turbo-digest digest, Volume 03, Issue 005
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In this issue:
Help me in CF2
Re: PCE/TUrbo ethics
Strider (SuperGrafx)
Strider(SG)
PC 4in1
demo tape
Off line (again)
SG Strider: The Scoop
Duo RX
Cosmic Fantasy 3 for sale
Collecting vs. Gaming
Rare games question?
Re: Rare games question?
Avenue Pad 3 and PC Dengin CD?
Bikini Girls, Hawaiian Island Girls???
Atari prototype for Trade
# of Units sold?
possibly rare stuff
Re: Avenue Pad 3 and PC Dengin CD?
Re: Bikini Girls, Hawaiian Island Girls???
Re: SG Strider: The Scoop
Re: Avenue Pad 3 and PC Dengin CD?
Macross 2036 FT/FS
Altered Beast & BatMan
Altered Beast & BatMan
Re: Mailing Lists for other video game systems...
Re: SG Strider: The Scoop
Air Zonk or SF2'ce and Adapter anyone?
Batt. Pack
Duo problem and game Q's
Re: Brighter Minds Video Games
STRIDER(SG): Here's the PLAN!!!
BONK RPG...is it true???
questions
questions letter
Re: Bikini Girls, Hawaiian Island Girls???
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From:
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 03:32:32 -0500
Subject: Help me in CF2
Ack, I'm stuck in CF2, and have no idea what to do! I have Babette, Pico, and
Van in my party. I went to the town of Ein, and went down to the temple of
Ein, and she said to go to the hidden temple in the north in the mountains.
So I went there and spoke to all the goddesses and got the stones, and I
dunno what to do now. To the west is a wierd place with lots of cave holes
and such. One leads to a little cave passage with a red door, but I can't
open it. Can anyone help me please? Thanks
--Cyb'
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From: "George F.Palamara"
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 16:20:39 +0900
Subject: Re: PCE/TUrbo ethics
What's wrong with wanting to collect games, or anything for that matter?!?
As I said before it is due to collectors in the past that I own many of my
'prized possessions.'
Also, we collectors are good for the marketplace in the long run. We make
the games available when they are nowhere else to be found. Sure I did not
need to pick up five copies of SF II at a local shop a year ago. But if they
did not sell out of the bargain bin the shop was going to throw them out. So
now a bunch of my friends can enjoy (or do whatever they want with) a game
saved from the scrap pile.
>Well, the semi-collecters/gamers like me tend to be the losers when
>collecters try and hoard everything.
I disagree with this statement 100%! How do you figure that because I own
both an opened and unopened copy of, say, Xanadu II that I'm somehow
screwing you out of it? I did not pick up the last copies on earth.
Outside of a few titles like Darius Alpha and SG Strider beta (if it exists)
all other games were produced by the thousands--hundreds of thousands even.
My two or three copies of anything is not going to put a dent in those numbers.
All these complaints from the 'gamers' seems more like sour grapes over the
fact that they either can not get some games, or are not willing to pay the
price when one is available.
And on the subject of price, why do the 'gamers' always get upset when
someone offers a rare game at a high price? Should they sell it off cheap
because they are done playing it? If your grandmother died and left you a
Stradivarius violin should you be forced to sell it for $100.00 just because
you will never use it?
There is something you college types may have heard of called the free
market system. It seems that I can charge what ever I want for an item, and
if no one buys that I can lower my price or close up shop. Some games are
expensive, but there are people out there willing to pay those prices. And
they are not all collectors either.
A while back I put up a notice mentioning how 'Sapphire' was selling for
$150.00 and '1941' for $125.00 here in Japan. The next day I was flooded
with e-mail from people who were willing to pay those prices just to 'play'
those games--not collect, play. I was not offering them for sale or saying
they were a good deal--I meant that those prices were out of line. Yet still
people want them.
Again the big difference between collectors and gamers seems to be age and
money.
You know, as I look around my apartment at the 32in wide screen TV, the two
LD players, the S-VHS, VHS and Hi8mm VCR's, game systems and software to
numerous to mention, the computer and the stereos, I can think of no better
enticement to get kids to stay off drugs, stay in school, get a good
education and a good job. It worked for me!
