hmm…true. its not common but something like Metal Slug for neo geo aes fetches 1000+ even though it is very easily obtainable.

i just dont understand why its any different for VB. People dump and release roms of ER games on a bunch of other systems. Those games have been fetching the same prices forever.

fine, ill begin making my own Zero Racers lol

$ is the root of all evil

i dont feel that the VB community is large enough to the point that dumping the games would make a big splash. yet when the flashboy is released, it will be easily (i guess) obtainable, lessening the amount of $ needed to play a dump of say Virtual Bowling. this, in turn, MAY depreciate the value, but i doubt it will be significant.

i sold my original VB collection in 2003 for a little over 400$. my collection was far more vast than it will ever be again. looking at the rate prices are going up and down on ebay, if i sold the same collection today, it would probably go for times and a half that much, yet all of the games i owned are dumped and had been dumped back then as well. the market is changing rapidly, therefore prices go up and down rapidly in my eyes. ex: Panzer Dragoon Saga was obtainable for around 100-200$ about 3-4 years ago. now its considerably more rare to win it for less than 200$ at auction. yet this game has been dumped since not long after the saturns end. the economy and interest in certain games is pretty unpredictable..

how do you apply these patches ?

me either

uh…well if hurricane katrina didnt hit, id offer my proto copy of Propeller Arena for DC. Instead, i offer you a very unique ride:

[KJ4860]

it is very naughty and should not be done. 😉

• This reply was modified 19 years, 1 month ago by KJ4860.

i agree in full.

the roms on vb emus are nonsense as you dont have anything remotely like the true experience except for the fact that your playing the game minus sound, controller, 3D effect, etc.

i think thats a good idea to wait for when flashboy is released. we should then begin to give more serious and organized attention to this matter.

hmmmm….

but what if the person wishes to dump his carts but doesnt have the equiptment, as palacios pointed out.

i think with the same basic rule applied to all users, where it cannot be downloaded unless the user has met the forum requirements, the persons whom will have access to the downloads will more than likely not be into passing roms onto other sites, but rather a VB gamer commited to the VB scene.

also, $ could be involved where users will pay a certain one time fee/per rom fee on their account. this idea may sounds unethical but it and the other one could stop the spead of the rom, which i dont see as a large problem if it does even occur. its not like the VB scene is THAT big..besides, theres nothing like having a game play on a VB rather than an emu, just not the same.

for the person(s) that decide to dump their games for this site, they could receive an all-access, free pass on their account to download any other roms that may be later dumped/already dumped here.

so…any say on the matter of Bound High for Flashboy Chris ? 🙂

he is what he eats…hmm k

i guess theres only one way to know the outcome 😉

thats why i mentioned they should only be released here to people that have met the forum requirements. i dont necessarily see the carts losing value, i think the original carts are still way more collectible than the roms by far. the hardcore vb collectors will still shell out a heavy penny for the most sought after games even if they are available at the most public level. Look at neo geo for example. those roms are beyond easily accessible, yet there is still a giant fan following of collectors. The same goes for SNES, NES, etc….but when you look up earthbound or chrono trigger on ebay, they still have a high price tag.

and when were u planning on telling everyone this …?

i searched here and everywhere on the net a few nights ago and may have saw the same post you did. plenty of listings led to here and they mentioned private dumps of the 4. i imagine that these dumps are for their personal safety (if the original cart is lost) or they dump it for a group they are in, like one of those japanese game rings. i would hope that someone will share the games that are most wanted by the VB community after the flashboy is released. it isnt like we are gaining anything from a dump..we just get to play what they will bank off of one day. no reason to keep the game to yourself

oh, and protos are welcome too 😉

see, we already have a willing person to dump ones rare carts. Someone with the 4 super rares, please contribute to the VB community!

man oh man..i think this will push the VB scene into a motion it has not seen since 95.