___________________________________________________________________________ __ __ ________ _______ | \ | || _____| / ______| NUMBER 3 - 17 SEPTEMBER - 1998 | \ | || |_____ | \____ _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ | |\ \ || _____| \_____ \| | | __||_ _||_ _|| __|| _ | | | \ || |_____ _____/ || |_ | _| | | | | | _| | | |__| \__||________||______ / |___||___| |_| |_| |___||_|\_\ E-MAIL : mnielsen@get2net.dk WWW : Http://www.internet1.net/~nesworld --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yep, it's back... It's been quite awhile since the last letter, which was out in early may, eventhough it was supposed to be out atleast once every month. But a lot of people have joined, and then the next day left the NESletter crew, so nothing ever really happened. Now its been 3 months since the last letter, so I felt that I had to do something now, or the letter would die. You're ofcourse more than welcome to e-mail me reviews or any other stuff you'd like to put in this letter. It's always nice to hear someone else oppinion about something :) Since the previous letter, over 50 people have been added to the distribution list, so I guess a NES zine was/is needed. Anyway, here it is and I hope you enjoy it.... don't worry, it wont take another 3 months before the next issue ;) - Martin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER All written material, reviews, articles and interviws used in this publication is copyrighted by NES WORLD and is not to be used in any form on any website or other written publication. If you would like to post parts from this publication, all you have to do is contact us and we'll give you permission.... or not. If you choose not to contact us about using our material, but use it anyway. We wont file a lawsuit against you, but you'll hurt our feelings, since you're basicly stealing from us, and this will probably mean that we wont write anything in the future. So please, contact us before using any material from this publication. thank you! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHATS IN THIS ISSUE OF NESLETTER Articles - Nintendo Snags Counterfeit Games - Pirate carts, games ported to the famicom - The Express, Camerica's portable NES compatible. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE NES WORLD CREW Editor: - Martin Nielsen (mnielsen@get2net.dk) Writer: - VmprHntrD (tanooki@flash.net) You wanna write stuff for NES WORLD's NESletter? then e-mail us at "mnielsen@get2net.dk" and let us know. We're mainly looking for people who could write some funny stories, like NES dreams they've had. We're looking forward to be reading your stuff! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NINTENDO SNAGS COUNTERFEIT GAMES (ARTICLE FROM IGN) September 16, 1998 Customs officials in Paraguay snagged almost 5,000 faux Nintendo 64 consoles, which actually were NES systems pre-loaded with a game. The consoles, which apparently looked like N64s on the outside, but actually were only NES systems preloaded with 8 levels of one game, were seized in a 40-foot shipping container in a Paraguay customs center. The entire shipment was destroyed Wednesday by authorities. Raids in the country last week targeted Paraguyan stores, and resulted in the seizure of thousands of counterfeit SNES and Nintendo 64 games. Those cartridges, in conjunction with the large shipment of fake Nintendo 64 consoles, had a street value of about $400,000. "Nintendo will not tolerate the pirating of our video games. We will continue to use private investigators to identify potential counterfeiters and work with government officials in Paraguay to stamp out this illegal activity," said Howard Lincoln, Chairman, Nintendo of America. Paraguay is a major pirate arena for counterfeit video games in Latin America. Nintendo said the recent anti-counterfeiting actions are part of an aggressive campaign to combat the production and sale of counterfeit video game products, which, in 1997, cost Nintendo, its publishers and developers an estimated $866 million in sales worldwide. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE PIRATE CARTS, GAMES PORTED TO THE FAMICOM There is still a huge market for 8bit stuff in the eastern countries like Turkey, Greece etc. On my trip to Turkey this summmer I spoke with a guy who ran a videogame store which only carried Sega Genesis, SNES and Famicom carts. He said that he mostly sold famicom carts because the kids couldn't afford the expensive PSX and N64 games, and therefore bought the less expensive Famicom stuff. It was quite funny what he had to say about the Famicom games, and me about the latest releases such as Tekken and a couple of other weird fighting games. SIGNING OFF Now it was'nt that bad, eh? :) You can look forward to the next issue which will, hopefully, have an interview with Franz Lanzinger about his NES coding, both for licensed and unlicensed NES softwarehouses. Besides that? Well you'll have to wait and see! so long :) NEXT ISSUE OUT: who knows, not me, cause I hate deadlines :) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EOF.