He's finding some Thrift And checking it twice

Christmas Has its place in video games, There is a snow level in pretty much every game ever, Even Games that have no Tangible link to Christmas can conquer up memories of the season, Getting some new Games at Christmas been prime nostalgia bate, I will combine the two and dived into the lower recesses of my brain to recall the top five Most christmasy bits in video games.

What can you say about die hard Trilogy, when this game was first released It offered big value for PlayStation 1 owners Including a top down shooter, A rail shooter with light gun support and a Driving game, The first two films the games are based are are set at Christmas, The first Die hard game on the disc has Classic lines like "ho ho ho I have a machine" But its the second game on the disc that holds the christmasy appeal with plenty of snow and Christmas trees.

James pond 2 Robocod ticks all the boxes when it comes to Christmas as well as a lot of nostalgia piled on top, I remember always going back to this game to play round Christmas taking it easy until the invincibility cheat wore off and you had to go back to collect the items at the begin of the game in this combo 

- Cake, Hammer, Earth, Apple, Tap. 

Three Chapters of Bully PS2/360/Wii Are played out in the winter months so there is plenty going on, Another game I went back to a few times near Christmas because that entire game just ended up reminding me of that time of year, because when this game gets round to December it definitely gets it right on the money for looks and tone.

As similar jive happens in shenmue because the game happens over the course of a few years depending how long you take to play the game Christmas soon rolls around, Seeing the streets of dobuita with snow and father Christmas knocking about.

Christmas Nights is a strange beast on the Saturn its only really a demo disc with only two playable levels, The strange thing about this disc is its linked to the system clock so depending on the time of year it is set too, Different stuff and themes happen, The best on Christmas, It is packed full of secrets and bonuses that make it more worth while playing, In the UK you would likely gotten your hands on the disc free with a copy of Sega Saturn Magazine.

So on to the thrift and first up we have Casper on PS1, A game everyone seemed to have for there PlayStation doesn't turn up in the wild that often £1, Made all the sweeter with the original Electronics boutique £19.99 sticker still on the front from 97.

Red ninja End of Honor for £1, This game never reviewed well when it came out and for £1 I wanted to see if it was any good, it been Tranji Studios' only published title.

Swinging by that's entertainment for a spot of virtual thrifting with some good finds silent hill 3, Crash nirto kart, Tekken4, And another Japanese game, Armoured core 2, The Pal version is barley worth owning but something pretty cool about J-ntsc covers and 
£1.99 each can't go wrong.

In a dove house and I fine this thing, Its a freeview receiver for PC for £4, Freeview is always a bone of contention for me I have no roof mounted Ariel so I always have to plug one of them UHF powers Ariel's in then the whole screen is take up by the TV.
Plus the reception is piss poor where I live, The only Time I every got all the Channels was a side effect of trying to Tuning in a master system in last year. I don't really watch TV because of this I just use Iplayer and the like to catch up on stuff, That said it would be nice to have to option if I watch to switch my Brain off or the Internet goes down, So a bit of a piss about and final finding the Drivers for windows 7 and placing the Ariel in the right spot its setup and works great.

Picks up every channel and doesn't go all fucked up like the powered TV Ariel's seem to do, And with it being on the computer I can make the window as big or small as I like saving me Desktop space for other stuff, sweet.

In my favourite shop ever Sparks and cut a deal with the guy for 2 arcade sticks, Alisia Dragoon in the box and Mega games 3 loose cart, Great deal for everything here looking forward to playing some stuff with the PS1 Stick.

In cash Generator and The lion King for Sega GENESIS, Pretty awesome that the box is still together, To be fair the box art is better then the pal box and it been a cardboard one its worth rescuing priced up at £2.99 ended up ringing up at 59p.

Another copy of The battle for middle earth in British red cross for £4, The last copy I had sold for £16 So plenty of room left for profit at that price and the moneys going to a good cause so win win all round.

Disgaea 1 for £5.99 This game sells in CEX for £15 and is always up and down on ebay for the going rate, but £5.99 is cheap for what it is so I will place it on my rare reserve pile for a bit and wait for the right time to sell it on.

Half life 2 for the original xbox, Of course there is better versions of this game, PC,360,PS3, But its the best of what the xbox had to offer and for £1 for a complete copy its alright, There is some slowdown when things get busy but 700mhz and 64mb well cut the xbox some slack.

Four ps1 games fo £1 each, Tekken 2,AK smashcourt tennis, THPS4, and Crash Bandicoot, All in a charity shop I was only in a few days before hand.

Just goes to show if you think its alright being covered still pop in as offen as possable you never know

finally Some stuff from last entertainment, Still life, Silent hull 2 and 3 and ring of red that previously wasn't worth buying but the price has gone up to around £6 so £1.99 each is a good deal, Inside silent hill 2 was this MVC receipt from 2003 I lived in that shop back in the day when people still bought music and dvds, Those where the days spending £15.99 on a Vhs That only had 3 episodes on, Hang on come to think about it that sucked no wonder every ones a video pirate now, Call it a rebate, OK until next time merry Thriftmas.