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Sysop
08-08-2012, 09:31 AM
I recently imported Shadowgate 64 from the Land of the Rising Sun, due to how hard it is to find the game here.
StealthLurker
08-08-2012, 09:23 PM
For the big Shaider fan in me, the ps2 game. I'm also a fan of the platforming Crayon Shinchan games on the DS, so this "bonk-ified" looking Crayon Shinchan looked really interesting.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Aug.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/4440981065j.jpg

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samspade
08-18-2012, 10:11 PM
I just got myself a duo r. Pretty stoked for that one. I've been putting off getting one for a long time and I can't wait to try out the shmups.
xelement5x
08-20-2012, 11:11 AM
I just got myself a duo r. Pretty stoked for that one. I've been putting off getting one for a long time and I can't wait to try out the shmups.

Enjoy! It's probably the best way to enjoy the PCE/Turbo library in my opinion, CDs are regeion free, but if you want a region switch for hucards I recommend the guys over at PCEngineFX as there is a solid community for supporting the system.

I personally just buy PCE stuff instead of Turbo for the most part because of the price differences.
ScourDX
08-25-2012, 09:37 PM
My recent import.

(Photobucket link screwup so I have to delete them)
samspade
08-26-2012, 12:50 AM
Damn! Is that Rondo sealed? I love that Iori Homer avatar, that's fucking awesome.
Dire 51
08-28-2012, 08:10 PM
My recent Famicom acquisitions:

http://opcfg.kontek.net/t3m/imports/aug12_imports_fc_sm.png

Larger pic (http://opcfg.kontek.net/t3m/imports/aug12_imports_fc_lg.png)
StealthLurker
09-05-2012, 02:19 AM
A big haul of stuff came in last week... Been letting these build up at the proxy service warehouse.
Was finally a decent enough amount to issue the shipment request. Saves a little bit on shipping when
I bulk it out a bit.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8321/7934790898_842ab01f41.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934790898/)

Some Hudson stuff

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8300/7934791136_852366d26c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934791136/)

Super Mario and Star Soldier records. Always loved the cover art for Star Soldier.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/7934791334_f7a9eb9714.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934791334/)

Been wanting the Konami Shooting laserdisc for a while. Also a Street Fighter 2 "history" VHS

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8030/7934791556_6f05fb304c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934791556/)

SEGA Megadrive promotional laserdisc

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8037/7934791728_6c9d13772e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934791728/)

Didn't know of the PS2 sequel for the PC-Engine classic on the right

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8176/7934791988_741749b2d2.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934791988/)

Valis visual chronicle (all the cut scenes) and Valis Complete. Valis Complete is all 4 games for PC and a little statue.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8304/7934792154_e60d5343fb.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934792154/)

Y's I & II for PC. The box has a cool shape of a book

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8181/7934792322_0a4d1f2772.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934792322/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8313/7934792490_7e1e45094f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934792490/)

SF Zero 1 & 2 for my PC game collection

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8042/7934792644_a249af57cf.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934792644/)

Picked up SS2 for PC out of curiosity. Some of the screenshots looked different from other versions.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8451/7934790752_b112285857.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934790752/)

Love the SEGA Consumer History book. Covers all console hardware and some games all the way up to Dreamcast.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8450/7934790600_04cdbaa91f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934790600/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7934790418_8ab980430b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934790418/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8173/7934790214_a9d6735cc7.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934790214/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8443/7934790046_e8ae1fbbcd.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934790046/)

PC-Engine literature

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8036/7934789806_bb0c33aba5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934789806/)

The failed SuperGrafx accessory

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8440/7934789588_67b315d85b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934789588/)

Stylus and printer for PCE

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8454/7934789340_1ec63a5eff.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934789340/)

A portable mod? Maybe done before the GT and LT came out...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8182/7934789102_20f57a2173.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934789102/)

Another book on SFC games. Also Gameside's tribute to Capcom. Love the Gameside books, especially the ones for shmups.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8181/7934788816_ac706921f3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934788816/)
StealthLurker
09-05-2012, 02:23 AM
Continued...

Reference for titles on the original Gameboy

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/7934788572_1c58cb880a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934788572/)

PC-Engine CD magazines. Each issue comes with a disc with demos and such.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8172/7934788342_7c99f18b3f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934788342/)

Taito nostalgia TV-game. Comes with Legend of Kage and Gladiator. Bubble Bobble LCD game.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8441/7934788048_4df7516cd7.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934788048/)

Picked up another PS3 NeoGeo stick. Finally got around to getting Crossed Swords 2.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8301/7934787850_170bd94a5b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934787850/)

Been looking for this manual for my Samurai Showdown Pachislot for a long time ...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8443/7934787676_ca4401c114.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934787676/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8303/7934787526_ac05017c89.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934787526/)

Filling in some holes in the Wonderswan collection

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8319/7934787372_2662537c96.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934787372/)

Some Mark III

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8456/7934787152_f3947cc621.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934787152/)

Had the Irem double game pack with Hammerin Harry. However wanted the stand alone original release too.
Heard some good things about the Ruroni fighting game. Seems to go for quite a bit on YJ and Ebay.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8313/7934786928_0c56bb374e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934786928/)

Some misc stuf been meaning to pick up

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/7934786734_f53f47456d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934786734/)
StealthLurker
09-05-2012, 02:24 AM
Continued...

