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Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: MGH orders to jkung@acs.ucalgary.ca
From: magee7915@mtroyal.ab.ca
Date: 25 Jan 93 22:51:57 MST
Organization: Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta

Re: MGH Orders to jkung@acs.ucalgary.ca

Sorry to everyone that placed an order, my account was toasted today, and
will either be back up tomorrow, or I will be moving to the account I 
planned to get during the summer.

Again, sorry for the inconvienience.

jkung@acs.  | "You shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and
ucalgary.ca | apologize." - Mr. White (H. Keitel) RESERVOIR DOGS
From: tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: New Nintendo product
Date: 22 Jan 1993 07:54:00 GMT
Organization: University of Washington School of Law, Class of '95
NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu

kochmar@sei.cmu.edu (John Kochmar) writes:
>You guys are hanging out with the wrong women.
>
>My fiancee plays video games.  As a matter of fact, she's a lot better
>than I am in _Tetris_ and _Hatris_.  With some PC games (Like LSL 1 and
>SpaceQuest) we play together (between the two of us, we can usually
>figure out most of the PC puzzle games.)  She also likes Sonic, though
>I've had more practice with platform games, so I'm a little better
>there (though, not much), and sometimes they give her trouble.  But
>many the evening that I am getting ready for bed that she is playing
>"just one more game of Hatris..." on my Gameboy.
>
>I guess I'm a lucky man.  Not only is Sally attractive, funny, and makes
>a great lasagna, when I recently purchased the Gobliiins/Robin Hood/Hoyle
>Games multipack for her 386 PC, she was happy about it.  What a gal :^)

Yes, there are reasonable women out there.  I know one, for example, who
plays *real* video games (e.g., Defender -- not the "cute" stuff that
many women will play), is a certified computer repair technician (so if
you buy an arcade game for home use, she could fix it for you!), is in
the range of normal human height (e.g., above 6 feet, so you can talk to
her without bending your neck), has an awsome collection of Dr. Demento
tapes, can fix cars, is stunningly good looking, has bright red hair so
you can easily find her in a crowd, has nearly all issues of _Groo_, and,
in general, is almost perfect.

Now if I could just find someone like this who wasn't a lesbian...!

--Tim Smith
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
From: LJ01066@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Final Fantasy II Got 4 chests
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 13:34:29 PST

I just learned that you can get the 4 chests in the land of monsters in
the underworld.  Everyone I talked to said it couldn't be done.  I walked
around down their and could see the chests but couldn't figure out how
to get them.  One had a nice item in it the other three had things you
find most of the time.  And they said it couldn't be done.



Newsgroups: rec.games.video
From: tshay@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Timothy B Shay)
Subject: Re: Sonic 2 Level Select: More Info + spoilers for Super Sonic)
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:01:09 GMT


	The buttons in Level Select mode have similar functions
to Sonic I while you are playing:
	
      	Press Start, and then:

		A  - Restart game
		B  - single frame mode
		C  - slow motion

	(I think I got that right)

	You can get all the chaos emeralds the same way as in Sonic I in
the level select mode.  Simply press reset after you get one, and go 
back to level select...


Also, *Spoilers* on the Super Sonic 
     After collecting all the Chaos emeralds, you can become Super Sonic.
That is, collecting over 50 rings makes you Super Sonic.  The time you
are Super Sonic depends on the number of rings, with one ring being 
taken away for every second you are Super Sonic.  Being Super sonic gives
you speed and invulnerability, plus turns you all white...

	Hope this adds to your sonic pleasure...
-- 
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 meaningless interaction to a battle of wits and | We've got no Atmosphere!!
 add drama to an otherwise dull day!!" -Calvin   | From looking into the Sun!" 
 ---->  tshay@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  <----   |        - Pixies 
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
From: leue@tc.fluke.COM (Judy Leue)
Subject: Re: Do any girls read this group?(was Re: Nintendo vs. Girlfriends!)
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:21:37 GMT

While I am beyond being a "girl" (woman is closer to it) I am an avid video
nut. Started back with pac-man;must have spent several hundreds between
myself and my daughter. Actually it began before video with pin ball. Any
way my husband has no interest in video games what so ever. It's not a
problem; I give him the remote control for the big screen and I play on the
smaller tv. Works for me.

