The Official Sega-16 Haul Thread 3.0 (heh, 1004 posts. ARM-BAR)

[Zebbe]

Biggest haul ever...

Tant-R
Ichidant-R
Sonic the Hedgehog
Langrisser Hikari II
Phantasy Star
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star IV
Battle Mania 2
Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyo Toitsusen

All JP and mint/complete.

[108 Stars]

Zebbe, you always forget to mention the price you paid; that´s the most interesting part.

[Zebbe]

This haul cost about four work days of wiping elderly's asses.

[George Foreman]

Got my PS3 today in the mail and it's broke!! The light comes on, but nothing happens.

Edit: It wasn't broke I just was stupid and didn't read the manual.

[Joe Redifer]

Does Phantasy Star run with the 32X attached?

[Zebbe]

Nope.

[Joe Redifer]

I should BAN you for that!!!

Today's haul:

Jew Hole Master

General Chaos

VR Troppers

Saint Sword - The most expensive of the lot, surprisingly ($15)

Lotus Turbo Challenge

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron

Marvel Land - (surprisingly cheap)

All complete and mint or near mint. I have no more space to store these games!

[Genesis Knight]

You spelled Troopers wrong. I ban j00!!!11!

[Joe Redifer]

Well, shit.

[108 Stars]

X-perts arrived today, complete with box and manual....like I feared, the boxes´ condition is somewhat bad. Damn those cardboard boxes! The highlight was a sticker telling me to "be kind, please rewind" on the back of the box. Dunno how to rewind a cartridge though.

Well, the game is just as terribly bad as I expected. No wonder Sega never bothered to bring this Donkey-Kong-Country-killer to Europe.

[Zebbe]

Europe didn't need any DKC killer. The Mega Drive outsold the SNES anyway. Why did you buy the game if it was so bad (I assume you knew a little about it beforehand)?

[108 Stars]

Of course Europe needed one. Europe consists of many countries, some of them were dominated by Sega (UK, Sweden), some by Nintendo. In Europe the SNES began to sell better and better by 1994/1995 while MD was losing ground. There wasn´t a big difference in sales in the end. In Germany the SNES had already outsold the MD easily. DKC was one of the (if not THE) best-selling games of 1994 in Europe, it sold like hot cakes and set a new graphics standard (like Aladdin did a year before); journalists thought it was an Ultra-64-game at first.
Of course Sega had to give an answer to that; they didn´t want that "proof" of the SNES´ superiority to draw away more customers.
X-Perts was announced to show the MD could hold up against DKC with it´s pre-rendered graphics. But it was delayed for a long time, and the final result shows why: poor renderings and awefully slow gameplay with super-stiff controls.

I bought it exactly because it was such a big announced A-title to counter DKC. A historical piece of software that failed to achieve it´s goal.

[Elusive]

I should BAN you for that!!!

Today's haul:

Jew Hole Master

Is this a golf game or a niche porn flick?

[Zebbe]

Of course Europe needed one. Europe consists of many countries, some of them were dominated by Sega (UK, Sweden), some by Nintendo. In Europe the SNES began to sell better and better by 1994/1995 while MD was losing ground. There wasn´t a big difference in sales in the end. In Germany the SNES had already outsold the MD easily. DKC was one of the (if not THE) best-selling games of 1994 in Europe, it sold like hot cakes and set a new graphics standard (like Aladdin did a year before); journalists thought it was an Ultra-64-game at first.
Of course Sega had to give an answer to that; they didn´t want that "proof" of the SNES´ superiority to draw away more customers.
X-Perts was announced to show the MD could hold up against DKC with it´s pre-rendered graphics. But it was delayed for a long time, and the final result shows why: poor renderings and awefully slow gameplay with super-stiff controls.

I bought it exactly because it was such a big announced A-title to counter DKC. A historical piece of software that failed to achieve it´s goal.

According to my sources, the SNES outsold the MD by twice as many units in Sweden. Still, the MD had one million more in Europe. I don't know if it set a new graphic standard. The backgrounds were pretty flat and barely animated IIRC.

[mick_aka]

Today's car-boot sale haul:



x3 Mega Drive II's
x1 Mega CD II
Dick Tracy, Corporation, Space Harrier II and Sonic.

Nothing too special except the price, £4 for the lot in a box full of random electrical crap.

All are working (although one of the MDIIs wont work with the MCDII)