Mystery Titles

[kamiboy]

Recently I made some very regrettable PC Engine hardware purchases on SMJ and one of them was accompanied by 11 mystery titles as seen in the blurry images above.

After a lengthy bit of manual image comparisons of various auctions I managed to identify all but one of them.

None of these look like a keeper, especially since most are not complete which I frown upon.

Can anyone by chance identify the last title?

It will most likely be something in the order of a month before these are actually in my hand, but until then if anyone is interested let it be known that I'll likely be selling these off in one lot right here on this site.

[Sadler]

I don't know what the mystery title is, but if you haven't checked out Götzendiener and Panic Bomber yet, I'd suggest at least giving them a try. They're pretty fun! Except when Götzendiener locks up for no good reason.  But still, worth playing!

[Arkhan Asylum]

That's Pachio-Kun 3, lol.

I want Cobra and Panic Bomber. 

[ccovell]

Looks like "Pachio-Kun 3: Pachi-slot & Pachinko"

[kamiboy]

Thanks for the identification. That guy must have really liked his pachinko.

I'll give each title the 10 minute courtesy when I actually have them in hand. After that they will most likely be up grabs. Unless they grab my interest in their 10 minute audition that is.

[hoobs88]

I don't know what the mystery title is, but if you haven't checked out Götzendiener and Panic Bomber yet, I'd suggest at least giving them a try. They're pretty fun! Except when Götzendiener locks up for no good reason.  But still, worth playing!

Those 2 titles are the best ones from that lot.

[Arkhan Asylum]

You'll likely enjoy most of these titles actually.

Dibs on Cobra and Panic Bomber if you don't.

[soop]

Red Alert is pretty good.

[kamiboy]

Oh no you don't. I am not going to sell off the few good titles in this lot on their lonesome,  leaving me with festering copies of Shanghai and Human Sports Festival.

If you are going to buy any of these then you are going to buy all of them together.

It really annoys me to be stuck with unwanted copies of games that I cannot sell easily. Whenever I see them amid my collection I am tempted to just throw them into the bin to be rid of them. But then I think about how these are not being made anymore, feel guilty and end up not doing it.

Have had much cursed copies of SEGA Rally and Fifa 96 for SEGA Saturn since I got them as part of the system purchase back in the 90's. To this day the little buggers annoy me whenever I lay eyes on them. Fie onto them!

[Otaking]

Human Sports Festival is a compilation of the games Formation Soccer, Final Match Tennis and Fine Shot Golf.
Final Match Tennis is a decent game, particularly good fun with multiple players.

[Sadler]

You could always raffle off the games you don't like/have a hard time selling.

[Arkhan Asylum]

I don't want manual-less games, lol.

The sports festival is really fuckin tits though.   FMT is a great tennis game.

[soop]

I guess you could always raffle them.  I don't want non-completes either though, I want my collection all delicious.

[kamiboy]

We'll see when the time comes. I would prefer to save myself the hassle of trips to the post office by being rid of them all in one go.

What would be a fair price for this lot by the by?

[VestCunt]

There are so many stupid assumptions in this thread I don't know where to start.  Let's see...

Recently I made some very regrettable PC Engine hardware purchases on SMJ and one of them was accompanied by 11 mystery titles as seen in the blurry images above.

Bought first, researched later.
Has no idea what the games are like, but assumes they're "regretable."

None of these look like a keeper,

Judge a book by its cover.

especially since most are not complete which I frown upon.

Another noob collector demanding manuals he can't read.

What would be a fair price for this lot by the by?

Has no idea what the games are worth or which ones are good...

Oh no you don't. I am not going to sell off the few good titles in this lot on their lonesome,  leaving me with festering copies of Shanghai and Human Sports Festival....It really annoys me to be stuck with unwanted copies of games that I cannot sell easily.

...but assumes he'll have trouble selling them.

Oh yeah, and he posted all of this in the wrong forum.

Anyway, Götzendiener, Panic Bomber, and Red Alert are great games. Golden Axe is worth having for other reasons. I haven't played the rest.

