Can 'o Tuna Console Navigator

August 03, 1998

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Astra Super Stars was released and shipped yesterday. This colorful, comical fighting game has been delayed for a couple of months now so it's release was a bit of a surprise . Pre-orders will ship tomorrow. Also shipped last night was Wachenroder, Sega's 3-D isometric action-adventure that takes place in a somber, gray colored dungeonesque world. Fans of Dark Saviour may find solace in the rotating dungeons and similar gaming interface. The initial shipment of Dreamcast VMS units were also shipped overnight and we expect these to arrive tomorrow. Unfortunately, the price for the unit will be higher than initially posted though we will not know the final price until tomorrow morning. Due to this price change, NCS will re-confirm pre-orders today and tomorrow. Namco hasn't just been busy on the Playstation with their Museum collection and the recent Anthology series. On the PC, Namco recently released Namco History Volume 3. This latest computer compilation of arcade classics contains Pac-Man, Ms Pac-Man, Super Pac-Man, Pac & Pal, Dig Dug, and Dig Dug 2. Dig Dug 2 is an overhead view game featuring the familiar characters above ground this time. The player will have to roam the territory in search of Pookas and green dragons to blow them up with his air-pump. NCS only received a single copy of this package but we can source it for interested parties at USD49. Minimum requirements are a Pentium 100mhz running Windows 95, 16MB of ram and 10MB of hard drive space.
 

Metal Gear Solid Limited Edition

Here is a first look at what the Metal Gear Solid Limited Edition will hold. NCS is no longer accepting pre-orders for this special set but in the event that we have cancellations for any of the pre-orders on hand, we will open up packages to customers on a first-come, first-served basis. The list price for the Limited Box is Y9800 and the items enclosed are as follows:
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Special Metal Gear box Fox Hound Army dogtag
MGS T-shirt Metallic memory card seal
History and art book Solid Snake music disc
The t-shirt will fit most body sizes and the memory card seal will grace whatever memory card you use to save your data.
MGS Regular and Limited will ship on September 03.
 

SNK Product Catalog 98

The latest SNK product catalog lists the release date for King of Fighters 98 (on cartridge) as September 24. Thirty eight characters return to battle it out in the popular team fighting competition that fans have enjoyed for the past four years. The MVS version of KOF98 is currenly available in the Asian marketplace. A new game for the Playstation entitled Athena, a 3-D rendered adventure also makes it's debut in this catalog.

King of Fighters 98

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