Acquisitions: 7/1/12

I've decided to start cataloging my various video game purchases, to keep track of where and for how much I get my various games. I tend to forget over time, you know? I think it'd be nice to keep track. These posts will likely be short, I would imagine.

Today, I discovered a new game shop in Romeo, Michigan: Game Portal. It's right off M-53 and I had never been in there before, and only barely noticed it out of the corner of my eye when I saw a SD television with a NES hooked up to it in the window. My girlfriend and I were driving by as we just left an antique store she wanted to go to a few doors down. We pulled over and I checked it out.

The place was in good order and didn't smell, and there were a couple young kids running it and some crappy techno played from the back (it dipped into dubstep for a minute there as well, much to my girlfriend and I's chagrin). The place has lots of different stuff, your usual NES games on up to present PS3 and 360 games, portable games, and luckily, a small section containing Sega CD, Saturn, and Dreamcast games.

Now I'm not sure yet if it's a permanent thing or not, but they have a Buy 2 Used Get 1 Free sale going on right now and I took advantage of it. Since my girlfriend didn't want to spend too much time there (I had told her we were going to play tennis and some other outdoorsy stuff), I went straight to the little Sega obscure section and dove in. I noticed immediately that they had a copy of Panzer Dragoon II Zwei in fantastic condition, and braced myself as I flipped the game over to see the price... Oh! A mere $24.99! That's an easy decision. Everything else they had for the Saturn was crap, same with the Sega CD, so my eye drifted over to the Dreamcast section and I noticed a few things.

They had a copy there of Skies of Arcadia - again for only $24.99! - and copies of Sonic Adventure 1 & 2. I already have Skies for the Gamecube and heard it was better there anyway, but I don't have the Dreamcast Sonic games so I looked at the prices and decided on Sonic Adventure 2 for $16.99 (I prefer this title over the original Adventure). I took my purchases up to the counter and paid for them and walked out happy.

My girlfriend, on the way out, said "I'm surprised you didn't look for your free game," and I immediately swore and turned around and walked back into the store. The cashier was very generous and said I could certainly still pick out a free game despite completing my transaction earlier. Not wanting to make my girlfriend wait much longer, I grabbed Sonic Adventure off the shelf (it was priced at $13.99) and took it to the counter. I shamelessly convinced the guy at the counter to switch the jewel case since it was cracked and taped, and he let me grab some sports game off the shelf and switch it.

As we walked out of the store, I told my girlfriend I couldn't remember if I already owned Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast. I thought I did but when I got home I confirmed I only had the DX version on the Gamecube. Success! For about $44 I got some really great games. Sometime this week I'm going to try my copy of Panzer Dragoon II Zwei and I cannot wait.