/vr/ - Retro Games

Based Roger Dean artwork.

It's amazing how the US got shafted on this one.

>>2112123
fuck that game is overly hard

>>2112227
Not nearly as bad as the US Sega port.

A personal favourite. Always wanted this as a print.

>>2112104

>Demon Attack shit game

No.

>>2112237
I could see why you think I would have implied that, but I didn't mean to. I love Demon Attack! I have it on Intellivision, 2600 and Colecovision! I really want the Odyssey2 version as well. I meant that 'this shit is metal'. Sorry anon.

Here's a badass cover on a shitty game to make up for it.

>>2112235
>posting cropped shit with title plastered

>>2112253
I'd call this one a shit game however.

>>2112257
Good point.

I love this box hard. The game... eeehh some versions are okay.

>>2112264

>I'd call this one a shit game however.

Why? Because of the lie that it's "a bad rondo port"?

It's nor a port, is a completely new game, different levels, different bosses, different evertyhing except the characters and the first level (and only marginally, the whole first level is also totally different in design)

and it's a great Classicvania.

Stop parroting opinions from the interned, yo.

>>2112269
You have opened up a new world of things to me this day.

>>2112263
Now lemme tell ya a lil' story about the time we almost lost our way o' life to a gang o' rowdy bioships...

Noctiluca made me think of this one...

>>2112269
that fucking game, horribly hard and frustrating

>>2112275
I played it years before I ever knew Rondo even existed. I could never get into it like I could the others, but this was also 18 years ago, I was 12 in the and my most recent Castlevania experience at the time was Super CV4 which I was a complete autist for. Maybe I'll give it another try someday, but from my memory I did not enjoy it.

Love that Metroid II cover something hard.

More Psygnosis love.

>>2112276

There's also a N64 sequel

>>2112278

Never played it actually, since it's only in japanese.

>>2112287

Give Dracula X on the SNES another try. It's a different game than Rondo of Blood and is actually one of the hardest Classicvanias.

People have a hateboner for Dracula X because "waaah we didn't get Rondo of Blood in the west and instead we got the shit SNES port", but that's completely wrong and I hope someday people stop thinking so negatively about Dracula X because of that.

>>2112294
I'll definitely give it another go at some point then. Really want to find a good deal on the game to build on my CV collection anyway. Will probably just import and save a chunk.

Only game my parents ever played with me right here. Had the Atari ST version as a kid and we would sit at the computer and figure out the puzzles together, or my mum would play it when she got home from work before my dad came to get me from school and she would tell us what she'd figured out. Good times.

Fuck Eric Chahi for what he did to me with From Dust.

>>2112289
no wait, I thought this
>>2112269
was this
>>2112276

>>2112315
Apparently SOS had a Japan-only sequel on the PSX. Wonder if it was translated...?

I love the hardcore fantasy cheese bleeding out of this one.

>>2112315

These SFC and N64 japanese games are titled Yokouchuu and Yokouchuu II. They are sort of adventure games with lots of text, and I think the N64 one has a lot of audio clips so you need to be good level at moon to play it.
I'm not sure but I think the theme is similar to S.O.S, instead I think it's more horror/murder mystery rather than escaping from a sinking ship.

>>2112104
how come so much box art now is just generic garbage with like some dude walking on the cover

>>2112291

Best version of SMW.

>>2112294
the general balance seems kinda bad tho, some random difficulty spikes, and that last battle setting is really cheap.

>>2112336
There are very extremely rare times when I wish you could actually 'like' a post on 4chan. This is one of them.

>>2112335
Call of Dewritos: Monster Chief Edition edge man. It's all about that hardcore edge.

This shit was real edge doe.

>>2112335
>>2112343

>>2112340

It's definitely a game for experienced CV players.

Those who liked CV1 and 3 should love Dracula X due to its controls and level design, and bosses.
It even has some alternate paths to make the game more fun to replay.

Maybe it's because it was my first Castlevania, but even though after having played Rondo of Blood I can see Rondo is the overall better game, I say Dracula X should be valorated more for what it is: a completely new Classicvania made after the same setting as Rondo. But not even the gameplay is the same, You can do the backflip and everything Ritcher can do on Rondo, except here he feels stiffer, heavier. Definitely reminds me of Simon on the NES games, whereas in Rondo he feels lighter, swifter. Which isn't bad either, in fact, it was probably a step forward in the franchise, but Ritcher in Dracula X is like playing Simon modo.
Also, no Maria. You can rescue her, but no play as her. No babby mode.

