Independent publisher re-releases rare games

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:19 am

Ever wondered how brand new copies of Rez, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Gitaroo Man, Persona 2 and Resident Evil 3 for Gamecube just popped up out of nowhere?

Check the whole story here.

kong · Post by **kong** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:44 am

I think it's cool but what good does it do if they sell to companies like Gamestop that open the games, jack up the prices and sell them as collector's items. Isn't that sort of defeating their entire purpose of reprinting them so people don't have to pay outrageous prices?

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:41 am

I was curious as to why Gamequestdirect was receiving these games and no one else. I like the idea.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:25 am

Well, that article explains everything. Good to hear GQD is directly responsible for the reprints. Anyway, there is a difference between the originals and reprints: none of the reprints contain the factory sticker underneath the seal. Truly fanatical collectors can still enjoy knowing they have sealed originals, lesser collectors can have a fit over making the wrong investment, original buyers won't care, and new buyers will be happy to be able to play legit and affordable versions of great games.

Alpolio · Post by **Alpolio** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:43 am

kong wrote:I think it's cool but what good does it do if they sell to companies like Gamestop that open the games, jack up the prices and sell them as collector's items. Isn't that sort of defeating their entire purpose of reprinting them so people don't have to pay outrageous prices?

Yeah, this just gives me another reason for not shopping at Gamestop.

And I really hope that they extend these reprints to 8-bit & 16-bit games. I think NES reprints would really take off, especially since you can find a brand new NES clone for around $30 today.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:48 am

Just imagine if they made a deal with Sega to release Propeller Arena at last...

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:26 am

Oh yeah. Valkyrie profile for less than a benjamin. Hell yeah.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:45 am

*sniff sniff*

i smell rehash of more sealed RSG auctions on ebay soon

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:54 am

They still have Ninja Five-0 GBA, Bust A Move Millenium, and Gunbird 2 Dreamcast too!

scrilla4rella · Post by **scrilla4rella** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:55 am

Yeah, I was in EB the other week and i picked up a copy of Rhapsody($30) and saw two copies of Persona 2. It was a total WTF? moment!! I promptly checked ebay and saw pages full of Rhapsody around $30.

The only explantion I could think of was that some Atlus empoye or another person that had a stock pile unloaded them all, or this sort of scenario. I guess it's a good thing...

it290 · Post by **it290** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:58 am

Aww crap, so Rez did get a reprint after all? Looks like I might have to shell out for the US version now. D'oh.