Help list the hard to find PCE SHMUPS

[esteban]

EPILOGUE: Every soul at pcenginefx is holding hands as a consensus is reached—"We can learn to live with one another and be civil! We really can! Yay!"

And from that moment forward, the gentle breeze of tranquility swept through the forums.

[Necromancer]

Please, show me where I asked for "teh rarez". I honestly want to know, no BS, no hidden agenda, I want to see what it is I said that led you to believe that is what I was asking for. I honestly don't see it myself.

I asked for titles that are hard to find, that does not imply rare or even expensive.

As you yourself pointed out, Darius Alpha, arguably one of the rarest titles on the system, is readily available. So it is not hard to find despite being rare and expensive. My question was what titles are hard to find. Nothing more, but some of the folks sure read more into it. 

Are you a troll or just an maroon?  I can't tell.  The dictionary definition of rare is "coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon", which is entirely analogous to 'hard to find'.

Either way, I'd prefer this thread lived on to discuss what my intent was, but it looks like that's just not going to be possible.

How so?  You already have your answer, so what else is there to discuss?  If you (or anyone else) thinks I'm wrong, please head over to eBay and/or Yahoo Japan and prove me wrong; I did check most of the games mentioned thus far on eBay, and the Seiya Monogatari mook is the only one that didn't have a current listing.

[98pacecar]

EPILOGUE: Every soul at pcenginefx is holding hands as a consensus is reached—"We can learn to live with one another and be civil! We really can! Yay!"

And from that moment forward, the gentle breeze of tranquility swept through the forums.

Followed by the sound of Neo-Geo.com finally going thermonuclear due to the imbalance in the force!

[Black Tiger]

The only reason the Anearth Fantasy Stories demo doesn't come up for sale often in English circles, is because of the low demand. It usually rots on eBay, even at lower than what those who are aware of it consider to be fair market value.

[98pacecar]

Please, show me where I asked for "teh rarez". I honestly want to know, no BS, no hidden agenda, I want to see what it is I said that led you to believe that is what I was asking for. I honestly don't see it myself.

I asked for titles that are hard to find, that does not imply rare or even expensive.

As you yourself pointed out, Darius Alpha, arguably one of the rarest titles on the system, is readily available. So it is not hard to find despite being rare and expensive. My question was what titles are hard to find. Nothing more, but some of the folks sure read more into it. 

Are you a troll or just an maroon?  I can't tell.  The dictionary definition of rare is "coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon", which is entirely analogous to 'hard to find'.

Really? Now you are going to start spewing personal attacks after admonishing me about the same? 

Ok, so I guess we will just have to disagree. I've been doing this long enough to understand that even though something is not rare, it can be difficult to find (Final Fantasy 7 during the early 2000s). I also understand that being rare does not imply that it will be hard to find (Darius Alpha now). Dictionary definition aside, it's how it is in the real world and that's why I came to where the people that follow the market hang out.

Either way, I'd prefer this thread lived on to discuss what my intent was, but it looks like that's just not going to be possible.

How so?  You already have your answer, so what else is there to discuss?  If you (or anyone else) thinks I'm wrong, please head over to eBay and/or Yahoo Japan and prove me wrong; I did check most of the games mentioned thus far on eBay, and the Seiya Monogatari mook is the only one that didn't have a current listing.

I don't think I've said to anybody that I think they are wrong. Even throughout the shit slinging, I'm still getting good info.

[98pacecar]

The personal insults came out after Vestcoat took a swing at me.

If you actually look at what he posted, it's a quote from two months ago about people who want to buy every game, even though they are unfamiliar enough with the library to have to ask what games are "worth", before blindly paying what they believe to be "fair market value".

The only game you should be on the look out for to snatch up before it's gone is the English version of Magical Chase. It's not simply a translation of the PCE version and has unique graphics. Air Zonk also has some artistic changes. There is a thread around here that details some of the other differences between TG-16 and PCE versions of games. Sinistron and Psychosis for example have different order of stages.

Thanks for the info. Magical Chase US will be out of reach unless someone finds a crate of them somewhere. It's  price is just crazy. I wasn't aware that some of the US versions were tweaked from the JPN versions, outside of language. I'll dig that up and see what it has.

[Tatsujin]

The only reason the Anearth Fantasy Stories demo doesn't come up for sale often in English circles, is because of the low demand. It usually rots on eBay, even at lower than what those who are aware of it consider to be fair market value.

really? I'm still looking for a complete MOOK, but which I am totally ubable to find in my fields of origin. 

[vestcoat]

Though I will disagree that Vestcoat hit the nail on the head, that was nothing more than a rant from a simple mind based on not even enough information to call it limited. You yourself say I "seemingly know jack shit about the PCE". How do you or he know that?

Uh... by your posts? My two-month old joke is funny because you match the stereotypes.  You don't know what you're committing to. You are content to buy whatever Tats or other internet strangers tell you is a set. You don't know what a bootleg Sapphire looks like (hint: larger ring than any other PCE disc). You call yourself a collector, but the massive library of (five) SGX games is a mystery to you. You don't care about price, nostalgia, or gameplay, you just want to buy the rarest, most-expensive games (of which you are clueless) ASAP.

