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

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 6:37 pm
by mgalekgolo
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).

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:33 pm
by MottZilla
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.

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:31 am
by mgalekgolo
I read that somewhere else too, is there an estimate on the price and time yet?

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:15 am
by MottZilla
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.

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:29 am
by mgalekgolo
Alright thanks for the info.

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:15 pm
by SkinnyV
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 :)

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 3:52 pm
by mgalekgolo
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!

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 4:27 pm
by Tormenter
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.

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 4:59 pm
by mgalekgolo
I searched for him and he doesn't seem to exist on those forums...

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:57 am
by Tormenter
mgalekgolo wrote:I searched for him and he doesn't seem to exist on those forums...
Sorry I fixed it, its Ziggy587, not Jiggy587

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:59 am
by mgalekgolo
Oh, thanks :P.

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:50 pm
by mgalekgolo
Its up on retrousb, for $12,000. Why does that piss me off?
http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.ph ... cts_id=113

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:55 pm
by tepples
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.

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:04 pm
by mgalekgolo
I think he's trolling me.

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:44 pm
by Bregalad
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).