So there's this Dino Force alpha version...

[shubibiman]

You know what ?

http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w104636546

[ccovell]

He's selling a ROM image only....   robbery!

[Tatsujin]

～私自身の入手経路～ 昔のプログラマチームメンバーのパソコンからでコピーした、CD-Rです。

he himself took the copy of an old PC from a former  programmer team member and put it on a cd-r = 2000 bucks worth!!

and in the form he's selling it, it won't even work on a real hardware but in an emulator.

[Bardoly]

If a 'good' copy which could be 'pressed' could be aquired, then I and probably several others on this forum would be willing to donate towards a group buy.

[Black Tiger]

I'd be willing to chip in just to get the rom out there. But I doubt you could get confirmation beforehand that it's a proper PCE rom that works on flashcarts.

[Tatsujin]

as he states in his auction, it would have to be modified to run on actual hardware right of the batch. but that is regarded the CR-R iso. it might work if put on an actual flash rom, as the rom also seem to run in an emulator.

but even if not, i'm certain that most of our dev peeps here could convert this into a playable rom in no time.
would be even nice as an obeybrew huey release.

I guess soon or later the rom will appear somewhere in the net anyway. hopefully.

[Bardoly]

Maybe one of our people in Japan (Tatsujin, maybe you or SuperDeadite or someone) could inquire about it?

[MrBroadway]

but even if not, i'm certain that most of our dev peeps here could convert this into a playable rom in no time.
would be even nice as an obeybrew huey release.

I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

[toktogul]

Thats very cool.  One day left, if you raise the money I can pick it up for you guys. It should come back right away if it doesn't sell, so we still have time to all pitch in some money

[Black Tiger]

as he states in his auction, it would have to be modified to run on actual hardware right of the batch. but that is regarded the CR-R iso. it might work if put on an actual flash rom, as the rom also seem to run in an emulator.

but even if not, i'm certain that most of our dev peeps here could convert this into a playable rom in no time.
would be even nice as an obeybrew huey release.

I guess soon or later the rom will appear somewhere in the net anyway. hopefully.

I just hope that it is the real PC Engine game and not an approximation whipped up by someone to make a quick buck.

[Tatsujin]

as he states in his auction, it would have to be modified to run on actual hardware right of the batch. but that is regarded the CR-R iso. it might work if put on an actual flash rom, as the rom also seem to run in an emulator.

but even if not, i'm certain that most of our dev peeps here could convert this into a playable rom in no time.
would be even nice as an obeybrew huey release.

I guess soon or later the rom will appear somewhere in the net anyway. hopefully.

I just hope that it is the real PC Engine game and not an approximation whipped up by someone to make a quick buck.

as he states in his very auction, this is a raw rom directly drag 'n' drop from a developers PC from the former developement team at UNI Post to a CD-R, and is fully playable to the very end.
I guess as it was originally planned to be a hucard game, it seems that it is missing all the boot information/header etc. to run like that on a real hardware directly of a CD-R.

[Mathius]

It scares me more that some hoarding Japanese/European collector will get his mitts on this and it will never see the light of day. If we all (and I mean ALL PCFXers who care enough) pool our money in I'd say the gamble is worth it. I couldn't offer much but I would be willing to chip in a little for the cause. The more of us that help the less each would have to donate.

[Bardoly]

So, is this a Buy it now listing or an auction?

Also, what kind of buyer protection does yahoo Japan have?  I mean if someone purchased this and then couldn't get anything to work, then what recourse would a buyer have?

Also, didn't some forum guys (like Beemer) just do a group purchase of Illumination Laser?  Maybe the same team would be willing to coordinate a group buy for this?

[imparanoic]

So, is this a Buy it now listing or an auction?

Also, what kind of buyer protection does yahoo Japan have?  I mean if someone purchased this and then couldn't get anything to work, then what recourse would a buyer have?

Also, didn't some forum guys (like Beemer) just do a group purchase of Illumination Laser?  Maybe the same team would be willing to coordinate a group buy for this?

based on yahoo auction hong kong, presume japan similar. little guarantee or even remote chance of money refund, only if the item is classed as counterfeit or dangerous will yahoo do anything,  unlike ebay which has high levels of consumer protection, the plus side, that the fees for the seller is much much lower, average ebay fees is in region of 10-12% ( same as sotherbys and christies, but different market), but yahoo auction is only 1-2%

[Keith Courage]

Even if it is a real game it's a complete waste of money. $1,970 US dollars? F that!