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Sega Genesis/MegaDrive Appreciation Thread: Alien Storm > Golden Axe
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sixteen-bit
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'bout that Sega CD life
I'll give it a shot sooner or later. If people can still play DQ1 though...anything is possible.
Superblatt
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Only see one copy on there and can't read Japanese. Oh well.
There's a legit one on ebay for 200$, probably 170$ or so through best offers.
I had no idea the game was that expensive, I used to see it all the time for cheap in Paris.. damn
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Deleted member 22576
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I lost my ebay auction. :[
I guess there is always next time.
I guess there is always next time.
What were you biding on?
IrishNinja
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haha i tried it last year and kinda felt this way, wanna try it & Shadownrun and give them a fair shake. Centy, Shining Force II etc have been way more approachable
all day~
haha i tried DQ1 myself recently...hoooo doggie
the charm's still there, but talk about grind heavy!
Aw man, that's unfortunate. What exactly went wrong?
The trace on the board came loose and pulled up when I soldered a wire to it. I think my iron isn't hot enough or clean enough for that delicate kind of work. I believe the right channel works flawlessly though! Oh well. I might attempt it again in the future.
Oh well! Learning experience.
Oh, side note. If anyone with an XRGB is experiencing jailbars, switch the image processing mode. I've discovered that my V6 has SEVERE jailbars in Picture mode, which is what my other systems run well in. Swapping it to Normal, they go away completely. So strange.
Superblatt
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There's a legit one on ebay for 200$, probably 170$ or so through best offers.
I had no idea the game was that expensive, I used to see it all the time for cheap in Paris.. damn
The JP version is much more sought after as it's 60hz. I actually used the "make offer" on that specific auction for Alien Soldier before you even posted, thinking $150 would be a great deal considering I'm expecting it to rise in price over the next 18 months. I never expected the seller to just accept it...but he did. Woah. I am going to own a legit genuine copy of Alien Solider. This makes me seriously consider rounding out a full Treasure collection on the Genesis. Will post pictures when it arrives.
sixteen-bit
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PC Alien Soldier is also 50hz I hear, so that's a bummer. I think the cheapest way to play the 60hz version is the Sega Ages Treasure Box on PS2, assuming yours can play Japanese games.
sixteen-bit
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Totally forgot about the VC version. I would hope they used the JP version.
sixteen-bit
Member
There was a Gaffer trying to sell theirs earlier.
edit: PM Sapiens. Maybe it's still available.
Yep, as my Genesis model 2 can't detect any game I put on it now(as there is no signal being displayed), time for a new Genesis, hopefully a model 1.
Superblatt
Member
I am so hyped right now...alien solider JP will be in my hands by the weekend, and it's complete. Can't wait!!
Congrats! I've also got a JP cart, but nothing complete. Still awesome to have the physical cart though.
I have a japanese Megadrive model 2 lying around somewhere. I don't need it since I only use my JVC X'eye (the US version of the Wondermega 2)
But it will have trouble with US and PAL games though.
baphomet
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Everything looks fine from what I can see. I believe the fuse is marked f301 at the bottom of the picture. Its been awhile since I've done one so you probably want to double check.
Now I wish I had Japanese games, but I won't be getting those anytime soon.=p
sixteen-bit
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How can you resist the call of the allmighty blue reset button?
JP model 2 looks ugly IMO. North America has the nicest model 2 in all black.
It is. I've been researching the hell ( actually just watching various youtubes and checking forums) on how to fix it, so hopefully thats all thats wrong.
Also not sure if you got my PM about the PSone mod, but I might have to wait a little on that if thats no problem.
The JP model 1 on the other hand is glorious.
sixteen-bit
Member
acquired taste for most but it's my favorite as well
PixyJunket
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So after a month or so of abandonment (even though it's not a long game), I returned to Lunar tonight. It's funny because I left it at nearly the end of the game, but I tend to get scatterbrained with these things unfortunately (plus just me dealing with some personal frustration at not being able to advance my game room development faster).
Anyway, back to the game, I completed the first half of the Black Dragon Cave and the Talon Mine tonight. I hope I can finish up in the next couple of days because I really want to play Popful Mail, which I just got in the.. mail.
I'm consistently amazed at the pacing of Lunar, it's incredible.
Anyway, back to the game, I completed the first half of the Black Dragon Cave and the Talon Mine tonight. I hope I can finish up in the next couple of days because I really want to play Popful Mail, which I just got in the.. mail.
