Prospect of Making Some OMG RAREZ! Game Boots

[Necromancer]

It looks like Space Fantasy Zone is the first victim.  Two hours, three hard drives, and a handful of cdrs turned up precisely zero scans for it's artwork, so if any of y'all has 'em saved somewhere or can scan their 'originals' (nat?), I'd be most appreciative if ya sent 'em my way.

I played about halfway through the iso I have saved and didn't notice any problems except for the level clear song being truncated; can that be fixed or does anyone have an iso that's already fixed?  After getting my ass handed to me on level 6, I restarted and skipped my way to the ending, which played like it should (unlike the 'retail' version).  What else should I be looking for to ensure I've a good iso?

[Sadler]

Are you sure anime4ever guy doesn't have more Space Fantasy Zones? I know it says sold out, but I bought a copy last year when it said that. I emailed about Sapphire and asked him to let me know when he got Space Fantasy Zone in again and he said he actually had copies. Might be worth emailing. At any rate, I can scan what I've got.

Having said that, I'll buy anything you press so long as I don't already have it, but I'd definitely prefer some of the hard to find US titles, particularly Dynastic Hero.

[vestcoat]

Are you sure anime4ever guy doesn't have more Space Fantasy Zones? I know it says sold out, but I bought a copy last year when it said that. I emailed about Sapphire and asked him to let me know when he got Space Fantasy Zone in again and he said he actually had copies. Might be worth emailing. At any rate, I can scan what I've got.

Again, his $100/shipped price for a CD-R is pretty steep.  Especially compared to the earlier Sapphire boot, which was a not-completely-insane sixty dollars for a glass mastered disc.  Remember he originally tried to get $160 for SFZ; the guy is a gouger, no doubt about it.  

Furthermore, he was rather deceptive when he came around here in 2005.  He pretended he bought a box of Sapphires in Tokyo, claimed ignorance regarding their origin, and put up that "small site" just to sell those few copies.  See here:  
https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=737.msg4215#msg4215
Obviously untrue considering he later made SFZ boots and sold his misprint Sapphire discs to Blue.  

I'm not inclined to support Fudoh even if his prices were reasonable.

[Windy]

I would be very interested in this i'm more into the play part then say collection part. although I have so much that have to get to playing PLAY TILL THE FINGERS BLEED!

[Black Tiger]

It looks like Space Fantasy Zone is the first victim.  Two hours, three hard drives, and a handful of cdrs turned up precisely zero scans for it's artwork, so if any of y'all has 'em saved somewhere or can scan their 'originals' (nat?), I'd be most appreciative if ya sent 'em my way.

I played about halfway through the iso I have saved and didn't notice any problems except for the level clear song being truncated; can that be fixed or does anyone have an iso that's already fixed?  After getting my ass handed to me on level 6, I restarted and skipped my way to the ending, which played like it should (unlike the 'retail' version).  What else should I be looking for to ensure I've a good iso?

Here's a major problem-

https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=7613.0

[Necromancer]

Here's a major problem-

https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=7613.0

Nat's a problem? 

I remembered nat taking one for the team, which is why I checked to see if the ending was there (it is); I cheated to get there though, so maybe it won't show up if I beat the game legit.  More 'research' will be conducted tonight.

Also noted was how a couple tracks get chopped off prematurely.  Mine does that too, but thesteve might have me headed down the path to that problem's fix.  Keep in mind that I'm mildly retarded - I make no promises here.


Ope says he'll be forwarding me artwork soon, so that should be taken care of.  Thanks, ope!

[csgx1]

Furthermore, he was rather deceptive when he came around here in 2005.  He pretended he bought a box of Sapphires in Tokyo, claimed ignorance regarding their origin, and put up that "small site" just to sell those few copies.  See here: 
https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=737.msg4215#msg4215
Obviously untrue considering he later made SFZ boots and sold his misprint Sapphire discs to Blue. 

I'm not inclined to support Fudoh even if his prices were reasonable.

Interesting read and great background info about Sapphire boots.  I especially like Fudoh's first post....

Please let me make clear that I sell them as what they are: Sapphire reprints of unknown origin. Back a few years Hudson mentioned that these could be "waste", something like pre-production samples or a production run rejected due to sub-par quality - not illegal, but not meant for sale either. I simply don't know.

Thanks,
Fudoh

Describing Sapphire boots as Hudson waste, samples or rejects that's "not illegal" is some hilarious BS.

I still would be interested in SFZ even if there's no ending when beaten straight through. 

[Sadler]

Are you sure anime4ever guy doesn't have more Space Fantasy Zones? I know it says sold out, but I bought a copy last year when it said that. I emailed about Sapphire and asked him to let me know when he got Space Fantasy Zone in again and he said he actually had copies. Might be worth emailing. At any rate, I can scan what I've got.

Again, his $100/shipped price for a CD-R is pretty steep.  Especially compared to the earlier Sapphire boot, which was a not-completely-insane sixty dollars for a glass mastered disc.  Remember he originally tried to get $160 for SFZ; the guy is a gouger, no doubt about it. 

Furthermore, he was rather deceptive when he came around here in 2005.  He pretended he bought a box of Sapphires in Tokyo, claimed ignorance regarding their origin, and put up that "small site" just to sell those few copies.  See here: 
https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=737.msg4215#msg4215
Obviously untrue considering he later made SFZ boots and sold his misprint Sapphire discs to Blue. 

I'm not inclined to support Fudoh even if his prices were reasonable.

Oh, wow. Didn't realize the history there. That's seriously lame.

So, turns out I bought my Sapphire (without manual ) and Space Fantasy Zone back in March. He charged me $50 for SFZ. He also charged me $50 for two copies of Sapphire, which in hindsight sucks. No manual, AND it's the same disc that been given away for free on this forum. Oh well I guess, still an awesome game, and it did come with a case and spine card.

[exile]

I'm down for booties in my Turbo!

[Necromancer]

Last night I played it through to the end without skipping (but with save state abuse - f*ck level 6!), and the ending appeared like it should.  Hopefully that ain't gonna be a problem. 

The tunes have a few problems though:

1)  The end level and high score tunes are chopped off at their ends.  The tracks themselves go silent and have a couple seconds of nothing at the end (it's not the game stopping the track too early), so the only way to fix this one is to find the complete tracks or recreate them.
2)  Tracks 3 and 8 are almost identical (same song but a tad different); and while this isn't a problem per se, it is an opportunity.  Track 3 is used for stages 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8 and track 8 is used for stages 3 and 6, so a new track could be substituted so we don't have to listen to the same song in every stage.
3)  The title screen and intro cut scene are silent.  This also isn't exactly a problem, but it sure does suck.

I didn't want to involve anyone else and risk wasting their time on the first outing, but none of these things can be fixed by me.  Any suggestions?

[Opethian]

add in some follin tunes or the classic Fantasy Zone stage music

[Senshi]

I was torn between Might and Magic III and Dynastic Hero but I ended up picking the latter in the end. I'd be very happy with either one or both frankly.

[chany60126]

add in some follin tunes or the classic Fantasy Zone stage music

  teh follin beats would fit in really nicely with a trippy game like Space Fantasy Zone.

[Necromancer]

Thanks to Opa-Opa, I have some of the artwork now but could still use scans of the poster, disc, and back and inside of the manual.

[Black Tiger]

Thanks to Opa-Opa, I have some of the artwork now but could still use scans of the poster, disc, and back and inside of the manual.

Does this mean that you're just going to bootleg the everanime covers?