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Buy Every Single Japanese Dreamcast Game At Once

manuel-d — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:26:59 MST

I'd rather spend 20k$ on 606 games that I all like. ;)

manuel-d

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SuperMaxZero — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:47:39 MST

If I had 20 grand to spend, and knew Japanese, I'd totally get it.

Well...If I had enough money for everything I wanted in the world and had 20 grand left over, and could speak Japanese, I'd definitely get it.

SuperMaxZero

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iAMcraft — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:52:34 MST

I've got about , 230 Dreamcast games. A mix between Jap and US. None are sealed, all open, and other stuff. If anyone is interested though, hit me up, I'm not asking for $20,000, LoL.

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Onouris — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:49:49 MST

I don't get the point of this. I don't know what dreamcast games cost originally, but it's surely more than $33 each, so why bother collecting them all?

Onouris

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ArmyofJuan — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:04:58 MST

whatever happened to that aucion where the guy was giving you the keys to his house and car?

But i didnt even know 606 games existe don the dreamcast. When i had a dreamcast i probably played around 50

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Seg — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:07:09 MST

This makes me wish I chaired at non-profit organization of preserving the history of electronic entertainment. Then I would purchase this collection in order to catalogue and preserve these cultural artifacts for future generations and eventually publicly exhibit these works.

Frankly, I think a collection like this going to a private collector is akin to buying a Rembrandt, only to be exhibited to a private collector's home and closed to public viewing.

Seg

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GeorgeLiquor — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:15:58 MST

I would kill someone for this.

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IntelSilver — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:32:17 MST

Well this is gonna end up at some rich person's house somewhere in Dubai.

IntelSilver

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NeverSage — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:29:02 MST

I'm impressed he put the time in to collect the stuff, really I am. But I'm almost more impressed he took the time to type all 606 titles into the description. Was that necessary? Were people emailing him "Does this come with Samba De Amigo?" It's every game. "Does this come with Shenmue?" It's every game. "Berserk?" EVERY GAME!

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TearsandScreams — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:43:31 MST

My god, it's like the grail. Not sure what I'd do with this, I'd want to open them and play them all, it's what they were made for damnit. And they've sat their never having been played, never knowing what it is to spin in a Dreamcast. It's almost cruel.

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Sinnbox — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:41:39 MST

I have seen that same picture on E-bay many times, I think that it may be a scam...

Sinnbox

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Irenicus-the one and only — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:20:45 MST

This is sooo worth it because they are all sealed. Amazing collection, fucking amazing. My dream is a NES or Snes with all games for it sealed, my wet dream :)

Irenicus-the one and only

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Sniper_Zegai — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:11:51 MST

Um......I wonder if I try hard enough, I can reach through the monitor and grab the games for myself.

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kyosen — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:59:14 MST

@theprof00: Because it's not smiled upon to call it by it's North American release name.

kyosen

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monkey_87 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:28:01 MST

20k is too much for me, and most of you.

Now, for $20,00, like the site says, I'd be willing to consider it.

monkey_87

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worthrepeating — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:17:16 MST

Now what can I sell to -- ughh, never mind!
I've already exhausted my retirement fund collecting the NTSC releases.

worthrepeating

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Old-school Sonic fanboy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:42:42 MST

Arg. My inner Sega fanboy is wishing I had some money.

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nypad5 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:17:52 MST

@Aprocalypse:
owned him hahaha great job ;D

i wish I could get my hands on this :D

nypad5

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Jet Set — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:54:23 MST

@KaneRobot: The De La version was, IIRC the version that reached either the European or the US shores. The original Japanese Jet Set Radio did not feature the Grind City levels or the two associated characters. Plus some music was different. Above all the original Jap version was really buggy.

I believe that is even a difference between the US and PAL version. The US soundtrack featured more rock oriented music.

@NoFunShogun: Now that is a very interesting and concerning point. A little bit of collecting obsession going beyond.

How many of these collections have actually been sold off for the price that was asked? And did these people do it for the money? In any case if they just wait a few more years. Which will cost them. This could be much more valuable. Like one said, museum valueable. For now these people are jsut too soon in selling off collections.

So where will the first Video Game Museum be build? Goverment sponsored.

