have your purchasing habits changed due to emulation / flash cards?

tpivette · 02/15/2013, 05:59 PM

Quote from: Carparama on 02/15/2013, 03:27 PMEmulation is great if you cannot get access to the real thing.

This is exactly what I'm doing for the US Magical Chase. Bought a $45 Flash Card that plays in real hardware and saved thousands over the real deal. Best part is, the Flash Card fits in an original HuCard sleeve, and goes in a case with a repro manual without any issues. Looks as though I have the authentic game sitting on my shelf, until you open it and see the chip.

I just refuse to pay what that game is going for (if I could even find a copy), and emulation works perfect for this occasion

ElSeven · 02/15/2013, 06:16 PM

Quote from: tpivette on 02/15/2013, 05:59 PM
Quote from: Carparama on 02/15/2013, 03:27 PMEmulation is great if you cannot get access to the real thing.
This is exactly what I'm doing for the US Magical Chase. Bought a $45 Flash Card that plays in real hardware and saved thousands over the real deal. Best part is, the Flash Card fits in an original HuCard sleeve, and goes in a case with a repro manual without any issues. Looks as though I have the authentic game sitting on my shelf, until you open it and see the chip.

I just refuse to pay what that game is going for (if I could even find a copy), and emulation works perfect for this occasion

This is a pretty great way to make magical chase affordable. Has anyone thought of putting together a reproduction package of this game? With a repro manual and case, the only missing piece would be to brand the flash card with some kind of artwork. There is a thread on the assembler games forum about 3D Printing a hucard shell for the TED, as well as Stone Age Gamer's solution of mounting a plastic barrier with screws. hmm...

Of course none of this is necessary, but it might be a fun project for the community. I'm sure it would be easy to modify the existing artwork enough so that it is a clearly not an original game to avoid any reselling shenanigans / anime4ever overcharging / etc.

CrackTiger · 02/15/2013, 06:42 PM

Quote from: ElSeven on 02/15/2013, 06:16 PM
Quote from: tpivette on 02/15/2013, 05:59 PM
Quote from: Carparama on 02/15/2013, 03:27 PMEmulation is great if you cannot get access to the real thing.
This is exactly what I'm doing for the US Magical Chase. Bought a $45 Flash Card that plays in real hardware and saved thousands over the real deal. Best part is, the Flash Card fits in an original HuCard sleeve, and goes in a case with a repro manual without any issues. Looks as though I have the authentic game sitting on my shelf, until you open it and see the chip.

I just refuse to pay what that game is going for (if I could even find a copy), and emulation works perfect for this occasion
This is a pretty great way to make magical chase affordable. Has anyone thought of putting together a reproduction package of this game? With a repro manual and case, the only missing piece would be to brand the flash card with some kind of artwork. There is a thread on the assembler games forum about 3D Printing a hucard shell for the TED, as well as Stone Age Gamer's solution of mounting a plastic barrier with screws. hmm...

Of course none of this is necessary, but it might be a fun project for the community. I'm sure it would be easy to modify the existing artwork enough so that it is a clearly not an original game to avoid any reselling shenanigans / anime4ever overcharging / etc.

This has been proposed many times. I think that what would work out best, is if someone reprogrammed just the two Magical Chase roms for the Super HuCard. Then everyone could download and play both expensive games and hopefully the collector orices would come down.

ElSeven · 02/15/2013, 07:04 PM

Quote from: guest on 02/15/2013, 06:42 PM
Quote from: ElSeven on 02/15/2013, 06:16 PMThis is a pretty great way to make magical chase affordable. Has anyone thought of putting together a reproduction package of this game? With a repro manual and case, the only missing piece would be to brand the flash card with some kind of artwork. There is a thread on the assembler games forum about 3D Printing a hucard shell for the TED, as well as Stone Age Gamer's solution of mounting a plastic barrier with screws. hmm...

Of course none of this is necessary, but it might be a fun project for the community. I'm sure it would be easy to modify the existing artwork enough so that it is a clearly not an original game to avoid any reselling shenanigans / anime4ever overcharging / etc.
This has been proposed many times. I think that what would work out best, is if someone reprogrammed just the two Magical Chase roms for the Super HuCard. Then everyone could download and play both expensive games and hopefully the collector orices would come down.

Do we have the resources within the forum to make this happen? If it has been proposed many times, there has to be enough interest to make it worth while. I wonder what needs to be done in order to make progress on this...

NecroPhile · 02/15/2013, 07:12 PM

I've thought about that before as a booty project; it'd be sweet as hell to have both versions available from a load screen, and even better if a slide show could be added showing the differences (preferably side by side using high-res mode like in Chris's demo). If I could program more than my VCR, I'd make it happen.

roflmao · 02/15/2013, 09:37 PM

I would love to see this happen!

