NCS Daily Journal for January 16, 1998

Sentimental Grafitti for the Saturn has been confirmed and we should take delivery next Friday. This new dating simulation from Tokuma Shoten has been delayed many times but fans of the genre can finally breathe a sigh of relief at it's imminent release. Grafitti features twelve anime girls whom you can interact with in twelve different cities. Locales in Nagoya, Sapporo, Osaka, Hiroshima and many others will be visited. Each city is portrayed accurately; i.e, Osaka is metropolitan with high-rises and cramped city blocks while Hiroshima is industrial with factories and power plants.

Sentimental Grafitti

Also confirmed for next Friday is SoloCrisis from Quintet. At first glance, the game looks like a poor man's version of Tactics Ogre but you'd be mistaken. Think in a higher scale where you are a deity with the responsibility of building the land and guiding your loyal subjects. With your powers, you'll raise buildings, communities and social structures. With those same powers, you'll raze your opponent's towns and counties to stem their growth. Sounds a lot like Populous and Power Monger doesn't it?

With Sentimental Grafitti and Solocrisis expected next week, we are expecting Chaos Seed and Panzer Dragoon RPG on January 31. Chaos Seed is a grand looking RPG with classic graphic renders and SD characters. Panzer continues the shooter saga that began with the inception of the Saturn. On the Playstation side, we should have Konami Antiques Vol. 2 along with the Sentimental Grafitti shipment. Konami Antiques is a collection of MSX games that Konami released in the 80s. Most of them were conversions of old Konami arcade games such as Contra and Gradius. R-Type Collection is now confirmed for February 5 and we should have restock on Real Robots Final Attack next Friday. Chaos Seed and Panzer RPG will be featured with previews in one of our journal entries next week.	I	I	Six titles have been added to the Sega Collection series for re-release in March. The games that will be available are: Sea Bass Fishing, Shanghai, Sankyo Fever, Gun Griffon, Dynamite Detective and Command & Conquer. While some of these won't set pulses racing, Dynamite Detective is a great arcade game though we still have original stock at US$29.
			We have a shipment of six pieces of Capcom's Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter coming in next Friday. These are original boards that we are buying from arcade operators who have oversupply in their gaming halls. The boards are complete and guaranteed to run on any JAMMA set-up box. Prices are set at US$675 per board.

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