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Sooooooo, I don't mean to gloat-

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RoadBuster
, September 20th, 2013 at 05:50 PM (5657 Views)
- but I'm totally going to gloat. Best wife ever, guys~! Elf ended a near 20 year search today by working with our friend that owns a gameshop to give me this for my birthday:




Way back in 94, I picked up an issue of EGM2 and saw this game featured in it. I was blown away by the story it was supposed to be telling and loved the graphics it displayed. I always had a big love for adventure games like Sam and Max and Day of the Tentacle, and this seemed like a badass extension of something like that. I didn't own a Sega CD, but my friend did. We rented it... and holy shit.

Snatcher is part Blade Runner, part Terminator, all fucking awesome. I didn't even really know who Hideo Kojima was back then, but I knew the robot in the game was called Metal Gear and looked like a much scaled down version of the nemesis in the NES (all we had over here...) game that I had enjoyed. The voice acting was actually good. Back then... that was a damn near impossibility. This was the time of Night Trap and the like...

However, finding this game was impossible. Hell, I wanted to buy it even though I didn't have the system. Nobody ever had it, and then it became one of those super rare games that command a massive price. Take a look on eBay right now... I had almost resigned myself to having to drop as much for this game as one of my cabs.

But Elf conspired with the owner of Arcade Legacy in Cinci. The story goes that a guy traded the game in, but insisted that it find a good home. The owner immediately contacted Elf and they came to a deal for it really quick. It might sound a bit cheesy, but I am freaking stunned. This is easily the greatest birthday present I have ever received. Thanks again, babe!!

Here's a link to an Imgur album so if you wanna see some more pictures, including some screenshots of it running on my Hipster Genesis
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  1. Break's Avatar
    Congratulations, you won at life.
  2. Daiki's Avatar
    And here I was happy getting FF Tactics again. Seems like a long life wait.

    Have fun, man.
  3. ItsaRandomUsername's Avatar
    That's a good feeling, finally finding something you've been looking so long for.

    I trust that you'll enjoy that game to the fullest and give Elf all the thanks she deserves.
  4. Kieran's Avatar
    I've had searches like that, over the years - and every now and then, one of them ends well. So I understand what you're feeling. But it's rarer still that I've been lucky enough to have someone else bring one to an end for me.

    Enjoy the gift - I know you will. Savour it. But you've found an even better gift in Elf, it seems, which makes you the luckiest man alive today.

    Revel in that - and share it with her.
  5. Dallas's Avatar
    I look at this and the first thing I think is that it would be so cool if there was a video game version of Manimal on a retro console.
  6. Laith's Avatar
    Hey isn't this the spiritual prequel of Psyconauts?

    Anyway, that's cool from Elf, and enjoy it because damn, that's amazing.
  7. DezoPenguin's Avatar
    Holy... !?!

    I won't say you have the best wife ever, because I do, but damn, yours comes close. Awesome luck for you!
  8. Raven2785's Avatar
    Lies Dezo! Lies! Elf is best wife ever, no contest.
  9. Elf's Avatar
    Guys, I just got lucky and I was well connected.

    Happy Birthday, Love.
  10. The Geek's Avatar
    I know that feel of finding a game you've been looking for after a really long time. Greatest feel ever.
  11. LoyaltL's Avatar
    Congratulations and Congratulations.
  12. Strife ❤️'s Avatar
    \o/
  13. Dark Pulse's Avatar
    Reminds me of that old VGCats comic where Leo tries to buy Aeris a game he knows she wants, but mistakenly gets her the wrong one, but she understood what he was trying to do and gave him a kiss while sleeping anyway. One of those things that warms the cockles* of your heart.

    Congrats on the luck, don't spend it in one place. And enjoy the fact that when it's her birthday, it's time to owe.

    *: I just wanted to have a way to say "cockles." Hee-hee. Cockles.
  14. Raven2785's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Pulse
    Reminds me of that old VGCats comic where Leo tries to buy Aeris a game he knows she wants, but mistakenly gets her the wrong one, but she understood what he was trying to do and gave him a kiss while sleeping anyway. One of those things that warms the cockles* of your heart.

    Congrats on the luck, don't spend it in one place. And enjoy the fact that when it's her birthday, it's time to owe.

    *: I just wanted to have a way to say "cockles." Hee-hee. Cockles.
    That specific comic strip is one of my personal favorites.