Magical Chase Waiting List

[Black Tiger]

Didn't you see Desmond's video he got it on accident in a Hit the Ice box while shopping on April 1st.  What a blessing!!

I bought mine brand new sealed(!) for $5. No joke. I didn't buy it because I thought that it was valuable to other people. I bought it because I'd seen it covered in magazines and genuinely wanted to play it. The first thing I did was walk out of the store, hop into our vehicle, tore it open and started playing it on my Turbo Express.


There is no dilemma for people dying to play the U.S. version on real hardware. Just buy a flashcard for a fraction of the cost of the real thing and if you want, you can have that one game on it. For those who just have to have a complete hard copy, the PCE version is easy to get and not that bad for price at this point.

For the rest of you that aren't interested in the game and are strictly a collector of 'what other self-proclaimed-collectors think they want to obtain', then the situation couldn't be better. Magical Chase is always available and it has a high asking price from most sellers. If it so many creeps weren't jacking up the price, then you wouldn't want it. Rarity has nothing to do with it, otherwise OotG would be going for thousands. If collecting is a true hobby and you are hardcore enough to go after something so valuable to collectors, then nothing should be more thrilling than dropping thousands of dollars on the game.

Unless you plan on flipping it for a major profit.

[alexsduo]

Wow, a lot of responses...

I am not trying to be annoying with the posts, so I absolutely apologize about looking for MC a lot.  I am obsessed, and I think that owning this game will make me cool.  And I have fun looking for it, it is like I am an online detective.  I just had a wacky idea, regarding this game... I am sure people I know would vouch that if I say I am not trying to flip a game, I am not. 

vestcoat-  I am a commodity fetish, and a marxist

you are right again, I have been bored and really wanting a copy, I know a few people on here, but you are right, I am a MC whore.  I have been a bad man.

Black Tiger, there was on on craigslist, but it twas pricey.  I loved the TG16 system, and I would have tried to collect all the games... I used to play with my brother, so it is sentimental.  I don't think there is much profit unless someone puts it on ebay, but I am sure it happens a lot, especially on this forum.  But, video games are something I enjoy, especially the retro.  What is OotG?  I can't find it online...

SignOfZeta:  I have bid on this item on an unnammed site, but I just want to buy it off another collector.  Obviously bidding on this game, and using ebay is not the best way to redistribute this game.  It just creates a money value and raises the value each time.  I think trading it to each other for goods, services, or money is a cool idea. 

I would bet you that at the time of my death I have Magical Chase in my possession, or in a game museum, don't know how we will watch over this bet. 

And Isn't most game collecting, "superficial and shallow and disproportionally intense"...

If we really want to rid the world of people flipping that shit on ebay, a custody based system would work.  One person who is totally into this forum, no longer wants/needs the game and they pass it on, and we can make birth certificates for the hu, and know who we got it form, and make family trees.   And obviously people who sell on ebay will be publicly shamed!

hizaygizirlz:  I agree, I got lots of posts.  I am willing to pay for it, I just don't know what the holders want for it on this forum, or else where.  I have seen a couple for around the $500 dollar loose...

What video of Desmond?

[Otaking]

Can I be added to the Deep Blue waiting list.  

[Necromancer]

What is OotG?  

Order of the Griffon.  If you truly loved the TG-16 and its games, you would've been able to figure this out.

You, sir, are part of the problem.  Go drop a couple thousand on a complete copy and jerk off all over yourself whilst meditating about the awesomeness of your 1337 collection; if you were able to find a copy for $50, you probably wouldn't even be to get hard anyway.

[Sparky]

Virtually none of the people buying TG-16 games in this current climate keep the stuff

wow... i think it is time for a poll on who believes Zeta's TG16 truth be known comments...  you speak for the few but not us all there SignOfBitter

Didn't you see Desmond's video he got it on accident in a Hit the Ice box while shopping on April 1st.  What a blessing!!

Dude... it was joke he knew and he paid some good coin for that i bet.... i know the guy and the store and there is no way that would have happened, i wish those things did with games like that.

EDIT: f*ck my spelling

[SignOfZeta]

If it so many creeps weren't jacking up the price, then you wouldn't want it. Rarity has nothing to do with it, otherwise OotG would be going for thousands. If collecting is a true hobby and you are hardcore enough to go after something so valuable to collectors, then nothing should be more thrilling than dropping thousands of dollars on the game.

Exactly. Its only desired because...its desired. Where were all these schmucks when the game came out? Shit, where were they five years ago when you could get it for $100? Maybe you were 12 five years ago and couldn't afford it, that's fair, but if so then how did you even come to hear about it and become so f*cking obsessed with it in just five years? Surely to someone that age, with all the thousands of games that have been released in that time, you can't be so in love with just this one, can you?

