Fanatical Thread

nitrosmob said:
Extra 5% off sitewide with code EXTRASAVERS5 for the rest of the week.

Also 6 new games were added to the Prestige Collection - Build Your Own Bundle listed below:

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons
Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
GRIME
HYPERVIOLENT
Sunday Gold
Wasteland 3
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That is kind of frustrating for me. I grabbed 9 Years in Shadow and Bravery and Greed over the weekend from this bundle. I would have loved to also get Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons for $21.99

Looks like I may just buy again and get Afterimage and Double Dragon.

 
flybrione said:
That is kind of frustrating for me. I grabbed 9 Years in Shadow and Bravery and Greed over the weekend from this bundle. I would have loved to also get Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons for $21.99

Looks like I may just buy again and get Afterimage and Double Dragon.
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It's probably worth firing off an email to fanatical support, they might be able to give you that deal since you did make the other purchase and just add another game to it.

 
Build Your Own Retro Bundle
 
1 For $1.00, 5 For $2.99, 10 For $4.99
 
40 Winks
8 Eyes
Alien Rampage
Attack of the Mutant Penguins
Blender Bros

Brutal Sports - Football
Canon - Legend of the New Gods

Dark Rift

Dorke and Ymp
First Samurai

The Gadget Twins
Gourmet Warriors

The Humans Collection
The Humans: Meet the Ancestors


The Immortal

Impossamole
Iridion 3D
Iridion II


Iron Commando - Koutetsu no Senshi

Jim Power -The Lost Dimension

Legend (1994)

Legends
Meat Puppet

Motor Mash

Noah's Ark
O.D.T.: Escape... Or Die Trying

Power Punch II

Prophecy I - The Viking Child
Pushover
Risky Woods
Second Samurai
Shadow Madness




Spiritual Warfare & Wisdom Tree Collection

Stone Protectors

Street Racer

Super 3-D Noah's Ark
Super Hunchback
Switchblade
Tinhead
Water Margin - The Tale of Clouds and Wind





Zero Tolerance
 
I've had Shadow Madness on my wish list for a bit (played it on PSX and remember it being a bit lame haha), so I might get it. Just a note many of these are roms/isos with bad emulators, so it's probably recommended to find the game file in the installed folders and use a different emulator.
 
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nitrosmob said:
Build Your Own Retro Bundle

1 For $1.00, 5 For $2.99, 10 For $4.99

40 Winks
8 Eyes
Alien Rampage
Attack of the Mutant Penguins
Blender Bros

Brutal Sports - Football
Canon - Legend of the New Gods

Dark Rift

Dorke and Ymp
First Samurai

The Gadget Twins
Gourmet Warriors

The Humans Collection
The Humans: Meet the Ancestors


The Immortal

Impossamole
Iridion 3D
Iridion II


Iron Commando - Koutetsu no Senshi

Jim Power -The Lost Dimension

Legend (1994)

Legends
Meat Puppet

Motor Mash

Noah's Ark
O.D.T.: Escape... Or Die Trying

Power Punch II

Prophecy I - The Viking Child
Pushover
Risky Woods
Second Samurai
Shadow Madness




Spiritual Warfare & Wisdom Tree Collection

Stone Protectors

Street Racer

Super 3-D Noah's Ark
Super Hunchback
Switchblade
Tinhead
Water Margin - The Tale of Clouds and Wind





Zero Tolerance

I've had Shadow Madness on my wish list for a bit (played it on PSX and remember it being a bit lame haha), so I might get it. Just a note many of these are roms/isos with bad emulators, so it's probably recommended to find the game file in the installed folders and use a different emulator.
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The only one of these I've played on Steam is Legend, which I also played on the SNES. I didn't know that they were selling Dark Rift. $80 on N64 was too much back then, but it looks so bad now I don't even think I'd try it bundled.

 
I'm tempted to get the retro bundle but that publisher really half asses their steam releases. For example O. D. T. is missing the music in the PC port and has problems with key/button bindings. Yet the GOG version doesn't have these issues whatsoever. It appears to be a bug (and not a licensing thing for the music). GOG version also has the same publisher so wtf. I think they'd be decent releases if the publisher gave a fuck, but it's obvious they were just using these games as a quick cash grab.
 
