PC-Engine bootlegs besides Sapphire?

[Ed Oscuro]

I shouldn't mess up the guy's sales thread, so this is a follow-through from this thread. I flat out do not believe there are no bootlegs of Dracula X out there - though perhaps the ones out there aren't very good.

A bunch of guys on some French forums were convinced this eBay auction was a fake - note the extra text under the subtitle and to the left of the Konami logo.

So, what do you think?

[rancor]

I've never run across any aside from the Rockman and Space Fantasy Zone boots. The text on that eBay Dracula X game literally says "Advertising copy - not for sale", so I'm guessing it is what the seller says it is.

[Fudoh]

Back in 1995 when PSX bootlegging started in HK and Taiwan, I remember that a dealer where we bought our first PSX boots, had some rare PCE title on offer as well. Wasn't interesting at that time and possible CD-R only, but given that the PSX games were all factory-pressed, maybe the PCE titles were as well (including Dracula X).

[GaijinPunch]

I vote fake: the Japanese sounds "weird" at best.

[rancor]

I vote fake: the Japanese sounds "weird" at best.

Perfectly matches the subtitle of the game - 血の輪ロンド廻

[Jeneki]

Bootleg HuCards are out there as well. I posted some comparisons in this topic. Bootlegs from the 90s were cute, as most of them really didn't care how obvious it was.

[drauch]

I'm really surprised there aren't any Sylphia or Darius Plus (or whatever that one is) floating around. I've got a Sapphire one, myself. Pretty damn convincing.