Wouldn't mind? WOULDN'T MIND?!? Surely, a system as advantageous and wonderful as the Super A'Can deserves a more exclamatory responce than, "I wouldn't mind." I mean, c'mon! Super A'Can is love. The system generally annoys me, and I try to lock it in the closet to avoid its cheap noisy plastic and badly coded games with their obviously last-minute 3d effects, but something always beckons me to pull the system out again, hook it into my good old Commodore 1702 monitor, and play those irritating little games again. I mean, how could you take a great game like Sango Fighter, that was world-renowned on the PC, and cut its genitals off? Well, A'Can did it, and I'm loving every minute of it. MA CHAU gets his name spoken and advertised in gritty Chinese speakery. Get someone to toss you a coin for every time you haven't heard that kind of awesomeness from your leading underrated game system, and you'll soon be richer than Bill Gates' dog walker. So, I'd rephrase that "I wouldn't mind" into something more appropriate, like perhaps - "Oh my God, I'll sell my first born to just SNIFF THE BOX of a Super A'Can!!!" Make sure to include all three exclamation points, because we're talking 100% guaranteed super fun here. After all, FUNTECH starts with FUN and SUPER A'CAN starts with SUPER.
LOL, i started to laugh out loud at work when ''mean, how could you take a great game like Sango Fighter, that was world-renowned on the PC, and cut its genitals off? Well, A'Can did it, and I'm loving every minute of it'' Plus ill trade my first born for a M2
Seriously, people forget how hard this shit is to get. Just because the three people in the world who know how to get one come to this board doesn't mean they are falling off trucks across america and the world.... If you want one, you better act fast.
Oh, I agree - and I've never meant to underscore the rarity of the Super A'Can or its games. I'm simply trying to put forth my honest opinion of the system's quality. You see, when we talk about these types of things, we tend to glorify them and make them seem somehow awe-inspiring to people who aren't familiar with them. My point is not to say the A'Can isn't rare or a good collector's piece, it's to debunk any possible misunderstanding that the system provides a quality gaming experience. Any blue-blooded rarity collector should try to score at least one Super A'Can system and a few games, sure - but as an owner of two A'Can systems and twelve different games, I would like to communicate that if you're hoping the system will deliver fun and enjoyment, you're solely mistaken. Buy it as a collection piece. Just don't turn it on or try to play it, or buyer's remorse will surely appear in the pit of your stomach. --- That said, I'm looking forward to picking up some new A'Can games. In fact, I wish someone would give me a Funtech gift certificate for Christmas. I mean, I don't even own a copy of BOOMZOO yet. Damn.
Mr. Sound-About - I only know if 6 games for the system. What other ones did they make for the system, more or less how many have been made? From what ive seen of the system and pictures of a few games. It does look good for it's time and maybe something that could have taken off if done correctly like many other doomed systems in the past.
Introduce some new information on the Super Color, so we can continue the conversation. ...waiting... No? Well, that's what I thought.
Then why don't you Mr. Know-It-All! Seriously, if you want to talk about the A'can, make a thread for it. If you have nothing to contribute about the Super Color, then don't post. Simple as that.
Ok, certainly. I'd spoken to a former distributor of the A'Can who explained that no evidence of the Super Color unit ever passed through them. In other words, if the unit ever existed beyond mock-up form, it certainly wasn't sold on the market. This is one step away from talking with anyone from Funtech themselves, which I have yet to accomplish, but tantalizing information nonetheless. Yes sir, mister moderator sir. Wouldn't want to ruin your 15 minutes of fame, there, or anything.
Like you said, introduce something new. It was already known that the Super Color never made it out to the public. My 15 minutes of fame was a flame war with id-republix on the phpBB board. It's long been done, but you wouldn't know anything about that. BTW, I'm not trying to attack you, I'm just trying to keep the thread on track.
