Border Down Reprint

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:59 pm

Balzac wrote:I might be hitting up Akihabara on the 17th and would consider lining up early....anyone know good directions to Messe Sanoh?

I do. I'll tell you how to get there if you finish that review you promised me.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:36 pm

Balzac wrote:I might be hitting up Akihabara on the 17th and would consider lining up early....

Why bother? You can preorder online?

anyone know good directions to Messe Sanoh?

Walk out of station . Hit main street. Cross road, take right, keep walking.

This map isn't terrible, although it requires a second to calibrate yourself.

ex.machina · Post by **ex.machina** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:47 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:
Balzac wrote:I might be hitting up Akihabara on the 17th and would consider lining up early....
Why bother? You can preorder online?

I doubt that.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:21 pm

ex.machina wrote:
I doubt that.

Doubt all you want. You can order it online though.

zap · Post by **zap** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:07 am

GaijinPunch wrote:
ex.machina wrote:
I doubt that.
Doubt all you want. You can order it online though.

Link please? I've got school until noon, so I can't go early.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:08 am

So, day 1 sell-out, amirite?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:46 am

Kiken wrote:So, day 1 sell-out, amirite?

I think it was preorder sell out. Not sure. I've not heard from them yet. I ordered mine ages ago, but just paid for them last night. Fingers crossed. They've got a second batch (limited to 2 per person) on the 31st, but you can't order these online anymore it says.

First batch was limited to 10, FYI.

zap · Post by **zap** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:09 am

When I first saw this, I thought "no shit! delayed?!" Reading more carefully, I went in and picked up my preordered ones. Maybe I'll go on Sunday again to preorder two more.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:57 am

Would you mind asking how many were reprinted? That would be very interesting.

Also, are there any discernible differences between the reprint and the original first print? Maybe copyright date on the back, print quality or something?

zap · Post by **zap** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:05 am

I can't see anything saying it's a reprint. The copyright says 2003. ISBN is T-46703M. No idea if it's the same.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:07 am

And they are on GD Rom discs?

zap · Post by **zap** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:08 am

Obviously? Yes, they are.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:13 am

I had a look, that number is not the ISBN number, but yeah, it's the same. Thanks for your replies.

Johnny Puperze · Post by **Johnny Puperze** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:18 am

zap wrote:I can't see anything saying it's a reprint. The copyright says 2003. ISBN is T-46703M. No idea if it's the same.

nice, thank you!
just for a final verification: is the barcode on the spine card still "4582118810024" ?

and the printing on one of the inner rings on the backside of the GD "T-46703M-0894"?

Johnny Puperze · Post by **Johnny Puperze** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:29 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:First batch was limited to 10, FYI.

limited to 10 per person or were there just 10 units in total?

Daigoro · Post by **Daigoro** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:38 pm

well this sucks.

sega-trader · Post by **sega-trader** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:43 pm

Is there someplace an American can order a copy?

Keade · Post by **Keade** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:32 pm

Just to be sure, ordering is possible, not only reservation, isn't it ?
(by ordering, I mean purchasing + shipment included, and by reservation, I mean that the game must be retrieved at the shop by the buyer).

I've some doubts because I babelfished and read some of the description text for Border Down, at Messeh Sanoh website, and it said something about a 3 days delay, bad weather or something like that.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:24 pm

zakk wrote: With XBLA, they're'authorized' with the console you originally purchased them. So in 15 years if you want to play that awesome XBLA shooter you have on a memory card, and you don't have the original 360 you purchased it on? Better hope the Live service is still active, because you'll need to be signed onto it to play your game!

They're also tied to your gamertag, so as long as you are logged on to Live from a different system you can play your purchased XBLA stuff on there.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:34 pm

Yes, Messe Sanno does mail order. Yes, you can mail order this one. That "3 days delay" thing says they can't guarantee your order will be filled unless you pay by release day or 3 days after.

The original batch was limited to 10 per person. Obviously they wouldn't bother with a reprint of only 10 pieces.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:45 am

Wow. Sold out already? Well, I guess the only thing to do now is to keep my fingers crossed and hope to find an available copy online somewhere.

Keade · Post by **Keade** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:11 am

Thanks for the clarification, GP !

zap · Post by **zap** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:35 am

Johnny Puperze wrote:just for a final verification: is the barcode on the spine card still "4582118810024" ?

and the printing on one of the inner rings on the backside of the GD "T-46703M-0894"?

Bar code is the same, yes. As for the number on the GD-rom, I can't say since I haven't opened one, and won't do it until I get a Dreamcast.

Johnny Puperze · Post by **Johnny Puperze** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:14 am

zap wrote:
Johnny Puperze wrote:just for a final verification: is the barcode on the spine card still "4582118810024" ?

and the printing on one of the inner rings on the backside of the GD "T-46703M-0894"?
Bar code is the same, yes. As for the number on the GD-rom, I can't say since I haven't opened one, and won't do it until I get a Dreamcast.

that´s perfectly fine, you already helped me out enough with this!

so this seems to be indeed an additional print and not what some people like me could think of re-prints

so the interesting remaining questions are: how many in total have there been in this batch - and how many are still to come in the next one

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:12 am

Daigohji wrote:Add me to the list of people hoping some generous forum member will be grabbing a stack of these to pass on at a reasonable price at the trading station.

Ditto.

zap · Post by **zap** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:40 pm

I went there today to preorder some, but it was limited to one. Guess it's two if you preorder online. I'll put it in the trading station when I've got hold of it, which will be the 27th.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:47 am

jp wrote:I for one am glad Border Down is being reprinted and more people can get destroyed by it.

How is that excactly?

So, for anyone that all ready bought the reprint, is it identical in every single way to the original 2003 release? Meaning Front/Back cover, manual, GD-Rom Disc?

Thanks in advance.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:38 pm

so if this reprint wasn't identical in every way would you guys who don't have it not buy it?

hattasken · Post by **hattasken** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:18 pm

I'm also interested in any differences between the printruns, however slight. I don't really care which version of the game I got, but it would still be good to know if there's any way to tell the prints from eachother.
I don't know, but I'm thinking some sellers might use this reprint as an excuse to jack up the prices even more. Don't know if that makes any sense, with the fact that there's more copies out there now.. but yeah.

jp · Post by jp » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:11 pm

ST Dragon wrote:
jp wrote:I for one am glad Border Down is being reprinted and more people can get destroyed by it.
How is that excactly?

Because Border Down is brutally difficult. Well, it might be easier if you're playing for survival. But playing for score? Jesus...