Re: [stella] Brazil

Subject: Re: [stella] Brazil
From: Lee Krueger <resqsoft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:05:31 -0700
Bob Colbert wrote:

> What happens when you try to load the tapes on a Supercharger?  I'd like to
> get a .wav of one of the tapes to see what the format looks like!

They won't play on the SC or the Cuttle Cart. I am not sure, but I think the
tapes have been de-guassed.

I believe JerryG and Marco have some more tapes though. I would love to see if
my tapes are bad, or if it is different format.

-Lee


>                         Bob
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-stella@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-stella@xxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf Of Lee Krueger
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:58 PM
> > To: stella@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [stella] Brazil
> >
> >
> > Glenn Saunders wrote:
> >
> > > At 12:38 AM 8/22/2001 -0300, you wrote:
> > > >games local distribution channel... or even the Cyberpunks Stella CD
> > > >distribution, who knows? ;-)
> > >
> > > We did go to quite an effort to make sure the PAL games were complete.
> > >
> > > >This is a scanned Canal3 SC ad, its on one of my friend's
> > personal page:
> > > >http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Maze/4081/scharger.html
> > >
> > > This is a priceless scan.
> > >
> > > Were these just resells of PAL Superchargers or Supercharger clones?
> > >
> > > If they are clones, they ripped off Starpath's ad graphics!!
> > >
> > > This is so funny.  It looks like some guy in Brazil reverse
> > engineered the
> > > encoding, dumped ROM images, and created his own encoder (ala
> > Makewav) and
> > > then exploited the fact that you can run most 2 and 4K games on
> > the thing
> > > by pirating them off.
> > >
> >
> > The Canal 3 would also play 8k games. See the ad and you'll notice Ms
> > Pac-Man.
> > I have a couple of tapes (Subteranea being one of them), but no Canal 3 to
> > play them on.
> >
> > -Lee
> > --
>




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