Nah, squishable Goombas only appeared from SMB, IIRC. Original Mario Bros was only crabs and turtles and those annoying flaming balls that always seemed to be in JUST the wrong place!
TShirt : Call of Duty?
The little card in the box that tells you what you got says that it's Call of Duty related.
Haven't a bloody clue.
Never seen this design before, but it's nice and Halloween'y!
Arcade Score : 0/10 : CoD isn't an Arcade game.
Cap : Atari
Oooooooooooooooooooooooh!!
Arcade Score : 10/10 : Three thumbs up
[flickr]22612254656[/flickr] Figure : Fallout Character
Quite a nice looking little figure. I still haven't played any of the Fallout games, except for that Fallout Shelter thing.
I enjoyed Fallout Shelter.
I don't think the actual games are for me, though.
Arcade Score : 0/10 : Fallout isn't an Arcade game.
KNex : Titanfall
"IMC Pilot Strike" Building Set
.. Anyone played Titanfall?
*shrugs*
Arcade Score : 0/10 : Titanfall isn't an Arcade game.
Game : Retro City Rampage DX
A game! A complete game. An expanded DX edition of a game.
That runs on a PC. (Runs on Windows/Linux/Mac/DOS!?)
That looks like an NES game.
On a CD.
Inside a sleeve to look like a 5" floppy.
Inside a box to look like a SNES game.
Arcade Score : 0/10 : Seems a shame to only give this a 0 score, but rules are rules.
Total score : 10/50 : Not a bad score after last month!
1. TShirt - Yarn Yoshi.
Fuck me, that's a lovely TShirt.
Awesomeage!!
Arcade Score : 0/10 - Yoshi's not an arcade game.
2. Another fucking Pop bollocks figure
I swear, if you took all these Pop figures and lined them up, you'd be hard pressed to tell them apart.
This one looks damn near identical to the Saul Goodman one I got last year, but is apparently from the Uncharted franchise.
Not that you could tell.
Arcade Score : 0/10 - *shrugs*
3. A Key
.. A key..
It has a knight's helmet on it.
It's nice enough, but it's just a key, and I have no fucking idea what game the key's supposed to be representing.
It's just a key.
The blurb on the card waffles on about needing a key, and not much else, so I still don't have a damned clue what it's supposed to be.
It's just a key. > Reveal 🔎
Arcade Score : 0/10 - You don't get points for being confusing!
4. Angry Birds Mystery Figure
Whatever could it be?
It's a total mystery.
I'll have a look and see.
Oh, blimey, Gee.
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An Angry Bird, and a Happy Duck
Arcade Score : 0/10 : No Arcade game, here..
5. Halo 5 Calendar
I got about 10 minutes into Halo 1, before going "Wait.. There's no AI-Bot Deathmatch?!?" and then heading back to Unreal Tournament Classic.
This is LITERALLY how far through the Halo franchise I've played.
I enjoyed the whole "I Love Bees" novelisation leading up to Halo 2, though. That was nicely done.
So, um, it's a calendar..
Arcade Score : 0/10 - Not an Arcade game..
6. Master Cork
A cork, with a Master Sword style design.
That's quite nice.
It'll be going to my Nephew, as do all Zelda related items.
Arcade Score : 0/10 - No Zelda in the Arcades..
Arcade Total : 0/60 - A Nice round even figure.
Crackin' TShirt!
TShirt : Just Cause 3
There are 3, now!?
A boring tshirt with a shooty motif. I probably won't be wearing this.
Arcade Score : 0/10 : A home FPS-esque thing, not in the arcades.
Notepad : Fictional Arcade Cabinet.
A simple enough notepad. The "TV" in the middle is cut out, so once you've ripped out page 1, you can doodle silly arcade screens inside the notepad and they'll show up on the outer screen.
Arcade Score : 10/10 : Arcade! Woohoo!!
Coin Box : Space Invaders
A coin box shaped like an Arcade Cabinet, with a proper Arcade Game on the outside.
Arcade!!!
Arcade Score : 10/10 : Arcade!!!!
Fabric Badge/Patch : Street Fighter V
A V with Street Fighter scrawled over it.
Arcade Score : 10/10 : Fuck me, it's an Arcade bonanza!!!