I'm consistently amazed at the pacing of Lunar, it's incredible.
baphomet
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If you're not getting any power at all then its almost guaranteed to be a fuse issue. Otherwise it could be a lot of other things.
I did get your pm, but don't remember if I replied. I've had a bunch of stuff going on lately so it would be a bit before I could take on any work anyway. Feel free to pm me when you want to have it done and if I can I'll be happy to. I actually have the stuff here to program my own ps1 chips.
IrishNinja
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awesome to hear man! yeah Lunar 1 is one of those great fast & sweet RPGs, just quick combat & not too terribly padded either. like Suikoden 1, it feels like it respects your time, prolly why i've beaten both so many times.
2 of course is quite a bit longer & WD put some mean stuff in there as far as saving/etc but it's an absolutely fantastic game.
Gunstarheroes
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So, good friend of mine who also works at a video game store just shot me a text. They got something in he knew i would want first dibs on. CIB Centy. I really don't have the money, then i asked what the price was. Said he'd get back to me tomorrow after research, but said i get first pass once priced. I was sad to know that it would likely not happen, but i appreciated the thought.
Then he tells me "Oh, i already asked, they'd be cool doing a layaway/installment thing for this big of an order, since we all dig you and you do good by us"
Then he tells me "Oh, i already asked, they'd be cool doing a layaway/installment thing for this big of an order, since we all dig you and you do good by us"
IrishNinja
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man i need better friends/jobs
I am Christina Aguilera
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In 2014, how do all of the Genesis top-down action RPGs shake out now, anyway? I figure that Light Crusader probably has the same issues with an isometric display as Landstalker does, but it is a Treasure game, and then there's Crusader of Centy, Beyond Oasis, Landstalker. Probably an early EA DOS port or two that isn't great. Is there a consensus on the best Genesis/MD action RPG? Monster World IV is obviously an excellent action RPG, but that's a side-scroller.
Daffy Duck
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So, good friend of mine who also works at a video game store just shot me a text. They got something in he knew i would want first dibs on. CIB Centy. I really don't have the money, then i asked what the price was. Said he'd get back to me tomorrow after research, but said i get first pass once priced. I was sad to know that it would likely not happen, but i appreciated the thought.
Then he tells me "Oh, i already asked, they'd be cool doing a layaway/installment thing for this big of an order, since we all dig you and you do good by us"
What exactly is it?
IrishNinja
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i don't know if id lump top down (crusader kinda, oasis) with isometric - even then, people still love some of the latter, like Super Mario RPG. i think some form of shadowing to indicate jump distance/etc can go a long way though.
Gunstarheroes
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Crusader Of Centy was a VERY late release for the Genesis, published by Atlus of all people, that is a pretty solid action rpg (which ties in well with the discussion above me)
It also happen to be the one of, if not the most expensive Sega Genesis release out there. The main difference between it and MUSHA is that
A) One came out early in the console life cycle as oppose to the other that came out when the Genesis was basically in the ground and
B) Well just the carts arenty crazy hard to get, complete in box is pretty tough. Musha came in a nice clamshell. Centy came in cardboard. So a lot less of those have survived the years.
SonicMegaDrive
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MUSHA is pretty rare(just like a lot of other very underrated early Genesis shmups that don't go for nearly as much). But yeah, I have never come across a Centy cart in the wild. Like, ever. I wasn't even aware of it's existence until the 00's when I started noticing the oddly high prices for some strange Zelda-ish RPG. And I was pretty knee deep into Genesis all the way up until the end. The production run on that one had to have been just a few thousand.
Why not get the UK version of centy - Soleil? It's cheaper and iirc runs full speed on an NTSC machine.
PixyJunket
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Somebody gave me a copy of Crusader of Centy years ago, he just said "you can have this."
PS: Zelda is not an RPG.
PS: Zelda is not an RPG.
sixteen-bit
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Nice that's very fortunate considering the going rate for that game.
Oh shit I thought you were anti-collector mentality. Do you own Gaist Crusher, Dragon Drive, et. al?
SonicMegaDrive
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You could if you just wanted to play it. It's not a cart I'm personally interested in outside of it's value.
sixteen-bit
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Ragnacenty is even cheaper in that case. How much of a language barrier is there?
Bar81
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A Genesis collector wouldn't get a PAL game with a Genesis release.
Bar81
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True, but why not just use a flash cart then. if you are buying carts, there has to be some sort of collector mentality at work.