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[-] Skooshjones@vlemmy.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  1. Dead Poetic band merch. A little-known post hardcore band from the early 2000's. I've got all of their CDs and some limited press Vinyls, but I would kill for some legit shirts. Years ago I found a sketchy site that claimed to have a handful left, but they were all too small. I wish now I still had bought them anyways, but oh well.

  2. A GameBoy game I played as a kid that was some kind of JRPG. It wasn't a well known one like Chrono, Mother, Final Fantasy Tactics, etc. I have searched through lists online and tried finding screenshots and videos of gameplay, been through several hours of vids, but nothing I've found has been it.

  3. A stupid video from the earlier days of YouTube called "The Poop." There is a "The Poop 2" but it's not the same. My friend and I found it randomly on some late night YouTube binge and cried laughing. It became an inside joke between us for years and we would link the video to each other or sing the music from it for instant laughter. It either got privated or deleted. I've spent hours and hours combing through the depths of YT and the internet at large trying to find a copy/reupload, same for my friend, but we've never found it.

Number 2 is SOLVED!!! Holy crap, I literally just randomly found it. Talking about it here inspired me to try some more Google-fu and I happened across an ebay listing for Quest: Brian's Journey and the cartridge artwork immediately jogged my memory. Looks like I mis-remembered some details, that makes me even happier that I found it!

Going to be totally NOT downloading a ROM to play on my Steam Deck this evening...I would never...

[-] juandemarco@feddit.it 6 points 1 year ago
  1. I remember being gifted this weird JRPG for the Gameboy that was not even localized, and being a stubborn kid I randomly went through its japanese menus trying to see what each thing did, but gave up in the end. Years later I had a flashback and went to YouTube, only to find it was actually an incredibly mediocre Gundam RPG called Lacroan Heroes. It's a long shot, but that's the most obscure JRPG I know of for the Gameboy, maybe that's it?
[-] QuikxSpec@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What a pull! Hopefully this is it or offers some additional insight! Nice work.

[-] Skooshjones@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

Read my edit, I found it!!! :D

[-] Skooshjones@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

I'll check that out and let you know!

[-] brewdtype@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I don’t expect to be able to answer your question, but can you provide any remembered details on the GameBoy JRPG? I’ll even take half-remembered ones. I love a good mystery!

[-] Skooshjones@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

Check my reply a few messages down, those are all the details I can remember about it. I am also pretty sure it was a Gameboy Color game, not advance or OG GameBoy, but I'm not 100% certain.

[-] brewdtype@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, I see that now. Should have thought to scroll farther. You’re right, that’s a tough one!

[-] Skooshjones@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

Read my edit, I found it!!! :D

[-] brewdtype@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Holy shit this community rules. I’m so happy for you! May it live up to all your memories.

[-] QuikxSpec@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  1. Long shot but have you tried to track down the band members? They might have some, or their record company if it’s still around

  2. Interesting… maybe provide any details you do recall about characters or map environments! A few people have been helped so maybe we can figure this out!

[-] Skooshjones@vlemmy.net 5 points 1 year ago
  1. Interestingly, my spouse found out that the lead vocalist now works as a graphic artist and has done work for some huge groups like Twenty One Pilots and Underoath. I found his webpage and have thought about sending him a message, but I haven't ever done it, nervous I guess lol. Your prompt might give me the needed "oomph" to actually go through with it tho lol.

  2. It's tough because I barely remember anything specific from it. To make it worse, the game had a saved profile when I got it, (it was second hand.) I only ever played that save file which was already at endgame content, so I don't even remember what the intro/early game was like. Here's all I can remember:

The color pallet was pretty bland. It had lots of random encounters and when they happened, there was a quick sequence where the edges of the screen spiraled inwards in a kind of striped, spiral pattern. There were lots of odd creatures, like these kind of rock worms/snakes if I remember correctly? You had a party of 3-4 people and lots of different spells/abilities. I remember I got lost for a long time wandering through some ice caves and kept having to fight random monsters every 10-20 seconds. I can't really remember the story or lore even. But I'm pretty confident I'd know the music/sounds if I heard them.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Could it have been this one?

Also, was the text in English, or was it in Japanese?

[-] Skooshjones@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

Read my edit, I found it!!! :D

[-] Skooshjones@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

Not that one I don't think. The text was all in English.

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Send that email! Worst that can happen is a no or no response! I've gotten a few authors to sign books through the mail by emailing them, it's always a possibility!

[-] Skooshjones@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

Right on! I'll give it a go lol.

[-] QuikxSpec@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Let’s gooo. Fingers crossed

[-] QuikxSpec@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Heck yeah! Congrats. Enjoy your nostalgia bomb.

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