Bighab

I get it China has saturated the market on cheap cart only copies.  I still think there would be high demand for someone who was able to make a nice box and manual set. UncleTusk was a great box maker a few years ago. I remember working with him to make the AD&D Dragons of Flame box for the Nes

Been trying to finish and beat Dragon Force on the Sega Saturn as Wein

39 minutes ago, the_wizard_666 said:

I think you may have hit the nail on the head with the Chinese repros.  As someone who makes repros, I'll say my costs on many games are actually higher than the retail price on the carts coming out of China.  Basically if I want to try and compete, I have to sell for less than the cost of materials.  And since there's no way anyone in their right mind is gonna do that, and many people would just buy the cheap version instead of something of better quality, it pretty much killed the desire to actually release games like that.  I can't speak for everyone of course, but it's very hard to compete if you're not making and selling on a large enough scale to get bulk pricing on the materials. 

Yea for cart only stuff it makes sense to go the Chinese route.  I'm talking about the stuff where guys made nice boxes and manuals which we don't see out of China and just and handful on Etsy

I remember back in the day on NA there were several users that would make reproductions of fan translated games or hacks. They went out of their way to make nice boxes and manuals for them, sometimes maps too. User Galvatryne made some great stuff along with a former Timewalk employee ,Thamiel was his name I believe. I don't see anyone doing these anymore.  Did all the cheap Chinese reproductions kill people's interest in them?  With emulation easier than ever before there's no reason to really make these I guess. My friend @Tabonga and I loved the time/craftsmanship put into them and appreciated it.  It appears most Timewalk stuff still holds it's value. I still have a box of about 10 snes sports games that were, at the time, being saved to use/trade in as donor carts. Is that even a thing anymore or has the use of new Chinese made boards/shells made donor carts no longer needed?

A 7 for me. Good game. I remember buying it new but I was shitty at it and never came close to beating it.

Never really played the Arcade version much. I did buy the Genesis version when it came out and loved it. Lots of memories sitting around with buddies drinking and playing tournaments.  I'd sometimes do Raiden's cheap Tornado move of L L R to fly through the air and do minimal damage constantly grinding my opponent down.

I remember when this came out it was so popular and for awhile it shot up in value. I rated it a 6. I love Strategy/Rpg's but I preferred the Shining Force, Fire Emblem, Langrisser/Warsong series/style's over the FF Tactics/ Tactics Ogre style games.

Anyone get money from Santa?

I think some/all of the Koei games fall under the broad category of an RPG. More like a turn based strategy game with RPG elements. I know in Genghis Khan your character has several attributes that you can raise or lower based on your in game decisions. You can have kids that in time you can marry off(Daughter) or promote to a Prince or end up taking over your empire if you die.

I remember buying one of these when they came out back in the day. Had several compatibility issues with several Nes games I had. None of my KOEI games worked and I think maybe the Dragon Warriors were glitchy. I traded it off after a month or so to try and recoup my money.

For me collecting started around late 1999 just after I had gotten my first home computer(IBM Pentium 266) with Internet.  I had a very small collection at the time. A Nes with arkanoid,  both Wizardry's and a few KOEI games. A Genesis with NHL Hockey(cause I'm Canadian eh!), Herzog Zwei and Dune. And a Sega 32X with DOOM. I never read any gaming mags in the 90's. What I found out about games was just randomly going to my local game store and reading the backs on game boxes to see if the game interested me.  But the internet in 1999/2000 opened a whole new world for me. So many fan sites of various systems and games. Discovering cool games Like Shining Force that I couldn't find used locally make me look to Ebay then various game trading sites on the internet(Gametz, still there, SwitchHouse, who remembers this site?) It became a "holy shit that game looks cool I have to have it" mentality that collecting took off for me. It became fun to hunt for deals locally at flea markets and local video game stores. Most video game stores in the early 2000's never looked at Ebay prices or knew what stuff actually was worth. It felt good to find stuff other people wanted that I could trade for stuff I wanted.  I've made a few great friends from collecting (I'm looking at you Tabonga) I was never a set collector but a collector of various genres I liked. I've since thinned my collection out a bit. I pretty much have all the retro titles I want. Every once in awhile an obscure import will get mentioned for the Famicom or SFC that looks interesting that sparks up the desire to track down a nice CIB copy.  Collecting has been a fun journey for me that's for sure! I hope the next gen group of collectors get as much enjoyment out the chase as I have and are able to make some good friends along the way.

Updated list. Really want a Streets of Rage 3 manual

I gave up long ago looking for box upgrades for Road Avenger, Time Gal and Cobra Command for the Sega CD

Willing to take a B.O. on Obscure

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Here is a link to my trade list if anyone is interested in anything PM me

https://gametz.com/user/Bighab.html

I'm a big Genesis fan and it was just a 5 for me. Don't even have it in my collection. I prefer Contra Hard Corps personally. I used to see this game used all the time in the early to mid 2000's and I'd buy it.  It was great trade bait. Fun fact as I look back at my Gametz trades I see that I had traded/sold it 6 times.

Obscure is still kinda obscure

bump.... added more to my trade list

I'm looking to sell or trade a complete copy of Obscure for the PS2. I'm asking $235 shipped(tracking and insurance) or best offer. I might consider trades too. Shoot me a PM if interested

Excellent movie. I remember seeing it in the theater  when it came out.

I just finished Bosch season 7. Great series. I'm on season 2 of The Man in the High Castle. Liking it but it seems a little slow.

On 8/10/2021 at 6:05 AM, Tabonga said:

SRPGs and regular strategy games.

A man after my own heart. That's why we've remained friends for over 15 years starting on the Shining Force Central forums

I went Sega CD, Saturn then Dreamcast. I got a Sega CD near the end of it's lifecycle and have some good memories playing Star Wars Rebel Assault. The Sega CD has several of my favorites like Shining Force CD and Popful Mail that I enjoy playing today. Saturn is a close 2nd. It could almost be interchangeable with the Sega CD with gems like Dragon Force and Shining Force CD. I no longer own a Dreamcast. No strategy/rpg's or strategy games I liked on it. Loved Quake 3 Arena and Bass Fishing but not enough to keep it around.

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