Just pulled the trigger on this (eBay)

[galam]

New member, 0 feedback. We'll see what happens...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TURBOGRAFX16-SUPER-CD-ROM2-DYNASTIC-HERO-ENGLISH-/131119293422?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&nma=true&si=XKTnv%252FuS1oZ5lJL68Pw7aukPALU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

[Necromancer]

Assuming it's not a scam, you just scored!  You lucky f*cker! 

[Mzo]

Whoa!

0 feedback definitely makes me nervous...

[GohanX]

Yeah, but with PayPal protections or may be worth the risk. What's the realistic eBay price these days?

[galam]

yeah. the risk was minimal.  i assume i have some protections in case it goes foul.
i asked a question too just to test responsiveness.

[Mzo]

Yeah, you can easily get your money back.

Last I saw sell went for over $700 because people are horrible and the universe is keeping me from having all the Wonder Boy games.

[EvilEvoIX]

crazy prices!!!  What makes this game so high?

[csgx1]

Nice score if it arrives.   

[pulstar]

I'm a little sad now... ...hopefully it all goes well for you but like you said, the risks are pretty minimal if you paid with paypal so you should be good either way. Well done man.

[esadajr]

nice reproduction

[johnnykonami]

I got the Japanese one for like 20 bucks new like 15 years ago or so, maybe even a little longer, but even then the English version was hard to get.  I can't see that someone would bother to make a reproduction of this particular game, I can see something like Earthbound, but not this.  I had the same thoughts when I bought an Ys IV and Lords of Thunder brand new off of ebay in the last couple of years - and if they are fakes, they're damn good ones since I can't tell the difference after 20 years of ownership and importing PCE games.  I think you got the real deal, congrats!

[galam]

nice reproduction

Please tell me you are kidding. 

[Black Tiger]

I got the Japanese one for like 20 bucks new like 15 years ago or so, maybe even a little longer, but even then the English version was hard to get.  I can't see that someone would bother to make a reproduction of this particular game, I can see something like Earthbound, but not this.  I had the same thoughts when I bought an Ys IV and Lords of Thunder brand new off of ebay in the last couple of years - and if they are fakes, they're damn good ones since I can't tell the difference after 20 years of ownership and importing PCE games.  I think you got the real deal, congrats!

Dynastic Hero Turbo often sells for hundreds of dollars, but is rarely available to buy. Ys IV and LoT are cheap games. The only known mass produced bootleg so far is Sapphire, because it used to sell for as much as Dynastic Hero does now. By comparison, Earthbound is a relatively cheap and common game.

[johnnykonami]

I got the Japanese one for like 20 bucks new like 15 years ago or so, maybe even a little longer, but even then the English version was hard to get.  I can't see that someone would bother to make a reproduction of this particular game, I can see something like Earthbound, but not this.  I had the same thoughts when I bought an Ys IV and Lords of Thunder brand new off of ebay in the last couple of years - and if they are fakes, they're damn good ones since I can't tell the difference after 20 years of ownership and importing PCE games.  I think you got the real deal, congrats!

Dynastic Hero Turbo often sells for hundreds of dollars, but is rarely available to buy. Ys IV and LoT are cheap games. The only known mass produced bootleg so far is Sapphire, because it used to sell for as much as Dynastic Hero does now. By comparison, Earthbound is a relatively cheap and common game.

I agree mostly, but Earthbound is one of those games that goes for way more than it's worth, and the price has been driven up due to demand, even though there are probably plenty of copies.  This is a game I know that bootlegs exist of.  And I didn't mean to infer Ys IV or GoT were uncommon at all, just that since I bought them sealed I wondered momentarily if they were fake since most games on the cheap side of things are already opened at this point.  As rare as the English version of Dynastic Hero is, I can't imagine the effort in making a bootleg would justify itself.  What's the demand really like?  I doubt many people outside of this forum have even heard of it, even though it's a great game of course.  I'm not disagreeing that D.H. is rarer that Earthbound, that's certain.  Just saying that the demand on EB outweighs the demand on DH, so if you are a bootlegger trying to make a dishonest buck, why not go the more lucrative route?

[Necromancer]

Effort required and profit margins per unit would be a factor, as it's a lot harder to make a booty cart than a CD and the cost per unit is higher; meaning you could surely sell more copies of Earthbound to a wider audience but you wouldn't necessarily turn more profit.