When did dracula x become a $200+ game?

[Liquid Snake]

I will stick with my bootleg. 

Fortunately i have original one i imported in the 90s and bootleg i just got few weeks ago.
I am happy......

Did you buy the Limited* Edition Belmont Survival Kit™?

No, im not that crazy

[NightWolve]

Bootleg "survival kit..."

[Groover]

I am so glad I bought mine in January. I only wish I could buy more and did earlier.

[Trenton_net]

I am so glad I bought mine in January. I only wish I could buy more and did earlier.

I obtained my copy of the game before the prices went crazy, but I don't regret buying more. I'd rather see the game in other peoples hands, than hoard copies for speculation and profit. One copy for playing is good enough for me.

[Black Tiger]

I am so glad I bought mine in January. I only wish I could buy more and did earlier.

Why do you wish you bought more copies?

[SignOfZeta]

I am so glad I bought mine in January. I only wish I could buy more and did earlier.

Well...I'm glad you didn't? I guess?

[Bonknuts]

Why do you wish you bought more copies?

 I've read somewhere, once, where obsessed fans on occasion would layout said items in a form of a circle, and then sit naked in the center.. the visual intake invoking feelings of existential bliss. Disregarding the irony here, it's obvious you can't do this with just one copy of Rondo. That's one expensive circle.

[Jibbajaba]

I am so glad I bought mine in January. I only wish I could buy more and did earlier.

Why do you wish you bought more copies?

OBVIOUSLY so that he could pass them on to fellow Turbo fans, at cost, once the price started to go crazy.  Why else?

[julencin2000]

That bootleg you're talking about, is it clearly dintinguishable from the original?

[Caseh]

I'm kinda new here and no doubt I've missed some of the shite that's been thrown about in regards to the Drac X repro but last week I picked up the Deluxe Edition that was listed as "B Grade" on the PCE Works website and all I can say is for the price it's not a bad purchase.

I paid £40 and it includes the translated disc, i'm guessing there was more fuss over this as it clearly states on the packaging that the translation disc is not to be sold and was packaged outside of the casing when it was delivered so more like it was a free bonus rather than part of the package.

That bootleg you're talking about, is it clearly dintinguishable from the original?

If you have the discs side by side, yes. The case is also obviously very different as well but quality wise, it's a top notch job across the board which could easily pass as an official release to those who know no better.

[julencin2000]

I won't be able to have another copy of the game to have them side by side 

[Lost Monkey]

I'm kinda new here and no doubt I've missed some of the shite that's been thrown about in regards to the Drac X repro but last week I picked up the Deluxe Edition that was listed as "B Grade" on the PCE Works website and all I can say is for the price it's not a bad purchase.

I paid £40 and it includes the translated disc, i'm guessing there was more fuss over this as it clearly states on the packaging that the translation disc is not to be sold and was packaged outside of the casing when it was delivered so more like it was a free bonus rather than part of the package.

About £40 too much... but as for the free translation, wow!  What kind of Robin Hood just gives things like that away?!?!

I won't be able to have another copy of the game to have them side by side 

So look at a picture? Supposedly PCEWorks (Tobias) puts his logo on everything he counterfeits.

[julencin2000]

<snippy>

I won't be able to have another copy of the game to have them side by side 

So look at a picture? Supposedly PCEWorks (Tobias) puts his logo on everything he counterfeits.

Yes of course, looking at a picture is a solution; the PCE logo thing is something clearly identifies the counterfeit. If the only counterfeits that exists of the game are the Tobias', then I'm OK, mine's OG.

But are there any oher known fake copies, Tobias aside? Where the differences with the original are less obvious?

[toktogul]

Its artificial. I just bid and won a copy for a member of this forum for about 125$ usd on yahoo auction. There is still a lot of games available in Japan, people are paying a premium on ebay for no reason whatso ever.

[Lost Monkey]

<snippy>

I won't be able to have another copy of the game to have them side by side 

So look at a picture? Supposedly PCEWorks (Tobias) puts his logo on everything he counterfeits.

Yes of course, looking at a picture is a solution; the PCE logo thing is something clearly identifies the counterfeit. If the only counterfeits that exists of the game are the Tobias', then I'm OK, mine's OG.

But are there any oher known fake copies, Tobias aside? Where the differences with the original are less obvious?

I don't think there are any besides Tobias copies - there were a lot of originals sold.. unlike say Sapphire...

I will take a scan of the center ring of my Dracula X tonight (in about 12 hours...) and post it here for you to look at.