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Martin YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2441 Denmark Gender:	Firehawk European release 01. Jul 2007 at 23:55 This game is so friggin hard to find, it was the last Codemasters release in Europe as far as I know. I've managed to find two copies lately though... found a boxed one today. I just fear that it'll be impossible to find a manual but I'm still a very happy guy today (been looking for this release for years)
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NationalGameDepot God Member Offline The NGD Game List v3.0 is DONE!! Posts: 3976 Knoxville, TN USA Gender:	Re: Firehawk European release Reply #1 - 02. Jul 2007 at 02:17 Very cool, don't think I have ever actually seen on of these before. ~~NGD
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Widar Senior Member Offline Crazy Swede Posts: 283 Sweden Gender:	Re: Firehawk European release Reply #2 - 02. Jul 2007 at 09:38 Congrats! Real cool stuff for sure! What does the backside look like?
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Martin YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2441 Denmark Gender:	Re: Firehawk European release Reply #3 - 02. Jul 2007 at 09:52 Don't know... it hasn't arrived yet.. By the way, when this one arrives I''ll have an extra cart (only) if anyone is interested.
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jajaja God Member Offline Posts: 1159	Re: Firehawk European release Reply #4 - 02. Jul 2007 at 22:07 Congrats I like the look on these Codemasters games. By the way, Firehawk came with a poster too (i think all Codemasters game did?).
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Martin YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2441 Denmark Gender:	Re: Firehawk European release Reply #5 - 02. Jul 2007 at 22:33 yep they all came with a poster... Dizzy also had some sort of map included. Fortunately I've almost reached the goal when it comes to Codies releases, man they're a bitch...
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Reply #6 - 04. Jul 2007 at 01:10

Nice pickup man, I also had this one on my watch list and was thinking of picking it up, but been buying too much lately. Btw, are these actually PAL-B compatible? I have several of them and I'm pretty sure they didn't work on my PAL-B machine, yet German sellers and collectors claim that Micro Machines, for example, is PAL-B...or was it also released in PAL-B format?

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Martin YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2441 Denmark Gender:	Re: Firehawk European release Reply #7 - 04. Jul 2007 at 07:55 Codemasters releases, including the American Camerica releases, works on a PAL-B unit... so yes
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Reply #8 - 05. Jul 2007 at 00:35

Martin wrote on 04. Jul 2007 at 07:55:

Codemasters releases, including the American Camerica releases, works on a PAL-B unit... so yes

Could it be that later NES toasters (or specific PAL-B units such as HOL or so) were incompatible though? I'm wondering because I tested Mig 29, Ultimate Stuntman, and Dizzy or Micro Machines (all UK cart form) on a PAL-B toaster (I think it was a HOL system) a year or two ago, and I got the flashing screen for each one even though the system had hardly any blinking problems when playing other PAL-B carts. I'll see if I can find another HOL console when I'm back from vacation and see if I can get the carts to work...it could be that the contacts are just really dirty since they were cart only.

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Reply #9 - 08. Jul 2007 at 00:50

Speaking of Codemasters PAL games, you can get problems if you play them on a modified region free NES. I tried Micro Machines on one, when you get to the menu the power will be cut. I recently tried Cosmic Spacehead, it would even start. I cleaned it really well, but it would start. I also tried my 2nd copy, that didnt work either. I tried it on another NES that wasnt modified, there it worked fine.

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Reply #10 - 02. Aug 2007 at 16:28

I wasn't aware that this game was that hard to find. Got mine for around 30-40 kr ($5 or so) from a swedish game collector a few years back. Wink

After reading this topic I had to dig up my copy to see what was included. The condition is kinda crappy but I do have the manual and, what I found more interesting, I also have a trouble shooting guide that includes languages such as danish and swedish (but also english, french and others). Before seeing this I didn't think these games were sold here in Sweden, but this kinda implies that they were.

http://pici.se/97317/
http://pici.se/97318/

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Martin YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2441 Denmark Gender:	Re: Firehawk European release Reply #11 - 02. Aug 2007 at 21:17 I doubt they were sold here, but they might've intended to (wanted to whatever) Now sell me that manual
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that_marcus Junior Member Offline Posts: 67 Stockholm / Sweden Gender:	Re: Firehawk European release Reply #12 - 03. Aug 2007 at 12:55 I'm thinking about selling of parts of my collection in the coming months and if this one ends up in the sell pile I promise you get first dibs on it.
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Reply #13 - 11. Aug 2007 at 21:01

Martin wrote on 02. Aug 2007 at 21:17:

I doubt they were sold here, but they might've intended to (wanted to whatever)

Now sell me that manual

I think they were. I remember a friend had a Game Genie and Micro Machines when we were kids. Might be that his grandmother bought it in England for him tho.

I also remember playing MIG-29 at a friend's house when i was a kid. However, i recall it was the gold cart so it must (?) have been the US version. On the other hand, what i remember, it was just to put it right into the console and play, no game key or simular were used. Then again, many of the early NES machines that were sold here were region free so that might explain it

Some Sachen games were sold here, so if people took the trouble to import those, why not Codemasters games too?

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Speedy_NES God Member Offline Posts: 979 Belgium Gender:	Re: Firehawk European release Reply #14 - 18. Aug 2007 at 21:41 jajaja wrote on 11. Aug 2007 at 21:01: Some Sachen games were sold here, so if people took the trouble to import those, why not Codemasters games too? I have a Camerica Supersonic with a Scandinavian manual (I think Swedish), so if Camerica accessories were sold there, it's also likely that the games were, too.
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