Castlevania E3 [Archive] - Retrogaming Roundtable

Buyatari

06-02-2007, 12:08 AM

I get alot of emails and pms about this one. Well I found it again and this time I finally got a few screenshots for you.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/WastingOrpheus/MVC-013S-3.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/WastingOrpheus/MVC-014S-4.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/WastingOrpheus/MVC-015S-2.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/WastingOrpheus/MVC-016S-2.jpg

Arasoi

06-02-2007, 12:45 AM

Talk about a rarity, I'd sell a leg for an item that rare for my CV collection.

Extremely cool, man. I love seeing this kind of stuff.

MegaDrive20XX

06-02-2007, 12:49 AM

duuude, That's sick :D

MarioMania

06-02-2007, 01:03 AM

That's nice..

Snapple

06-02-2007, 01:28 AM

First thing I thought of was how jealous Arasoi would be if he didn't have one of those, and sure enough...

mills

06-02-2007, 01:50 AM

how much gameplay is actually involved in this disc. And any special fmvs or anything otherwise?

Neo Rasa

06-02-2007, 03:23 AM

CosmicMonkey

06-02-2007, 05:35 AM

Maybe it has the removed cutscene where Dracula immolates Alucard with a flick of his finger but then Hulk Hogan and Abraham Lincoln crash into the castle in the Millennium Falcon and throw cyborg ninja vikings at him.

Quality. Post of the Year candidate.

slip81

06-02-2007, 08:52 AM

Vectorman0

06-02-2007, 09:59 AM

Maybe it has the removed cutscene where Dracula immolates Alucard with a flick of his finger but then Hulk Hogan and Abraham Lincoln crash into the castle in the Millenium Falcon and throw cyborg ninja vikings at him.

I'm impressed with your Sothy-esque post, bravo. Tone down the grammar and punctuation a tad, and you will almost have it perfect.

Back on topic, it's a very cool item, especially considering how popular that game and series is. You should start listing it for $2k on discount listing days.

Buyatari

06-02-2007, 10:57 AM

Back on topic, it's a very cool item, especially considering how popular that game and series is. You should start listing it for $2k on discount listing days.

Believe it or not I've already recieved a 2k offer.

sabre2922

06-02-2007, 12:13 PM

That looks sweeeeeet:vamp:

Vectorman0

06-02-2007, 03:12 PM

Believe it or not I've already recieved a 2k offer.

That's insane. I was thinking more like $500-$800 max.

Kitsune Sniper

06-02-2007, 03:23 PM

That's insane. I was thinking more like $500-$800 max.

Castlevania fans are in-freakin'-sane.

Just look at Arasoi. ;D

Gentlegamer

06-02-2007, 03:35 PM

Believe it or not I've already recieved a 2k offer.EAT COMMUNISM!

Arasoi

06-02-2007, 03:38 PM

This one's out of my price range, I just cant justify it. Very cool nonetheless, maybe there will be more info on it posted sometime soon.

Buyatari

06-02-2007, 06:28 PM

By selecting "Normal" you play what appears to be the game as we know it. You start in the final chapter of Bloodlines but while the text in the cut scenes in English the voices are Japanese. While I didn't try it, it looks like you have the option to save and restart just as on the retail.

By selecting "special" you start further along with items in your inventory,and relics already added.

MarioMania

06-02-2007, 09:41 PM

Are you going to keep it or sell it

Buyatari

06-03-2007, 01:25 AM

I thought I was going to keep it but I need cash right now so who knows.

PapaStu

06-03-2007, 02:44 AM

**GUH**

I can't read. That be amazingly spiffy.

/me wonders what Dangerboy would be offering for this

Dangerboy

06-03-2007, 03:14 AM

*twitch*twitch*

Anyone know where they offer winning lottery tickets. >_>;;;

Arqueologia_Digital

06-03-2007, 01:49 PM

Sorry if you answered this before, but i recently had read this topic...

- Where did you found it?/How much did you pay for it?
- Could you post some better pics (higher quality), �cos this is too great.

Congrats man!

Buyatari

06-03-2007, 09:58 PM

I've had it for years. Not sure where it came from. As for the pics what can I say my camera sucks. I was thinking of bringing it out with me to CGE if I go this year.

Sorry if you answered this before, but i recently had read this topic...

- Where did you found it?/How much did you pay for it?
- Could you post some better pics (higher quality), �cos this is too great.