>>2112340
Came buckets 5000+ times, especially because I love that game.

I even like the US version of this one quite a bit, but man that PAL cover.

>>2112343
>There are very extremely rare times when I wish you could actually 'like' a post on 4chan.

>>2112343
+1
subscribed ',;^)

>>2112356
kek

Real shame this game didn't get more exposure. Really good action RPG.

>>2112354
dude, PSII is like my fave game ever, and to this day it is by far the most moving vidya experience I ever had. Thing is, I bought it second hand but without the hint book ; made it all the more fulfiling.

I love the cover for this

>>2112369
I really need a complete copy of II, but I can't find it locally either. Another one I think I'll have to order this xmas.

>>2112375
Yes! Especially the holofoil version!

Another Eric Chahi game. This cover just hits me right in the feels for some reason I can't place. Maybe my childhood wonder and imagination?

>>2112387
If you buy a cart, make sure the battery has been replaced. It's pretty much guaranteed that all PSII are empty, mine is

without illust : gee, lets crush rocks, because, uh, it's raining outside

With illust : HOLY SHIIIEEEETT I'M SAVING EARTH FROM DEADLY ASTEROIDS FFUUUUUCKK YYEEAAAHHH

>>2112394
If anything I can do that myself. I have a stack of CR2032s around here somewhere. Thanks for the warning though!

>>2112398
That's what I love about that gen for box art, especially the IMAGIC stuff.

Speaking of which...

it actually works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RydFWsMYhg

of the 2 2600 pacman illusts, this one is pretty damn cool.
(and it fits the bad game category)

>>2112448
Played a lot of Star Raiders as a kid. A lot more of Star Raiders II as well. SR2 was pretty much responsible for my obsession.

>>2112429
A real shame about the game. At least Ms Pac Man was decent.

If I could have sex with a game, this would be the one.

>>2112387
this is a close runner up to PSII as an all time favorite.
SMS version is pretty damn good

>>2112468
Always wanted to get into the Ultima series, and I am a massive SMS fan so I think I'll have to hunt this one down.

Not at all a bad game from what I remember. Plays kinda like Gauntlet but with much smaller stages and higher difficulty. This box however, is some real top level surrealist shit.

>>2112486
make sure you at least read (best is to print) the various manuals, as there's some vital info. Also, this game has FM sound

Now, how cool is this cover.

>>2112468
Speakin of Ultima covers, this one is hands down my favorite.

>>2112556
that is pretty sweet, too bad Ultima II was really lame
kind of wish though that they had kept that sci-fi/Fantasy mixture and expanded upon it

Ultima IIV is really sexy though

>>2112527
I consider myself one of the biggest MW4 fans around enough to make fanart of it and I don't like that coverart a bit, maybe the figurines and that's it.

the original MK looks cool with just the dragon but I like 3 the best
mostly because I have it

>>2112714
Nice illust, bro. Shame about the game. I have tried to enjoy Vortex so many times too.

Fell behind on the thread because I got called into work, but still loving these!

>>2112235
I'm sure my old copy came with a poster. Wish I'd never sold it.....

>>2112527
I love the MWIV cover, reminds me of the models in the Secret of Mana manual. Shame I don't like the game all that much though. Monster Land was far and away my favourite Wonder Boy game. Also thank you for reminding me I need to mod my SMS for FM.

>>2112556
That gave me a boner.

>>2112975
I love getting posters with games. Especially Roger Dean art posters like these.

>>2112104

>>2112257
Isn't there a version of this that's just the image without any logos at all?

>>2113489
OP delivers.

Sorry for the watermark, can't find any better pictures. Love that whole 80s space/vector/polyhedron thing.

>>2113594
For some reason this instantly reminded me of Interphase. Such an awesome game, but god damn weird.

>>2113593
Simply beautiful.

>>2113601
This is me when I'm not trying. You should see me when I get dressed up and put my face on.

A game I really want to find a copy of right here. I love my Genesis shmups.

