sega stands for SErvice GAmes, which was a
maintanence company for vending machines started by some
american guy in japan, i think back in 1956 or 58- they
started importing american arcade games to japan, and
when they became really popular, the story really
begins...=^P

Sega really doesn't have much to offer gamewise.
I do want a DC eventually, but, for the most part,
the only games that it has that are good, are just
remakes of PSX games. I'm sure Shenmue is good, even
though I've heard it isn't. I will probably get that
game. Giga Wing looks cool, but, I've heard it's
impossible, which doesn't stop me from buying a shooter!
Phantasy Star doesn't interest me, cuz of the lack of
story. I don't give a flying fart about playing online
with ANYBODY. I just want to play a damn good RPG, &
that's all! I dread any Final Fantasy game going in this
direction. I heard Bill Gates talking about online gaming
will become a must in the near future, & regular games
will be obsolete! F that! I don't want to spend time
on the net, playing with some redneck spanking
himself, while I'm trying to beat a level! Anyways, that's
off subject. My point is, even though the PS2 doesn't
have a handful of games that are really good right
now, doesn't mean the DC is on top of old smokey all
cover'd in cheese. I'd buy a PS2 right now(since they are
always readily available in my area) & pick up Silpheed
2 & Dynasty Warriors 2 & be perfectly happy.
There's only a few games I want for DC, & they are pretty
much all RPG's. Grandia 2 being probably at the top.
One thing, I always say, is that when Suikoden 3
comes out for the PS2, I will buy a PS2 asap! I might
actually be getting a deal for a PS2 for $150, but, it
remains to be seen. Anyways, I saw this dreadful day for
Sega coming before the DC even came out. I'm glad I
didn't buy into the hype. Just like I'm not buying into
the hype of the PS2, with the "Oh, I gotta have it,
it's the newest thing, & if I have it, I will be cool,
cuz they are soooo rare!" I'll get it, when I get it.
As always.

well, damn typical! I see something on the Sega
site and then the next day they change their strategy
and now will not make anymore hardware, including any
possible DC2 that may have been in the
pipeline.<br><br>BUT, it is exciting to see Sega developing for all
systems. Shenmue on Gamecube and X-Box? Gimme!

Sony top dog right now? theres no way, especially
if you can't even buy the thing! heck, Sony is
LOSING $1,000,000 for every PS2 sold.<br><br>I would
never buy a PS2 until its debugged and the price under
$200. Sega is moving itself into a position that will
help itself financially for the coming year according
to their own site. they may not always be developing
for other systems, maybe just until they are
operating in a profit again.<br><br>the Dreamcast is a
great system. I have no intention to buy PS2 until
there are some games worth playing on it. i haven't
seen any yet. Sega on the other hand have
plenty.<br><br>not sure who said about why Atari's Jaguar failed.
well, Sony, Sega and Nintendo were encouraging
developers to not develop for it (or bribery to everyone
else).

I also place money on Sega kicking ass. But, they
could screw up big time, knowing them. <br>Remember,
the Genisses did do well for system/software, even if
the mega drive didn't. They realy cut nintendos lead
on them then. Helped carry them over to that Saturn
screw up.<br><br>Now, question. If Sega joined up with
Sony, and Sony only. And Sony has Square, and no one
else did. What system would the kids buy? Sega +
Microsoft will not work, Sega screwed them over too many
times. (That would be like Sony helping Nintendo after
the Big N left them holding the bag on the 32-bit
Snes CD system, playstation)<br>Nintendo seems like
they may have learned, seems like they may change
course and get the older ones to them, but who knows.
Sony is top dog now, but getting bashed a lot now.
But, it is the ONLY system to get now. People hear
Sega droped the DreamCast, they don't want it. It's
yet anothe rare, under-rated system for us in a few
more years. But I think Sega will be around for a
while.<br>BTW, if you didn;t know, Sega Enterprises Ltd. is
almost 40 years old. Formed in 1964. When Rosen bought
the old company out. (Never could figure out how Sega
bought it's self. To me, sounds like there had to be a
Sega before that)

You guys know there were released for Sega CD? I
knew GDG was planning on selling them, but while
talking to some of their programmers, I found out their
already out.
<a href=http://www.gooddealgames.com/GDG_Publishing/GDG_Publishing.html
target=new>http://www.gooddealgames.com/GDG_Publishing/GDG_Publishing.html</a>

GO LOOK AT THE FRONT PAGE !

