fight 10 opponents via fight requests.
37. Technical Fighter - 10 - Clear Normal Trial in Challenge Mode.
38. The Journey Begins - 20 - Win 10 Xbox LIVE battles.
39. The Line Starts Here - 20 - Win 3 ranked matches in a row.
40. The Road to Battle - 10 - Play 100 Xbox LIVE battles.
41. The World Warrior - 20 - Unlock all characters.
42. Title Master - 50 - Collect all Titles.
43. Tough Cookie - 10 - Clear Normal Survival in Challenge Mode.
44. Ultra Combo Champion - 10 - Perform 50 Ultra Combo finishes.
45. Ultra Combo Master - 10 - Perform 100 Ultra Combos.
46. Way of the Fist - 10 - Win 5 Xbox LIVE battles.
47. World Champion - 20 - Clear Arcade Mode on hardest difficulty.

I picked up 3 new things in the last couple days.

Culdcept Saga, 360, New, $20

Dark Sector, 360, New, $10

Hori PS2 Dragon Quest Slime Controller, New, $20

Also, after playing the demo, I plan to get Resident Evil 5 for 360 when it comes out in March. Just for the Co-Op Play :D.

first up, is fighting game for the Dreamcast... Virtua fighter 3th!

Virtua fighter 3th, DC, Complete, excellent shape, $4

and next up an oddity:

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Worldwide Edition - Stairway to the Destined Duel, GBA, Japanese Game (of course), NEW, complete, $2 (this is one that featured the God cards packed in if anyone remembers that). R0

I preordered Street fighter 4 collector's edition earleir this week. :D

Right now, I'm playing Soul Caliber 4 earning achievements (it's pretty straightforward), I plan to beat Blue Dragon this Monday/Tuesday, if not, very close to being beaten.

Has anyone played the Maw? How is it?