PC Engine Collections

cozzie · 06/18/2006, 11:41 AM

I could not find a thread in here like this so I thought I could start one. It will be good to see other Pc engine fans collections.
You can check mine out here along with my other stuff.

http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a25/neozeed/?

_Paul · 06/18/2006, 11:51 AM

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=779.0

cozzie · 06/18/2006, 12:50 PM

Sorry about that.

LMS · 06/18/2006, 07:18 PM

Man alive!!!!!!

Nice work Cozzie. I only buy/collect retro japanese games/systems (don't really play them these days, it's more of a nostalgia thing) and that is possibly one of the most stunning sights I've ever seen.

Let me know the minute you decide to sell any stuff you have two of.

Tatsujin · 06/20/2006, 09:15 PM

some of my soft after moving the flat :messie:

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some stuff snaped on the 1st swiss pce offline back in '04:
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momotaro HuCard & CD sleeve folder
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just bought a mint copy of bazaaru de gozaaru no geemu de gozaaru :drunken:

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Hudson Vol. 1~61 (minus 28/46) complete (pix picked from hudson.co.jp):

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H.R. Giger signed necromancer:
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thanx tatsujin

esteban · 06/20/2006, 10:18 PM

Jesus Christ, I can't tell you how jealous I am. Holy cr*p. Why do you folks tease us? Seriously? I'd be happy with ONE copy of Sylphia, godammit.

And I LOVE that someone had Giger sign the Necromancer cover art. Did he sign the HuCard as well (that would be icing on the cake)?

And, I love the Momotaro HuCard and CD sleeve folder.... in our recent thread on HuCard folders, NONE of us has found a nice solution for adding the instruction booklets (not that it is necessary, of course). Sure, the folks with the large binders might have a simple solution, but the smaller binders / cases don't accomodate the manuals too well.

Goddam. You and cozzie and a bunch of other folks (dj898, for instance) just have too much. I can't handle it. I'm drooling. Sad but true.

Tatsujin · 06/20/2006, 10:41 PM

Quote from: stevek666And I LOVE that someone had Giger sign the Necromancer cover art. Did he sign the HuCard as well (that would be icing on the cake)?

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oh..for sure i asked him for that (where the card-owners name can be placed) and his answer was something like that: "this is just a piece of pastic shit which i really don't like to sign, because it's really disagreeable to me"! *haha*

and when he took the booklet from me, he also asked me what's all about that? because he couldn't remember him self that he ever agreed with anyone that this artwork can be used for something like that. so i explained him, that this soft already is about 16 years old and may be you just can't remember. so he just shaked his head and signed it commentless! *hehe*

esteban · 06/21/2006, 02:09 AM

Quote from: Tatsujin
Quote from: stevek666And I LOVE that someone had Giger sign the Necromancer cover art. Did he sign the HuCard as well (that would be icing on the cake)?

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oh..for sure i asked him for that (where the card-owners name can be placed) and his answer was something like that: "this is just a piece of pastic shit which i really don't like to sign, because it's really disagreeable to me"! *haha*

and when he took the booklet from me, he also asked me what's all about that? because he couldn't remember him self that he ever agreed with anyone that this artwork can be used for something like that. so i explained him, that this soft already is about 16 years old and may be you just can't remember. so he just shaked his head and signed it commentless! *hehe*

Holy crap! Wicked awesome story. On the HuCard, at least, there is a copyright notice that the illustration is from Giger. I was always annoyed by that notice because the text covered up the bottom of the image on the HuCard, which was already too small.

So *you* were the one who had Giger sign it, huh? Brilliant! As your account reveals, there are few (*if any*) Necromancer games signed by Mr. Giger. Brilliant!