Wish there was a pic of the Vic Viper similar to this.

>>2112451
Fox's Alien game is a decent pac-man clone too.

>>2112975

I still have mine, though it split into several pieces.

>>2113908
I actually have a copy of that on hold for me where I work until I get paid.

>>2113970
I moved to the US ten years ago and left all my PAL game stuff at home. Mine should still be in pristine condition in my old bedroom at my parents house. Need to have them look for that stuff and send it over.

I haven't posted any Roger Dean art in a while, time for a refresher.

Thank you based Bullfrog.

>>2112914
Nash is looking at Goldberg with hungry eyes while Raven looks like took a hit off a bong

great game

>>2114070
Hate to be that guy, but this is by John Harris.
Saw that game a while ago for sale in good condition. Prices are crazy now.
Bumping with some Dean for justice.

>>2114623
Okay thank you for clearing that up. I honestly didn't feel like it was him, but searches for 'Roger Dean box art' would always bring that one up. Regardless it's awesome and I love it.

Some of the most memorable box art I have seen is for Amiga and ST games.

>>2114623
maybe should have posted some actual box art. so here we go

Love this one.

>>2114650

>>2114674

>>2114762
>>2114758

I had no idea Obliterator came with a poster. That's what I get for buying it used as a kid. I would seriously kill somebody for these posters.

>>2114746
I thought the dude in the lower right had a large knife for a forearm

First true open world game I ever played.

This shit came out in 1991 and it has freedom on the level of ArmA.

>>2113593
>resized

I'd post the full resolution version but lol4chanlimits

>>2115038
Superior

Always liked this one

>>2115142
Very awesome art, super weird game.

>>2115114
I will defend to the death that 80s/90s computer game box art is some of the best that will ever have existed.

Pic related.

>>2113605
This nigga knows.
I love everything related to Steel Empire, so much I remember going to several bookstores and antique stores to try to find the apparently fake book this was supposedly based on.

>mfw myself as a 17yo guy geeked out looking for unexistant but possibly awesome books.
>Mfw geeks nowadays geek out by buying generic Mario and minecraft fugurines.

This is Phalanx tier, because Megamania is a space shooter

>>2115161
I have been exactly the same for YEARS trying to track down an English version of the book that this was supposedly based on. Also, this is one of the less common instances where I think the US got the best box art.

>>2112294
Well, you are right about it being the hardest Castlevania game. The final boss is impossible. And the rest of the game isn't easy, either. The insane difficulty is actually WHY I don't like it, it is so frustrating that it is barely fun. I don't mind stiff controls, either, that's castlevania, but it is way stiffer than Bloodlines or CV 4.

Graphics and music rock, though. And if you want a challenge, it has it.

Anyway, contributing.

>>2115179
No, Megamania is a fucked up altered state random wacky shit shooter. One of my favourite second-gen games though.

Another Atari ST cover here, because I am a giant faggot for that system.

>>2115186
I really like the look of this one. How is the game? Watched a lot of Buck Rogers as a kid.

Like every Castlevania autist like me, I have a wall scroll of this one.

>>2115195
It is one of SSI's goldbox D&D games re-skinned into a sci-fi setting. So expect an 80s DOS game on your Genesis. The graphics are better on the Genesis (vs. EGA) and so is the music (vs. PC Speaker), but it is really primitive looking and sounding. DESPITE this, it is actually pretty fun if you can put yourself in the right frame of mind for it.

>>2115206
And by that I mean the basic structure of the game and the engine are re-skinned, not the actual game itself; it is an original game.

>>2115206
Looks fascinating. I'll definitely check it out! Thanks anon.

Speaking of SSI...

Not sure if awful or god-tier

>>2115286
Phantasie? I freaking love almost everything about it. Especially the smug fucking look on that guy's face.

I still got plenty of love for the Japo classics too!

>>2115286
Forgot my image
>>2115308
Oh certainly not Phantasie! That cover art looks pretty awesome. Just forgot my image.

>>2115346
I have almost posted the Genesis Ys III on here a few times but thought the exact same thing as you.

Here's another one that I'm not sure on either way.

I think we can agree that the Sega Master System had the worst box art of all time.

>>2115365
They are the perfect storm or terrible art and terrible aesthetics.

