Game Identification

[manuel]

Will you get the copy from the site you linked to?
Taiwan seems like a good place to get such stuff. I SOOOOO want to travel there in the near future.

[JC]

One of the big misconceptions I've had and most people have is that pirates come primarily out of Hong Kong and mainland China. But, during the late 80s and early 90s, most came from Taiwan. And, most of the ports and originals were developed in Taiwan. During the late 90s to now, mainland China has taken the lead in developing Famicom games. Hong Kong was big in pirate disks.

After working on it for months, I finally have a contact in Taiwan who's gonna help me buy stuff. I might get the linked copy, or I might see if my contact can find it cheaper. It's kinda common, from what I've seen.

EDIT: Dang! http://goods.ruten.com.tw/item/show?11071111436871

[manuel]

Doki Doki Panic for 500 Taiwan Dollar? That's like 16 US$...

Just a little question. How do you find a contact in Taiwan? On other boards?
I also know 2 women in Taiwan (studied together in Fukuoka), but they aren't into gaming, so I can't ask help from them.

[JC]

Doki Doki Panic for 500 Taiwan Dollar? That's like 16 US$...

You sure about that price? I thought it was closer to $70USD. It's in Chinese Yuan.

[manuel]

When it is Chinese Yuan, then that's more like the price you said.

I wonder why a Taiwanese site would use mainland Chinese Yuan, though.

Both Chinese and Taiwanese currencies are referred to as "yuan" (元).
I haven't read through the site's policy, but at first sight I assumed it would be Taiwanese Yuan.
But if your Taiwanese contact said it's Chinese Yuan and he doesn't just try to rip you off ( ...  ), then probably what he says is right.

[JC]

If you get a chance, could you confirm which it is. I'd need to know because it would shape my purchases. $16 is vastly different from $70.

Read a bit about it HERE, but obviously no eBay confirmation. Your logic makes sense: Why would they use Chinese conversion rates?

[manuel]

I just checked another product. An EEEPC, which usually costs between 400 and 600$ depending on configuration.

http://goods.ruten.com.tw/item/show?11080816683675

The seller wants 15000 Yuan for it. In Taiwan Dollars that would be 477 US$. If it's mainland Chinese Yuan that would make it nearly 2200 US$. This makes me believe that's it's truly Taiwan Dollars we're talking about.
So it seems you're lucky. That copy of Dokidoki Panick should only be around 16 US$.

Ask your contact, he will most likely tell you the same.

[FamicomFreak]

I got a powerjoy 3 today and it came with games built in which makes it much more fun than my other power joy 3 with no games in it. I want to know what game this is.

[133MHz]

That's Brush Roller by Hwang Shinwei.

[FamicomFreak]

Kewl thanks a lot!

[JC]

Ask your contact, he will most likely tell you the same.

I noticed the same thing. And, I've since confirmed with my contact that the site uses Taiwan New Dollars.

[JC]

Does anyone recognize this game? If I'm not mistaken, isn't that Korean?

[manuel]

It's Japanese and Chinese.
Japanese reading is Meikyuu Kumikyoku. Western release = Milon's Secret Castle.

[FamicomFreak]

I though for a second that was a Mario game. The title looks so mario like...

[JC]

It turns out I'm not as familiar with games as I thought:

Bokosuka Wars


Joust


Slalom


Chojin Sentai Jetman


City Connection


Transformers: Comvoy No Nazo


Lot Lot


Darkwing Duck (NES) / Megaman hack