Rootbeer

I can think of plenty of stores that sell used media like CDs, DVDs, books... but none are national chains like Gamestop is. Most are single-location, and a few are local or regional chains that may have 2 or 3 stores in different places around town.

Ugh. Guys, you need more than 8 sides on your polygon if you're trying to approximate a circle.

If KRK's greying hair makes you feel old, consider these facts:

1. Cliff Burton died more than 22 years ago.
2. Rob Trujillo has now been a member of Metallica for longer than Cliff ever was.

I wonder if this is a sign of returning to the old days of TRU, where the products were arranged in endless straight aisles instead of in a big store-sized loop configuration, where consoles were kept behind glass next to the boomboxes and Synsonics guitar with built-in amplifier, and buying a game meant taking a piece of paper up to the register, then waiting 20 minutes for some pimply slob to answer the service bell at the electronics pickup booth.

Still no 3x2 face button configuration? I'll pass.

Mapping the C-buttons to the right stick only works well for some, not all, N64 games. And the 2x2 layout is awkward for Genesis controls, of both the 3-button and 6-button varieties.

This is a reasonable request I'm making. It's not like I'm asking for a full numeric keypad so I can play Intellivision/Colecovision/5200/Jaguar games or anything.

This information only makes me with Homestarrunner.com would finish up and release the 10th and final stage of "STINKOMAN 20X6", already...

Even if the game doesn't use a single bitmap or texture taken from Nintendo's games, there could still be a copyright violation if any level design or other creative aspects of the original games have been reproduced.

Furthermore, having identifiable Nintendo-owned characters like Mario, Bowser, et al within the game is a pretty clear trademark violation, even if there is no copyright violation. It's tough to say just how much they'd have to tweak the characters to be clear on that point; would we even be discussing this game if it was "Great-Giana-Sisters Kart: Source"?

I don't suppose they found a way to work the VRC6-based soundtrack into the U.S. Virtual Console release of CVIII, huh? The 2A03-only music we had to settle for was so weak and thin compared to the Japanese version's sawtoothed, 8-channel majesty...

Mega Man 2, an example of a good ending? Really?

It was at best a variation on the standard "enemy fortress/spaceship/island self-destructs, hero walks away, roll credits" ending that was bog standard through most of the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. (The variation in MM2's case? It takes him an entire year to walk home.)

Mega Man 3 had a far more satisfying ending.

Holy Christ, I just realized that Metallica existed for only four years with Cliff, and has now existed for twenty-two years without him.

And his presence is still sorely missed.