Contra coming to Japanese PS2

[Cowutopia]

I bought Ice Climbers 3 times.

[dcharlie]

I give up. Carry on stealing with your emulation. Some people can afford 5 pounds and actually have pleasure in actually paying for things especially as ones money goes to a company that has the talent and creative means to create something that some are a fan of. Don`t understand some poeple, really.

until they start emulating well, then Mame/Final burn etc will _always_ be prefered because the emu quality is just so much better. *shrug* i like the extras but for some of these games ,it's actually cheaper to buy the boards (even at 1980 yen! well, if you are prepared to go via Yahoo auctions) but obviously not always the case (looks at Edward Randy etc)

stealing? perhaps so - but let the person who has never EVER copied a game to a C90, ever bought a bootleg, ever downloaded a game, who has never ever stole anything in their entire lives (mp3s, cans of pop, not paid a bus ticket etc) cast the first stone (as the bible probably would have said...)

Stealing or not, doesn't make it any less kick ass! :/ If the companies really want to get some money out of us, then they can drop the downloadables onto the X360 in XBL - i see some more games are coming soon, albeit root beer tapper etc, the future is bright - and with internet multiplayer.

Also as these are licensed from the original creators, not all your cash is going to the original creators. Hell, even if you buy a second hand board (or game) the same thing is true - you still aren't supporting the deverlopers. X360 XBL? that could be the answer perhaps. Publishers to put the roms up, people pay to download - although as it's a MS created initiative, i'm not sure how that sits with retro crew

Ah, 4 player gauntlet over the web (yes, i know you can do that with out an X360, but it's just so much more easier and the voice chat is included) , Robotron, Joust etc etc... life is sweet.

[YellerDog]

I would argue, stealing makes it kick MORE ass.

How else you gonna play AvP, ferinstance?

[JAPJAC]

Some good points there dcharlie. However, for some people like myself regardless of the morality side of things `unlicensed emulation` (as maybe it should be termed) really isn`t an option due to limited knowledge and technical skill on the subject. I really don`t have a problem spending 5 quid on a release that I love and simply popping it into a PS2. Much easier for me, that clearly must make sense.

[dog$]

Seven years ago there were 5 Namco collection releases, 5 Capcom collection releases, at least two Atari/Midway sets as well as collections for Atari 2600 titles and Intellivision titles; out of all of those collections not a single one was for an individual title. Surely you can see how when most companies had no problem offering collections of their game catalogues for the previous seven years, a company that tries to resell their old titles individually today would face this kind of backlash?

ps: I don't have an XBox or any modified systems, so please don't point that sweeping brush towards me thank you.

[JAPJAC]

Let's do the MathS:

Y999 X 1 = Y999 (X1 Game).
Y999 X 5 = Y4,995 (X5 Games).

I really don't understand how it matters and how bent some people really are.

Beggers can't be choosers. Thank you Hamster.

[Clash!]

If these came to the states, at $10 each....I would buy them. But it still boggles my mind to high heaven how Konami has yet to put out an arcade compilation on any modern system. If they had put together a Contra collection, which included all of them(excluding PSone/PS2 games), they would have sold somewhere around 400 time the copies of Neo Contra, and Shattered Soldier combined.

[Tommy Tallarico]

I have an unreasonable amount of emulated games on my Xbox that I've never even played. I just like to have them around so I don't end up wasting money on stupid shit like these overpriced rereleases.

[dog$]

Let's do the MathS:

Y999 X 1 = Y999 (X1 Game).
Y999 X 5 = Y4,995 (X5 Games).

Sure, and when the single product being offered is twice that price, the item simply isn't very appealing to people when there's other collections adjacent to it on the shelf. It's the company's job, so I thought, to offer a product that would be appealing to potential customers. Isn't offering a single title at such a rate a hard sell?

And numbers? Come on. At Konami's rate, I'd have to pay $500 to have access to the same number of titles as I can get with Taito Memories 2.

I really don't understand how it matters and how bent some people really are.

People want to feel like they've not wasted their money.

Beggers can't be choosers.

Good thing I'm not begging, then.

If the companies can't figure out how to make things I want to buy, they eventually will or die trying. Either way I only earn so much per week from my job. The money's in my hands, so I think that means I can determine where it goes.

Buying videogames is a privilege, not a right.

[gameoverDude]

Rather than Contra alone for $30, I think a pack with Contra, Super Contra, and SuperFami Contra Spirits (C III) would be better. $30 + shipping is pricey for the original Contra alone given how short the game is.

In the PCE era, I would've liked to see a Duo CD remix of Super Contra with all the levels of the NES game, yet redrawn to look more like the arcade- similar to the treatment Double Dragon 2 got on PCE.

Now OTOH, I would pay the $30 for Xexex alone.