Monday, April 5, 2021

My 2021 Easter / Resurrection Sunday Presents

Hi everyone! This is CEO100able, back to blogging. This is a list of the Easter/Resurrection Sunday presents I received in 2021. Each item contains a comment on it, so let's get started.

  • Cedarmont Kids - Action Bible Songs (Original 2001 US NTSC/Region 1 DVD Release) (I've had this home video on VHS since the early 2000s. Now, I have it on DVD!)
  • Thomas & Friends - The Spirit of Sodor (UK PAL/Region 2 DVD) (All episodes on this DVD were narrated by Michael Angelis, who sadly passed away from a heart attack last year, so I chose this DVD in memory of him. Twelve years earlier, another Thomas & Friends narrator, George Carlin, passed away from the same cause in 2008, and both of them will be missed due to their amazing narration work.)
  • Hot Wheels: World Race (PC Version; Original 2003 THQ Release) (Once again, I have received the video game based on the 2003 Hot Wheels movie of the same name for Easter/Resurrection Sunday. This time, it's the PC version, which I've always wanted since I was a little boy, and my wish has finally come true!)
  • American Classics Train Sim Pack (This add-on pack for Microsoft Train Simulator contains several locomotives from the New York Central System.)
  • Casino Express: Maglev 2005 Add-On for Microsoft Train Simulator (This expansion pack contains a route that goes from Las Vegas, Nevada to California.)
  • Microsoft Train Simulator Regional Add-On Pack: USA & Canada (To coincide with the 20th anniversary of the 2001 simulation game, Microsoft Train Simulator, I thought about getting this add-on released by Auran/N3V Games, the developed of the Trainz series, which turned out to be an amazing success! I've always wanted commercially-released add-on packs for MSTS like this since 2010.)
  • Hot Wheels: Extreme Racing (US NTSC PlayStation 1) (This PS1-exclusive is the second and final Hot Wheels PS1 game, so I finally have finished collecting all the Hot Wheels PS1 games. This one is very cool. Receiving it for Easter/Resurrection Sunday 2021 was a great way to celebrate its 20th anniversary!)
  • NASCAR 98: Collector's Edition with NASCAR 50th Anniversary Pendant Medal (US NTSC PlayStation 1) (This is another release of NASCAR 98 for the PS1, and it's fantastic to have this rare item.)
  • Kart Challenge (UK PAL PlayStation 1) (This is a kart racing video game about go-karts raced at many race tracks around the world by fictional human drivers, yet it was never released in North America, which is a shame since the only standalone go-kart racing video games for the PS1 were about andromorphic animal characters driving them, such as Crash Team Racing.)
  • Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge (US NTSC PlayStation 2) (I remember playing the PC version of this game back in 2005, and I also received the original Xbox version of it for Christmas in 2008. Now, I have another console version of it since last year, I discovered that each home version of this game contains a different car as a gold car, which has to be unlocked by playing through the entire Game Show mode. For instance, the PS2 version features the awesome Swoopy Doo, a possible play on Scooby-Doo, as the gold car, which I look forward to unlocking at some point in the future. This also means that at long last, I have all home versions of this game, and I now have all the Hot Wheels PS2 games in existence.)
  • Outdoor Products Contender Day Pack (Blue and Gray) (This object, similar to a backpack, will be both fun and essential to bring with me when hiking.)
Well, that will be it for this list. I hope you enjoyed reading it. If you did, thanks for viewing it, and I also hope all of you had an excellent Easter/Resurrection Sunday this year. See you next time!