We Got Games for Nintendo Famicom, Sega Master System & PlayStation!

In this episode, we unbox and evaluate our latest blind draw box from Video Games Monthly.

Sometimes happy little accents happen, and while I meant to cancel my Video Games Monthly subscription after March and April simply because I was going to be heading to more conventions, I forgot to do so. Hence, we have a box for May 2023! What is Video Games Monthly? It's a monthly subscription service or you can have three, four, five, or ten retro video games sent directly to your door for between $34.99 to $79.99 monthly. You can select from retro systems such as the Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System, and even import systems like the Super Famicom and the Famicom. For this month, I changed things up and added the Sony PlayStation to my list, along with the Sega Master System and a few other systems.

What we got:
System: Sony PlayStation
Title: Spongebob Squarepants: Supersponge
Value: $9

System: Sony PlayStation
Title: Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Value: $8

System: Sega Master System
Title: Marksman Shooting & Trapshooting
Value: $11

System: Nintendo Famicom
Title: The Goonies
Value:$14

System: Nintendo Famicom
Title:Kaihuu Monogatari
Value: $7
Total box value: $53

What do I think?
Well, for the 4th month in a row, I have to say that this was nearly a complete bust for me on a couple of levels. Kaihuu Monogatari is a JRPG, completely in Japanese, so not only do I not want to play it, I can't play it due to language barriers. I've told them in the past not to send RPGs, and it seems like not only one slipped thru the cracks, but it was a JRPG. I have no interest in Spongebob or Tomb Raider, and I don't own a CRT so the Marksman game is worthless. The only game of value to me here was The Goonies, and I am excited to play it.

When it comes to the condition of games, the discs definitely need to be run through a disc cleaner, especially Tomb Raider. The Master System game is in decent shape and just needed a 1Up Cleaning Card, but the 2 Famicom games both required a lot more attention. Goonies needed 3 Brite Boy treatments to get playing.

To clean a cartridge, you generally just need isopropyl alcohol, the higher percentage the better, and some kind of a cleaning applicator. Lint-free swabs work well, I use 1Up Cleaning Cards myself, but in a pinch, you can use cotton swabs. If you're going to use cotton swabs make sure that you don't leave any lint or dander behind.

For games with extreme signs of dirt, wear, corrosion, or worse, I utilize a metal cleaner called Brite Boy. A good friend of the channel @JohnRiggs likes to say that cleaning the pins on your games with Brite Boy is like resurfacing a disc. You're removing the dirt and the scratches, you're also removing a very small layer of the metal to the pins. What I really appreciate about Brite Boy is the fact it is not an abrasive and it doesn't leave that white residue behind like a Brasso can.

What did you think of this month's box? Have you ever done a video game blind box subscription service? Let me know down in the comments.

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