Have you ever bought a video game through eBay only to be shipped pirated junk instead of the promised new shiny authentic game you believed you were buying? This sort of thing happens so much that it's nearly impossible to buy legitimate games through the service and its ilk anymore. Remember that no real game ever ships "directly from the factory in Hong Kong" or via other similar lies designed to put you at ease. What other sort of lies? Hardcore Gaming 101 found a treasure trove of crap after trying to buy a real game via eBay and instead wound up with - what else? - counterfeit goods. Arr, matey!
Well, Callahan's Crosstime Saloon is apparently there, along with nine other older games, and a "bonus" of Tyrian 2000. My favorite is the picture that's fan artwork of Valkyrie Profile which in turn is actually some kind of old valkyrie-themed Amiga game.
I try actually installing Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, and it doesn't work. Turns out it's the same ripped version found on abandonware sites that removes all of the speech files. Yeah, I'm totally 100% sure that whoever holds the rights to Legend Entertainment's stuff surely approved this!
I gave up on buying used games online years ago. It was barely worth the hassle of negotiating the service and going through the auction process while paying shipping costs for something that I could get for slightly less money at the GameStop a mile or two up the road. The only good gaming-related fortune I've ever had with eBay was when I bought my Virtual Boy and built a library of games. There's really no incentive for large-scale production of counterfeit Virtual Boy titles destined for the gray and black markets. I can't imagine why.
