Holy crap on a cracker! Gotta love ebay!...or hate it!

[nat]

Sealed copies of Dynastic Hero are truly very rare on the market.  I doubt that anyone will pay $899 for it, but I can't blame Red Frog for trying    

I can.

It's a slap in the face to the Turbo community. They are toting the TZD name, a name that was built upon an entirely different business principle years before they had anything to do with it. They are using that reputation, that name, and using it to endorse bullshit like this.

[ceti alpha]

It's a slap in the face to the Turbo community. They are toting the TZD name, a name that was built upon an entirely different business principle years before they had anything to do with it. They are using that reputation, that name, and using it to endorse bullshit like this.

Agreed. It's pretty scummy to say the least. 

[GUTS]

We're any of you guys really in the market for a sealed Dynastic Hero?  For a game that there's only 1500-3000 copies in existence, I say let somebody with tons of money buy it who isn't going to open it.  I don't see why everyone is so riled up, just buy an open US version for $350 when the next one comes up if you want a US version that bad, or like Zeta said just buy the $10 PCE version.

BTW, there was a Dynastic Hero up for 3 weeks that failed to sell at $350, so I seriously doubt anyone is going to pay $900 for a sealed one.

[BigT]

That's right.  The market for a sealed Dynastic Hero game is so small, that they have as good a chance to sell it for $899 as they would for $499.  Basically, the US market for the Turbo was small to begin with and this game comes from the very end of its, when all but the most loyal users bailed...  Did they even stock it in stores? I never saw one back then.

This is strictly a collector's item.

If I bought it, there would be 0% chance that I would open it...  I'm just unwilling to pay that much for that game...

[SignOfZeta]

Aside from TZD, the only place I knew that you get get DH from was Diehard, and the Diehard in Michigan didn't even stock it...I don't think.

[MurderDate]

Wow..

Did ANYBODY here get a Dynastic Hero when it came out?  What's your story?

The game doesn't even really look that amazing to me , but I know that's not the point..

[nat]

Yeah, the game is not "amazing." It's good, but not amazing. It's just a port of Wonderboy V/Wonderboy in Monster World with redbook audio.

[_joshuaTurbo]

I got it sealed in '94 from TZD.  opened it- played the hell out of it......


Good times-  I sold it at the MGC in 2004.  I had no idea what it was worth...

Dude offered me $150-  and I was like, meh not worth that much- SOLD!!

I paid 49.99 for it in 1994. 

[nodtveidt]

More auction insanity...check this shit out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350021152727

Die.

[nat]

Ha, that's GameSquad, I'm not surprised.

[MurderDate]

I don't understand GameSquad.  Are they really getting those prices on their buy it nows? ? Sometimes I wonder if they themselves buy-it-now to drive up the price and make their stuff look more desirable.  You simply don't see ANYBODY else getting $200 for a used TG16 core system with Keith Courage.  Does not compute.

[nodtveidt]

Yeah, my wife and I were just looking at their prices. Absolutely ridiculous. They're competing with redfrog for "Biggest Bullshitter".

[BigT]

Interesting, the $899 ebay auction seems to have ended early:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Turbo-Grafx-Duo-THE-DYNASTIC-HERO-Factory-Sealed-NEW_W0QQitemZ220199687699QQihZ012QQcategoryZ62053QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQtrksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem

"The seller ended this listing early because the item is no longer available for sale."
 

[Sinistron]

ended early for one of these reasons- 1) the attention the auction was getting here- they'll either A) wait for it die down, B) put up for similar price under another seller name, C) put it up as regular auction and snap it back up themselves if it doesn't reach what they think they can get for it... 2) they found some offline chump who thinks a grand is a good deal on that, 3) they'll keep doing this and snapping it back to drive up the price and then eventually put it up for like 1200.  lol.  Eh- enough of my tedious multiple choices- though they are a good way to force myself to see other angles.  Point is not to put anything past them- we know what kind of shit pieces these cats are- the kind that snake up out of the toilet looking to ass rape their makers- in this situation the turbo community.  Every love spawns an exploitation.  Just nature- but it'd be a lot easier to swallow if only that "TZD" moniker wasn't attached like a cold slap in the face with a laugh track rolling.  My disgust however is now passing and approaching something that can almost be called enjoyment- as this is surely the seeds of this community dealing out its own brand of justice.  Let's keep these cocksuckers on their toes until perhaps they give up the ghost and realize that using the title of a beforehand trusted business can only be detrimental toward their goal of robbing this community.  f*ck 'em hard!

[nat]

I'd guess they took it down due to pressures from the community. Just a guess....