Sorry, I lurk more then I post these days because I have had family issues going on past few years. Well that and I live in the country, so I have to wait to get good net access until I go into town and visit family or friends usually.
But this struck me of something of importance since I know people here also play the Pc-Engine a bit, so I wanted to post about it.
Granted this is not Neo related, but I have a friend who has been giving this bootleg seller some real hell as of late on the Pc Engine forums tricking him into giving over his shipping address/name and some info on his future releases then exposing him. The bootleg seller is Tobias Fudoh Reich.
Many people know of him from this:
http://retrogaming.hazard-city.de/
A lot of people don't know however is he is the one that flooded the Pc Engine scene years back with Sapphire bootlegs passing them off as legit.
Currently the guy is a bit more honest about his wares being "reproductions", but he acts very official about the whole thing, giving the initial impression he has a right to publish and distribute the games.
https://pceworks.wordpress.com/category/pc-engine-memories/
My friend was able to get the guy to admit to/send a copy of some of his future releases he planned to put out there. One of them is the yet unannounced Dracula X limited edition set.
It gives off the impression that Tobias is not concerned about the legal ramifications at all concerning his bootlegging Konami games. So this got me to wondering, is there even a way that they can go after him since he is located in Germany?
If anyone is curious as to the Dracula X thing, here are pics of it that my friend took and posted:
But this struck me of something of importance since I know people here also play the Pc-Engine a bit, so I wanted to post about it.
Granted this is not Neo related, but I have a friend who has been giving this bootleg seller some real hell as of late on the Pc Engine forums tricking him into giving over his shipping address/name and some info on his future releases then exposing him. The bootleg seller is Tobias Fudoh Reich.
Many people know of him from this:
http://retrogaming.hazard-city.de/
A lot of people don't know however is he is the one that flooded the Pc Engine scene years back with Sapphire bootlegs passing them off as legit.
Currently the guy is a bit more honest about his wares being "reproductions", but he acts very official about the whole thing, giving the initial impression he has a right to publish and distribute the games.
https://pceworks.wordpress.com/category/pc-engine-memories/
My friend was able to get the guy to admit to/send a copy of some of his future releases he planned to put out there. One of them is the yet unannounced Dracula X limited edition set.
It gives off the impression that Tobias is not concerned about the legal ramifications at all concerning his bootlegging Konami games. So this got me to wondering, is there even a way that they can go after him since he is located in Germany?
If anyone is curious as to the Dracula X thing, here are pics of it that my friend took and posted: