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benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI

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I'm benstylus. I block/mute 18+ accounts, ai, bots, overly aggressive/abrasive people, techbros, etc. DM's are OK but don't send unsolicited commissions/sales/fundraisers/etc. Not interested. Just here to be happy. he/him or they/them is fine.

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benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · Nov 17

The obligatory "about me" post due to the influx of new users:

Likes:
Retrogaming 🕹
- Sega
- Nintendo
- PlayStation
- Atari
- C64
- Spectrum
- DOS
- Arcade

Mahjong 🀄
- Riichi 🇯🇵
- American 🇺🇸
- Chinese 🇨🇳
- Singaporean 🇸🇬

Sports
- F1 🏎
- Sumo 🤼‍♂️
- Hockey 🇨🇦

Located in western Kentucky, USA

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benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 4h

What makes the European version superior?

Have you SEEN the prices people are asking for the US version? Not having to spend $100 makes the Euro version better.

Plus all the bootlegs out there seem to copy the English language packaging. Get French and get legit!

3 recent sold listings for DBZ Attack of thr Saiyans US version. $102.50, $115.00, $100.00...

For that price I could buy GTA6!

benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 4h

My #randomgamesaturday pull from the is Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans.

I have the superior European French release of the game.

Front of the box gently resting on my Colombo bluray box. That's getting some use on Monday.

Back of the box in French, as was the custom of the time. In France.

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benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 4h

Cool to see they are still adding gokus to Fighterz though. I figured with Sparking Zero being out, that's where all the goku-focus (gocus, if you will) would be

benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 5h

I played the download version. Wasn't a fan, sorry.

benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 8h

Perfect games don't need sequels.

benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 8h

Pinball as a video game mechanism is still highly underutilized. Whether it's a straight pinball game or combined with another style of gameplay in an unusual way, I always get interested. So I just wishlisted this ❤️

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benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 1d

It's hard to beat a Space Quest game for hilarious deaths. Especially with how often the games mock you for doing something obviously stupid

benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 1d

Finding them all is a game in itself!

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benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 1d

It's like beating a classic Sierra adventure game and trying to find every single way to die. (And there are always many).

Roberta says:

"Thank you for playing
King's Quest IV,
'The Perils of Rosella.'

Next time... be more careful!"

Restore | Restart | Quit

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benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 1d

On the other hand, it does feel kind of neat to have knowledge on a niche subject that I can share with you. Usually it's the other way around!

benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 1d

Super common, many us sellers would just import them from China because most people wouldn't notice, or would just assume manufacturing issues.

Unfortunately the more popular a show, the more likely it is to get mass counterfeited.

Sorry to hear you got scammed 😞

benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 1d

Good heavens how I missed this

benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like I'd brave the US tariffs for this hahaha

benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 2d

It's #THAC0Thursday! Get out our old school rpgs and represent.

From the AD&D 2nd Edition player's handbook:

THAC0 is an acronym for "To Hit Armor Class 0." This is the number a character, NPC, or monster needs to attack an Armor Class 0 target successfully. THAC0 depends on a character's group and level (see Table 53 on page 91). The THAC0 number can be used to calculate the number needed to hit any Armor Class. THAC0 is referred each time a character increases in level. Using THAC0 speeds the play of combat greatly.

benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like of all your games, this one really deserves a physical CD release just for the premise alone.

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benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 2d

When you release it, it would be neat to make the old rom available too, to compare the differences!

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benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 2d

So fluffy 😍

benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 2d

Mind if I ask what kind of a dhl surcharge did you get with suruga-ya? I've been a bit afraid to try my luck since the the de minimis ended.

I'm more or less resigned to paying tariffs (like the rest of the world often does with VAT, etc.) but am concerned about additional processing fees.

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Billy Bonkers Jr @billybonkers-jr.bsky.social · 3d

I miss UKR…

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Plaid Hat Games @plaidhatgames.bsky.social · 2d

The Drakesun Rebellion previews wrapped up today. Check out all of our preview articles for this exciting forthcoming faction for Summoner Wars!
#SummonerWars #SummonerWarsOnline #DrakesunRebellion #PlaidHatGames #BoardGames #cardgames
www.plaidhatgames.com/drakesun-reb...

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Retro Game Books @retrogamebooks.com · 3d

🚨 Free book giveaway contest 📙

Win a free copy of Video Game Maps: SNES - Vol 2. To enter, tell us which of Link's items you'd like to have in real life.

Contest ends Sunday October 12th.

Reskeets appreciated.

retrogamebooks.com/products/vid...

#retrogaming 💌

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benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 3d

Pants of power from @hamumugames.bsky.social's Dr. Lunatic Supreme with Cheese.

The game says "PANTS" in a super cool and powerful way when you pick them up.

benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 3d

I dream of a world where a small penguin and a tiny robot can fall in love on top of the lid of a tea tin ❤️

Smolpenguin and Tiny Robot sharing a hug on top of a Republic of Tea canister lid

benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 3d

This is why we can't have nice things.

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benstylus 🐧 The Once and Future Urban Champion | No AI @benstylus.bsky.social · 4d

Smolpenguin and Tiny Robot meet for the first time

Smolpenguin stands in front of a sitting Tiny Robot

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