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Actually, I have the rom, & it's pretty fun, but, it's not incredible, & not
worth the price of admission(unless it's maybe 20 bucks).

Go to www.ebworld.com and pre order the Smash Pack.  I think you have to do it
on the 4th, which is when the price drops officially to $119.99.  Systems ship
out after the 5th...

Where?  And how do I  order one? :)

Well, the more I think about it - sega lost alot
of fans to the sony playstation. Sega did do ads for
the dreamcast, I remember them. A few were stupid,
like the rappin' sonic, the one was really funny with
the football player in the restaurant pissin' off the
fighting game guy..

just what the hell is this game supposed to be
about, anyway? i had some guy whining to me last week
that he's searching for one, yet i hear it's really
one of the worst games for the system...any thoughts
on this?...=^P

Hey Could I get that Arcade Card duo from you?  I need it for my new supercdrom2
(yes the one where you plug the pcengine into the front of it)

get this, kids- a dreamcast with 12 genesis games
and 2 dc games for around 120 bucks, limited edition.
now there's NO reason not to have
one...=^P<br><br><br>(no, i'm not a paid sega stooge- this a damn great
deal!!!)...=^P

It was about time Sega woke up...<br>They've
never been able to market hardware AND games together
effectively. I think Sega has made the best move in their
ENTIRE HISTORY. No more of that "exclusive" only on our
system crap!! Now everyone will be able to play kick-ass
Sega games on ANY system! And I honestly think Sega's
games will go up even further in quality since they'll
be able to FOCUS!!!!!!! (As if their games aren't
the best now....?) <br><br>So far as I remember, the
only company that ever effectively sold both hardware
and software together was Nintendo. But their time's
up too....<br>Take a look at recent gaming history.
The best are always split....<br><br>NEC PC-Engine -
Hardware by NEC / Software by Hudson.<br><br>Sony
Playstation - Hardware by Sony / Software by Namco.<br><br>EA
is always at the ready too....<br>You'll always see
Madden on multiple systems!<br><br>And other developers
too! <br><br>I honestly think Sega's gonna kick some
big fanny soon!!! (They've already got some
third-party PS2 developers
SCARED!!!!!)<br><br>HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!

or, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe he ended the auction early because he could- iiiiiii
don't know...=^P

all the marketing in the world won't sell a
system if people won't buy it based on past experiences.
there were loads of dc ads (not as many as for other
sega systems), but a lot of people were still annoyed
over the last few years of crap from sega of america
in regard to the way they treated the consumer-
people were and are still skeptical that the system
was/is any good, and the news that sega is phasing it
out sort of gives them more ammo- too bad they're all
wrong...=^P

that's because kabook had a buy it now option, which meant, if ya had the 5G,
you could buy the game without waiting and pay off mr. c's super bowl
debts...=^P<br><br>buy it now is cool, right, k.d.?

Actually, I think the main reason why the
Dreamcast didn't do so well is Sega didn't give it enough
hype. I think this is the one time Sega has been so
quiet about it's console marketing-wise. Remember how
with the Genesis Sega was very aggressive with it's
marketing, even with the 32x add-on and the Saturn? (Who
could ever forget the sphincter commercial?) I honestly
don't remember any memorable ads related to the
Dreamcast except for magazine ads for Sonic and VF 3tb and
VOOT. (And even those weren't that impressive.) It just
felt like Sega didn't bother marketing their console
and this was a mistake since Sony and Microsoft are
very vocal with theirs. The one time Sega has all
these great third party games/supporters and they
didn't bother to advertise any of them. It's just plain
sad.

