Warlocks of the Fates Shinryu Senki NEO GEO PROTO 神竜戦記 new on youtube
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99% of this site just read this and thinks you're trolling them.
I thought the same thing. And I'm guilty as charged...
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Which Mandarake was it? Nakano?
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Yep, 2nd floor (I think) in the Broadway Mall. Pretty small shop.
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lol. Will try to check if I can manage to get there next year.
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You can get lost in that mall. Tons of shops, lots to see. Make sure to hit the recycle junk shop on the first floor.
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man that was disapointing it's horrible.
I would of been happier this video never released and all we had were the screenshots.
I don't even want to play this game, let alone purchase it so it can collect dust with the rest of my collection.
I would of been happier this video never released and all we had were the screenshots.
I don't even want to play this game, let alone purchase it so it can collect dust with the rest of my collection.
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Those sound effects. Just... wow. Repeat much?
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Wow! It looks pretty neat to me. If either werejag or Xian Xi were to make an SNK Neo•Geo MVS reproduction cartridge of this like they did with "Ghostlop" and "Ironclad / Chotetsu Bri'kingerand," I'd definitely buy one.
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I hope they dumped it for themselves, you don't want it to sit and then the roms go bad or get bit rot.
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I'm not sure about the history of Mandarake or if there is one owner or if its a franchise type of thing. What we do know is that its a hugely popular chain of stores. If there is one main owner I assume he is pretty wealthy. Any amount offered probably wouldn't be considered.
That may be true, but it just makes no sense to me.
If you own this game with ZERO intent to sell it at "any amount," why the hell is it stored in the window of a game shop? Just so you can get your kicks showing it off to people? With this particular game, there have been emulated screenshots for years, and now VIDEOS which prove that this game is dumped, somewhere. There may be more content for this game out there at this point than any other undumped Neo proto, and I bet the fact it is dumped has been common knowledge in Japan much longer than it has at this site. That cartridge in the window, whether it is a real genuine proto, or even a copy of a proto, assuming it is an actual copy of Warlocks, is a ticking time bomb. It's just a matter of time before someone finds the ROM files somewhere and it is publicly released, making that cartridge basically worthless. I can't imagine the owner of the game doesn't understand that, and if he doesn't, he is an absolute fool. I don't care how rich you are, that game could command thousands now, but it won't forever, and to ignore that just to keep it in some window forever makes no sense.
Just my 2 cents.
One more quick thought - I have always personally thought that the attitude of "its not for sale" that comes out of Japan, when it comes to any protos that have popped up over the years over there, is probably more of a cultural function than a real attitude on the part of the seller that the games cannot be sold. Maybe if a known Japanese collector walked into that store he would get a totally different story.
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All we have is speculation.
What makes common sense to us, may not be to others. He may not give two shits if the game dies, its obviously dumped. Maybe its a pride thing, a "Look what I have" thing. The majority of the game shops I went to all had "Not For Sale" cases with extremely rare items. I think its safe to say that not only are these guys game sellers, but they are also collectors.
Like you, I assume us westerners probably have zero chance at even coming close to buying Mandarake's copy. I'm sure all these collectors and game shop owners know each other. To get close to purchasing this it would probably have to be a friend of a friend. I personally don't see this thing ever leaving Madarake. So all we can do is look at the pics, bitch and moan about what should be done. The unfortunate reality is, what we want obviously isn't what they want. So why bitch about it?
What makes common sense to us, may not be to others. He may not give two shits if the game dies, its obviously dumped. Maybe its a pride thing, a "Look what I have" thing. The majority of the game shops I went to all had "Not For Sale" cases with extremely rare items. I think its safe to say that not only are these guys game sellers, but they are also collectors.
Like you, I assume us westerners probably have zero chance at even coming close to buying Mandarake's copy. I'm sure all these collectors and game shop owners know each other. To get close to purchasing this it would probably have to be a friend of a friend. I personally don't see this thing ever leaving Madarake. So all we can do is look at the pics, bitch and moan about what should be done. The unfortunate reality is, what we want obviously isn't what they want. So why bitch about it?
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Send them a porno where the pubes aren't pixelized out. It will throw the whole country into disarray.
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Peepees and muumuu's can't be shown but the asshole is okay. Nonsensical censorship.
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In shop from Japan .... recently
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Thanks, that's Nakano's Mandarake, the shop we are talking about since a couple of years..
As probably already mentioned, the label says "sample" and the tag "not for sale software"
For the records, when I've been there, I asked to check a couple of games below, so they had to move the cart, it was definitively not empty and connectors where in there.