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  December 22, 1998 - Three shopping days 'til XMas

  All remaining Dreamcast orders ship today

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Dreamcast Gaming Page updated at 10:40AM
  All remaining Dreamcast orders will ship today. NCS thanks our customers for their trust in our shipping schedule - one that we have planned and arranged so that all orders would be dispatched efficiently. NCS guarantees receipt of all domestic orders before Christmas, including ones that specified a shipping service that was originally scheduled to arrive after the holiday. We'll cover any additional shipping charges.
   The following Dreamcast games were announced overnight with confirmed dates. We're placing our initial reservations with our suppliers this week but feel free to pre-order any of the titles up until their release dates.
Climax Landers Sega 02/25/99
Kita He Hudson 02/25/99
Monaco GP 2 UBI 02/25/99
Real Sound Warp 02/25/99
Aero Dancing CRI 03/04/99
Psychic Force 2012 Taito 03/04/99
Puyo Puyo Sega 03/04/99
Blue Stinger Climax 03/25/99
Cart Sega 03/25/99
Buggy Heat CRI 04/01/99
Blue Stinger has finally been confirmed for March 25. Power Stone from Capcom has a tentative date of February 99 and Shenmu from Sega is listed for sometime in April 99.
Import Gaming / Everything Else
  Street Fighter Zero 3 for the Playstation will arrive tomorrow. There's a very good chance that it will arrive today but we are guaranteed for Wednesday so we'll prepare SFZ3 invoices today for dispatch tomorrow morning. NCS has very large quantities of this title and can accept additional orders for this game from wholesale and retail.
   A shipment of Neo-CD King of Fighters 98 has been dispatched overnight. We hope to take delivery this week so that we can ship orders before Christmas. NCS will only have 20 units of the KOF 98 Limited Box (wooden container) and may have to close reservations for it today.
   No new imports are expected next week due to the holiday in Japan.
  The market action yesterday was awe inspiring. The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 both hit new all time highs. Although there was a minor sell-off at the end of the day, the rally was broad. NCS missed about 8 points on the S&P's upside because we were not convinced in the morning that the buying was real but jumped in for 11 points before selling our position off. NCS is now looking to go short the S&P and the NDX. We bought a small number of puts on the YHOO Jan 210 contract yesterday. We don't look for much downside this week but after such huge runs, the market usually sells off a bit, holiday or no holiday. We couldn't get a higher strike on YHOO since the CBOE couldn't write their options fast enough to catch Yahoo's ascent yesterday. Traders don't play Yahoo, it plays them.

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NCS by the day
Monday Topics   Partial Dreamcast shioments arrive, Sonic Adventure delayed by a day
Tuesday Topics   All remaining Dreamcast shipments arrive, Additional DC software confirmed
Wednesday Topics   Super Sonic, Street Fighter Zero 3, Dreamcast Mothra VMS
Thursday No update - Hundreds of Express Mail packages shipped for Christmas day delivery
Friday Topics    Seasons Greetings from NCS, DC resolution, 1999 awaits

NCS What's New for the Week of December 21, 1998