I don't know if it counts as god tier but this artwork always left an impression on me as a kid.

(Actually from the manual but box art was the exact same IIRC)

>>2115375
The game caused so much frustration for me as a kid. It was like Operation but way more fucking stressful.

>>2115365
Oh totally with those awful clip art style pictures on the early Sega releases. Conversely though, there is some really cool art for some of the games. Here's a few of my favourites.

Yet another Eurodev game with cool art. I've always loved the look of those cyberpunk goggles in various media.

>>2115401
I know right? It drove me crazy with all its random beeps and that synthesizer voice...

>>2115464
2000 AD artist

>>2115365
fun fact : black belt is actually hokuto no ken

>>2115179
>mfw I realise his tie isn't popping off because the game's so radical, he's just reached the seventh wave and that fucker's about to strangulate him
>mfw I remember that they were the seventh wave after Christ knows how many years

>>2115475
Japanese version is actually much cooler.

>>2114616
>Espanish version
Wow, Spaniards really don't have a knack for English, huh?

>>2115475
>>2115729
This fucking game. I have it on the 3DO.

I actually like the 3DO cover quite a bit more.

>>2115729
>>2115951

Those are nice too, but I like the US Sega CD version because it's less typical, and it looks really good in person, that cover has a special kind of finish that makes it look like it's almost an original painting.

Here's a more typical shmup cover I also like

>>2116148
Everything about Silpheed is awesome. [Spoiler] Except Project Silpheed [/spoiler]

Nothing says 'awesome' quite like the Shatterhand box doe.

>>2116505
Wow my phone can't spoiler tags.

Here's another Atari ST fave to make up for it.

always a fan

>>2112251
This wasn't shit!! It was my first import game :(

>>2116516
I meant no disrespect, but Xardion is very 'love it or hate it' when it comes to popular opinion. I still bought it, and I'll still play it, but I probably won't like it.

Could never get this game to finish loading on my ST (kept 'bombing' out) but my god I loved the box. Amiga version pictured here.

I saw this box from across Blockbuster and it drew me like a magnet

>>2116595
Something about that cover is unbelibaby awesome, not quite sure what it is.

More amazing Mega CD artwork here.

>>2116148

>>2116516
oh come on. boxart, and some decent music aside, Xardion is a TERRIBLE game.

>>2117029
I might have to order that soundtrack just because I love both it and that cover.

Also here's another version of >>2112263

I'm not entirely sure which I prefer.

>>2117029
I might have to order that soundtrack just because I love both it and that cover.

Also here's another version of >>2112263

I'm not entirely sure which I prefer.

Do arcade flyers count as covers?

>>2117081
Sure, why not? That is too fucking adorable in a really awkward way.

Shit game alert!

>>2117206
In that case posting more. But not SNK shit 'cause that's ezmodo.

>>2117248
They fucked up the proportions of Lando's hands something shocking.

>>2117252
Is being able to crush your own skull with one hand not normal?

>>2117253
Oh yeah? Take the Atari ST cover! I had this monstrosity when I was a kid. It wasn't the worst port ever, but it wasn't exactly good either.

>>2117279
Oh God what did they do to it?

>>2117279
>you will never wear a purple suit of armour and surf on a skull

feels bad man

>>2117279
>>2117253
Those are decent and all, but lemme post the coolest box art of all time.

>>2117287
Yes, there are worse ports on the system (along with some arcade perfect ports too). But man, that music and that duck. Still played the hell out of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ha6HeyI2BI

>>2117297
I never quite understood why he was a future cyborg robot man on this cover.

>>2117347
Oooh I have this, the even better thing is the contents. I might have to make a thread about this at some point soon.

Pic related, it's mine. Found it at a local pawn shop a few years ago and thankfully it has all the pieces! It's super fun to play with a full group.

>>2117245

Love the "guy-in-suit" genre, even though those tend more often than not to be girls.
Pic definitely a guy, Captain Commando in his early days.

>>2117601
I love the regular box art for Section Z too. Holy shit though I never knew that the main character was Captain Commando! Thanks for the info anon.

>>2117248

>>2118060

>>2112697
I loved the way the '3' went around the dragon, I kept drawing my 3's that way. Still do today.