Sakigake!! Otokojuku. Interesting looking fighter based on an old anime I used to watch. Art style was a bit
Hokuto no Ken-ish.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7934786560_2da7ee7628.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934786560/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8308/7934786456_025f458a1a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934786456/)

Gameboy stuff

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/7934786248_fd17d19c50.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934786248/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8452/7934786070_0af80c0971.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934786070/)

Got another TMNT and Rockman 4 (good deal). The SD game (top left) looked like an interesting platformer.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8176/7934785856_8d7a9db6ff.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934785856/)

Love the wacky Crayon Shinchan platformers. Also love Battle City. The first famicom game I ever played.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8442/7934785640_cf2d1c737e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934785640/)

Got another Rockman 2 (good deal). Zeoth looked like a nice action game.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8441/7934785452_0ecd143ba2.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934785452/)

Contras, hard to find boxed.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/7934785238_09946acf90.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934785238/)

More action platformers

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8036/7934785048_c0f43e1aa8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934785048/)

Parasol Henbee (middle), action platformer much like it's famicom counterpart. Kinda hard to find boxed.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8298/7934784812_9f040f3416.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934784812/)

GB Momotaro 1 & 2. Really nice action platformers unlike the crappy board games on other platforms.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/7934784594_8f32674827.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934784594/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8458/7934784372_ba44be4729.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934784372/)

Some famicom games been meaning to pick up

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8300/7934784250_b0825de59f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934784250/)

The Grandaddy of Saturn joysticks. Now got 2, one boxed.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8037/7934783982_09d2ff4bfd.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934783982/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7934783794_1c06c6cd28.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934783794/)

Finally, so happy together. Castlevania II only available on disk in Japan. Really nice cart repro with
box and instructions.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8029/7934783576_22ca54aafc.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934783576/)

More high quality cart repros of games only available on disk in Japan or not at al.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8439/7934783398_86e9353c49.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934783398/)

from the back ...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8319/7934783144_35bd06a8e1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934783144/)

The game that gave me the most difficulty in finding. A CIB Yanchamaru Part 1 (Kid Niki 1). Picked up
an extra manual, now to find a box...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/7934782944_c45eb1d960.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934782944/)
StealthLurker
09-05-2012, 02:24 AM
Continued...

Legend of Kage flyer

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8457/7934782710_ded248f820.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934782710/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8458/7934782526_59851a252f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stealthlurker/7934782526/)


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SparTonberry
09-05-2012, 04:53 PM
My recent Famicom acquisitions:

http://opcfg.kontek.net/t3m/imports/aug12_imports_fc_sm.png

Larger pic (http://opcfg.kontek.net/t3m/imports/aug12_imports_fc_lg.png)

I got to imagine Moon Crystal was by far the most expensive game of the bunch?
Dire 51
09-05-2012, 05:05 PM
I got to imagine Moon Crystal was by far the most expensive game of the bunch?
Indeed it was. It wasn't as expensive as some copies I've seen, but I will say that it alone cost more than over half of the games in that picture combined.
StealthLurker
09-08-2012, 12:13 PM
Some stuff that came in the mail yesterday. Aquapazza 2d fighting game for PS3, SCART to BNC RGBs cable and a K1 GBA (arguably the best GBA clone to date thus far). Also swung by Book Off yesterday during lunch and picked up Gundam Musou 2 PS2 and Superlite series Strikers 1945 II for PS1.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/kigba.jpg

http://gbatemp.net/topic/332120-k1-gba-sp/

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XYXZYZ
09-11-2012, 10:48 AM
A big haul of stuff came in last week... Been letting these build up at the proxy service warehouse.
Was finally a decent enough amount to issue the shipment request. Saves a little bit on shipping when
I bulk it out a bit.


Man, it must have been like Christmas morning when that box came in. You have some really cool stuff in there!
StealthLurker
09-12-2012, 07:14 PM
Man, it must have been like Christmas morning when that box came in. You have some really cool stuff in there!

Yeah, especially since I was "building up" stuff for a bit... I had forgotten about some items. So it really was like being surprised giftwise with certain items in there.

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chrd
09-14-2012, 07:10 PM
That would be

Magical Drop F (PSX)

Since I like Magical Drop III (played it quite a lot) I'm looking forward to playing this JAP exclusive.
Dire 51
09-18-2012, 12:13 PM
Just got these Famicom games in:

http://opcfg.kontek.net/t3m/imports/sept12_imports_sm.png

Larger pic (http://opcfg.kontek.net/t3m/imports/sept12_imports_lg.png)
SparTonberry
09-18-2012, 03:46 PM
Recent imports from rakuten
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g155/sahagin/th_091812games.jpg (http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g155/sahagin/?action=view&current=091812games.jpg)
I thought I read Sega told Galoob they had to block the Game Genie from running games with backup RAM?
Good thing that apparently seems to be not true, and that I could run King Colossus on it just fine. :)

And this odd Genesis 6-Pak.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g155/sahagin/th_gen6pakfront.jpg (http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g155/sahagin/?action=view&current=gen6pakfront.jpg)
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g155/sahagin/th_gen6pakback.jpg (http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g155/sahagin/?action=view&current=gen6pakback.jpg)
Sold as "new", no manual. I know some Asian version games have been sighted before, though I ran the game on my US Genesis 2 and it ran (though I had to hit Reset once after booting it).
StealthLurker
09-24-2012, 08:23 PM
Some stuff that came in last week and today...

Hori joystick carrying bag. Big enough for the huge Hori Vewlix stick. Super Famicom laserdisc and SF anniversary w/ megaman lanyard.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/EndofSept1.jpg

Ether Vapor Remaster and latest Shooting Gameside book. . Also some Korean PC games, including a funky MAME pirate looking thing of Esprade (funky novelty I suppose).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/EndofSept2.jpg

Dark Judgement beat'em up

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/2337968399j.jpg

Crayon Shinchan platformer

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/4455283614j.jpg

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chrd
09-26-2012, 03:56 PM
Money Idol Exchanger (PSX JAP). I like this game (no surprise since I also like Puyo Puyo, Magical Drop and similar).

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StealthLurker
09-26-2012, 09:02 PM
This morning I happened to win TWO Wondermegas! Bringing my total now to three.

