I noticed a hilarious coincidence in UK’s unofficial PlayStation mag “PlayStation Plus” lately. Lemme explain.
Like all of “Formula 1 ‘98“’s predecessors, this one was pretty buggy when released to the world. “PlayStation Plus” reviewed it next to the game “Buggy” by Gremlin and showed the gaming world foreshadowing things to come… a buggy “Formula 1 ‘98″ game

At least I find that funny

Nonetheless, the PlayStation 1 Database (not online yet) has this to say about “Formula 1 ‘98″:
When you press “Select” at the main menu then the following is displayed on-screen: “FORMULA ONE - 98 - BETA - 6.3.A - BUILD DATE OCT 12 1998″ - did they really release a beta version???

Still laughing…
BuffyBuff

Well guys as you can tell from the last update being on Boxing Day not much has happened in the world of PAL PlayStation collecting. I for one have not bought anything so far this year but that is more down to money than not finding anything.

And on the subject of money (and the title of this post) I have some kind of upsetting news from the Defconsoft household. Due to the current financial climate a few items from my collection are going to be going up for sale on eBay in the not to distance future, in fact I am pretty much giving up collecting PlayStation hardware and am going to concentrate on software, demos and promo items. I don’t really want to give up the hardware collecting but needs must at the moment, and having a house to live it is better than owning a rare console.

So basically that means that my 10 Million Model set will be up for sale soon, along with my Yaroze and debug units, memory cards, the lot. The only hardware I will be keeping is stuff that comes packaged with software. I will be sure to make everyone aware when these items go up for sale and this will probably happen in the next couple of weeks.

Hopefully this will allow me to recoup some of my money and put me back in the black, and it will allow me to concentrate on more important matters like the Online Database which I know you are all waiting for still.

So keep em peeled for when I throw up the auctions and of course keep posting in the forums, we got quite a community building back there.

Cheers
Defcon

Well that was quick, back again and this time I got Special Editions. Click the image as always to find out more.

Disney Triple Pack 3	Velocity x 3	Lilo and Stitch Press Kit

And thats me done for now as far as updates go. Thankfully I have nearly cleared my back log with only one or two more things to get done. Of course then the hunt starts again.

And talking about hunts, there is a big game hunt going on isn’t there. Well thanks to the big fat jolly red man (no not AtariBuff) we can finally tick 3 more off the list.

Yes yes you are seeing that right, both Castlevania Limited edition and Star Ocean, and add to that the Bust a Move double pack. What a nice man Santa Claus is. Well actually the Star Ocean was from Lady Defcon, and I bought her the Castlevania

Still shall we re-count the list then?

1. Grand Theft Auto: Double Feature
2. Rayman Junior: Anfaenger

Thats right. 2 to get and infact AtariBuff has already promised me a copy of Rayman Junior so that brings the grand total needed to 1. That being that damn Grand Theft Auto double feature.

Now the serious hunt begins.

Well I hope you are beginning to feel better from your over eating and drinking. Hopefully these updates have made it a little more tolerable.

Have fun and lets see what New Year brings.

Cheers
Defcon

Yes yes I’m back already, and this time I got hardware!!!! Click on each image to find out what each one is.

So there you go for hardware, some good, some not so good, and some damn right awful kit you can pick up right there. Seriously I doubt anyone has as much tripe hardware in their collection as I do. I am a sucker for poor quality stuff I guess.

Next up some Special Editions and a games hunt Christmas update.

Cheers
Defcon

Well hello there, are we having a nice hang over from all the festivities yesterday? Well good you probably deserve it

So I have decided today to spend my Boxing Day working on the site a little and having spent the morning in the back end I decided it was high time I put some new stuff up. So instead of throwing up one big post I am just going to update with little posts throughout the day as I do it.

So lets start off with a few promo and merchandise items.

Conquered Worlds Jackets

Games Preview Video

Desktop Standees

Vib Ribbon Shirt

Well there you go for a start, next up some hardware items. Check back soon for more.

Cheers
Defcon

Whooo, another (at least to me) unknown Limited Edition of the French country variant of Tomb Raider II including a button for your denims, tattoos and stickers all packaged inside the regular jewel case. Text on the backside of the tattoo set however is French AND German, so maybe there is also a German version lurking somewhere.

Hmmm, happy hunting
BuffyBuff

Well Howdy Ho people, I said I would be trying to keep up with things and that is what I intend to do. I have a couple of things to talk about today but the first is to get you guys up dated on my quest to join AtariBuff in the illustrious club that is ‘Complete PAL Collection Club’.

So I have managed to bag two more games out of the list so it is rapidly shrinking to the magic number of 0. Today we have….

First up is Destruction Derby Raw/Porsche Challenge double pack, and secondly we have GZSZ 3. The 2nd one has been a right pain to try and get hold of I might add. So that brings our list to

1. Bust A Move 2 / Bust A Move 3DX
2. Castlevania Symphony Of The Night Limited Edition
3. Grand Theft Auto: Double Feature
4. Rayman Junior: Anfaenger
5. Star Ocean: The Second Story

And I can already inform you that 2 more of the above games are winging their way to the Defconsoft household as we speak.

Secoundly and on the topic of the big games hunt I am about to put out a plea.

Yep thats right, anyone giving me information which directly leads me to acquiring this game will be rewarded with an extremely special surprise from the Defconsoft vaults. So please look extra hard in every crevice. hole or launch a stealth attack on Ataribuff’s house and get me this game.

Now finally I would like to show you something rather special in my eyes. Here take a look at this.

Notice anything about it? Hmm maybe I will leave this out for debate before I give you the real answer to what it is. If you have any ideas then throw them up in the comments. If anyone guesses the answer and gives me the actual story behind it I will give that person a custom forum title.

Lets see how far your knowledge really goes:)

As correctly guessed by Tinsair this is an exclusive holographic cover edition only available from the British store HMV. These do not show up that often, infact this is the first one I have seen. And to prove it here is the ad from the OPSM magazine for May 98. Tinsair message me with a custom title that you would like.

Cheers
Defcon

Ok I know I promised you guys a poster marathon, but it seems I feel at the first pretty much thanks to a really busy and hectic schedule recently. In order to make up for it I am just going to blow out on the posters and throw them all up in one big go. Isn’t that nice of me

So here you go, get your fill of new posters to the Defconsoft collection.

So that brings the poster collection to the dizzying heights of ‘alot’ and you can see them all in the Artwork and Posters section of the site.

Right now thats posters out of the way I can concentrate on proper updates with some new stuff coming in both hardware and special releases, along with a really nice and extremely rare variant. I even have some merchandise to chuck into all that as well.

Also with Christmas coming up it should giv eme some more time to really throw up some special stuff here at the Collective that might surprise a few of you.

Cheers
Defcon