What TG16 Collectors Need Only Magical Chase?

[alexsduo]

So what is the real story of MC?  It reminds me of those brothers in the 80's who bought all the silver in the US.  They raised the price to a crazy level, and then it dropped significantly... Now, to most normal people I would never compare a single video game to silver, but you y'all, I gotta be real.  It is a huge commodity, and low end most of would pay an amount our friends and family would think is looney... On wikipedia , there is really no mention of how rare it is, or how many copies exist, or anything like that, not that I trust wikipedia all that much...

I hope that the prices go down, cause we all want one!  It is like gold right now, many people are selling it, but the demand (from consumers) is probably not that great.  Now cash for gold and other bs, will buy anything and melt it down... Only a specific group of people, probably similarly aged, hold MC to be very dear...

Furthermore, I think there should be a list of people who sell MC on ebay, and we should keep a "police blotter" of them.  They are the problem, but it is a very very popular and rare game to ravenous collectors..

I would love to set up a bootleg shop to only make magical chase games, and then only sell them on ebay with a bunch of other carts,

I need about 10-12 to complete my collection, but magical chase will most likely be the last....

[nectarsis]

I hope that the prices go down, cause we all want one! 

I would love to set up a bootleg shop to only make magical chase games, and then only sell them on ebay with a bunch of other carts,

There's more than a few of us that could care less about MC, and feels it's not much above average.  I'll prob get it eventually, but more than likely the PCE version IF I find a good deal.   Rarity is the main (not only) draw for this game.  If it was as common as Ordyne, or Blazing Lazers it would wouldn't be talked about anywhere near as often.

Boots= FAIL.

[Necromancer]

Boots= FAIL.

Meh, I'm glad that I have my Sapphire boot.

[nectarsis]

Boots= FAIL.

Meh, I'm glad that I have my Sapphire boot.

Ok I'll agree there lol.  I meant more Boot Hueys.

[Tatsujin]

Lolierrry

[SignOfZeta]

So what is the real story of MC? 

Well, this is just my theory, but basically US collectors don't have a very large selection of games to latch onto, so due to the relative scarcity and overall goodness of the game they decided via their huge, spendaholic hive mind that MC would be the thing they will pay f*ckING ANYTHING for, which lead to a upward spiral of price escalation. Some heathens broke off from The Hive and decided they could settle for JP copy of the game, a game they never would have even noticed if not for the US release. This, by proxy, drove the price of the Japanese version to at least twice what it would be going for if there never was such a thing as the TG-16 despite there being ultimately more copies out there. I have no doubt that NEC had passed on the US market, like they passed on Europe, that you'd be able to get a copy of the JP version of MC for about the same as a copy of Hanatakadaka! or Cotton.

[alexsduo]

Yea, there is one one ebay for like 175, but that is too much for the Japanese game... I would like to play it non-emulated, so if anyone is in Chicago who has a copy, let me know!!!

[Sparky]

Well, this is just my theory, but basically US collectors don't have a very large selection of games to latch onto, so due to the relative scarcity and overall goodness of the game they decided via their huge, spendaholic hive mind that MC would be the thing they will pay f*ckING ANYTHING for,

Thank goodness that is your theory which i have heard over and over and......
There are some ass hat collectors out there for the US games i agree but come on man let up a little, so much hate.

maybe start a hate club zeta... this could be you (insert US TG16 Logo)

[alexsduo]

I hear that... I have yet to find anything about the number of MCs out there... I have 93 of the US turbo grafx games now, obviously missing Magical Chase.  I had two fall through my hands, probably because I did not want to pony up... But, I know I am ready now. 

Has anyone been able to verify the 2k number released?  I guess that makes sense, if there are 2000 copies, and say 75% of them are in the USA, there are 1500 copies, and divide that by 50, each state in the union has around 30 copies.  Further include into the mix the fact that many of them are lost, destroyed, or hoarded by collectors and sold at a huge premium... I guess that sounds reasonable...

I love how the PC engines are on ebay (and gameboy) all day long... Last time I checked the bastards on ebay charge to list stuff, and if you keep posting them and not selling, you are wasting money, and may not break even if you list it long enough.  They typically sell for like $100 when the dust settles...

[nat]

I think 3,000 is a more accurate number, which came from someone at TTi. I think that's about as close as we'll ever get to a verification.

[alexsduo]

Interesting.... 3000 is still a decent number, but I guess a lot of them are lost or hidden or something... Or a few of those collectors bought them all up... At this point I am desperate to get MC, I would sell a lot of my collection or trade it, but I just can't find it anywhere...

It is kind of a reoccurring dream, that I find a loose copy of magical chase whilst I am thrifting, and it is like a couple bucks..

[nat]

Interesting.... 3000 is still a decent number, but I guess a lot of them are lost or hidden or something... Or a few of those collectors bought them all up... At this point I am desperate to get MC, I would sell a lot of my collection or trade it, but I just can't find it anywhere...

How long have you been looking? The game shows up on eBay pretty regularly, and on here every now and then. It isn't all that "rare" in the world of Turbo from a production run standpoint. Compared to a copy of Super Mario Bros., sure, but compared to something like Order of the Griffon or New Adventure Island... not at all. It's actually said that OotG and MC had identical production numbers. The problem is that people tend to hold on to their copies of MC a little more than games like NAI or OotG because of the [ridiculous] perceived "market value."

I don't think many [any?] copies have been "lost" or "hidden." MC has been more expensive than the rest of the US Turbo library for like 10 years. Unfortunately, it has also been the victim of its own reputation. It has this whole hype built around its, uh, "legend" for lack of a better word in an endless feedback loop that keeps driving the price higher year after year, lately at an exponential rate.

The Magical Chase situation is a real-life predestination paradox.

[geise]

I would say that Magical Chase for Windows PC is the most "uncommon" Magical Chase out there.  That surprisingly (when found) doesn't go for all that much at all.

[MotherGunner]

I saw the GameBoy version go for an astronomical price too once.

[TheClash603]

I want the PC version, I didn't know it existed.