I was visiting my local retro video game shop, www.retrogamebros.ca, with a buddy and I asked to see their Japanese Mega Drive games, which were not upfront. It’s like ordering off the menu, you have to know what to ask for.

My intention was to see if there were any games of interest for my friend EvilKalman. He is as fond of the Mega Drive as I am.

I wasn’t expecting to see a game I didn’t already have. That’s when I noticed Captain Lang. That’s also when I realized Captain Lang is an expensive game with a price tag of $500 CAD (~$360 USD).

I wasn’t going to spend that much cash on it despite the Bros offering a true ‘bro deal’ of $300 CAD (~$215 USD). It was a great offer.

But I still found a way to bring it home:

Instead, I ran home and pulled out a pile of PlayStation 4 games that had climbed a lot of value and some that I wasn’t into anymore.

My pile of PS4 games had a total value of about $800 CAD (~$575 USD) from pricecharting.com. I felt that should be enough in trade for the $500 Captain Lang. I wouldn’t have to spend cash, and the Retro Game Bros will have the potential to make some money once the PS4 games sell.

And that is exactly the deal we settled on. Below are the PS4 games I traded for my Captain Lang:

I was trying to remember which of these PS4 games I purchased new and which I got used. I think the majority were new. A common retail price tag for these games is $35 USD plus shipping landing at about $43 USD per game. Which means I may have spent as much as $717 CAD (~$516 USD) over the years buying these games. It really adds-up and this realization triggered something in my brain. I’m going to greatly reduce (or stop) my purchases of games that are anything less than stellar must have games.

Some examples of retro games I kept that I really want to keep in physical on a modern platform for my PS4 are Doom the Classics Collection and the more recent Tomb Raider I-III Remastered.

Cool, neat and novel games that may legitimately be fun for a while aren’t worth it to me anymore. Especially when that money can score a rare retro game instead.

How is Captain Lang? It’s pretty good. It has a real Sonic feel but falls short of Sonic’s caliber. Only one button needed to jump, double jump and tumble. Landing on enemies (Mario style) or hitting them with your double jump is how you dispatch them. The game has very nice graphics that will surprise you from time to time and the music is also notably good. Worth playing if you enjoy a classic style platformer.
Does anyone know what this games character (called Havoc) is supposed to be?