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I was apparently supposed to finish Tomb Raider: Anniversary in order for Tomb Raider: Underworld to make much sense...

Wrong Address

I bought a SEGA lot off craigslist last week. The guy gave me the wrong address and didn't provide a phone number, but that's another story...

I picked-up a model 2 SEGA CD with all three (yes, three) EMF shields and the extender for model 1 Genesises, two non-TMSS "High Definition Graphics" model 1 Genesises (that's the very first release; there were at least seven different model 1 Genesis releases), two model 1 Genesis power adapters, two six-button controllers (one first-party, one third-party), a blue Konami Justifier lightgun, 18 Genesis games, 18 SEGA CD games, some empty cases, a Nintendo R/F switch, and a coat hanger for $70. Judging by eBay prices, the lot was worth $300+ :)

I kept the SEGA CD, the EMF shields, one of the power adapters, the Justifier, and the first-party six-button controller; Android Assault, Rise Of The Dragon (box release in a jewel case), and Robo-Aleste for SEGA CD; Eternal Champions and Shadowrun for Genesis, and a bunch of the SEGA CD jewel cases... And sold the rest for $100. I'm pretty happy that I essentially got paid $30 to keep a few hundred dollars worth of stuff :)

I also picked-up official SEGA CD and Saturn back-up cartridges, and am holding-off on Alan Wake until I get through some more of this gaming backlog.

Oh, and I finished Hero 3 in Half-Minute Hero and am about half-way through Tomb Raider: Underworld.

Three Seconds.

My SEGA CDX can't read the copy of The Adventures Of Batman & Robin that I picked-up the other day... Which is unfortunate, because it seems to run just fine in emulators and on other SEGA CDs. Hell, I even copied the CD, and the burned copy runs just fine in my CDX! The disc looks immaculate, so I'm guessing that my CDX is the problem :(

I haven't had any further issues with Super Street Fighter IV disc read errors since my last post though, so that's a plus.

Stoked for Alan Wake, and planning on looking into ModNation Racers on PSP. Speaking of PSP, I'm on Hero 3 in Half-Minute Hero, and it's a fantastically frustrating good time. The Evil Lord, Princess, and Knight games are fun and add real value to the package, but the the Hero games are where it's at. That game is a system-selling killer app for the PSP.

Red

I picked-up Super Street Fighter IV for XBOX 360 yesterday, and upon inserting the disc, I was greeted with one red light on my console. I managed to get the game running, but then got disc read errors about half-way through a single-player tournament. Tried it on my brother's Elite, and didn't run into any issues... Grrr.

Tomb Raider: Underworld still has my interest, but holy crap! The camera and controls are so ragged and jumpy... I don't remember Legend being that bad.

True

Tomb Raider: Underworld looks great, but the camera's mostly crap, the controls are pretty awful, and the exposition is poorly developed... Surprisingly, it's pretty fun so far, despite all of its shortcomings.

Oh, and taking the side panel off my computer seems to have fixed the crashing issue; damned humidity.

P.S. Crysis Wars on the highest visual settings, while still pretty impressive, isn't as impressive as I remembered.

Hot

Turned-out the random crashes were due to my new PC overheating... The weather around here has gotten a lot warmer recently, and diagnostics are showing no faults or damage; so it's time to look into new cooling solutions.

Anyway, Prototype is good, but definitely not great. The ending was kinda whack, but maybe I just missed the point.

I played through Episode 2 of Tales Of Monkey Island today, and Tomb Raider: Underworld is downloading from Steam as I type this...

Prototypical

Prototype has randomly crashed three times during the final few missions... While that would be frustrating with just about any game, the fact that this one has become exceedingly boring and I'm only finishing it because I've already come this far makes matters much worse.