>All right, I'll stop rambling. But if you can tell me where PC Engine games
>are sold IN JAPAN at good prices, I would be eternally greatful(Not just city
>names like Akihabara PLEASE!! ACTUAL RETAILER'S NAMES!!)
As for the above : tell your friends to try Zet, Soft Map, Sato Musen,
Yoshikawa Denki, among others, all in Akihabara. But since Soft Map alone
has 15 branches there they may still have a little trouble finding anything.
There are fewer and fewer shops dealing in PCE software. That's one of the
reasons prices have gone up.
Hope this info was helpful.
George
>
>Thank you, this list has helped my regain my collection(at least one game
>actually, but the favorite) and for this, I thank you all.
>
>Riese
>
>
>
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From:
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 09:36:35 -0500
Subject: Strider (SuperGrafx)
I know that Strider for SuperGrafx does exists. Only five copies of Strider
exists in the world. I have a friend who has a Strider for SuperGrafx (not
for sale) and he loves it. Strider may not have been good on PC-Engine but
it is good on SuperGrafx. My friend and I know how rare it is and even
though he receved offers of up to $600 for it, he still would not sell it.
PLEASE DO NOT MAIL ME ABOUT THIS, IT IS NOT FOR SALE AND I WILL NOT GIVE YOU
HIS E-MAIL ADDRESS!
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From: pcfx
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 09:11:35 -0800
Subject: Strider(SG)
We all know of the lore and myth that is Strider SG. No one doubts your
words, but I believe most people would love to see a scanned photo of the
card itself and screen shots of the game being played or something. Maybe
an explanation of how your friend came into possession of something that
shouldn't have made it's way out of Japan would be interesting as well.
Lance
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From: Thanh Pham
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 11:32:19 -0500
Subject: PC 4in1
http://www.pc-e.com/pce/doc_hucard.html
They have a PC 4 in 1 for sale a "clone" for over 100 bucks. Is this the
NES ports that someone was talking about? I sent an inquiry but haven't
receive a response yet. Interesting...
Thanh
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From: "Chuck A. Smith"
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 11:09:20 -0600
Subject: demo tape
Hi all,
I have 2 people waiting for tapes. Several others
said they were sending a MO but I have not got any for
days. If you have not sent an MO yet. Please dont.
I am making this last batch and thats the end.
To clifton and steve W: your tapes will go out
this week in this final batch.
Thanks for your patience to everybody.
Thanks for your time,
Chuck Smith
(PC-Engine Collector since 1990)
Please visit my little corner of the web at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~chucksmith/
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From: The Avatar
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 12:32:28 -0500
Subject: Off line (again)
I will be going off line sometime today, and I have no idea how long it
will be until I am back. Hopefully I can log back in sometime tomarrow,
but that all depends if the NCSU computer center is open or not. (I need
the new Win 95 software to run my LAN through their system -- I used to
use Win 3.1) Anyways, school doesn't officially start until Wed, and the
Computer center may not be open until then. Also, Win 95 isn't the most
user-friendly OS on the planet by far, so it may take me a while to get
everything set up right. (still, it's better than 3.1 ...) (PS: PnP is
EVIL!!!!)
LAter! (how later remains to be seen... :)
--
The Avatar
Otaku for life
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From: Mike Lyon
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 13:16:20 -0600
Subject: SG Strider: The Scoop
Here's the the scoop on Strider for the SG, for all those who are not
familiar with the story.
Strider WAS programmed, up to about level 4, for the Supergrafx. It is
not vaporware, as is frequently reported. Instead of using a Strider
"mold" (looking at previous code and formatting it for the system), the
programmers started from scratch, which was a long and costly endevour.
The game was intended to surpass even the arcade version, which sounds
good to me. The Supergrafx was more than capable of it.
When the project was scrapped, due to the massive NES/PCE war that I
will not get into, there were FIVE WORKING E-proms. Not cards.
