/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.9677458]

I cannot STAND that the American copies of this game are like $100-300 on eBay, yet I keep seeing Japanese copies going for 15-20.

[Anonymous No.9677459]

Pirate it

[Anonymous No.9677467]

>>9677459
I like having the physical copies.

[Anonymous No.9677469]

>>9677458
This game cost me exactly $0

[Anonymous No.9677472]

>>9677467
>throwing a bitchfit over scalper prices
Stop being poor

[Anonymous No.9677481]

It this worth it? It requires a memory card with freemcboot, but apparently they'll throw it in for free if I just ask according to their website?

[Anonymous No.9677482]

>>9677458
A coworker of mine found it for 40$ on OfferUp recently. Keep your eyes peeled you can get lucky sometimes...

[Anonymous No.9677484]

>>9677467
Vote with your wallet and be patient, these scalper fags will be divorced by their wives one day. Probably around the time the 2023 crash comes and nobody wants to buy the dozens of CRT TV's they've packed the house with

[Anonymous No.9677490]

>>9677458
This was always stupid expensive. It's gotten particularly crazy nowadays as has everything but even back in the day it was regularly around $80 used at GameStop.

[Anonymous No.9677491]

>>9677481
If you spend money on that you are literally being scanmed. At that point why not chuck the game on a USB since you need FreeMCBoot anyway?

[Anonymous No.9677504]

>>9677458
It's mahvel baybee

[Anonymous No.9677505]

>>9677458
Imagine paying any amount of money for this blatant kusoge lmao

[Anonymous No.9677510]

>>9677481
Man it's THIS easy to scam retards on the internet now? I can hundred of those a day for close to nothing

[Anonymous No.9677573]

>>9677481
Just burn the game on a disc wtf, is it so hard for first worlders?

[Anonymous No.9677574]

>>9677458
Japanese people don't have the space to be "collectors". Once you have over 100 games in Japan, that's space that could be RENTED for 60,000 yen a month.

North Americans will never understand living in a country that your toilet is also your shower

[Anonymous No.9677581]

>>9677458
It’s ok but it’s not capcom vs snk 2. Just install opl it’s so fucking easy these days. There’s no reason you need to bitch about game prices if you just want to play the games. Yes, it sucks but if you buy a copy for 250 dollars then you are actively reinforcing these bad business practices. So, just pirate it and play it and be happy.

[Anonymous No.9677591]

>>9677574
The average Jap lives in a space no larger than this

[Anonymous No.9677660]

>>9677574
Japs keep their shitters in a room separate from their shower, unlike us westerners.

[Anonymous No.9677691]

>>9677458
>keep seeing Japanese copies going for 15-20
yeah I don't think anyone in Japan ever cared about Marvel characters

[Anonymous No.9677893]

Why exactly do you need an american copy of a fighting game if a japanese one is way cheaper?

[Anonymous No.9677909]

>>9677481
>It requires a memory card with freemcboot
kek I would unironically pay money for nice PS1 repros that actually worked without the freemcboot shit. I hope retrobit or whatever starts printing ps1 games and fucks the scalpers.

[Anonymous No.9677912]

>>9677458
Just emulate the arcade version

[Anonymous No.9677914]

>>9677912
Dreamcast version is arcade perfect

[Anonymous No.9678553]

>>9677458
It is because Marvel is very popular in the USA and nowhere near as much in Japan. Capcom has collaborated with others like SNK, Tatsunoko, and Namco but none of those were as successful in America as MVC2. Like Sonic the Hedgehog, Marvel resonates with American audiences more than those in Japan. Characters like Iron Man, Deadpool, Wolverine, Spiderman, Batman, X-men, Superman, Hulk, and Doctor Strange really captures the imagination of the American audience. Capcom just happen to catch the Marvel license for the cheap in the mid '90s because they were going bankrupt at the time. The audience and top competitors for MVC2 tend to be non-Japanese, so that's why it is priced less in Japan, just be thankful they did not make a Marvel Vs. Simpsons NFL, then it would be really popular here.

[Anonymous No.9678589]

>>9677574
Behold the Japanese collector
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyeIdip58sU

[Anonymous No.9678609]

>>9678589
sasuka nippon desu

[Anonymous No.9679060]

>>9677467
me too anon

[Anonymous No.9679076]

>>9677458
>I cannot STAND that the American copies of this game are like $100-300 on eBay, yet I keep seeing Japanese copies going for 15-20
NIGGA ITS A FIGHTING GAME
JUST BUY THE JAPANESE COPY

[Anonymous No.9679419]

>>9678553
>Marvel Vs. Simpsons NFL
This would unironically be awesome.

