> > On 28-Jun-2008, "DiscoBitch" <discob1...@gobollocks.com> wrote: > "David Holden" <Spam...@apdl.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> Could anyone supply me with a copy of Galactic Dan please? I'm > >> desperately > >> trying to get hold of it since my old disk has expired!
> > It's on the 4th Dimension 'Shootup Games Collection' from APDL which will > > cost you the huge sum of 14.90 GBP for 9 games. > Except it would be 14.90 GPB for one game, cos I only want Galactic Dan (and > I have several of the other games already).
Well, it was 35 quid new, so it's not that "desperate" then is it...
> >> > On 28-Jun-2008, "DiscoBitch" <discob1...@gobollocks.com> wrote: > >> "David Holden" <Spam...@apdl.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> >> Could anyone supply me with a copy of Galactic Dan please? I'm > >> >> desperately > >> >> trying to get hold of it since my old disk has expired!
> >> > It's on the 4th Dimension 'Shootup Games Collection' from APDL which > >> > will > >> > cost you the huge sum of 14.90 GBP for 9 games.
> >> Except it would be 14.90 GPB for one game, cos I only want Galactic Dan > >> (and > >> I have several of the other games already).
> > Well, it was 35 quid new, so it's not that "desperate" then is it... > This isn't 1994, it's 2008. Not all RISC-OS users/afficionados are stuck in > the same time warp as you, my friend.
I didn't say it was 1994. If you really "desperately" wanted a copy of the game then 14.90 isn't an unreasonable price (given that the game comes on CD with a number of others).
You asked if anyone had a copy. APDL, who now sell it, replied saying that it was available. Perhaps if you had specified that although you wanted it desperately, but weren't prepared to pay for it then APDL wouldn't have responded. I am not sure what you do for a living, but I know what APDL do, they sell RISC OS software. That's what puts food on the table.
Note that I have corrected your top posting for you.
In message <3609b156-3d41-4a90-96c0-23bdff07e...@m45g2000hsb.googlegro ups.com> Aaron <atimbr...@aol.com> wrote:
>>> On 28-Jun-2008, "DiscoBitch" <discob1...@gobollocks.com> wrote: >> "David Holden" <Spam...@apdl.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>> Could anyone supply me with a copy of Galactic Dan please? I'm >>>> desperately >>>> trying to get hold of it since my old disk has expired!
>>> It's on the 4th Dimension 'Shootup Games Collection' from APDL which will >>> cost you the huge sum of 14.90 GBP for 9 games. >> Except it would be 14.90 GPB for one game, cos I only want Galactic Dan (and >> I have several of the other games already). > Well, it was 35 quid new, so it's not that "desperate" then is it...
It was actually £24.95 when it was new, which back then was rather a lot for something not that good, so £14.90 on CD (with the copy protection now removed) and 8 other games included makes it better value than it was originally!
In message <j8ebk.178574$NN3.155...@newsfe08.ams2> "DiscoBitch" <discob1...@gobollocks.com> wrote:
> This isn't 1994, it's 2008. Not all RISC-OS users/afficionados are stuck in > the same time warp as you, my friend.
Well seeing as it was £24.95 originally and now £14.90 + extras I would say that the price has actually comedown so it's not stuck in the 1990s ! plus someone has gone to the trouble of making it work on newer machines and run with a key disc in the drive.
I'm still not quite sure why you are desperate to get a game that wasn't very good back in the first place !
Matthew Thompson wrote: > In message <j8ebk.178574$NN3.155...@newsfe08.ams2> > "DiscoBitch" <discob1...@gobollocks.com> wrote:
>> This isn't 1994, it's 2008. Not all RISC-OS users/afficionados are stuck in >> the same time warp as you, my friend.
> Well seeing as it was £24.95 originally and now £14.90 + extras I > would say that the price has actually comedown so it's not stuck in > the 1990s ! plus someone has gone to the trouble of making it work on > newer machines and run with a key disc in the drive.
> I'm still not quite sure why you are desperate to get a game that > wasn't very good back in the first place !
I quite liked it :) I can't remember whether I finished it in the end or not.
> Matthew Thompson wrote: >> In message <j8ebk.178574$NN3.155...@newsfe08.ams2> >> "DiscoBitch" <discob1...@gobollocks.com> wrote:
>>> This isn't 1994, it's 2008. Not all RISC-OS users/afficionados are stuck in >>> the same time warp as you, my friend.
>> Well seeing as it was £24.95 originally and now £14.90 + extras I >> would say that the price has actually comedown so it's not stuck in >> the 1990s ! plus someone has gone to the trouble of making it work on >> newer machines and run with a key disc in the drive.
>> I'm still not quite sure why you are desperate to get a game that >> wasn't very good back in the first place !
> I quite liked it :) I can't remember whether I finished it in the end or > not.
Potentially it could have been good, but I found the lack of a map very frustrating and ending up going round and round in circles, never seemed to get anywhere other than the first couple of levels.
> In message <HPadneJ4QqDu2PLVRVny...@pipex.net> > Alex Macfarlane Smith <nos...@archifishal.co.uk> wrote:
>> Matthew Thompson wrote: >>> In message <j8ebk.178574$NN3.155...@newsfe08.ams2> >>> "DiscoBitch" <discob1...@gobollocks.com> wrote:
>>>> This isn't 1994, it's 2008. Not all RISC-OS users/afficionados are >>>> stuck in >>>> the same time warp as you, my friend.
>>> Well seeing as it was £24.95 originally and now £14.90 + extras I >>> would say that the price has actually comedown so it's not stuck in >>> the 1990s ! plus someone has gone to the trouble of making it work on >>> newer machines and run with a key disc in the drive.
>>> I'm still not quite sure why you are desperate to get a game that >>> wasn't very good back in the first place !
>> I quite liked it :) I can't remember whether I finished it in the end or >> not.
> Potentially it could have been good, but I found the lack of a map > very frustrating and ending up going round and round in circles, never > seemed to get anywhere other than the first couple of levels.
> Matthew
It's just nostalgia! That's why I want a copy. And that's partly why it's not worth paying £15 for.
