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| NCS restocked SONYPS Rival
Schools (USD60) today along with Dragonball Z Legends and DBZ Ultimate Battle 22, both at
USD35. Neo-CD Puzzle Bobble (USD39) and Top Hunter (USD35) have also been restocked. |
| SNK's original RGB cable for
their Neo-Geo cartridge console is in stock today. This cable is perfect if you're using
an X-RGB1 upscan box or if you're using a Wells Gardner RGB monitor. Note that the RGB pin
arrangement corresponds to Japanese RGB standards. The cable retails at USD25. |
| A conclusive, final shipment
of older Neo-Geo cartridges should arrive Monday. We will no longer bring in the older,
classic Neo cartridges after this shipment due to the difficulty in sourcing this type of
Geo product within Japan and because of our focus on the 32-bit consoles at this point.
Dreamcast also weighs heavily in our thoughts, with it's debut near the end of the year.
We'll have to allocate a lot of cash and resources towards it's much anticipated release |
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| A large shipment of magazines arrived on Wednesday. All subscriptions
will be dispatched today. Single issue orders are welcome. |
| Playstation CD-Rom drives for SCPH-1000 and
SCPH-3000 consoles have been restocked. Reservations on hand will ship this afternoon.
SCPH-5000 drives are currently sold out but we should have restock within 1 week.. |
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| SNK has opened up pre-orders
for the import version of Neo-Geo King of Fighters '98. The cartridge is
listed at 683 megs and will include a 56 page data book that looks at all of the
characters in the game with commands, pictures and artwork. Japanese retail is Y38,000
(NCS US$268) |
| King of Fighters Best
Collection is due on October 01 for the Saturn. It will include KOF 95, 96, 97 and a rom
cartridge. |
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| Dreamcast
paraphenalia arrives on Tuesday |
| VMS
unit (Green only) |
Sega |
US$45 |
| NCS only
has the green Godzilla Dreamcast VMS. These units were made available in Japanese theatres
showing the release of the recent Godzilla movie. Japanese shops got this version of the
VMS last week. Please re-confirm if you wish to have the green VMS shipped if you have
pre-ordered a black or a white DC VMS. NCS does not expect the black or white VMS units
until November, if the information given to us overnight is correct. We will update this
infomration accordingly if anything changes. NCS will try to confirm with all customers
this week. |
| Five new Saturn
imports on Tuesday |
| Astra Super Stars |
Sunsoft |
US$49 |
| Doukoku Final Edition |
DataEast |
US$58 |
| Real Bout Collection |
SNK |
US$49 |
| Samurai Shodown Collection |
SNK |
US$49 |
| Wachenroder |
Sega |
US$49 |
Astra
Super Stars will utilize the Sega 4MB ram |
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| Two new imports
on Monday |
| Saturn |
Angelique
Duet Ltd |
Koei |
US$75 |
| Sonyps |
Gradius
Gaiden |
Konami |
US$32 |
| Three restock
items |
| Neo-CD |
Art of
Fighting 3 Ltd |
SNK |
US$60 |
| Neo-CD |
Viewpoint |
SNK |
US$39 |
| Saturn |
Galaxy
Force 2 |
Sega |
US$39 |
| The
Dreamcast VMS units were shipped overnight and are due on Tuesday. Prices are a bit higher
than expected, due to the nature of the procurement, but we will finalize everything
tomorrow. The VMS is only available through retail chains in Japan, at retail prices, with
no distribution quantities available in the marketplace at this time. |
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| In Monday's Daily Journal, NCS offers the first picture of the special
Metal Gear Solid Limited Edition from Konami that is due in September. Although we
accepted pre-orders a month ago, no pre-orders are being accepted at this time. Only
20,000 units of the limited edition are being produced and we've laid our stake on 150
pieces already. It is doubtful that NCS will be granted any more than that. We also
received a special Namco collection today for the PC that we found interesting.
Retro-gaming remains something that is both popular and collectible in the Japanese and
American marketplace. |
In Tuesday's Daily Journal, NCS checks out the
first six games for the Sega Dreamcast console. We're undecided as to which one we are
most looking forward to but Pen Pen Tricelon looks like a blast with wacky animals that
slide, run and swim through icy regions. Godzilla also looks great with beautifully
rendered cities to wreck and cause major havoc in. Seventh Cross reminds us of the first
Saturn RPG attempt, Virtual Hydlide, but only with prettier graphics. Also in today's
journal, NCS confirms delivery of N64 Pocket Monsters Stadium and SATURN Guardian Force on
Thursday. |