[Anonymous No.9679608]

>>9677458
>inferior version
>can be pirated for pennies anyway
no sympy

[Anonymous No.9679610]

>>9677467
Then make a physical copy.
>inb4 CD-Rs kill your drive
Then never put in it. Put the CD on your shelf and run the game off the hard drive.

Or run the Dreamcast version like a normal person.

[Anonymous No.9679821]

>>9677458
I cannot STAND coomlectors who complain about prices when cheaper versions, ODEs, and mod chips exist.

[Anonymous No.9679940]

>>9677458
So thats why mvsc3 was less then one buck from amazon

[Anonymous No.9680008]

>>9678589
How do those kinds of shops even make money to stay open? And where do they get all their stock from? Do Japs just go in there to sell their games for peanuts?

Everything's in mint condition, wrapped, catalogued, priced and described. I'd be in heaven if I could browse some of those aisles.

[Anonymous No.9680362]

>>9679610
>inb4 CD-Rs kill your drive
I know you're preempting him, but it's worth saying that the notion is complete pseudoscience. The laser is scanning 0's and 1's just as with a pressed disc; running burns will kill your drive just as quickly as legitimate copies.

[Anonymous No.9680371]

>>9677458
1)Is the PS2 version of MvC2 even any good? I thought it was trash.
2) so just get the jap version then. Or pirate it. There are tons of games/systems where I've just gone and bought jap games for stuff where you don't need to be able to read anything anyway (ie, fighting games)

[Anonymous No.9680385]

>>9680362
supposedly it's a little different with the PS2 because of some extra layer of piracy protection but that might just be FUD

[Anonymous No.9680414]

>>9678553
If you're going to pull MUH NIPPON CULTURE it would be far more likely it's because Japanese people actually have Dreamcasts so they don't need to buy the shittiest version.

[Anonymous No.9680425]

>>9680414
Ps2 version mogs shitty DC mvc2

[Anonymous No.9680443]

>>9677458
MvC1 is better

[Anonymous No.9680457]

>>9680443
Why? There's fewer characters

[Anonymous No.9680505]

>>9680362
This is not how it works. The issue is how it gets the data with optical drives. The data itself is irrelevant.

[Anonymous No.9680508]

>>9680505
>how it gets the data with optical drives
infrared + bump = on
infrared + no bump = off

[Anonymous No.9680554]

>>9680457
Because he's gay

[Anonymous No.9680556]

>>9680508
The reason why using alternate formats for pirated games (such as Dreamcast with CDs) is because of the differences in the formats themselves. I can't speak for PS2, but with DC using quality CDs and isos still makes the laser head work more is most cases. This is because the data pits are closer together in GD-ROMs. This means more data is able to be read with less mileage.

[Anonymous No.9680568]

>>9680556
Within the same format there should be no difference. MvC2 on PS2 is a CD game, so burning to a CD will be fine. Though, I imagine the game would load plenty fast off a USB

[Anonymous No.9680602]

>>9680568
I agree.

[Anonymous No.9681048]

>>9677458
I found my copy for five bucks at a thrift store, at this point must be like 8 or 9 years ago. I'm glad I got into collecting in the 2010s while you could still find the occasional deal.

[Anonymous No.9681306]

>>9679419
IKR, but it would be a licensing nightmare and my point being that it would have a really difficult time appealing to a Japanese audience.

>>9680414
If OP wants parity between the prices between the regions, maybe they could find a way to market how cool Marvel is over there. I don't even recall a large scene for MVC2 over there and it tends to be dominated by Americans.

[Anonymous No.9681319]

>>9680008
It's probably just normal people trading games in. It's only due to natural Japanese autism that those games are in mint condition. In the west a normal used game looks like someone wiped their ass with the manual and kept the disk laying around on the floor.

[Anonymous No.9681382]

IIRC tourneyfags hate the ps2 version for some reason.

Why do you want it?

[Anonymous No.9681398]

>>9677467
https://youtu.be/Ommztz0RCFE

[Anonymous No.9681423]

This game as going for 80 used at GameStop almost 2 decades ago. I’m surprised it hasn’t gone up more.

[Anonymous No.9681643]

>>9680508
This is true. However, if the reflectivity of the disc is lower than the original then the console will apply more power to the laser in order to read the disc. The theory is applying more power will shorten the lifespan of the laser.
By burning a CD-R with identical reflectivity you should encounter no issues. Or possibly extend the lifespan of your laser if you can manage to burn a disc with superior reflectivity to the original.
There are utilities for the PC which will scan your disc after burning and tell you the reflectivity. It's been years and years since I've done this so I've forgotten the name but I'm confident you could find it again if you had an interest in the subject.
On the PS2 the theory is that the mechacon will run the laser at full power regardless of reflectivity if it detects you are using a CD-R or DVD-R. Even if you are using a mod chip.
However, I'm not sure this was ever fully confirmed and could be outdated information at this point.