Judy

Newsgroups: rec.games.video
From: gsnow@clark.edu (Gary Snow)
Subject: Re: Sega CD Rom
Organization: Clark College, Vancouver, Wa.  USA
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:52:05 GMT

In article <472010c9b@ofa123.fidonet.org> Scott.Thomas@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
> 
>4.  You know why Nintendo has suddenly decided to not release a CD-rom?  No,
>it is not becasue they are smart, it is because they never intended to release 
>one in the first place.  They KNEW that they could not produce a 32 bit cd-rom 
>that was CD-I compatible for under $200 bucks. 

Well, that is your uninformed opinion, isn't even close to the truth, and
shows a high bias on your part.

Gary

-- 
-----
Gary Snow
uunet!clark!gsnow  or  gsnow@clark.edu
From: Elroy@cup.portal.com (Jeronimas K Zubrick)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: More game copier/backup questions.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 21:09:04 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>More questions:

>Does anyone out there have like a sales pamphlet or something for
>one of these things?  Ideally it would be imformative and show
>specs and what is currently available for the system.  A picture
>of it won't really help me.  If you do let me know and I'll send
>you my address.
>

I don't have a brochure, but since you're local to me (in a sense, I'm
across the River in Detroit, I'll be happy to answer any questions you
might have.  I have acquired a few for the users on the BBS as well, so 
I'd be happy to do the same for you.  Leave a reply to me E-Mail here
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From: sew@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Sheila Wassmer)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:56:34 GMT
Subject: Re: Do any girls read this group?(was Re: Nintendo vs. Girlfriends!)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.games.video

In rec.games.video, houser@rtsg.mot.com (Elizabeth J. Houser) writes:
> 
> You guys with girlfriends who despise video games might want to
> think twice about the women you choose to date.  If this is something
> you really like to do, find yourself someone who can share in the
> fun!
>
	Most definitely agreed.

	As for 'girls' on the net--it's apparent there are a lot of
	boys, girls and other children who read and post to this
	and other notesgroups.  Just witness the infantile flamewars
	that heat up from time to time ;-)

	I'm sure there are a number of other women who read this
	group who are amused by the messages along the lines of:
	"My girlfriend is being unreasonable!  She insists that I
	pay some attention to her instead of my Genesis!"  :-)

	Gentlemen, consider it from the reverse.  Are you willing to spend
	hours of time engrossed in, for example, soap operas or some such
	activity that your girlfriend likes but you do not?  If
	not, then you need to limit your gaming time, or alternatively,
	find someone who shares a common interest.

	Sheila Wassmer, Hewlett-Packard Colorado IC Division
	sew@hpfiqa.hp.com
From: IEE470@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Eric Beenfeldt)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: GAMEBOY FOR SALE!!!
Date: 24 Jan 93 18:46:54 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System


    I have a Gameboy, a protective case for it and up to 8 games and some other
 stuff, and the following games: Bugs bunnys crazy castle, Solar Striker, Tetri
s, and Castlevania! Everything works great and is in good condition. Its GREAT
to have on trips, or anywhere else you might go where you would have some free
time,(eg. classes, library, lunch) It would also make a great gift. Sorry about
 the annoying salesman like tone of this post, but nobody made me an offer for
my last post. Make an offer! I figure around $50 is good, but the best offer ge
ts it.