Won a boxed Victor Wondermega (soon to replace my loose one) and a loose SEGA Wondermega. Next going to shoot for a boxed SEGA one and a third gen Victor.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/takesi_77-img600x450-1348167418sbbxjn15121.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/505b6085133f1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/505b605564c85.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/505b606b8d316.jpg



Funky little collage I made with the iPhone to compare the 2 models.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/76228_502251959788107_883960233_n.jpg

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xelement5x
09-27-2012, 11:28 AM
Goddamn man, I am jealous. I've wanted a WonderMega for awhile but can't pull the trigger on what people want price for them domestically. Are you using YJA to amass this WonderMega horde?
StealthLurker
09-27-2012, 03:53 PM
Goddamn man, I am jealous. I've wanted a WonderMega for awhile but can't pull the trigger on what people want price for them domestically. Are you using YJA to amass this WonderMega horde?


Yeah I'm using YJA for most of my imports. Simply browsing through there doing some "window shopping" can be fun too.

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StealthLurker
09-30-2012, 04:47 PM
Got the last LD in the series below. Goes over about 150 PC-Engine games.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/LDmodded.jpg

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SparTonberry
11-19-2012, 11:47 PM
More 日本物 for me! :)
Heiankyo Alien is faded and the box is in kind of bad shape, but prices would suggest it's a less common game.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g155/sahagin/games111912a.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g155/sahagin/games111912b.jpg
Yamazaki
11-20-2012, 03:48 AM
http://s14.directupload.net/images/121119/temp/cpj6ox9o.jpg (http://s14.directupload.net/file/d/3079/cpj6ox9o_jpg.htm)


finally got a mint copy :D
snes_collector
11-20-2012, 04:15 PM
A good friend of mine (and fellow forum member) is getting out of collecting, picked up this stuff from him yesterday. Christmas came early.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/IMG-20121120-00091.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/IMG-20121120-00092.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/IMG-20121120-00093.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/IMG-20121120-00094.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/IMG-20121120-00095.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/IMG-20121120-00096.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/IMG-20121120-00097.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/IMG-20121120-00098.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/IMG-20121120-00099.jpg

Pretty excited to play all of this, as I've been meaning to buy one of these for a long time
StealthLurker
11-23-2012, 01:11 AM
Yes... you are finally mine!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/42365565-3CE1-4B15-8CBD-AB8F939803B8-434-000000376667C737.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/57E242D7-3044-4213-AF6F-02DC84D5F5EF-434-000000375E01D429.jpg


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Tron 2.0
12-08-2012, 02:05 AM
Loose sfc that i bought from jgs and the device next to it is a super everdrive.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/MetalSlug01/sfcandse.png
StealthLurker
12-20-2012, 07:37 PM
Stuff that came in the last 3 weeks or so.

Issued the shipment request on stuff that had been stockpiling at my Yahoo Japan proxy service warehouse. Loose SEGA Wondermega and boxed Victor v1 Wondermega came in. However I recently won a boxed SEGA Wondermega and a boxed Victor v2 Wondermega. Currently sitting in the proxy warehouse with the next wave of goods.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d8.jpg



Filled out some Summer action (got Spriggan too)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d10.jpg



Completed my FC Kunio Kun stuff

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d11.jpg



Some famicom repros

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d12.jpg



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StealthLurker
12-20-2012, 07:37 PM
Continued...

Filling in some gaps

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d13.jpg


(stoked about Peacock King for SMS)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d14.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d15.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d16.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d17.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d18.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d19.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d24.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d20.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d21.jpg
Continued...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d22.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d23.jpg


Some shots from the Capcom Friendly Club mags

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/th_IMG_1513.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/IMG_1513.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/th_IMG_1512.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/IMG_1512.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/th_IMG_1515.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/IMG_1515.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/th_IMG_1516.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/IMG_1516.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/th_IMG_1524.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/IMG_1524.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/th_IMG_1530.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/IMG_1530.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/th_IMG_1531.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/IMG_1531.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/th_IMG_1528.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/CFC/IMG_1528.jpg)
SparTonberry
12-21-2012, 08:22 PM
So I see Mickey Mouse IV is the Japanese version. Between that and its clones Real Ghostbusters and Garfield Labyrinth, I wondered which version was from which region.
I knew Ghostbusters was the US version and I suspected Mickey was Japanese because Garfield had the same passwords as Ghostbusters (with Nintendo's no-vowels censorship, I figured that Europe was the next likely region to have that :P ).
Lord Contaminous
12-30-2012, 12:58 PM
Vifctory Run PC Engine
http://distilleryimage0.instagram.com/795677f4520111e2999e22000a1f8afc_7.jpg
Fighter's History: Mizoguchi Kiki Ippatsu!!
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/23333_4970503542401_969827681_n.jpg

Let alone the Neo Geo and NAM (which I also picked up with the other two)
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/736289_4970457821258_1439054420_o.jpg
GREEN00
01-04-2013, 01:09 AM
Panzer Dragoon RPG. Complete, $30. By buying this game I'm making a commitment to learn japanese.
http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/box/2/5/8/198258_14812_front.jpg
DK1105
01-06-2013, 04:41 PM
I got samurai spirits for the super famicom and samurai spirits RPG for the PSX from a buddy of mine. They were gifts he picked up on his last trip to japan. I am going to be handing him a list and a wad of cash the next time he goes. I really want a boxed version of Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 but I don't wanna pay the ebay price.
snes_collector
01-14-2013, 12:51 PM
Stuff that came in the last 3 weeks or so.

