Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-40164738-20191011210439

Yeah I misread, Would work for that. Just decided to check, the mp4 files tend to be between 30 and 60 seconds and showcase (probably the 1st) a level/gameplay and the title screen. They also seem to have done this for games with broken emulation in MAME. There's about 10000 of them (arcade and SL videosnaps). So basically they are attract screens, but not quite as hyped up. Still quite a bit of effort though.

Easy money IF you don't have to actually go into a warzone, sure. I probably wouldn't have been allowed in due to my eyesight, maybe as a technician though. Bit too late for that now.

They should probably extend it to regular peds as well, yeah. Seen them cross the street with their eyes glued to their screens far too much, but again mostly in cities. Seems that people from smaller areas over here tend to be more careful in traffic. I've never used Mercari before, from what I've read it's mostly focused as a marketplace app. Buyee supported them and I stumbled upon the disc so I grabbed it, haven't really looked into what you can find on it. I guess the equivalent we'd have would be Marktplaats (in NL), Gumtree (UK) and ebay kleinanzeigen (DE). I'm not so sure about the German equivalent, but you'd probably know one. Apparently Mercari's claim to fame is "anonymous" shipping via convenience stores and its ease of use. Not really important to use, as Mercari only operates in JP and USA. I'd have to search around for the usual missing stuff and see what shows up.

I lucked out and got the stuff I liked relatively early, €20-30 tops. You can see some of those games selling for €100 cart only now. It's just not worth it anymore. It's not like I'm supporting the game companies, so emulation it is. Bit of a rip-off, it's only the first chapter of the game. I assume it was time-limited for a legit copy though, like a pre-order? Drama discs tend to be forgotten though, legally or illegaly. Generally a few copies available on auction sites though, even for the old expensive drama disc I mentioned before. Posters can be nice, but no real need to buy them separately yeah. Ultimately the archiver in me would prefer atleast having scans of it all, but it's pretty much irrelevant like you said.

In the Netherlands the Post or Courier service handles it for you over here, so it's very rare that you'd have to do anything personally (maybe illegal stuff or business things). Just checking PostNL they state: "The need for extra costs will be calculated on the base value of your item (no shipping or insurance costs). Funny thing is, if it is over €22,- you'll have to pay those extra costs AFTER they added the extra costs (except their own charge for dealing with customs, that's a flat extra).

Do you think they'd do something like that again? Generally the amount of games being developed has slowed down this past decade, so not sure if they'd be willing to develop a bunch of smaller games with the current games in the works. I'm not quite sure what the former Rance team is doing now though, I doubt they'd work on a gacha game. Would be cool if they'd release Alice 2020.