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Posted: Oct 25 2011 02:55 am

Has anyone checked this out? I'm wondering if this is just bootlegged crap, or if this might actually be a quality product. Apparently they've been able to put an English translated version of this game on an actual SNES cartridge.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/18/english-translated-secret-of-mana-2-cart-on-ebay/

Joined: Jun 08 2010 Location: Termina Field Posts: 1541

This looks fake/bootlegged.

Notice that on the box and instruction manual, it says "PAL VERSION" near the bottom-left, in a TNR-style font, yet the cartridge is evidentially NTSC, due to it's form factor (Actual PAL cartridges looked like Super Famicon cartridges)

I would like to see a PAL version Earthbound and Super Mario RPG (Since PAL regions never got these two games Sad

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Posted: Oct 25 2011 08:46 am

It blows my mind that people on Ebay are this dumb. This game was never released in English, this is simply a reproduction cart that has the translated patch installed. For those of us who still enjoy playing on original hardware this is awesome, but you can buy a much nicer (Factory Sealed*) copy from this guy who does amazing work, for 1/3 the price.

http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=56370

Posted: Oct 25 2011 01:09 pm

Mr. Satire wrote:

I would like to see a PAL version Earthbound and Super Mario RPG (Since PAL regions never got these two games Sad

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I heard that there was an extremely limited PAL run for the original Chrono Trigger. Guru Larry was lamenting that his copy was stolen and that it was one of a handful in existence.

Posted: Oct 25 2011 02:26 pm

I would love to have a copy of this game for my SNES, that is if it works well. I'm not too concerned if it's legit or not. However, I'm not going to pay $100+ for a video game.

Joined: Sep 25 2009 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 395

There was no PAL release of Chrono Trigger unfortunately Sad

I am so going to buy the hell out of these games when I just have a little bit more money. I NEED to play Seiken Densetsu 3 on a real Snes.

Posted: Oct 27 2011 04:59 am

I'm going to HAVE to try Zelda Outlands and Parallel Worlds as well. I didn't even know those games existed.

Posted: Oct 27 2011 01:14 pm

I was unaware there was a Secret of Mana 2.

EDIT: Got it now. Thanks!

Posted: Oct 28 2011 02:26 am

Atma wrote:

I was unaware there was a Secret of Mana 2.

EDIT: Got it now. Thanks!

That was fast. I've still never played it. And I wanted to play the sequel since I finished the first one in '94.

Posted: Nov 30 2014 02:57 pm

Ash Burton wrote:

It blows my mind that people on Ebay are this dumb. This game was never released in English, this is simply a reproduction cart that has the translated patch installed. For those of us who still enjoy playing on original hardware this is awesome, but you can buy a much nicer (Factory Sealed*) copy from this guy who does amazing work, for 1/3 the price.

http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=56370

BUMP: And speaking of Timewalk games. Ever since this guy stopping doing carts a couple years back his games have become vintage. It's insane how much they're going for if they've never been opened. Check out how much this one went for on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331389175445?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&autorefresh=true

This makes me wish I'd invested some money into getting a few when they were $100 bucks or less and then sell them now.

Posted: Dec 01 2014 07:46 am

If you look up emulation, you can play these ROM hacks on your computer for free.

Posted: Dec 07 2014 08:15 pm

That's true and I have, although there seems to be pretty good money selling some of these carts to collectors on ebay. I've managed to make some pretty good money on some of these myself.