Its one thing to pay $1000 for a PCE LT, which was produced in small quantities, was made of such bleeding edge tech that it cost well over $1000 when new, but a US MC (it has to be US right? What bullshit.) is a $50 game that is only selling for $1000s of dollars because other losers need something to spend $1000 on and they aren't culturally diverse enough to pick something genuinely valuable.

[vestcoat]

Well, one thing I do have to concede is that alexsduo remains unfailing polite.

vestcoat-  I am a commodity fetish, and a marxist

I don't give a toss about marxism, but there is something to be said for the way worthless commodities are fetishized....

Anyway, my point is this: the focus of your compulsive desire can be acquired, but it won't take away your obsession for some new piece of crap.  Yes, retro gaming/collecting is superficial and not the loftiest calling, but I've never seen someone as vocal about an obsession as you in six-plus years on this forum.

If we really want to rid the world of people flipping that shit on ebay, a custody based system would work.  One person who is totally into this forum, no longer wants/needs the game and they pass it on, and we can make birth certificates for the hu, and know who we got it form, and make family trees.   And obviously people who sell on ebay will be publicly shamed!

It will be difficult for someone who's no longer active in the community to justify selling a game for hundreds less than they could get on ebay.  If they're selling it, they obviously need money, and if they're not active on the board they're less likely to care about public shaming.  Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of generous, stand-up people on this board, but I don't think this would work.  

Finally, IIRC, you've said both that you'll pay the "going rate" for the U.S. version and that you're interested in a PCE copy; so, unless you're trying to pull a royvegas, there's absolutely no reason you shouldn't have this game already.

[Mathius]

Virtually none of the people buying TG-16 games in this current climate keep the stuff

wow... i think it is time for a poll on who believes Zeta's TG16 truth be known comments...  you speak for the few but not us all there SignOfBitter

Didn't you see Desmond's video he got it on accident in a Hit the Ice box while shopping on April 1st.  What a blessing!!

Dude... it was joke he knew and he paid some good coin for that i bet.... i know the guy and the store and there is no way that would have happened, i wish those things did with games like that.

EDIT: f*ck my spelling

This is what I thought reading Zeta's post. I don't ever want to give up my collection. It stays with me for life.

[SignOfZeta]

Yeah, I'm never selling my collection. But then, I don't own any $1000 games either...

[RoyVegas]

unless you're trying to pull a royvegas

I love you too!   

[hizaygizirlz]

Didn't you see Desmond's video he got it on accident in a Hit the Ice box while shopping on April 1st.  What a blessing!!

Dude... it was joke he knew and he paid some good coin for that i bet.... i know the guy and the store and there is no way that would have happened, i wish those things did with games like that.

EDIT: f*ck my spelling

I knew it was a joke that's why i made a point to put April 1st and the smiley face.

Here is the video I was referencing, it was an April Fools joke.

https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=9531.0

[Sparky]

Didn't you see Desmond's video he got it on accident in a Hit the Ice box while shopping on April 1st.  What a blessing!!

Dude... it was joke he knew and he paid some good coin for that i bet.... i know the guy and the store and there is no way that would have happened, i wish those things did with games like that.

EDIT: f*ck my spelling

I knew it was a joke that's why i made a point to put April 1st and the smiley face.

Here is the video I was referencing, it was an April Fools joke.

https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=9531.0

oops just making sure... <<blush>>

[hizaygizirlz]

oops just making sure... <<blush>>

That's OK sarcasm doesn't really translate well in text.

[exile]

Magical chase is an elusive game whether you wanted it years back or today. I find myself wanting an original copy even though I've played it on emulation. Obsession really torques me because I'm smart enough to know NO game is worth more then its original price. Yet,I went to great lengths to score most of my Japanese shooters for the Pc Engine. I hate that I spent 100's if not 1000's on my games over the years and still show no signs of slowing down my game purchases.  Once I get it in my head I want something, the "gotta catch em all" mentality is all that matters. Sometimes the hunt is more exciting than the score. If you are fortunate enough to procure M.C the game it shouldn't matter the price but the satisfaction of finally scoring it for the collection. Sadly once its in my hands, the excitement would quickly leave and its on to the next thing that peaks my interest. Collecting is a motherf*ckingbitch lol. Good luck getting your wants gents.

[SignOfZeta]

Magical Chase wasn't hard to find at all in 1992. Every EB had at least one copy. My local EB had its copies of Cotton (which, on the surface, is so similar to MC that I remember this) recalled to the main warehouse for redistribution but MC stayed until someone eventually bought it. I'm pretty sure its about exactly as rare as Darkwing Duck. I have a feeling most these MC obsessed sheep have never even seen a copy of Darkwing Duck*

By the same token, people who "always wanted" Radiant Silvergun didn't seem to feel like buying it when NCS had them on sale for $40 a copy for half a summer either. 15 years of hearing how awesome it is though and...suddenly everyone was at Woodstock.




* Lucky them, it sucks.