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PS2 Buchigire Kongou
Battle
Piloting a versatile mech with jump-jet capability similar to the type
found in Virtua On becomes second nature after a couple of rounds. However, when the
fighting budget can't afford the cost of an Temujin or a Fei-Yen, a bulldozer or a very
large crane will have to do. Pre-orders will ship today, new orders are welcome via on-line shop. |
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PS2 June 15, 2000
Two new PS2 softs are slated for delivery next Thursday as follows: Live
World Soccer 2000 and Mahjong. The former is priced at US$75 and
the latter at US$65. Pre-orders are welcome. |
Fire Pro Wrestling G
Re-Release
Spike's re-issue of the popular FPW G game is due tomorrow. Pre-orders
that have been submitted to NCS will ship as soon as we take delivery. |
GPara DVD Vol. 2
The second issue of GPara is due tomorrow, apologies for the delay but
NCS will ship pre-orders on Tuesday. Pricing is set at US$33 per issue. |
Girl Revolution Utena
| SATURN
NCS have located a small supply of Utena and other Saturn software in
a shop located in Akihabara. We will purchase their entire stock and post the results in a
week or two when we take delivery. |
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Twinstick Update
The recent arrival of Virtua On: Oratorio Tangram in the States has
caused a spike of interest in the impending restock of the Sega Twinstick. NCS would like
to fill as many orders as we have coming in but the reality is that the new production of
the Twinstick is limited, just as the original production last December in Japan was. We
will be unable to fill any new orders at this time. The restock date of the Twinstick is
slated for July 17. |
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PS2 Mod Chip | Deja
Vu
NCS partners in Asia have sent a sample of a new decode chip for the
PS2 that allows the use of PS2 "back-ups" when patched with ISO fixes. NCS has
tested the chip for evaluation purposes and have found it to work. The chip is a standard
Microchip 16c54 pic, exactly the same micro-controller that was used in the original
Playstation mod many moons ago. The code for the new chip is a mere 8 lines of
instructions. Unfortunately, Sony have failed miserably to install secure safeguards in
their software to prevent piracy and a new era of Playstation software theft is about to
blast off. One camp of thinking: lax security is actually condoned by the corporate powers
that be since it engenders massive hardware sales, which in turn evolves into a huge
installed base. Once that foundation is in place and reaches critical mass, everything
else follows. Everything being software support from publishers, the buzz from the media,
distribution agreements, etc, etc. No matter that there is rampant piracy, the percentage
of legitimate software sales is still a good percentage of overall market volume, which is
billions per annum. Of course, this is only one camp of thinking... |
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