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More info?)
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:45:19 GMT, Ted <nospamforted@nospam.com> wrote:
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>MikeCouil wrote:
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>> A few months back I went on ebay and saw all kinds of auctions for Seaman
>> ending for less than 7.00. I held off buying one because I couldn't find my
>> dreamcast. I finally found it but I can't find any games or hookups for it. i
>> figured I'd buy seaman and give her a go but now suddenly the game is 15-20
>> bucks used on ebay.
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>> I'll be honest, the reason I keep the DC around is because games are so cheap
>> and I dont have a need for the flashiest bestest graphical game ever. hell, I
>> dont even know if my DC WORKS anymore.
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>My guess wold be that Seaman is commanding a little bit more because it
>requires a hardware peripheral (the microphone) that none of the brick
>and mortar sellers that happily sell totally caseless games keep with
>it, and many who buy games in cases may be being sold the CD case and
>game, not the cardboard box with the mic in it. Those sellers may in
>fact not even be buying mics, meaning one of the supply chains for the
>game is broken.
funy thing is that there was one store around here than a dozen or
more mics and they, literally, said "that the hell is this?". strange
looking devices, no doubt. my mic came with a brand new copy of alien
front online (?) for $5. i've seen seaman in local stores for $3 w/ no
mic.never picked it up, though. something about the name, i guess....