That Tobias f--k went after Xak III and SO II as pressed CD-ROM releases!

PCEngineHell · 06/03/2015, 11:55 AM

He wasn't shiny and chrome. The video was rather mediocre.

MotherGunner · 06/03/2015, 11:59 AM

He acknowledges the controversy very briefly in comments but then does nothing else. Maybe someone should point him to this page.

cjameslv · 06/03/2015, 12:19 PM

He doesn't know shit about pc engine. I love how he doesn't know what spine cards are and calls them "..ooby strip type things.." at 3:36 sigh i stopped watching there.

esteban · 06/03/2015, 01:36 PM

Quote from: cjameslv on 06/03/2015, 12:19 PMHe doesn't know shit about pc engine. I love how he doesn't know what spine cards are and calls them "..ooby strip type things.." at 3:36 sigh i stopped watching there.

Ha! Now I'm going to watch the whole damn video. I had to stop it after 30 seconds last time.

CrackTiger · 06/18/2015, 01:40 PM

Looks like bootlegging PCE games is now his full time job. Next set includes Beyond Shadowgate, M&MIII and "Twinbee Returns". I guess his hacker is going to be carving out every mini-game they can to sell as stand-alone games. I'm guessing that the only reason they didn't go with Force Gear is that the hacker hasn't been able to isolate it yet. Either that or the next release has a couple less desirable full games that Tobias wants to balance out with a game that shump fans who shun the PCE will clamor to buy.

https://pceworks.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/the-limited-bmt-bundle/

schweaty · 06/18/2015, 02:04 PM

Quote from: Gredler on 06/01/2015, 04:25 PMAnother review of the PC-E Memories Turbo Duo Edition has been posted and popped up in my feed. I watched most of it, but it's more of the same.

BTW - this guy's on the PCFX forum. his handle is Elder. he's been on the forum since Oct 2013 so he's mos def been around long enough to know about the controversy around PCE Memories.

CrackTiger · 06/18/2015, 02:27 PM

Quote from: schweaty on 06/18/2015, 02:04 PM
Quote from: Gredler on 06/01/2015, 04:25 PMAnother review of the PC-E Memories Turbo Duo Edition has been posted and popped up in my feed. I watched most of it, but it's more of the same.
BTW - this guy's on the PCFX forum. his handle is Elder. he's been on the forum since Oct 2013 so he's mos def been around long enough to know about the controversy around PCE Memories.

I just sampled a few sections of the video. I liked the art strip reveal.

"There's Godzilla, there's Wonderboy or The Dynastic Hero as it's known, there's Bonk and there's...... -Dungeon Explorer II".

It reminded me of the Dracula parody episode of the Simpsons when vampire Mr Burns confronts Bart and says "Well, if it isn't little, uh...... boy!"

CGQuarterly · 06/18/2015, 02:29 PM

Quote from: guest on 06/18/2015, 01:40 PMLooks like bootlegging PCE games is now his full time job. Next set includes Beyond Shadowgate, M&MIII and "Twinbee Returns". I guess his hacker is going to be carving out every mini-game they can to sell as stand-alone games. I'm guessing that the only reason they didn't go with Force Gear is that the hacker hasn't been able to isolate it yet. Either that or the next release has a couple less desirable full games that Tobias wants to balance out with a game that shump fans who shun the PCE will clamor to buy.

https://pceworks.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/the-limited-bmt-bundle/

Yeah I saw that e-mail this morning. Those Beyond Shadowgate and M&MIII packages look really cool, but of course he has to balance it out with something shitty. Can't release too many AAA titles at once, or you'll run out of bundles too quickly, I guess. I'd pay $50 each for the two good games, but I have no interest in that Twinbee deal, and he's charging about $150 for the set of 3.

I wonder how his sales are doing. I can't be the only one who has cooled off on the guy.

NecroPhile · 06/18/2015, 03:29 PM

Quote from: CGQuarterly on 06/18/2015, 02:29 PMThose Beyond Shadowgate and M&MIII packages look really cool, but of course he has to balance it out with something shitty.

Funny, I thought the VHS clamshell packaging was the shitty part.

cjameslv · 06/18/2015, 03:46 PM

Quote from: guest on 06/18/2015, 03:29 PM
Quote from: CGQuarterly on 06/18/2015, 02:29 PMThose Beyond Shadowgate and M&MIII packages look really cool, but of course he has to balance it out with something shitty.
Funny, I thought the VHS clamshell packaging was the shitty part.

Heh for NES games im a fan of the retro style bitbox, but shouldn't cd games come in jewel cases?

