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boatofcar
11-13-2007, 07:01 PM
In Seoul, there's a place outside of Yongsan Station that sells video games. However, most Koreans are only interested in the latest and greatest, so it's difficult to find anything before the PS2. Also, it was technically illegal to import anything VG related from Japan until 1997. However, Hyundai and Samsung somehow convinced Nintendo and Sega respectively to put their company badge on their consoles and games, making them legal to sell. However, all these efforts were generally a flop, so those Hyundai and Samsung branded games and consoles are very hard to find now. I did manage to find some though, with the help of a Korean friend.


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Samsung Mega Drive Game

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8561/img0715yk1.jpg
Samsung Saturn Game

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Hyundai Super Comboy Game

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Here's a random Game Gear (I guess in Japan it's Kid's Gear) game. I never knew they ported Virtua Fighter over!

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/7569/img0710mb0.jpg
I also found a Tagamotchi game from Japan buried within some random stuff.
cyberfluxor
11-15-2007, 11:02 PM
Haha, that's some pretty funny stuff bro. I wouldn't have a clue on values but I doubt you got ripped off. Matter of fact I'm clueless about the South Korean markets and most others outside the US so it's interesting to hear the small background on smuggling inports "legally". Always wondered why some board members were so intrigued with classic gaming Korean stuff.
Dark_Sol
11-16-2007, 03:22 AM
Wow. Nice korean stuff!
madroms
11-16-2007, 03:29 AM
always interested to see Korean games. And I am always looking for Korean saturn games but I never had a change to find at least one :( Maybe because I don't have any contacts over there.
Are Korean saturn games expensive ?
boatofcar
11-17-2007, 06:40 PM
always interested to see Korean games. And I am always looking for Korean saturn games but I never had a change to find at least one :( Maybe because I don't have any contacts over there.
Are Korean saturn games expensive ?

It's not that they're expensive, they're just rare. The Saturn, like ever other console before the PS2, just didn't sell that well, and as a result there's not a lot of stuff out there.
madroms
11-18-2007, 04:15 PM
Thanks for the info, boatofcar.
If you want to sell or trade some, let me know ;)