Wow @ 8 Eyes, Power Punch 2, Zero Tolerance and Shadow Madness. Never played any of 'em, but definitely remember these games in like old school game-review magazines like EGM, GamePro, etc etc. Feels like late 80's to 90's all over again.

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Yeah that’s just all piko stuff. Maybe I’d nab some of em but i’m unsure if these releases are ones that typically include the rom itself for use in other emulators. If so maybe I’ll nab several since stuff like Second Samurai are serious gems
 
I thought I took in all the crap games back in the day.  I thought for sure I'd recognize everything on this list.  The only one I think I've seen before is Super 3D Noah's Ark.

 
I myself love old platformers and beat em ups am likely buying it some into it, as this bundle is filled with them. I don't think the quality of ports is amazing, but I may see for myself.

 
SeafoamGaming said:
Yeah that’s just all piko stuff. Maybe I’d nab some of em but i’m unsure if these releases are ones that typically include the rom itself for use in other emulators. If so maybe I’ll nab several since stuff like Second Samurai are serious gems
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I was looking through reviews of Water Margin (a beat 'em up which I'm slightly interested in), and one of them made it sound like it can be used in an emu.

 
Since some of these comes w/ the ROM's, if the version bundled just ain't so hot w/ what the company's done "out-the-box" here for the Steam-version (or GOG-version) as it is...

1. Do we know which games here with the ROM's here work best with what exact emu's?

2. And which are the best emu's to use for certain platforms in general? (i.e. which emu's does Playstation ROM's work best in? Genesis ROM's? etc?)

Some of these, I wouldn't mind grabbing - i.e. Zero Tolerance, 8 Eyes, Shadow Madness, ODT, Meat Puppet.

 
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I had Shadow Madness as a kid. It was one of those games that made me realize “hey I guess some video games can be bad.” Growing up on Nintendo, Capcom & Konami classics on NES and SNES, the thought never crossed my mind. But then I discovered Shadow Madness on my fancy new PlayStation.

I imagine it has aged so badly and is insufferable to play now since it was already pretty awful to begin with. Might check it out again lol.
 
Even back then it was very obvious that it was some FF7 ripoff. I think me and my friend played it over a weekend because we gave the characters stupid names. It wasn't very good.

 
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rpgaymer said:
I had Shadow Madness as a kid. It was one of those games that made me realize “hey I guess some video games can be bad.” Growing up on Nintendo, Capcom & Konami classics on NES and SNES, the thought never crossed my mind. But then I discovered Shadow Madness on my fancy new PlayStation.

I imagine it has aged so badly and is insufferable to play now since it was already pretty awful to begin with. Might check it out again lol.
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So you never suffered through Acclaim, LJN, Tengen, Color Dreams, or any one of those? Jeez, you were a lucky kid.

 
MysterD said:
Since some of these comes w/ the ROM's, if the version bundled just ain't so hot w/ what the company's done "out-the-box" here for the Steam-version (or GOG-version) as it is...

1. Do we know which games here with the ROM's here work best with what exact emu's?

2. And which are the best emu's to use for certain platforms in general? (i.e. which emu's does Playstation ROM's work best in? Genesis ROM's? etc?)

Some of these, I wouldn't mind grabbing - i.e. Zero Tolerance, 8 Eyes, Shadow Madness, ODT, Meat Puppet.
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rpgaymer said:
I had Shadow Madness as a kid. It was one of those games that made me realize “hey I guess some video games can be bad.” Growing up on Nintendo, Capcom & Konami classics on NES and SNES, the thought never crossed my mind. But then I discovered Shadow Madness on my fancy new PlayStation.

I imagine it has aged so badly and is insufferable to play now since it was already pretty awful to begin with. Might check it out again lol.
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I somehow missed hearing about Shadow Madness until today. Having been through Bible Adventures for NES, I hope it's at least better than that.

