I just bought a copy of Sylphia...

[Tatsujin]

My spelling is so good, only I can do it!  

And my Sylphia and Bizzzzzaru were 9,000yen and 7,800yen respectively.  They both lack spinecards, but are otherwise in pristine condition.  I bought them both in Osaka just last summer.  Good deals can still be had, just takes more effort then the past.

ok, 9,000yen and 7,800yen are really good prices for a sylphia & bazaaru. but i'm sure those where just nice bargain grabs. without spines, you have to pay at least the double of it nowadays.

as i said, syphias price arised sheer exponetial in the last 2 years.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Don't forget to check out the hard rock version of Sylphia that Tom & I put together!  Although I love the music in Sylphia, I feel our version is much more fitting for the game, though, I don't have a link to it, you'll have to ask Tom.

Nevermind, I found the link!
http://pcedev.net/sylphia/Sylphia.rar

[TR0N]

in japan, a sylphia costs you about US$250

thats exactly what i paid 

Yikes i guess i'm realy lucky then when electrichaze had his big sale of,TG16&PCE games later year.

The most i payed for sylphia was ($98.00) though it's manual wasn't mint...getting the game was worth while to me.

[JapanTokei]

Tats - is Sylphie without spine going for that much at Nihon?
 
I just won an auction that cost me 9598 yen ($110 USD), reflecting shipping + Yahoo JP charges for credit card payments..
It doesn't have spine   but I thought it was still relatively a good deal.  Been wanting to play this for a while now.

My spelling is so good, only I can do it!  

And my Sylphia and Bizzzzzaru were 9,000yen and 7,800yen respectively.  They both lack spinecards, but are otherwise in pristine condition.  I bought them both in Osaka just last summer.  Good deals can still be had, just takes more effort then the past.

ok, 9,000yen and 7,800yen are really good prices for a sylphia & bazaaru. but i'm sure those where just nice bargain grabs. without spines, you have to pay at least the double of it nowadays.

as i said, syphias price arised sheer exponetial in the last 2 years.

[SuperDeadite]

Price differences between Osaka and Tokyo are weird.  I've seen huge price differences between the two cities for no reason at all...  Hell.  In Osaka there are 2 stores on the same street.  One sells RayXanber III for 6,000yen, the other sells it for 2,000yen....

Either way Sylphia is one of my favorites, enjoy it.   Put in on Hard though, Normal is a bit too easy.  I was able to 1cc "Special Hard" after only about 2 weeks.  Great game to replay though, atmosphere is perfect in this one.

[JapanTokei]

Deadite - how much are Sylphies going for at Osaka? 

Price differences between Osaka and Tokyo are weird.  I've seen huge price differences between the two cities for no reason at all...  Hell.  In Osaka there are 2 stores on the same street.  One sells RayXanber III for 6,000yen, the other sells it for 2,000yen....

Either way Sylphia is one of my favorites, enjoy it.   Put in on Hard though, Normal is a bit too easy.  I was able to 1cc "Special Hard" after only about 2 weeks.  Great game to replay though, atmosphere is perfect in this one.

[SuperDeadite]

Varies a lot.  I've seen everything from 8,000yen-17,000yen.  Strangely, Osaka shops don't seem to care about spine cards very much.  Stores here tend to sell games for the same price if it has the spine or not.  Meaning you can get a beautiful copy for a good price, or get a so-so one for the same depending on your luck.

DenDen Town used to be great.  But it's shrunk over the years.  ******* Super Potato has slowly been buying out the local shops to increase their overpriced monopoly.  Still though, I prefer DenDen over Akiba, way less tourists .  Also has probably the best MSX shop in the entire country, if it's your thing. 

[Liquid Snake]

I wish I can get a copy of Sylphia :<

[futurematt]

Sylphia is pretty much my favourite PCE game, despite its price. Something so nice about the pace, styling, fluidity and music. I think it tops Spriggan to be honest!

[JapanTokei]

Deadite - I've never been to Osaka country.  Tho I did take a few days vacation to Kyoto country a few years ago.  No PCE back then, just ate a lot of tofus and more tofus and golden castle then silver castles and more castles lol. 

Are you there now?  A gaijin buddie of mine used to teach English (no, not at NOVA, though he did prey on cutie chicks like all NOVA teachers did) at Osaka like 15 years ago.  He always told me the people there are very cool (though very direct and sometimes vulgar), but chill, compared to city folks at Tokyo. 

Varies a lot.  I've seen everything from 8,000yen-17,000yen.  Strangely, Osaka shops don't seem to care about spine cards very much.  Stores here tend to sell games for the same price if it has the spine or not.  Meaning you can get a beautiful copy for a good price, or get a so-so one for the same depending on your luck.

DenDen Town used to be great.  But it's shrunk over the years.  ******* Super Potato has slowly been buying out the local shops to increase their overpriced monopoly.  Still though, I prefer DenDen over Akiba, way less tourists .  Also has probably the best MSX shop in the entire country, if it's your thing. 

[SuperDeadite]

I live in Shiga actually.  And I was a Nova teacher for about a year.  Not everyone was bad...  But even in it's glory days Nova was always a temp job, only a true moron would attempt to work at such a place forever.  So I found a real job locally and am still here.  As for preying on chicks, where I live it's the opposite.  I've had many a married woman approach me over the years, but married ain't my bag.  Have to be careful as they often lie about it.  Love this country but the crazies are everywhere. (Much like back home )

[Tatsujin]

It's always a culture shock when I visit Oosaka

[JapanTokei]

I am playing Sylphia now.. I think I'm not giving it enough time but I haven't gotten sucked into it yet.... grrrrr

Bazzy for less than ichimon yen.. man.. i wish that is still the case.  I haven't opened my complete sealled copy yet.. that is an expensive 26500 yen worth of plastic.. but i feel the magnetic force guiding my hand closer each day.. lol

[SuperDeadite]

Sylphia is very much an atmosphere game.  the intro hooked up instantly, and the dark morbid tone of the game never lets me go.  I do recommend playing it at least on hard though, very easy 1cc on normal.  Special Hard is a lot of fun once you're ready for it.  Even on normal though, very relaxing game to play, just absorb the atmosphere

[Liquid Snake]

just bought myself a copy of Sylphia and got it yesterday.  This is the game I want the most but for some reasons I kept missing opportunities to get this title and finally I got it...........