Rez for PS2 back on store shelves?!?!

In article <1152969399.668626.290470 DeleteThis @75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
Terrence Briggs <mrman1mrman1 DeleteThis @lycos.com> wrote:
>Used copies of Rez seem to have made their way onto store shelves.
>
>Tooling around the my local Gaithersburg Funcoland and EB Games, I've
>found copies of Rez ($37-39) at 3 separate stores.

They ain't used. You may notice shrink-wrapped copies without the
open-edge seal, which indicates that these are PS2 games minted after
October 2005. A reprint occurred in March, and I bought a new copy for $40
or so around then.

>I usually don't pay 40 bucks for games, on principle, but I might be
>willing to sample it as part of a 3-for-2 deal. I can always sell it
>for 20 bucks later

Maybe not. I'm led to believe the reprint number was pretty big, although
I don't have the statistics in front of me. Still worth getting though, in
spite of the missing peripheral and in light of the fact that it's the
only US release.

-KKC, trying to find Shining Tears for a decent price...
--
"These are the good years for Barb and me. We installed a bible - kendrick
detector at the front door. And now when the doorbell rings and - @io.com
the red light flashes, we know we have to sit very quietly and -
wait for them to go away." Catchup Advisory board, A Prairie Home Companion
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In article <1152977617.107333.160310.RemoveThis@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
Terrence Briggs <mrman1mrman1.RemoveThis@lycos.com> wrote:
>Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>>
>> Maybe not. I'm led to believe the reprint number was pretty big, although
>> I don't have the statistics in front of me. Still worth getting though, in
>> spite of the missing peripheral and in light of the fact that it's the
>> only US release.
>
>What peripheral is this? Sega-brand speed?
>
>It *would* be Sonic-appropriate.

The Trace Vibrator, the little credit-card sized pulsing device that
plugged into the USB port. Ostensibly, you were supposed to stick this
into the couch cushion or in your shirt pocket, but the slight curved
design strongly implied to many people that it was supposed to go in your
pants. The device pulses the same way that the dual shock does, along with
the beat.

I never owned or used one, for the record. Just being a completist.

>> -KKC, trying to find Shining Tears for a decent price...
>
>Eh... ask me after my next trip to the store. Shining TEARS, not
>Shining FORCE, right

Oh, don't go to any trouble for me, please. I know where to get it for
under $30, but I'm waiting for the next set of new releases so I can save
on shipping. I'm occasionally quite the skinflint.

-KKC, making travel plans...
--
"These are the good years for Barb and me. We installed a bible - kendrick
detector at the front door. And now when the doorbell rings and - @io.com
the red light flashes, we know we have to sit very quietly and -
wait for them to go away." Catchup Advisory board, A Prairie Home Companion
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Terrence Briggs wrote:
snip
> What peripheral is this? Sega-brand speed?

The Trance Vibrator.I apparently bought it in a glut window for about
$25 shipped from Japan; now it's about $60 shipped. It also works with
Space Channel 5 part 2.
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Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
> In article <1152977617.107333.160310.RemoveThis@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> Terrence Briggs <mrman1mrman1.RemoveThis@lycos.com> wrote:
> >Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
> >>
> >> Maybe not. I'm led to believe the reprint number was pretty big, although
> >> I don't have the statistics in front of me. Still worth getting though, in
> >> spite of the missing peripheral and in light of the fact that it's the
> >> only US release.
> >
> >What peripheral is this? Sega-brand speed?
> >
> >It *would* be Sonic-appropriate.
>
> The Trace Vibrator, the little credit-card sized pulsing device that
> plugged into the USB port. Ostensibly, you were supposed to stick this
> into the couch cushion or in your shirt pocket, but the slight curved
> design strongly implied to many people that it was supposed to go in your
> pants.

As usual, you're over-informed

> The device pulses the same way that the dual shock does, along with
> the beat.
>
> I never owned or used one, for the record. Just being a completist.

I believe you told us about the Phantasy Star USB accessory some years
ago, so I figured you'd know about this.

> >> -KKC, trying to find Shining Tears for a decent price...
> >
> >Eh... ask me after my next trip to the store. Shining TEARS, not
> >Shining FORCE, right
>
> Oh, don't go to any trouble for me, please. I know where to get it for
> under $30, but I'm waiting for the next set of new releases so I can save
> on shipping. I'm occasionally quite the skinflint.

If you still shop at EB Games, I saw it yesterday for $30 used. You
know RPGs, though. They vary in price by as much as $10 in any given
season. I've seen Grandia Extreme dip to 17 bucks last year, then back
up to 25 last week at the same store. Weird.

> -KKC, making travel plans...

Terrence Briggs, back from travelling to Vermont. My excuse for not
posting in a month.
Peace to you...
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once i played the dreamcast version, i never could go back to the
horrible ps2 translation.

here's hopin' the dc version comes to xbl.
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Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>
> The Trace Vibrator, the little credit-card sized pulsing device
snip

More on the order of wallet sized. Even more like mouse sized (the
computer pointing device, not the transdimensional beings conducting
fiendishly subtle bahavioral studies).
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Terrence Briggs wrote:
> Used copies of Rez seem to have made their way onto store shelves.
>
> Tooling around the my local Gaithersburg Funcoland and EB Games, I've
> found copies of Rez ($37-39) at 3 separate stores.
>
> I usually don't pay 40 bucks for games, on principle, but I might be
> willing to sample it as part of a 3-for-2 deal. I can always sell it
> for 20 bucks later
>
> Terrence Briggs, eyeing that new SF Alpha Collection, too. Wonder if
> the AI for SFA2 Gold is still beastly.

I never found that Rez was that hard to find in local stores for
literally months and years after its release. Same goes for Ico. I
would see people say that these were really hard to find all the time,
while the display copies in my shop turned yellow from the sun.

As for the PS2, took me a couple of years to find Guitaroo Man but I
have been seeing used copies of it quite frequently lately.

SF Alpha Collection is pretty damn sweet and its only 20 bucks. SFA2G,
SFA3 and SPFIIT are sweet candy. SFA just never did it for me, its
ugly and they hadn't got the systems down very much yet IMHO.

Too bad I'm not having any luck with this new Hori arcade stick; I
could rule it with my Agetec's on DC and even though this is much
smoother stick (new one is not as notchy) I can't quite get it down.
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