Voucher : G2A
Dunno what that is, not even going to bother to learn.
$3 when you spend $10
I posted the voucher code to Twitter, so it's probably already been used.
Arcade Score : 0/10 : Meh..
Stupid Shitty Funko-Pop bollocks : The Last of Us > Reveal 🔎
.. but it definitely won't be the last of them.
Arcade Score : -2/10 : -1 for each of the bloody things..
Arcade Score : 10/10 : Technically not Arcade, but this is most definitely one of the nicest things they've done, so far, and it deserves a nice score.
TShirt : Street Fighter V
A lovely shirt, although maybe would've been better with two fighters, duking it out.
Still, nice, and a keeper! Arcade Score : 10/10 .. I think. Street Fighter IS still an Arcade game, right!?
It's not switched to just being consoles, now, has it?!
*shrugs*
Bobblehead Scorpion
Not "A scorpion", but instead, Mortal Kombat's Scorpion, looking a little duller and less yellow than his original arcade incarnation. You'd think the switch to computer graphics would've made for brighter colours and more vivid style, but.. no.. not in this day and age. Everything becomes brown, dingy, and dull..
Bah, humbug.
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Nice Bobblehead, though. Arcade Score : 10/10 although, again, I'm not sure if they still do these things in the arcades anymore.
Hat Pokeball
A hat with a pokeball on it.
.. That's what that is!
Nothing much to say! Arcade Score : 0/10 : Pokemon != Arcade
Cube Nintendo!
A Rubik's Cube with Nintendo imagery all over it. A [?], a Star, a floor block and other images.
Two of the stickers have already fallen off it. Arcade Score : 0/10 : Nintendo != Arcade
Ball Morph Ball
The morph ball from Metroid, remade as a squishy stress ball.
Quite nice! Arcade Score : 0/10 : Metroid != Arcade
Sign Safety First
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A nice metal door sign thingy, with lots of Aperture Science bits on it. Lovely Arcade Score : 0/10 : Portal != Arcade
Overall, a nice selection this month. Shame about the cube's stickers, though.
Overall Arcade Score : 20/60 - Not the worst arcade score, but definitely not the best.
Those are occasionally accounted for, but only score 1/2 points, if at all, as they're still primarily home games. Only "first in the arcade" get a hgihscore in my extremely biased Arcade scores!!!
Shirt SQUIRTLE!!
Squirtle, and whatever the names of his later evolutions are, which nobody cares about because SQUIIIIRRRRTTLE!!! (Wartortle and Blastoise) Arcade Score : 0/10 : A lovely TShirt, but Pokemon!=Arcade
Cup Sonic
Sonic on a plastic drink cup. Complete with straw.
*shrugs* Arcade Score : 0.014/10 : That's roughly 1 arcade game vs about 70 home console games.
CD BitTrip
I instantly whipped the CD into the laptop and opened iTunes, ready to rip!
.. But it didn't..
Why wouldn't it let me rip it?!
....Holy munkies, it's actually the games!!!
Beat, Core, Fate, Flux, Runner and Void. All for Win or Mac, and also each one having a OST_MP3.zip collection, too.
Epic!!
Arcade Score : 0/10 : Damn..
Salt and Pepper Mushroom and Pipe!
The Pipe is for Salt, the Mushroom's for Pepper, and they sit together in a lovely way!
Awww Arcade Score : 0.014/10 : In the interest of Fairness, we'll give Mario the same Arcade score that Sonic gets.
Bonus Goodies
My Cousin gets all the Zelda stuff.
Tea Towel Hyrule Map
From what I can see of it, it looks like a great big map over the size of a tea towel..
This'd look great, framed! Arcade Score : 0/10 : Zelda != Arcade
Chest : Chest!
A metal chest. Can't argue with that! Arcade Score : 0/10 : Zelda Still != Arcade
So, there we have it..
0.028/60 : A somewhat pitiful score for a simply wonderful box!
Hmmmm... The review scores really aren't working are they.
That is a pretty good selection in all fairness. But you are correct - they aren't really based on "arcade" games - more the character and sprit of arcade and arcade adventure type games. Although tbf they probably would all have existed as "arcade" games if consoles didn't exist.
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