{"id":638,"date":"2013-11-16T01:22:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T01:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.system11.org\/?p=638"},"modified":"2015-01-26T13:14:36","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T13:14:36","slug":"new-arrivals-1511","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.system11.org\/?p=638","title":{"rendered":"New arrivals 15\/11\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some more stuff that arrived over the past week or so.\u00a0 Interesting batch this, one problem you end up with when collecting Korean games is that sometimes it can be hard to work out if something is a bootleg or not.\u00a0 Semicom are particularly difficult in this regard due to their rarity (mostly because people just chuck this stuff away) and it can be hard to even find comparison photos.\u00a0 The final bit really muddying the water is these games would have been produced in the same factories as actual bootlegs in many cases..<\/p>\n

Twinkle – followup to Hyper Pacman by Semicom.\u00a0 Sold as working, arrived with input faults and a strange glitch when fading to white which may actually be normal for these boards, I can’t find a single person who owns this to verify against.\u00a0 Inputs fixed now of course.<\/p>\n

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Xyonix – this is by Philko, who generally had their name screened on the board or stuck on the ROM labels.\u00a0 I’ve seen a bootleg of this, but this one is missing the edge connector key, has no Philko label and generic ‘hello Korea’ ROM labels.\u00a0 Philko were Korean of course.\u00a0 I believe this IS original though, made for the local Korean market.\u00a0 There are two heavy pointers to this – firstly the amp has a heatsink and the bootleg I saw doesn’t.\u00a0 Second is less obvious until you realise – the ROM sockets are blue, which is very unusual but common on Philko games.<\/p>\n

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Flak Attack – a very average shooter from Konami, I just like it because of the awesome tank track sound effects on the first boss.\u00a0 Came with original art too.\u00a0 Same game as MX5000 in the rest of the world, but this Japanese PCB is different and has ROMs on a daughtercard with a ribbon cable underneath it.<\/p>\n

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Shao-Lins Road – yet another SLR PCB, I’ve got four now – this and another one are for sale.\u00a0 I only bought it because it was bundled with two others I actually wanted.\u00a0 I can’t understand why these don’t sell, the game is amazing and cheap.<\/p>\n

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Final Tetris – the first Semicom game, in fact they were called Jeil Computer System at the time.\u00a0 No labels, different EPROM types, no edge key.\u00a0 Is it a bootleg?\u00a0 I honestly can’t tell you – I can’t find any photos of the game that don’t look the same as this one.\u00a0 That diamond sticker is commonly found on bootlegs.\u00a0 And on older Semicom games.\u00a0 Who can say?\u00a0 Does the J at the start of the model mean Jeil?<\/p>\n

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Circus Charlie – awesome.\u00a0 Only non-creepy clown in the history of clowning.\u00a0 Quite happy to have picked this one up a bit cheaper than it’s been selling for recently.<\/p>\n

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Blomby Car – fairly poor World Rally style game from an obscure Spanish manufacturer.\u00a0 Another original with no edge key.\u00a0 At first the game seems unremarkable but OK, but after a while you’ll notice all is not right with the handling, and later they stick trucks in the middle of the road to crash into, and road signs that POINT THE WRONG WAY.<\/p>\n

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Yie Ar Kung-Fu – classic, shame someone tore off the main Konami sticker when trying to hack a sync inverter onto the board.\u00a0 I’ve since peeled off the extra chip and wires and put it back to normal.<\/p>\n

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