Cheers,

Dan


P.S. anyone have any good ideas for an obnoxiously (sp?) long .sig, I want to u
se one for a while and see if I can get into 'alt.flame.gigantic.sig'. Just a t
hought.
From: pohill+@CMU.EDU (Peter O. Hill)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: Motion Sickness in Mario kart and F-zero??
Date: 24 Jan 93 19:24:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.UfMrZoC00WBM86AwwC
	<1993Jan20.234009.52@sfpp.com>
Distribution: world
Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

> After playing f-zero a bit i started to become nausious (sp) had a very
> bad head ache and just felt sick and wanted to tosse my cookies the more
> i played it.
> 
> A freind of mine recently had this happen to him while playing mario kart
> with his friend.  After playing a while they both experienced the same
> simptons above.
> 
> What is causing this?  What is this call motion sickiness?
> has any1 else has this happen??
> 
> STeve
> 

I've had a similar problem with Actraiser for the SNES.  The scene where
you drop from the Sky palace to the ground to fight monsters really
started messing me up after we got a 27" screen.  It only last for a few
moments but your head really starts to spin.  I think the screen size
(or how close your sitting to it) might be the key.  On the 13 inch I
never was very impressed by that scene in Actrasier on the 27" WOW!

Pete
Newsgroups: rec.games.video,alt.games.lynx
From: rauser@fraser.sfu.ca (Richard John Rauser)
Subject: Market Forces and the Lynx
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 07:02:31 GMT



   Although I no longer own a Lynx, I still like to browse through     
alt.games.lynx every once in awhile for the heck of it. And every time
there's the usual string of messages slamming Atari for their horrible
marketing and calling for a letter writing campaign to Toys R Us for
their poor Lynx support. A recent message suggested this campaign be
extended to Software Etc. The underlying theme of these messages seems to
be that the Lynx is an amazing machine that masses of people want to buy,
but that Toys R Us and Software Etc (and many other retailers) won't let
them.

     Well, I don't know. At the risk of enraging the Lynx loyalists, can
I say that it's rather pathetic to have to launch a letter writing campaign
to save your system? Atari places a two page ad in the newspaper and everyone
on alt.games.lynx goes wild with excitement...isn't this a little sad?
I mean, come on, guys. I'm starting to get depressed from reading alt.games.
lynx. It's nothing but teary-eyed demands to write letters to save the Lynx,
anecdotes about the ignorance of Toys R Us staff and the apathy of Atari
employees, and moans and groans about how undersupported and downright 
DOOMED the Lynx is.

    You certainly don't hear such things from Game Gear, GameBoy (ugh) or
TurboExpress owners.

    So how about we let market forces (that ugly right-wing term...I can't
believe a liberal like myself would use it!) deal with the Lynx. If Toys R
Us and Software Etc. aren't selling it, could I politely suggest that's
because it's no longer selling? Do we really need to bombard them with 
letters demanding they stock the shelves with an unpopular product?

    I really liked my Lynx. Honestly I did. I only ditched it because I
preferred the games Sega had to offer on their Game Gear. But I'll be honest
here: some of the tripe being posted about the Lynx is starting to make me
lose respect for the machine. There are suggestions about Atari's total
incompetence, endless tirades about the Lynx's utter superiority to the
Game Gear, and allegations that Toys R Us is involved in a big conspiracy
to sink the Lynx, which Nintendo and Sega recognize as a genuine threat.

    Uh, I know I'm going out on a limb here, but maybe, just maybe, the
Lynx isn't that great a machine. Maybe, just maybe, that's why it isn't
selling. And maybe, again, just maybe, that's why Toys R Us and Software
Etc. are backing down.

    Or are the Lynxites going to blame Nintendo and Sega for the Kennedy
assassination as well?
 
-- 
Richard J. Rauser        "You have no idea what you're doing."
rauser@sfu.ca            "Oh, don't worry about that. We're professional
WNI                          outlaws - we do this for a living."
-----------------
"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." -Dr.Banzai
From: mac9167@tamsun.tamu.edu (Matt Costanza)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: GameGear games for sale.
Date: 26 Jan 1993 00:08:10 -0600
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: tamsun.tamu.edu

I have  a few GameGear games for sale.  All are in excellent condition.  Some
have boxes, some don't.