Issued the shipment request on stuff that had been stockpiling at my Yahoo Japan proxy service warehouse. Loose SEGA Wondermega and boxed Victor v1 Wondermega came in. However I recently won a boxed SEGA Wondermega and a boxed Victor v2 Wondermega. Currently sitting in the proxy warehouse with the next wave of goods.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d7.jpg



So jealous of these dude, I'd love to have a Wondermega. Definitely one of the best looking consoles ever!
Yamazaki
01-20-2013, 12:11 PM
45 FM Town XXX-Games! I guess that makes me one of the biggest collectors (atleast) inside Germany.

http://s7.directupload.net/images/130120/2qsv67t4.jpg (http://www.directupload.net)
The 1 2 P
01-20-2013, 04:41 PM
45 FM Town XXX-Games! I guess that makes me one of the biggest collectors (atleast) inside Germany.

http://s7.directupload.net/images/130120/2qsv67t4.jpg (http://www.directupload.net)

How much did all of that cost? I have Secre 3 and 4 and they weren't exactly cheap.
Yamazaki
01-24-2013, 05:41 AM
padi about 400$ for the whole lot.

the only thing that annoys me are those white, rental boyes which don't fit the inserts at all :(

gotta find a solution for that.
snes_collector
01-27-2013, 09:56 AM
Got these in the mail yesterday, a little bit of everything:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/IMG-20130127-00130_zps60b2799e.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/IMG-20130127-00128_zps4d6041ee.jpg

I had no idea Minesweeper was gonna be sealed, especially since I only paid about $5 for it. Guess I'll get to experience what it's like opening a PC Engine game for the first time!
Parodius Duh!
01-27-2013, 05:11 PM
Stealth Lurker's collection is mind boggling! Congrats dude, pretty soon there will be nothing left for you to collect! ;)
StealthLurker
02-05-2013, 06:44 PM
Stealth Lurker's collection is mind boggling! Congrats dude, pretty soon there will be nothing left for you to collect! ;)

Oh man, there will always be something out there to collect, haha.

On a side note, some new stuff that came in. Disregard the domestic games/books. Got some cool books from France & Spain.

Bunch of Books

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/main1_zpsca9ec8c1.jpg

Japanese style NeoGeo Ironclad Brikinger AES conversion

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/main7_zps17078ccb.jpg






History of Ninentdo Vol 3 (Famicom years) from France

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/main5_zpsf766dfd1.jpg

Details on History of Ninentdo Vol 3 (Famicom years) from France

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/famicom/th_IMG_1868_zps4a4223d2.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/famicom/IMG_1868_zps4a4223d2.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/famicom/th_IMG_1867_zps132b8123.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/famicom/IMG_1867_zps132b8123.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/famicom/th_IMG_1866_zps43e9bc14.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/famicom/IMG_1866_zps43e9bc14.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/famicom/th_IMG_1865_zpse20fbabe.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/famicom/IMG_1865_zpse20fbabe.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/famicom/th_IMG_1864_zps055951f0.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/famicom/IMG_1864_zps055951f0.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/famicom/th_IMG_1863_zpsc95b4940.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/famicom/IMG_1863_zpsc95b4940.jpg)



PC-Engine history books Vol 1 & 2 from France

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/main2_zps6339cd9c.jpg

Details on PC-Engine history books Vol 1 & 2 from France

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/pce/th_IMG_1891_zpsd041d11d.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/pce/IMG_1891_zpsd041d11d.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/pce/th_IMG_1890_zps6b809f0a.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/pce/IMG_1890_zps6b809f0a.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/pce/th_IMG_1889_zpsd677e223.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/pce/IMG_1889_zpsd677e223.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/pce/th_IMG_1888_zps686f4bf1.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/pce/IMG_1888_zps686f4bf1.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/pce/th_IMG_1887_zps8b57a7c6.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/pce/IMG_1887_zps8b57a7c6.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/pce/th_IMG_1886_zpsc59964cc.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/pce/IMG_1886_zpsc59964cc.jpg)


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StealthLurker
02-05-2013, 06:45 PM
continued...

Konami MSX book from Spain

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/main3_zps78384ae1.jpg

Details on Konami MSX book from Spain

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/msx/th_IMG_1912_zps7bf4d636.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/msx/IMG_1912_zps7bf4d636.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/msx/th_IMG_1911_zpsddd904ff.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/msx/IMG_1911_zpsddd904ff.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/msx/th_IMG_1910_zpsa86f0627.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/msx/IMG_1910_zpsa86f0627.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/msx/th_IMG_1909_zpsf4bd85a8.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/msx/IMG_1909_zpsf4bd85a8.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/msx/th_IMG_1908_zps5d8409a3.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/msx/IMG_1908_zps5d8409a3.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/msx/th_IMG_1907_zps92c6f181.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/msx/IMG_1907_zps92c6f181.jpg)


Sonic History Book and "Beauty Bits & Lipsticks" book from Spain. Retro computer ads featuring female models.
Contains ads for the FM Towns, SEGA Teradrive, etc.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/main4_zpsba8a25cf.jpg

Details on the "Beauty Bits & Lipsticks" book from Spain

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/comps/th_IMG_1896_zps9d20b074.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/comps/IMG_1896_zps9d20b074.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/comps/th_IMG_1895_zpsaca355a8.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/comps/IMG_1895_zpsaca355a8.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/comps/th_IMG_1894_zpse74ad11b.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/comps/IMG_1894_zpse74ad11b.jpg)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/comps/th_IMG_1893_zpsa7fa18d6.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/comps/IMG_1893_zpsa7fa18d6.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/comps/th_IMG_1892_zps832ac1a3.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Books_Feb/comps/IMG_1892_zps832ac1a3.jpg)



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snes_collector
02-07-2013, 06:05 PM
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/IMG-20130207-00136_zpsfae97ce8.jpg

Pretty excited about this one. Been wanting to play the CD version of Neo Turf Masters for a long time. Last Hope will not stay sealed for long either
Kid Fenris
02-08-2013, 08:31 PM
Club Capcom/CAP Stuff

Thanks for posting these. Some old Capcom artbooks have the same illustrations, but it looks like Club Capcom ran them much larger.

