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From: Brian Baird <brian@dma-design.com>
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Subject: Re: Import Suggestions
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:20:50 +0100
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Nick Ferguson wrote:
> 
> Is "Ergheiz" (another Square fighter) coming out in the US? What about
> "Einhander" (a Square shooter)? Damn, what's with me and all these Square
> games!?! I believe Namco Museum Encore was a Japan-only release - the 6th in
> the Museum series, it has (let me think) Rolling Thunder, Skykid, Dragon
> Saber, Motos, King & Balloon, Rompers and some indecipherable Japanese game
> on it. It's OK. What about "Salamander Deluxe Pack" - a bit like the R-Types
> compilation, but with the Nemesis/Gradius games. I also remember a couple of
> MSX retro packs... Hey, that should give you some food for thought :) I
> don't know why the focus here was on retro-games, I guess those tend to be
> the games not released in the West that aren't Japanese text/voice-heavy?

Ergheiz came out last week in the US. Einhander came out last year in
the US. Both come highly recommended ;)
 
> I have been led to believe that both "Colin McRae Rally" and "TOCA 2"
> (EXCELLENT Codemasters driving games) are unavailable in the US. Of course,
> you'll need a PAL signal to play them...

Give them time, Euro driving games have a habit of taking time to get
released in the US - different market perspectives... 

-- 

Brian @ DMA

[ All opinions & views are my own, not DMA's, yadda, yadda, yadda ]