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

Hmmm, happy hunting
BuffyBuff

The second pic is especially for my old buddy Defcon. Feel the shrinkwrap, yesssss…

Soon
BuffyBuff

At least news from my side
Includes video tape and game. A rare one it seems.

Hi Doctor Nick…. oh wait no its not that is it.
Ok I apologise in advance but this is going to be a huge update. Lots of information is going to be contained in this post so sit back, relax, grab a squirrel and get ready.

Complete Collection Sniper News

Well I have been a busy boy on the complete collection front with a few games already sourced and hopefully heading my way thanks to some kind people and eBay. But for now I can tell you that…..

…I have managed to obtain Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Dritte Editon, and Tekken and Ridge Racer double pack. So that leaves the list at

• 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue
• Adibou Et L’Ombre Verte
• Arcade’s Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection 2
• Castlevania Symphony Of The Night Limited Edition
• Championship Motocross 2001 Featuring Ricky Carmichael
• Demolition Racer
• Destruction Derby Raw / Porsche Challenge
• Gekioh: Shooting King
• Grand Theft Auto: Double Feature
• Gute Zeiten – Schlechte Zeiten: Vol. 3
• Guy Roux Football Manager Saison 97/98
• Moorhuhn Kart
• Namco Museum Vol. 4
• Nascar 2000
• NBA in the Zone 2000
• NBA Live 2003
• Raiden Project, The
• Rayman Junior: Anfaenger
• Star Ocean: The Second Story
• Super Pang Collection
• Tail Concerto
• Taxi 2: Le Jeu
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 2000
• Who Wants To Be a Millionaire / Who Wants To Be a Millionaire: 2nd
• X-Men vs. Street Fighter
• Yattaman: Time Bokan

Soon it will be mine!!!!!

Next up…

Added Stuff

Well I decided to really hammer it today so we have quite a lot of new stuff to go through.

Golf Twin Pack	Toca Limited Edition	Venom Memory Card
Jaguar Memory Card	Driver Memory Card	Top Drive 3
Top Drive Sprinter	Harry Potter Console	Wild Things Magnifier
Ascii Grip	Joytech Essential Pack	Namco Arcade Stick
Intec Starter’z Pack	VisionPad	Classic Trackball

So yeah just a small update . Some real great finds in there, and some stuff I have been hunting for ages, finally I have them.

Teh Future

Ok the final part of my update today is some news. As our regular readers know I am not happy about the speed of the site recently, well I think I have tracked it down however in order to solve the problem its going to take a big overhaul of the site. Now because of this I am going to be stepping back into the shadows for a little while as I try to get it all sorted out, so what that means is that I will not be throwing up as many updates as I have lately until I get it done. I will continue to update you all on the progress to a complete collection but that will be about it as I ferret around in the back end.

I will still be around to post in the forums and stuff so its not like I am dissappearing, and also it might give AtariBuff a kick up the butt to do some updates as I know he has some great stuff to show you guys. So everyone should hassle him to update, throw a comment on this post and I am sure with enough name calling we can get him to do it.

You will know when I am going to make a comeback on updates as well, as you will see a big change around here. Anyway for now I hope this is enough to keep you going for now. I will see you on the forums and try to get this done as soon as possible.

Cheers
Defcon

INFORMATION:

Publisher: Codemasters
Developer: Codemasters
Product Number: SLES-02572

BOX DESCRIPTION:

No Box Description

DEFCONSOFT DESCRIPTION:

Toca World Touring Cars limited edition looks to be another one of those given to the press packs that we see from time to time. The game itself is the promo version but comes wrapped in a 5 page gatefold sleeve that contains the game and a Codemasters logo badge, and that is all wrapped in a black covering sleeve. Each page of the gatefold contains a press quote from a different nation around europe.

Its a nice sleek presentation for the game.

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Well lets see now. As you know, well at least the frequent visitors to the site here know, I do get a bee in my bonnet about eBay and its buyers/sellers now and again. I really hate to see when sellers do not get the money they deserve for their rarish items because people contact them on the side and get them to take whatever game out of a bundle and sell it to them cheap (only for those people to relist it straight away and get the profit.

And it drives me crazy when people ask for insane amounts of postage for small tiny items that cost next to nothing to send. And grrr I do hate those power sellers that use stock photos!. And….. see I get a little irate.

However sometimes I do just have to sit back, pour myself a beer, light up a cigarette and say to myself…… OMG WHAT THE FUCK!!!

And yes dear readers I did that just now, and I WTF’d so much I had to come on here and write about it straight away. So want to know what I was WTF’ing at? Well this

If you click the above link you will find, at the time of writing, a Castlevania Symphony of the Night Limited Edition and the stupid price of ??140 with almost 2 days left to run.

Now first off, that’s batshit insane!!! The game is not that damn rare. There are at least 50 for sale all over Europe at the moment. Yes this may well be a decent example of the game, with no scratches etc but still its not worth ??140.

Now that would be enough to drive my WTF meter to full, however there was something that drive it even higher than possible and that was the little blue text underneath the current price. And that being Reserve Not Met!!

