Black tiger PCB question.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:01 am

I won this auction -

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1

I bid much lower than the guy who won this one -

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1

Did I get lucky or is there something I should be concerned about? Thats a difference of over $100.

Edited.

Dewclaw · Post by **Dewclaw** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:43 am

Hard to compare...one auction is for black tiger and the other is for Rez.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:48 am

God knows how that happened.

I've edited it.

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:07 am

You got an original board. The other auction is attracted by foolish bidders. I paid $35 for a minty Black Tiger sometime earlier this year. It is normal price $30-50 (US version).

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:18 am

oxtsu wrote:You got an original board. The other auction is attracted by foolish bidders. I paid $35 for a minty Black Tiger sometime earlier this year. It is normal price $30-50 (US version).

Thanks oxtsu.. Looks like a really nice game.. Looking forward to playing it.

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:52 pm

It's a great game - congrats on it. If I ever manage to start collecting PCBs I'll pick it up for sure.

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:40 pm

One of the best Arcade platforms ever, and one of the few dark fantasy games around.Congratulations, you will play it a lot

Dewclaw · Post by **Dewclaw** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:50 pm

I think the case here is that the other auction listing was confusing...

Black Tiger JAMMA 100% Working D&D CPS-2 Too
I have both D&D CPS-2 Games, Alien vs. Predator and Armored Warriors all NEW and COMPLETE CPS2 sets with original packaging and everything! Contact for PICS or offers. Several other boards will be listed soon!. Here is a 100% working Black Tiger.

It says he's selling black tiger here, and is also planning to sell d&d and the others...maybe the bidder thought the auction was for all the games?

Post by **system11** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:38 am

Yeah I'd guess so - that $154 guy thought he was getting 3 boards, what a chump

Good choice on the purchase - Black Tiger is a fantastic game, and the only good version is the PCB.

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:53 am

bloodflowers wrote: Good choice on the purchase - Black Tiger is a fantastic game, and the only good version is the PCB.

What non-PCB versions are there? I seem to recall playing a C64 version, but my memories of those days are a bit hazy.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:09 am

This was an impulse purchase for me. I did look at gamefaqs for the review scores, but now I'm stoked that I bought such a well regarded game. I am kinda excited about playing it now

There was a C64 and Spectrum version at least, I don't remember playing either and I had about 300 games for those computers. Maybe it was one that went under the radar.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:59 am

C64 version wasn't too shabby, also had a pretty decent soundtrack (mostly original - how I miss the days when companies converting coin-ops felt no shame in simply junking the entire soundtrack if it proved too much effort to port, and replacing it with their own compositions

). But yea, it's definitely one of those games that never got the port it deserved. Will always remains a mystery to me how it never received any console versions, especially considering the inferior Magic Sword was prted to the SNES.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:29 am

Because Black Tiger pwns Magic Sword and didn't deserve to be played on the "16 bit" system that is the SNES?

Sorry. Sega Fanboyism again.

Post by **system11** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:39 am

There was an Atari one too I think, maybe an Amstrad, and someone once said an Amiga one existed, though I never found it. The Spectrum version was hideous. Monochrome (as always), and the music only worked on the 128K spectrums, and then only on the +2A and +3, on the original 128 and +2 it was so quiet it was almost muted.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:18 pm

I remember seeing some shots of the Amiga version... looked really nice but I can't be 100% certain it ever appeared. Definitely got versions on all three 8-bits though.

I suppose Black Tiger was a tad old by the time the SNES appeared. Shame though, Magic Sword wasn't half as good.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:57 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... =WDVW&rd=1

Oh well, I don't understand it.. Good deal for me

it290 · Post by **it290** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:46 pm

I have the Amiga version installed on my A3000... it looks pretty good, but the controls are crap and the scrolling is jerky. It was ported by US Gold IIRC, and although they did some decent ports to the Amiga, this wasn't one of 'em.

Great game, though. I'm more of a Rastan guy myself, but Black Tiger definitely has Rastan beat in the gameplay balance department.

jordy · Post by **jordy** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:27 pm

Great pickup, mate.
This is the game that I remember most from my childhood and was also the game that lead me to discover MAME.
I personally prefer the Black Dragon clone, as not only is that the version I had at a local shop in New Zealand of all places, but it also features slighty harder settings.

Anyways if you haven't played it yet and you enjoy old school platformer's you are in a for a treat.

Enjoy

J.