RAFFLE: Super Star Soldier CIC [WINNER ANNOUNCED]

[HailingTheThings]

AND THE WINNER IS... jtucci31!



While on my travels I happened upon this game for a decent price. Thought someone here just might want to get intimate with it or some such nonsense. Whaddya think?

You like what you see?!?!



Rules:

1.) You must have at least 100 posts under your butt.

2.) You must not own this game already.

3.) You must play this game.

4.) You must not sell this game. (If for any reason reason you tire of it, you will raffle it.)

Well, that's about it. I will pull the lucky winner's name from an actual hat upon...

SUNDAY, APRIL 27th, 2014

*posting unboxing pics = a good thing*

Entrants List:

01. wildfruit
02. pc_kwajalein
03. seieienbu
04. 420GOAT
05. csgx1
06. Punch
07. johnnykonami
08. toymachine78
09. BigusSchmuck
10. Keith Courage
11. schweaty
12. spenoza
13. nectarsis
14. xcrement5x
15. JoshTurboTrollX-16
16. CPTRAVE
17. wolfman
18. jtucci31
19. EvilEvoIX
20. finerion
21. Phase
22. InfraMan
23. Ninja16608

If I missed anyone, lemme know, y'all.



.......there will bee surprises... *buzz zabuzz*

[FiftyQuid]

Got it.  +1 to your zany-ness.  Great raffle.  That sucker looks mint!

[jtucci31]

I'm close to 100. I'll "officially" enter once I do which should before the deadline! Great raffle

[wildfruit]

First entry please!

[pc_kwajalein]

I'll give it a shot. 100s just a hair away. 

Oh, the 1st image made my day.

[seieienbu]

I'd like to be included in this raffle please, and thanks for the opportunity!

[420GOAT]

please include me for this awesome raffle! lots of turbo karma to you man.

[NightWolve]

Hey, +10 Turbo Karma for ya, H.T.T.

SSS is the greatest shooter on the HuCard side of the library in my book. I'd have to play Blazing Lasers again to decide if I like that better though, but as it stands, SSS has been my number one played HuCard over the years overall (music, action, levels, graphics, challenge, etc.). The power-ups aren't as great as Blazing Lasers, but that's a minor issue.

Anyway, I own it, just giving ya some props for raffling it. P.S. Glad to have ya on PCEFX.

[csgx1]

Very generous of you Hailing to raffle such an awesome game.  I don't own this and I'd love to join if I could please, thanks!

[Psycho Punch]

Join join join join

[MrFlutterPie]

Wow +10 turbo karma for such an awesome raffle.

Also +1000 awesome points for a Rumble Bee reference

Please do not enter me though as I own this game.

[HailingTheThings]

Thanks, all, for the kind words! :3

I'll update this with a list of entrants in a few days err something, mewmewmew.

Got it.  +1 to your zany-ness.  Great raffle.  That sucker looks mint!

I wouldn't say it's mint, the manual has a few scuffs and just a little wear, the back of the label is ripped/pushed in a bit and the HuCard is actually pretty good condition besides one semi-noticeable scratch on the back. deets deets deets. :3

Wow +10 turbo karma for such an awesome raffle.

Also +1000 awesome points for a Rumble Bee reference

Please do not enter me though as I own this game.

Thanks and aww, someone else knows of the Rumble Bee, yess!

[johnnykonami]

I'm just over the post limit, but if that's alright I wouldn't mind throwing my hat into the ring.  Thank you for having the raffle either way!

[MrFlutterPie]

Thanks and aww, someone else knows of the Rumble Bee, yess!

I am a big fan of Bucky O'Hare and I have  a large collection dedicated towards it

[ToyMachine78]

Awesome raffle! Please include me!

[BigusSchmuck]

Sign me up!  Thanks for the awesome raffle!

[esteban]

I'm sure folks realize this is a nice raffle  Good luck to all!

(Don't throw my name in Hatris)

[Keith Courage]

I've always wanted the US version of this game. Please add me to this raffle. If I win I will raffle off my PCE copy.

[Ninja16608]

Awesome raffle, Kudo's to you Hailing

[schweaty]

This is a really generous raffle, HTT.  Thanks for making me feel like crap for not even raffling a TV Sports Football (if i even had one).   

[schweaty]

oh... and sign me up.... 100th post DING!!

[spenoza]

I don't have this one. I'd love to be signed up. Thanks for offering this up to the community!

[nectarsis]

I'm game, enter me please

[bob]

I'm game, enter me please

HA!  if you win...

[munchiaz]

awesome raffle. i Have the PCE version of this, so don't enter me. Just wanted to drop in and give you some turbokarma +5

[roflmao]

Very generous raffle, Hailing!  I've got the pce version so don't enter me (especially with a  cat), but I wanted to throw some TurboKarma your way for making a most excellent shewty available to these yahoos. 

