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Unreleased Final Fantasy II Cart Listed For $50,000


Posted on August 20, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Do you have an extra $50,000 lying around I could borrow? Final Fantasy II, originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, never made it to our shores despite the fact that Square Soft began work on an English language translation in 1991. With the impending release of the SNES Square shelved the project to focus on the newer generation of hardware.

A bootleg version of this English prototype have been floating around the net for a couple of years now. For those looking for the real deal owner of one of the original authentic Beta carts, Frank, has listed the item on ebay for an astonishing 50K. It wouldn’t be surprising the auction comes close to this price, especially after games like the Nintendo World Championship have sold for $13,500 in 2008, and there are probably a lot more of those than FFII prototypes.

Don’t take our word for it. The  auctioneer describes the cart as:

A pre-production sample cartridge for any video game from this era is rare indeed, but for one to survive for a game that was never actually released is something of a miracle. Having that unreleased game be a part of one of the most important franchises in video game history is basically unheard of.

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The Broken Joysticks Top 5: Nostalgic Pick Me Up RPGS


Posted on July 24, 2012 by Eric Bastelak

Greeting dear readers, you will have to excuse my infrequent posts as of late as I prepare for a big move I’m finding myself with less time. Chores, apartment viewings, work and, Rainbow Moon (Yes that review will be posted VERY soon). As life keeps throwing curve balls at me I tend to get depressed. When I get down I always seem to gravitate to immersive games from my childhood. I get wrapped up in these games. They provide an escape which can be a great break from reality. I always come back feeling refreshed ready to tackle whatever life has to throw at me.Read More


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The Music of Video Games – Volume 3


Posted on July 21, 2012 by Jason Bassett

Hello again, one and all. Welcome to another week of video game music. Last week, I mentioned that I would be giving you a great treat. I told you all that you will be all winners and today, you will be. I have played Final Fantasy for a long time now. About 12 years ago, I played Final Fantasy X as my first Final Fantasy; a late bloomer. Since then, video game music has become a major part of my life and with that, came music from a legend in the industry: Nobuo Uematsu. Since the beginning of the Final Fantasy days, Nobuo Uematsu has composed and produced many soundtracks in this amazing industry.

Today, we take a look at some of his work. Not to mention other’s like Masashi Hamauzu who has recently took the helm of the Final Fantasy game music. Not only was Final Fantasy XIII’s music great, but it was the bright spot of the entire game. His work also carried over to Final Fantasy XIII-2 with another unbelievable soundtrack

Back on point, the reason is you are all winners, is because we are going to take a look at the various Victory Themes the music team over at Square Enix has produced over the years, starting with very first games going into the newest.Read More


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Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Conjures Up 12 Songs This Month


Posted on July 12, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is about to get a lot larger with the announcement of 12 songs that will be released this month. These 12 songs join the 60 songs that shipped on the cartridge and will be available in the 3DS E-SHOP for as little as $0.99 apiece.

During the month of July we’ll get to enjoy tracks from orignal Final Fantasy, FFII, III, XI and even XIII. There is a little something for everyone and Square Enix plans to release 4 songs a week starting today!.

Check out the full list of upcoming DLC after the jump.Read More


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