The Official Sega-16 Haul Thread

[Zebbe]

I think Jap folks are just "...whatever" in gay stuff, while the lobby of right-wing conservative christians in the USA are more working against it. Therefor, games with homosexual themes would cause bigger protests in USA. At least that's how I see it.

[Joe Redifer]

I thought that all of Japan was gay. Look at the ever-so-popular Final Fantasy "Male" characters. And some of the previous Castlevania art. They love gayness over there. They also have a series call Chew on Nikki or something like that. It's a shooter with naked men huddled together and an overall gay theme.

[redrum666]

went to gamestop had a coupon if i use my gamestop card i get a 20% off any used items


lumines 2 for PSP $20.24
me & my katamari for PSP $14.57
elebits for Wii $36.44

[Knuckles-chaotix]

My collections is now complete!
And bring on the gays! LOL

[David J.]

Gay, eh?

I wish my arms where that hairy, well my underarms anyway. They have next to no hair on them.

[Knuckles-chaotix]

Gay, eh?

I wish my arms where that hairy, well my underarms anyway. They have next to no hair on them.

Na just very gay tolerant.
Yeh its nice to be hairy! LOL

[redrum666]

Yeah, Sodom's new name of Katana was in the Sega CD version. But all they did for the US Sega CD version was change names and add a little clothing -- unlike the SNES version, they didn't remove any characters or stages or anything. Also I think the dialogue was allowed to be slightly racier in the Sega CD version, e.g. "You son of a..." instead of "You fiend!".

In any case, from what I gather, Japan's not exactly progressive when it comes to gay rights, so I don't see why the gay thing is less of an issue there. I'm inclined to think that we're just bigger on censorship in general.

his name is still Sodom in the sega cd version he is only name Katana in the super nes version of final fight, final fight guy and Street Fighter Alpha 2

The Story of Poison

One of the most popular side characters is Poison, the scantily clad, purple haired dominatrix girl (also appearing with red hair as Roxy), who's also never been playable outside of Final Fight Revenge. She appears alongside Hugo in every game she's in, and she's at least reasonably popular in...ahem...certain Japanese fan artist circles. She's also one of the most controversial character Capcom has ever created. There wasn't any problem with her being in the Japanese game, but when importing it to other countries, the American divisions had a problems with players being able to beat up women. So, in a somewhat clever move, Capcom Japan decided that Roxy and Poison were both transsexuals (or "newhalves", if you want to use the Japanese terminology), so even though they looked like chicks, they were actually 100% dude. I suppose this makes beating them up more of a hate crime than regular domestic abuse, but I've never been one to figure out political correctness anyway. By the time Final Fight Revenge came out, the design team, completely separate from the original developers, had decided that Poison was in fact a girl and she had a crush on Cody. Her ending seems to suggest that she may go through the operation so she can be by Cody's side. Capcom's official stance is that she's still a guy, although that may be in question.

Poison was meant to star in Capcom Fighting All Stars, a 3D fighting game that was eventually canned and morphed into the mediocre 2D fighter Capcom Fighting Evolution - which had no evidence of Poison. She was edited entirely out of the SNES and Gameboy Advance versions of the game, replaced with spiky haired male bad guys, and while's she present in the Sega CD version, extra clothes were added.

http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.c...inalfight2.htm

[Drixxel]

Breath of Fire III (PSX), disc only
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (DS), new
Treasures of the Deep (PSX), disc only

I've been curious about Treasures o' the Deep for many years.. it is not what I expected.

[j_factor]

Finally got Christmas Nights for a reasonable price. $15 for the US version with sleeve. Hooray!

While I was at it, I decided I was awesome enough to get The Terminator (sega cd) for $5, but not too awesome to pay $10 for Beavis & Butt-head (genesis).

[Reg]

Was wondering if there was a thread like this on these boards.

Well they were loose but I finally found 'em and with my $7 store credit and 10% discount the totaly was $18.86:

MUSHA
Dynamite Heady

[duval]

Just picked up:
Strider (Jap)
Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion
for £2 each...
My Megadrive isn't capable of playing Jap games though... should I sell up the copy of Strider or mod the md?

[David J.]

Strider WILL work, if you widen the cart slot.

[Zebbe]

No, use it through a 32X, Game Genie, Pro Action Replay or similar, so you don't have to deform your cart slot.

[Vyse of Arcadia]

No, use it through a 32X, Game Genie, Pro Action Replay or similar, so you don't have to deform your cart slot.

Holy crap! That's never occurred to me. How did such a very obvious solution escape my notice?

I feel.... stupid...

[Zebbe]

I dunno... So your cart slot looks like a wizard's sleeve, huh?