Tatsujin · 06/21/2006, 04:19 AM

another Giger story, when he came to our town man years before to sign all kind of his weird stuff, a friend of mine gave him a video game mag which contains a test of alien 3 for SNES/SFC as well as an alien 3 artwork on the front cover.
then he took the mag, turned over some pages, shaked his head again and said something like:"what do all those pople with my creatures nowadays? i have no controll about it"! weird weird

esteban · 06/21/2006, 01:25 PM

Quote from: Tatsujinanother Giger story, when he came to our town man years before to sign all kind of his weird stuff, a friend of mine gave him a video game mag which contains a test of alien 3 for SNES/SFC as well as an alien 3 artwork on the front cover.
then he took the mag, turned over some pages, shaked his head again and said something like:"what do all those pople with my creatures nowadays? i have no controll about it"! weird weird

Seriously, it must be pretty crazy to know that your art became such a big part of pop culture, worldwide. Granted, it took a Hollywood blockbusters like Alien / Aliens to start things off, along with Konami's huge success with Contra, but still... pretty crazy.

Moreso because Mr. Giger probably isn't the biggest video game connoiseur: it is a realm that his art permeates yet is unfamiliar to him. That's gotta be odd.

Too bad Giger's more risque art hasn't made it into some mainstream films. That would be pretty wild.

Keranu · 06/22/2006, 05:57 AM

Will post more thoughts later but MAN.... Tatsujin your collection is NICE!

cozzie · 06/22/2006, 10:23 AM

I,ll second that!!

Keranu · 06/22/2006, 11:24 PM

That HR Giger stuff blows my mind and it's wickedly awesome that you have your Necromancer PCE game signed by him!!!

Tatsujin · 06/23/2006, 12:17 AM

oh that was a very easy part to do that. because he's living just next to our town somewhere (where i lived before), and swiss is a very very small village anyway, so from time to time he was hired by a bookstore e.g for the signing of any kind of his stuff, so i just had the idea to let to sign my necromancer from him, that's it ;)

MotherGunner · 06/23/2006, 01:01 AM

Son of a THOUSAND MOTHERS!

Tatsujin sell me a Sapphire!

Cozzie sell me a Coryoon!

For God's sake PLEASE!

Tatsujin · 06/23/2006, 01:25 AM

sorry..as I said this is some of the better stuff which came together at our first swiss PC Engine offline meeting back in '04, means only one of each soft belongs to me (exept the 3 lidos which haven't that much value nowdays) ;)

sorry for confusing

Keranu · 06/23/2006, 03:33 AM

Quote from: Tatsujinoh that was a very easy part to do that. because he's living just next to our town somewhere (where i lived before), and swiss is a very very small village anyway, so from time to time he was hired by a bookstore e.g for the signing of any kind of his stuff, so i just had the idea to let to sign my necromancer from him, that's it ;)

Your stories about this just keep getting more awesome

! How did he react when he saw the PCE game? Did he even ask what it was?

Also Tatsujin, that Swiss meeting sounds cool! Do you have any more info about that? I think I might've saw pictures for it on some site, but it might've been for France instead. I just remember the pictures having two PCE LT's hooked up to PCE CDROM2 units. Also if you don't mind my questions, how big is the PCE in Switzerland? I have heard that the PCE scene is somewhat big out there.

esteban · 06/23/2006, 12:25 PM

OK, Tatsujin, here's the scoop:
For some reason I thought you were from the U.K. I don't know why, but I did. Otherwise, I would have mentioned earlier that my grandfather was from Widnau.

Quote from: tangent!Widnau is a town in the St. Gallen canton near the Austrian and German border. Lake Constance borders all this stuff. We have relatives that still live in Widnau, but they've only come to the U.S. a few times and it was really my grandfather who was keeping the relationships active (he visited Switzerland a lot during his later years).

My Grandpa's family name is Swiss-German (Gugger) originally coming from Austria, IIRC, but if you ever meet a "Fry" in Widnau, there's a good chance that they are somehow related to me. There are lots and lots of "Fry's" in Widnau (my great-grandma's family line), but not so many Gugger's.

Now, due to the absolutely SEXIST policy of the Swiss government (correct me if this has been changed in the last 15-20 years), I am not eligible for Swiss citizenship (or dual-citizenship), since the privelege doesn't pass down through daughters (my mom). But my cousins are eligible since it passes down through sons (my uncles).

Of course, I'd have to serve in the Swiss "military / army reserves" (I forget how it is referred to) as a requisite for dual-citizenship, which would never have happened (I'm a peacenik).