I always enjoy seeing stuff like this. So many game-related Japanese books and magazine are undocumented.
Tron 2.0
02-25-2013, 06:43 AM
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/IMG-20130207-00136_zpsfae97ce8.jpg

Pretty excited about this one. Been wanting to play the CD version of Neo Turf Masters for a long time. Last Hope will not stay sealed for long either
It's on the gween ! Congrats on getting ntm that's one of the few golf games that i ever play.Other then the fact the ngcd version does have a extra course.
StealthLurker
03-03-2013, 03:44 PM
Some stuff that came in (disregard the domestic stuff).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/m3_zpsd5bb6769.jpg

Also in a modded SD card adapter compatible with the NeoGeo X console. Also came in with 2 mini-SD cards loaded with 50 games each.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/3c1a2348-1b1b-423d-96cc-de46a2632162_zps5b9a2764.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/98e8da90-98fd-466e-81b4-81f45a4780be_zps11c6db3c.jpg


Pretty nifty!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/m10_zps6cc8308a.jpg


Hmmm that's weird! Forgot I had him do a famicom style cart custom.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/m11_zps9a1c16c0.jpg


That sure looks familiar.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/m9_zpsd473d558.jpg


Joystick gamers pictorial book. Nice "coffee table" style book with artsy pictures of "neglected" japanese arcades off the beaten path.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/m7_zps45aaca97.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/m4_zpsfe453e7f.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/m5_zps3510374a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/m6_zps20e60d4b.jpg


Also a bonus ordering shmup related items from my guy in Japan. Always throws in a bunch of little items in for free, including chocolate bars haha.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/m8_zpsa4ecbed6.jpg


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StealthLurker
03-03-2013, 03:45 PM
Even though this isn't necessarily an import, some other things that came in this week that I'm totally digging right now...

Some custom made 3D logo signs. Really love how these turned out. The NeoGeo logo is 24" in diameter! Lettering is raised.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/s8_zps9ddcc98a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/s9_zps3c569036.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/s10_zpsb78ac947.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/s11_zps5ca21405.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/s7_zpsf178543c.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/s3_zps9a907937.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/s2_zps6980dca7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/s1_zpsdf51a6aa.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/s4_zps7cdbdd84.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/s6_zpsb5c69947.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/s5_zpsa3598d5a.jpg


I love it!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/93ad808c-37ac-4450-8cd0-9ac6897aa880_zps51270647.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/a4395b9c-7cf6-4273-8abd-bd07e6c366f7_zps52942a70.jpg

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StealthLurker
03-03-2013, 10:14 PM
Ooops, almost forgot about these. More recent pickups.

Yes that copy of Border Down is sealed... and for only 100 bucks shipped. Quite a deal imho. ;D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/bd1_zps3d5afd71.jpg


Old (right - original japanese PC version) vs the new (left - New "enhanced" PSP version)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/3D%20Sign/bd2_zpsd86c9d27.jpg

Gameplay footage of Gunhound. Think of it as a faster paced version of Cybernator (SNES) / Assault Suits Valken (SFC)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19NlukN8Vmk

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StealthLurker
03-04-2013, 07:55 PM
Just in today... The utterly gorgeous Macross 30th Anniversary Limited Edition PS3 game. So much artwork included. Even has a book that goes over 30 years of the Macross games that have been released!

Gameplay/Trailer video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovuY36fT30k


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/mac1_zps9eb0ef4e.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/mac2_zps13dab2aa.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/mac3_zpsb22d50bd.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/mac4_zpsdfa629d8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/mac5_zps6121922e.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/mac6_zps6fabdb49.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/mac7_zps605f41ae.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/mac9_zpse8b57b13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/mac10_zpsfbb3133d.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/mac8_zpsb051a5b7.jpg

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Dire 51
03-06-2013, 10:21 PM
Here's my acquisitions from the past couple months:

http://opcfg.kontek.net/t3m/imports/new_imports_2-2013_sm.png

Larger pic (http://opcfg.kontek.net/t3m/imports/new_imports_2-2013_lg.png)
SparTonberry
03-12-2013, 12:40 AM
Yes... you are finally mine!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/42365565-3CE1-4B15-8CBD-AB8F939803B8-434-000000376667C737.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/57E242D7-3044-4213-AF6F-02DC84D5F5EF-434-000000375E01D429.jpg


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Are the sellers on amazon Japan serious? 50,000 yen loose!
If that price is even remotely realistic, then I guess I will never own this game. :(
Parodius Duh!
03-12-2013, 08:07 AM
Some famicom repros

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/AAA_0_Dec2012/d12.jpg



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HOW DO YOU DO IT?! Not only do you have a copy of the unreleased Strider Japanese prototype, now you also have a copy of the unreleased Legendary Wings Japanese prototype?!?! You would be a legend, a savior to the NES/Famicom community if you could dump them man. The Japanese have been hoarding these two prototypes for decades. Im sure many would donate if you started a kickstarter page or something and Id certainly help to promote it, Im obviously not suggesting you dump them for free nor am I implying that you are obligated to dump them, it would just be really, really, really, really incredibly amazingly LEGENDARY cool if it happened, youre like the only chance for us westerners to play these unreleased protos, Im glad they ended up in your hands and if you decide to ever part with them I will send a very reasonable offer your way . ;) You seriously must have the greatest Famicom collection in the US. Blow my mind everytime you post a pic hahaha
StealthLurker
03-16-2013, 01:10 PM
Are the sellers on amazon Japan serious? 50,000 yen loose!
If that price is even remotely realistic, then I guess I will never own this game. :(

I've seen loose copies go for less. Still expensive, but not quite that much. However they rarely pop up... at least when I was looking. I got my CIB copy for roughly that, plus middleman fees and shipping. I also saw another person on another forum grab a CIB copy, but his was around the 700+ USD mark.


HOW DO YOU DO IT?! Not only do you have a copy of the unreleased Strider Japanese prototype, now you also have a copy of the unreleased Legendary Wings Japanese prototype?!?! You would be a legend, a savior to the NES/Famicom community if you could dump them man. The Japanese have been hoarding these two prototypes for decades. Im sure many would donate if you started a kickstarter page or something and Id certainly help to promote it, Im obviously not suggesting you dump them for free nor am I implying that you are obligated to dump them, it would just be really, really, really, really incredibly amazingly LEGENDARY cool if it happened, youre like the only chance for us westerners to play these unreleased protos, Im glad they ended up in your hands and if you decide to ever part with them I will send a very reasonable offer your way . ;) You seriously must have the greatest Famicom collection in the US. Blow my mind everytime you post a pic hahaha

I'll think about PD. I've been approached and almost harassed by some people on FamicomWorld.com which I didn't really appreciate... but I'll think about it. I don't have any dumping gear, but I doubt that's not too hard to acquire.

