Hi, ryan.
One major comonality I find with those games is 99% of them if not all
of them were originally designed for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
> As it happens I still have many of those games in my collection including
> Double Dragon I through III, Megaman, Castlevania I,and of course the Super
> Mario Brothers series.
Those may have been sidescrollers, but all were darned good games.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ryan Strunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:36 PM
> Subject: Re: audyssey: Montezuma's Revenge Orders
>
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>> Will,
>>
>> Just for the record, I want to point out that there are two side scrollers
>> in existance--Tarzan Junior and Super Liam. Pipe II has side-scrolling
>> levels, but that's not the focus of the game, and so what if James makes
>> another side scroller. So what if he makes a hundred more. I, for one,
>> will
>> still buy them.
>> And just for fun ...
>> Super Mario Brothers I, II, and III
>> Rolling Thunder
>> Fist of the North Star
>> Double Dragon I through III
>> Russian Attack
>> Duck Tales I and II
>> Wizards and Warriors I through III
>> Dr. Chaos
>> Kirby's Adventure
>> Metroid
>> Robo Cop I through III
>> Megaman I through IV and X through X5
>> Beavis and Butthead
>> Jungle Hunter
>> Pitfall, both the original and the Mayan Adventure
>> Every one of the Castlevania games up until the Gamecube release
>> ...
>> This list is by no means complete, but try to guess what all of these
>> mainstream games had in common.
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "will" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: audyssey: Montezuma's Revenge Orders
>>
>>
>>
>>> hi
>>>
>>> come on though for god sake
>>> fifty dollars?
>>> for that price, sighted people get 3d games with cut sceens and
>>> everything
>>> and what are we getting? another side scroller
>>> will
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:56 PM
>>> Subject: Re: audyssey: Montezuma's Revenge Orders
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Why, though, should you get it at a cheaper price after it is made
>>>> available
>>>> to everyone? The idea is to give a discount to those who are willing
>>>> to
>>>> order it before it is released. He's basically saying, "Have faith in
>>>>
>> my
>>
>>>> company. The game will come out. Because you show good faith in my
>>>> company, here's what I'll do. The price of the game will be $50. If
>>>>
>> you
>>
>>>> show good faith and trust, I'll sell it to you now for $35." Nobody
>>>>
>> says
>>
>>>> that you have to do this. Nobody is forcing you to buy now and get the
>>>> game
>>>> when it comes out. But if you want to, go for it and get a discount.
>>>>
>> If
>>
>>>> you don't want to, then you, just like everyone else who does not take
>>>> advantage of the offer, pays $50 for the game. Now, what can be
>>>> simpler
>>>> than that? How hard is that to understand? Common sense and simple
>>>>
>> logic
>>
>>>> would tell you that if you can buy the game at a cheaper price if you
>>>> do
>>>> not
>>>> preorder, nobody would preorder, so what would be the point of offering
>>>>
>> it
>>
>>>> at a higher price to those who buy early? Sheesh. And, before anyone
>>>> asks,
>>>> the prices I quoted in this example of what I am trying to get across
>>>>
>> are
>>
>>>> not the actual prices. I used these rounded figures merely as an
>>>>
>> example.
>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Yohandy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:26 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: audyssey: Montezuma's Revenge Orders
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Ah, now I see. I thought that was the regular price, and he was just
>>>>> raising
>>>>> it because people didn't preorder.
>>>>> And as to the reason I think you should pay less after preordering, is
>>>>> because you're getting the game after everyone else that preordered,
>>>>>
>> and
>>
>>>>> not
>>>>> in advanced.
>>>>> But again, maybe he isn't giving it out to preorders in advanced
>>>>>
>> either?
>>
>>>>> *grin*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:26 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: audyssey: Montezuma's Revenge Orders
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> The reason preordering costs less is to give you a price break. The
>>>>>> game's
>>>>>> normal price can be whatever, and the seller is merely giving a
>>>>>>
>> discount
>>
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> the normal price. Why should the price be lower if you do not
>>>>>>
>> preorder,
>>
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> your opinion?
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Yohandy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:12 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: audyssey: Montezuma's Revenge Orders
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So the game will cost over $50.00?
>>>>>>> I for one, do not think it's right to raise the price on a game,
>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>> because it cannot be preordered.
>>>>>>> It doesn't make much sence.
>>>>>>> In fact, it should be lowered, since the game is officially out.
>>>>>>> I will definitely never preorder a game for the blind.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "brenda green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:28 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: audyssey: Montezuma's Revenge Orders
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's right James, who needs that extra $15. Given your record
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>> pre-ordering, I'm surprised you'd even offer it as a pre-order.
>>>>>>>> "raceway"
>>>>>>>> was offered for pre-order in 2001 and is still not available to
>>>>>>>>
>> those
>>
>>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>>> paid good cash for it. Monty was "shipping" November 2003 and
>>>>>>>> recalled.
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> don't know of anybody that actually got the game. Now, more than a
>>>>>>>> year
>>>>>>>> later, you're offering Monty for pre-order? I for one, will wait
>>>>>>>>
>> until
>>
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> actually released to take a look at it.
>>>>>>>>
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