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PM sent... as a brand new member you may not have access to permissions to send PMs back... I'll include my e-mail address...
Ian

Cheers for that Hegel, I'll check it out once I hook the XBox up to the network... 

Ian

I'll send you an e-mail Simon...
Ian

Anyone remember Activision's Dark Reign from the late 1990s?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Reign:_The_Future_of_War
I loved playing it... only C&C-type game I ever really got into...
It came back to mind because I downloaded the C&C Red Alert free app to my iPhone because I was in a bit of a mood for some "helicopter view" strategy warfare and it all came back why I never really got on with it...
What I really liked about DR was that I felt properly in control of the units (control freak anyone?  )... you could tell them to guard or repair themselves rather than just go tooling off to their doom after some enemy units as soon as they saw any. I also liked how I could create formations that the units retained as they advanced and how I could get them to target specific enemy units while ingnoring the ones the AI would normally pick.
Couple of questions really...
a) Anyone play DR and find another, more recent title with the same level of control? PC or 360 only...
b) Anyone still play DR on a modern machine? Officially it was 95 / 98 only I think but there look like there are more recent patches out there so I guess I could re-play it on Vista if I couldn't find a more recent substitute...
Cheers
Ian

PM sent... 

I sold my Prog 1 (with spinner) a few years back and got £300 for it, so I think 700 progs at that price'd be a steal...

I wouldn't get your hopes up too much... I've paid that for a complete run right through to the 1700s... and I probably paid a little over the odds  If you want to get rid of them swiftly and in one hit you'll almost certainly have to accept less unless you've got exactly what someone is looking for and / or are located somewhere easy to get to... ie a collection in London is likely to get more interest than a collection in Cornwall...

But having said all of that, I hope you get a good deal... long live early thrill-power!

Dash Decent was after the Venus one...

... and separate to Betel I still have the Venus Bluegenes: Venus on the Frag Shell and Durham Red Island of the Damned from 318 and 319 if anyone would like them.

AT LAST eBay have a free listing weekend! Here's all my latest listings should anything be of interest:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/betel_uk/m.html?_trkparms=65%253A12%257C66%253A1%257C39%253A1%257C72%253A5788&rt=nc&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_sop=1&_sc=1

As ever, give me a shout if there are any 2000ADs you're looking out for... I have boxes of them!

Ian

Only got the following ones left now should anyone want them:

The Best of Pulp Sci-Fi (Meg 296)
Strontium Dogs (Meg 306)
Flesh The Legend of Shamana Book 1 (Meg 310)
Flesh The Legend of Shamana Book 2 (Meg 311)
Flesh Chronocide (Meg 312)

Andy, I'll drop you a PM...
Ian

I've just received these today and all I can say is that they were in FANTASTIC shape and that Mr Tu-plang is an absolute gent!

Thanks very much mate and I hope the move goes well... remember: "Christmas in Australia is not like Christmas here, they have sun and lager while we have snow and beer"

"Thank you" 

Welcome!
New users have to wait for an admin to enable some functions... don't worry, one will be along soon... in the meantime, enjoy the forums...
Ian

Do you still have the snow/tiger one?

I certainly do! I'll drop you a PM...

I'll post a revised list of what I still have available when I get 5 minutes amongst all this Christmas hullaballoo!

Where are you located?

I hope you haven't been on Titan for 20 years... having your mouth sown up makes munching on mince pies tricky! 

Welcome!!