It is a muggy Tuesday afternoon. My roommate has a premonition; there's gotta be some good games at the pre-owned, retro-ish game stores in my area. It's usually a pretty shit selection, with high prices, to boot. Sometimes, however, you can stroll in there and find Secret of Mana complete for $30, like my friend did. Woe is me.
So we went. I was mainly there for a cheap Pikachu N64 controller, but the guy who brought it into the store ended up buying it. Oh well. What I did manage to do was find a great copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 for $10; I had store credit from trading in some spare games I didn't want (and they gave me a good amount). I realize that this is not a deal, and that I could go to a flea market or yard sale and get games like this for a quarter, but I don't really have the time to do that, unfortunately. It's something I'm definitely interested in, but for now, stores like these and eBay can do for a very busy beemen like myself.
I exited the store. Aaaand then I saw them. The DK Bongos. These fuckers have been on sale for $5 since at least late 2010. I have restrained myself because, well, I already own one pair for Jungle Beat, and the only other games they're good for are the Donkey Konga series. But I couldn't anymore. They were just sitting there, outside, waiting to be stolen. But, hey, I decided I'd be an honest man and buy me some bongos.
I bring them up to the counter, jokingly, 'I'm finally getting rid of these for you'. He chuckled, kind of half-heartingly, and said 'They're yours.'
I was pretty happy with my free bongos and I thanked the man. They were dirty, but hey, I'm pretty good at cleaning my game stuff so it's no big deal. These things go for way too much online, after all.
So we brought the bongos home, and we played Donkey Konga.
Donkey Konga is a bit of a hit and miss for me. Nostalgic, because I asked for it for my birthday because there was literally nothing else coming out for the GameCube at the time. Well, I got that and Mario Party 6, I think. The other 2004 hits, like Prime 2 and Thousand Year Door (which I both still own) didn't come out until the Christmas season. I had been starved of DK and I think I would take anything, honestly.
And unfortunately. The game itself, the rhythm, was fairly executed. It lags even on CRTs, however. A poor man's Taiko, even if it is the same people who made it.
But the songs. Oh man, the songs. The covers. The worst ever. I can't even begin to describe. You would do your best to look them up on your own. I'm not going to make this an experiment of torture.
But you may have noticed the title of the blog. Yes, you read that correctly. Donkey Konga 2. The sequel, which I also unfortunately own, is absolute fucking garbage. The covers within make Donkey Konga 1's look like masterpieces in comparison. 'Send the Pain Below' was bad before, but now it's just gut-bustlingly hilarious. Seriously. I can't tell if these are the worst or the best covers of all time. But I know that I did have tears down my face by the end of 'Unpretty'.
But, despite all of that, my roommate's intuition was surprisingly keen. I went to the shop where I ended up getting an original NES plus a mini SNES for a little under $60. There, they had Zelda I, II and Mario 2, which I was looking for, all under $20. I was delighted, but payday will have to come for me to have the motherlode; gold Ocarina, Majora's Mask, Smash Bros, Mario Kart 64, Yoshi's Island, Mario RPG, possibly Chrono Trigger and a lot more; I talked to the owner and I could probably buy it all in a lot for $150. Not a spectacular deal by any means, but very good for someone like me. Tell me if I can do better in the comments.![:)]()
So yes I am excited, I just dearly hope that they have them all when I return. If not, I will go on an [angry] eBay shopping spree to console myself, lol.
So we went. I was mainly there for a cheap Pikachu N64 controller, but the guy who brought it into the store ended up buying it. Oh well. What I did manage to do was find a great copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 for $10; I had store credit from trading in some spare games I didn't want (and they gave me a good amount). I realize that this is not a deal, and that I could go to a flea market or yard sale and get games like this for a quarter, but I don't really have the time to do that, unfortunately. It's something I'm definitely interested in, but for now, stores like these and eBay can do for a very busy beemen like myself.
I exited the store. Aaaand then I saw them. The DK Bongos. These fuckers have been on sale for $5 since at least late 2010. I have restrained myself because, well, I already own one pair for Jungle Beat, and the only other games they're good for are the Donkey Konga series. But I couldn't anymore. They were just sitting there, outside, waiting to be stolen. But, hey, I decided I'd be an honest man and buy me some bongos.
I bring them up to the counter, jokingly, 'I'm finally getting rid of these for you'. He chuckled, kind of half-heartingly, and said 'They're yours.'
I was pretty happy with my free bongos and I thanked the man. They were dirty, but hey, I'm pretty good at cleaning my game stuff so it's no big deal. These things go for way too much online, after all.
So we brought the bongos home, and we played Donkey Konga.
Donkey Konga is a bit of a hit and miss for me. Nostalgic, because I asked for it for my birthday because there was literally nothing else coming out for the GameCube at the time. Well, I got that and Mario Party 6, I think. The other 2004 hits, like Prime 2 and Thousand Year Door (which I both still own) didn't come out until the Christmas season. I had been starved of DK and I think I would take anything, honestly.
And unfortunately. The game itself, the rhythm, was fairly executed. It lags even on CRTs, however. A poor man's Taiko, even if it is the same people who made it.
But the songs. Oh man, the songs. The covers. The worst ever. I can't even begin to describe. You would do your best to look them up on your own. I'm not going to make this an experiment of torture.
But you may have noticed the title of the blog. Yes, you read that correctly. Donkey Konga 2. The sequel, which I also unfortunately own, is absolute fucking garbage. The covers within make Donkey Konga 1's look like masterpieces in comparison. 'Send the Pain Below' was bad before, but now it's just gut-bustlingly hilarious. Seriously. I can't tell if these are the worst or the best covers of all time. But I know that I did have tears down my face by the end of 'Unpretty'.
But, despite all of that, my roommate's intuition was surprisingly keen. I went to the shop where I ended up getting an original NES plus a mini SNES for a little under $60. There, they had Zelda I, II and Mario 2, which I was looking for, all under $20. I was delighted, but payday will have to come for me to have the motherlode; gold Ocarina, Majora's Mask, Smash Bros, Mario Kart 64, Yoshi's Island, Mario RPG, possibly Chrono Trigger and a lot more; I talked to the owner and I could probably buy it all in a lot for $150. Not a spectacular deal by any means, but very good for someone like me. Tell me if I can do better in the comments.
So yes I am excited, I just dearly hope that they have them all when I return. If not, I will go on an [angry] eBay shopping spree to console myself, lol.