Magical chase US

[Turbo D]

LMAO, seriously? Damn, got my hopes up for nothing .

[nat]

I'm really only guessing at the year, but 1993 or 1994 was the last time I saw any TurboGrafx games at my local Radio Shack.

[MrFulci]

Up until 1996, 1997 (maybe later) Radio Shack around here had a catalog that was bolted to a stand that one could flip through. The catalog covered pretty mcuh everything Radio Shack could order. Inside it showed some Turbo Grafx games for order. I think they were sourced from TZD, though.

[nat]

Your Radio Shack was obviously far cooler than mine.

We had no such catalog.

[MrFulci]

Nat,

I didn't know about the catalog 'til TZD told me about it in the mid 90's. It's been a while, but I think TZD is where the games were sourced from if you ordered from Radio Shack during that time (1996 or so).

[Black Tiger]

dude are you serious? Do they have other new games there for cheap?

Yeah, I didn't feel like wasting another $10 on Bonk 3 CD and Dynastic Hero. 

It was probably around 1995.

It wasn't a regular Radio Shack. They brought in whatever they felt like and had stock from every platform.

[Turbo D]

Ya, radio shack used to be really cool like that. I used to buy all their pinball machines, haha.

[TR0N]

"Cheap" is quite the exaggeration. The PCE version will still cost you hundreds of dollars.

The PCE version consistantly sells for $100 - $150 tops on eBay. Its only the Turbo version's value thats out of whack since it doesn't show up for sale very often.

Agreed that's why i said the PCE version is cheaper.

While it's in, the $100.00+ range i'd go with that then spend money on the U.S version.

[esteban]

Shortly after the Saturn came out (what year was that?) I bought Vasteel at Toys R Us for a few bucks. My friend got me a few games as well, since they were so cheap... I couldn't believe that TRU still had the games in stock. That was the last TG-16 game I bought "for real." Everything after that was courtesy TZD.

[nat]

Toys R Us seemed to keep a stock of TG games long after everywhere else stopped carrying them.

I, too, made my last in-store TG purchase at a Toys R Us.

[kenomac78]

toys r us always managed to keep games around past thier time. it was great to go in and see out of print games. i even saw a stack of atari 5200 games  one time when i went in there in 1991!  i bought most of my tg16 games there as they were the only one with a decent selection in my area. babbages always seemed to  run low for some reason. 

but when a gamestop-esque store opened, the first of its kind in our area, it was the only place i went to go to buy games, it was cheap used tg16 games! it was a shock. there i got parasol stars, cosmic fantasy 2, the cd rom itself, ys and many many more. they also sold manga and guitars, and just about anything else they would feel like, but the focus was games, and it had a mom and pop feel to it that  that sadly, cant be duplicated in this  gamestop monopoly and hysteria of overcharging on common games because to be  nostalgic is nevau cool and because it also inturn deters people from doing a quick turn around on ebay. 

the last game i bought in the stores was vasteel in late 94

oh how i long for 1992!

[2X4]

What is the big deal about this game?  It looks, well, for lack of a more accurate term, gayer than a man sandwich.  I mean, look at the title!  What am I missing here?

[Turbo D]

well, apparently the US version has different backgrounds that are less gay. I seen a comparison on some dudes site.

[TR0N]

well, apparently the US version has different backgrounds that are less gay. I seen a comparison on some dudes site.

It has more scrolling for the U.S version.

Still i feel it's price is a rip off if you ask me for, Magical Chase any ways.

Btw and i don't care if collectors... think it's all that and a bag of chips 

[Necromancer]

Ummmm...... chips. 

It's been said many times before - the cost Magical Chase (and other such games) has far more to do with scarcity than game play quality.  M.C. is a pretty good cute 'em up, but it wouldn't fetch more than $30 if it was readily available.