BatMan Returns (in original box)	$28.00

Castle of Illusions (in original box)	$20.00

Dragon Crystal (no box, has plastic case and instructions)	$23.00

G-Loc (no box, has plastic case and instructions)		$15.00

Columns (no box, has plastic case and instructions)		$10.00


If you are intrested in any of the above, please e-mail me
-- 
Matt Costanza             |  Texas A&M University   |       Amiga 2000
MAC9167@Tamsun.Tamu.Edu   |Computing Services Center|     GVP 030 40 Mhz.
Surfman@Andromeda.Tamu.Edu|  Problem & Change Mgmt  |    MSDOG Eat My Dust
                          |    Problems "R" Us      |
From: skelly@amiganet.chi.il.us (Sean Kelly)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: Software Piracy: Felony?
Date: 25 Jan 93 01:25:42 CST
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

sandyl@soda.berkeley.edu (Sandy Lai) writes:

>Well I always thought you could make personal backups of anything you buy as
lon
>g as you don't distribute the originals or the copy. You pay 50+ for a game
yous
> hsould be able to back it up. I also find it hard to beleive that in the US
tha
>t game copiers are becoming prolific(I guess Nintendo wants to nip this in the
b
>ud). Of course there a BBS's springing up all over the place with questionable
c
>onsole softwar.
>
>I did see a USA Today article saying that making copies of things were
legal.(th
>is article is about a year old and I have thrown it away)
>
 
  
      The law affects people DISTRIBUTING illegal copies of software.  You are
still free to back-up your games all you want...

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%   Sean Kelly - Sysop Amizon BBS (312)594-1146                         %
%   Always looking for classic video games for the following systems:   %
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%  Atari 2600-Atari 5200-ColecoVision-Atari 5200-Intellivision-Vectrex  %
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Newsgroups: rec.games.video
From: egp41980@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (M)
Subject: Re: Sega CD Rom
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:55:09 GMT

kucerarj@kucerarj.test.rose-hulman.edu (Ryan J Kucera) writes:

>In article <1jrr1hINNa7a@shelley.u.washington.edu>  
>tzs@stein.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:
>> I've seen CD-ROM systems for IBM PC & clones for under $200.  There's  
>one
>> from Mitsumi that I've seen in Software Etc., and the current issue of  
>Byte
>> has one for $179 in the section where they give the short product
>> descriptions of new products.  This one is particularly nice in that it  
>has
>> controls on the unit itself so that you can use it for music without  
>having
>> to control it from the computer.
>> 
>> Given this, I think a $200 CD-ROM for a game system would not be  
>impossible.

>You might have seen CD-Rom systems for IBM's for under $200, but they  
>don't have nearly have as big of a buffer as the Sega CD has.  The Sega  
>has 700kbytes of memory just for live video and sound.  There is also  
>memory for generating sound and other features.  Don't forget there is  
>another motorola 68000 running at 12.5 MHz.  All CD-Rom drives on IBM's  
>are just for reading data off a disk NOT for specifically playing games

Yeah, but I can get a meg of ram for $40 retail, and 68000s can't be going
for more than that per chip. Also, the Sega cd has a slow access time of
somewhere around 800 ms or so (this is from some EGM table so it may be 
wrong) so they could probably get their drives for pretty cheap. Plus, since
it takes around $2 to press a disc and that music cd and classics cd together
can't be worth more than $5, and since most of that Sherlock Holmes disc is
just raw data and graphics from the Turbo  version porting that to the 
Genesis would be relatively simple. Thus, we're looking at $180 for the cd
player (from above), $80 for chips, and $10 for software which equals $270.
This if you bought everything except the software at retail price, and they've
gotta be getting some bulk discount. They shouldn't be charging more than
around $250 for the player alone, does that mean that the software they
provide is worth $50? I think not.

