Caltron 6 in 1 (Brazilian)
So I've looked about the forums and seen a number of posts about this version of the game that answers a lot of questions. However, what I really want to know is that as a collector, is it worth picking up this verison? I'm collecting on a budget as I am sure many of you are. I'd love nothing else then to snag a north Amarican copy but it's really tempting picking one of these up as they tend to be cheaper. I'm looking to collect them all (as in NES games) and I don't mind picking up repoductions and what not for the heavy hitters. So to make this short, what do tall think?
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Personally I'd rather just stick to what I'm collecting. If I wanted an NES set, I wouldn't count lickle in place of samson, its just not the same.
I would pick it up as a cool oddity or variant, but not to fill that void left by the absence of the real thing. Plus, the real deal isn't that expensive, it's the myriad sticker that is stupid expensive.
That being said, I doubt it meets the criteria of most other collectors (whether they are willing to pay for one themselves aside.) Especially since you said you were after a complete set.
If you don't mind reproductions but for whatever reason "need" to have an NTDEC/Caltron 6-in-1 multicart in your collection, the Brazilian release is probably the cheapest one to get?
The HES real player's pak is probably the cheapest version to get. I doubt they 'optimized' for PAL, seeing as it was freaking HES.
That's true but I'd never pay 500$ for a Little Samson.
can't believe I missed this. You know Samson is like over 1k now right?
also if you're filling gaps in your "collection" with repros, that's not collecting.
I know its super frowned upon around here, but I have no problem filling in gaps with repros. I would never drop the coin that some of these games fetch, but some are really fun to play. Yes, I can and do emulate, but would like to have a physical cart to play as well even if its not original. If I could get a Little Samson for $100, I would buy it in a heartbeat. But yeah, im not dropping 4 figures on a game. Nope.
For $18 more you could buy an Everdrive and have every other game on it too. You could even write "Little Samson" on the label.
I know its super frowned upon around here, but I have no problem filling in gaps with repros. I would never drop the coin that some of these games fetch, but some are really fun to play. Yes, I can and do emulate, but would like to have a physical cart to play as well even if its not original. If I could get a Little Samson for $100, I would buy it in a heartbeat. But yeah, im not dropping 4 figures on a game. Nope.
For $18 more you could buy an Everdrive and have every other game on it too. You could even write "Little Samson" on the label.
Yep cookie cutter argument from everyone on this forum. I have a PSP, a Wii, a tablet, and a PC with every game I could ever want to play. Or, I can buy something I want on my shelf.
I know its super frowned upon around here, but I have no problem filling in gaps with repros. I would never drop the coin that some of these games fetch, but some are really fun to play. Yes, I can and do emulate, but would like to have a physical cart to play as well even if its not original. If I could get a Little Samson for $100, I would buy it in a heartbeat. But yeah, im not dropping 4 figures on a game. Nope.
For $18 more you could buy an Everdrive and have every other game on it too. You could even write "Little Samson" on the label.
Yep cookie cutter argument from everyone on this forum. I have a PSP, a Wii, a tablet, and a PC with every game I could ever want to play. Or, I can buy something I want on my shelf.
I think its cookie-cutter, because buying a repro of a game just because its expensive doesn't make sense. If you are going for a set, the point is to complete the set by getting all the games. A repro of Little Samson would be the same as writing "Little Samson" on the front of a copy of Silent Service. Neither really count towards the set because neither are 'real.' They are just a proxy of the real thing.
On top of that, this proxy cost $30-50, is less functional than an everdrive, and at the end of the day, is just a fake.
I see it like buying a t-shirt "I ran the Boston Marathon" without having even taken a single step.
the flash cart thing is the standard reply because people usually try to rationalize their counterfeits by claiming they just want to play on hardware, which is generally see-through bullshit. rookie isn't using that argument so the flash carts don't really factor in.
Unless you collect fake shit, then we will come burn that mother down