E-proms. That's prototypes for all of you not in the know. They're
big, ugly, and look nothing like Hu-cards. I do not wish to discount
Al's story, but just how his friend got a hold of this is fucking beyond
me. Take these factors into account:
Copy #1 went to the Hudson vaults. There it will remain until Hudson
goes out of business, at which point it will become part of the Hudson
estate or be turned over to a company that might buy them out.
Copy #2 went to the head programmer of Strider. I believe he lives in
Kobe. Good luck in finding him.
Copy #3 was given to the original designer of Strider, who had a close
interest in the development of the SG version. After the failure of the
SG, he wasn't present for the ACD development, which could account for
it's poor quality.
Copy #4 was the press copy; this is the copy that Gamefan and EGM and
all those mags had the Strider pictures in. The press E-prom contained
only the first level of the game and a credit sequence, if I'm correct.
The press copy, to the best of my knowledge, no longer exists.
Which leaves copy #5 and copy #5 ALONE unaccounted for. Maybe Al's
friend is the lucky guy who owns THIS TRULY ONE OF A KIND ITEM, but I
HIGHLY DOUBT IT.
If Al's pal does have the 5th copy, he'd better cough up some Polaroids
real quick, or there are going to be many skeptical and angry turbo fans
on this list!
Lyon!
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From:
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 14:20:31 -0500
Subject: Duo RX
What was the web address for the place that had the PC Engine Duo RX's for
$149? Can someone E-Mail me the address?
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From: man is too ignorant to exist
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 14:35:20 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Cosmic Fantasy 3 for sale
The original bidder backed out, so I have another almost new copy of
Cosmic Fantasy 3, complete with jewel case, manuals, and guide book, for
sale for 53$ ppd in the US, including priority postage. I accept payment
in the form of postal money orders, which are available at any post
office for .75$. Refs are also not a problem. Thanx. Dave
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From: richterbelmont@juno.com (Gregory E Peck)
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 15:11:51 EST
Subject: Collecting vs. Gaming
"Well, the semi-collecters/gamers like me tend to be the losers when
collecters try and hoard everything."
Valid point. But it doesn't help to cry about it. Sorry, no offense. But,
if you want to get the games you want you either have to pay a price,
find someone else who can get it for you, or don't bother with it. At
least people have a choice when it comes to alot of these games.
"How do you figure that because I own
both an opened and unopened copy of, say, Xanadu II that I'm somehow
screwing you out of it? I did not pick up the last copies on earth."
I have to back this comment up. Before I jumped on the list, I though
Dracula X was a rare find in the US. Seems like damn near everyone on
here has a copy. I can see where nowadays it may be hard to scrounge up a
copy but remember, the game is about three years old now. I'm sure you
can't walk into your local K-Mart and pick up Nobunaga's Ambition II mint
in box and shrinkwrapped still (a serious hint to anyone btw, 'cuz I need
a copy for the NES).
"Outside of a few titles like Darius Alpha and SG Strider beta (if it
exists)all other games were produced by the thousands--hundreds of
thousands
even. My two or three copies of anything is not going to put a dent in
those
numbers."
Exactly. It sucks, I know, to not be able to get in on the ground floor
of something. Granted under the circumstances of this letter (the
paragraphs I'm using in quotaions are from someone who doens't live in
the US versus someone who does) it's harder to get things here 'cuz it
all depends on who brings what over here. Plus, there are thousands of
gamers out there who know about "Game X" and want a copy. I'm not at all
suprised if there are hundreds or thousands of gamers in the US who own a
copy of "Game X" that AREN'T on this list. Sorry, but the game has to be
played by the rules given and if you live somewhere where games are
harder to get, that's beyond the control of anyone. Trust me, I know. I
live in Cincinnati, OH and this city has NOTHING!!
"On the subject of price, why do the 'gamers' always get upset when
someone offers a rare game at a high price? Should they sell it off
cheap because they are done playing it? If your grandmother died and left
you a Stradivarius violin should you be forced to sell it for $100.00
just
because you will never use it?"