Congrats man!

Buyatari

06-04-2007, 04:51 PM

I've had a few people interested in Castlevania. One person suggested I just put it on ebay so he could make a fair bid. He was worried I would continue to raise the offers falsely.

So thats what I did. I started the bid high with the best offers option open. Should someone use the BIN it will be sold otherwise we shall see how it plays out.

Here is the link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230139139330

arfin

06-04-2007, 06:05 PM

Couldn't justify paying $0.35 for a gallery picture eh ... :P

ProgrammingAce

06-04-2007, 06:25 PM

A $20 USB video capture device will go a long way for some of your sales...

Buyatari

06-04-2007, 06:41 PM

A $20 USB video capture device will go a long way for some of your sales...

I like crappy photos. ;)

Anyway, based on pms back and forth on another website I think we will have a new owner pretty soon.

koster

06-04-2007, 07:33 PM

"soma_11 won this item with a Best Offer of US $3,750.00."

Insane! I wonder if this will bring additional copies out of the woodwork.

Neo Rasa

06-05-2007, 12:31 PM

When this reaches its new owner, I would like to see some in-game shots if possible of the "Special" mode where you begin with some relics/items. With a game with so many weapons surely something cool got cut that Castlevania fans collectively don't know of yet.

I hope this does bring additional copies out to sell, I'm curious how many more Castlevania fans are going to put out something in the $2,000~$4,000 range. Totally nuts.

dcescott

06-05-2007, 12:33 PM

Cool. Good luck to you on the sale. Collect first. then ship CYA

retro

06-05-2007, 01:03 PM

I wish i would just find stuff like that around in my room :(

What a damn high price! But it actually shoule be worth it.

TheRedEye

06-05-2007, 03:41 PM

Hey, you got a pretty good price on that, congrats!

coreycorey2000

06-05-2007, 05:27 PM

Yeah congrats! That was more than I expected it to fetch. Does anyone know the buyer? I haven't noticed him before.

briskbc

06-05-2007, 06:01 PM

Do you have a pic of the disc? I was wondering if there was any art work screened on or was it just a generic looking disc?

MarkMan

06-06-2007, 06:20 AM

A bit off topic... and sorry Buyatari and congrats on your sale... that is nuts!

Arasoi

06-06-2007, 09:08 PM

I would think it depends on content.

Having now rooted around the E3 SOTN Demo (no, I didnt buy it) I have to say the price of admission (being $3700) was a bit steep. The game is only the Japanese version with english text, and a different game over screen essentially. It's designed to be a demo, but all the data is there, no changes from the original Japanese version. Far cry from a beta.

Not saying this isnt a very cool item, mind you.. but damn thats a lot of money for what you get..

The Dracula X PSP promo disc/UMD, considering the game isnt even out.. that would fetch a bundle for sure if you also factor in it was for sure an earlier build than retail. The PoR one, depends on the content probably. It doesnt have the noteriety of SOTN as far as popularity, comparatively.

Then again who knows, I'm just shooting from the hip on this.. they both might go for 10 grand or something =P

And to think the Bloodlines beta went for $500 years ago..

roushimsx

06-06-2007, 09:42 PM

I've asked around to get a bit more info, and the save game data for the E3 version is cross compatible with the japanese version. If you have both, then you can switch between the two to pass through areas that are broken/blocked in the E3 proto (of which I believe there's only three).

Also, apparently the text doesn't display at the proper speed starting mid-way through the game, so while the voices are going, the text i s s l o w l y a p p e a r i n g.

Serial number is identical to the japanese version still too, btw.

...and there's at least two other "original" copies of this disc that were on the show floor of E3.

TheRedEye

06-07-2007, 01:25 PM

Having now rooted around the E3 SOTN Demo (no, I didnt buy it) I have to say the price of admission (being $3700) was a bit steep. The game is only the Japanese version with english text, and a different game over screen essentially. It's designed to be a demo, but all the data is there, no changes from the original Japanese version. Far cry from a beta.

It sounds to me like you're assuming that the Japanese game was 100% developed before the english translation started, which is not typically true of modern-ish games.

Arasoi

06-07-2007, 02:12 PM

I won't discount that point, but I will state that I have gone all around both castles and everything looks pretty much identical to the Japanese retail release. This is coming from someone who knows the game very well.

I'm not trying to discount the cool factor of the item, it's unique. Just nothing "new" in it, IE unused or beta-ish qualities.

