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Title: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: toaks on January 17, 2018, 12:44:52 PM: I was wondering if it was ever released as a standalone disc or just in the 4in1 disc?
Title: Re: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: SignOfZeta on January 17, 2018, 01:25:40 PM: Just the 4-in-1 that came free with Duos.
Title: Re: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: toaks on January 17, 2018, 01:48:29 PM: Ok thank you. That's what I was thinking.
Title: Re: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: Necromancer on January 18, 2018, 01:58:20 AM: Quote from: SignOfZeta on January 17, 2018, 01:25:40 PM
Just the 4-in-1 that came free with Duos.

It was also available bundled with the Super System Card for an extra $30. Same exact game though.
Title: Re: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: Black Tiger on January 18, 2018, 03:39:41 AM: The 4-in-1 was also sold by mail order separately from the System Card.
Title: Re: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: bob on January 18, 2018, 04:45:10 AM: PCE
Title: Re: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: esteban on January 18, 2018, 08:08:28 AM: Quote from: toaks on January 17, 2018, 12:44:52 PM
I was wondering if it was ever released as a standalone disc or just in the 4in1 disc?

Everyone posted the correct answer(s) already, but I thought you might be interested in this page of items from an Electronics Boutique catalog from yesteryear:

(http://archives.tg-16.com/EB/EB_1993_03_016.jpg)

BUT, I could swear there was another catalog that had COVER ART for GATE OF THUNDER and made it look like it was (possibly) available as a stand-alone game, too.

I’ll keep looking...
Title: Re: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: SignOfZeta on January 18, 2018, 10:15:26 AM: It does have cover art. It just doesn’t have back cover art.
Title: Re: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: esteban on January 18, 2018, 10:57:02 PM: Quote from: SignOfZeta on January 18, 2018, 10:15:26 AM
It does have cover art. It just doesn’t have back cover art.

No, I mean, I thought I had a scan somewhere (there is a lot of stuff I have locally, but never uploaded to website) where Gate of Thunder NA is advertised as a “stand alone” retail release for $XX.XX

Not as a pack-in
Not as a combo with NA System Card 3

And it was a proper, professional ad/catalog, not a mail-order outfit.

I’ll keep looking, because, obviously, I want to see if this is FAKE NEWS (that is, a false memory planted by FEKA)

FEKA NEWS!

Very sad.
Title: Re: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: toaks on January 20, 2018, 11:48:03 AM: Wow thanks for all the info everyone. Seeing that advertisement took me back to my teenage years looking thru gaming mags.

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Title: Re: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: Purple1308 on January 21, 2018, 10:57:32 AM: No

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Title: Re: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: geise on January 26, 2018, 02:44:43 PM: That add esteban posted just reminded me how well the Duo really could've done with better marketing. Everyone I've ever seen playing one at the time loved it! Even more so than the Sega CD. I know they just didn't have the money like Sega did at the time for TV spots but damn it really could've helped. So many were not in the know, but they all thought FMV was the future.
Title: Re: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: Black Tiger on January 26, 2018, 03:09:54 PM: Quote from: geise on January 26, 2018, 02:44:43 PM
That add esteban posted just reminded me how well the Duo really could've done with better marketing. Everyone I've ever seen playing one at the time loved it! Even more so than the Sega CD. I know they just didn't have the money like Sega did at the time for TV spots but damn it really could've helped. So many were not in the know, but they all thought FMV was the future.

They should have hired Tony Hawk to go around filming random people enjoying the Duo more than Sega-CD.
Title: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: esteban on January 26, 2018, 03:23:32 PM: Quote from: Black Tiger on January 26, 2018, 03:09:54 PM
Quote from: geise on January 26, 2018, 02:44:43 PM
That add esteban posted just reminded me how well the Duo really could've done with better marketing. Everyone I've ever seen playing one at the time loved it! Even more so than the Sega CD. I know they just didn't have the money like Sega did at the time for TV spots but damn it really could've helped. So many were not in the know, but they all thought FMV was the future.

They should have hired Tony Hawk to go around filming random people enjoying the Duo more than Sega-CD.

STOP IT!

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/tapatalk-emoji/emoji4.png)

Tony and Hawk on team PCE were better than Marky Mark and Kriss Kross on Team FEKA.

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/tapatalk-emoji/emoji4.png)

(http://www.archives.tg-16.com/EB/EB_1993_03_008.jpg)
Title: Re: Was Gate of Thunder released in the US on it's own disc?
Post by: esteban on January 26, 2018, 03:27:39 PM: INXS?! Holy shots, I don’t own the INXS SEGA... I need that.

I’m serious as cancer...