In a perfect world, a game wouldn't cost that much to get and everyone
could have a copy. Hell, in a perfect world, we wouldn't even have to pay
for the title. But, as many have figured out, this is hardly a perfect
world. I would have loved to pay only $20 for a Dracula X or Macross:
ELS. But, no, they cost me big time. I paid it 'cuz I wanted them. I felt
they were worth it to me. At the very least, I can say I own a copy. As
for what I spent on it, who knows what I would have done with it had I
not gotten the game. Like it matters. I don't have time to think about
alternate possibilities of what could have been.
"There is something you college types may have heard of called the free
market system. It seems that I can charge what ever I want for an
item, and if no one buys that I can lower my price or close up shop. Some
games
are expensive, but there are people out there willing to pay those
prices.
And they are not all collectors either."
Cruel. But true. As I explained above, pay the price, look elsewhere and
take your chances, or don't bother. There's too many anxious people out
there willing to pay that much more for a title just to own it so it's
redundant to say hold out for a drop in price.
"Again the big difference between collectors and gamers seems to be age
and money.There are fewer and fewer shops dealing in PCE software. That's
one of
the reasons prices have gone up."
Correct. Try asking asking Diehard or any it's franchise stores to see if
they have any PC Engine stock left. Places like Japan Video Games, Tommo,
NCS, TZD, and some others carry titles but not the stuff I so commonly
hear asked for. If you're looking for PCE titles in general, at least NCS
has a nice selection at reasonable prices. TZD has some good prices on
older stuff. But if what you seek is say Tokimeki Memorial or Macross:
2036, don't bother calling them.
In closing, I have to put myself somewhere in this. I would have to say
I'm more collector than gamer. I collect games but that doesn't mean I
won't play them. I find them more fun to collect than say, baseball cards
or stamps 'cuz at least I can get some interactive enjoyment out of them
at any time instead of just staring at them. I don't own multiple copies
of games though. One copy of Dracula X is enough for me. If I take good
care of it, why would I need more than one? So, while I'm a collector, I
only collect them so I can play them. If it was any other reason, then
what's the point. I'm too honest to try and capitalize on someone else.
Well, that's my two cents worth
Greg
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From: "Eric Larsson"
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 21:18:56 +0200
Subject: Rare games question?
I'm just curios which games for the Turbo is the most rare and hard
to get?
Take care..
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From: Mike Lyon
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 15:19:27 -0600
Subject: Re: Rare games question?
Eric Larsson wrote:
>
> I'm just curios which games for the Turbo is the most rare and hard
> to get?
Sailor Moon Z, bar none!
Lyon!
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From:
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 15:47:32 -0500
Subject: Avenue Pad 3 and PC Dengin CD?
I was wondering if either ever came out. The CD version of PC Dengin (Air
Zonk in Japan) is not on the pce-completer-list, and I haven't heard any
mention of the Avenue Pad 3 though I have a picture of it. Any knowledge on
these two games? Thanx.
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From:
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 15:50:25 -0500
Subject: Bikini Girls, Hawaiian Island Girls???
I saw these on that list of games, and would basically like to know what the
hell they are. Why was a country origin missing from these games? ANy info
is appreciated.
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From: Daniel Ladner
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 14:03:02 -0700
Subject: Atari prototype for Trade
I know from the subject that this doesn't sound Turbo-related, but I am
interested in trades for this item.
I have a prototype of the Atari 2600 game "Crystal Castles". It consists
of a large circuit board (About the size of 2 HuCards) inside a standard
2600 cartridge shell (the circuit board sticks out the end a ways).
The label on the shell states "Return to Protoype Lab, Consumer Division,
Software Department".
The game plays about the same as the real thing, but this is the only
cartridge I've ever seen like this.
I would like to trade it for some PCE or Turbo stuff, if anyone is
interested.
Daniel Ladner
sld6s@cc.usu.edu
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From: Matt Sheridan
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 16:37:54 -0500 (EST)
Subject: # of Units sold?
I am curious to as how many Turbo 16 and Duo units were sold in the US combined?
Also a PCE figure would be helpful as well. I also wonder how many PC engine
LT's were actually produced as to see how rare they really are. I hope to
pick one up someday! (then i woke up). Any help would be appreciated on the
big PCE/Turbo picture!
