Prototype.. my ass [Archive] - Retrogaming Roundtable

jajaja

01-25-2007, 02:17 PM

Zelda Outlands prototype, very rare! (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UNRELEASED-RARE-ZELDA-OUTLANDS-GAME-PROTOTYPE-LINK-DEAL_W0QQitemZ220075311520QQihZ012QQcategoryZ62053 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) lol, not!

Atari 5200

01-25-2007, 02:19 PM

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! I want it!!!@_@

jajaja

01-25-2007, 02:30 PM

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! I want it!!!@_@

Hehe, its a cool hack ye, but its not a prototype or rare as mentioned. If u want a copy go to http://www.nesreproductions.com/ :)

agbulls

01-25-2007, 02:42 PM

GrandAmChandler

01-25-2007, 02:42 PM

The best part of this auction is the end:

Thanks for looking! And Dont forget, The item your looking at and thinking about buying today, is the same item that someone else looked at yesterday and is buying today!

jajaja

01-25-2007, 03:07 PM

Wow. I can't believe someone actually made carts!! I almost want to spend the $25 to play the original Earthbound like it was meant to be played. Has anyone bought anything from him? This seems to good to be true...

If you're refering to the link i posted early i can voutch for him. Its 100% legit :) Me myself have bought a Earthbound repro from him and it worked great. Hes also a member here actually.

Classicgamesdepot

01-25-2007, 03:25 PM

Nothing wrong with this item being sold on e-bay..but definitly false advertising..someone should report this bozo, his last one actually sold.

jajaja

01-25-2007, 03:30 PM

Yep, its the false advertising that sux :(

Geo1126

01-26-2007, 09:12 PM

What also seems funny is the "'04" copyright in his "Zelda Shin Densetsu" auction which is false for such a NES game. Especially since he posted the same eeprom picture in his fake proto auctions.

CastNoShadow

01-26-2007, 11:20 PM

I sent a message to this douche of a seller telling him that he was falsely advertising these items to scam people. He replied with pathetic insults like "you are trailer trash" and a bunch of other crap that didn't make any sense.
I suggest others do the same and try and make this guy feel like an ass for trying to sell reproductions as legit protos.

Candycab

01-27-2007, 01:06 AM

What do you guys expect ... Its Ebay

Everything is rare on Ebay :)

As with everywhere else people buy things ... Caveat Emptor.... "Let the Buyer Beware"

Personally I find auctions like this one hillarious, if youre dumb enough to buy these sort of things without looking into them first then you may just be a bigger idiot than the guy selling it.

Ed Oscuro

01-27-2007, 03:55 AM

Nothing wrong with this item being sold on e-bay..
Hmm. Copyright infringement, trademark infringement; not good stuff all around.

Anyway, reported. I don't see the utility in writing the seller to go "LOLZ you are teh hacx, LOLZ." Much better for us all to get this pushed back into the gray market.

jajaja

01-27-2007, 05:33 AM

I sent him a message like 2 days ago saying it wasnt a prototype, but a homemade ROM hack, and that it wasnt rare and everyone could buy a copy.
I got this reply:

Ok sounds good thanks for LOoking I paid WAY more and they Sell for Even more then that!

Still.. he have them up. Im sure he listed that other Zelda game and SMB2 Japan after i got the answer. Atleast he didnt write prototype in the SMB2j auction.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=220075584827

NESaholic

01-28-2007, 03:53 PM

I see the repro's start hitting eBay again. I hope everyone knows there are repro sites that sell these games for less then $30.

Kejoriv

01-28-2007, 07:40 PM

auction not running anymore.
possibly pulled by ebay?

Geo1126

01-28-2007, 08:58 PM

He still relisted them. I guess he doesn't get the message yet.

Bassgrabber

01-28-2007, 09:49 PM

Would these be the RElists below? If so, let us know...

Now saying there's only ONE of them listed on eBay... but has two up theirownselves LOL

http://cgi.ebay.com/UNRELEASED-RARE-ZELDA-OUTLANDS-AWSOME-JAPANESE-GAME_W0QQitemZ220076487503QQihZ012QQcategoryZ62053 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/UNRELEASED-RARE-ZELDA-OUTLANDS-AWSOME-JAPANESE-GAME_W0QQitemZ220076684082QQihZ012QQcategoryZ62053 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

chaoticjelly

01-29-2007, 01:53 PM

eBay pull reported auctions for betas and protos, so someone reported him.

I cant believe he's selling something he bought for $25 for $120?

But I agree with Candycab, if you don't look into it.. then your very dumb..

theshizzle3000

01-29-2007, 02:30 PM

jajaja

01-30-2007, 04:42 PM

I saw a swedish collector buying the SMB2j he had out for like $129. I sent him a PM saying it wasnt a proto and i told him it was false advertising. Right after i sent the PM i saw that the seller didnt list this as a proto. Had to send another PM to apologize hehe. But $129 is ALOT for a repro! :\

leonk

02-06-2007, 11:04 AM

WOW! This always happens, every year, right after Christmas (trying to pay the bills??).

The worst part about it is the workmanship on those reproductions!! That's horrific work! Who ever made them should put their soldering iron down and get a new hobby!

- wires all over the place
- single strand 30 gauge wire used! (terrible wire to use to transfer data!)
- exposed EPROMS!
- long runs
- dirty pins! (the person didn't even bother to clean the pins!)

Arggg....