At #PAXEast, my kid had a lot of fun at the arcade area. We worked out a handicap system for Street Fighter Alpha 2: they got to take me down to 40% of my health bar at the start of the round, and then it seemed mostly fair. And they had a great time beating up Dad!

This week, I used that as an excuse to order something for my Gamecube collection: Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO. I found the cheapest Ebay listing that included a manual, and it arrived in today's post.

#FridayGames #Retrogaming

The Gamecube port got poor reviews due to the control scheme. I'll get to that, it's *weird*.

First off, the disc. The listing said "TESTED," but I'll admit I was skeptical when I took it out of the (very good) packaging; the disc was visibly gross, and has lots of scratches and *cracks* around the center hole. Haven't seen that before, at least not in a working disc.

Photos are after I cleaned both sides with a lint-free paper shop cloth and isopropyl alcohol.

@GamesMissed
I'd be super grumpy about that! Did you leave feedback?
@hobbs The cracks were visible in the listing photos; I was taking a cheap gamble (it was quite cheap). The disc definitely did not look so dirty in the photos, however. And, to the sellers credit, it looks as if they did do at least minimal testing, because it does play just fine.