Matt
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From: Kurt Thompson
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 14:39:58 -0700 (MST)
Subject: possibly rare stuff
I have some stuff that may or may not be rare so tell me. I have two
mugs, one has Legendary Axe II on it on the other has Bloody Wolf on it.
And I have a square coaster that has some cover pics of some of the older
US TG-16 games. I also have one of the TG-16 duffle bags. Are any of
these things rare finds, if they are how much are they worth. DONT ASK
YOU CANT HAVE ANY OF IT.
====================================================
= Shaun Thompson =
= Visit my homepage at http://www.swcp.com/~captn/ =
= You can also send me E-mail at captn@swcp.com =
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From: Bt Garner
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 13:59:49 -0800
Subject: Re: Avenue Pad 3 and PC Dengin CD?
@>I was wondering if either ever came out. The CD version of PC Dengin (Air
@>Zonk in Japan) is not on the pce-completer-list, and I haven't heard any
@>mention of the Avenue Pad 3 though I have a picture of it. Any knowledge on
@>these two games? Thanx.
Yes, both came out.
From the pce.complte.catalog file:
CD PC Denjin ("Super Air Zonk") SCD (J) HCD 3049
(the pcc file tries to come as close as possible to the true Japanese
title, and since it's got "CD" in front of it, guess it should also
have "Rockabily Paradise" in ther too. ..)
And the AV3 pad was released, although it was pretty quickly replaced
by teh Avenue 6 pad. I think most AV3 pads were sold as the combo
controller with the Japanese version of Forgotten Worlds.
-bt
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From: Bt Garner
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 14:04:21 -0800
Subject: Re: Bikini Girls, Hawaiian Island Girls???
@>I saw these on that list of games, and would basically like to know what the
@>hell they are. Why was a country origin missing from these games? ANy info
@>is appreciated.
And don't forget "The Local Girls of Hawaii"
All three of these CD are picture CDs. You just cycle through scads of
photos as skimpuily clad females on beach settings (in Hawaii). Most
of the pics are of very poor quality, and any hopes of nekkidness
are squahsed by black rectangles. These are not authorized CDs
(kind of like the Games Express games). It is believed that they
were made in the US, although no one knwos for sure sicne no one
has been able to contact "Excite Software" about it.
Gameplay value is 0.
"H" value is about 2 (out of 10)
Pretty much collectors items only.
(apologies if I have offended anyone with my language in this post).
-bt
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From:
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 17:31:29 -0500
Subject: Re: SG Strider: The Scoop
In a message dated 97-01-05 13:40:17 EST, lyonx008@gold.tc.umn.edu (Mike
Lyon) writes:
> Copy #1 went to the Hudson vaults. There it will remain until Hudson
> goes out of business, at which point it will become part of the Hudson
> estate or be turned over to a company that might buy them out.
This cannot be correct, as Hudson had nothing to do with the development of
Strider for the Supergrafx. It was to be developed and published by NEC
Avenue (not NEC Home Electronics). NEC Avenue is still around, but barely.
They are the same company that brought out Madou Monogatari last month, and
are one of the few who are still making PCE games.
- >< -
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From: David Woodford
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 18:07:19 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Avenue Pad 3 and PC Dengin CD?
> I think most AV3 pads were sold as the combo
> controller with the Japanese version of Forgotten Worlds.
The AVE3 pads were sold individually around the same time or a little
before the Forgotten Worlds combo. I have two AVE3 pads, but no Forgotten
Worlds. :(
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David Woodford
dfw@umich.edu
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From: Bt Garner
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 15:14:38 -0800
Subject: Macross 2036 FT/FS
I have a copy of the PCEngine SCD/CD Macross 2036 for either
sale or trade.
Mainly interested in other PCE titles, check out:
http://www.cpac.washington.edu/~bt/forsale/pcewanted.txt
For a detailed listing of PCE titles that I would be willing to trade
for.
Trades will take precedence over cash offers, but all will be considered.