For the piece of rubbish this game is by Taito standards, that's very good.

>>2118060
It's like they took a couple of really awesome things - the Master System and Chase HQ - and combined them to create what might be the single greatest piece of box art in the history of the multiverse.

This will always be a favourite.

Best cover for a porn game ever

>>2117551

That box is fucking beautiful.

>>2118560
I know right? I also really want to get a copy of Conquest of the World, which was a world war-themed game that had a board and pieces too.

I love classic mecha designs. This box always makes me think of Patlabor for some reason.

Bumping with one of the best.

Sums up the game so well~

>>2120526
this one is good too

>Being a good game.

>>2120526
>>2112343

>>2120527
I love Dinosaurs for Hire! Great Sega first-party answer to Contra!

>>2120534
Love me some System Shock. Warren Spector is responsible for my favourite PC games of all time.

I adore the box for the sequel too!

>>2120564
>>2120534

I've yet to play these two games, should I play the first one or go straight for the sequel?

>>2120587

System shock 2 is about what you would expect from an FPS nowadays, its more modern (mostly because of system shock 2 itself), but it has its issues.

imo there is no game quite like the first system shock, that shit is crazy, I would play both if you can.

>>2120587

System Shock 1 has kind of a clunky interface (mainly impeded by the low resolution), and the levels are all extremely mazelike. If you can look past those issues it's still a good game, but if those sound like crippling flaws to you then I'd advise you move on to the sequel.

Kenji Ando's tableaux for Lunatic Dawn are excellent.

>>2120949
Something about that picture is really moving, can't quite put my finger on it but I love it.

I also don't know why but I love the hell out of this cover. Cool people will also know the funny thing about me posting this after the past week.

>>2112251
Man, it's like Obari did Zeorymer or something. I like it.

>>2121487
Wish I could find a better quality scan; there's an old artbook full of scenes like this I should nab. This cover gives off a petrified look, as if the only timeless moments for adventurers come in song encompassed by sandy haze.

Way better than the Japo one. If only jpegs could foil.

>>2112263
I never got to play this. What the Hell is going on here. Just some lolrandom juxtaposition or was something banjo related in the actual game?

Been wondering about this one for 20 plus years.

>>2118262
>TIMGAF

>>2122564

>a cover with a hefty dose of bird asshole

Fuck is wrong with japan

F18 vs Aliens

A direct rip off of Flash Gordon for the 2600, except with a drug trip cover

>>2122593

I see nothing scandalous or too strange.

>>2121501
Funny you should say that, because Xardion's design was created by Moriki Yasuhiro, the same guy who designed Zeorymer. The Gundam lookalike in Xardion, Salamander / Triton, was designed by Hajime Katoki, of Gundam fame.

Also one of my favourite fightan.

Pic related: Kid Chameleon.

Found a better quality scan of the cover.

>>2112406
That video alone isn't proof of anything.

>>2125160
they made the rom public, and yes it works.

I really like the mech design. Too bad the game is rather mediocre.

>>2125420
I already love that game. That love just multiplied by a lot.

>>2122495
It has absolutely nothing to do with the game. Rumor is the cover artists wanted to make it stand out from all of the other shooters of the day.

>>2122495
Here's the original.

>>2112235
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>>2113489
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>>2113601
>>2113970

>>2126267
I love me that penis ship.

>>2126810
Somebody else posting Psygnosis games!

Seriously they had some kick ass artists.

>>2127264
Wow that was not the image I selected on my phone.

Here we go.

No one ever talks about this game.

Not entirely sure if the game's artwork by luis royo was stolen, but it seems plausible

>>2128602

It was licensed. Actually the artwork is exactly the same. Only the promotional pictures were slightly edited.

>>2128602
The game is best known for a controversy regarding the image of Queen Gremla where a visible nipple that can be seen in its advertising and inlay artwork (which has originally appeared on the cover of Heavy Metal (May 1984 - Vol.8 No.2) called Cover Ere Comprimee and is attributed to Luis Royo).[6][7] Oli Frey, the art editor for Crash magazine, painted over the original bare-breasted image with a thin grey corset so that it could be printed, but retailers still demanded that logos be placed over the nipples.[8] Game Over won the awards for best advert and best inlay of the year, according to the readers Crash.[9]

>>2128556

>>2128815
Don't forget the third Jesper Kyd MD title.