The one nice thing to get out of it would be for someone to cobble together a true "subbed" version of SOTN (which apparently wasnt easily possible before due to reprogramming the text scripts, or what not)

TheRedEye

06-07-2007, 02:14 PM

I won't discount that point, but I will state that I have gone all around both castles and everything looks pretty much identical to the Japanese retail release.

OK, that's great, but I assume you're talking about the retail game? Or have you played this E3 demo yourself?

Arasoi

06-07-2007, 02:19 PM

Slight miscommunication.

I would think it depends on content.

Having now rooted around the E3 SOTN Demo (no, I didnt buy it)

I assumed it would be clear that I have the E3 Demo in a playable format, but perhaps I was being too obtuse. Anyway, yes, I have played through the E3 demo in both castles (a little cheating/ Japanese save state usage is required) and that is where I draw my conclusions.

If someone finds a small or interesting item laying about the castle that I missed, or something neat then that is cool. I guess my point here is that really nothing significant is different, unlike the Bloodlines beta from a few years ago.

TheRedEye

06-07-2007, 02:44 PM

Well then, carry on.

ProgrammingAce

06-07-2007, 05:00 PM

I would pop the disc in a PC and see what files are laying around unused. If you want to take it a step further i'd decompile the ELF and see if there's anything interesting in the code.

Kitsune Sniper

06-07-2007, 05:30 PM

I would pop the disc in a PC and see what files are laying around unused. If you want to take it a step further i'd decompile the ELF and see if there's anything interesting in the code.

It's a Konami game. They're notorious for their sloppy, evil coding. If you feel suicidal, go for it. Otherwise...

LuxKiller65

12-12-2007, 12:10 PM

Did that smarty buyer commit suicide after realising how crappy that E3 version was? Any pics of his tomb?

ProgrammingAce

12-12-2007, 09:31 PM

I would pop the disc in a PC and see what files are laying around unused. If you want to take it a step further i'd decompile the ELF and see if there's anything interesting in the code.

I checked the disc and decompiled the ELF... nothing interesting in there.

Snapple

12-12-2007, 09:54 PM

lol at the pictures in the first post now. This whole thread became silly.

boatofcar

12-13-2007, 12:06 AM

No kidding, I kept going back and forth from the pictures to the thread, thinking "What am I missing here?" :)

The_4th_Survivor

12-13-2007, 01:29 PM

Slight miscommunication.

I assumed it would be clear that I have the E3 Demo in a playable format, but perhaps I was being too obtuse. Anyway, yes, I have played through the E3 demo in both castles (a little cheating/ Japanese save state usage is required) and that is where I draw my conclusions.

If someone finds a small or interesting item laying about the castle that I missed, or something neat then that is cool. I guess my point here is that really nothing significant is different, unlike the Bloodlines beta from a few years ago.

Yes, I remember seeing an Ebay auction for a CV:Bloodlines prototype, but the seller didn't have too many pics of what was different from the released version.

What was different about the Bloodlines proto?

Icarus Moonsight

12-14-2007, 07:54 PM

As far as I know the levels were different than the final.

Arasoi

12-14-2007, 08:33 PM

The Bloodlines proto (really a Castlevania: New Generation proto technically) had as Icarus had mentioned some diferences in the level.

In one level there was a blimp with a swastika on it, and a room that had molten metal in it, and platforms. That's all I can recall off the top of my head.

The owner of both known beta carts occasionally browses these forums and at one point had offered to take some video of the different stages on the working cart (one doesnt), but I haven't seen him around for about a year. He of course won't dump it, it would decrease the item's value. Ah well.

rbudrick

12-15-2007, 07:40 PM

Dammit, I hate being out of the loop of a joke. Someone PM my stupid ass. Porno vikings in the millenium Falcon with Mohammed the Teddy bear and Abe Lincoln on Dancing with the Stars partnered with Mike Tyson sounds awesome.

-Rob

MarioMania

12-15-2007, 08:50 PM

Buyatari

12-17-2007, 04:37 AM

Yes, I remember seeing an Ebay auction for a CV:Bloodlines prototype, but the seller didn't have too many pics of what was different from the released version.

What was different about the Bloodlines proto?

Had a different boss for one of the stages.

It went for $500-$600 and at the time I thought that was too much for a released Genesis game so I didn't bid or didn't bid to win (I forget). Anyway so did many others. Ohh how things change....