Hey, since Barbarian has been mentioned, I have a UK copy of Barbarian II:
Dungeons of Drax (the actual Palace sequel, not the Psygnosis game), does anyone
know if that game was ever published here in the states and if so under what name?
Hugh Falk wrote:
> Package variations are the spice of life...go for both if you can! I like
> to have games like Barbarian (UK) and its USA counterpart (Death Sword) to
> show the differences.
>
> Hugh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Kuras [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 10:44 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SWCollect] hypothetical question
>
> Well, I'm guessing it's one of the Amber games or the Schwarzeauge games
> (can't remember what they called it here in the states, maybe realms of
> Arkania).
>
> Now considering that I'm German, I'm a wee bit biased and woudl buy the
> German version if I don't have too pay too much for it.
>
> From a collection stand point, if both packages are of equal quality
> (quite a few foreign games get a budget treatment over here... look at
> the original Pizza Tycoon (originally Pizza Connection)).
>
> I'm a purist, go with the original packaging!
>
> Pedro Quaresma wrote:
>
> > I have this hypothetical question I'd like to present to all of you:
> >
> > Imagine game X, made by company Y.
> > Company Y is from Germany, so X is released in german. X is then released
> > in the USA in english, by company Z. Same box, same contents, only
> > translated, and different company logo on the box.
> >
> > Now you don't want to play game X, you just want it for your collection.
> > What would you do?
> >
> > a) Buy X both in german and english (in case you choose this one please
> > choose also one of the other two)
> > b) Buy the original german version of X
> > c) Buy the US version, in english, of X
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your opinions,
> > Pedro
> >
> > PS: Extra lump of sugar if you can guess which X I'm referring to. Hint:
> > it's a RPG.
> >
> >
> > Pedro R. Quaresma
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> > "All your base are belong to us"
> >
> >
> >
> >
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