I picked this copy of Super Air Diver up for $1 along with a bunch of very used and very dirty SF games. At the time of purchase I saw they were all Japanese (not Hyundai releases) and figured it was a bargain anyways. As I was cleaning it later I noticed that this game has a Korean back plate. Here are some images: http://imgur.com/a/9kC2Y I know that there were some Japanese games that had almost no region adjusting for Korea - they usually just included additional instructions in Korean. But I'm curious, because of the laws of the time, if anything sold officially in Korea was required to meet certain requirements such as safety usage disclaimers and so forth. Another example of this I've seen is the original MSRP on the boxes and on the bottom of the Super Comboys themselves. I'm sure this was required because I don't think any other regions did this. It's kind of crazy to think that my copy of 한국프로야구 might have actually sold for the 119,000 price still on the box. Of course it is also possible that the game's just been taken apart and mated with a different backing but I wanted to get an outside opinion.
Between late 1992 and the end of 1993, when the ban on Japanese language media became applied to games, Samsung and Hyundai had a lot of "simultaneous releases" with Japan. I figured this simply involved importing Japanese carts, but its very much possible they put Korean stickers on for the safety instructions. At any rate, Super Air Diver does fit the timeframe for that.
Well, I got my answer today when my SFC finally arrived in the mail. Popped in Super Air Diver only to find that it is in fact Super Street Fighter 2. Someone along the way must've swapped the front with the Hyundai release of SSF2. Actually kind of happy but I'm not sure what to do with the extra game... Thanks for your response!
That would have driven me nuts. The Super Comboy SSFII is one of the harder to find releases. I think I've only seen it for sale CIB once or twice in the last few years. Out of curiosity, did you order these online or did you grab them from a shop in Busan?
I've encountered 3 I suppose. I got my CIB one that I found in Busan. Got the mismatched one at a random shop in the $1 bin. And I've since come across one other one (bought from a Korean goods site) that I have sold. That one was just the cartridge.
It's funny because I was told that Busan was not a good place to find retro games at. I guess I heard wrong. I have a feeling I know the sites you check though haha. Let's chat more and share our info!
Despite my limited success, I would still agree Busan's not a good spot. But honestly what is a "good" spot these days anyways? Now that the interest has been piqued whatever was out in the open has long since been bought up or hoarded. I feel the remaining troves must be found in other obscure parts of the country.
It's good to make friends with Korean collectors. That's how I got the majority of my regular Hyundai Comboy games. The problem is that most of the Korean collectors I have met are not socially...... 'aware' I guess you could say hahaha