This is non-fiction, so don't be offended. You reveled all of this in your first few posts, hence Necro's "seemingly know jack". It's painfully obvious. Stop calling yourself a collector and you'll appear less comical. A Collector is a knowledgeable expert with a pre-existing collection. Try: "Noob Looking to Blow Wad, Follow Herd."

[98pacecar]

Though I will disagree that Vestcoat hit the nail on the head, that was nothing more than a rant from a simple mind based on not even enough information to call it limited. You yourself say I "seemingly know jack shit about the PCE". How do you or he know that?

Uh... by your posts? My two-month old joke is funny because you match the stereotypes.  You don't know what you're committing to. You are content to buy whatever Tats or other internet strangers tell you is a set. You don't know what a bootleg Sapphire looks like (hint: larger ring than any other PCE disc). You call yourself a collector, but the massive library of (five) SGX games is a mystery to you. You don't care about price, nostalgia, or gameplay, you just want to buy the rarest, most-expensive games (of which you are clueless) ASAP.

This is non-fiction, so don't be offended. You reveled all of this in your first few posts, hence Necro's "seemingly know jack". It's painfully obvious. Stop calling yourself a collector and you'll appear less comical. A Collector is a knowledgeable expert with a pre-existing collection. Try: "Noob Looking to Blow Wad, Follow Herd."

Nope, I have no collection experience at all.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/collection.pl?action=profile&name=98PaceCar&folder=Collection

http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/abt-who.htm

And still worth looking at even though they are a few years old.

http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/abt-collection.htm#page=PC

[Black Tiger]

Though I will disagree that Vestcoat hit the nail on the head, that was nothing more than a rant from a simple mind based on not even enough information to call it limited. You yourself say I "seemingly know jack shit about the PCE". How do you or he know that?

Uh... by your posts? My two-month old joke is funny because you match the stereotypes.  You don't know what you're committing to. You are content to buy whatever Tats or other internet strangers tell you is a set. You don't know what a bootleg Sapphire looks like (hint: larger ring than any other PCE disc). You call yourself a collector, but the massive library of (five) SGX games is a mystery to you. You don't care about price, nostalgia, or gameplay, you just want to buy the rarest, most-expensive games (of which you are clueless) ASAP.

This is non-fiction, so don't be offended. You reveled all of this in your first few posts, hence Necro's "seemingly know jack". It's painfully obvious. Stop calling yourself a collector and you'll appear less comical. A Collector is a knowledgeable expert with a pre-existing collection. Try: "Noob Looking to Blow Wad, Follow Herd."

Nope, I have no collection experience at all.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/collection.pl?action=profile&name=98PaceCar&folder=Collection

http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/abt-who.htm

And still worth looking at even though they are a few years old.

http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/abt-collection.htm#page=PC

[PunkicCyborg]

Dude you got some crazy stuff listed in there. Do you have a complete A'can set???

[98pacecar]

Dude you got some crazy stuff listed in there. Do you have a complete A'can set???

Technically no. I've never found confirmation that Rebel Star was actually released, but outside of that I have the other 12 games cib as well as the console cib in a rough box. The port of Sango Fighter is pretty good, given how bad Sango Fighter is!

[PunkicCyborg]

Dude you got some crazy stuff listed in there. Do you have a complete A'can set???

Technically no. I've never found confirmation that Rebel Star was actually released, but outside of that I have the other 12 games cib as well as the console cib in a rough box. The port of Sango Fighter is pretty good, given how bad Sango Fighter is!

I played one 2 years ago at MGC and have always been interested in it since. Would have been an awesome machine for shooters. got a pic of your a'can collection together posted anywhere?

[Tatsujin]

ok one question here. you have all that uber many stuff, but what did you get into PCE'ing so late? I mean, it's like almost impossible to me to have that big of a pile of games and consoles, but in the same time ignored the PCEs existence over almost 3 decades.. or waht was the reason for it?.. just wondering

[Tatsujin]

Though I will disagree that Vestcoat hit the nail on the head, that was nothing more than a rant from a simple mind based on not even enough information to call it limited. You yourself say I "seemingly know jack shit about the PCE". How do you or he know that?

Uh... by your posts? My two-month old joke is funny because you match the stereotypes.  You don't know what you're committing to. You are content to buy whatever Tats or other internet strangers tell you is a set. You don't know what a bootleg Sapphire looks like (hint: larger ring than any other PCE disc). You call yourself a collector, but the massive library of (five) SGX games is a mystery to you. You don't care about price, nostalgia, or gameplay, you just want to buy the rarest, most-expensive games (of which you are clueless) ASAP.

This is non-fiction, so don't be offended. You reveled all of this in your first few posts, hence Necro's "seemingly know jack". It's painfully obvious. Stop calling yourself a collector and you'll appear less comical. A Collector is a knowledgeable expert with a pre-existing collection. Try: "Noob Looking to Blow Wad, Follow Herd."

Nope, I have no collection experience at all.

http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/collection.pl?action=profile&name=98PaceCar&folder=Collection

http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/abt-who.htm

And still worth looking at even though they are a few years old.

http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/abt-collection.htm#page=PC

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