CrackTiger · 06/18/2015, 04:15 PM

I believe the jewel cases sit inside the collectors edition clamshells.

CGQuarterly · 06/18/2015, 04:19 PM

Quote from: guest on 06/18/2015, 04:15 PMI believe the jewel cases sit inside the collectors edition clamshells.

Correct.

ultrageranium · 06/18/2015, 04:25 PM

Looking forward to the unboxing videos.

Where is the game ?

PCEngineHell · 06/19/2015, 12:10 AM

In spite of who they are coming from, again, looks like more quality work. Too bad no one else is trying to do the same. Price kinda sucks though, but given what you get versus what you'd pay for real copies of these games, I am not sure how I feel about it. At least these actually are pretty good games, unlike something like Kaza Kiri or Renny Blaster which are C+ titles at best.

Mathius · 06/19/2015, 11:03 PM

I think I'm done with Tobias. To be honest the dude gave me a way to play Dynastic Hero on real hardware and that's awesome. But if I want to be true to myself I need to restrain my inner gamer and start rooting for the fine fellows trying to right the wrongs that Tobias has made against some dear friends here on PCFX.

I'll be very interested to see what we as a community can do as far as making a cheap alternative to Tobias' product. I gotta admit the M&MIII is hugely tempting but I am gonna wait for PCFX to crap out something better. And more ethical.

Mathius · 06/19/2015, 11:33 PM

PS- I'm a big enough man to admit my failings. I'm only human. Those shiny packages willed me to do something that, in the end, hurt some of my friends and possibly changed the future landscape of possible releases by those that put their souls into their work.

Nightwolve and co.....I'm sorry. Mathius loves ya.

BigusSchmuck · 06/20/2015, 12:36 AM

Quote from: Mathius on 06/19/2015, 11:33 PMPS- I'm a big enough man to admit my failings. I'm only human. Those shiny packages willed me to do something that, in the end, hurt some of my friends and possibly changed the future landscape of possible releases by those that put their souls into their work.

Nightwolve and co.....I'm sorry. Mathius loves ya.

I was seriously tempted to get one of those boxsets until I heard Nightwolve's story. It would be great if someone else was more realistic and started doing booties of these "rare" and expensive games. Whether that be the folks on these forums or some outside force anything is better than Tobias's Bloated BS.

ParanoiaDragon · 06/20/2015, 04:18 AM

Yeah, if only someone would make cheap booties to put these expensive ones to shame for their price gouging. You would think someone would do it eventually.

NightWolve · 06/20/2015, 05:48 PM

It's alright Matt, he started his offenses with Bonknuts anyway, or if you wanna go further back than that, with all of you that were suckered into buying his Sapphire bootlegs under the false pretense that they were authentic, some last batch from Hudson, etc. I was just telling Joe that was the one forgotten thing that would've been good to mention in his Xak III bootleg GameSack episode, to have informed the public how Tobias started off as a lying fraudster. Episode was still good and I cared far more about seeing that XSEED comment (heh-heh), but yeah, that would've been something I would've added.

True Puffer · 07/23/2015, 11:43 PM

Quote from: Mathius on 06/19/2015, 11:33 PMI was seriously tempted to get one of those boxsets until I heard Nightwolve's story. It would be great if someone else was more realistic and started doing booties of these "rare" and expensive games. Whether that be the folks on these forums or some outside force anything is better than Tobias's Bloated BS.

I agree. Someone has to do it!

esteban · 07/24/2015, 08:00 AM

Quote from: True Puffer on 07/23/2015, 11:43 PM
Quote from: Mathius on 06/19/2015, 11:33 PMI was seriously tempted to get one of those boxsets until I heard Nightwolve's story. It would be great if someone else was more realistic and started doing booties of these "rare" and expensive games. Whether that be the folks on these forums or some outside force anything is better than Tobias's Bloated BS.
I agree. Someone has to do it!

TruePuffer....please support the homebrew TG-16 releases.

If you want to spend your money, support folks who create new stuff, not bootleggers.

https://www.tg-16.com (there is even a fanzine you can read...and if you like it enough, Paul might still have a printed edition available).

THESE ARE THE "TRUE COLLECTOR'S ITEMS" anyway (see, I resorted to that tactic, knowing that the collectard force is strong in you).

NecroPhile · 07/24/2015, 09:22 AM

Quote from: True Puffer on 07/23/2015, 11:43 PMI agree. Someone has to do it!

