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Arcade |
10
of Konami's classic arcade games from the 80s will be collected in one volume for the
Playstation on May 13. Konami 80's Arcade Gallery will contain: Circus
Charlie, Gyruss, Pooyan, Road Fighter,
Rock 'n Rope, Scramble, Shaolin's Road,
Super Cobra, Time Pilot, and Yie Ar Kung Fu.
Unlike the MSX Antiques collection of games which ported over MSX versions of the arcade
originals, Konami's Arcade Gallery will port over the original code of their arcade
classics. Pre-orders are welcome.
Tangent: Much has been debated about the so-called legality of
emulation and this is one of the reasons why software companies should have complete
control over the distribution of their code. Konami and any other publisher should be able
to compile their classics into a volume and derive revenue and profit from them. Plain and
simple, Konami holds the copyright. What some rom traders fail to understand is that
although some games may be ancient, copyright law still bounds ownership, control, and
distribution rights to the copyright holder. The exception would be when the copyright
owner grants permission to distribute their code in the public domain. |
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| Playstation
May 1999 |
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has also announced Virgin Fleet for the Playstation to ship on May 20. VF
is a multi-scenario anime adventure with action sequences. NCS will post the Playstation
May schedule in early March once all titles are compiled. |
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| Yen
Equilibrium |
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Japanese officials talked down the yen and the dollar quickly rocketed to Y118.9 in a
single session. NCS may have to recalibrate our target pivot points over the next two
weeks to see if a new equilibrium has been established. There is no rush to enter
positions at this point since the forex will be volatile as the market seeks a new balance
between dollar and yen. |
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| Capital
Markets |
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Another disappointing trading session on Tuesday. Strength gave way to weakness as sellers
swamped buyers during the afternoon. NCS' short RUT positions are now 4 points in the
money and every point drop in the Russell will be magnified by 20 points of profit in our
20 March 400 puts. Our YHOO puts are in the money while AMZN is nearing a profit point.
Our single NDX put is deep in the money but our BKX short backfired. Banks are rallying in
the face of a general downdraft but we are keeping this position despite breaking our
levels. We'll forego discipline just this once since we believe in the BKX short. The
capital mining in the other positions will bear the brunt of any further BKX moves. The
counterbalance to the short positions is our long SPH futures at 1228 and 1238 which are
in the money by 13 and 3 points respectively. No changes for now since we have staked
strong positions and see little need to trade in and out. There is confusion and
indecision in the market - both buyers and sellers are nervous which suits our positions
to a tee. |
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NCS Weekly |
Tel
(718) 523-5774 |
Fax
(718) 523-7069 |
| Monday |
Power
Stone on schedule for next week, Saturn pre-orders for Friends, Ryouko Chatting Room |
| Tuesday |
Dracula
X Card Collection, Gameboy Color imports for April 28, Playstation Best Series March |
| Wednesday |
Konami
80's Arcade Gallery announced |
| Thursday |
Final
Fantasy Collection reminder, Smash Bros in stock, Restock on the way |
| Friday |
DC
Magazine 03/19 confirmation, DC Asian Cconsole next Monday, Restock available |
| Saturday |
Restock
listing, DC Magazine payment information |
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