So there's this Dino Force alpha version...

[PukeSter]

I may sound like a noob, but what is PC Cocoran? I tried looking it up online, and I couldn't find anything.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

I may sound like a noob, but what is PC Cocoran? I tried looking it up online, and I couldn't find anything.

It's an unreleased platformer: linky

[Arkhan Asylum]

I may sound like a noob, but what is PC Cocoran? I tried looking it up online, and I couldn't find anything.

You're spelling it wrong, dork.

[Tatsujin]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=pc+cocoron

ah sali

[esteban]

[shubibiman]

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A video game auction (the first one in France and even in Europe) took place last night here in Paris. A parisian seller sold what is supposed to be the second copy of the prototype.

I keep  thinking it's still the same prototype but whatever. This not-so-100%-complete version is never to be seen again I'm afraid.

[Tatsujin]

LOLWHTHF??!!

[esteban]

STATUS: ???

[ParanoiaDragon]

Lovely, well, so much for that.  it'll probably end up rotting in someone's leaky basement, rather then having the chance for Turbob's to ever play it.

[Tatsujin]

Et la bonne nouvelle est que l'heureux acquéreur a décidé d'en faire une édition CD limitée dans un pack collector. Pas plus d'infos pour le moment...

[TR0N]

Et la bonne nouvelle est que l'heureux acquéreur a décidé d'en faire une édition CD limitée dans un pack collector. Pas plus d'infos pour le moment...

Time to send ninjas to the buyers house and steal it   Also is ship in that unreleased game shooting skittles !?

[Tatsujin]

Nooo wait. The French says that hes planning a cd release of it

[Mathius]

Nooo wait. The French says that hes planning a cd release of it

that's....THAT'S....not what I expected.

[Tatsujin]

Yeah, hope it comes true. He said something of a limited print for collecters only.

[SuperDeadite]

Yeah, hope it comes true. He said something of a limited print for collecters only.

In other words they will be 300 Euros each. And just enough so that he paid le nothing for the proto...

[Psycho Punch]

Cool little game, but those colored bullets doesn't really look like projectiles, it looks more like a weird laser.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Damn, I hope it does get a cd release.  Hopefully it won't be an arm & a leg.  If it's a cd release, then I guess that means it'll be reprogrammed, which suggests they have a programmer handy to make the necessary changes.

[PukeSter]

Hmmmm how much of the game was finished? I would assume it's done, but he only filmed Stage 1. Maybe it's a surprise?

[futureman2000]

Yeah, the laser looks like a temporary graphic. It looks like you start out fully powered up, too?

[PCEngineHell]

To be honest looks boring as fuck all, though the first boss looks nice. Otherwise this screams of bottom of the barrel gameplay. That laser fire looks dumb as hell too, as does the way you appear back on screen after dying.

[esteban]

STATUS: I will gladly play this game.

[TR0N]

Cool little game, but those colored bullets doesn't really look like projectiles, it looks more like a weird laser.

I'm telling ya it's skittles taste the rainbow !!!

[esteban]

Cool little game, but those colored bullets doesn't really look like projectiles, it looks more like a weird laser.

I'm telling ya it's skittles taste the rainbow !!!

It would have looked much kooler if the projectiles were shaped like Skittles instead of Post-It Notes (wow, now I'm off to enjoy a cool, crisp, refreshing glass of Diet Coke as I watch some videos on my iPad).

[TR0N]

Cool little game, but those colored bullets doesn't really look like projectiles, it looks more like a weird laser.

I'm telling ya it's skittles taste the rainbow !!!

It would have looked much kooler if the projectiles were shaped like Skittles instead of Post-It Notes (wow, now I'm off to enjoy a cool, crisp, refreshing glass of Diet Coke as I watch some videos on my iPad).

hmm i wonder if those post-it-notes say iou on it  

[esteban]

Cool little game, but those colored bullets doesn't really look like projectiles, it looks more like a weird laser.

I'm telling ya it's skittles taste the rainbow !!!

It would have looked much kooler if the projectiles were shaped like Skittles instead of Post-It Notes (wow, now I'm off to enjoy a cool, crisp, refreshing glass of Diet Coke as I watch some videos on my iPad).

hmm i wonder if those post-it-notes say iou on it  

I'm pretty sure the Post-It Notes say "K.C. wuz here '89" ... Or something like that... (Blast from past)...

[Nazi NecroPhile]

Agreed on it looking a little goofy and bland, yet I still wanna play it or at least see more (better quality video at least).

