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March 17, 1999 Wednesday update at 11:58AM
Playstation import update, DC titles shipping early
   Imports
New Playstation imports
   Cover scans have been posted for all of the Playstation imports that arrived on Tuesday. The Playstation fun continues tomorrow with Chocobo Racing, Dr. Slump, and Unjammer Lammy.
Early Dreamcast titles
   Blue Stinger, House of the Dead 2, and Super Speed Racing are scheduled to arrive at NCS on Monday, March 22. Marvel vs Capcom is scheduled to arrive on March 23~24. This presents a dilemna since many customers have ordered Marvel vs Capcom along with House 2 and Blue Stinger. We'll sort it all out but NCS must begin processing orders today and through the coming weekend since we have over a thousand retail shipments to prepare and we want to ship everything to everyone on the same day. If you wish to make any changes to your pre-orders, please let us know by today or tomorrow. We would be most appreciative and eternally grateful.
Neo Geo Pocket Color Update
   Disregard the note about Puzzle Bobble Mini being released earlier than expected. Our vendor mistook the color version of Puzzle Tsunagete Pon for Puzzle Bobble Mini. It would have been great if Puzzle Bobble did get released with the launch but it has been re-confirmed to ship for next week.
   In other inauspicious signs for SNK's NGP Color, Neo Dragon's Wild was recalled due to a defect in the game, Baseball Stars Color has been delayed until next week, and Dokodemo Mahjong has been delayed indefinitely. So, the original launch of eleven promised titles has been whittled down.
   NCS' price for the NGP Color is US$100 and most games will be priced at US$35~US$43.
   Everything Else
Yen Equilibrium 08:05AM
   The dollar is sitting on Y118.90. We're pleased with our trade and are now setting our upside targets at Y122.30 as the first sell level. Once that is hit, we'll lock our profits with a sell stop and let it run. The next sell would be at Y123 .50 but at that level, we will flip short and knock it down.
NCS On-line Store
   A few customers reported ASP errors to us while using the on-line ordering process. These errors should be fixed by today. If you have an account on the store website, please log in with your account whenever you place an order since your settings will be remembered. We experienced an outage with the UPS tracking update but this should be resolved by today with all current orders updated with tracking numbers. Postal shipping rates will be available by next week so you may choose to use the Post Office in addition to UPS for choice of carriage when ordering on-line. Everything else is running smoothly and we like the convenience that the store offers, we just need to add more stock to the various listings to offer a bigger selection that is only available on this website..
Capital Markets 08:07AM
   Globex is weaker this morning across the board. We remain bullish although we did not open any new SPH yesterday - our sell stop was hit at 1304 so we're not in right now. We are hoping for weakness to SPX 1294 before we buy in again. We may get it this morning and if so, we will open 5 long SPH at 1294 with an eye towards a return to 1302~1306. We wish to emphasize that we will not go short just yet until our upper levels are hit. We think a lot of selling will be soaked up today.

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Monday New Playstation imports tomorrow, D&D Collection restocked, Super Speed Racing this week
Tuesday Thirteen new Playstation imports, D&D sold out but restock on the way, New import magazines
Wednesday Playstation import cover scans updated, NGP Color news, Fast Dreamcast titles
Thursday Neo Geo Pocket Color in stock, Umjammer Lammy and Chocobo Racing in stock
Friday Densha de Go! 2 in stock, Anti-mod update, House of the Dead 2 closed for pre-orders

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