Full Review Demos for Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Power Stone 2?

Post by **OriginalName** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:09 pm

Okay, so I was interested in buying these two games, but they usually run for about 50 bucks. But I saw a seller on Amazon who was selling them for only about 15 dollars each; the description said that they were Full Version Review Demos used for Reviewers and whatnot, so I figured that they were the entire game, just packaged different, or something of that nature.

So I got the discs today, both have regular disc art on them, with the exception of the words "Full Review Demo". And I pop them in my Dreamcast, but neither of them work. They just go to that "Play, Music, File, Option" screen. Was I mistaken on what a "Full Review Demo" is, or what?

Post by **Droid party** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:31 pm

I have absolutly no idea about "review demo's". But one thing you could try is a boot disc ( like utopia) to load the games because they may be a different region.
But as I say it's only worth a try.

Post by **claudio** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:03 pm

oh, you meant the dreamcast screen where you see the controller, vmu, etc?

Post by **racketboy** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:06 pm

I bet you they are well-produced backups. He was just labeling them as "review" copies so they wouldn't get taken down.

Post by **claudio** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:17 pm

yeah, i just checked amazon and this guy is still selling them so they are most likely (99.9% sure) backups. he has been selling them for a while now.

if they dont work you should contact him, mabye you got a bad copy. they should self boot without a boot disc.

Post by **GagaMan** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:18 pm

The closet thing to 'review' copies I have ever seen are the white label promo discs they did in Europe. It sounds like you got ripped there though, sadly =E

Post by **racketboy** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:21 pm

$15 for backups is a rip even if they look good.
Personally, I would report him to Amazon and get your money back. Amazon should treat you well and get rid of this scum.
Join Undergroud Gamer and save your self some money.

Post by **RyanDG** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:21 pm

More than likely the game is printed on GD-Rs and need a System 2 boot disk to start up. This shouldn't be confused with the boot disks used to play back-up CD-Rs on the Dreamcast. Basically, the System 2 boot disk was handed out to developers and reviewers to allow them to boot GD-R games for the region their dreamcast was released in. I'm not sure how hard they are to find now, but I bet they are getting a bit pricey...

Post by **claudio** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:25 pm

RyanDG wrote:More than likely the game is printed on GD-Rs and need a System 2 boot disk to start up. This shouldn't be confused with the boot disks used to play back-up CD-Rs on the Dreamcast. Basically, the System 2 boot disk was handed out to developers and reviewers to allow them to boot GD-R games for the region their dreamcast was released in. I'm not sure how hard they are to find now, but I bet they are getting a bit pricey...

i dont think your right in this case. the guy has been selling them at 14.95 and now 16.95 and it seems that he has a unlimited suply of them for cheap (compared for the rare gd-r's your talking about.)

Post by **claudio** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:26 pm

racketboy wrote:$15 for backups is a rip even if they look good.
Personally, I would report him to Amazon and get your money back. Amazon should treat you well and get rid of this scum.
Join Undergroud Gamer and save your self some money.

or at least see if you can get a full refund first, if he isnt polite and willing to pay you back in full then report him.

$15 is a bit expensive for backups, i always thought 4 or 5 bucks would be fair.