Sega games that I'll never stop kicking myself for selling
Ah, yes. Nothing like reminiscing about the days of yore when Sega did more than release poorly advertised ports of Yakuza.
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Bought this from Software, etc when it first came out. I didn't even own a Saturn at the time! My friend that had the system would only play Shining Force, and you can only watch tactical rpg "action" for so long. When my friend got rid of his Saturn, I traded this in for a few bucks towards some completely forgettable game. As an aside, this game had an awesomely J-Pop/hip-hop soundtrack and intro. After writing this, I had to go watch some clips on youtube.
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Years later, I picked up a used Saturn (along with a pile of games) off eBay. Loved this side scrolling beat-em-up (chop-em-up?) multiplayer action rpg. My friends and I always complained about how the US never got a release of the D&D collection that came out in Japan for the Saturn, but this more than filled that void.
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OK, this game isn't as sought after as the previous two, but this bad boy came out in the hey-day of freaking expensive cartridge games. If I remember correctly this was retailing for $70 (and this was when a gallon of gas was $1), making it and Strider the priciest games I ever purchased new. Technically, I never sold this cart. My house was broken into when we were out of town one summer and my tv and Sega were stolen... BUT, I had loaned this to a friend before leaving for the summer, so it survived the burglary. My friend gave it to another friend, and I believe he still has it. Someday, it will come back to me and the circle of life will be complete.
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Even though the main character is named Vyse the Unimpressive, and the fight animations could send an epileptic into seizures, this was the best solo rpg for the Dreamcast. Bonus, one of the secret best boss attacks of all time, Silver Eclipse (from Ramirez). "Where there is light... there is Darkness!" I got rid of my DC and all the games out of bitterness and disgust when Sega cancelled support for the system. Of course, now I've bought a used system off my friend and the best game he had was Rainbow Six Something Something... sad.
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With all due respect to MVC, this is my favorite Vs game ever made by Capcom. Excellent balancing system of assigning numerical value to each character and allowing the player to assemble teams of up to 4 character based on their strength. Also, the first time I saw Evil Ryu and his devastating (and very cool) Raging Demon super. The mix of Bison, Geese Howard, Blood Iori, and (ugh!) Blood Rugal made for some very challenging boss fights. Lastly, the wonky DC controller was actually pretty good for fighters (nice smooth joystick, anyway). Please see above blurb for why I no longer have it...
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Why the nostalgia for a platformer with sub-par (ok, crappy!) platforming? Because, everything else about this game was awesome. Great intro, a ton of actually hilarious VO work, pretty sprites and art style, and a beautiful manual. Just a typical Working Designs release, I guess. I sold this and a couple other Sega CD classic when the price for them started to really pop online. Sadly, it seems that the only WD game with any hope of a re-release is Lunar (although, Vay miraculously got ported to the iPhone early on by SoMoGa, Inc), while this baby routinely goes for over $70 on eBay.
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Man, that case art looks weak-sauce in hindsight. Anyway, this beast cost a freaking mint when it came out. This was the first "arcade perfect" port that I ever saw. The sprite for Strider looked good and his upgraded laser sword seemed to slash from one end of the the screen to another. Along with the rest of my stuff, this game went bye-bye when my house got broken into... so at least I didn't trade it for something worse. Although, now that I think of it, zero is most likely worse than anything I would have picked.
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I love the CPS-1 and CPS-2 arcade games, but the SNES port of Final Fight was sooo lame. The only way to play as Guy (clearly the coolest character of the lot, although Haggar's stache has aged quite well) was to find a copy of Final Fight Guy, which I've never even seen in real life. Luckily, the game was ported to the Sega CD with all three characters and closer to arcade quality graphics. I found this baby used at a Blockbuster (yes back when those existed) for $4.99. Best 5 bucks I ever spent...
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