Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Nick Slaven Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Dual shock available & NFS III Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 18:49:46 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 38 Message-ID: <3550A2B8.4D437A05@compuserve.com> References: <1d8ktul.ykxh1rvg6w8wN@a1-88-111.a1.nl> <35504749.7469@manc.u-net.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ld29-018.lon.compuserve.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) According to a shop assistant I spoke to the Dual shock is going to retail at about £25.99, & they reckoned that the standard analogue pad would drop, dunno whether I believe him or not. Bit he did say it was gonna be out this friday (8th may). Nick James Shaughnessy wrote: > DEnnis Brinkhuis wrote: > > In a magazine was an advert about the Dualshock. There was no price with > > it. It's not availeble yet in the Netherlands, so I would like to know > > the price in the UK. > > The dual shock comes out in the UK on the 8th of May (this Friday) > to coincide with the release of Gran Turismo (OOOOO I sure have my copy > reserved!) Well, it is according to HMV Manchester anyway. > I think the geyser said the dual shock was going to be £39.95 so I'll > buy one of them too if the cash-flow situation allows. (prolly not..) > > By the way, anyone played NFS III? I hired it out and it's excellent -- > really smooth feel to the cars and a top Hot Pursuit game. I did find > though that at very low speeds the physics aren't quite as crisp as > NFS I (PC) -- ie doing 'doughnuts' is not quite as satisfying; and the > opponents' cars have an extremely limited physics model (very apparent > when colliding with them.) But IMO this is the best driving game so > far. Well, it is until the 8th May... > > Jim > -- > ----------------------------------------- > James Shaughnessy james@manc.u-net.com > http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~shaughnj > -----------------------------------------