So far, a mostly complete list (taken from the above): Puyo Puyo clone - F001 Sango Fighter - F002 The Son of Evil - F003 Sonic Flying Dragon (Speedy Dragon) - F004 C.U.G. - F006 Dragon Force - F007 Monopoly: Adventure in Africa - F008 Gambling Lord - F009 Magic-Stick Billiards - F-010 BoomZoo - F011 Rebel - Fxxx Sound-about - sounds like you've got the lot. Which games are missing in the list? Got a confirmed name for the first one?
My sources, good as they can be, have proven to be less than 100% accurate from time to time. People tend to forget certain details when they aren't super-duper important to them, and this all happened ten years ago. Thus, if they made error and neglected to recall some games, we may have more to look forward to (if that's possible, considering how bad the games are). Personally, I hope that there are more than 12 games, because it gives more possibility that a good game could surface. Also, I'm not comfortable having a complete A'Can collection so soon. That's just boring. F001 = Formosa Duel. F005 = Super Taiwanese Baseball League (C&E, Inc.). It is a port of the game "Super Pro Baseball '94" from the Sega MD. F012 = Rebel Star. It would seem to be the rarest game, as every A'Can collector from Taiwan that I have talked to thinks it to be an unreleased game. I have to send them photos of it to change their minds. The system was released in 1995. Thanks, Paulo, for quoting what I said earlier, thus saving me the trouble of having to quote myself.
What would be the point of that? Playing Super A'Can is less fun than getting poked in the eye with a dirty needle. The only good reason to buy one is to so save someone else from being cursed by it. Emulating the machine would only spread its evil...
I've been talking that way all my life, Wolverine. I dont hate gay people or anything, I just use that word sometimes to say something is bad or whatever. I dunno, I think its funny. I dont hate Richard Simmons, I just think he is funny is all. Seriously, I've seen "The Birdcage" 3 times and still laugh my ass off. I dont say it as much as I used to, and I dont say it on the boards 99.9% of the time. And no, AWS didnt influence me in any way to think up the nickname. BTW, I told you to close your ears.
Hey Casual: The Birdcage is a great movie. But well when you said I should close my ears, you know what happens. the oposite.
I understand some people are very easily offended, but can we please try to move forward from it, and get back on track please?
Ok, back on track - the Super A'Can is a worthless piece of garbage that comes boxed with a hideous curse. BTW: I received "Boomzoo" today, allegedly completing my collection. It actually isn't nearly as hideous as the other A'Can games, if you can believe it. There are cool things that come out of nowhere to kill you, like big trains and rolling barrels. It's like Bomberman meets Pitfall. Yes. Although, the soundtrack is awful, except for the song from the first set of stages, which is misplaced as it sounds more like an RPG tune. Super A'Can is so great. If I ever have children, they'll be punished when they get into trouble by having to play the A'Can for one hour. Just one punishment like that and they'll be angels the rest of their lives.
I do not think emulating the machine would do any bad. I see it as a good way for those who are A'Can savvy to get to understand how the system works as a whole. There's more to emulation than one thinks. ;-) On the other hand, the value of the actual cartridges might decrease.
They have a value? I thought you couldn't give the things away? Like the QueCat, I do believe this is one peice of tech that probably needs to be put to rest.
That which is common draws interest. Even some Japanese seek jaguar items. so they want our useless stuff as much as we want useless items from asia.
Does anyone know of any sites that cater specifically to Taiwanese gamers, in the interest of making a few friends and hopefully obtaining one of these machines for myself?
hope you know mandarin or similar.. I have links but they are insane.. they have 5000 chars on a chinese typewriter...
I would think that emulation would drive up the price on the a'can. Right now, no one knows what an acan is. Advertise some of the games, and more people will seek them out. however, i don't think there ever will be an emulator for it unless the processor is something simple like MK68K. There just aren't enough systems out there for them to fall into the emulator-programmer's hands. Plus emulation is a labor of love, i doubt many people have fond childhood memories of playing the a'can.