[Tatsujin]

Even one could only see few secs of level 2, I fell that it looks very nice at the start point.
Altough lvl 1 boss is very nice designed, it barely moves a lot. It's more like a nice background.

[PunkCryborg]

I would be happy to play this! Haters gonna hate

[Tatsujin]

I would be happy to play this! Haters gonna hate

RIGHT!

[esteban]

Even one could only see few secs of level 2, I fell that it looks very nice at the start point.
Altough lvl 1 boss is very nice designed, it barely moves a lot. It's more like a nice background.

Exactly: the glimpse of stage 2 was quite promising. The first boss hardly moved, but I'm OK with that if later bosses exhibit a wider range of behaviors.

[shubibiman]

You know what ?

http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w104636546

[ccovell]

He's selling a ROM image only....   robbery!

[Tatsujin]

～私自身の入手経路～ 昔のプログラマチームメンバーのパソコンからでコピーした、CD-Rです。

he himself took the copy of an old PC from a former  programmer team member and put it on a cd-r = 2000 bucks worth!!

and in the form he's selling it, it won't even work on a real hardware but in an emulator.

[Bardoly]

If a 'good' copy which could be 'pressed' could be aquired, then I and probably several others on this forum would be willing to donate towards a group buy.

[CrackTiger]

I'd be willing to chip in just to get the rom out there. But I doubt you could get confirmation beforehand that it's a proper PCE rom that works on flashcarts.

[Tatsujin]

as he states in his auction, it would have to be modified to run on actual hardware right of the batch. but that is regarded the CR-R iso. it might work if put on an actual flash rom, as the rom also seem to run in an emulator.

but even if not, i'm certain that most of our dev peeps here could convert this into a playable rom in no time.
would be even nice as an obeybrew huey release.

I guess soon or later the rom will appear somewhere in the net anyway. hopefully.

[Bardoly]

Maybe one of our people in Japan (Tatsujin, maybe you or SuperDeadite or someone) could inquire about it?

[o.pwuaioc]

but even if not, i'm certain that most of our dev peeps here could convert this into a playable rom in no time.
would be even nice as an obeybrew huey release.

I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

[toktogul]

Thats very cool.  One day left, if you raise the money I can pick it up for you guys. It should come back right away if it doesn't sell, so we still have time to all pitch in some money

[CrackTiger]

as he states in his auction, it would have to be modified to run on actual hardware right of the batch. but that is regarded the CR-R iso. it might work if put on an actual flash rom, as the rom also seem to run in an emulator.

but even if not, i'm certain that most of our dev peeps here could convert this into a playable rom in no time.
would be even nice as an obeybrew huey release.

I guess soon or later the rom will appear somewhere in the net anyway. hopefully.

I just hope that it is the real PC Engine game and not an approximation whipped up by someone to make a quick buck.

[Tatsujin]

as he states in his auction, it would have to be modified to run on actual hardware right of the batch. but that is regarded the CR-R iso. it might work if put on an actual flash rom, as the rom also seem to run in an emulator.

but even if not, i'm certain that most of our dev peeps here could convert this into a playable rom in no time.
would be even nice as an obeybrew huey release.

I guess soon or later the rom will appear somewhere in the net anyway. hopefully.

I just hope that it is the real PC Engine game and not an approximation whipped up by someone to make a quick buck.

as he states in his very auction, this is a raw rom directly drag 'n' drop from a developers PC from the former developement team at UNI Post to a CD-R, and is fully playable to the very end.
I guess as it was originally planned to be a hucard game, it seems that it is missing all the boot information/header etc. to run like that on a real hardware directly of a CD-R.

[Mathius]

It scares me more that some hoarding Japanese/European collector will get his mitts on this and it will never see the light of day. If we all (and I mean ALL PCFXers who care enough) pool our money in I'd say the gamble is worth it. I couldn't offer much but I would be willing to chip in a little for the cause. The more of us that help the less each would have to donate.

[Bardoly]

So, is this a Buy it now listing or an auction?

Also, what kind of buyer protection does yahoo Japan have?  I mean if someone purchased this and then couldn't get anything to work, then what recourse would a buyer have?

Also, didn't some forum guys (like Beemer) just do a group purchase of Illumination Laser?  Maybe the same team would be willing to coordinate a group buy for this?

[imparanoic]

So, is this a Buy it now listing or an auction?