Oh just FYI... I'm not the only westerner with these. I know of 2 others. One of them you might know or heard of... his online handle is Shou-sama.

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Ed Oscuro
03-17-2013, 02:14 AM
Is the other Dragon1952? He has some interesting official (as he says, and I don't think he's lying) "repros" of some games. It's kind of frustrating that the inside story of the releases of some famous games isn't well documented, on top of the limited release of some good games to start with, that is.

Zas looks pretty cool...will check it out in an emulator; who knows, I might even look for one of my own!

Right now I'm feeling foolish; bought two copies of Genocide X68000, the second three times as expensive as the first and I didn't need to. But I guess I'll have the pick of the crop now.

Working on disassembling a X68000 XVI for servicing. Actually rather straightforward inside except that you have to tear down pretty much everything to get the PSU totally out (without cutting wires that is), and that's a common task.
StealthLurker
03-17-2013, 01:24 PM
Is the other Dragon1952? He has some interesting official (as he says, and I don't think he's lying) "repros" of some games. It's kind of frustrating that the inside story of the releases of some famous games isn't well documented, on top of the limited release of some good games to start with, that is.

Zas looks pretty cool...will check it out in an emulator; who knows, I might even look for one of my own!

Right now I'm feeling foolish; bought two copies of Genocide X68000, the second three times as expensive as the first and I didn't need to. But I guess I'll have the pick of the crop now.

Working on disassembling a X68000 XVI for servicing. Actually rather straightforward inside except that you have to tear down pretty much everything to get the PSU totally out (without cutting wires that is), and that's a common task.

Well that's not the other guy that I know of... but he might, who knows. Yeah it's a bit of a "shady underworld" with this type of stuff... especially in the NeoGeo world.

One thing to note about Zas in an emulator, some of the effects with the backgrounds won't work quite right. I don't think it (at least I've heard) it even works properly on a Super Gameboy player for SNES. To get the "full feel", you need to run it on an old school GB... so if you have a flashcart of some sort, that would help.

Are you repairing/doing "fixer uppers" on X68000s in general or is this for your own personal use? I've been on the fence about getting one due to my "nervousness" and past experiences with 5.25" floppies. However I've recently started buying up some x68000 games, so I might be taking the plunge soon. I'd be interested in finding a source that could provide fully working, upgraded and possibly customized units.

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Ed Oscuro
03-17-2013, 03:36 PM
If I could solder, and if I had a soldering iron, I'm sure I could do it. However I'm just tearing one apart right now to send off a few boards for cap replacement (the power supplies seem most problematic on these units, and some people just cut the cables leading from the PSU and replace it with a modern laptop power supply, which could be a good idea for a variety of reasons). I finally got a X68000 RGB -> VGA PC connector cable last month for video output to a standard VGA monitor, turned it on, and saw the command prompt when I just wanted to make sure the cable worked. When I tried playing a game a couple weeks later, it died on powerup...such is life with the X68000. Despite having games for over 10 years now, I've never played one! Sheesh! LOL

I've been talking with a guy called BlueBMW on NFG Forums about it. He, as well as SuperDeadite on Shmups Forum / YouTube, know a lot about the X68000 series.

I've got an Ace HD torn down around here, which I need to put back together; it's not the prettiest but it's probably serviceable. I also might finally get my Pro desktop format computer shipped from NFGman later on. I'll keep that one though.

I know you didn't ask, but there are a lot of interesting little wrinkles to using a X68000: CPU speed, RAM available, MIDI quality, floppy format, and hard drives. Some of these are more important to pay attention to than others, though, so let's sort them out.

For playing most games off floppy disk, even the original model X68000s will work perfectly. For most all games, just making sure the RAM is 2MB (1MB is standard in the earliest models, but 2MB was standard later) is better.
The original models have a 10MHz 68000 CPU; the XVI models have a switch for 10 or 16MHz; and finally there are some 68030-based units. I have seen patches for games to run on these units; I don't know if that's to resolve conflicts between the different hardware, or to let those games run more smoothly. I've been told twice now that even Geograph Seal, the forerunner of Jumping Flash, a 3D hybrid FPS / platforming game, runs perfectly at 16MHz on the XVI.

RAM is easy to come by in some quantities. I think I've gotten lucky and just discovered a board in my XVI that is probably for 12MB (it should be for 10 though, the max I've been told of is 12MB, and 2MB is built in to the XVI, but this board says SIMM12, so I'll have to research it), which would let me run everything without RAM limitations. 12MB of RAM is used in a text-heavy Japanese cyberpunk RPG called Illusion City (which also should be nice on the MSX, anyway), and I'm told higher amounts of RAM allows the use of floppy drive emulation - for running games off an internal flash drive, for instance. 6MB and a 16MHz machine will let Nemesis '90 Kai play some extra PCM sound channels (sound effects). But for most games this is overkill. BlueBMW seems to have some access to 4MB cards and those will probably be enough.

MIDI quality - you can select any MIDI module you like and plug it directly into the back of the X68000, though check out SuperDeadite's X68000 MIDI parade videos for a look at his setup. This gets into the wonderful, convoluted world of Roland MIDI modules, with the MT-32 Old and New revisions, or the CM-64 and its two component halves (purchasable seperately as the CM-32p and CM-32l). Right now I've got a couple MT-32 units and a CM-32p, just need to find a CM-32l for a decent price and I'm set (but yowch, the last one on eBay was really expensive). Other modules will work but Roland was the standard. Of course, many games - especially arcade ports - can make great use of the internal Yamaha FM synthesis chip, which is identical to that in many of the games ported to the machine.

