Holy Mackrel! Why is Rainbow Islands so expensive?

[soop]

What a shame, that was one game I had my eye on.  Is it a good conversion?

I remember the Amiga version was very good, but was missing the final 3 islands of the arcade due to space constraints.

[hoobs88]

I have the NES and PC Engine versions. The graphics are better on the PCE and there are Bosses at the end of each stage (unlike the NES version). It's been a while since I've played them so I'm not sure if there are any other differences (or even how they compare to the arcade or Amiga versions).

[Tatsujin]

the pce can be considered as arcade perfect, if there weren't those little loading gaps at the end of each stages when you reach the top platform.
the red book audio (sampled arcade music) sounds bit flat as well.

but at least you still get the original somewhere over the rainbow track, unlike the mega drive and later versions.

[soop]

Apparantly the PCE version is also the ONLY console version (at least of the era) with the 3 secret islands.

So basically, I HAVE to get it!

[Tatsujin]

So basically, I HAVE to get it!

That's for certain!

[Otaking]

Great game, I love it!
I have a second spare copy I might be willing to part with, it's mint and complete with spine and reg card.
Actually scrub that just seen Adol is selling one on ebay for £43.93 which is actually quite a reasonable 'Buy it Now' price, I would of been looking for a little more than that for my copy.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RAINBOW-ISLANDS-PC-ENGINE-CD-JAPAN-IMPORT-SPINE-/320624680275?pt=FR_SK_Jeuxvideo_Games_VideoGames&hash=item4aa6b85d53

[soop]

Great game, I love it!
I have a second spare copy I might be willing to part with, it's mint and complete with spine and reg card.
Actually scrub that just seen Adol is selling one on ebay for £43.93 which is actually quite a reasonable 'Buy it Now' price, I would of been looking for a little more than that for my copy.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RAINBOW-ISLANDS-PC-ENGINE-CD-JAPAN-IMPORT-SPINE-/320624680275?pt=FR_SK_Jeuxvideo_Games_VideoGames&hash=item4aa6b85d53

Nice, thanks for the heads up.  Might STILL be too expensive for me though.  I don't think I've ever paid that much for a game.

[Tatsujin]

so you never bought a new game in your life before?

cheaper than €49 is sheer impossible for a rainbow islands nowadays.

[Otaking]

Great game, I love it!
I have a second spare copy I might be willing to part with, it's mint and complete with spine and reg card.
Actually scrub that just seen Adol is selling one on ebay for £43.93 which is actually quite a reasonable 'Buy it Now' price, I would of been looking for a little more than that for my copy.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RAINBOW-ISLANDS-PC-ENGINE-CD-JAPAN-IMPORT-SPINE-/320624680275?pt=FR_SK_Jeuxvideo_Games_VideoGames&hash=item4aa6b85d53

Nice, thanks for the heads up.  Might STILL be too expensive for me though.  I don't think I've ever paid that much for a game.

sure, probably best then to wait it out for an Auction to turn up and try and maybe snag a bargain.

 

[soop]

so you never bought a new game in your life before?

cheaper than €49 is sheer impossible for a rainbow islands nowadays.

The last "new" game I got was Modern Warfare 2 for £25 I think.  I'm probably just insanely lucky, but I've never paid more than that much for a game.  the highest priced ones have been ~£25 for some release date PSP titles, and beyond that we're going back to the days of the Spectrum and Amiga where £25 was seen as reasonable.

True story:  I picked up a PAL copy of secret of Mana for 50p.

[Otaking]

so you never bought a new game in your life before?

cheaper than €49 is sheer impossible for a rainbow islands nowadays.

The last "new" game I got was Modern Warfare 2 for £25 I think.  I'm probably just insanely lucky, but I've never paid more than that much for a game.  the highest priced ones have been ~£25 for some release date PSP titles, and beyond that we're going back to the days of the Spectrum and Amiga where £25 was seen as reasonable.

Some of the very best must have PC Engine games you would have to part with over £25.
But saying that there are still tons of great titles to get for cheaps

[soop]

Yeah, I don't mind around £25 for the really good ones.  For example CD/PC Denjin.
And for the Hucards, I don't really mind boxed or not, so that's not too bad.  I think I paid £7 for Super Star Soldier, and that's a great game!

[Otaking]

Yeah, I don't mind around £25 for the really good ones.  For example CD/PC Denjin.
And for the Hucards, I don't really mind boxed or not, so that's not too bad.  I think I paid £7 for Super Star Soldier, and that's a great game!

if it was boxed £7 is a bargain for Super Star Soldier

Yeh off the top of my head a few other great games you can get for under £25 are:

GunHed
Soldier Blade (is around £25)
Jackie Chan
Aero Blasters
Parodius
Bomberman '94 (really good in multi player)
Genji Tsushin Agedama
Hana Taaka Daka (is around £25)
Legend Of Hero Tonma
R-TYPE I & II

[soop]

Nice, thanks for the list.  A couple were in mind already, and I have Bomberman '94 (<3 bomberman)

[Tatsujin]

better get bomberman '93

it's even cheaper and he best bm ever