Also, what kind of buyer protection does yahoo Japan have?  I mean if someone purchased this and then couldn't get anything to work, then what recourse would a buyer have?

Also, didn't some forum guys (like Beemer) just do a group purchase of Illumination Laser?  Maybe the same team would be willing to coordinate a group buy for this?

based on yahoo auction hong kong, presume japan similar. little guarantee or even remote chance of money refund, only if the item is classed as counterfeit or dangerous will yahoo do anything,  unlike ebay which has high levels of consumer protection, the plus side, that the fees for the seller is much much lower, average ebay fees is in region of 10-12% ( same as sotherbys and christies, but different market), but yahoo auction is only 1-2%

[Keith Courage]

Even if it is a real game it's a complete waste of money. $1,970 US dollars? F that!

[Trenton_net]

I wouldn't pay for it nor contribute towards the game. The reasons, in my opinion, are as follows:

1. I don't really believe in paying that much for non-physical items.

2. These files are not unique. Anyone at anytime (a former dev for example, or someone with the real proto card) could just release the files for free. Essentially, the value of these items are artificial and can be destroyed at any moment, making the person who paid dearly for it a sucker.

3. There are like 700+ other PC-Engine titles to concentrate on. Why worry about one game that may or may not be even worth while or fun?

Personally, I wish the dev or someone would just release the game to the public in order to destroy all these speculators and re-sellers trying to profit from the prototype. If I owned a copy, I'd release it with a note saying "Sorry, you now have a valueless prototype you can't profit from and gouge the community with. GG son".

[esteban]

Even if it is a real game it's a complete waste of money. $1,970 US dollars? F that!

Divided amongst a bunch of us, it becomes quite feasible. Plus, assuming this is the "real deal" and not a scam, our mission would be to publicly release the game, hopefully preventing this clown from selling similar CD-R's in the future. 

It's a gamble, surely. Without the PCE devs here, I wouldn't feel nearly as confident.

PLUS, AS ALL FANS OF DEAD MOON CAN ATTEST—dinosaurs + shoot-em-up = bliss

[Mathius]

PLUS, AS ALL FANS OF DEAD MOON CAN ATTEST—dinosaurs + shoot-em-up = bliss

TRUTH

This just made me realize how cool a port of Prehistoric Isle would have been on the PCE.

[Bardoly]

Even if it is a real game it's a complete waste of money. $1,970 US dollars? F that!

Divided amongst a bunch of us, it becomes quite feasible. Plus, assuming this is the "real deal" and not a scam, our mission would be to publicly release the game, hopefully preventing this clown from selling similar CD-R's in the future. 

It's a gamble, surely. Without the PCE devs here, I wouldn't feel nearly as confident.

I totally agree with this view.  If someone owns the 'physical' copy and is unwilling to release it to the public, in most cases he probably spent a considerable sum to purchase it and he would like some partial compensation for his time and money.  I've read some very convincing posts concerning compensating those who do find 'lost gems'.   Anyway, if a group of people could pool the money together to purchase the data and then release it, then instead of one person bearing the brunt of the purchase cost, then 10-20 could share the cost (and the kudos).

Personally, I would love to see this (and other games in similar situations) get a physical release of some sort (preferably a CD release, because of the ease and lower costs associated with a CD releases as opposed to a HuCards release), and I feel that this community does have access to some developers who could make it happen.

$0.02

[ParanoiaDragon]

Even if it is a real game it's a complete waste of money. $1,970 US dollars? F that!

Divided amongst a bunch of us, it becomes quite feasible. Plus, assuming this is the "real deal" and not a scam, our mission would be to publicly release the game, hopefully preventing this clown from selling similar CD-R's in the future. 

It's a gamble, surely. Without the PCE devs here, I wouldn't feel nearly as confident.

I totally agree with this view.  If someone owns the 'physical' copy and is unwilling to release it to the public, in most cases he probably spent a considerable sum to purchase it and he would like some partial compensation for his time and money.  I've read some very convincing posts concerning compensating those who do find 'lost gems'.   Anyway, if a group of people could pool the money together to purchase the data and then release it, then instead of one person bearing the brunt of the purchase cost, then 10-20 could share the cost (and the kudos).

Personally, I would love to see this (and other games in similar situations) get a physical release of some sort (preferably a CD release, because of the ease and lower costs associated with a CD releases as opposed to a HuCards release), and I feel that this community does have access to some developers who could make it happen.

$0.02

Ditto!