Jet Set

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dead_red_eyes — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:49:08 MST

Wow, that's impressive. $20,000 sounds just about right for all 606 games, all unopened.

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steve86uk — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:49:02 MST

Don't think I could ever buy a complete set of sealed games like this. Games are for playing not keeping sealed. Great collection though. If theres a second set going that are all opened for half the price I'll have them. Well actually I still don't have that kind of money.

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NoFunShogun — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:25:35 MST

Wowza.... I don't know if I should be impressed or depressed at the idea of someone buying 606 games and never opening them....

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KaneRobot — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:24:00 MST

What's different with the De La version of JSR?

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BtownDesignGuy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:21:42 MST

To quote a man who I'm sure is everyone's here: "This belongs in a museum!"

BtownDesignGuy

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zerokoolpsx — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:15:43 MST

20k is just too high, he should put it back on ebay when the ps7 is out, it'll be at least 100k heh or maybe not. There are some games from DC, that I wished was ported to the ps2.

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Jet Set — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:10:57 MST

Because Jet Set Radio is the international name. Only the US knows it as Jet Grind Radio. Even the sequel was named after Jet Set Radio. Study your lessons.

In any case, how rare is De La Jet Set Radio?

Plus, does it include those demo case GD-Roms they had in Car showrooms to showcase the new Toyota car? Because those are just crazy.

Jet Set

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theprof00 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:05:59 MST

why do people at kotaku keep calling jet grind radio jet set radio

theprof00

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kevinski — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:02:22 MST

My God...only $20,000 to experience the joy of opening new Dreamcast games for weeks to come? Yay!

Seriously, though...I want the Japanese version of Illbleed.

kevinski

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psycoking — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:56:06 MST

@MugiMugi: That guys been trying to sell that auction for a while now with no luck. I thought he had sold it, but apparently not. As for the price, he's padding it because of all the Sega Direct editions of the game. Nice, but not worth what he's asking.

psycoking

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DELICIOUS BUNNY — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:54:05 MST

@nolifedopestar: Like someone with a zero rating or even 1 successful transaction would seriously cough up almost half the value of my Subaru. While the collection is very nice, I never got into DC.

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Bakunyu — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:45:07 MST

@Shin-Kaiser: Indeed I would definetly recommend getting Jet Grind Radio as it's much easier to find and it won't burn a hole in your wallet! It has the same content as De La Jet Set Radio (save that all the text in JGR is english, as opposed to DLJSR being part-english part-japanese).

The only other difference I can think of between DLJSR and JGR is that DLJSR features a full-color disc label (as opposed to usually less colorful Dreamcast discs), so nothing game-altering in itself.

Bakunyu

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Billkwando — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:40:12 MST

@fearoffours: Are we hating on collectors in here? Please count me in.

I wish I had a sattelite that would dissolve all shrinkwrap from space.

It's one thing to keep a backup copy of Shenmue. What you see above is ridiculous.

Please ignore any typos. I'm......uh......multitasking.

Billkwando

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ma5h — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:39:22 MST

Nice story, it was even nicer when i tipped you off about it two days ago *le sigh*

ma5h

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nomopofomo — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:37:26 MST

*SMART investment?

nomopofomo

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AbyssUK — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:37:20 MST

@Aprocalypse: HOW DARE YOU THE DREAMCAST ISN'T DEAD!! IT WILL NEVER DIE

AbyssUK

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nomopofomo — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:37:04 MST

Can anybody say INVESTMENT?

nomopofomo

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audio817 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:33:13 MST

the dreamcast will never die!

audio817

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badasscat — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:28:30 MST

$20,000 may or may not be an ok price, but it's not a "bargain". That's $33 per game, and most of these can be had individually for around $5. Even accounting for the rarities, they're not collectively worth $20,000.

There is the question of time in procuring them, and how much that's worth to you, and for some that could bring the price to $20k. But a "bargain", to me, is getting something for below market value. This is not below market value.

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fearoffours — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:15:44 MST

@Marlor: I dunno about nothing sadder, but in principle, you're right on. And if you already have an open copy, give the sealed one to someone who wants to play it.

fearoffours

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Ultrasinc — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:11:40 MST

If they had every Dreamcast Peripheral in it (including arcade stick, VMU and Samba de Amigo), i'd consider too.

