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Some Valuable Games I Own

Posted on by Viljami

I own some valuable games. I had to check some web shops prices and also some actual price charts to see how much value these games actually have. It seems to be that every one of these three games is sold for a bit over 100 euros currently. They might individually cost as much as 130 euros. If I could get 300 euros for selling these three games it has to be a difficult decision to make. I like all these games. I also haven’t really had the opportunity to play them through properly. So, if you ask me, I am not going to sell them.

How much did I pay for these valuable games? I remember buying Silent Hill 3 for 15 euros back in 2016. It has been ten years and now the price is sky high. I do remember buying Alice – Madness Returns as a new game for something like 60 euros. The price has nearly doubled. You know I had to get Splatterhouse for PS3 (I love Splatterhouse 2 on Mega Drive). I don’t actually remember if it cost me 40 or 60 euros as a new game. Price chart tells me that the copy is now worth 140 euros. This is the price of a set that holds the manual and is in good condition in overall.

Of course these prices cannot be compared directly. You have to consider some inflation. All of these games have been in my collection for a decent while already. I have bought the PS3 games that are present here maybe 15 years ago or something like that. Silent Hill 3 for PS2 was bought after I got myself a PS2 and started to collect also for PS2. I rarely simply collect games. I do buy them because I want to play them. After I have played a game through I might want to keep it in my collection. Also, I have a huge “backlog” and there are tens of games that I just haven’t yet had time to get into.

The point here might be that you never know how valuable your collectible items actually are. You have to check and see the prices that these games are currently being sold. “Who buys all these games today for such a high price” one might ask. I think the answer is simply collectors. Game collecting is a very common hobby today. People are drawn to games since they were in touch with video games since childhood.

I have to admit that I am a bit surprised about this high price that my valuable games actually now have. It seems to be a good example of a case of when early bird actually does get the worm. But as you might already have figured out – I am not doing this for money. It feels nice that something like my video game collection does have a value in money. However this is a somewhat a hard value. So, I think for now I am going to hold on to my valuable games.

I remember how frustrated I was maybe ten years ago when I was just starting to get into some PS1 gaming again. The value of my old and now already sold game collection of PS1 games would have had a huge value in money also. I sold my PS1 console, memory cards (I think I had two of them) and all my games (this means maybe 30 games in total) and also two controllers for only maybe 120 euros. They were worth so much more in money or in some other way also.

I am concluding this blog post with some reasonable thoughts. I don’t remember who said it but there is a common saying related to this matter. It goes something like this: “Money can’t buy love”. This is what I am thinking about. If I get money working then I get to spend my money the way I like. But I don’t really like to sell something that has a deeper value to me personally. That, I think, is something that money really cannot buy.

Playing Some Onimusha 2 (PS2)

Posted on by Viljami

I put some hours into playing Onimusha 2. This game was released by Capcom back in 2002 for PlayStation 2. This game was part of a purchase I made recently (maybe a week ago or something like that). That time I bought seven games for PS2. These games weren’t so expensive and Onimusha 2 had a price of 25 euros alone. It was the most expensive game out of all the games I bought. I also bought one “loose” game for PS1. That game was Ridge Racer Revolution.

I played Onimusha 2 for a bit over eleven hours. A bit sadly I got stuck badly to a point very near to the ending of the game. It was a very tough part and I just couldn’t get past it. I spent maybe half an hour alone in that part and decided to give up for now. This is not a rewarding way to end playing and trying to beat a game. But I want to be honest and tell you this fact.

Onimusha 2 is a good game. There are however some slight flaws in it. The camera angles make it a bit difficult to navigate at times. Luckily there are some maps in the game that make this a bit easier. There are several puzzles that might be difficult to figure out and solve. I can thank modern internet for being able to solve these issues very quickly. So, I actually didn’t get stuck with them at all. It is a bit difficult to try to figure the progression but I was able to manage to progress all the way to near of the ending of the game.

We can discuss a bit about the gameplay and how the character is getting involved in the action parts of this game. You have several melee weapons in the game and also some projectile weapons can be used. There are endless amounts of enemies and there is no point in trying to kill every enemy you see. Sometimes killing all of them in some area might help you to explore it more thoroughly. You get some health points from killed enemies. You don’t have to use an item every time your health is getting low.

