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SCI Syntax Help / Re: Is this an acutal release?

« Last post by Threepwang on Today at 08:46:22 AM »

And finally:

Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon - Asian Big Jewel Box Edition PC 5,25:
https://www.ebay.fr/itm/203267844503?itmmeta=01HY5TVX5FFB0NVSC7EW59RYC0&hash=item2f53b52997:g:g1MAAOSwAbtgGtYb

Space Quest III: The Pirates Pestulon - Taiwanese Box Edition IBM PC 5,25:
https://www.ebay.fr/itm/204766912372?itmmeta=01HY5TT0VQ9MXQNTJCFB4J06NP&hash=item2fad0f1f74:g:InsAAOSwJ6hmLMQU

Quest for Glory I - Taiwanais Big Box Edition PC DOS 5,25:
https://www.ebay.fr/itm/204766916359?itmmeta=01HY5J4DZ7596GCH986965KP13&hash=item2fad0f2f07:g:hD8AAOSwAg5mLMXy

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SCI Syntax Help / Re: Is this an acutal release?

« Last post by Threepwang on Today at 06:22:24 AM »

The vendor offers an impressive collection of Asian games, including many Sierra games! There are some very recognizable official Japanese versions, but two other games IBM PC catch my eye: Police Quest 2 and Hoyle Classic Card Games, also with the Soft-World logo. 

Police Quest 2: The Vengeance - Taiwanais Big Jewel Box Edition IBM PC 5,25:
 https://www.ebay.fr/itm/204766916359?itmmeta=01HY5J4DZ7596GCH986965KP13&hash=item2fad0f2f07:g:hD8AAOSwAg5mLMXy

Hoyle Classic Card Games - Asian Big Box Edition PC 5,25:
 https://www.ebay.fr/itm/204259339396?itmmeta=01HY5JM0VXZ2TB96BXTFVJ70PD&hash=item2f8ece2c84:g:D2YAAOSwk4Bj~fGi

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SCI Syntax Help / Re: Is this an acutal release?

« Last post by Kawa on Today at 05:17:41 AM »

Like I said, it must've been a pretty big operation to have CD jewel cases with the company logo where the spindle grabby things should go. That's a custom molding thing! They have that, what seems like a passable print quality for the inserts, custom sleeves for the floppies, and they apparently distributed Ikari Warriors among probably other games, too.

So like I concluded in my first reply, I can't tell.

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SCI Syntax Help / Re: Is this an acutal release?

« Last post by doomlazer on Today at 05:12:08 AM »

Unofficial though, right?

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SCI Syntax Help / Re: Is this an acutal release?

« Last post by Kawa on Today at 04:53:32 AM »

A Contra-style insert and the disks are labeled #2 & #3; fake, right?

You missed the third disk labelled #1 in the other pic. Also, that's Ikari Warriors, and having some advertisements for other things from the same company (Soft World, not Sierra) in the packaging is not that strange.

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SCI Syntax Help / Re: Is this an acutal release?

« Last post by doomlazer on Today at 04:50:28 AM »

Threep tells me that the only official SCI translations were German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian and Japanese. There were a bunch of Polish Larry releases, I believe.

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SCI Syntax Help / Re: Is this an acutal release?

« Last post by doomlazer on Today at 04:42:25 AM »

A Contra-style insert and the disks are labeled #2 & #3; fake, right?

Were any of the other Japanese releases modified with the animae hair? I mean, have significant changes?

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SCI Syntax Help / Re: Is this an acutal release?

« Last post by OmerMor on Today at 04:41:47 AM »

So Soft World is a distributor from Taiwan, so not Japanese but Chinese.

Here you can find pictures for many other adventure games with Chinese packages. I don't believe any of them were translated - only their package.

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SCI Syntax Help / Re: Is this an acutal release?

« Last post by OmerMor on Today at 04:29:45 AM »

These are the Japanese SCI games that I know of:

• Castle of Dr. Brain (PC-98)
• King's Quest 5 (FM-Towns)
• King's Quest 5 (PC-98)
• Lighthouse (PC)
• Mixed-Up Mother Goose (FM-Towns)
• Phantasmagoria 2 (PC)
• Police Quest 2 (PC-98)
• Quest for Glory 1 (PC-98)
• Space Quest 4 (PC-98)

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SCI Syntax Help / Re: Is this an acutal release?

« Last post by doomlazer on Today at 04:27:37 AM »

Edit: so not real I guess