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January 31, 2009

Finds 031: Latest Finds

Here are my finds from the thrift store and Play n Trade that I went to today. It was pretty kewl seeing NES games on shelves for once even though most of them were cart only. Anyways, enjoy the phot...
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January 30, 2009

A new destination Play N Trade

Woot I found out about a new place I'm going to check out tomorrow. The place is called Play N Trade, it has been talked about for so long by many different people so I think it's time for me to check it out. I'll also bring my camera to take photos of the stuff they have there. It should be fun either way. Oh I found some crappy games at the thrift...
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January 29, 2009

A day at the beach

Wow it's been a while since I last went to the beach and I live two blocks away from it. Can you believe it? Well it's time for me to go for a swim again. The weather was perfect and since the forecast for the weekend is nothing more than a cold front coming back, we had to go. The water was freezing but the sun was hot so it even things out. We also...
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January 28, 2009

Forgotten Finds #13 TMNT 1 & 2

Well this is not a find I would pass out but it's been one I've forgotten for a while until now. Well here are TMNT 1 and 2 for the Famicom. Believe it or not these are not the TMNT 1 and 2 we know from the NES because TMNT 1 for the NES was named differently for the Famicom...
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Finds 030: Here are my latest finds

Behold more new finds including Secret of Evermore and the graphically beautiful game Legend of Mana(really the graphics are great). I didn't even paid twenty bucks for this stuff. Enjoy the photos!...
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Quick fix on my site

So here is a little update on my upcoming homepage. Well I have been working on the main page and everything looks to be taking shape. I still have to come up with better looking banners and other stuff. The content on the site is still in discussion especially since my friend Bob is hosting it. He'll have to be OK on what it's going to be on it but...
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January 27, 2009

Gradius 2 Famicom Pirate Video Added

Here is yet another Famicom Pirate video. This time around I play a little bit of Gradius 2! The volume came out low for some reason I still haven't figured it out but nevertheless enj...
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January 26, 2009

New Youtube Videos

This time around I try out a Playstation pirate! I hope you like it and check out my other videos. There are also new entries to the growing Famicom Encyclopedia so check those out as well....
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January 25, 2009

Finds 029: Bulk Updates New Finds!

Yeah I once again got lazy so now I have to fuse two entries into one. I was able to pick up some neat stuff including some psx pirate discs and Shenmue for the Dreamcast. Also check the last photo as I complete the Kid Icarus Saga. Well there is tons more so check it out! PSX...
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Lack of updates

Well this blog is not dead you know! There are tons of updates I must post! I'm going to work on them right now so expect new entries so...
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January 19, 2009

Finds 028: Lots of Finds at Flea Market!

Well here is another weekend and another set of good finds. This was also the first time I met a local NA member who taught me a lot of stuff about NES carts. Since I mostly know about Famicom the NES info was very helpful. I also bought some games off from him and other stuff....
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January 18, 2009

Forgotten Finds #12 Batman Pirate

Well here is one of my favorite labels for a pirate game. This label really doesn't tell you what the game is really about. At one point it could be beatlejuice hmmm?? lol maybe not. Well it ended up being Batman! Pretty neat huh? ...
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Testing Pirate Cart on NES 2

Another one this time around testing out pirate cart with famicom converter. En...
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I finally got a NES 2!

Yeah here you go guys one of the many videos uploading today. Enjoy and don't forget to check out my youtube page as we...
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Sorry for the delay

Sorry for not updating for the past day but I have been busy with getting injured! hahahaha yeah I wasn't able to walk all day so I couldn't take photos of my newest stuff.... I'll try some other d...
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January 16, 2009

A lot of stuff coming tomorrow!

Yeah there are some finds I must show on my blog as well as some youtube videos I'm uploading. Stay tun...
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January 13, 2009

Finds 027: Woot New Awesome Additions!

Man I was finally able to get a top loader NES woohooo. The console works great and I only ended up paying 10 bucks for it! But that's not all, I also got two awesome rare RPGs for the Saturn Albert Odyssey and Magic Knight Reyearth! If you check ebay often you can see that...
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January 12, 2009

Finds 026: Double Dragon Trilogy

Well I got something nice in the mail. The Double Dragon Trilogy for the Famicom. Yeah each of these games are quite fun to play but even far more challenging than the NES counter parts. Especially Double Dragon 2 with the supreme difficulty, it's a big challenge surviving the...
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January 09, 2009

Finds 025: Lots of Updates on New Games

Here are a bunch of new games I got. I wasn't able to take photos of everything since I'm too tired to do it right now but these photos don't miss much. Only a copy of Abe's Oddysee and two PS1 memory cards are missing. Anyways, enjoy the pics and comment on anything.Whew that...
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Site Update

Well I was finally given my info in order to create my site. Things are going slow but I'm slowly getting ideas for this new site. My old site will have a link for my new site as well. I should have something by this weekend so stay tun...
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Finds 024: Here are the photos of the latest finds

Photos promised from last entry....
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January 07, 2009

Thrift Store Finds

Today I went to the thrift stores again! I found a couple of good finds including another black label FF8 that I wished it would have been part 7 but what are you gonna do? Anyways, I will have some photos later tonig...
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January 06, 2009

Finds 023: More Gameboy Finds Thanks to Gamestop

So I ended up visiting a couple of more gamestops I didn't finished cleaning up lol. These guys had some good games as well and one of the gamestops even added new games to their shelves! Yeah the seller said they had some of them in the back still so they brought them out....
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Luis Games Site to Return

I was finally able to find a host for my site so now there is a lot of work to do. This is of course my personal site which will contain information on stuff I like and projects I'm working on. I had one on angelfire for almost ten years but it's time to move on especially when their service is so poor. My good friend Bob is going to host my site so...
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January 05, 2009

Forgotten Finds #11 Mario 8

This is probably one of the most wonderful Forgotten Finds entries because it's about a game that meant a lot to me back in the day. The game is none other than the pirate cart Super Mario Bros 8! Back in my childhood in Peru there were game rooms where you would pay to play...
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Finds 022: Free Gamecube Games!

What's better than free? I don't think anything! Anyways, I got these two gamecube games from an old man that always comes to the restaurant and why? Because I always take care of him when he comes to eat. He had a big box of dvds and I was wondering what he was doing with it...
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Updates on Famicom Carts

I'm currently out of upcoming Famicom carts for a while at least for a couple of weeks so I won't be adding much stuff anytime soon. However, I will be adding new blog entries for other consoles and handhelds since I'm an all around collector. I will be visiting the local thrift...
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