Megadrive Collectors Unite

[Addsosad]

Got a question which I hope at least some of you can answer for me!
Megadrive manuals, why are some versions black and white and some in colour, I also have a few which look photocopied?
It puzzles me.

[Killingbeans]

I think I need to see some pictures to fully understand your question

[Artax]

Got a question which I hope at least some of you can answer for me!
Megadrive manuals, why are some versions black and white and some in colour, I also have a few which look photocopied?
It puzzles me.

When the games were approved by sega (gain standardised plastic case rather than card) the producers had to follow standards, font/sizes/etc... but.. there wasn't any rules on colour.
You'd always have the box art in colour as it's the selling point, but you could save some money by getting the manual cover in b&w and even some saved even more not using a glossy cover which I guess is your 'photocopy' unless you really have just been conned.

I think EA were the main cheapskates.

[mr_gibbage]

Got a question which I hope at least some of you can answer for me!
Megadrive manuals, why are some versions black and white and some in colour, I also have a few which look photocopied?
It puzzles me.

I think some of the ones that look photocopied are typically the Mega Games ones, where you can't actually fit all the manuals in the case normally?

[Grizzly]

All of the later releases (blue boxes) had black and white manuals, is this what you mean? I assume it's mostly a cost reducing measure as carts were notoriously expensive to produce. As for older titles with black and white manuals I would guess that's the same thing. I'm guessing that video game companies didn't have much clout to spend on the mass production side.

[VariXx]

Just starting up what a hope to be a respectable collection from the few games I still have that survived from when I was growing up with it. Good to see a place with common interest and veteran tips.

I do have a question however, I have a few boxes that are missing box art in the database and I would gladly scan them in for submission but I (and my games) are from the US. I've noticed that your box art for games are different (usually better!) than the ones I have obviously because of different regions. Would you still like me to scan these for submission or are you trying to keep it to your local region box art only? It's only 2 or 3 from what I've seen so far so it's not a huge deal but hopefully that will grow over time.

[Private Joker]

Just starting up what a hope to be a respectable collection from the few games I still have that survived from when I was growing up with it. Good to see a place with common interest and veteran tips.

I do have a question however, I have a few boxes that are missing box art in the database and I would gladly scan them in for submission but I (and my games) are from the US. I've noticed that your box art for games are different (usually better!) than the ones I have obviously because of different regions. Would you still like me to scan these for submission or are you trying to keep it to your local region box art only? It's only 2 or 3 from what I've seen so far so it's not a huge deal but hopefully that will grow over time.

That's for later on down the line. Don't know if they already accept US scans, but they won't make it in the database for a while at least.

[arma_dillo2009]

Just put up a copy off magic bubble for auction, a couple off people tell me this is quite a rarity on the MD.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270973842731

[The Saint]

Just wanted to add that I am also collecting for the MD, although I never actually planned to, I now have nearly 60 games (50 odd here, 9 on the way). It was one from my youth that I actually owned and played.

Favourite Game - so hard to choose but of all the games, the one I keep returning to even now is Devils Crash. Probably the best pinball game I have played - the MD has a few good pinball titles (Crue Ball and Psycho Pinball to name two) but nothing touches this one, not even Alien Crush on the PC Engine.

However, it would be easy to add Strider, Revenge of Shinobi and Truxton to that list, then Airbusters, Sonic, Desert Strike........

[mousakka]

been sitting on my mega drive and all its games since i was a mere boy. kept it all purely for nostalgia but in the last year have got into collecting after a bargain find at a car boot sale and then finding its worth when checked on ebay (i know this isnt necessarily an indication of value). I have a few sought after games (not rare but desirable) that people seem to be paying an awful lot for.......

anyways Ive managed to get my hands on waterworld for the megadrive boxed with no manual. having looked on the digitpress database it has a rarity rating of 10. i have never seen this game anywhere before. upon more reseached it seems it is a unreleased and certainly unfinished game. the previous owner states that it is no self made or a repro however that fact that there is no manual and it came fom russia makes me think its some kind of bootleg. id like to think this is the only copy in existence.......have i stumbled acoss a gem? or is there more carts if waterworld floating about, excuse the pun.............any info please would be appreciated.........

[Tyron]

been sitting on my mega drive and all its games since i was a mere boy. kept it all purely for nostalgia but in the last year have got into collecting after a bargain find at a car boot sale and then finding its worth when checked on ebay (i know this isnt necessarily an indication of value). I have a few sought after games (not rare but desirable) that people seem to be paying an awful lot for.......

anyways Ive managed to get my hands on waterworld for the megadrive boxed with no manual. having looked on the digitpress database it has a rarity rating of 10. i have never seen this game anywhere before. upon more reseached it seems it is a unreleased and certainly unfinished game. the previous owner states that it is no self made or a repro however that fact that there is no manual and it came fom russia makes me think its some kind of bootleg. id like to think this is the only copy in existence.......have i stumbled acoss a gem? or is there more carts if waterworld floating about, excuse the pun.............any info please would be appreciated.........