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Clushje — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:10:15 MST

@Morberis: Yeah, the guy put it up on eBay "just for fun". [sealedgame.heavenforum.com]

Clushje

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pocketcowboy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:05:18 MST

can you seriously call any dreamcast collection complete without the official samba de amego maracas? *sigh* sweet memories

pocketcowboy

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Shin-Kaiser — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:53:26 MST

@Bakunyu: Cheers, I've been looking for it online right now. Looks like it's really hard to get (deserving of the 'rare' title) - is this more or less the same as the american version? I want to play this game again, but if the US version is the same, I might as well just get that.

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Bakunyu — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:40:35 MST

@Shin-Kaiser: De La Jet Set Radio was a Japan re-release of the original game, and it was only available by means of ordering via Dreamcast Direct. It includes everything (music, characters and levels) that was added to the US version. Pretty rare stuff! *drools*

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Shin-Kaiser — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:24:39 MST

De La Jet Set Radio! What the hell - where did that come from?

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Scuba Steve — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:21:44 MST

This auction is akin to somone selling you a ten ton block of coal with a few diamonds in it that aren't big enough to lace a drill bit.

Completists might see it as a bargain, but pound for pound you're getting ripped off.

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RagingAvatar — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:16:28 MST

@MrSoursop: It's the casing for a series of games called Eldorado Gate. It was an episodic RPG from Capcom, illustrated by Amano.

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User-name — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:16:28 MST

But does it come with the Dreamcast Console?

I'm gonna do this for my X360, and sell all these games 16 years later.

User-name

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Witzbold — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:11:02 MST

@Marlor: Not if you already have an opened copy around. ;D

Its like historical artifacts in a sense.

Witzbold

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Marlor — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:05:51 MST

There is nothing sadder than a sealed game.

They're meant to be played, damn it.

Marlor

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Balance_In_Life — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:04:09 MST

Jesus, you could this lot and then turn around and sell them all for a profit. Not to mention fulfill some poor sega fanboys' wetdream for a little while.

Balance_In_Life

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z3ntn3l — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:02:26 MST

This looks so great...

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jjpember — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:58:57 MST

@Morberis: You're correct it is too early in the morning.

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insane_cobra — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:58:47 MST

Damn, now that's a bargain.

insane_cobra

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frostcircus — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:54:32 MST

they look like cigarettes

subliminal messaging is alive and well and living on ebay

frostcircus

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noliferuin (PSN+XBL) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:49:43 MST

that guy that spent about 10k on a PS3 on ebay at launch must feel like even more of a tool

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MugiMugi — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:48:54 MST

I find that to be a bargin really... consider some of those titles in that pile is over 300$ a piece.

Take eg just this as an example: [cgi.ebay.com]

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Morberis — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:48:46 MST

@jjpember:

Looks like it never sold.

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jjpember — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:46:40 MST

Looks like someone already bought them

jjpember

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flclkris — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:45:41 MST

What a crazy fool. He goes that far out of his way to buy every single freakin one and never opens them. The buying, the selling, the waiting, all those plastic rappers... pointless! *runs and chews on hand in the corner*

flclkris

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NocturnOwl357 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:44:08 MST

must be alot of dating sims...the dreamcast was made for that sorta thing

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Chowchilla Charlie — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:41:20 MST

I've got better things to do with money.

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psycoking — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:40:44 MST

@Aprocalypse: hmm. Forgot they were sealed. Still its a rather big hit to take all at once.

psycoking

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Witzbold — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:40:17 MST

Oh shit, Id so love to get this.

I just dont have 20k. D::: If I did Id seriously consider it though.

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theherlihyboy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:39:59 MST

Dear god...had I the money to buy this.

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Aprocalypse — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:37:36 MST

@psycoking: Really? That's only $33 a game for a /complete/ collection, all in unopened state for a dead system. That sounds hardly too bad to me. <_<

Aprocalypse

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MrSoursop — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:35:54 MST

why is there a passport on it? or is it some swanky case?

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psycoking — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:34:57 MST

Nice collection, but $20,000 is a bit much.

psycoking