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General and Gaming => Classic Video Games => Topic started by: dreama1 on August 18, 2015, 10:07:20 pm
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Anyone own a large import collection? or into importing games? Let me see!
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I don't know about large, but I have 20 Super Famicom games and 20 US DS games if that counts :P Plus a few random imports for other systems here and there.
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Apparently I've got 68 Japanese and 8 European games split across a bunch of different systems, mostly Famicom and PC Engine. Probably not too many compared to others though!
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I don't have a huge collection of imports. I have Duke Nukem Land of the Babes for PS1 PAL and Return to Castle Wolfenstein for PS2 PAL.
For Japanese imports, I have Final Fantasy I, II and III as well as Dragon Quest I, II, III and IV for the Famicom. For the Super Famicom, I have Final Fantasy IV, V, VI and USA as well as Chrono Trigger. Just picked up Dragon Quest I&II, III, V and VI as well.
Then I have the Final Fantasy Collection of IV, V and VI for the PlayStation. I also have Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories import from Japan for the Game Boy Advance.
So....20 off the top of my head.
EDIT: Duh...forgot the Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics PC collection from the UK, infamous First Light for the PS4 UK version and Ratchet & Clank Quest for Booty Hong-Kong version for the PS3. Make that 23.
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About 75 Japanese Nintendo games, Including CIB Doki Doki Panic, Crisis Force. Family Computer, Disk System, Famicom AV (HVC-101), Super Famicom, CIB Orange Cube, Color TV-Game 15, Canadian released Wii Mini (bought before US announcement). 4 imported Game & Watches.
Silver, Orange and Symphonic Green Game Boy Players. Orange and Emerald Blue GC controllers. Yoshi, Toad Wii remotes. 5 Disk System handbill posters.
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About 55 Japanese and American imports (a few Australian) of Super Nintendo/DS/Gamecube games, not so much maybe compared to others!
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I've got 150 import games (mostly JP and some US) in my wishlist, I've collected most of the hardware and 30 games so far. Growing every month! ;D
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Not a big import collection (cause I don't have a large collection), but it's growing. So far I got 8 Super Famicom games, 2 US SNES games, 1 US N64 cart and a japanese Turok - Dinosaur Hunter N64 cart for some reason (well it was dirt cheap and my old PAL cart is heavily censored, so there...).
Plan to get more, especially SNES/SFC, since europe didn't get half of the good stuff except Terranigma. My next buy probably is Mario's Super Picross, because I loved the Gameboy one.
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I have 14 N64 games from Japan. and a ruble pack (Shindou Pakku) and a boxed n64 from there.
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It's not huge, but my Saturn collection is 100% Japanese. I also have a handful of imports for various other systems I have.
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Anyone own a large import collection? or into importing games? Let me see!
NEC1989 Ｘ SEGA1994 (http://imgur.com/a/89TxN)
Not large by any means.. but growing!
Actually I need to update my gallery since then I've acquired a dozen or so more titles..
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I've got 150 import games (mostly JP and some US) in my wishlist, I've collected most of the hardware and 30 games so far. Growing every month! ;D
You win, mines mostly around 60 as well as everyone else said. I'll take a look at what you got later. Maybe I can find something interesting.
Oops misread. nvm.
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Anyone own a large import collection? or into importing games? Let me see!
NEC1989 Ｘ SEGA1994 (http://imgur.com/a/89TxN)
Not large by any means.. but growing!
Actually I need to update my gallery since then I've acquired a dozen or so more titles..
Is tama a fun game?
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Anyone own a large import collection? or into importing games? Let me see!
NEC1989 Ｘ SEGA1994 (http://imgur.com/a/89TxN)
Not large by any means.. but growing!
Actually I need to update my gallery since then I've acquired a dozen or so more titles..
Is tama a fun game?
More of a novelty of its time showcasing early 3-D capabilities, its fun for short sessions of play.
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I love imports, My import collection is not the biggest I'm sure, But I've been on an Import craze lately, watching videos on you tube and picking up games that never saw light in the states. This week I just picked up 3 new imports, A Famicom Game, A Super Famicom Game and a DS game. (you can see them on the latest pick ups page)
I do buy games that where released in both Japan and the US but only if their dirt cheap or sometimes just because I like the art better then the US release.
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I love imports, My import collection is not the biggest I'm sure, But I've been on an Import craze lately, watching videos on you tube and picking up games that never saw light in the states. This week I just picked up 3 new imports, A Famicom Game, A Super Famicom Game and a DS game. (you can see them on the latest pick ups page)
I do buy games that where released in both Japan and the US but only if their dirt cheap or sometimes just because I like the art better then the US release.
I think the draw is because of how mysterious the games are, and unknown. Plus better box art.
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I have about 20 import games across Famicom, Super Famicom, PS3, & PS4.
Mostly games that never came out here.
Super Metriod is an exception. I saved myself $30 by going with the Super Famicom version.