[HailingTheThings]

Wow, sooo many peeples poppling up for this game-oh. This rrraffle's gonna be a doozy. lol

I am a big fan of Bucky O'Hare and I have  a large collection dedicated towards it

Ooooh, I'm listening, I'm listening... have any protos? Pilot Jenny? Hmm-hmm??? :3

[HailingTheThings]

How have I never heard of Boner McRabbit? (Sorry, after the pic you posted in I-forget-which-thread, I will only ever refer to this character/series as Boner McRabbit)

is this a thing worth hailing?

If you're a fan of 80s/90s cartoons and the idea of animals...in space and such, then totally check it out. There's a reason why I never stopped loving Bucky.

The quality leaves a little to be desired, but this'll have to do for a link:

[MrFlutterPie]

Wow, sooo many peeples poppling up for this game-oh. This rrraffle's gonna be a doozy. lol

I am a big fan of Bucky O'Hare and I have  a large collection dedicated towards it

Ooooh, I'm listening, I'm listening... have any protos? Pilot Jenny? Hmm-hmm??? :3

Lets just say I hope to have the full crew to the Righteous Indignation soon ;)

I will be updating pics then and posting then.

[xcrement5x]

Please enter me as well, and thanks for raffling something so badass!

[JoshTurboTrollX]

So much generosity here!  Thank you for raffling off this wonderbread game!!

I'd like to be added to the mix if possible. 

+1 Turbo Karma for an excellent shootie that has eluded me all these years!!

[CPTRAVE]

Nice game, sign me up please.

[HailingTheThings]

Entrants list added!

Lets just say I hope to have the full crew to the Righteous Indignation soon ;)
I will be updating pics then and posting then.

Uh oh, I can't wait, Mister Man, I really should've been setting aside some money for Bucky Repros. Eff. I almost bought a fully painted Kamikaze Kamo back in oh, idk 2003 for $400, GD, wish I would've.



(He looks so hawt!)

[MrFlutterPie]

Entrants list added!

Lets just say I hope to have the full crew to the Righteous Indignation soon ;)
I will be updating pics then and posting then.

Uh oh, I can't wait, Mister Man, I really should've been setting aside some money for Bucky Repros. Eff. I almost bought a fully painted Kamikaze Kamo back in oh, idk 2003 for $400, GD, wish I would've.



(He looks so hawt!)

I would have jumped on that deal in a heartbeat.  I do see proto's time to time in various forms but they are always super high crazy prices.

[HailingTheThings]

I would have jumped on that deal in a heartbeat.  I do see proto's time to time in various forms but they are always super high crazy prices.

Seems to be the norm is one grand, give or take, but can always negotiate. Months ago was tempted a second time to grab Kamikaze, talked to the seller, he said the cheapest he'd go was $750... I wasn't willing at the time.

[MrFlutterPie]

I would have jumped on that deal in a heartbeat.  I do see proto's time to time in various forms but they are always super high crazy prices.

Seems to be the norm is one grand, give or take, but can always negotiate. Months ago was tempted a second time to grab Kamikaze, talked to the seller, he said the cheapest he'd go was $750... I wasn't willing at the time.

Tell me about it!

Every time they are put up it's always $1000+ with Best offer.  The should run an honest auction .99 cents start no reverse and let the market figure it out.

[wolfman]

Please enter we as well!

[HailingTheThings]

I would have jumped on that deal in a heartbeat.  I do see proto's time to time in various forms but they are always super high crazy prices.

Seems to be the norm is one grand, give or take, but can always negotiate. Months ago was tempted a second time to grab Kamikaze, talked to the seller, he said the cheapest he'd go was $750... I wasn't willing at the time.

Tell me about it!

Every time they are put up it's always $1000+ with Best offer.  The should run an honest auction .99 cents start no reverse and let the market figure it out.

That'd be nice, but most likely will never happen.

[jtucci31]

Enter me please and thank you. Great raffle!

[CrackTiger]

It sure is nice of you to raffle off a $90 game like this.

Especially since you are still new to the forum.

It's nicer still though, that you actively join discussions.

[Tatsujin]

wow. so many peeps DO NOT have SSS in their collection yet. I'm startled!

but great raffl0r there

[HailingTheThings]

It sure is nice of you to raffle off a $90 game like this.

Especially since you are still new to the forum.

$90 is the FKR price. My copy was purchased a few years ago, game and case for $5. Later got the manual for $20. This one I'm raffling cost me a fraction of the FKR price. I figure this makes up for me getting my copy for cheap and I wanted to show that I appreciate this forum and its inhabitants.

It's nicer still though, that you actively join discussions.

Sarcasm?

[420GOAT]

sarcasm.....i dont think so. nice raffle. ive always wanted this one.

[synbiosfan]

If only I had enough posts and no, I won't spam my way there

[EvilEvoIX]

I'd like to have this game, never played it but I have heard great things!

[esteban]

It sure is nice of you to raffle off a $90 game like this.

Especially since you are still new to the forum.

