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Random Images from India
Dharavi arcade
A photo of a Dharavi arcade in Bombay, India, taken from the REVOLV blog (which has several entries on games in India). Lord BBH on Shoryuken forums says: "The high scores of the KoF '97 shows it's some bootleg where Orochi (the last boss) can be used. Awesome." As REVOLV stated: In the Dharavi Labor Camp, a small (5'x6') room holds two arcade consoles. Games were ~2 rupees (5 cents). This price point seemed to attract young kids. They were playing some street-fighter type game.
PS2 room
Another photo from REVOLV, this time of a PS2 games room near Pali Hill. As stated: "Then you have a Playstation Shop near Pali Hill. Pali Hill is one of the wealthiest parts of Bombay, and since there is a 35% tax on imported 'luxury' electronics, Playstations are rare even among the rich. In this picture we see a slightly older, substantially more affluent demographic playing Fifa (sorry for the terrible picture--I'll go back and reshoot, promise). Nevertheless, I wouldn't call this fancy."
EGM scan of Clayfighter Extreme in India
OK, technically we don't have the EGM scan anymore. It was in our image archive, but now it's not. It was taken from the ASSEMblergames forum, where one forumite was looking for people who lived in India, since an old issue of EGM reported that one of its staff visited India on holiday and found a bootleg of Tekken 5 for the PS1 which, when played, actually turned out to be Clayfighter Extreme. Of course, this game was never officially released, and so the underground had been searching for beta copies. It was never resolved if this was a hoax by EGM, but it's an interesting question to consider: why and how would an unreleased fighting game end up in Inida, to then be used as a substitute when pirating Tekken 5? The mind boggles at the strangeness of the situation. If anyone involved in that issue of EGM wants to comment, please contact us, and likewise if you have said issue of EGM and can provide a scan, please do so!
Dharavi arcade
A photo of a Dharavi arcade in Bombay, India, taken from the REVOLV blog (which has several entries on games in India). Lord BBH on Shoryuken forums says: "The high scores of the KoF '97 shows it's some bootleg where Orochi (the last boss) can be used. Awesome." As REVOLV stated: In the Dharavi Labor Camp, a small (5'x6') room holds two arcade consoles. Games were ~2 rupees (5 cents). This price point seemed to attract young kids. They were playing some street-fighter type game. |
PS2 room
Another photo from REVOLV, this time of a PS2 games room near Pali Hill. As stated: "Then you have a Playstation Shop near Pali Hill. Pali Hill is one of the wealthiest parts of Bombay, and since there is a 35% tax on imported 'luxury' electronics, Playstations are rare even among the rich. In this picture we see a slightly older, substantially more affluent demographic playing Fifa (sorry for the terrible picture--I'll go back and reshoot, promise). Nevertheless, I wouldn't call this fancy." |
EGM scan of Clayfighter Extreme in India
OK, technically we don't have the EGM scan anymore. It was in our image archive, but now it's not. It was taken from the ASSEMblergames forum, where one forumite was looking for people who lived in India, since an old issue of EGM reported that one of its staff visited India on holiday and found a bootleg of Tekken 5 for the PS1 which, when played, actually turned out to be Clayfighter Extreme. Of course, this game was never officially released, and so the underground had been searching for beta copies. It was never resolved if this was a hoax by EGM, but it's an interesting question to consider: why and how would an unreleased fighting game end up in Inida, to then be used as a substitute when pirating Tekken 5? The mind boggles at the strangeness of the situation. If anyone involved in that issue of EGM wants to comment, please contact us, and likewise if you have said issue of EGM and can provide a scan, please do so! |
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