>>2129002
>Chris George : It helps when Sega hires the Japanese animation studio responsible for some of the best episodes of the series to hand-draw all the animation frames for the Batman and Robin characters. We would scan them in, and I was responsible for going over them frame-by-frame to turn the scanned drawings into sprites. One of the surprising parts of this was that the animation studio actually sent us all the frames (thousands of them) as original pencil drawings instead of photo-copies.

Why can't we have such nice things anymore.

George was the artist at clockwork tortoise.

>>2115142
I wish someone would make a game with actual in-game art that looked like a box cover from the 80's.

This one seems appropriate

>>2129303
I love Gods. Played a lot of it on the Atari ST. I have the SNES version now and really enjoy that version too.

Sadly this game never had a box, but it's still highly worth chekcing out if you liked Gods. It's called Legend Quest: Robin Hood.

Ubi Soft in 1990!

>>2115142
I want a remake of this game so badly.

>>2125420
thats really fucking cool

makes me appreciate the game even more

Art's by the Saint Seiya character designer.

This game could have been localized: the creator, Eiichiro Nakazato, worked at Broderbund's Kyodai studio in the late-'80s when they were importing PC games.

Excerpt photo from OG Lunatic Dawn's cover. Also by Kenji Ando!

Love the cosmological aspect of this cover. Game itself was very successful in 1985 (for a PC game anyway), so much that Japanese gamers call Dragon Quest a Mugen no Shinzou II rip-off.

Actual box art.

>>2112104
I can't for the life of me remember when specifically but there was an article in Tips 'n Tricks magazine sometime between 2000 and 2003 where they talked to a guy from Imagic about the making of those covers, and even showed the models used (which he kept in his garage).

>>2133302
That is amazing and I pray that's what you're gonna write about.

>>2133357
Haha, not yet. There are Sokoban games for Windows I can't find in the usual places, even if the pre-Windows PC games and console versions are easy to request or get.

Because Jim.

Shame about the game.

>>2115179
Phalanx's cover works because it's a space western universe. The banjo redneck is the player character, decades after his awesome space shootan adventures

>>2141905
Whoops, total wrong picture.

Here we go...

It got my attention back in the day. I was expecting awesome robot side scrolling action and instead got choppy gameplay and boring level design.

>>2141920
Oh god that's some real painful shit.

Here's a seriously awesome Mega CD box to make up for it.

>>2141935
>Nobunaga and his Ninja Force

Based on a true story.

>>2141906
I have the promo poster framed

>>2117041
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>>2113353
I say godamn, nobody does spaceship porn like the Japs. Fucking awesome.

>>2141956
for MASSIVE DAMAGE

>>2141970
Nice, I just have this.

>>2112104
>le false molehamed
>muh skeletons
>sexy aliens

>>2122558
that game is godtier aswell

>>2112914

That cover would imply that Kevin Nash and Raven are the about the same height, which just is not so.

>>2112104

>>2122609

They went out of their way to include some bird asshole in that cover art

I never noticed that until this thread pointed it out but I will second "the fuck is wrong with japan"

>>2114650
>It's awesome
Pun intended?

>>2115375
I would've shit my pants if my folks ever got me that game as a kid. Nightmare inducing boxart.

>>2127159

>>2117267
>year 2009

>>2142751
>repost
>low resolution
>every time

Simple elegance. Everything you need to care about is on this cover.

Too bad Americans fucked up first one.

Everything about Xak's cover is great. At least it has quality scans, unlike some other games from the era with great boxes.

>>2118270
WHY BONER

Another Lunatic Dawn figurine scene.

Really surprised John Berkey wasn't commissioned to do any (to my knowledge) video game artwork especially with all the space themed games of the 80's and early 90s.

>>2146231
Um, anon....

>>2146231
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>>2121487
stupid 80's trivia - the "model" for this art is Tina Yothers from Family Ties

>>2145691
This looks like it could have been an Ys title. I just popped seven boners.

>>2146428
It pretty much is a Ys game, released so MSX fans could have a timed exclusive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxaXpca_G0

Game's received an excellent translation still not out in the wild yet (was originally used for a digital-download release of the game now discontinued).