Re: [SWCollect] hypothetical question

2001-06-27 Thread Pedro Quaresma
KKLGoP2 had the little plug thing included in all the games, I believe it was KKa copy protection/sound accessory. I have an old two page add for the game, KKhas this hottie KKin a black teddy on it, and the tag line If this is who is trying to take KKover earth... Is the planet REALLY worth

Re: [SWCollect] hypothetical question

2001-06-27 Thread Jim Leonard
C.E. Forman wrote: Jim, you said you talked to one of the LGoP2 programmers? Did they happen to offer any explanation for why the game sucked so bad? Programmer != Designer. :-) Or are you saying it sucked badly because it was programmed incompetently? Since nobody responded to my LGOP2

Re: [SWCollect] CyberMania '94

2001-06-27 Thread Karl Kuras
No can do, but if anyone does have it I'd be more than happy to convert it to VideoCD for viewing on a DVD player. The following is only slightly off-topic, but I'll bring it around to software collecting in a bit: Following up on the whole discussion of converting video to digital, have you

Re: [SWCollect] CyberMania '94

2001-06-27 Thread C.E. Forman
Just for clarification, was this shown on TBS with Leslie Neilsen hosting or am I thinking of something else? I taped it, but was so disenchanted by it I'm pretty sure I taped over it. I forget whether it was on TBS or not, but Leslie Nielsen did host.

Re: [SWCollect] hypothetical question

2001-06-27 Thread C.E. Forman
Jim, you said you talked to one of the LGoP2 programmers? Did they happen to offer any explanation for why the game sucked so bad? Programmer != Designer. :-) Or are you saying it sucked badly because it was programmed incompetently? Well, considering it was prone to unexpected hangs,

Re: [SWCollect] hypothetical question

2001-06-27 Thread Jim Leonard
C.E. Forman wrote: Well, considering it was prone to unexpected hangs, yeah, I'd call that sucking. I could ask him, but I don't think he'd know -- he just did the sound replay routines. Since nobody responded to my LGOP2 offer, I'll make another one: Does anyone have a LGOP2 with

Re: [SWCollect] CyberMania '94

2001-06-27 Thread Jim Leonard
Lee K. Seitz wrote: Jim Leonard boldly stated: By now you're either asking me to shut up :-) or asking But why do this when you can just copy the videotape? Well, have you ever seen a 3rd- or 4th-generation copy of a videotape? How about nth generation? I've got a copy of a copy of a

Re: [SWCollect] CyberMania '94

2001-06-27 Thread Jim Leonard
Karl Kuras wrote: No can do, but if anyone does have it I'd be more than happy to convert it to VideoCD for viewing on a DVD player. The following is only slightly off-topic, but I'll bring it around to software collecting in a bit: Following up on the whole discussion of converting

Re: [SWCollect] hypothetical question

2001-06-27 Thread C.E. Forman
I would, 'cept my LGoP2's wrapped. Damn! Which means that I either need to trade you something permanently for it, or I need to pry it from your cold dead hands. :-) Uh, no, that means the cold dead hands thing is your only option. (I don't trade from my personal collection. B-)

Re: [SWCollect] CyberMania '94

2001-06-27 Thread Jim Leonard
C.E. Forman wrote: So what's a qualified project? Game-related material, of course! In August, I'll have the capability to burn actual DVDs onto $10 blanks. I plan to put a lot of stuff onto DVD (including chapter points, menus, etc.) that nobody else would bother with. Both

[SWCollect] Cold, dead hands

2001-06-27 Thread Lee K. Seitz
C.E. Forman boldly stated: I would, 'cept my LGoP2's wrapped. Damn! Which means that I either need to trade you something permanently for it, or I need to pry it from your cold dead hands. :-) Uh, no, that means the cold dead hands thing is your only option. (I don't trade from my

Re: [SWCollect] CyberMania '94

2001-06-27 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Jim Leonard boldly stated: C.E. Forman wrote: (To me, bad budget titles don't hit as hard as bad $44.95 games.) That is very true. So, okay, so give me some examples of worse ones then. I have an example of a budget title: 3D Pinball from the Coffee Break series. Trying to play pinball