What are the special packs available for shmups!

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:29 am

LE's, SE's, bonus discs etc etc.

I know of -

Thunderforce 5 Special version (Saturn)

Border Down Ltd (DC)

Sonic Wings with mini disc (Saturn) This is standard pack with extra OST disc.

Dodonpachi DOJ (PS2) Has superplay DVD.

Are there any more?

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:40 am

Psyvariar 2 and Espgaluda have superplays

I hear the first batch of Psikyo Collections Vol. 1 & 2 have superplays

Game Paradise had that VHS tape package

Macross for the PS comes with a disc with demos for Macross VF-X2 and Patlabor

Sengoku Blade on the Saturn comes with a disc full of art and other oddities

Both Chaos Fields supposedly came with their own music CDs

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:51 am

Shikigami no shiro II for the GameCube has a lil figure...

My copy of RUN=DIM: Return to Earth for the Wonderswan Colour comes with a mech figure also, although I don't think it's a SE, I think all of them were packed like that...

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:00 am

Psyvariar Complete had two LE's - one came with the Reverse Babel Appreciate DVD, while the other had the soundtrack CD.

And who can forget all the neat dogtags that some versions of R-Type Final came with.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:13 am

Speaking of domestic releases, there's also the Breakdown DVD for Gradius V.

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:27 am

Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus -- all I know is that it has Plus in the title, forgot what the extras were.

And Gradius V had those extra Gradius Breakdown and Perfect DVDs; I got mine from the pre-order.

Also, Soukyugurentai Otoyuko included a demo of Battle Garegga.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:48 pm

Ganelon wrote:Sengoku Blade on the Saturn comes with a disc full of art and other oddities

Twinkle Star Sprites for the Saturn also has a second disc with stuff like that on it.

Cotton 2 on Saturn had a mini-calendar.

I also seem to recall a "LE" version of Ikaruga on the DC coming out, which included a couple of postcards...

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:16 pm

iatneH wrote:Shikigami no shiro II for the GameCube has a lil figure...

The LE DC version included an OST CD as well as 4 collector cards.

The LE PS2 version included a 4 inch figure of Fumiko (which I snagged from NCSX when they decided to sell them seperately from the game for $13.00).

The Japanese LE release of Gradius 5 included the Options DVD and the Perfect DVD.

A pre-order bonus for the US release of Gradius 5 was the original Breakdown DVD (the Director's Cut Breakdown DVD being a prize from the US high score competition).

Post by **Ghegs** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:26 pm

Kiken wrote: The LE PS2 version included a 4 inch figure of Fumiko (which I snagged from NCSX when they decided to sell them seperately from the game for $13.00).

Hey, me too.

I don't think there's anything extra in Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus, though.

M0nk3y · Post by **M0nk3y** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:31 pm

Psyvariar 2 LE on DC came with a funky dog-tag too.

Metal Slug on Saturn was available in a nice box with RAM cart. This probably doesn't count, but still......

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:20 pm

Ghegs wrote: I don't think there's anything extra in Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus, though.

I think the only reason why they called it Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus was due to the fact that it included the arcade version of Life Force along with the 2 different Salamander arcade games.

llaoyllakcuf · Post by **llaoyllakcuf** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:33 pm

BulletMagnet wrote:I also seem to recall a "LE" version of Ikaruga on the DC coming out, which included a couple of postcards...

AFAIK, that was a special set that customers received for placing a reserve order
(before release date) from SEGA's online shop.

..similar to the telephone card set for ESPGALUDA, which had two unique ones
for each store that offered them:

- MESSE SANOH ver. <--scan by 81
- SEGA DIRECT ver.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:37 pm

Espagluda has a DVD disc with it.

M0nk3y · Post by **M0nk3y** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:32 am

What about that teacup you could win when you purchased Panorama Cotton on MD in Japan? It was a lucky token in certain games, IIFC. And Darius Alpha was also a prize draw giveaway.

Oh, and there's a mini audio CD with Cotton 100% on SuperFami.