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Post by barney on Dec 28, 2015 11:55:03 GMT
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Post by Transatlantic Foe on Dec 28, 2015 12:21:36 GMT
Looks like the US manual, so probably put in as a replacement for the original to make it complete. Doubtful it started life like that.
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Post by gallos_11 on Dec 28, 2015 19:45:44 GMT
I also think it's a replacement.
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Post by Rastanfarian on Dec 28, 2015 20:10:10 GMT
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Post by alexkiddinwonderland on Dec 29, 2015 14:59:18 GMT
That one is more like the portuguese-only ones (that'd also include the typical multi-lang horizontal oriented manual), albeit the manual on the 1st post is more like the "full-colored" ones, with a glossy silky cover/back.
+1 for a replacement.
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Post by Rastanfarian on Dec 29, 2015 17:23:58 GMT
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Post by barney on Feb 11, 2016 21:17:24 GMT
So here is another EU Power Strike box with a US manual (confirmed this time by more photos). It looks to me like it may have originally been sold this way sometimes. rupert - I know you have a few EU variations of this game - do any of them have the US manual? |
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Post by Rastanfarian on Feb 11, 2016 21:38:01 GMT
So here is another EU Power Strike box with a US manual (confirmed this time by more photos). It looks to me like it may have originally been sold this way sometimes. rupert - I know you have a few EU variations of this game - do any of them have the US manual? Interesting. I wonder if the U.S. didn't "sell" the amount of mail in versions they expected and just shipped their excess inventory to the U.K. to be repackaged with the Euro style cover. As far as I know the game was only available as a mail in promotion here in the U.S. and not available to be purchased in stores. Is that correct? |
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Post by rupert on Feb 11, 2016 22:20:46 GMT
So here is another EU Power Strike box with a US manual (confirmed this time by more photos). It looks to me like it may have originally been sold this way sometimes. rupert - I know you have a few EU variations of this game - do any of them have the US manual? Very possible.. I have 3 euro Power Strikes in my collection (Now there are no limits, ® and no ®). However only 1 is complete with manual. Meanwhile my US Power Strike has 2 manuals in the box.. Its likely 1 of those came in a euro box and I moved it. Unfortunately its too long ago for me to remeber but it's my best guess considering this thread. |
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Post by retrokevretro on Feb 12, 2016 10:10:28 GMT
The manual is from the 'Blue' mail order version of power strike that has been put in an EU region box
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Post by barney on Feb 12, 2016 18:12:31 GMT
The manual is from the 'Blue' mail order version of power strike that has been put in an EU region box Yes, but the fact that a couple of these have appeared recently makes me think that this manual may have sometimes been sold with this box. |
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Post by barney on Feb 12, 2016 18:15:18 GMT
As far as I know the game was only available as a mail in promotion here in the U.S. and not available to be purchased in stores. Is that correct? That's correct, although I seem to remember hearing anecdotally that copies of the US version could be found in stores in the UK. This is not impossible, given that the game appears reasonably frequently on eBay UK. |
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Post by Rastanfarian on Feb 12, 2016 18:42:34 GMT
As far as I know the game was only available as a mail in promotion here in the U.S. and not available to be purchased in stores. Is that correct? That's correct, although I seem to remember hearing anecdotally that copies of the US version could be found in stores in the UK. This is not impossible, given that the game appears reasonably frequently on eBay UK. That makes sense seeing as Castle of Illusion, Super Monaco GP, and other late releases made their way to the U.K., France, Belgium, and maybe a few other countries for sale. Anytime you see games in the U.S. sold with the UPC code cut out you can be sure it was done in order to get Power Strike or some other promotion Sega of America/Tonka had going at that time. |
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Post by Transatlantic Foe on Feb 12, 2016 22:41:12 GMT
The Toys R Us I bought Power Strike from used the US cover for display purposes so US copies in the UK would not seem out of the question. You also have the families of US service personnel who may have brought US games in and sold them on - couple of airbases near me when I was a kid.
However I doubt the recent auctions are anything more than people who picked up loose manuals in the past to complete the article. It's also possible it's the same copy being passed around I guess?
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Post by Rastanfarian on Feb 13, 2016 3:53:34 GMT
The Toys R Us I bought Power Strike from used the US cover for display purposes so US copies in the UK would not seem out of the question. You also have the families of US service personnel who may have brought US games in and sold them on - couple of airbases near me when I was a kid. However I doubt the recent auctions are anything more than people who picked up loose manuals in the past to complete the article. It's also possible it's the same copy being passed around I guess? See I find it unlikely that anyone comes across loose/spare manuals. I find it much more likely to come across boxed games without manuals. The same copy being passed around theory is certainly plausable though. |
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