 
Huh, I see Iridion and Iridion 2 are on that list. I had no idea Piko owned those games...

I can make use of this sale, though. Some of these I already have on an AtGames puck, but I can definitely spare the money to help beef up my Steam collection.

 
Foxhack said:
So you never suffered through Acclaim, LJN, Tengen, Color Dreams, or any one of those? Jeez, you were a lucky kid.
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It’s kinda unfair to lump Tengen in with the rest of those. Sure, they published some really bad games, but they also published stuff like RBI Baseball, Gauntlet IV, Grind Stormer, Robo Aleste, and Dragon’s Fury. While they didn’t develop most of them, these were among the better games on their respective platforms—a couple of them were among the best. Also fun fact—many of the key members of the Tengen team that developed Gauntlet IV for Genesis would go on to form M2.

Honestly kinda unfair to lump Color Dreams in with Acclaim/LJN, too—LJN may be legendary for releasing a ton of terrible games, but I don’t think anything they ever published is as bad as the best Color Dreams games. Color Dreams was a whole different level of shit.
 
Foxhack said:
So you never suffered through Acclaim, LJN, Tengen, Color Dreams, or any one of those? Jeez, you were a lucky kid.
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My dad was a gamer and I just played what we had in the house already. Your Marios and Zeldas and Castlevanias and Mega Mans. I guess he had good taste but most likely he bought what was popular and cheap secondhand. We were still playing 8bit and 16bit when the 3D systems were out.

Finally we got a PS1 and N64 and I started getting my own games. I probably wanted Shadow Madness because it was a dirt cheap used 2-disc game and my dumb kid brain thought that double discs made it double good, like those Resident Evils and Final Fantasys I liked. Boy was I wrong.
 
I remember seeing 40 Winks on PS1 at Toys R Us. Of course there were many better looking games at the time so I didn't ask for it.

 
Bought Shadow Madness despite the above warnings, and it just might be the worst RPG I've played (besides Quest 64). It works fine in Duckstation, no crashes so far. I just can't find any redeeming features. The story, characters, and dialogue are bland, the battle system is a bore, the world map is the worst I've seen, and I guess there are a lot of music tracks, but nothing that comes close to the music of the PS1 or SNES greats. I was thinking about sticking with it at least until disc 2, but the dungeon design is horrible, and the battles are growing tiresome. If I ever did read about it in EGM, must have quickly forgotten it. 

 
IronChariot said:
Bought Shadow Madness despite the above warnings, and it just might be the worst RPG I've played (besides Quest 64). It works fine in Duckstation, no crashes so far. I just can't find any redeeming features. The story, characters, and dialogue are bland, the battle system is a bore, the world map is the worst I've seen, and I guess there are a lot of music tracks, but nothing that comes close to the music of the PS1 or SNES greats. I was thinking about sticking with it at least until disc 2, but the dungeon design is horrible, and the battles are growing tiresome. If I ever did read about it in EGM, must have quickly forgotten it.
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Ooof. I bought a PS1 copy last month for $10. Guess the Jade Cocoon demo will probably be the most fun part of that package.
 
Platinum Collection Build Your Own Bundle October 2023
 
3 For $9.99, 5 For $14.99 , 7 For $19.99

 
Aquarist
Arena Renovation

The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos

The Evil Within 2

Fallout 4

Frostpunk
Happy's Humble Burger Farm
Dead Estate / Repella Fella (1 choice for both games)
Nitro Kid

Not For Broadcast

Pathologic 2
PlateUp!
Tinykin
Trailmakers
Wizard Chess
Wytchwood

 
 
Interesting mix of some bundled games and non bundled games. I highly recommend Nitro Kid as a pretty cool deck building Into the Spire like game. Dead Estate is alright, but not my favorite action rogue like.
 
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Wow, really good bundle for me. Tinymin, Wytchwood and Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk were on my wishlist for a long while. Not For Broadcast and Nitro Kid look neat too so I even got the 2nd tier which I hardly ever do on Fanatical. This at least makes up for this month’s Humble Choice being an easy skip for me.
 
