Sachen

[Emily]

What sachen games were officially released here in the US?I dont want to have to pay the high prices these are fetching if their not necessary for a complete US collection.

[squirrelnut]

Try the online rarity guide right up there ^^^^^^^^^

[gamergary]

www.theredeye.net

[rbudrick]

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php

This was kinda beaten to death in a few threads, but this was probably the most in depth one...

-Rob

EDIT: Norkusa put the correct link down...I cut part of that off...but yeah, that's the one. Sorry about that

[norkusa]

No Sachen games were ever released in the US. They're all NTSC imports.

Here's a link to the big Sachen thread: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18700

[TheRedEye]

No Sachen games were ever released in the US. They're all NTSC imports.

This has not been proven either way, and is mostly up for interpretation. My stance is that they were available via mailorder to any retailer who wanted to sell them, and were specifically designed with American copyright information for the American market, and so therefore were American "releases." The only difference between Sachen and Panesian is that Panesian had more aggressive marketing tactics, and therefore were able to put games on shelves.

My other stance is that if you're so concerned with semantics that you won't buy a game unless it specifically caters to your definition of "American," and if your only real goal is to be able to brag that you have a "complete American set," and if YOUR collection and YOUR hobby are dictated by what people on the internet consider a "complete set," then...well, then I really can't relate to you at all.

[portnoyd]

Not again.

The two sides:

1. Yes, basically what Frank said.

2. No, Sachen didn't even try selling in the U.S. until at least 1997 with GB games.

My opinion? Maybe, maybe not. I say get some... great conversation pieces. I mean, how can you go wrong showing off a game called Middle School English?

dave

[Emily]

Try the online rarity guide right up there ^^^^^^^^^

Dude, I probably use the guide more than you do, and it is not specific about these games.
Im inclined to believe the whole mail order theory, because I suspected as much.

[TRM]

Try the online rarity guide right up there ^^^^^^^^^

Dude, I probably use the guide more than you do, and it is not specific about these games.
Im inclined to believe the whole mail order theory, because I suspected as much.

European NTSC releases. It doesn't make much sense, but Famicom games are NTSC releases, and readily available in Europe. Probably released in Russia or some place...after all, adverts for these things were shown in European magazines...