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High Scores - Competition Style / Re: World Record Scores - Arca...
Last post by CIB - April 11, 2024, 10:44:41 AMAnd he did it on stream, nice !
#2
High Scores - Competition Style / Re: World Record Scores - Arca...
Last post by EOJ - April 10, 2024, 06:29:35 PMSRH beat Inbachi in SDOJ, with a score of 23,495,005,960, with A-Expert:
https://twitter.com/ifc_srh/status/1776527766412018126
Video here (starts at 3:00):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUv0y_5O-yw
Sorry for posting this late, I was away for the past week and just noticed this news. (Also disappointing that no one else posted the news here!)
https://twitter.com/ifc_srh/status/1776527766412018126
Video here (starts at 3:00):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUv0y_5O-yw
Sorry for posting this late, I was away for the past week and just noticed this news. (Also disappointing that no one else posted the news here!)
#3
I just noticed there is a six-page thread on this here:
https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/cave-cv1000-d-bootlegs-a-hoy.29488/
SDOJ and DFK BL bootlegs have also been sold by the same vendor on ebay, for as low as $1000 (Still a rip-off).
https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/cave-cv1000-d-bootlegs-a-hoy.29488/
SDOJ and DFK BL bootlegs have also been sold by the same vendor on ebay, for as low as $1000 (Still a rip-off).
#4
Wow. That's crazy money for a bootleg, but to be fair, it must've taken some investment. Where the heck did they get the parts?
#5
Still a lot to be uncovered on this matter, but i'm sure some more info will show up in the upcoming days/weeks since these continue to sell on ebay...
#6
I just saw this today :
https://www.ebay.com/itm/116130956267?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=8961fb79201b4212903b92681a7e2e9c&bu=44149015889&ut=RU&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20240404074446&segname=11021
This is listed as an Akai Katana conversion, and it sold for a buy now of $1600. However, it is almost certainly a manufactured bootleg, not a conversion of an authentic PCB. First, it lacks a serial number sticker on the front and date stamps on the back. Second, the cheapest CV1000D PCB is DFK 1.5, and that goes for over $2500 these days so why would anyone convert it and sell it for $1000 less? Third, the JAMMA connector pins are gold plated, but all genuine CV1000D games have silver plated pins.
Anyway, buyers need to be careful with these out in the wild. If it is a bootleg it is a huge ripoff, these should be around $100-$200 as you are just paying for the parts.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/116130956267?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=8961fb79201b4212903b92681a7e2e9c&bu=44149015889&ut=RU&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20240404074446&segname=11021
This is listed as an Akai Katana conversion, and it sold for a buy now of $1600. However, it is almost certainly a manufactured bootleg, not a conversion of an authentic PCB. First, it lacks a serial number sticker on the front and date stamps on the back. Second, the cheapest CV1000D PCB is DFK 1.5, and that goes for over $2500 these days so why would anyone convert it and sell it for $1000 less? Third, the JAMMA connector pins are gold plated, but all genuine CV1000D games have silver plated pins.
Anyway, buyers need to be careful with these out in the wild. If it is a bootleg it is a huge ripoff, these should be around $100-$200 as you are just paying for the parts.
#7
That's very generous of you. Thanks for keeping it going. This is an important resource and I'm sure there are a lot of lurkers popping by to make use of that. It's hardly surprising its quiet though. In the site's heyday, CAVE were pumping out two arcade releases and multiple ports a year, and aside from a few mobile releases, they've been effectively out of STG development for over a decade now. Not a lot to talk about.
#8
I played through Ys Origin (PS4 on PS5) last week, and it was a fun little game. Only took me 6.5 hours to beat with Yunica. I've now cleared all canonical games from Ys Origin - Ys X except Ys 5 because it's not on a modern console.
Now I'm playing through Tales of Vesperia (PS4 on PS5), for some reason. It was on sale on PSN for ten bucks, so I thought I'd give it another shot. I had the JP X360 version soon after it first came out but got bored with the game after 5-10 hours and never went back. So far I'm enjoying the consistent 60fps gameplay on the PS5, faster loads, and other perks in this "Definitive Version". I'm also finding the game itself more enjoyable this time around!
Now I'm playing through Tales of Vesperia (PS4 on PS5), for some reason. It was on sale on PSN for ten bucks, so I thought I'd give it another shot. I had the JP X360 version soon after it first came out but got bored with the game after 5-10 hours and never went back. So far I'm enjoying the consistent 60fps gameplay on the PS5, faster loads, and other perks in this "Definitive Version". I'm also finding the game itself more enjoyable this time around!
#9
I'm happy to keep it open for many more years, it is just that the hosting prices have gotten so high it's hard to justify paying them when only a dozen or so people seem to post here anymore.
I added google ads to the site for guests about 3 months ago, in order to help with the hosting costs, but so far I've only made $5.
Maybe it will increase over time but I am not holding my breath.
Anyway, the web hosting been paid through March 2027, so we'll see how things are as we near that date.
I added google ads to the site for guests about 3 months ago, in order to help with the hosting costs, but so far I've only made $5.
Maybe it will increase over time but I am not holding my breath.Anyway, the web hosting been paid through March 2027, so we'll see how things are as we near that date.
#10
Hope interest increase so you don't feel you have to close the site. It feels like everything is about speed runs these days compared to 1CC / points as it used to be.