Why is it always someone else that needs to do something? Pull on your big girl panties and do it your damn self.

wildfruit · 07/28/2015, 11:51 AM

Quote from: guest on 07/24/2015, 09:22 AM
Quote from: True Puffer on 07/23/2015, 11:43 PMI agree. Someone has to do it!
Why is it always someone else that needs to do something? Pull on your big girl panties and do it your damn self.

I wouldn't mind one of you guys doing that for me.

PCEngineHell · 07/28/2015, 02:22 PM

Ive been meaning to post an update to this thread for a long time now, but basically as it were I had to remain quiet concerning what was going on because I wanted to see how much of a embarrassing blow could be dealt to Tobias. Because Tobias, I hold a grudge, and I will get pay back if I can, even if it takes years. You owed me, my friend Eric, the entire PCE community.

You owe big, and it is time to pay up. You didn't want to apologize about the Sapphire mess and own up to it, and you pulled this shit on Nightwolve, and you still insist on overpriced repro copies, so this is how you pay up instead.

After coming across the Tobias PCE memories in a local trade prior and getting his address and email info, I concocted a plan to see if Tobias could be tricked into sending me a package to promo, so I could double check the shipper address and actually get registered tracking so I would have legit proof of where his stuff was coming from when I handed the info over to Konami in Europe, because honestly I knew where Tobias was going with all of this, and if you are not smart enough to figure it out, I will lay it out for you, high priced Dracula X bootlegs.

I know Tobias has a snitch here, I aint gonna say names, but I can tell you I suspect its a German member who has offered Tobias stuff here prior. Due to that there was concern if I just contacted Tobias using my IRL name "Mike" that he would know or suspect who I am and the ruse would probably be up. I set up a alias email under the name of Mark Castor, contacted him concerning an imaginary fake PCE/TG booth at a current Classic Game Fest convention that was to happen this month in Texas, and he could send a couple of things for promo if he liked.

I said we would be showing a beta copy of Pit-Fighter for TG-CD of all things at this show, given to us by a prior unnamed Tengen employee, just to see if maybe he would bite, and if nothing else maybe ask me for a copy of it and give me a mailing address I could compare to the one I got from the prior trade if he didn't want to mail anything. I even created some fake Pit-Fighter footage made to look the game was playing off a cd-r on my Duo in case he asked for proof.

Amazingly I guess Germans think Pit-Fighter is so bad that he did not ask or even inquire about it AT ALL lol. But he did take the bait at a chance to show off his wares. And when I say he took the bait, I mean he really took the bait. He sent multiple copies of both the PCE and Turbo Duo Memory box sets and the RPG titles, Xak and the other one. Also copies of a caravan shooter called Force Gear and Cycho Rider. Doubles of these were given out to my friends Eric and also Herc here.

I kept in touch with him under the Mark alias and kept in friendly contact, stoked his ego on his encoder knowledge some on the iScan stuff, etc, in hopes I could get him to admit to what future titles he had planned, because I really wanted hard evidence on the whole Ys 4 thing too for Nightwolve (which ultimately Tobias never mentioned or admits to have pressed or had plans to do so. He in fact stated he planned to stop doing RPG releases and get back into the other genres.).

Ends up Tobias sends me more packages. They include the Beyond Shadowgate and Might and Magic III games along with Twin Bee One has a secret game he doesn't want mentioned until he reveals it on his website. Its so secret he wont even tell me the name of it. Any guess what it is? Yes, Dracula X. The fucker made a boxset for Dracula X.

After his last packages arrived and I got my proof collected, I cut off any contact with him and went dark. So here we are now, its time for the convention, and good ole Tobias promoting a fake booth for his own wares at a real convention. The irony of it all.

Oh yes, and I am sure you want to see these also:

So yeah info has all been collected and will be forwarded to Konami Europe in good time.

Tobias. You pulled the Sapphire shit. You lied and cheated your way into high profits with Sapphire fakes. You came back again with more overpriced wares, not willing to even come down to reasonable repro prices. Just typical Tobias behavior, trying to milk the PCE/TG community for what its worth. You caused many including myself and people I know a large amount of stress, especially with this shit you have done to Nightwolve. You thought you were irreproachable and untouchable in all of this. Just some wanna be Victor Ireland all nice and safe hiding in Europe funding your upscaler purchases off the PCE community.

So here we are now. And the fact of the matter is if you'd come here and apologized for all the Sapphire shit you pulled on us, gave Nightwolve a fair shake instead of going behind his back and taking advantage of a situation, and you actually priced your shit according to reasonable repro value, much of this could have been avoided. You make great quality repros, but you're an self serving asshole, 100 percent through and through.

So yeah, you did it your way, so now I did it mine. You paid some of us back in what will now be both embarrassment and freebee merchandise, and a few of your own bucks spent to send said stuff, which I guess makes up for ripping me and Eric off on Sapphire. Konami can do what they will with said info. It will be up to them to decide what to do with you since it is Konami Europe that would be tasked with doing anything about Dracula X, etc.

GG Tobias, GG.

Arkhan Asylum · 07/28/2015, 02:29 PM

I loled so hard, I peed myself.

Fuck that guy. and fuck anyone who buys his stuff. Can't wait to see the ignorant ass collectards on FB spreading this shit like wildfire.

Maybe Aetherbyte should do a PSA about this crap.

esteban · 07/28/2015, 02:42 PM

Damn.

Damn.

And to think, I thought Prof was going I stop playing everything but tank simulations.

Ha!

Opethian · 07/28/2015, 02:48 PM

Psycho Punch · 07/28/2015, 02:49 PM

If anything, post the fake Pit Fighter footage. I want to see that.

jtucci31 · 07/28/2015, 02:50 PM

Quote from: guest on 07/28/2015, 02:49 PMIf anything, post the fake Pit Fighter footage. I want to see that.

Me too!

PCEngineHell · 07/28/2015, 03:04 PM

I will try to find where I put that. What I did was a initial Duo start screen mixed in little photoshopping of fake load screens and a title screen with animated "Push run to Start", mixed in with the Genesis game as far as actual gameplay goes. I fed the video playback from my xp computer onto my crt tv via svideo, set up by my Duo. Recording it on my Samsung mini tablet while trying to show myself putting in a blank cd-r and turn the power button on the Duo while recording my hands, system, etc, and making it look convincing enough and timing it right was all a pain.

This was back in early April or so I think. It would have been funny if he took the bait, asked for video proof and would have thought it was real, but as is the fact that he didn't made me laugh too, because I mean, Pit Fighter and all....

Opethian · 07/28/2015, 03:05 PM

You should have told in that David Hasslehoff was a unlockable character in the TG port. That would have been your ticket!

esteban · 07/28/2015, 03:09 PM

Quote from: PCEngineHell on 07/28/2015, 03:04 PMI will try to find where I put that. What I did was a initial Duo start screen mixed in little photoshopping of fake load screens and a title screen with animated "Push run to Start", mixed in with the Genesis game as far as actual gameplay goes. I fed the video playback from my xp computer onto my crt tv via svideo, set up by my Duo. Recording it on my Samsung mini tablet while trying to show myself putting in a blank cd-r and turn the power button on the Duo while recording my hands, system, etc, and making it look convincing enough and timing it right was all a pain.

This was back in early April or so I think. It would have been funny if he took the bait, asked for video proof and would have thought it was real, but as is the fact that he didn't made me laugh too, because I mean, Pit Fighter and all....

That's awesome. I will make a video with that footage, if you allow me

T2KFreeker · 07/28/2015, 03:11 PM

You go Mike. I can see where this was headed. Good Lord.

I also would like to see the said fake pit Fighter footage, actually. Would be quite interesting.

PCEngineHell · 07/28/2015, 03:14 PM

I will look and see if I still have it, but dont hold your breath waiting for it. It was one of those things that got stuffed in a folder and forgotten about after I pulled the final video off my Samsung Galaxy Player and realized he wasnt interested, so I don't know if I saved it ot not.

I have to archive about 30-60 gbs a month of stuff I come across, content Ive worked on, or wish to save like archived drivers for pc parts, so I will have to check through some disc and my secondary drives and see what I can find. I cant save everything on here because shit just piles up over time and I cant keep track of it all, and I have to clean house hard drive wise once a month.

elmer · 07/28/2015, 03:31 PM

I absolutely love how he puts things like "(c) 1986 1993 KONAMI" on the discs ... at exactly the same time that he's violating that same copyright.

Nice package though ... he really does have some sense of style.

Having a bunch of those confiscated will probably cost him a pretty penny if Konami get off there asses and stomps all over him.

PCEngineHell · 07/28/2015, 03:38 PM

I should mention, Tobias seemed very secretive about the whole Dracula X thing. He refused to even name it in the emails and did not want me to tell anyone about it until it was announced on his website. I dont know how many of this set he made, nor if he sent any out yet to anyone else. I think the German postal worker strike fucked up his release plans some. It is possible other people have a copy of it also, but if not then I may be the only one, depending on if Tobias continues forward with plans to sell it after seeing what has transpired here today.

