26 Sept 2012

Got myself a classic; Strider Hiryu

I'm back from Japan now for a couple of weeks and finally got my things sorted out now. At least almost all. Still no job, so no income and a lot of free time to spend. While in Japan I've seen every single spot in Akihabara and just loved the place. Unfortunately I miscalculated my expenses and ended up with having less money to spend in the end. This resulted in being unable to buy the things I really wanted.

I really wanted to buy a Sega 32X unit to complete my Mega Drive system. Sadly the Japanese version doesn't fit onto my PAL Mega Drive so I ended up not buying one after all. I didn't had the money to buy a Japanese Mega Drive with a Mega CD and 32X. They were kinda expensive. I found a few Mega Drives, the boxed ones I found were close to 50 Euro and went down from their till about 20 Euro. But then I had a Mega Drive without cables etc. I also found a couple of 32X units raging from 60 to 80 Euro. Way to much, since I could get one on eBay for the same price and no need to spend an extra 100 Euro to buy myself a Japanese Mega Drive and Mega CD.

But I got myself a new Mega Drive game. I always wanted this game and maybe played it one time over 15 years ago at a friends house. And because I own a HoneyBee adapter so I can play Japanese games on my PAL Mega Drive anyway I fetched it. For the nice price of 8 Euro I bought Strider Hiryu in some shop in Akihabara (I think it was Super Patato, not sure though). And it's basically in pure mint condition. Sadly... haven't played it yet because connecting my Mega Drive through RF on my 40" Plasma TV is just not it.