$90 is the FKR price. My copy was purchased a few years ago, game and case for $5. Later got the manual for $20. This one I'm raffling cost me a fraction of the FKR price. I figure this makes up for me getting my copy for cheap and I wanted to show that I appreciate this forum and its inhabitants.

It's nicer still though, that you actively join discussions.

Sarcasm?

I don't think CrackTiger was being sarcastic. You have been more involved than the last 20 people who have introduced themselves (never to be heard from again). I'm not knocking the lurkers, it's just difficult to have a conversation with a lurker.  Trü storie.

[CrackTiger]

It sure is nice of you to raffle off a $90 game like this.

Especially since you are still new to the forum.

$90 is the FKR price. My copy was purchased a few years ago, game and case for $5. Later got the manual for $20. This one I'm raffling cost me a fraction of the FKR price. I figure this makes up for me getting my copy for cheap and I wanted to show that I appreciate this forum and its inhabitants.

It's nicer still though, that you actively join discussions.

Sarcasm?

Definitely not sarcasm.

I didn't want to get into how there are more new members joining and immediately trying to either make a quick buck or snag all of the "rares", than there are active forum contributors overall now.

When I decided to buy the rest of the TurboChips I didn't have a year ago, I knew that SSS had been regularly selling CIC for <$30 on eBay and elsewhere. Like a few other titles I stalled on picking up at the right price, I ran into a dry spell and didn't pay the $100 - $200 asking prices that had been up all along. It didn't take long for me to find a CIC copy for <$30.

I've seen way too many Turbo games being flipped in the forum recently for outrageous prices, cheered on by a chorus of new members praising such an unbelievably great deal. SSS is one of those games that isn't hard to find or really valuable, but resellers who fancy themselves "collectors" see games like this as a priceless gem and try holding out for several times its value.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Star-Soldier-TurboGrafx-16-TG16-Rare-Shooter-Clean-Tested-/251507967055?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3a8f0b044f

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Star-Soldier-TurboGrafx-16-Hu-Card-Only-Turbo-Express-Pc-Engine-/141235164183?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20e2459417

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Star-Soldier-TurboGrafx-16-NEW-SEALED-PRISTINE-VGA-90-RARE-/121301776189?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1c3e26373d


The occasion that one of these power sellers decides to actually raffle off an item in the forum to promote their sales threads, it's usually something relatively worthless, like a flyer or game that would have to be sold as part of a lot, like Keith Courage.


But that in itself says more about the influx of people who only come here for commerce, instead of actual Turbo/PCE(/PC-FX) discussion/contributions. I didn't want to trivialize your genuine contribution to the boards by simply contrasting you against others and I appreciate your personality and attitude. I think it's cool that people do things like raffles, but it doesn't influence my perception of them very much. I appreciate members actively engaging in discussions and sharing various projects with the community. In recent weeks, there have been many more new members doing so and I really hope it's the turning of the tide.

[esadajr]

+1 turbob karma for this fantastic raffle. Dont count me in as I already have it.

Sent from my Sega Gamegear

[synbiosfan]

Definitely not sarcasm.

I didn't want to get into how there are more new members joining and immediately trying to either make a quick buck or snag all of the "rares", than there are active forum contributors overall now.

When I decided to buy the rest of the TurboChips I didn't have a year ago, I knew that SSS had been regularly selling CIC for <$30 on eBay and elsewhere. Like a few other titles I stalled on picking up at the right price, I ran into a dry spell and didn't pay the $100 - $200 asking prices that had been up all along. It didn't take long for me to find a CIC copy for <$30.

I've seen way too many Turbo games being flipped in the forum recently for outrageous prices, cheered on by a chorus of new members praising such an unbelievably great deal. SSS is one of those games that isn't hard to find or really valuable, but resellers who fancy themselves "collectors" see games like this as a priceless gem and try holding out for several times its value.

But that in itself says more about the influx of people who only come here for commerce, instead of actual Turbo/PCE(/PC-FX) discussion/contributions. I didn't want to trivialize your genuine contribution to the boards by simply contrasting you against others and I appreciate your personality and attitude. I think it's cool that people do things like raffles, but it doesn't influence my perception of them very much. I appreciate members actively engaging in discussions and sharing various projects with the community. In recent weeks, there have been many more new members doing so and I really hope it's the turning of the tide.

In time I hope y'all will see me as a newb vs noob.

On most of the other sites I frequent, I've noticed the same thing of people joining for the marketplace mainly. I joined here to make sure Necromancer takes care of the LA I sold him I knew it was in good hands once he made it OBEY compliant

I know there are people who feel more comfortable lurking (which is fine) but from what I've read, most people will give you the same respect you show them. If I know the answer to a question (or think I do lol) I post. Blah, blah, blah, bottom line...I'd rather be the guy you'd like to have a beer with and do some BSing.

[finerion]

Wow, this one has eluded me for some time. Please put my name in the hat for the raffle. Thanks a ton for doing this HailingTheThings.