How much would a repro of star ocean be...

mgalekgolo · Post by **mgalekgolo** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 6:37 pm

I've read that it can be done, but I was wondering how much it would cost to buy it from one of the people here, as i've read there are some who can do it. I have about $70 left over from buying the super everdrive but it cannot play star ocean (96 mbits and all that).

MottZilla · Post by **MottZilla** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:33 pm

Wait awhile, RetroZone (www.retrousb.com) showed off Star Ocean reproduction cartridges awhile back so probably sometime in the near future they will be available and won't be hacked together reproductions but actual new nicely made carts.

mgalekgolo · Post by **mgalekgolo** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:31 am

I read that somewhere else too, is there an estimate on the price and time yet?

MottZilla · Post by **MottZilla** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:15 am

Judging by the SNES Campus Challenge that he already sells, I wouldn't expect it to cost more than that which is at $80. I would expect it to be cheaper but you never know.

mgalekgolo · Post by **mgalekgolo** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:29 am

Alright thanks for the info.

SkinnyV · Post by **SkinnyV** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:15 pm

Good idea, specially that most people are lazy and take an actual Japanese Star Ocean cart to mod instead of taking a crap sport game and modding it to take the 96Mbits decompressed version that doesn't require an SDD-1 donor cart. Plus with Retrozone, you get a a cool clear cart

mgalekgolo · Post by **mgalekgolo** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 3:52 pm

I noticed they now have mr.gimmick and some other one, I don't think I saw those earlier this day, might have missed them. But it seems promising!

Tormenter · Post by **Tormenter** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 4:27 pm

MottZilla wrote:Wait awhile, RetroZone (www.retrousb.com) showed off Star Ocean reproduction cartridges awhile back so probably sometime in the near future they will be available and won't be hacked together reproductions but actual new nicely made carts.

Try Ziggy587 over at racketboy.com forums. Much better personal service than at retrozone.

mgalekgolo · Post by **mgalekgolo** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 4:59 pm

I searched for him and he doesn't seem to exist on those forums...

Tormenter · Post by **Tormenter** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:57 am

mgalekgolo wrote:I searched for him and he doesn't seem to exist on those forums...

Sorry I fixed it, its Ziggy587, not Jiggy587

mgalekgolo · Post by **mgalekgolo** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:59 am

Oh, thanks

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mgalekgolo · Post by **mgalekgolo** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:50 pm

Its up on retrousb, for $12,000. Why does that piss me off?
http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.ph ... cts_id=113

Post by **tepples** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:55 pm

You may have been semipredicated. The pattern 12345 ("that's the same combination as my luggage!") makes me think it's a sentinel value, and the product isn't really for sale yet. Notice that the description hasn't really been written.

mgalekgolo · Post by **mgalekgolo** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:04 pm

I think he's trolling me.

Bregalad · Post by **Bregalad** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:44 pm

That should be some kind of joke. Nobody would pay $12k for a cartridge, no matter what it is. I guess the most expensive carts were prototypes which was arround $1k.

I finished Star Ocean recently (I used BSNES because I'm against reproductions) and honestly the game is similar to Tales of Phantasia, but much less good. The battle system is very messed up, all dunegons are mazes that are extremely annoying to figure out, and save points are sparse.
So I'd recommend you play Tales of Phantasia instead. (also I recommend you use an emulator or a PowerPak but that's another story).