Bang Bead was apparently release with a label saying "Bang Progress" in Italy (or so I've heard).
Everything inside the game still says Bang Bead though (I tried it now with unibios on all regions as well).
If you google "bang progress" you should get some random information, although there's not really a lot.
neogeomvs wrote:
buffi wrote:Missing about 30 games until the set is complete.
Money Puzzle Exchanger is missing from the pic, since it's lended to a nice guy.
Wow, great collection. I notice your Bang Bead says Bang Progress. Is this an original label? I've tried my Bang Bead on the unibios and it only comes up as Bang Bead on all regions. Does yours come up Bang Progress? Pics please
, thats a crazy awesome collection man, how do you store them all?
I've rented some secure climate controlled storage space to hold them all on metal shelves. I used to have them on Ikea shelves before the earthquake destroyed those.
rcantor77 wrote:Nice setup Shou...
I thought my setup was good, but it looks like I have a little way to go.
The only thing I see missing is an FM Towns Marty...?
...and a few western consoles that you need... CD32 and the awesome GX4000...
I've got an FM Towns Fresh and an A1200 with CF HDD & external CD-ROM for AGA CD/CD32 stuff. Also have an Atari Mega STe 4MB sitting under the Amiga.
For consoles, I only go from Famicom on up. For PCs, C64 is the oldest I go. Can't be arsed about Speccy and the like!
Got to get a speccy - Jet Set Willy, Spellbound Dizzy, Bruce Lee etc. Lots of classics!
Great set up by the way - it reminds of the competitions/hotline photos in EGM showing all the best consoles and massive TV to play them on up for grabs
neogeomvs wrote:
Got to get a speccy - Jet Set Willy, Spellbound Dizzy, Bruce Lee etc. Lots of classics!
Great set up by the way - it reminds of the competitions/hotline photos in EGM showing all the best consoles and massive TV to play them on up for grabs
I can get Bruce Lee on C64! My personal approach to buying games for the collection is to get the original or best version of a game. Are there any Speccy exclusives or best versions that really warrant a look back now?
Now that the whole world is a bit more informed about gaming, I think a lot of Euro gamers look back on the ST and Amiga as not so great. Games that were "classic" were only deemed so because Japanese games weren't widely available in that era. Let's compare Sunsoft Famicom Batman to Ocean's Batman for a good example. What really shocks me is how many Euro programmers thought it was acceptable for games to only have FX or music but not both! WTF were they thinking?
Those old ultimate game room ads were a source of inspiration for my setup. Wanted to have the best video, audio and all of the formats to play on. What can I say, I'm still a kid lol
What's amazing is that all of that is just something Shou has picked up in the last few years. Shou had an utterly mad collection before that he sold in one go.
Shou, is there anything that you haven't been able to buy back that you have wanted to? Maybe some of the rarer PCBs?
nem wrote:What's amazing is that all of that is just something Shou has picked up in the last few years. Shou had an utterly mad collection before that he sold in one go.
Shou, is there anything that you haven't been able to buy back that you have wanted to? Maybe some of the rarer PCBs?
Very observant of you!
My wife often wonders how the hell I got this all back together again.
For PCBs, it's taken a bit but I've been able to get back everything I had and still want (even bought 1 piece back from the guy who bought my collection) and more as my current arcade collection is 2x bigger than the last one. I think one of the main differences this time around is that it was harder to get complete kits of stuff that were obviously more abundant 7 years ago but the global market has matured with more people on the scene and dealing in said items. Many games have gone up astronomically in value since I started out (back in the days of $90 ESPrades and Guwanges and $10 ST-V Radiant Silverguns) and classic games in Japan have always had more value than their counterparts in the States which is an impact to me since I only buy the original language version as a rule.
, thats a crazy awesome collection man, how do you store them all? 