-- 
_______________________________________________________________________________
Emery Puskas            egp41980@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
                         ep4287@coewl.cen.uiuc.edu
"If we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy, now would it?"
From: sandro@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Sandro Sarang)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: SG vs. Snes
Date: 25 Jan 1993 21:55:55 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: sleepy.cc.utexas.edu

In article <1k1btcINNl4l@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu (James L. Brookes) writes:
>In article <1993Jan25.155111.59516@uvmark.uucp> davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks)
>writes:
>>In article <1k06t2INNjmn@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu
>(James L. Brookes) writes:
>>>...And you don't mention Cybernator,Contra III,
>>
[...]
>>Well, why mention Cybernator, and FF II when they aren't even out
yet??  And
>A minor nitpick, but Cybernator _is_ out, it's been reviewed several times
>already on the net.  I'm not positive about FF II, but I'm pretty sure
>
>>David T. Meeks            || "New shadows tugging at the corner of his eye
[...]
>|          James Brookes            | Inet: bb252@cleveland.freenet.edu |
>|``What, me worry?'' - A. E. Neuman |   jamesb@cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu |
>:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Hey,
     Just where the hell is Cybernator out?  I've read reviews since November
and I've searched every game store here.  WHERE IS IT?!  I NEED IT!!!
I've waited too long, come too far, to be left here - at the brink of madness!
In other words -- HHEELLLPPP!!!



-- 
	                     - The Sandman -
* One said, "It's too late! I'm dying!"                                   * 
* The other asked, "Why? What's wrong?!"                                  *
* And the first replied, "There's just no cure for humanity..." - Anon. - *
* Replies, comments, regards:  sandro@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu                  *
* Flames, etc.: Where the sun don't...well, you get the picture.          *
From: jray@cis.ohio-state.edu (john emery ray)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: STEALTH COPIER
Date: 28 Jan 1993 04:55:21 -0500
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: gecko.cis.ohio-state.edu

Anyone selling the Stealth SNES copier?

Email me...

Xref: sparky rec.games.video:28856 alt.sega.genesis:45
From: tehyang@aludra.usc.edu (Teh Kao Yang)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video,alt.sega.genesis
Subject: Re: Re{visted}: [Genesis/Neo-Geo] A/V connector
Date: 26 Jan 1993 23:07:19 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

In article <C1I096.691@world.std.com> pmc@world.std.com (Patrick M Chase) writes:
>>However, RGB monitors are such an order of magnitude better picture that if
>>you opt for the RGB cable/monitor setup, you will see an incredible
>>difference in picture.
>

Just to give another side of the story: RGB may not be the best viewing choice
for all Genesis games. It's true that the details come out better in RGB but
it also destroys the anti-aliasing(?) effects in the graphics in some games.
I mean that you see too much detail (like individual pixels) and it ruins the
effect. I think that if you get a really good composite monitor or TV that will
be the best choice. However some games do have to be seen in RGB to be fully 
appreciated: like most of the Technosoft games, and especially Thunderforce 3.

-Teh Kao
tehyang@aludra.usc.edu
"Y's... the ideal Utopia"
From: blave@netcom.com (David W. Blevins)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: Zelda 3 : DW#1 stuck on the stairs
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:38:02 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

You have to have something to pound them down into the ground with...

Blave.
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
From: tinguyen@cs.ulowell.edu (Tin Nguyen)
Subject: Is Game Genie Can Be Use on MGH?
Organization: Criminal World, New Jail, Lowell
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:33:49 GMT

does it works good on MGH? thanks for the answer.

-- Tin
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
From: slee@csulb.edu (Steve M Lee)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: SNES Wing Commander sold
Date: 22 Jan 93 06:11:47 GMT
Organization: Cal State Long Beach

Game:  Wing Commander for SNES

It's sold.  Thanks for the responses.


`SLee' (Steve)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
From: ostrouch@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com
Subject: *SNES games for trade*
Organization: Lockheed Sanders, Inc.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 17:51:40 GMT

Posting this for a friend without net access:
***SNES games for trade***
Pilot wings
Soul Blazer
F-zero
Link III (a link to the past)
Sim city

Looking for x-men, but any & all trades considered.

Reply by e-mail, all reply's will be returned.....
 
Thanks   Mike O