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   XPost: alt.sega.genesis   
   From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   > I'll be honest, I didn't join any of these groups until well after   
   > they were going downhill.   
   >   
   > So I'll contribute a bit. I'm a little miffed that the new Sega title   
   > Pier Solar hasn't been released yet. Now they're talking Christmas   
   > when the original release date was months ago. I understand about   
   > setbacks and all, but sheesh, patience can last only so long.   
   > Preorders are fine, setbacks are fine and I guess I'll wait. I paid my   
   > cash and I do want the game.   
      
   It was like that for Beggar Prince as well...delay after delay after   
   delay. There was no way I was giving them any money until that thing was   
   actually shipping.   
      
   > What I was really happy about was Beggar Prince! I bought my copy late   
   > last year and love it.   
      
   You lucked out. See, the rest of us who bought it back when it first   
   came out got fucked by the crappy box art and the fact that it wouldn't   
   allow you to save your game if you had a Sega CD or 32X attached to your   
   Genesis. They fixed that in the second(I think) and third runs...yet   
   don't allow anyone to exchange their copies...they make you buy a new   
   one. Thank God I was able to sell my first print copy on ebay for about   
   what I originally paid for it. At least now if I ever decide to support   
   them again I can do so at only a minor loss.   
      
   > It's a mainstay in my collection. I spoke to   
   > someone working on it and he was "upset" that the guys working on Pier   
   > had decided to take the position to be opposed to them.   
      
   Good. After getting screwed I'm glad to hear that the team behind Pier   
   Solar won't have anything to do with them, or the way they do things.   
      
   > To me, it's an   
   > old platform so any cooperation would only benefit everybody since   
   > there is no real competition anymore. I bet that if the two teams   
   > would help each other then more games would be made and released   
   > quickly.   
      
   Perhaps.   
      
   > Something else that I'm stoked about is the upcoming release of two   
   > new Genesis handhelds! One by Innex and one by Hyperkin. I'm excited   
   > because they play carts and I will be able to play Genny games on the   
   > go. And if I remember right, there will be a SD-card adapter CART from   
   > Innex that will let you play "downloadable content" from them. I know   
   > I will be doing some downloading!   
      
   Yeah, quite a few people are pretty excited about that. I've got a   
   laptop, so I don't do a whole lot of portable gaming outside of it   
   anymore(usually play MAME or a Genesis emu). I do own a Game Gear   
   though, and love it.   
      
   > I do some modding, so the thing will be at my fingertips to play with   
   > as I feel. So I'm gonna mod them all up as much as I can think to. I   
   > hope someone figures out how to make a Zero Tolerance link cable (or   
   > rather the ports for them).   
      
   IIRC, someone posted how you make a ZT link cable here in RGVS a long   
   time ago. You may want to take a look. As for modding, have you seen   
   that mod that allows you to play carts on one of those Radica Plug and   
   Play things?   
      
   Bel   
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