Geek vs Life

Arguably one of the best Role-Playing Games ever released on any console, a sealed copy of Chrono Trigger for the SNES is now worth it’s weight in gold.

More to the point, the sealed copy was purchased from eBay for $1217 on February 4. That’s 1210 double cheeseburgers at McDonalds, 608 2 dolla’ lov u lon’ time, 243 pack of Camel Wide Menthols, 121 $10 lap dances, 60 copies of Brain Age, 20 copies of Dynasty Warrior 6, 4 Wiis, 3 Xbox 360s or 2 PS3s.

Is it worth it? When asked on whether he planned on keeping the game sealed for freshness, the buyer declined to comment. You lucky bastard.

In other news, as of writing this (Feb 20), the most expensive game listed on eBay is Gamma Attack for the Atari 2600 which is being sold for $499,999.99. Apparently the game is one of only 20 ever sold. Is it real? Is it fake? Is it worth 500K? You decide. Personally 250,000 2 dolla’ lov u lon’ time sounds a whole lot better.

There have been many video games that have come nad gone which set a new standard for excellence within their field. Titles which, to this day, still bring sounds of joy to any who remember them. The Mega Man 2s, The Links to the Past, The Super Mario 64s of the world have all earned a permenant place in memory. Unfortunately, Most of us not on japanese soil miss out on very important entries. Some of these lost games trump every title in their own genre.

It is my intention, to occasionaly bring up a lost title. For this I will waste no time. Today I would like to talk about one of the best action platformers I know of, Castlevania Dracula X for the PC engine Turbo.

If you’ve played a castlevania game you know the story, Belmont, Whip, Dracula. At it’s core, you could say Dracula X is just like all the early castlevania titles. You have your whip wielding hero walking to the right and battling many foes unfairly more powerful than yourself. It is not for ingenuity that this title need be legendary, but for perfection of known concepts. I cannot express the skill in level design. Each stage is requires skill without being frustrating and shows you something new along the way.

With multiple paths on every stage, four prisoners to rescue for the best ending, and an unlockable playable character, you won’t just play through this title once……that is if you can play it at all. For $100 for a PC engine, and 1-200 for the game, the only good way to get ahold of it is to wait for Konami to make a port. Which, it just so happens, is in the works for the psp.

So part one was one opinion. Here is a second opinion. I mostly like this list better. AND!! It’s a video.

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I found this list on fileplanet.com. Now keeping in mind that these games are the most significant games ever released, not the best games ever, do you agree or disagree with them?

The most historically and culturally important videogames of all time:
Spacewar! (1962)
Star Raiders (1979)
Zork (1980)
Tetris (1985)
SimCity (1989)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
Civilization I/II (1991)
Doom (1993)
Warcraft series (beginning 1994)
Sensible World of Soccer (1994)

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I’d be checking this site every day for my new shoping list.

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