[Arkhan Asylum]

Master of Monsters and Monbit are also great to have.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

If you don't deem le Gotz to be a keeper, we cannot be friends. 

[soop]

Another noob collector demanding manuals he can't read.

*Ahem* a collector wanting a complete article?  Preposterous!

Seriously though I'll chip in on the note that I'm currently going through my games trying to match my loose cards with boxes and manuals, and it pretty much involves buying the game again.  The artwork for some of these games is beautiful, and it's important that each game is fairly represented when they're on my coffee table petitioning for me to play them.

[CrackTiger]

Another noob collector demanding manuals he can't read.

*Ahem* a collector wanting a complete article?  Preposterous!

Seriously though I'll chip in on the note that I'm currently going through my games trying to match my loose cards with boxes and manuals, and it pretty much involves buying the game again.  The artwork for some of these games is beautiful, and it's important that each game is fairly represented when they're on my coffee table petitioning for me to play them.

This is a case where some who frowns on incomplete games bought a stack of them.


That's a nice selection of games, I'd hang on to them unless you later pick up complete copies after playing through them. If you can't appreciate most of these, I'd advise not buying any more PCE games before trying them because you'll be disappointed most of the time.

[VestCunt]

Another noob collector demanding manuals he can't read.

*Ahem* a collector wanting a complete article?  Preposterous!

Seriously though I'll chip in on the note that I'm currently going through my games trying to match my loose cards with boxes and manuals, and it pretty much involves buying the game again.  The artwork for some of these games is beautiful, and it's important that each game is fairly represented when they're on my coffee table petitioning for me to play them.

I know you're being humorous, but I guess I'll just never understand the whole CIB obsession. Artwork is nice, but there's 600+ PCE games out there. It's more than I'm ever going to own, I can't read the manuals, and childhood nostalgia isn't a factor.  Why not put money into more games and less useless artwork?

This listing is a good study of the collector first, gamer second phenomenon:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110855128632

After watching the listing for weeks, I bought Cosmic Fantasy 1, 3, 4p1, & 4p2, Dragon Knight 2 & 3, and Might and Magic from this guy all for about $20. I don't think anyone else has bought a thing from him. Loose discs are the most appealing thing, but anyone interested in the games isn't going to find them cheaper.

[kamiboy]

This is a case where some who frowns on incomplete games bought a stack of them.

I didn't buy the games, I bought a system and these were just attached to the auction. If I weren't doing it through SMJ I would have done what I usually do in these situations and told the seller to hang on to the games, sell them or throw them out, and just send me the system I am interested in.

[soop]

Tell you what; usually price would have a factor on loose vs boxed, and also how good the game is.  If I'm trying out a cheapy card I'm tempted by loose Hu Cards.  But then every game I got turned out to be rather good.  The Tower of Druaga, Be Ball - love 'em all.  And they deserve their boxes.

Other considerations though; SNES games CIB are WAY too expensive.  I just want the games.  Megadrive?  Not so bad, more robust and easier to store.  Everything has it's pros and cons, and usually boxed PCE stuff is only a small % higher than loose.  If I see an exceptionally cheap loose Huey though, and it's something I'm after... I'm tempted.

[kamiboy]

I always go for boxed copies, always. Boxed SNES games that do not look like they are falling apart are often very expensive. For an example I recently bought a copy of Wild Guns for about 100 and am in the running for another title that usually goes for twice that.

But usually they average out at around 50 which is less than what I pay for a newly released title and I am fine with that. I don't really make a distinction between newer or older releases, they all fall in the game I just bought category.

It helps that I mostly buy games that I really, really want to play so price is usually not a concern. I don't really have time to play anything that only interests me with a half heart so I just don't buy them.

To get back on topic, I was just informed by the seller of my Duo that the pack-in games are indeed not included so the missing Gates of Thunder/Bonk and YS Book I & II CD's amount to a 100 value lost. Oh, well.

Would there be any takers for doing a exchange of the above lot for one of the two? I want the Gate/Bonk CD most of all.

[soop]

I have a Ys I and II - but guess what? No box   Does have the manual though.  Just keep looking, that one cost me a couple of bucks, but I don't really want to trade.