Floppy format - there are both full-size (both desktop and tower format) units, and "compact" units of a few different makes. I sold a XVI Compact to Arasoi and sometimes I kind of wish I hadn't...but he puts it to good use. The Compacts are quite nice looking, but they are not only more cramped than the full tower units, they also only have 3.5" drives installed, so you'll have to hunt down external 5.25" drives if you want to run original game disks (of course you could always roll your own floppy disks or run off a flash drive).

Hard drives - some X68000 machines come with internal drives, these models are denoted by -HD after the model name, i.e. ACE HD. These old drives might be interesting to look at now but they won't be fast or large. It would be much neater to use a modern compact flash drive for essentially unlimited storage. There are various compact flash to SCSI adapters, which are useful on a variety of old computers, such as the well-regarded AztecMonster from Japan (which will be my choice). However there is another model discrepancy to respect here: Some X68000 units use a forerunner of SCSI, called SASI (Shugart Associates Serial Interface), and I'm also told that some X68000 units have weird SCSI connectors internally.

If you can wing it, the XVI tower seems to be the most compatible, fully, and cheaply expandable X68000 out there (ignoring the 68030 which I don't know much about). But other units are good too.

Anyway, didn't mean to write a tract but hopefully that's a good start to getting you thinking about which choices you'd like to make in getting a 68000!

If you like, when I get a chance I will take another look at that Ace HD and see if it's anything you might be interested in. Has some bits and pieces broke on the plastic (rough handling, was sent from an aircraft carrier originally) but hopefully it will run.
StealthLurker
03-19-2013, 11:44 PM
*Lots of info*



Thanks for the general run down Ed! I appreciate it.

I've been casually checking out the x68000 for years now, and the variations in models is something I haven't quite got a handle on yet. Good to know that in general, the XVIs are the "best all around" family of models to look into.

From what I've read, BlueBMW seems to be the name that pops up as a US based source for these things. I guess he's still in the game these days.

Yeah one of the potential upgrades I'd be interested in would be more RAM. Also the ability to use a compact flash for most day to day use. Then occasionally use real disks for times when I'm in the mood to "keep it real" so to speak, haha.

I've watched a bunch of videos with different games and different MIDI setups in the past. Very impressive stuff. I'd definitely want to try and get some Roland MTs if I did take the dive.

I'd also want a real Sharp CRT to complete the setup. I've been seeing them lately on YJ. I have shipped RGB CRTs from Japan before... along with hundreds of laserdiscs at a time... pachinko and pachislo machines... so I know how ridiculous shipping can be!

Thanks again for the overview!

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Ed Oscuro
03-20-2013, 05:18 PM
I've had both Sharp and Fujitsu (FM Towns) monitors shipped to me. They were small (around 15" I think) and broken, so I had to get rid of them.

Right now I'm using a 15-pin RGB to PC VGA cable and it works fine. I'm told some games will start in the "wrong" mode for this (15KHz, i.e. TV frequencies, versus 31KHz, or PC monitor frequency) but of these most should be switchable with relative ease (and those which send you into a menu you can't see, like a few Capcom releases, have had info about the necessary key presses posted online). Anyway, that'll be up to you, but personally I would keep a nice PC CRT monitor for this.
BricatSegaFan
03-20-2013, 05:26 PM
Keio flying squadron 2. Really enjoying this game :)
SparTonberry
03-28-2013, 11:48 AM
Let us take a moment to Remember Minky. :(
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?i23oo4tu1pxlnlo
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?v096jw8xwiv3ehz

Sent bubblewrapped, so I wouldn't blame the seller but the USPS.
The 1 2 P
03-29-2013, 05:19 PM
I haven't posted my import finds in this thread in well over a year but thats because I've been acquiring most of them with domestic stuff and have just been using the recent finds thread to post everything. But recently I got two shipments from a new store I found in Japan:

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC2757_zps2336fa67.jpg

Ohsame Game and Super Return of The Jedi were both from online. The rest were from the same import store I got these from...

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC2784_zps58fde93b.jpg

All of this stuff was alot cheaper than when it turns up elsewhere. The Alan Wake limited edition game was less than half of what the cheapest copies on ebay and amazon are going for. In the case of the Private Idol games, I was having to rely on when these games popped up online in order to be able to snag them but I now finished a significant part(it's almost done) of that collection all in one place.

I'm still trying to figure out how many of those Xbox-ism disc there are. I have several and while some years have one for every season(winter, spring, etc) some only have one season and one alternative(holiday, etc). The premium TGS xbox-ism book was also a nice unexpected find. Considering how badly Xbox/360 stuff sells in Japan you would think that the majority of online stores over there would sell those items accordingly but unfortunately most sell them as if Xbox stuff is some of the hottest items over there. It's always nice to find Japanese stores that sell Xbox stuff for dirt cheap, as in less than $5 each.

I have a few more items coming from ebay next week and then I'm going to place another order for a few things I missed my first two times around at that online store.
Dire 51
03-31-2013, 02:09 PM
Let us take a moment to Remember Minky. :(
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?i23oo4tu1pxlnlo
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?v096jw8xwiv3ehz

Sent bubblewrapped, so I wouldn't blame the seller but the USPS.
That is one of the saddest things I've seen in a long time. :( Hope it didn't cost too much.

