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[Black Tiger]

How the hell do they touch the shop yet not go in?  CHEAT CHEAT CHEAT!

How the hell do they turn off the sound fx and boss music?

[Joe Redifer]

The tape is a lie.

[Game and Watch Kirby]

Would the bleaching, by any chance, make my TurboGrafx-16 look like a PAL TurboGrafx ?!?

I'm no expert, but I really don't think that the bleach can do any harm.

I wouldn't want to try any sticky substances on it too much since they can be hard to clean off later (unless it could be an exception with the Goo Gone) and can end up being hard to clean off later or even damage the console.

Just use a cloth (not paper towel) and Goo Gone will definitely remove any kind of glue-like substance and many other things from your console. The only thing is that you need to then clean off the Goo Gone with something mild like Windex and/or water so your TG-16 doesn't smell like oranges for a while. There are likely similar products that will work as well, but Goo Gone is the only one I've tried and it works.

WHOOHOO! The Street Fighter II "Live Arcade Video" page also was nicely done (I wasn't sure if it was you playing in the videos or not from them, though you've shown a bit of your

before, but that page did help explain it much. I also like the way that the different character images were used to link to the videos of them (like the Super Darius II map layout). They were all nicely drawn on the box (especially Guile, though Dhalsim is faint in the eyes and Zangief looks creeped out). Do you have any other low-quality videos of them made? OH! What are the other videos supposed to be of ?

For now youtube is the only lower quality alternative. My video editing software is busy converting videos for something else...

Either way, it may not be good risking it to be put in bleach as unexpected errors can always occur that may be fatal (to either me or the TurboGrafx-16). It'd be pretty interesting for it to smell like oranges for a while . The Windex on its own...maybe that can be a safe technique to use, too (of course, the substance will have to be sprayed on the cloth/napkin instead of the console itself. Oh...I see ...

UPDATE: Today I added the Fantasy Zone Super Play VHS. Another japanese super-play video.

Each stage can be downloaded individually, there is a single 19 minute video or you can watch them on YouTube.

Hey Black_Tiger, you should post info of these LDs on www.lddb.com.

I am going to do that.

YEA-HA! I've watched all of the videos earlier today, and they were a little uninteresting to view at first, but were intriguing as the viewings progressed (I absolutely love the music for Polaria). I didn't see that you put in a separate video for Solaris, however (did you forget to do so?). Were the graphics on the page based on the Sega Master System of the game, I presume? A nice job with it again, but, as I thought of it, it may be a good idea to put each of the super-play videos into one page instead of separate ones, just to minimize space on the Features page and even for a bit of organization (only if you wish to do so, of course).

How the hell do they touch the shop yet not go in?  CHEAT CHEAT CHEAT!

How the hell do they turn off the sound fx and boss music?

The tape is a lie.

I did not see the possibility of a shop in any of the videos, but it could have always been edited out for the video (so it doesn't distract from the gameplay footage). Also, they may have just barely missed the entry way for it to avoid shopping for the recording (maybe, even, it would require a button input for the arcade version to enter the store). I wonder if a sound test is available in Fantasy Zone? If so, then the background music could have always been recorded from it, the sounds from the main captured file could have been removed, and replaced by them for each of the clips.

[Joe Redifer]

I think since the shops were edited out, they HAD to use a different music track otherwise the music would have been interrupted at the edit point.  Since there was only 19 minutes available (we all know how short VHS tapes are) they had to cut out that stuff for money reasons. 

[Game and Watch Kirby]

I think since the shops were edited out, they HAD to use a different music track otherwise the music would have been interrupted at the edit point.  Since there was only 19 minutes available (we all know how short VHS tapes are) they had to cut out that stuff for money reasons. 

Exactly . It would have been bothersome in this case, too. I didn't think that they could be for costly reasons, though .

[Joe Redifer]

The employees of the shop get paid too much and they just weren't in the budget.

[spenoza]

I can't imagine anyone paying actual, real money for that Fantasy Zone tape. That's just 6 kinds of bonkers.

[Necromancer]

The Windex on its own...maybe that can be a safe technique to use, too (of course, the substance will have to be sprayed on the cloth/napkin instead of the console itself.

Play it safe and make sure that it's ammonia free Windex, as many plastics will discolor when exposed to ammonia.  It won't immediately discolor the plastic or make it brittle, but repeated exposure is often a recipe for disaster.  Also, do not drink the ammonia or use it to make meth.

I can't imagine anyone paying actual, real money for that Fantasy Zone tape. That's just 6 kinds of bonkers.

Can you imagine someone paying in oblong gold coins or perhaps rupees?

[Black Tiger]

YEA-HA! I've watched all of the videos earlier today, and they were a little uninteresting to view at first, but were intriguing as the viewings progressed (I absolutely love the music for Polaria). I didn't see that you put in a separate video for Solaris, however (did you forget to do so?). Were the graphics on the page based on the Sega Master System of the game, I presume? A nice job with it again, but, as I thought of it, it may be a good idea to put each of the super-play videos into one page instead of separate ones, just to minimize space on the Features page and even for a bit of organization (only if you wish to do so, of course).

As far as I know, those are the only stages in the game. Are you thinking of Polaria or Pocarius?

