Add another proto to the NES "found" list

[Buyatari]

Arcadia IV by Source the Software House

24 June 1991


Adam

[sniperCCJVQ]

Can't wait to see what this game look like

[vintagegamecrazy]

Post a pic if you can. Protos rule, their like long lost pieces of history being found.

[Raccoon Lad]

You and tempest should compare notes to see who has more protos.

[Buyatari]

Well Tempest does have alot but I also collect disk based protos. There is no way a cart only proto collector can come close to a disk based proto collector when it comes to total count.

Adam

[Nespit]

Don't forget Wilson with a massive collection of prototypes...:-)

and totally true that a disk proto collection is easily bigger then a cartridge proto collector..Although i can sure use some more GC proto's..

[adaml]

Arcadia IV by Source the Software House

24 June 1991


Adam

Wow, always nice to see new NES protos appear. Buyatari, do you have this game? Do you know anything else about it? Is it a platformer, adventure, RPG? Inquiring minds want to know

[Buyatari]

Its a platform.

There are no pics to show you but there is a good chance you'll get to play it at a upcoming gaming event in the future.

Adam

[adaml]

Wow, congrats on securing a proto that pretty much nobody even knew about!

Gives you hope that there are more floating around out there.

[adaml]

I'm still curious to know more about this game, assuming you do indeed own it. Anything at all, please share...

[Buyatari]

Well the game was sold with a bunch of other protos to a private collector. The collector who currently owns it is weighing his options. He may not end up keeping it after all. The current owner has deceided to hold of on the decision of posting pictures until all talks are settled.

Adam

[TheRedEye]

Cute.

[Buyatari]

Hey what happened to your website Redeye?

Adam

[TheRedEye]

Besides the new logo?

[Buyatari]

its up now. When I last checked it said your site wasn't yet activated.

Adam

[adaml]

Well the game was sold with a bunch of other protos to a private collector. The collector who currently owns it is weighing his options. He may not end up keeping it after all. The current owner has deceided to hold of on the decision of posting pictures until all talks are settled.

Adam

Well, in the name of NES game preservation, please let us know more as it becomes available, assuming you have a direct pipeline to this indecisive private collector.

It would be a shame for this game to bitrot in somebody's closet or neatly catalogued game collection without at least knowing a little bit about it.

Source the Software House is only responsible for 2 other games, P47 Thunderbolt and Rainbow Warrior, which I know absolutely nothing about http://exotica.fix.no/tunes/unexotic...are_House.html

Guess we'll have to wait to see how this all plays out.

[Buyatari]

Well, in the name of NES game preservation, please let us know more as it becomes available, assuming you have a direct pipeline to this indecisive private collector

Its not a matter of indecisiveness. If his price is met the game will be sold. If not he will keep it. I can't say what the possible future owner(s) will do with this cart if they do end up with it but the current owner will not dump it.

Adam

[TheRedEye]

And what exactly is your...er, pardon, "private collector's" asking price?

Pardon the poster's apparent bitterness, but the poster had a deal worked out with the seller before the private collector swooped in and stole it away, and at this point the poster simply would like to know if he'll ever get to research and play this game, as this is the poster's well-known hobby and desire. The poster understands the nature of the game, so to speak, and holds no ill-will towards the private collector, but simply wants to know whether or not he should be crying in his alcoholic beverage over another relic lost to the love of the dollar.

The poster would also like to inquire as to the nature of the private collector's manner of speaking in third person. The poster is confused.

[liquidmetal]

why didnt u post pictures i dont get it?

[Buyatari]

Ever since Nintendo sought legal action and monetary damages in re-obtaining a N64 proto of Resident Evil 1.5 from a private collector AFTER the last N64 game had been marketed, some collectors are leary about

1. admitting they own what could be classified as Nintendo property in a public forum.

2. providing evidence (pictures) which would show possesion.

Having said this I have good reason to believe that the game will not be dumped but if you are patient you will be able to see more of it at some tim ein the future.

Adam