Over the past month, I've gotten the following:

http://opcfg.kontek.net/t3m/imports/fc_imports_late_mar13_sm.png

Larger pic (http://opcfg.kontek.net/t3m/imports/fc_imports_late_mar13_lg.png)
Tanooki
04-01-2013, 09:46 AM
Being here I don't usually think I'm going to find much with import games, but being back the last six months I've had a three very nice hits. A couple months back(never posted on either I think) I found for $10 each Daigassou Band Bros and Jump Ultimate Stars both complete in fantastic shape, don't have a pic of the Jump game as I didn't keep it as it wasn't fun for me and those were at a flea market with an overpriced mexican lady vendor who didn't know squat about Japanese games other than they're unreadable (score or they'd have been 3x as high as she goes.)
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At the same time more or less Half Price Books of all things came up with my second (over the years when I lived here before and found Tales of Destiny PSP - UK then) PAL hit there. That one I've wanted since I got teased playing it for real five years earlier with no luck and as more luck would have it a shop I regular 1/2 way across town had the FreeLoader needed to run it on my gamecube both were $10/each. The game is in mint shape, even included a PAL formatted memory card 251 too they threw in with it!
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And finally the big hit was last Friday. I've wanted the series of games since they dropped, and as luck would have it the three I've wanted most BAM! Show up at Half Price Books (southern location in town from the Doshin one close to me.) I just went in there needing to get out as I was getting couped up feeling. I also in the same case also spotted a sequel title to a game I've wanted going back nearly to its release too. All of this was $5 each, and I found later not knowing but the bitgenerations games are $30-40 each shipped online and the other, Kururin Paradise rolls in the $28-38 range. Super score, all dead mint and barely touched looking at back of the cart wear.
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ZP3
04-04-2013, 11:59 PM
Pokémon Crystal CIB! Love the Pokémon series.
StealthLurker
04-06-2013, 11:05 PM
MISSION COMPLETE! All Japanese Wondermegas boxed and complete! ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/wm3_zpscfe63bfb.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/wm6_zps9250b6ce.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/wm1_zpsa705e16f.jpg



Dueling SEGA Wondermegas. The harder one to find.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/wm2_zpsd0971a4a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/wm4_zps769fbe3f.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/wm5_zps2e87042c.jpg


Also had some more custom posters done. Turned out very nice.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/600251_585666864779949_1678136103_n_zps0cd72047.jp g

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/577432_585667338113235_691219637_n_zps8c687519.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/575979_585666691446633_1647275541_n_zps23ab339b.jp g

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/188911_585667058113263_1902524555_n_zps6e92c025.jp g


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StealthLurker
04-06-2013, 11:05 PM
More custom posters

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/p1_zps7e96ee02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/p2_zpsc19aac76.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/p3_zpsab82c29f.jpg


Physical copy of Darkstalkers Resurrection and Person 4 Arena 2D fighting games.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/ps3-1_zps7ece07f7.jpg


Pretty darn rare Goemon platformer for Gameboy Color

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/go1_zps549df134.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/go2_zpsdb581b48.jpg


NeoGeo goodness...

Been wanting a NeoGeo Ironclad Brikinger in cart form for a looooong time. Now I have it on AES (home console) and MVS (arcade) cart form! ;D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/brikinger_zps1b2000f0.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/brikinger2_zpsef5666ac.jpg


Have all the individual releases, but have been lusting over these box sets for a while. They did a fantastic job!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/ps2a_zps016636a4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Wondermegas/ps2b_zps81569aba.jpg




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The 1 2 P
04-13-2013, 01:26 AM
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC2841_zps1bcd26e0.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/THE-1-2-P/media/GEDC2841_zps1bcd26e0.jpg.html)

Got all of this goodness from my new favorite Japanese import store. Further details can be read in the April finds thread.
StealthLurker
04-16-2013, 09:43 PM
Just in today... a really nice custom JPN famicom style repro of Miracle of Almana.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Almana/al1_zps5444548d.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Almana/al2_zpsb453b3dd.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Almana/al3_zpsd241a506.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Almana/al4_zps4304baaf.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/Almana/al5_zpseadeaf5e.jpg



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Immutable
04-24-2013, 09:53 PM
Dig Dug for the Famicom
StealthLurker
05-01-2013, 12:59 AM
Some stuff (disregard the domestic stuff)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/May_FirstWave_6_zps16e1360c.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/May_FirstWave_9_zps173246e9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/May_FirstWave_3_zps441d4e8e.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/May_FirstWave_1_zps41d6ab3d.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/May_FirstWave_5_zps91ba8b1a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/May_FirstWave_7_zpsd31f9915.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/May_FirstWave_2_zps26f5d34b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/May_FirstWave_8_zps4db5e905.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/May_FirstWave_4_zps710b36ff.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/May_FirstWave_10_zps309aeba1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/May_FirstWave_11_zps6aaf2b65.jpg

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XYXZYZ
05-05-2013, 09:36 PM
StealthLurker- What did you use as the source for those posters, your own MD box scans I assume? Were the arcade flyers scans from the flyer archive, or your own?
StealthLurker
05-06-2013, 10:26 PM
The MD scans I found on the internet actually. The arcade flyers came from someone on Ebay for a few bucks a pop.

On a side note...

Picked up an interesting novelty. An MVS (arcade) NeoGeo Garou Mark of the Wolves in an AES (home system) cart shell. Will not play on an AES without adapter. Mainly bought it to get a cheap extra snaplock case and for the novelty factor. Would like to get an Omega CMVS console down the road and this would pair nicely with it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/Posters%20MVS%20AES%20shell/190487_606607092685926_874791272_n_zpsaca6c9e9.jpg

Funky MVS (left) vs. real AES homecart (right)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/Posters%20MVS%20AES%20shell/935690_606608312685804_402972376_n_zps82ba6a06.jpg

Some repro posters of Dimahoo and Progear no Arashi. Need to do some trimming on the Progear on the right and some framing finagling.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/Posters%20MVS%20AES%20shell/922848_606605729352729_1456774480_n_zpsf89ab726.jp g

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/Posters%20MVS%20AES%20shell/941284_606606109352691_1908705274_n_zpsb6eef315.jp g

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StealthLurker
05-07-2013, 09:26 PM
The "infamous" Doki Doki Panic in cart form and custom box/instructions. Been wanting something like this (CIB style) for a loooong time. Much nicer than the loose asian pirate cart I also have.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/dokidoki/dokidoki_1_zpse18d5817.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/dokidoki/dokidoki_2_zps5bae3e68.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/dokidoki/dokidoki_3_zps82c38315.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/dokidoki/dokidoki_4_zps11521b5d.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/dokidoki/dokidoki_5_zps8d37ad37.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/jviloria/May2013_FirstWave/dokidoki/dokidoki_6_zps7415e3ca.jpg

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