Author Topic: keep it sealed? (Read 1056 times)

ElSeven · « **on:** June 10, 2005, 02:02:48 PM »

Just got a sealed copy of Camp California, a game i've never tried before, and I don't know if I should just open the f*cker up, or keep it sealed and find a cdr copy to play.

by the way some people talk about this game, it might not even be worth playing...

any advice?

nodtveidt · « **Reply #1 on:** June 10, 2005, 03:38:54 PM »

It's one of my personal favorites but not a lot of people share such affinity.

It's not a terribly easy game to play due to technical reasons rather than actual difficulty; it's clunky and certainly could have been done better but is in no way as badly made as Exile II. If I were you, I'd find a backup copy and try it out first.

Also, Magic Engine doesn't currently emulate it correctly, so you'd either have to play it on a late version of 0.99 (even there it has a few problems) or on an actual machine.

ElSeven · « **Reply #2 on:** June 10, 2005, 04:04:19 PM »

cool, now i just need to find a reliable bootleger ;p

lord_cack · « **Reply #3 on:** June 10, 2005, 04:56:33 PM »

Why not open it? I mean you own it. What are you gonna do with if you don't open it? Sure it will maintane some sort of value if you leave it sealed and if some day you have to sell off your collection you would have that, but is selling your games your goal? I guess I just don't get collectors....I mean if I buy something, I am gonna use it.

Of course conversely I am glad there are collectors so I can buy sealed copies of games....so its a double edged sword...

However more importantly, the way I understand it, Duo's don't like playing burned copies of games and playing them in the long run "may" even cause damage to your machine(thats just what I hear). Its a theory atleast.....

twor2005 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 10, 2005, 05:02:34 PM »

I've never played it but I'm pro-opening as well. Especially if the alternative means putting a cdr in your Duo, which is considerably more precious.

Does anyone know the relation between Camp California and Yo' Bro (hucard)? Is the SCD a sequel or the same game a la Bonk 3?

D-Lite · « **Reply #5 on:** June 10, 2005, 05:46:23 PM »

What you should do is find someone with an open one that wants to trade.

ElSeven · « **Reply #6 on:** June 10, 2005, 07:30:50 PM »

well if it clears up any rumours, i've had a burned copy of dracula x since like 1998 (!) and my duo still functions as good as always.

rolins · « **Reply #7 on:** June 10, 2005, 07:41:26 PM »

You should open it. The game is not worth as much as Magical Chase anyway. I once had sealed copies of Super Star Soldier, Bomberman 94, and Ninja Gaiden that I kept for two years. I openned all them because I hate playing them on my computer. Emulators and back-up copies are okay but it's never better than the real thing.

esteban · « **Reply #8 on:** June 10, 2005, 09:30:50 PM »

Quote from: "twor2005"

Does anyone know the relation between Camp California and Yo' Bro (hucard)? Is the SCD a sequel or the same game a la Bonk 3?

Both Camp California and Yo' Bro were developed by ICOM Simulations... probably part of the last few games that company ever made for a console.

It is confusing because if you look back at the old magazines (i.e. the announcements and previews of upcoming games), it seems as if the two titles were used interchangeably. Actually, it seems as if there was only going to be one game, Camp California on HuCard.... then at some point, two games were in the works, with the names and formats changing...

If I get a chance I'll see if I can find an example in the TurboPlay Archives... but most of what I'm talking about appeared in EGM, GamePro, etc.

Keranu · « **Reply #9 on:** June 11, 2005, 08:36:15 AM »

I'd probably open it.

nodtveidt · « **Reply #10 on:** June 11, 2005, 09:45:20 AM »

The two games are very different. Camp California uses Lil Bro from the Yo Bro game as a playable character, and other than the Beach Boys music and overall theme of the games, they're worlds apart (even in presentation; Yo Bro is top-down and Camp California's a side-scroller).

esteban · « **Reply #11 on:** June 11, 2005, 10:15:59 AM »

Quote from: "nodtveidt"

The two games are very different. Camp California uses Lil Bro from the Yo Bro game as a playable character, and other than the Beach Boys music and overall theme of the games, they're worlds apart (even in presentation; Yo Bro is top-down and Camp California's a side-scroller).

Kool, i didn't know lil Bro was in Camp California! And I must have been tired last night, because I didn't finish answering question! To add to what notveidt said: Yo'Bro (HuCard) is like a poor-man's "The Zombies Ate My Neighbors" (but you're on a skateboard). I've never played Camp California, but it is a side-scrolling platformer.

I believe that ICOM initially started out to make one game, but then fell in love with Lil Bro and decided to make two games that capitalized on California and its pop culture.

nodtveidt · « **Reply #12 on:** June 11, 2005, 10:27:04 AM »

What I really liked about Camp California is that each character is completely unique and perform differently in specific levels. Of course, once you get Screech...well, the other characters just seem so...useless.

Keranu · « **Reply #13 on:** June 11, 2005, 05:00:18 PM »

Screech? From Saved By the Bell?

nodtveidt · « **Reply #14 on:** June 11, 2005, 06:38:18 PM »

Screech in the game Camp California! Or at least I think that's what he's called...my memory might be a little hazy but he's definately not as bad as the dork from that old 80s sitcom...