I just got settled in. The last month and a half
were a living nightmare!<br>(im not getting into
details) <br>But... <br>As far as orders go,, heres what
im doing..<br>AS SOON AS I GET A DECENT EMAIL
ACCOUNT.<br>(This week) Im gonna request that the 4 people <br>who
did order products from me give me adresses and info
so i can fire out thier stuff...<br>(the booster
already was taken care of)<br>GEOF im gonna blast some
extra cd's your way.<br>as for the drac x cdr,, im
gonna have to toss him extra too..<br>I know it took
like 10 years but i wouldnt run away from a
deal...<br>you just gotta keep telling yourself that hu6800
<br>musta went through a lot of bull shit and finally
pulled through..<br>(MDA is gonna be pissed the most)
but what can i say? i won one of his auctions and
didnt send the money yet...ooops...<br>(it's not just
bills that hold me back) <br>its shit like sharing a
car with my bitch and working fucked up hours and
moving and my son was REALLY ill...(he dont live with me
and i had to go to him) stress,,,<br>I usually have
to get somebody to take my packages to the PO
because i get home at 4:30 am and sleep <br>till 2 to 3
pm...(i go to bed at 5 or 6 am.<br>This sucks because i
am a good trader.<br>ive been here forever and m not
going anywhere.

That's funny.. I went to bid, and now despite the fact it has 6 days left on
auction.  E-bay told me the auction had ended...

I don't really get why sega would dump the
system, despite the reasoning that some think the
consumer has given up on the machine. I don't think so..
there's got to be more involved then that. It's a cool
system with good games, has alot of potential. I mean, I
couldn't understand why the atari jag went under either -
until I owned one. (IT was alot of the bad games & the
price)<br><br>Mabye I'm just strange but if you've got a market to
support the product, and you have a half decent product
then why dump it?

I bought my first SFII CE back when it first came
out. <br><br>It was during the height of the SFII
craze, before the other home versions. When everyone was
so desperate to play as the bosses at home that they
were trying that fucked game genie boss trick for SFII
SNES.<br><br>It took weeks to show, because the store only
shipped by UPS. <br><br>When it finally arrived, it was
on the very same day my mother, brother and I were
leaving on a 2 week road trip to Washington. Luckily, my
mother waited until we were able to pick it up before we
left.<br><br>I bought it with the orange kisado convertor, and
brought it with to play on my Turbo Express with DC
adaptor.<br><br>What was going to be a tiresome roadtrip, 3 of us
crammed into an F150 driving for days straight, became
one of my most memorable Turbo events.<br><br>My
brother and I played through until we'd beaten the game
with each character on the hardest
difficulty.<br><br>It also looks and plays amazing on the
portables.<br><br>To this day, I can play every bit as fast with the
two button/select swap controls, as anyone using a 6
button pad.

The one game I wanted back in the day was SFIICE.
Well, I finally got it yesterday, and...it's Street
Fighter II:)<br><br>Still, it's pretty amazing to see
running well on a PCE and it controls well. Now I gotta
get m a Tap:)<br><br>Mark_III

Did you ever send out the rest of my CDRs that I
traded with you for those Neo Geo cd games? I thought
you posted a while back that you sent them out but I
still haven't received anything yet and that was a few
months ago. This was the stuff I sent you a while
back.<br><br>KOF 95<br>SS 3<br>SS RPG<br>Viewpoint<br>Ninja
Commando<br>Ninja Combat<br><br>Thanks<br>Geof

You got it

is that the dracula x cdr your asking about?

Yeah i continue to post.Why wouldnt i?<br>THE
BOOSTER IS TAKEN CARE OF. <br>I was in the middle of a
two week move without phone or internet. <br>Some of
the post i made here were on other peeps
machines.<br><br>The $60 for that other cat is comming too.<br>(i told
you it would take a week or two)<br><br>And i dont
know what that 3rd dude is asking about
yet..<br><br><br>5 years on the interntet trading and
selling.<br>and ive NEVER let any deal go by unfinished.