Watch Out For Bootlegs (April 29, 2005)

[ChrisReid]

I was cleaning up some Wing Commander stuff the other day and found a Prophecy Advance instruction booklet that felt a little too light. I took a closer look and found some interesting things. The button controls don't seem to make sense, and under the "Bosses" section, there's a picture of a Vampire named "Wild Scissors."

A big-limbed mechanical alien that specializes in close combat. Destroy the arms, then the radar eye and finally the main body.

The descriptions of Felicia and Sheila G are just as weird. It seems that bits of the book are actually from Phalanx. Maybe the boss descriptions are as well.

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Original update published on April 29, 2005

 

[powell99]

WILD SCISSORS?! What idiot came up with that. Actually if a non WC fan played it they would have a strange suprise when they started to play the game

 

[McGruff]

Wild Scissors can't reach you if you stay in the lower left corner of the screen.

 

[Jacob]

How did you get your hands on that bootleg booklet?

 

[ChrisReid]

It came with an ebay Prophecy Advance. So far, I haven't located any copies of the game that are copies however.

 

[cff]

It came with an ebay Prophecy Advance. So far, I haven't located any copies of the game that are copies however.

Do such things exist at all? All writeable cartridges I know are considerably more expansive then an original one would be so it seems to be pointless to sell copies to me. Unless you pull it off big scale maybe.