Thursday, May 17, 2012

Game & Watch: Green House

Inchworms?? Oh-My-God. Let's clean that mess.

Ok, now it's time to get serious; here's Green House from the beloved Nintendo's Game & Watch series. It's a Multi Screen game, so it pretty much looks like an old version of the Nintendo DS.

Quote from Wikipedia: 'The object of the game is to protect the flowers at each corner of the screen with a can of bug spray from enemies. Worms crawl towards the top flowers while spiders slowly climb down webs to the bottom flowers. When three flowers have been eaten, you lose.'
That sounds as simple and addictive as ever! Actually, 'Green House' is considered by some as the most fun and action-packed Game & Watch title ever. You can check it out by yourself in this great Youtube video.

As usual, I got this item thanks to eBay. Since the Game & Watch are becoming more and more expensive lately, I got this one for 99.99€ (+31€ of shipping costs, do you believe it?) It was sent from Belgium, nicely packed in a box full of Quick logos everywhere.

On a side note, I completely vectorized the front box of Green House. It took a lot of hours, but I'm happy with the result. You can download the .EPS files below along with the RAW scans.






INFORMATION ABOUT THE ITEM
  • Title: Green House
  • Release date: 6th december 1982
  • Manufacturer: Nintendo
  • Serial: GH-54
  • Sold: More than 1,000,000 worldwide
  • Status: Item complete (needs to be verified though, as the item wasn't brand new or sealed)

CONTENT OF THE ITEM
  • 1x Box (English)
  • 1x Handheld 'Green House'
  • 1x Manual (16 pages) (English)
  • 1x Insert 'Caution' (English) (Serial: 820626 A)
  • 1x Insert 'How to Play' (English) (Serial: 821126 A)
  • 1x Insert 'Warning' (English) (Serial: 820507 A)
  • 1x Insert Battery Cover Seal (English) (Serial: 820906 A)
  • 2x Batteries (Model: LR44)

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
  • The Green House logo uses the font Frankfurter
  • A LOT of valuable information about this game can be found here



RAW Scans @ Rapidshare
(600 dpi, JPG compression, 33.2 mb)
EPS Vectors @ Rapidshare
(0.1 mb)

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Super Cassette Vision: Wheelie Racer

Wheelie Racer, complete with the box and manual

Here's Wheelie Racer, a racing game running on the Super Cassette Vision.
The Super Cassette Vision was a console released in 2 countries only: Japan (Epoch Co., Ltd.) and France (Yeno); this is the
Yeno version of the game, so the packaging is all in french.

It seems that only 16 games were released for the Yeno Super Cassette Vision, and Wheelie Racer is the game #8 (the number is mentioned on the box).

I got it in april 2012 for 5€ (+6.50€ of shipping costs) thanks to a french eBay seller.






INFORMATION ABOUT THE ITEM
  • Title: Wheelie Racer
  • Release date: 1985
  • Developer: Epoch Co., Ltd.
  • Publisher: Epoch Co., Ltd. / I.T.M.C. / Yeno
  • Serial: Unknown (Yeno #8)
  • Status: Item complete

CONTENT OF THE ITEM
  • 1x Box (French)
  • 1x Super Cassette Vision Cartridge 'Wheelie Racer' (Color: red)
  • 1x Manual (8 pages) (French)

QUOTE(S) FROM THE BOX
Participez à trois Rallyes en Amérique, en Afrique et en Europe au volant de votre voiture.
Attention aux virages dangereux, aux voitures accidentées, aux flaques d'eau.
Surveillez également votre niveau d'essence et n'oubliez pas de vous arrêter à une pompe si nécessaire.
Il faut dépasser les autres voitures et éviter les rochers et les troncs d'arbres ainsi que les camions qui se mettent au milieu de la route.
Un jeu plein de surprises tout au long du parcours.
Soyez le meilleur Pilote et bonne chance pour le premier prix.



RAW Scans @ Rapidshare
(600 dpi, JPG compression, 31.3 mb)