Best video game find of my life!!!!!!

abdul

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Heres the story people.

Today, my friend calls me up, and says he wants to buy some Dreamcast imports, specificly KoF 2001. So I decide to take him to this small japanese book store which has import games for all systems ( they had 3 copies of KoF 2001 when I was there last week). So anyway, we go there , and the place turns out to be closing down, all the games are in boxes, and KoF 2001 was sold to my friend for $10 brand new. Well, I see a box that the guy tells me has old games. He said its 5 dollars per game. So i say ok, I will buy 1 for the hell of it. I open the box up, it has 6 games stacked on top of each other. The top 5 were some games that i had no idea of, all but 1 were pc engine games. Then I come to it, the last game is........a complete copy of Darius Alpha! I could not begin to tell you how amazed I was. I asked the old man if he was sure that all these games were for $5 dollars. He then replys " Thats what I said, are you gonna buy something or can I go and leave this failure of a store, and get on with my life. " I gave the man the $20 dollar bill in my wallet, told him to keep the change, and wished him a very happy and safe life. The game is sitting in my drawer, probably never going to be played as i doubt i will get a Pc engine, but it doesnt matter, I have Darius Alpha!!!!!!

:cool:
-abdul!
 

beatifik

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yo man that's crazy, you got pics? like the game w/a $5 price tag on it. that'd be sweet. :buttrock:
 

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Congratulations, you now own the shittiest Darius game ever made :)

EDIT: wait, aren't you the same guy who magically fixed his Neo home cart system by dropping it? :tickled:
 
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k'_127

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I want brand new KOF 2001 for $10 :crying:

edit: uh it's for DC. I see. congratulation for the PCE Darius.
 
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k'_127

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my best find so far was "new" US Voltage Fighter Cowgaiser for $100.

the same store had a copy of Kabuki Klash, but that was a long time ago. it wasn't there when I found VFC
 

abdul

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twalden said:
Congratulations, you now own the shittiest Darius game ever made :)

EDIT: wait, aren't you the same guy who magically fixed his Neo home cart system by dropping it? :tickled:

no


@ beatifik, The game was in a small shoe box the guy was gonna throw away, i just asked to see and he told me 5$ a game. Its is complete, but it is used.
 

twalden

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Oops, nevermind then. Got any picts of the game?
 

abdul

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no, i dont have a digi cam, i will try and borrow one though

so, is this game really that bad?
 

twalden

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abdul said:
no, i dont have a digi cam, i will try and borrow one though

so, is this game really that bad?

There are worse shooters on the PCE, but as far as Darius games go it's not that great and definately not worth the high price tag it fetches. The game is just basically boss battles from previous Darius games. It gets boring pretty quick.
 
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DevilRedeemed

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abdul said:
Heres the story people.

Today, my friend calls me up, and says he wants to buy some Dreamcast imports, specificly KoF 2001. So I decide to take him to this small japanese book store which has import games for all systems ( they had 3 copies of KoF 2001 when I was there last week). So anyway, we go there , and the place turns out to be closing down, all the games are in boxes, and KoF 2001 was sold to my friend for $10 brand new. Well, I see a box that the guy tells me has old games. He said its 5 dollars per game. So i say ok, I will buy 1 for the hell of it. I open the box up, it has 6 games stacked on top of each other. The top 5 were some games that i had no idea of, all but 1 were pc engine games. Then I come to it, the last game is........a complete copy of Darius Alpha! I could not begin to tell you how amazed I was. I asked the old man if he was sure that all these games were for $5 dollars. He then replys " Thats what I said, are you gonna buy something or can I go and leave this failure of a store, and get on with my life. " I gave the man the $20 dollar bill in my wallet, told him to keep the change, and wished him a very happy and safe life. The game is sitting in my drawer, probably never going to be played as i doubt i will get a Pc engine, but it doesnt matter, I have Darius Alpha!!!!!!

:cool:
-abdul!


you forgot the end of the story :rolleyes: but that's alright, I'll fill it in.

upon finding out it was my birthday in three months, abdul decided to send the crappy old Darius Alpha to Devilredeemed - kind of like an early birthday present.
Thanks abdul! you say its in the post?
 

Dean

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Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Abdul, didn't you also find a Magical Chase US HuCard at a pawn shop outside IHOP at like 1 AM recently too?

You gotta be shittin me. :mr_t:
 

terry.330

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BULLSHIT!

but.....

If this is true you are one lucky fucker. Sell the game ASAP it usually goes for about $500 (complete mint) :make_fac:

And yes the game is virtually unplayable. A Darius boss marathon isnt fun for anybody, plus you now have to get a SuperGRFX system.
 

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Terry330 said:
And yes the game is virtually unplayable. A Darius boss marathon isnt fun for anybody, plus you now have to get a SuperGRFX system.

Not necessary. I believe it works slightly better on the SGx though, less slowdown...
 

terry.330

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$800-1000 will people ever learn?

I have played this game once and once was enough.(not bad but not fun)

PS: Im always sauced :cool:
 
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Terry330 said:
$800-1000 will people ever learn?

I have played this game once and once was enough.

It wasn't really meant to be "played" in the first place. It was more of a collectible offered to Japanese kids who bought Darius Plus and Super Darius, sent in their proof of purchases, were entered into a contest, and if thier name was selected(they drew around a thousand names) they would receive Alpha. If they already owned Darius Plus and Super Darius (HuCard and SCD) there would be no real reason to "play" Alpha on a consistent basis, as it was just the bosses.

PS: I've seen it go for 1000+.
 

terry.330

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Stinky-Dinkins said:
It wasn't really meant to be "played" in the first place. It was more of a collectible offered to Japanese kids who bought Darius Plus and Super Darius, sent in their proof of purchases, were entered into a contest, and if thier name was selected(they drew around a thousand names) they would receive Alpha. If they already owned Darius Plus and Super Darius (HuCard and SCD) there would be no real reason to "play" Alpha on a consistent basis, as it was just the bosses.

PS: I've seen it go for 1000+.

I know, I know....

I've heard there are only between 700-1100 copies produced.
 

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Terry330 said:
I know, I know....

I've heard there are only between 700-1100 copies produced.

I heard there were only three copies produced. All the others were made by Satan.


PS: Prove it.
 

abasuto

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Stinky-Dinkins said:
Not necessary. I believe it works slightly better on the SGx though, less slowdown...

That and there's also an extra background plane that scrolls on certain levels if played on the SGx.
 
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