Anyway, that's my Swiss anecdote for the day. Are you familiar with Widnau or St. Gallen? I've never been there, so I've always been curious about it.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot: my grandpa played the zither... when he wasn't playing it, he was listening to recordings. He was totally into it. I don't know if nowadays anyone under 70 years of age plays the zither.

bsl · 07/02/2006, 05:10 AM

Quote from: KeranuI think I might've saw pictures for it on some site, but it might've been for France instead.

http://lightspeed.ch/galleries/2004.11.27_pce_offline/

Ninja Spirit · 07/02/2006, 03:13 PM

Swiss PCE gathering, that sounds like fun!

I've been to several gatherings for Neo Geo & that's it.

Keranu · 07/03/2006, 12:46 AM

Quote from: bslhttp://lightspeed.ch/galleries/2004.11.27_pce_offline/

Yes that's it! Looked like those people there had a awesome time and I really wish I was there!

Tatsujin · 07/03/2006, 11:48 AM

oh, it was a great time and we had a lot of fun indeed, can you feel it

just being shamed of the flyer and some of the crazy vids in afterwards

bsl · 07/03/2006, 12:11 PM

Quote from: Tatsujinjust being shamed of the flyer and some of the crazy vids in afterwards

I love the Vid with the Talking in Swiss Accent, i think its the one in the Car. ^^

Tatsujin · 07/05/2006, 12:10 AM

i'm thinking more about the snatcher intro vid

Tatsujin · 09/26/2006, 01:18 AM

just purchased my last missing shooting caravan soldier blade spec. last saturday.

now the three babies are complete:

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so darius alpha keeps the position of the last outstanding shmup!

esteban · 09/26/2006, 02:55 PM

^ You bastard.

Keranu · 09/26/2006, 05:33 PM

Yes, you little bastard!

^x2

Tatsujin · 10/02/2006, 08:12 PM

update pic of PCE soft:

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GUTS · 10/02/2006, 09:09 PM

What are all those ones with the red, white and blue spines? I've never seen a PCE game with spines like those.

LMS · 10/02/2006, 09:36 PM

Quote from: GUTSWhat are all those ones with the red, white and blue spines? I've never seen a PCE game with spines like those.

They're all early Namco(t) games I believe, like Final Lap Twin and World Court Tennis.

Tatsujin · 10/02/2006, 09:47 PM

yes, those are the namcot hucard spines. they looked always like that, even when they changed to the jewel-case

Thibaut · 10/05/2006, 02:16 PM

If I have understand your post, the 2 only HuCARDs games who have spin-card are Populous and Street Fighters 2´, because they have a big box.

Vanquish · 10/05/2006, 05:05 PM

Nice collection, really awesome.
It seems you are focused on getting all the games for the pce, right?

Ninja Spirit · 10/05/2006, 06:19 PM

Great to see Europeans rockin' this stuff!

That's the last one I took like a few months ago. I didn't have Barunba yet

Blast from the past. This used to be my Turbo collection, then when the black PCE Duo died which was the day before my copy of Dracula X came in the mail, booyah! Turbo/PCE hiatus in a can. I'll never forget that violent surge of disappointment realizing my then newly acquired Dracula X would have to sit on the shelf for six months.

Tatsujin · 10/05/2006, 09:26 PM

Quote from: ThibautIf I have understand your post, the 2 only HuCARDs games who have spin-card are Populous and Street Fighters 2´, because they have a big box.

that's just right. as i'm informed and also seen it

Ninja Spirit · 10/05/2006, 10:33 PM

Speaking of that, whats with that big bulge on the Street Fighter II' hucard?

Tatsujin · 10/05/2006, 10:38 PM

some people say, there is the 20Mbit storage. since i never open one (though i could do it since the game doesn't cost more than 500yen (~$5) usually), i can't confirm that. may be i will open one in the future, if i can find one lose for less than 200yen (~$2)

but may be it is the same story as for the populous and its not existing battery in the bulge. vapor only

Digi.k · 10/06/2006, 09:34 AM

those are some big ass collections there.

I'm only gonna stick with the HuCARDs for now. My stuff mostly gets stored away though:

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my humble list of PCE games although thats probably gonna get a few more additions between now and the new year.

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my early collection. used to have coryoon but sold that and few other games on ebay.

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CrackTiger · 10/06/2006, 06:42 PM

Quote from: Digi.kthose are some big ass collections there.