If anyone is curious about the contents, the disc are both pressed. One is the Japanese release, the other is the English translated copy with the New german audio intro. The extras inside are collectors buttons, a leather cross of some type, flyer, cards, a fake wooden stake, etc. Like I said prior, guy does awesome work, and in this case he seems to have done the game more justice then Konami would have.

Its just that he is a fucking asshole. After pulling the Sapphire shit, he takes most of the negatives about the repro market, combines them with all the shit people loved and hated about Victor Ireland and Xseed and similar, and presents it in one way overpriced package.

PCEngineHell · 07/28/2015, 03:44 PM

Quote from: elmer on 07/28/2015, 03:31 PMI absolutely love how he puts things like "(c) 1986 1993 KONAMI" on the discs ... at exactly the same time that he's violating that same copyright.

Nice package though ... he really does have some sense of style.

Having a bunch of those confiscated will probably cost him a pretty penny if Konami get off there asses and stomps all over him.

The thing is, Konami probably will not do anything. Their current state of affairs is pretty sad. I dont think they really care for or respect their classic IP anymore, and the only side of Konami that can even legally go after Tobias is the division in Europe, and I imagine they would have even less interest in doing so.

But the fact is, they will have a heads up. I dont think they will go after him unless he actually post this Dracula X set for sale, and as of now he has not done so. Him sending me a copy for free is still him just giving something away. They are only going to pursue something if money is involved on their side of the world.

Arkhan Asylum · 07/28/2015, 03:49 PM

That is the worst part, I think.

The products look nice, but are marketed to profit off of collectard cunts that just blindly throw money at shelf pieces that they then stand in front of while using their collectors edition pocket pussies they all bought.

LostFlunky · 07/28/2015, 04:04 PM

Quote from: guest on 07/28/2015, 03:49 PMThat is the worst part, I think.

The products look nice, but are marketed to profit off of collectard cunts that just blindly throw money at shelf pieces that they then stand in front of while using their collectors edition pocket pussies they all bought.

..and don't even have the decency to use a JO crystal...

NecroPhile · 07/28/2015, 04:06 PM

Great googly moogly, that's some over the top packaging. And it's of another stolen translation, so his whole "I didn't know!" routine was obviously complete horse shit, not that anyone was buying it anyway.

As for whether or not Konami will do anything, I can see them doing a cease and desist. It wouldn't take much time or billable hours, as you're not actually going to court or have to prove anything yet.

Arkhan Asylum · 07/28/2015, 04:10 PM

I think we should plaster it all over Konami's facebook and go "WHERE CAN WE BUY THIS, KONAMI? ITS A NEW RELEASE? WE NEED IT. THIS GUY IS SELLING IT"

*post address/etc.*

PCEngineHell · 07/28/2015, 04:12 PM

Lol that would be pretty funny. If someone wants Tobias address they can drop me a PM.

Arkhan Asylum · 07/28/2015, 04:13 PM

I am up for it. Social Media is hilarious about this sort of thing. It'll probably be shared into oblivion.

PCEngineHell · 07/28/2015, 04:17 PM

PM sent.

PCEngineHell · 07/28/2015, 04:25 PM

Sent you a pic of the shipping label that you can post too. Better then just typing his address out. It makes it more real seeing the whole label with the "PROMO" part listed on it lol!

MotherGunner · 07/28/2015, 04:29 PM

Holy Shit...Wow!

PCEngineHell · 07/28/2015, 04:35 PM

I also want to add, on all my current raffles going on, including the Tobias repros, anyone who would be willing to make a $3-5 donation to Nightwolve will get two entries into the randomizer instead of one in the randomizer drawing. If you donate like $10 to him, that will get you three entires instead of two. This extra entry can be applied to only one raffle, so keep that in mind and choose wisely on how you would want them applied. All you have to do is send me proof via pm of making said donation, in thanks of Nightwolve and his years of service to our community.

Please be aware that Nightwolve did not ask me to do this, I just wanted to try to get him some of his due for everything he has done for the community.

Opethian · 07/28/2015, 05:02 PM

whats his paypal?

PCEngineHell · 07/28/2015, 05:03 PM

Crap I was thinking it is on his website. You may want to drop him a PM to make sure.

CGQuarterly · 07/28/2015, 05:40 PM

Wow, Prof. That's some high-level long-game shit you played. Well done, sir.

Am I the only one who thinks that Drac X package is ugly as shit? I mean, I can see the time and detail that went into it, but ew.

And Konami may very well cease-and-desist that shit. If you don't protect your IPs, you risk losing control over them. From what little I understand about such things...