Most likely a bootleg. If you post some pics it could help us establish so?

[mousakka]

been sitting on my mega drive and all its games since i was a mere boy. kept it all purely for nostalgia but in the last year have got into collecting after a bargain find at a car boot sale and then finding its worth when checked on ebay (i know this isnt necessarily an indication of value). I have a few sought after games (not rare but desirable) that people seem to be paying an awful lot for.......

anyways Ive managed to get my hands on waterworld for the megadrive boxed with no manual. having looked on the digitpress database it has a rarity rating of 10. i have never seen this game anywhere before. upon more reseached it seems it is a unreleased and certainly unfinished game. the previous owner states that it is no self made or a repro however that fact that there is no manual and it came fom russia makes me think its some kind of bootleg. id like to think this is the only copy in existence.......have i stumbled acoss a gem? or is there more carts if waterworld floating about, excuse the pun.............any info please would be appreciated.........

Most likely a bootleg. If you post some pics it could help us establish so?

hello mate. havent yet recieved it through the post. purchased off ebay. im just curious about infomation for it. im going by what the seller has stated in the description. looking forward to recieving it and inspecting it myself. as soon as it arrives ill get photos up. in the mean time i only have the photo that the seller has used if thats of interest?

[RossDaBoss]

It's just a fake Russian pirate copy so it's worthless to most people. If you're lucky you might find a pirate collector willing to pay £30 for it.

[mousakka]

It's just a fake Russian pirate copy so it's worthless to most people. If you're lucky you might find a pirate collector willing to pay £30 for it.

had a feeling this might have been the case but i thought i would take the risk after seeing it on the digitpress guide. ive got a supermario bootleg or pirate that seems to have come from russia. have they been churning out alot of these? how can i tell its a fake and have you seen this before?

[RossDaBoss]

If a game was unreleased it would come in a prototype cart only form, no cover art or manuals would be produced until the game was ready to be released.
Most prototypes I have seen come with a very basic black & white label with Review or Preview copy on it and a build date.

[mousakka]

If a game was unreleased it would come in a prototype cart only form, no cover art or manuals would be produced until the game was ready to be released.
Most prototypes I have seen come with a very basic black & white label with Review or Preview copy on it and a build date.

cheers for pics rossdaboss. its defo not a prototype. looks like a pirate then. sneaky russians.....

[Smii]

Hi peoples, been lurking here a while but not yet posted much! I'm another somewhat obsessive MD collector, have been for... ooh, ages now. Anyways, just posted this on another forum and thought someone here might be interested, too.

I got hold of two strange PAL Mega Drive variants last week, firstly this Streets of Rage 2:



I'd never seen this SOR2 boxart before, but it's definitely unusual. Regular PAL cover for comparison:
(if anyone needs it)!

I also found this Genesis "not for resale" game cover

which is very similar (is the normal US coverart the same?) My PAL one seems like a sort of mishmash of the two.

Oh, and also:



You'll probably need to click to see (my photo isn't great anyway ) but he's not called Skate, nor Sammy, but Eddie! And you can just make out that Axel is referred to as 'Axtel' in the blurb on the back - I'm thinking that was probably a typo, but the screenshot's a bit more interesting.
Anyone else have this version? The seller also had an Australian SOR3, so I'm wondering whether this came from Aus, too.

Speaking of which:



Unusual PAL version of Sonic (on the left, next to my regular PAL version to compare). It's similar to the Canadian Sonic (PAL boxart with Genesis logos) except this is very Aus PAL:



It has a smaller case (and insert to go with it), different manual, cart casing, and everything says "Ozisoft" all over it (as most Australian PAL games do!)

Afaik these aren't documented anywhere (Guardiana etc) - anyone else have these, more info?

[hydr0x]

Can't help you there but coincidentally I also have a MD question. Does Populous come in a clamshell case slightly bigger than normal MD cases?

[Smii]

Can't help you there but coincidentally I also have a MD question. Does Populous come in a clamshell case slightly bigger than normal MD cases?

Yes, it does - one of those irksome squashy plastic ones. Also Sword of Sodan and Zany Golf*.



(* "Why does it have to be Zany?")

[hydr0x]

Can't help you there but coincidentally I also have a MD question. Does Populous come in a clamshell case slightly bigger than normal MD cases?

Yes, it does - one of those irksome squashy plastic ones. Also Sword of Sodan and Zany Golf*.



(* "Why does it have to be Zany?")

Thanks a lot And wow, second Magic Bubbles in a week, how strange