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   XPost: alt.sega.genesis   
   From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   > It's some kind of puzzler.  A ball rolls around in a maze and you have   
   > to try and stop the ball (or something along those lines) from falling   
   > into holes.  I only spent a minute on it, but it seems like a game   
   > where the instruction manual would be helpful.   
      
   I have a copy of the "rental" manual, but it's in HTML format so I don't   
   know how it would come out here in this post...but I'll paste it at the   
   bottom(if you want in the original HTML form just let me know and I can   
   email it to you).   
      
   > LOL.  I remember reading your review of it.  I didn't hate it as much   
   > as you did.  I think it's cool that you can hang upside and crawl   
   > around undetected by your enemies.  Well, it's not a good game by any   
   > stretch, but it isn't *that* bad.   
      
   With the GG it's almost tolerable...just for the graphics, I guess. I   
   just did not care for it.   
      
   > Separation Anxiety is ok.  The graphics weren't as good as maximum   
   > carnage, but at least it allows for multiplayer (which maximum carnage   
   > did not.)   
      
   It just seemed so unbelievably repetitive to me. I mean, kudos for the 2   
   player option, which should have been included in part one, but it's   
   just ruined by how dull it is. I still wish that Sega CD version of MC   
   would have made it...imagine the soundtrack...   
      
   > This one gave me a lot of trouble on ebay.  It only sells for around   
   > 6-7 dollars with shipping, but it attracts crowds. I finally wound up   
   > shelling out 8-something and buying it on amazon.  Not really sure why   
   > it doesn't fetch more if it's that in demand.   
      
   It's one of those games that everyone wants, but people always want the   
   SNES or Saturn version instead. I don't know why, either, when DP always   
   personally programs the Genesis version himself and it's always a better   
   game than the other versions. I really only prefer the Saturn version   
   for the soundtrack(as I did for EJ: SE on SCD).   
      
   > The small cart seems much more rare.   
      
   Oh, it is...it's not worth anything more, but it is harder to find.   
      
   > I hate that the Genesis had two   
   > different sized carts.  It irks me a little bit.  I don't have too   
   > many big carts, maybe about 30.   
      
   When I was doing the Sega Logo Fun! Project a guy from Sega contacted me   
   and told that EA had a special deal with Sega that allowed them to   
   produce their own carts, which is why they are so much different. I   
   don't mind them, I kind of like that yellow tab they all have going on.   
      
   Old school EA really was pretty hip, just the stuff they put out, the   
   way they treated their dev. teams and, of course, the sports titles that   
   put the Genesis on the map. Nowadays, though...fuck, what a bunch of cunts.   
      
   > The cart I got was $6 with shipping.  It's one of the more attractive   
   > genesis carts that there is (along with wolf child. The artwork is   
   > brilliant and colorful.  And it has more rarity than I would have   
   > thought.  The cart I got was like new, too.  This is one you should   
   > definitely get.  I'm infatuated with mine.   
      
   There have been a few games over the years that I've really gone wild   
   over the cover art. The most recent, and probably my favorite is still   
   WeaponLord. I actually made sure to buy that complete so I could have a   
   larger version(the box) of the cover art in it's original aspect   
   ratio(it's a vertical painting, so the Genesis and SNES carts, as well   
   as the SNES box, cut most of it off).   
      
   > LOL.  I watched an online review of the game on youtube and the   
   > reviewer hated it.  I knew a local spot where I could get it complete   
   > and I just had to have it after that hilarious review.  Anyway, I love   
   > side-scrolling beat 'em ups.   
      
   Like I said, spend some time and learn how to rip the enemies   
   apart...it's how you build your guy up(with their missing limbs). A lot   
   of people find that part of it really tedious.   
      
   > Yeah, that was has moved up on my priority list.  That's the top   
   > priority now.   
      
   I think you'll dig it. I do wish they'd have included the "screen throw"   
   as, believe it or not, there is no actual scaling to it in the SNES   
   version(it's just different sized sprites as they fly towards the   
   screen)...or just replace it with something else. Though I love that   
   slam move they do(to no end!), it does get old after a while.   
      
   > I ordered the tick on half.com last year, and the guy sent me the   
   > worst condition cart you have ever seen.  I sent it back to him.   
   > Eventually, I ended up leaving negative feedback over it.  So I still   
   > need that one.  But your right; it is a horrible game.  But it is a   
   > side-scrolling beat him up.   
      
   Let me see if we've got it...Wang has all sorts of Genesis stock just   
   laying around that I need to get listed. I'll see if I can dig through   
   it and come up with it for you. I'm sure he'd just let you have it for   
   the cost of shipping...   
      
   Bel   
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