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| Shmup Pickups for March 2012 |
Been a good month of pickups. Nothing too expensive, and some just outright cheap lucky eBay snipes.
Predator 2 (PAL)
Sega Master System
Arena Entertainment
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| Predator 2 PAL front cover |
Upon completing my PAL/US Sega Master System shmup collection awhile back. I really thought there were no more I needed to pick up, except Japanese releases and Sega card variants. My good friend and fellow shmup collector, Kollision.. discovered otherwise. So I thank him.
I'm not sure how "traditional" a shmup this is but it has forced scrolling... Probably sucks I'd imagine.
After hitting Arrow Flash hard over the course of the Shmup League Game #2, I had a surge of eBay mega drive hunts. As a kid I only ever played Sega machines if friend owned them. I owned all Nintendo until the PS1. I have had the pleasure of catching up the last few years.
Here are the results of my finds. Phelios I bought from Genki:
Phelios (JAP)
Sega Mega Drive
Namco(t)
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| Phelios Jap front |
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| Phelios Jap reverse |
Other than the arcade release of Phelios, this was a home console exclusive to the Mega Drive. Released in 1990.
Gynoug (JAP)
Sega Mega Drive
NCS
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| Gynoug Jap front |
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| Gynoug Jap reverse |
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| Artwork from Gynoug manual |
Known as Wings Of Wor in the US, Gynoug was a replacement for a PAL copy of the game I own.
Hellfire (JAP)
Sega Mega Drive
Toaplan/NCS
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| Hellfire Jap front |
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| Artwork from Hellfire manual |
Another JAP replacement for a PAL copy. Hellfire was released in 1991.
Tatsujin (JAP)
Sega Mega Drive
Toaplan/Sega
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| Tatsujin Jap front |
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| Tatsujin Jap reverse |
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| Tatsujin Jap cart |
Also known as Truxton in other regions. An impressive Vert shmup. 1989!
Forgotten Worlds (JAP)
Sega Mega Drive
Sega
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| Forgotten Worlds Jap front |
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| Forgotten Worlds Jap reverse |
Yet another JAP replacement for a PAL copy. Perhaps time for a trade off?
Gunhed (JAP)
PC Engine
Hudson
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| Gunhed Jap front |
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| Artwork Gunhed manual |
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| Gunhed Jap Hu-card |
I think many people either know or may have guessed that this game had a massive impact on me. In part it was the first shmup I played that made me go.. "Oh.. i want more games like this".
Recently myself and Gmintyfresh played it in our AvsG series. I was playing on the US version called Blazing Lazers and I finally have a replacement for it.
Mars Matrix (JAP)
Sega Dreamcast
Capcom
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| Mars Matrix Jap front |
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| Mars Matrix Jap reverse |
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| Mars Matrix spinecard |
Mars Matrix is the current AvsG series game we are playing. An awesome (I can't stress this enough) vert shooter from Capcom. So happy to finally discover this game and get it in my collection too.
PopCap Arcade Vol 2 (PAL)
Xbox 360
PopCap
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| PopCap Arcade Vol 2 front |
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| PopCap Arcade reverse close up of Heavy Weapon |
A compilation of XBLA games. I picked this up for Heavy Weapon.
Sega Mega Drive Collection (PAL)
Xbox 360
Sega
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| Sega MD Collection PAL front |
My final pickup to show this month was a good price and didn't include the Limited Edition game.
The Espgaluda II faceplate that came with the Japanese limited edition of the game.
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| Espgaluda II LE faceplate in retail box |
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| Espgaluda II LE retail box reverse artwork |
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ReplyDeleteThose Japanese Mega Drive boxes are a gamer's heaven!
But what about Popcap Arcade Vol. 2? I have the US version and it has a completely different cover, even the games on it aren't the same!
And Sonic's Ultimate Collection is coming for me at the moment, as well as Capcom Digital Collection with 1942 Joint Strike.
The Japanese MD covers are stunning. 3/5 were replacements for PAL versions. I know it seems silly to buy a game i already own when there's so many more I could spend that money on, but It somehow feels different playing a JAP version of a shmup. Sounds like idiocy, but do you know what i mean?
ReplyDeleteCapcom on the way for me too. Mushi HD out in May, Akai Katana PAL release.. sturmwind at some point.
Have you played Sine Mora yet Ed? I'm not sure whether to fork out the 1200 poiints for it or not??
Edit: PopCap is the PAL version. Dunno what the hell i was thinking of..
Despite the harsh feedback from the guys at the shumps forums, I heard good things from a few people about Sine Mora. I haven't even downloaded the demo yet so I can't comment any further, but I'll probably be getting it anyway. If only to support non-Cave shmups.
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