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Caris Nautilus
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Read this for what it's worth, It's a post by Chris Ray from NGF's BBS:
"In regard to the Strikers, there is no possible way to reproduce the ROM chips without a run of 2000 and a cost in the 100's of thousands. They are only releasing 20 of these carts due to sac cart restraints. In a recent email to Cosmicco, a HK dealer in MVS titles, I was told they sold a quantity of Strikers to a company in Canada, so make your own conclusions. Actually the ROM chips and plastic casing would be the only reliable items this AES cart would have. The remanufactured boardsets and remounted SMT chips are of not up to the quality of an original AES cartridge. Now, how they can bill this AES cart as "new" is beyond NGF-USA."
His points seem valid about the 2000 limit thing, and if it's true the company in Canada that ordered a bulk of MVS Strikers carts is !Arcade! then this looks to be nothing but a sac release. Who thinks it's true?
When I stop and think about it, !Arcade! would be losing tons of money if he only makes the rumored 40 or so carts, a run well above that would need to be made (Say in the 1,000's) if these are indeed ALL custom made parts from scratch.
So I could see how he could release under 100, if they were just made from scavenging parts, like the MVS sac. Does this seem possible to anyone else?
[ June 09, 2001: Message edited by: Caris Nautilus ]
"In regard to the Strikers, there is no possible way to reproduce the ROM chips without a run of 2000 and a cost in the 100's of thousands. They are only releasing 20 of these carts due to sac cart restraints. In a recent email to Cosmicco, a HK dealer in MVS titles, I was told they sold a quantity of Strikers to a company in Canada, so make your own conclusions. Actually the ROM chips and plastic casing would be the only reliable items this AES cart would have. The remanufactured boardsets and remounted SMT chips are of not up to the quality of an original AES cartridge. Now, how they can bill this AES cart as "new" is beyond NGF-USA."
His points seem valid about the 2000 limit thing, and if it's true the company in Canada that ordered a bulk of MVS Strikers carts is !Arcade! then this looks to be nothing but a sac release. Who thinks it's true?
When I stop and think about it, !Arcade! would be losing tons of money if he only makes the rumored 40 or so carts, a run well above that would need to be made (Say in the 1,000's) if these are indeed ALL custom made parts from scratch.
So I could see how he could release under 100, if they were just made from scavenging parts, like the MVS sac. Does this seem possible to anyone else?
[ June 09, 2001: Message edited by: Caris Nautilus ]