-bt garner
bt@cpac.washington.edu
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From:
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 18:51:22 -0500
Subject: Altered Beast & BatMan
Could anyone please tell me how rare Altered Beast (Jhu) and BatMan (Jhu) are
and what they are worth
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From:
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 18:51:22 -0500
Subject: Altered Beast & BatMan
Could anyone please tell me how rare Altered Beast (Jhu) and BatMan (Jhu) are
and what they are worth
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From: "Kenneth C. Kuhns"
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 17:05:45 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Re: Mailing Lists for other video game systems...
On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, William Tsang wrote:
> I too would like to know about other mailing lists. If anyone knows of
> some, it seems that posting them to the list would be a good idea. For my
> part, I beleive there's a neo-geo one at neo-geo@dhp.com.
>
I know that there are mailing lists for the SMS and the Nintendo
systems. I used to subscribe to both of them in addition to this mailing
list. The NES mailing list was just chock full of spammers
though...that's the reason I unsubscribed. I remember there was one guy
on that list who would answer *every single posting* and reply to the
list! Also, good luck getting any questions answered on that list!
Unless something has changed since I was last subscribed to that list, I
wouldn't bother. Plus, I even deleted the address that you'd need to
email to subscribe (sorry.) The SMS mailing list wasn't too bad (BTW, I
don't have the subscribe address for that one anymore
either...sorry..again.) Although, they did have their share of spammers
on that list too. By far, the TML is the best mailing list I have ever
subscribed to.
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| Computer Maintenance Assistant kuhns@mc.maricopa.edu |
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From: James D Pollock
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 00:26:17 +0000
Subject: Re: SG Strider: The Scoop
At 06:39 PM 1/5/97 +0000, you wrote:
>there were FIVE WORKING E-proms. Not cards.
>E-proms.
>Which leaves copy #5 and copy #5 ALONE unaccounted for. Maybe Al's
>friend is the lucky guy who owns THIS TRULY ONE OF A KIND ITEM, but I
>HIGHLY DOUBT IT.
Of course, EPROMs are easily duplicated. For example, it is possible to
convert NES games that use the same board type if you are handy with a
soldering iron...unsolder the ROMs for say, LameGame and then solder in
some EPROMs for, say, ReallyCoolGame. Not a casual job, and a definite act
of piracy, but not beyond the realm of the dedicated, technically literate
vidgamer. You DO have to have the original in hand long enough to read
the EPROM, but when dealing with development projects, this is much easier
than with a finished, manufactured product.
The only PCE development board I ever was lucky enough to see was about 9
inches long and had four EPROM sockets on it. It was PCE Puzznic in about
1990. For those of you who want to play it but can't find it, find a copy
of the PC version. All but one of the PCE puzzles are contained in either
the main puzzle set or the alternate puzzle set. The PC version is closer
to the original arcade version than is either the PCE or NES versions.
Taito developed a GB version, but it was never released in the States.
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From: "Ty Hutchins"
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 20:23:42 -0600
Subject: Air Zonk or SF2'ce and Adapter anyone?
I need the things in the topic.
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Ty Hutchins a.k.a. Cornrow
cornrow@flash.net
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From: "Ty Hutchins"
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 20:24:38 -0600
Subject: Batt. Pack
Does anyone have the express battery pack which TZD sells? Or does anyone
know about it? I need one of those, as well as the Express carrying case.
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Ty Hutchins a.k.a. Cornrow
cornrow@flash.net
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From:
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 21:47:34 -0500
Subject: Duo problem and game Q's
I have a problem with my Turbo Duo hook up. I have to hook up my Duo through
my VCR. Everytime I do this though, the audio and video are knocked out. Then
I turn the Duo on and the picture and sound are fine. The problem is I can't
have my Duo hooked up when I want to watch television. My question is, is
there a RF adapter for the Duo so I can hook it directly to my TV? It is
really annoying hooking it up when I want to play it, then unhooking it when
I wanna watch TV. My next question is about Hu Card games. I recently picked
up a Turbo Express dirt cheap and I want some good Japanese Hu Card games. Or
American Hu Cards for that matter. I was wondering if Ninja Gaiden or
Operation Wolf are any good? Any other recommendations will be appreciated.