The screenshots are from the PC Engine game. I'm recovering from a neck injury and couldn' handle playing the arcade version in Mame. So I used the invincibilty trick to speed through it in Magic Engine.

I did not see the possibility of a shop in any of the videos, but it could have always been edited out for the video (so it doesn't distract from the gameplay footage). Also, they may have just barely missed the entry way for it to avoid shopping for the recording (maybe, even, it would require a button input for the arcade version to enter the store). I wonder if a sound test is available in Fantasy Zone? If so, then the background music could have always been recorded from it, the sounds from the main captured file could have been removed, and replaced by them for each of the clips.

Yeah the video was edited, but it is possible to fly through a stage and miss the shop if you don't stop. Sony probably wanted this video to fit a smaller size tape to keep costs down. Most/all of the promo tapes I have are all super light.

I can't imagine anyone paying actual, real money for that Fantasy Zone tape. That's just 6 kinds of bonkers.

This was years before emulation and internet steaming video. For many people this would have been the only way to witness the arcade. For others, this could help them to beat the coin-op during a time when arcades actually mattered. Does the arcade even have a continue feature? If it does, it's gotta be from the beginning of a stage.

But people did and today now more than ever do pay real money for far more ridiculous game related merchandise. Although I don't think that game videos are ridiculous in any way.

[Game and Watch Kirby]

The Windex on its own...maybe that can be a safe technique to use, too (of course, the substance will have to be sprayed on the cloth/napkin instead of the console itself.

Play it safe and make sure that it's ammonia free Windex, as many plastics will discolor when exposed to ammonia.  It won't immediately discolor the plastic or make it brittle, but repeated exposure is often a recipe for disaster.  Also, do not drink the ammonia or use it to make meth.

Thank you for letting me know, Necromancer. I do actually have an ammonia-free type of Windex that I can use on it .

YEA-HA! I've watched all of the videos earlier today, and they were a little uninteresting to view at first, but were intriguing as the viewings progressed (I absolutely love the music for Polaria). I didn't see that you put in a separate video for Solaris, however (did you forget to do so?). Were the graphics on the page based on the Sega Master System of the game, I presume? A nice job with it again, but, as I thought of it, it may be a good idea to put each of the super-play videos into one page instead of separate ones, just to minimize space on the Features page and even for a bit of organization (only if you wish to do so, of course).

As far as I know, those are the only stages in the game. Are you thinking of Polaria or Pocarius?

The screenshots are from the PC Engine game. I'm recovering from a neck injury and couldn' handle playing the arcade version in Mame. So I used the invincibilty trick to speed through it in Magic Engine.

I did not see the possibility of a shop in any of the videos, but it could have always been edited out for the video (so it doesn't distract from the gameplay footage). Also, they may have just barely missed the entry way for it to avoid shopping for the recording (maybe, even, it would require a button input for the arcade version to enter the store). I wonder if a sound test is available in Fantasy Zone? If so, then the background music could have always been recorded from it, the sounds from the main captured file could have been removed, and replaced by them for each of the clips.

Yeah the video was edited, but it is possible to fly through a stage and miss the shop if you don't stop. Sony probably wanted this video to fit a smaller size tape to keep costs down. Most/all of the promo tapes I have are all super light.

I can't imagine anyone paying actual, real money for that Fantasy Zone tape. That's just 6 kinds of bonkers.

This was years before emulation and internet steaming video. For many people this would have been the only way to witness the arcade. For others, this could help them to beat the coin-op during a time when arcades actually mattered. Does the arcade even have a continue feature? If it does, it's gotta be from the beginning of a stage.

But people did and today now more than ever do pay real money for far more ridiculous game related merchandise. Although I don't think that game videos are ridiculous in any way.

I did find the separate Solaris clip just a few moments ago, but I must have skipped over it by accident possibly due to a simliarity to another (interestingly enough, there is a shop feature shown in this portion). Don't worry; you have all of the individual stage videos uploaded on YouTube. Oh . I'm sorry to hear about your neck. I hope that it reaches fully recovery soon. That makes a lot of sense, especially if VHS videos were costly to produce back then. I definitely see this tape being a good walkthrough guide for players that need any help along with a demonstration of the game/skills to beat it (at the very least, a good music collection with footage). It looks like the continue feature does have the player starting back at the beginning of the stage (particularly indicated by the multiple deaths, along with the indicator map at the bottom of the screen, in Polaria). I don't think gameplay videos are ridiculous, either (unless the editing was done in a way for it to be so), and there are certainly items out there, no matter how strange, that people would pay anything to buy for (definitely if it's rare).

[spenoza]

Oh, I can understand paying money for game videos. That's not it. I just found the Fantasy Zone video very short and largely unentertaining. I can't imagine paying money for it. That's all. Not enough money to justify the cost of taping, editing, and distributing, anyway.

[nat]

I second spenoza's sentiments. That has to be the most unexciting video game video I've ever watched. Not to mention the quality is awful (not the bitrate of Black Tiger's mind you, the source material looks to be pretty shitty).

[Digi.k]

Site updates are great!

I've known about bleaching for a while its what I did on my first white pc engine I got from ebay's hit-japan.. but I kinda had a fear that the bleach would dissolve the plastic at the time I was bleaching it..