Robocop2 · 02/16/2013, 09:08 AM

Flash carts have change things for me. I had thought about getting back into the TG before but it wasn't until the everdrive came out that I made the jump over. I'll still buy games that I want eventually but it's nice to be able to try before you buy especially with the expensive games.

geise · 02/16/2013, 09:22 AM

Only emulation I do is with my Vita through the eCFW exploit, and on my phone. Also, with Mednafen on the Wii. It outputs the exact resolution for my standard tv so it's as close as you can get. It's mainly used to play games I don't own like Coryoon. If I'm not on the go I am usually always on real hardware. It hasn't changed my purchasing habits that's for sure. Actually I buy more games now than when I used to since I have had a stable jobby job the past 10 years.

-D- · 02/25/2013, 10:44 PM

Quote from: tpivette on 02/15/2013, 05:59 PM
Quote from: Carparama on 02/15/2013, 03:27 PMEmulation is great if you cannot get access to the real thing.
This is exactly what I'm doing for the US Magical Chase. Bought a $45 Flash Card that plays in real hardware and saved thousands over the real deal. Best part is, the Flash Card fits in an original HuCard sleeve, and goes in a case with a repro manual without any issues. Looks as though I have the authentic game sitting on my shelf, until you open it and see the chip.

I just refuse to pay what that game is going for (if I could even find a copy), and emulation works perfect for this occasion

Is it just to feel like you have a complete US collection? The way I look at this, I mean you're already throwing almost $50 around, might as well just put in another $150 and get a Japanese Magical Chase and you can still say you have the real thing. Though if the Japanese version was $400+ I would probably do the same thing you did.

I'm not trying to say the collector mentality is wrong though, just wondering.

tpivette · 02/26/2013, 04:36 AM

Quote from: -D- on 02/25/2013, 10:44 PM
Quote from: tpivette on 02/15/2013, 05:59 PM
Quote from: Carparama on 02/15/2013, 03:27 PMEmulation is great if you cannot get access to the real thing.
This is exactly what I'm doing for the US Magical Chase. Bought a $45 Flash Card that plays in real hardware and saved thousands over the real deal. Best part is, the Flash Card fits in an original HuCard sleeve, and goes in a case with a repro manual without any issues. Looks as though I have the authentic game sitting on my shelf, until you open it and see the chip.

I just refuse to pay what that game is going for (if I could even find a copy), and emulation works perfect for this occasion
Is it just to feel like you have a complete US collection? The way I look at this, I mean you're already throwing almost $50 around, might as well just put in another $150 and get a Japanese Magical Chase and you can still say you have the real thing. Though if the Japanese version was $400+ I would probably do the same thing you did.

I'm not trying to say the collector mentality is wrong though, just wondering.

Might as well throw in another $150 if I'm already spending $50? I don't know about you, but I can't plop down that kind of cash on one game. The most I've ever spent on a game was $90 for Steam Hearts. For $200, I can get several games... or one PCE copy of Magical Chase... hmm, I think I'd rather go the $45 Flash Card route.

I didn't buy a Flash Card for Magical Chase to "feel like I have a complete set", I just wanted to play the game on real hardware. Its actually a really fun game with catchy music. If said Flash Card fits in an actual game case to go on the shelf with my other Turbo Games? Well, that's just a cool bonus.

CrackTiger · 02/26/2013, 08:02 AM

Quote from: -D- on 02/25/2013, 10:44 PM
Quote from: tpivette on 02/15/2013, 05:59 PM
Quote from: Carparama on 02/15/2013, 03:27 PMEmulation is great if you cannot get access to the real thing.
This is exactly what I'm doing for the US Magical Chase. Bought a $45 Flash Card that plays in real hardware and saved thousands over the real deal. Best part is, the Flash Card fits in an original HuCard sleeve, and goes in a case with a repro manual without any issues. Looks as though I have the authentic game sitting on my shelf, until you open it and see the chip.

I just refuse to pay what that game is going for (if I could even find a copy), and emulation works perfect for this occasion
Is it just to feel like you have a complete US collection? The way I look at this, I mean you're already throwing almost $50 around, might as well just put in another $150 and get a Japanese Magical Chase and you can still say you have the real thing. Though if the Japanese version was $400+ I would probably do the same thing you did.

I'm not trying to say the collector mentality is wrong though, just wondering.

It's not the real thing and it's not the exact same game. You can't even play it on a TG-16.

-D- · 03/03/2013, 01:36 AM

Isn't it mostly just the graphics in the first stage look more "cute 'em up" in the JP version, an enemy or two were completely changed, and a few other minor sprite differences? Or was there something else?

I watched some youtube videos and the TG16 & PCE versions still look to be 95%+ the same game.

Senshi · 03/03/2013, 10:50 AM

Quote from: guest on 02/15/2013, 07:12 PMI've thought about that before as a booty project; it'd be sweet as hell to have both versions available from a load screen, and even better if a slide show could be added showing the differences (preferably side by side using high-res mode like in Chris's demo). If I could program more than my VCR, I'd make it happen.

Programming VCR's, now there's a flashback