ZBomber | 54 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) Here we go again... https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/legacy-cartridge-collection/products/the-lion-king-legacy-cartridge-collection https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/legacy-cartridge-collection/products/aladdin-legacy-cartridge-collection I love both games and I like the packaging for both of them, but I can't get over how much they charge for these. Edited October 23, 2019 by ZBomber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galdius | 1,507 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I really liked the boxart for Lion king but I would never buy it. It's way to expensive for what it really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsped09 | 223 Moderator · Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Too rich for my blood, but man both of those look incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICrappedMyPants | 302 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Yes, I am not a fan of these kind of things, especially for games that are affordable. I’d honestly give away an extra copy of Lion King to save someone from this purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Yeah, I mean, nice work to the guy who made these, but... why tho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Count | 526 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 These look fantastic, but there's no difference gameplay-wise from the originals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,399 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) This is the most ridiculous one yet. Friggin' Aladdin for $100, lol. There are currently 2 sealed SNES Lion Kings on Ebay for $100. One's pretty banged up. One is kind of decent. Up to 4500 people are going to choose to buy this Funko Pop shelf candy over a real new copy of the original game which is bananas to me. Edited October 23, 2019 by DefaultGen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer | 2,011 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Man I just really don't enjoy these releases. They're just not speaking to me. Of course the price is ridiculous, but I think it you wanna sell something like this you need rose colored gaming level of detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Note to Self: Play Lion King; looks decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICrappedMyPants | 302 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Lion King is a good game. I was surprised by the difficulty back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,705 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I have nothing against these reproductions. I bought both Mega Men, the street fighter, Holy Diver and R Types. And these are both good games.. But $100 Aladdin or Lion King? Ehhh...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelin03 | 314 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I would much rather buy the switch release coming out than these. Never got why they charge so much for then when you can just buy the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,820 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 cool looking. But who’s paying $100 for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonebone | 1,307 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I mean they look pretty but I wouldn't even buy them for $100 combined, let alone each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,881 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Anyone else NOT a fan of white boxes for games, I mean in general? Maybe I've just seen too many dirty, dusty grey "white" boxes during my game hunts, but when I look at that Lion King I can already see the years of accumulated dirt clinging to the box in the near future! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RalliArtEvo | 44 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Yeah, don't really get what they're thinking charging that much. Is there really a market for something like this at that price level? I'd rather just own the originals....which I do lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobear85 | 141 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 (edited) Waiting on those limited editions repros of Zoop and Pit Fighter so I can fork over my money Edited October 24, 2019 by Bear85 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALTQQ | 87 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Well it looks good in red but that's about it for my interest on those Haha. I got sucked into the street fighter one because I really enjoy the series but since then it's been a hard pass every time. I'll spray paint my Aladdin red and sell it for 80$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodysGameRoom | 2,008 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I bought the Street Fighter II directly from iam8bit. I got the Mega Man ones they did off eBay, for a better deal. These are nice but.... I'm just no longer interested in them for the price point. I tried! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMark0673 | 197 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 The most surprising thing to me is the choice of games (from a cost to produce perspective). Both were staples of the 16 bit era, but how can they afford the licensing for A list Disney properties? Granted, I know nothing of how the process works to gain a license to things like this, but I’d have to imagine the cost to license something like The Lion King or Aladdin would be astronomical compared to like 99% of the Genesis or SNES library, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonebone | 1,307 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 7 minutes ago, MrMark0673 said: The most surprising thing to me is the choice of games (from a cost to produce perspective). Both were staples of the 16 bit era, but how can they afford the licensing for A list Disney properties? Granted, I know nothing of how the process works to gain a license to things like this, but I’d have to imagine the cost to license something like The Lion King or Aladdin would be astronomical compared to like 99% of the Genesis or SNES library, no? You would think so, but if they are trying to time it from a demand perspective, there is no better time than in a year when Lion King and Aladdin were both remade. They're trying to appeal to the casual Disney fan here more than the retrogamer who knows these games are dirt cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futureman | 18 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Man, I must be in the minority here but I think the packaging is atrocious. Even if they were at a more affordable price I wouldn't want either of those boxes on my shelf. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMark0673 | 197 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Just now, jonebone said: You would think so, but if they are trying to time it from a demand perspective, there is no better time than in a year when Lion King and Aladdin were both remade. They're trying to appeal to the casual Disney fan here more than the retrogamer who knows these games are dirt cheap. Zero doubt about that. Still, wouldn’t that make the license even more expensive if nothing else? These should sell very well, but Disney should know that, right? I wonder if they’re paying some sort of per unit royalty or something. We should invite some of the iam8bit staff to VGS and see if they’d chat about some behind the scenes stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber | 54 Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 5 hours ago, MrMark0673 said: Zero doubt about that. Still, wouldn’t that make the license even more expensive if nothing else? These should sell very well, but Disney should know that, right? I wonder if they’re paying some sort of per unit royalty or something. We should invite some of the iam8bit staff to VGS and see if they’d chat about some behind the scenes stuff. What's weird to me is Limited Run Games did reproductions of a bunch of Star Wars games this year and they were much cheaper than these and included more stuff. You could buy the actual carts on the action figure cardbacks from each games' era for $40, or get the big deluxe boxset which included a bunch of extra merch like posters, coins, pins and art cards for $85. Here you get a basic box and manual and a poster(?) and it's even more expensive than the boxset for a STAR WARS game. I'm sure they make less profit off it compared to the Mega Man one, but still seems very overpriced for what it is. At $45-50 each it's at least a little bit tempting to pick one up because I love both games and the packaging, but at $100 each it's the easiest pass I've had all year (for what it's worth, I'm a chump and huge SW fan so I picked up all the LRG Star Wars titles) With all that said I find it very interesting that Disney is working with these smaller companies on reproductions of classic games. They certainly have the resources and capital to do it themselves. They don't seem to have too much interest in handling video games internally though since they also have a license with EA for new Star Wars games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,092 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Hard no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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