Onimusha 2 is a bit old game. Some retro fans probably can feel some real nostalgia playing this game. You also have this view of how Capcom has developed itself as a game company all the way through the history of video games. You can compare this game to some of the latest games that have been developed by Capcom. I am of course talking about games like Pragmata and Resident Evil Requiem. You can rally see how the technology and also game design has been developing all the way from 2002 all the way to 2026.

At this moment I have many games only waiting on my gaming shelf for me to get my hands on them. Just yesterday I bought the new Halo remake. That game is titled “Halo – Campaign Evolved”. I was going to buy the physical copy but ended up buying it as a digital version. At least I don’t have to wait for the game to be delivered. I also bought “Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 1” since it featured a very interesting Atari 2600 game named “Saving Mary”. I might write something about it to this blog some day. This collection of games has in total 50 games for Atari 2600.

I haven’t yet touched the other PS2 games that I bought a bit over a week ago. Maybe I do have time for them at some moment. There are also some games that are going to be released that I am waiting for. We have already in this blog touched GTA VI. Also I am waiting for Control Resonant and Rayman Legends Retold. There are also many other exciting games going to be released soon.

My Latest Game Purchase

Posted on by Viljami

My latest game purchase, that I collected from the mail locker just yesterday, includes two PS2 games and four PS3 games. I bought Midnight Club 3 – DUB Edition (PS2), Sonic Heroes (PS2), Bayonetta (PS3), Spiderman 3 (PS3), Aliens vs. Predator (PS3) and Need for Speed – Most Wanted (PS3). They did cost me 109 euros with shipping included. I am waiting to have a chance to get into these new purchases. I am going to have to knock on wood while I’m saying that I am glad that my PS3 still works. It has served already over 16 years in my video game setup. I have faced some issues with hardware earlier. I have two broken PS2 consoles, a broken original Xbox and also an Xbox 360 console that doesn’t work.

Somehow these consoles don’t seem to last forever. I am also not so good at maintaining or repairing stuff like these consoles. I think they actually aren’t even meant to last for tens of years. That is the main reason why I am trusting more and more on emulation. So, I am going to rip these two PS2 games that I just bought and play them with an emulator. I have two different devices that I am running emulation on. One is a Raspberry Pi 5 with 8 GB of RAM. It is running Recalbox. I use it to emulate mainly Sega Mega Drive, SNES, NES, PS1 and also some more exciting consoles while I use another device (a desktop PC) that runs Batocera to play PS2 and some other consoles that require a bit more power.

So, there are two racing games included with my latest game purchase. Midnight Club 3 is a classic racing game. There is really no words necessary for the introduction of a game that belongs to Need for Speed series of video games. This title is labled with “Most Wanted”. It think it will be eventually a good game that might take some hours to get into. Usually I have somewhat liked almost every Need for Speed game that I’ve played.

Why did I pick up Bayonetta? I heard a word or two about it as I was reading a book that desrcibes different video game characters. Bayonetta is a strong female character and it seemed an interesting game and I wanted to purhcase it. I am going to try to find some time to get into this game. I also bought Sonic Heroes because Sonic games just rock. I also bought Spiderman 3. I think there are very few bad games that feature Spiderman. So, why not give it a try. The last game in my latest game purhcase that I haven’t yet mention in this paragraph of this blog post is Aliens vs. Predator. It must be a decent first person shooter.

I made this purchase because I found these games interesting. The price was also cheap. I mean I got these six games for a price lower than what it would have been for two new games. Actually I think you couldn’t buy two new games with 110 euros. It might be possible if the games wouldn’t be brand new releases. I am content with yhis game purchase. I am waiting to get to enjoy also these new games.

I have been lately still playing Gran Turismo 3. It takes some time to finish it. I have spent already over 15 hours on playing GT3. The game might take a bit over 40 hours to finish. Also I have a confession to make. I haven’t, yet dived into plaiyng the new Resident Evil game Resident Evil Requiem. I have read that it is a very good game. I am waiting to get into playing it also soon.