Z
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From: daves@interlog.com (David Shadoff)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 00:07:29 -0500
Subject: Re: Brighter Minds Video Games
>Has anyone ever heard of Brighter Minds Video Games? Their prices seem to
>be on the inflated side for imports, but they seem to be dedicated to
>PCE/DUO stuff...in Canada that is.
Brighter Minds is a store near me, in Toronto. They carry Japanese
import games for the Saturn and the PSX, as well as lots of PCE stuff.
They also have some Super Famicom, MegaDrive, and GameBoy stuff (basically
all imports).
Since they're in Canada, I'm not sure whether the prices they quote are
in Canadian $ or US$, or if taxes are already included in the posted
price. But in my experience, Tony (the owner) is a good guy, and gives
his frequent (and bulk) customers special treatment.
Almost all of their PCE stuff is used (I believe the 'NEW' stuff is marked
as such) - but most of it's in good condition. I've bought quite a bit
of stuff there in the past.
If you live in the Toronto area, you should drop in to their store
and take a look at what they've got (it's a pretty good selection).
One more thing... These guys can (and will) get more used PCE games when
they sell their current stuff - quite a number of these units and games
were sold in the Toronto area.
-- Dave
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From:
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 00:15:47 -0500
Subject: STRIDER(SG): Here's the PLAN!!!
I say if we can't get the physical game, lets get the software code. We code
then use this in some device to convert it to the corresponding binary code
and develop some masks. This way we could mass produce them (illegally of
course) and everyone could have a SuperGrafx Strider Prototype. Yippeeee!!!!
Anyone ever get some develop kits. If so it makes our job a little easier.
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From:
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 00:17:01 -0500
Subject: BONK RPG...is it true???
Say I have some pictures of this game (Bonk RPG). I suppose it never made.
What's the story behind this one that slipped away?
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From: daniel a peters
Date: 1/6/1997 0:36
Subject: questions
Hello, I subscribed to the tml and I was never given a
verification number,or I may have erased it in error.
my name is Dan Peters and my e-mail add. again is:
quovadis@concentric.net
Thanks for your time. Hope to hear back soon.
Dan
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From: daniel a peters
Date: 1/6/1997 1:28
Subject: questions letter
Sorry, newbie mistake. I'll try to write something
meaningful next time. By the way, does any body know where
there might be a copy of Vasteel 2 for sale? Just something
I've been looking for. Thanks for you time and patience.
Dan Peters
quovadis@concentric.net
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From: Keith Lee
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 00:38:36 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: Bikini Girls, Hawaiian Island Girls???
At 03:53 PM 1/5/97 -0800, you wrote:
;;Most of the pics are of very poor quality, and any hopes of nekkidness
;;are squahsed by black rectangles. These are not authorized CDs
;;(kind of like the Games Express games). It is believed that they
;;were made in the US,
;The 'black rectangles' masking off the 'good parts' leads my to think that
;these were produced by/for the Japanese market, as this is a common form of
;censorship seen in many adult (etc.) magazines here.
;When was the first time that anyone saw one of these in the US? If I
;remember correctly they were floating around here (Japan) as early as
'92-'93?
;Also, they never sold here for the $89.95 price printed on the front title
;page. I picked up my copies then for around $40.00 each, now when available
;they go for about $25.00.
;Anyone have any more info?
I have each of these unopened. They were all shrink-wrapped, not cello
wrapped,
and they all came in a clear, narrow, one-piece jewel case. As far as I could
tell, an opened copy of Girls of Hawaii had no black blocks, but then, I
really was just checking to see that the disc worked. It's in the US now,
so I won't be able to tell for a while....
If someone has the disc, many times the disc maker will encode their ID onto
the disc, either as a series of letters or as a bar code. If anyone has a
CDR,
they can stick it in and see the lead-in info, which might give more essential
data. I'd do this, but I'm a few thousand miles from my CDR setup...
They came with no docs, just a picture page in color, one-sided. Each of the
discs seems to have the same background picture.
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