I'm only gonna stick with the HuCARDs for now. My stuff mostly gets stored away though:

my humble list of PCE games although thats probably gonna get a few more additions between now and the new year.

my early collection. used to have coryoon but sold that and few other games on ebay.

You've got some pretty good taste in HuCard games.

Digi.k · 10/06/2006, 08:05 PM

Thanks Tiger ^__^ although its no way complete.

Quote from: Tatsujinsome people say, there is the 20Mbit storage. since i never open one (though i could do it since the game doesn't cost more than 500yen (~$5) usually), i can't confirm that. may be i will open one in the future, if i can find one lose for less than 200yen (~$2)

but may be it is the same story as for the populous and its not existing battery in the bulge. vapor only

there was a thread made about this already but heres that pic again of populous opened up.

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I'm sure the Street fighter is similar...

Tatsujin · 10/11/2006, 02:17 AM

yes..but the bulge was emty, yes ?

Digi.k · 10/11/2006, 10:42 AM

yes its empty and no matter what other people say that hole isn't deep enough to fit any small battery in there.

grahf · 10/11/2006, 10:21 PM

I'd have to dissagree with that, they do make some TINY batteries. For example, the tennokoe bank has the same type of battery that would have went in the populous card.

SignOfZeta · 10/11/2006, 11:26 PM

I don't have any pics of my collection. Its not very impressive, but I'll tell what it isn't: Its isn't $10,000 worth of still shrink-wrapped NEC crap shoved into cardboard boxes like 20 year old Christmas cards.

Show some respect. By a motherfucking bookcase or something! Damn!

Digi.k · 10/12/2006, 12:52 AM

Quote from: SignOfZetaI don't have any pics of my collection. Its not very impressive, but I'll tell what it isn't: Its isn't $10,000 worth of still shrink-wrapped NEC crap shoved into cardboard boxes like 20 year old Christmas cards.

Show some respect. By a motherfucking bookcase or something! Damn!

haha easy for you to say that but I guess you don't live in an area where several of your neighbours have been broken into and had their possessions stolen which is why I don't like displaying things for all to see..

The other reason.. well I had few instances when mates came over and while im away either on the phone or in the kitchen checking food, they look at my games take out the manual, it gets creased, folded up, left lying around and manual ends up being sat on and a big foot print embedded on the pages. I'm pretty sure if you encounted that you too will end up putting your stuff away in wrapping etc..

and as for the battery.. the empty pocket fits the size of CR2032 battery. I keep thinking its those batteries which are used.

SignOfZeta · 10/12/2006, 01:31 AM

Quote from: Digi.kThe other reason.. well I had few instances when mates came over and while im away either on the phone or in the kitchen checking food, they look at my games take out the manual, it gets creased, folded up, left lying around and manual ends up being sat on and a big foot print embedded on the pages. I'm pretty sure if you encounted that you too will end up putting your stuff away in wrapping etc..

If my friends were the type of people who left footprints in the manuals of my PCE games I'd get new friends.

Quoteand as for the battery.. the empty pocket fits the size of CR2032 battery. I keep thinking its those batteries which are used.

In the case of the Ten no Koe, you'd be right:

Well, a 2320, close enough.

Tatsujin · 10/12/2006, 08:37 PM

so now still the question's left, what exactly is in the bulge of street fighter II'. since it doesn't use a battery for sure and only the storage is increased to ist 20Mbit.

Odonadon · 10/12/2006, 10:16 PM

Quote from: Tatsujinso now still the question's left, what exactly is in the bulge of street fighter II'. since it doesn't use a battery for sure and only the storage is increased to ist 20Mbit.

Grab a pair of scissors and find out

OD

Tatsujin · 10/13/2006, 01:56 AM

Quote from: Odonadon
Quote from: Tatsujinso now still the question's left, what exactly is in the bulge of street fighter II'. since it doesn't use a battery for sure and only the storage is increased to ist 20Mbit.

Grab a pair of scissors and find out

OD

i will i will, as soon as i...

Quote from: Tatsujinmay be i will open one in the future, if i can find one lose for less than 200yen (~$2)

Keranu · 10/13/2006, 01:59 AM

Very clever way of quoting!

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