Technically, all the importing I've done is fairly recently. I've picked up a handful of homebrew games, that originated outside of my region (US). Mostly through kickstarter, so they don't technically count...
But two concrete examples are me tracking down a Japanese title I had played on a PlayStation Underground demo disc ages ago. Turned out to be Shadow Tower, a title worth a few hundred easy here in the US... but like, $30 for the import. Well I had played the Japanese demo, right? Import it is!
The next one was just as the ridiculous US tariffs were closing doors - the company selling Changeable Guardian Estique was ending shipping to the US, and reading reviews, I wanted a copy and bought one just before they closed the window.
I've got a handful of other imported titles, but they were all sourced locally.
I just this week got a copy of Worms for Sega Genesis/MD that LRG put out. I think it runs surprisingly well on the system! Though it's been a very long time since I played the PS1 version, so I simply don't know what it's missing.
@Oobgarm Trying to confirm for myself while on break at work and... I can't find anything conclusive. The art without the text was somewhere on Team17's website, but the art with the text appears to be on the Steam banner for the game. It doesn't seem to be a part of the original box art. And the letters in the new art do look cursed so... you may be right.
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Re: Poll: Have You Ever Imported A Video Game?
Technically, all the importing I've done is fairly recently. I've picked up a handful of homebrew games, that originated outside of my region (US). Mostly through kickstarter, so they don't technically count...
But two concrete examples are me tracking down a Japanese title I had played on a PlayStation Underground demo disc ages ago. Turned out to be Shadow Tower, a title worth a few hundred easy here in the US... but like, $30 for the import. Well I had played the Japanese demo, right? Import it is!
The next one was just as the ridiculous US tariffs were closing doors - the company selling Changeable Guardian Estique was ending shipping to the US, and reading reviews, I wanted a copy and bought one just before they closed the window.
I've got a handful of other imported titles, but they were all sourced locally.
Re: "One Of The Most Addictive Games I Have Played" - The Original Worms Was So Beloved, People Stayed After Work At Team17 To Play It
I just this week got a copy of Worms for Sega Genesis/MD that LRG put out. I think it runs surprisingly well on the system! Though it's been a very long time since I played the PS1 version, so I simply don't know what it's missing.
Re: "One Of The Most Addictive Games I Have Played" - The Original Worms Was So Beloved, People Stayed After Work At Team17 To Play It
@Oobgarm Trying to confirm for myself while on break at work and... I can't find anything conclusive. The art without the text was somewhere on Team17's website, but the art with the text appears to be on the Steam banner for the game. It doesn't seem to be a part of the original box art. And the letters in the new art do look cursed so... you may be right.