I grabbed Dungeon of N for myself, Frostpunk for my kid, and Pathologic 2 for a streamer friend to play during October. Not a bad bundle.

 
Build Your Own Fall Bundle 2023
 
1 For $1.00, 5 For $2.99, 10 For $4.99
 
A Tale for Anna
Catie in MeowmeowLand

Chenso Club
Drink More Glurp
DUSK '82: ULTIMATE EDITION


Epistory - Typing Chronicles
Floating Farmer - Logic Puzzle

GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath
Infinite Beyond The Mind

Little Inner Monsters - Card Game
Looking for Aliens
Paws of Coal




Re-Legion
Scarlet Tower
Storm Boy


Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster
Through the Woods

Toy Tinker Simulator
 
Lots of rebundles, but it's a cheap bundle. Think I want like 3 of these so will likely just get 5.
 
Build Your Own Triple Pack Fall Edition
 
3 for $2.99
 
Black Paradox
The Darkside Detective
Hacknet
I Am Fish

Lair of the Clockwork God
Lamentum

Lawn Mowing Simulator
The Metronomicon - The Deluxe Edition

Shred! 2 - ft Sam Pilgrim

Smart Factory Tycoon
Sword of the Necromancer

Tunche
WARBORN

The Wild Eight
 
Many repeats and many from the recent Build Your Own Play on the Go Bundle Summer Edition and previous bundles.
 
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kuroi_kenshi said:
I'd strongly recommend getting Tinykin as your third game if it looks even remotely interesting to you.
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I've been playing it and I'll go as far to say that it's one of the best 3D platformers in years.. although that's not saying much since halfway decent 3D platformers are hard to come by these days. It's humble quality so it'll be in a humble eventually, but hard to beat at this price unless it's in a dollar tier or something.

kuroi_kenshi said:
Play it first out of the bunch. It goes by really quickly, and there's no stress at all to it.
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I agree, unless you're going for platinum medals in the races.. those were stressful to achieve for me
 
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Build Your Own Frightmare Bundle
 
3 For $4.99, 5 For $7.99, 7 For $9.99

 
The Beast Inside
Cardaclysm: Shards of the Four
The Coma: Recut - Deluxe Edition

Daymare: 1998

Dread X Collection
Dread X Collection 2
Dread X Collection 3
Dread X Collection 5

Dread X Collection: The Hunt

Escape from Naraka
Escape the Backrooms


Hands of Necromancy
Hellpoint
Home Sweet Home


House
Obey Me


Red Tape




Smile For Me
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark

Vampires Dawn 3 - The Crimson Realm
 
Play "On the Go" Bundle:

-> https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/play-on-the-go-premium-edition-build-your-own-bundle

Pricing:

- 3 for $9.99

- 5 for $14.99

- 7 for $19.99

Steam Keys to pick from:

- Werewolf The Apocalypse: Earthblood

- Hello Goodboy

- Bosorka

- Treasures of the Aegean

- Filament

- Beyond Blue

- Gearshifters

- Dishonored: Death of the Outsider

- TellTale's The Walking Dead: The Final Season (Season 4)

- TellTale's The Walking Dead: A New Frontier (Season 3)

- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus [base]

- Wall World

- The Ascent [base]

- Battle Axe

- DOOM [2016]

- Chicken Police: Paint it RED!

- Alwa's Legacy

- GameDec: Definitive Edition

- Teslagrad: Remastered

- Godstrike & Jetboard Joust: Double Pack

 
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Diamond Collection Fall Edition Build Your Own Bundle
 
3 For $14.99, 4 For $18.99, 5 For $22.99

 
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Call of the Sea
City of Gangsters
Daydream: Forgotten Sorrow

Lost Ember + Lost Ember VR
Lost Ruins


MudRunner - American Wilds Edition
No Straight Roads: Encore Edition
Phoenotopia: Awakening

Prey - Digital Deluxe


RAGE 2
Rise of the Third Power

Star Renegades



Wolfenstein: The Two Pack
Wolfenstein: Youngblood - Deluxe Edition




Expensive bundle but good quality stuff as well.