Now that most people know it's in full English I think it sells for the same anount. :P
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i've got like a famicom, 16 famicom games and 1 super famicom game. no super famicom yet, tho :[
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Most of my NeoGeo AES (11 on 15) and all my NeoGeo CD collection (23) are japanese, its so cheaper compare to NA prices. Also have few import on Dreamcast, PSP, DS, GBA and from Europe I got Xenoblade Chronicles special edition with the red controller.
I own some Japanese consoles; NeoGeo AES, NeoGeo CD top loader and a Wonderswan Color Final Fantasy II edition.
Im actually thinking to buy a japanese Saturn and few games, there are so inexpensive compare to NA.
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I own a few Super Famicom games, because of Japan exclusivity/ nice artwork. Plus, two of them have their menus in English so they're very playable.
I also own a few import Sega Dreamcast games, and a bunch of import Sega Saturn games, mostly because the prices are cheaper and its so much easier to find Japanese copies cib and store them compared to the US Saturn copies cib. That's because jewel cases vs those brittle longboxes i see most of the time.
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There are a lot of reasons to buy import titles, especially for the Famicom and Super Famicom. For one, you can get them a lot cheaper than their US counterparts. A SNES cartridge for Chrono Trigger goes for up to $50 at auction. I picked up a complete in box-in fantastic condition-copy for the Super Famicom for under $20 shipped. The packaging and artwork is usually better on the Japanese versions and the inner tray is sturdier and prevents the cardboard boxes from being crushed. I also like the cartridges themselves better than their US counterparts.
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I also like the cartridges themselves better than their US counterparts.
But they don't have end labels. :-\
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There are a lot of reasons to buy import titles, especially for the Famicom and Super Famicom. For one, you can get them a lot cheaper than their US counterparts. A SNES cartridge for Chrono Trigger goes for up to $50 at auction. I picked up a complete in box-in fantastic condition-copy for the Super Famicom for under $20 shipped. The packaging and artwork is usually better on the Japanese versions and the inner tray is sturdier and prevents the cardboard boxes from being crushed. I also like the cartridges themselves better than their US counterparts.
All of this pretty much. It's incredible how cheap Mother 2 is compared to the US version. Especially RPGs, tactics and simulations are mostly in the 5-20$ range CIB. Not so much for simpler platformers and action types, I guess because the language barrier is much less of a problem there. Wild Guns or Demon's Blazon for example are still super expensive on a SFC cart.
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bought a gameboy light!
edit: my japanese software count is now 87.
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I have a few japanese games for sure. Famicom carts seem to be the easiest to get. 2nd place to that would be Canadian games, which I feel like shouldn't count as they are just package variations.
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I also like the cartridges themselves better than their US counterparts.
But they don't have end labels. :-\
Same thing for European cartridges, and that really annoy me, i can't really tell what game it is unless i take the cart one by one out of the shelf (well. now my games are sorted by name so it's less annoying since i know more or less where the game i want is but still, it would have been better if they had a end label too).
I've heard some people talking about the end label for N64 (those (http://www.szabosarcades.com/products/n-64-labels)) and seen others make their own for Snes games but i absolutely can't see myself put something on them.
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I have a handful of Canadian NES games that I'm still not exactly sure how I ended up with. One PC-Engine game that I bought to test my TG-16 region modding skills, and I actually got my first Super Famicom game today.
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Without counting, I think I own close to 30 import titles. I've played most of them to completion, but the ones that give me the best memories are:
Tales of Destiny 2 for the PSP since it was the first Japanese Tales of that I finished.
Romancing SaGa 3 for the Super Famicom since I love SaGa stuff.
I really enjoy playing imported titles because it doubles as a study session for Japanese. Also, my copy of Haunting Ground is from Europe and was half the cost of the NA version. Importing some games is usually cheaper.
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I believe I have 3 famicom games, 6 super famicom games, 1 Playstation 2 japanese game, and 1 Wii U japanese game.
I used to own the Australian version of EyePet, since it released there a year before it released here.
Back when I worked at Gamestop, I almost bought the japanese version of Bayonetta because my store had it in stock and I knew we would never successfully sell it. I think I've seen it since then... my store closed, stock got transferred elsewhere.
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Well... as most of my games ain't SWE or SCN releases (they're mostly UK), I'll say that a fair share of my collection is imported.
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I don't think I have the "Largest" Japanese collection. But I have quite a few and it's growing.
I mostly like to find the Japan Exclusive games. But if I see a good deal I'll pick up what ever I can find. :P
here's what I got.
Famicom - 41
Famicom disc - 13
Super Famicom - 32
N64 - 10
GC - 1
Wii - 1
GB - 2
GBA - 2
NDS - 2
Sega SG-1000 - 13
Mega Drive - 1
Mega CD - 1
Saturn - 16
PS1 - 12
PS2 - 1
PS3 - 1
PS4 - 1
PCE - 10
PCECD - 9
PCFX - 3
NeoGeo - 38
NeoGeo CD - 75
Wonderswan - 7
And a bunch from obscure consoles like the Loopy, PV-1000, TV Boy, FM Towns Marty, Cassette Vision, Super Cassette Vision, Pippin, Playdia and Tomy Pyuuta.