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| Final
Fantasy VIII in stock |
| Two
days late but it's here. The game will
not boot on domestic Playstations that have been chipped prior to today. Asian companies
already have a chip solution to resolve the problem - a chip for PU-8 and another chip for
PU-22 pcboards. All customers will receive an NCS worksheet explaining the methods to play
this game. Retail US$78. |
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| Final
Fantasy VIII Codes |
| For use with the Game Shark v2.0
and the Pro Action Replay (original and all variants) to boot Final Fantasy VIII. NCS will
have inventory of the EMS Action Replay at US$15 on Monday. |
| D009B182 0000 |
8009B182 2402 |
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| For use with any Magic Key or Pro Action Replay
to boot FFVIII |
| D009B1B8 6D09 |
8009B1B8 0000 |
| D009B1B A002 |
B009B1B A000 |
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| Thanks to the many people that e-mailed us
with the codes. |
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| Dreamcast
Magazine 03/19 |
| NCS
has confirmed extra quantities of DC Magazine for the week of March 19. This particular
issue includes a preview GD-Rom that features a number of Dreamcast titles due in March
and April. The only caveat is that the additional issues will be a bit more expensive (US$15)
because we will have to purchase them directly from Japanese magazine racks. Pre-orders
for the magazine were closed to distribution last month. If you are interested in a copy
of this issue, please submit your reservation this week. NCS expects to take delivery of
the magazine on March 08. |
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| Neo
Geo Pocket Color April Schedule |
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Eight confirmed NGP Color
cartridges have been announced for April 22. SNK would be well advised to scatter their
game releases apart since eight new releases on a single day bodes ill for sales. For
example, SNK will ship 11 games with the debut of the NGP on March 18 but there's nothing
else shipping until April 22. Perhaps 2 releases per week would fare better and build
anticipation. Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown 2 and Metal Slug should prove to be the best
sellers in April. We're intrigued and look forward to Metal Slug on the small screen. |
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| Final
Fantasy VIII Gallery #2 |
| Ten
more Final Fantasy VIII
items have been posted today. NCS plans to carry certain items in the near future. We will
notify customers when we have more information available. You may also visit our Final
Fantasy VIII Gallery #1. |
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| Capital
Markets |
| The
huge amounts of SPX and OEX puts that were written and bought on Wednesday were
obliterated in yesterday's mammoth bull run. Toast. The action played to script
beautifully. The short squeeze was most awesome in the NDX with the Nasdaq running nearly
100 points to the upside. 100 points on the Naz is phenomenal and is roughly equivalent to
500 Dow points. Short players who took heavy positions in the NDX on Wednesday were killed
if they were not nimble enough to close their positions in the face of the tidal wave.
Bears are licking their wounds after the beating they took but the time to short will come
again very soon. Watch the BKX and the money flows for cues on market direction. Put/call
ratio is also very important but you must watch them with a contrarian bias - i.e, do the
opposite of what the crowd is doing during extreme selling or extreme buying. Those who
opened short positions on the NDX after it broke down for five sessions were too late to
the party and got whipped. Yesterday, we saw some extreme buying and short covering - so
it should've been okay to take some short positions near market close on Thursday. NCS is
keeping 02 SPH at 1238, opened 02 SPH at 1228, kept all of the RUT shorts and kept the BKX
short. We bought a single NDX put at -20 strike but we're not entirely confident with this
one and will build a position based on momentum. Completely regret selling the original
SPH 1248 position at a loss on Tuesday but discipline cuts both ways. We have also jumped
back into the AMZN/YHOO train with March puts at -20 strike. They might be in the money
today. Momentum for the nets is still down and we saw some panicky short covering
yesterday since these things can run with incredible strides. Downside test levels remain
SPX 1228 with an eye towards 1188 if 1228 is broken again. Staying nimble and mining
capital. |
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| Mr.
Yen |
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Stable forex makes for calm multi-nationals. With the dollar/yen so close to equilibrium,
it is not in play. We note the trading strength in the Australian dollar in the overnight
session and look for it to break the 52 week upper trading band in the next couple of
weeks. The AUS also moves in a wide range which makes it a good arbitrage play. |
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NCS Weekly |
Tel
(718) 523-5774 |
Fax
(718) 523-7069 |
| Monday |
Street Fighter
Zero 2 figures, Dreamcast keychain in stock, Final Fantasy VIII shipped |
| Tuesday |
Final Fantasy VIII
conflicting information, Dreamcast Magazine Vol. 06, PS April 1999 |
| Wednesday |
New Dreamcast
pricing, Final Fantasy VIII delayed until tomorrow, PS April 1999 Schedule |
| Thursday |
Final Fantasy VIII
delayed yet again, Final Fantasy VIII Products Gallery |
| Friday |
Final Fantasy VIII
in stock, Final Fantasy VIII Gallery 2, NGP Color April Schedule |
| Saturday |
Valentine's Day
well wishes from NCS, DC Magazine 03/19 numbers, Sakura on PC |
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