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KingDrool

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Re: Soldier Blade
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2005, 12:11:21 AM »
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I've seen Cotton go in the $90 dollar range,  maybe more..


I just picked it up for around $100, so I'm just checking.  I wanted it pretty badly, though, so price didn't really matter too much.  Now I've only got a few more CD games to go to complete my US collection.  Unfortunately, they're the rarest and most expensive ones...
Games I Need: Bonk 3 (HuCard), Legend of Hero Tonma, Magical Chase, Soldier Blade, Super Air Zonk.

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« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2005, 09:32:54 AM »
Holy crap!  Magical Chase is on eBay right now, currently at $223, and the reserve hasn't been met yet!  Is it THAT rare of a game?  

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« Reply #17 on: March 08, 2005, 11:30:25 AM »
Question - what would a proto. version of a TG16 game go for?  Say, Camp California for example?  An EPROM-based prototype, on a prototype board, that is substantially different from the CD version?

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« Reply #18 on: March 08, 2005, 03:41:57 PM »
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Question - what would a proto. version of a TG16 game go for?  Say, Camp California for example?  An EPROM-based prototype, on a prototype board, that is substantially different from the CD version?


send the item to me and I'll evaluate it for you, free of charge.
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« Reply #19 on: March 08, 2005, 05:14:03 PM »
I've got the EPROM's for Camp California dumped, but haven't had much luck getting them to work within an emulator, although it's been a year or so since I tried...  

Background - I have a single proto board, and whenever I reviewed a game, I'd dump the ROM's to floppy - that way, I could burn whatever game I felt like playing to the EPROM's after returning the review copy of the game.  Of these, I know the Camp California version I have was never produced as an Hucard, and otherwise have 2 or 3 others that are either obviously a bit different from the final version, or look pretty much the same but have a trainer that was built-in for testing purposes.

So - I know how the board works, how the jumpers need to be configured, etc. - don't really need it evaluated; just curious whether these had sold previously - I've never found them mentioned on any web site I've checked through the years, or come across anybody else that had one, so just curious.  Almost every TG16 game I reviewed came on a card like this though, so odd that there wouldn't be more out there.

It's nice to be able to play stuff via an emulator, but I find it nicer to be able to burn whatever you want onto a card like this, and play it on the real thing...

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« Reply #20 on: March 08, 2005, 10:25:12 PM »
I was joking :)  You shouldn't actually send out something like that to me :)  Unless you really wanted to.

I don't think I am the only Turbo fan who would be completely intrigued by the items you have.  

Don't do anything (i.e. sell them) until you've gotten some reliable feedback from (trustworthy) folks at TurboList and Digital Press... (perhaps this site and magicengine could be a resource, but the former two resources might be more reliable).

Different versions / variations of released games = neat stuff.

Thanks for sharing with us :)

FAVOR: Is it possible to describe the differences in more detail?  anything would be appreciated :)
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KingDrool

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« Reply #21 on: March 09, 2005, 05:49:08 AM »
By the way, that Magical Chase went for $400!!!  That's incredible!
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« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2005, 09:28:14 AM »
I am very interested to hear more about these Camp California protos as well, Sprout.
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Adding PCE console specific layer on top of that, makes for an interesting challenge (no, not a reference to Ys II).

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« Reply #23 on: March 09, 2005, 09:53:18 AM »
Will take a few pictures of the proto board - got a new digital camera on order, and my old one is crap, so may be a few weeks..  Had some pictures I'd taken before, but can't find them.

Otherwise, some screenshots I took of Camp California from a couple of years ago - connected the TG up to my computer:




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« Reply #24 on: March 09, 2005, 07:21:26 PM »
goddam! now I want to play this game even more.  Only in the last few years have I began to obsess over silly games like this.

do you remember what Beach Boys songs are on it?  are they covers? or originals?

THANKS FOR THE SCREENSHOTS, by the way.
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« Reply #25 on: March 10, 2005, 12:03:05 PM »
Haha, I really want to play this game as well despite how retarded it looks :P . I'm a complete sucker for cheesy movies and games.
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« Reply #26 on: March 11, 2005, 12:19:33 PM »
Did Camp California actually come out?
Baseley09 in disguise.

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« Reply #27 on: March 11, 2005, 02:21:58 PM »
I thought it was released?  But it got horrible reviews.

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« Reply #28 on: March 11, 2005, 07:06:38 PM »
As far as I know, Camp California was released.  I'm 99% certain it was released. Here's some stuff:
 
1. Preview of Camp California (TurboForce #3, September 1992)

2. Review of Camp California (Duo World #1, July/August 1993

I love the fact that it has a "save the environment" theme... it's corny but I dig that vibe.  There was a small "fad" in the early 90's for this stuff (global gladiators video game, a cartoon along the same lines).  

We need more games with progressive messages :)  Unfortunately, I don't think it will ever result in a non-cheesy game.

on that note:  The object of Camp California is to STOP THE "BIG CHEESE" from polluting your favorite beach.  Goddam that is so friggin' silly, you can't help but love it.
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« Reply #29 on: March 11, 2005, 07:54:16 PM »
LOL, stop the big cheese from polluting your beach!?  Now we have games like San Andreas shoot'em up gang territory style.  I can own the beach or shoot anyone I don't like.

The stuff they put in games now there's no way they would've got away with back then.  I guess it's just like movies though.  Robocop almost received an X-rated title because of some scenes when first released.  Robocop!?

Ok, back to Camp :wink:  I wonder what a used copy would fetch for.  I wonder how many copies circulated since it didn't do well.