No, it wasn't known - it was simply speculated that the Super Color wasn't released because we haven't seen it anywhere other than as a picture on the back of the Super A'Can box. Knowing something went unreleased requires some detective work, not just a good guess. You don't close the book on something just because everyone else has. Nor would I care to. I've shared your annoyance regarding off-topic posts many times, so I can understand where you are coming from. However, I'd think you of all people should be interested to see Super Color or A'Can discussion of ANY KIND coming from people outside of Taiwan. Coupled with the fact I've been personally trying to help you learn more about the system and its games, I'd think there's no real need to try and stick the topic to just the Super Color. What more can we say about it? It looks like the 32x, it's non-existant, it has a nice little advertisement on the back of the A'Can box? Ok, done. By helping people learn more about the Super Color and its actually released parent, the Super A'Can, we may inspire some folk to go out into the world and track down additional info - info we can all share & benefit from. If people post questions about either unit in this thread that I can answer, you bet your colon juice I'll do my best to answer them. I'd expect you'd wish to do the same ... right ?
No, it wasn't speculation. I knew it was unreleased. What I didn't/don’t know is if there were working units or if the picture was just of a mock up. Ok, then, stop making silly assumptions suggesting you know much about me. The point of that post was to 1. Prove you wrong 2. Show that you know nothing about me and my time on this board. Just to put things in perspective, you have no idea what I'm doing in the background, so let’s leave it at that. I like how you make it sound like you're trying to help me get all kinds of A'can knowledge, when really you haven’t told me anything new. Everything you've told me so far in our PMs, I already knew, and the one thing I specifically asked for (a list of A'can games that you know of), you never sent me. Though, I wouldn't be surprised if I know the same amount/more games than you do. Just for the record, I know of 15 A'can games and there are ~20. As for A'can discussion, sure would be nice. However, I think the A'can deservers a thread of its own, as does the Super Color. I knew all the answers the questions asked about the A'can, but didn't answer them because I didn't want to throw the thread off track. But now it doesn't even matter anymore because it so far gone that it will never come back. Thanks and good night.
The two companies that jointly created the development environment for the Super A'Can would have been put to work on the development environment for the Super Color. They never started anything for it. If the Super Color existed beyond mock-up form, it was likely functionless. How juvenile. I don't care to know anything about you nor your time on this board. Both are irrelevant to my research. You could be preparing to write me a valid check for $50,000 in the background, for all I care. How is this relevant to anything? Boo-hoo, then. No one is holding my hand, either. Hurrah. *shrugs* Am I supposed to feel intimidated? I'll bet. What a convenient, high-horse answer. I'll step aside, and let you field the A'Can questions from now on. (This should be good.) It will never come back ... to what? To people dreaming about owning it even though this is not possible, and to comparing the imaginary technical specifications to the 32x and other units? Extremely productive, I'll admit. Good night, indeed. Sleep off this needless attitude.
Are you done yet? You have proved nothing, nor have you brought anything new to the table. No one cares. You're not the end-all be-all of A'can knowledge that you think you are. You're nothing more than a buffoon and a pest. You're just a bitter old man who has been proven wrong. It's time to let go, so let go. Good lord :banghead:
Guys, don't mean to come between you two, but can we call an end to this? I started paying attention to this post because I had never heard of an A'Can before (let alone a A'Can Super Color) and was really interested in what I could learn, but now this post has been flooded by your little war here. I've read many a good post by you, Alien Workshop, and I'm sure Mr. Sound About can contribute to the community as well, but geez... lets give it a rest already, you guys really aren't getting yourselves anywhere. Lets not taint the wonderful forums ASSEMbler has so graciously provided for us, but instead enjoy the common love for all things video game related that we all seem to share.
Is that so? I've informed people that I spoke with a former distributor of the A'Can regarding the Super Color, and that I've also spoken about it with the companies that jointly developed the development environment for the A'Can. This is proof, and this is news. You've contributed, let's see... a medium-quality scan from the back of the system box, and some typed up technical specifications from same said box. Whatever you may or may not be doing "behind the scenes", it seems it's more of a silent, unimportant act than anything useful. You wanted people to share info and talk about the Super Color - well, I've now provided more FACT about it not being released and about the very slim possibility of it even having been in existance at all than you have. Funny - because even though you claim to know so much (even more than I do) about the subject, I bet you couldn't even put a company name behind half of the productions / distributions / etc. of the Super A'Can and / or its games. In fact, name ONE of them and I'll be completely appeased. You won't, though - you'll just keep on insulting me. Better to be a bitter old man than a foolish child. But I agree - this has gone too far, and it's becoming pointless and tedious. After all, it's Christmastime for crying out loud.
