Time groweth short if you’re not planning on not being a Grinch this holiday season. Bargain-priced presents (which I suspect are early Boxing Day deals leaked early) can still be yours, particularly if you have the Super Fast Delivery perk unlocked via an Amazon Prime membership. I’ll still be on board over these holiday periods because I’m right there with your mentality—I cannot resist discounts and kick myself if I’ve missed them.
In retro news, I’m celebrating the Aussie birthday of a rare and expensive bird, the SNK Neo Geo CD. Released in limited numbers in Oz around the $600 ballpark ($1,299 in ’24 bux), this bad boy delivered near-perfect arcade-quality games, though it was a “budget” alternative to the hilari-expensive, cartridge-based Neo Geo AES. Being CD-based marred this unit with lonnng load times, though the gruelling wait for Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown, and Fatal Fury was always worth it. Here’s a shot of the beast I sold a kidney and a lung for. Laser: still going strong.
This Day in Gaming 🎂
Aussie birthdays for notable games.
– Neo Geo CD launch, 1994. eBay
– Kirby & the Amazing Mirror (GBA) 2004. eBay
– WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 (PSP) 2006. eBay
– Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands (DS) 2010. eBay
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Nintendo SwitchPCXboxPlayStationLEGOLEGO Advent Face Off
Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch
NBA 2K25 (-70%) – A$30Nintendo World Champs (-32%) – A$34Metal Gear Col. (-61%) – A$35.52Metroid Dread (-29%) – A$56.95
Expiring Recent Deals
Streets of Rage 4 (-60%) – A$15Golf Story (-82%) – A$3.99Super Mario RPG (-20%) – A$64Crisis Core: FF7 Reunion (-25%) – A$63.62Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (-75%) – A$17.48
Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.
Switch Console Prices
How much to Switch it up?
Purchase Cheap for PC
Age of Empires II: Def. (-65%) – A$13.98Elden Ring: SotET (-12%) – A$57.19Helldivers 2 (-25%) – A$44.96God of War: Ragnarok (-25%) – A$71.21Metaphor: ReFantazio (-35%) – A$74.71Resi 4 (-49%) – A$37Spidey Miles Morales (-56%) – A$33.35Spidey Remastered (-56%) – A$42.25
Expiring Recent Deals
Oddworld Complete Col. [6 games] (-99%) – A$1.69Mass Effect: Andromeda Del. (-90%) – A$4.99Hitman: WoA (-90%) – A$4.39Spelunky 2 (-60%) – A$11.58
Or just get a Steam Wallet Card
PC Hardware Prices
Slay your pile of shame.
Exciting Bargains for Xbox
FC 25 (-65%) – A$39Starfield (-73%) – A$32Fancy X/S cont. (-17%) – A$79Star Wars Outlaws (-46%) – A$59F1 24 (-46%) – A$59NBA 2K25 (-63%) – A$44Marvel’s GotG Cosmic (-50%) – A$54
Expiring Recent Deals
Tomb Raider Survivor Trilogy (-70%) – A$20.98Star Wars Outlaws Gold (-55%) – A$77FFXII: Zodiac Age (-66%) – A$26.86CoD: BLOPS 6 (-31%) – A$75.95Metaphor: ReFantazio (-42%) – A$67.03
Or just invest in an Xbox Card.
Xbox Console Prices
How many bucks for a ‘Box?
Pure Scores for PlayStation
DualSense Purple (-30%) – A$84Rise of the Ronin (-45%) – A$69FC 25 (-65%) – A$39The Last of Us Part 1 (-57%) – A$54Gran Turismo 7 (-56%) – A$55Red Dead Redemption II (-75%) – A$19FF VII: Rebirth (-50%) – A$57
Expiring Recent Deals
Star Wars Outlaws (-46%) – A$59Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (-14%) – A$99CoD: BLOPS 6 (-42%) – A$64Metaphor: ReFantazio (-40%) – A$68.55
Or purchase a PS Store Card.
What you’ll pay to ‘Station.
Legit LEGO Deals
Jedi Bob’s Starfighter (-35%) – A$39Batmobile Animated series (-34%) – A$59Technic Porsche GT4 (-32%) – A$169Dune Ornithopter (-32%) – A$169
Expiring Recent Deals
Sonic: Knuckles Shrine (-40%) – A$35.99Creator: Exotic Parrot (-40%) – A$23.99City: Excavator, Digger (-35%) – A$52
This holiday season, I’m doing something different with the LEGO section. In Mathew Manor, my sons and I are racing LEGO Advent Calendars—we open our respective ones daily and compare the mini-prizes for “Coolness” and “Actual Xmas-ness”. Winner gets extra eggnog.
If you’re also feeling festive, here are the cheapest prices for the three calendars we’re using. Or just live vicariously through us.
LEGO Star Wars Advent 2024 – A$59.95 $45LEGO Spider-Man Advent 2024 – A$59.95 $45LEGO City Advent 2024 – A$59.95 $45
Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube.