 
Build Your Own Rebirth Bundle
 
Full of Roguelike, RPG and Action games
 
2 for $2.49, 5 for $4.99, 10 for $8.9
 
Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
Banners of Ruin
Blazing Beaks
City of Beats
Colt Canyon
The Darkest Tales
Flame Keeper
Forced Showdown


FORCED: Slightly Better Edition
Golden Light
Heroes of Hammerwatch

The Hong Kong Massacre
Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Master




NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics
Roundguard
Ruin Raiders
Slain: Back from Hell

Songbringer

Valfaris

West of Dead
 
MysterD said:
Anyone played HK Massacre yet?

Anything else good in this bundle?
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I have it on Switch but haven't played it. I got it with Gold Coins for free.

I have played the following and enjoyed them

Roundguard- fun RPG take on Peggle
Slain: Back from Hell -a difficult but fun side scroller.

Valfaris - a difficult but fun side scrolling shooter

West of Dead - Rogue lite with interesting look
 
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Platinum Collection Build Your Own Bundle November 2023
 
3 For $9.99, 5 For $14.99, 7 For $19.99
 
Aeon Must Die!
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials

Founders' Fortune
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees

In Other Waters
INDUSTRIA
Inertial Drift


Kingdom Two Crowns
Land Above Sea Below

Minoria

Neo Cab / Orwell: Ignorance is Strength Double Pack
Pumpkin Jack


Rhythm Sprout: Sick Beats & Bad Sweets

Roadwarden
Soundfall
Spacelines from the Far Out



SpiderHeck
Syberia: The World Before

Tinkertown


Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground
 
Quite a few more rebundles than usual for these more expensive build a bundles.
 
Bethesda Classics Bundle:

-> https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-bethesda-classics-bundle

Pricing schemes = 3 for $5.99 // 5 for $8.99 // 7 for $11.99

Steam-keyed games to pick from:

-> Rogue Warrior

-> Fallout 1

-> Fallout 2

-> Fallout: Tactics

-> RAGE 1 (base)

-> Wolfenstein 3D

-> Return to Castle Wolfenstein

-> Dishonored 1 (base)

-> Quake (aka Quake 1: Enhanced Edition)

-> Quake III: Arena

-> Quake Live

-> DOOM (aka DOOM: Enhanced 1993)

-> DOOM II (aka DOOM II: Enhanced)

-> DOOM 64

-> Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire

-> Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard

-> Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY

-> Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY

-> Arx Fatalis

-> Hunted: The Demon Forge

-> Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

 
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MysterD said:
Bethesda Classics Bundle:

-> https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-bethesda-classics-bundle

Pricing schemes = 3 for $5.99 // 5 for $8.99 // 7 for $11.99

Steam-keyed games to pick from:

-> Rogue Warrior

-> Fallout 1

-> Fallout 2

-> Fallout: Tactics

-> RAGE 1 (base)

-> Wolfenstein 3D

-> Return to Castle Wolfenstein

-> Dishonored 1 (base)

-> Quake (aka Quake 1: Enhanced Edition)

-> Quake III: Arena

-> Quake Live

-> DOOM (aka DOOM: Enhanced 1993)

-> DOOM II (aka DOOM II: Enhanced)

-> DOOM 64

-> Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire

-> Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard

-> Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY

-> Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY

-> Arx Fatalis

-> Hunted: The Demon Forge

-> Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
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I remember back in t3h day waiting forever for Morrowind to hit $5 on Steam. Now someone can grab it for $2 along with some other great Bethesderp published titles.

 
Birthday Favorites Build Your Own Bundle
 
2 For $5.99, 3 For $7.99, 5 For $11.99

 
Airport CEO
Bots Are Stupid
Broken Pieces

Chop Goblins
Coromon


Elderand
Fall of Porcupine
Garfield Lasagna Party

Golfie


Haven Park
Iron Lung



Lumberhill
NUTS
There Is No Light
Tiny Rogues

Tyrant's Blessing
 
Many decent rebundles and a few new bundled ones.


 
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