Reserve not met? OMG WTF LOLZ!!! Talk about a greedy seller. Its no wonder that this game becomes ’seemingly rare’ when people put reserves on over that amount. Seriously this is enough to put me off collecting PlayStation altogether. So i would just like to go on the record now and say.

THIS GAME IS NOT ALL THAT RARE. Yes it may well be a good game, but it is not that rare, and the extras you get for it being a ‘limited edition’ are not worth an extra ??100 on top of what the standard edition would give you, and you can get it on Xbox Live as well for a couple of quid.

You wanna know a rare game? Try finding Whizz. That’s a rare game. Or TinTin UK version, thats a rare game, or Jet Ace, thats a rare game. Castlevania Symphony of the Night, that is NOT a rare game and is not worth ??140 plus. And anyone willing to pay that amount of money (and yes I am looking at you Bidder 6) deserves to have their testicles stapled to their eyelids.

/rant off

I guess we will be discussing this in the comments so please feel free to add your flames/insults/castlevania fanboyism towards me.

Cheers
Defcon

Tomorrow night the two best teams in England (allegedly), Chelsea and Manchester United fight it out to be crowned Champions of Europe and quite frankly I couldn’t give a toss about it. Football just ain’t my thing but it has been a massive part of the PlayStation 1’s history. From Fifa Soccer 96, through to ISS, and on to Actua Soccer, and the various football management games, the PlayStation 1 has always had a football game somewhere in its top 10 chart. There are countless country variants with different European managers fronting various brands. Seriously the football list goes on and on, and maybe the Stat Machine that is AtariBuff might even be able to provide us with a comprehensive list of football games on the forum.

But from me, a little something to celebrate this triumphant night for English football. First some posters for you….

So there you go, a small sample of what football games were actually on offer for the PlayStation 1 in poster format.

And now on to something really special.

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Now clicking on that image above will take you a limited edition page that may well contain the most photos of one single limited edition ever. This thing is packed full of goodies for even the most hardcore of football fans. There are photos, a music cd, a vhs tape, the list goes on. Seriously those French really did enjoy winning that World Cup.

Well I hope this small update marathon is keeping you guys interested, if there is anything you guys would like to see then please say so. And do keep leaving the comments on the web pages and throwing your thoughts down in the forums. All of us here at the PAL PlayStation collection read every single piece of input from our visitors and try to reply with as much help and information as we can. We absolutely love it when someones drops some new information on us and allows us to put our ‘collective’ weight behind the search for the real answers.

More tomorrow, remember stay safe, enjoy the football, and may the best team win. (Oh wait they did, they won the Carling Cup! )

Cheers
Defcon

INFORMATION:

Publisher: Sony
Developer: Sony
Product Number: SCES 01701

BOX DESCRIPTION:

Toute l’emotion, toute l’intensite, tout le realisme du foot!

LES MONDE DES BLUES
Le jeu officiel de l’Equipe de France

• Plus de 230 equipes regroupant plus de 5000 jouers reels avec leurs propres styles de jeu.
• Plus de 20 competitions authentiques.
• Us systeme de ralenti fluide et revolutionnaire permettant de revoir chaque action dans ses moindres details.
• Creez des tournois et des championnats personnalises et modifiez les attributs de chaque joueurs.
• La simulation de football la plus rapide, la plus detaillee et la plus realiste jamais creee.
• Possibilite de jouer jusqu’a 8 simultanement grace aux Multi-Manettes

Une edition limitee unique et numerotee: 10000 examplaires et pas un de plus!

DEFCONSOFT DESCRIPTION:

Ok well if there was ever a competition for see who can cram the most stuff into a limited edition I think it would have to go to this baby. The Monde Des Blues Edition Limitee comes with the game, an audio CD, a VHS video tape, 12 photos of the French national football team, and an information leaflet. Seriously it is never ending. Add to that it is limited to only 10000 copies and you get a real nice rarity.

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INFORMATION:

Publisher: THQ
Developer: THQ
Product Number: SLES-03428

BOX DESCRIPTION:

Evil Dead – Hail To The King
Strap on your chainsaw, crack open your Necrimonicon and come get some, baby! Ash, the square jawed, insult-spewing, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed hero from the cult classic Evil Dead Trilogy is here! Our hero finds himself slicing and dicing carnivorous mandarin demons, vicious deadness and other unspeakable atrocities spawned by the notorious book of the dead and in true evil dead fashion, Ash must once again attempt to save the world from an apalling and horrific end.

Evil Dead
Five college students on a holiday accidentally bring to life demons from an ancient sleep. Now there is no escape and the guilty will be punished. One by one the students are shockingly changed into living ‘Evil Dead’! There is only one way to stop them, cut the body into pieces. To survive this bloody terror, former friends and lovers combat each other until only one man remains. He must now defend himself long enough to discover the horrible secret of the evil dead…or die trying!

DEFCONSOFT DESCRIPTION:

Make a game based on a cult classic movie? How about throwing both the game and the movie together into one Limited Edition package and flogging that? Well thats exactly what THQ did with Evil Dead Hail to the King, although this has only ever been seen in Australia. This one is sealed and in tip top condition.

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