half life dc (please read)

X525 · Post by **X525** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:09 pm

just curious about a link i found on eBay...u can find it here...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=27237

thas the item up for bid...if u notice that link in his description...
http://hexagram.digital-bath.com/eBay

that leads u to another link to 'order' a copy of half life dc...

whassup with this? just wonderin...lol...wouldnt it be considered illegal?

Post by **Quzar** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:32 pm

indeed, illegal very much so

they even imply that it is a pre-release copy by saying only pre-release copies were leaked. report the dude for e-bay fraud or whatever it is.

Prophet][ · Post by **Prophet][** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:35 pm

it says its on a CD-R, so its an illegal copy someone has burned. Their are only a few copies of the original that are legal going around

Post by **Quzar** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:55 pm

um... even the original pre-releases would be illegal (depending on how sega's agreements with the previewers worked) usually they dont let you sell the beta stuff...

Prophet][ · Post by **Prophet][** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 12:08 am

it wasn't really beta though, it was given out to Journos so they could do write ups on them and the review would be in a mag before game came out, Kron owns one. I've seen one sell one ebay before and it went for a lot of money.

Post by **Quzar** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 12:39 am

yea, but im pretty sure that magazines had to sign things saying they wouldnt give it out, most copies are probably because somebody who worked there ended up keeping it and decided to make some $ by selling

ETR · Post by **ETR** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 12:09 pm

Prima got a couple copies too. In fact, I've heard theories that Prima leaked one of their copies in retaliation for the game being cancelled, making their strategy guides useless. Poor guys. This is why big releases should never be cancelled. Anyone know where to get one of the strategy guides, anyways? I'd love to own a useless piece of history. It'd look nice next to my Tandy computers.

Hawq · Post by **Hawq** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 12:28 pm

Eb always had plenty of em maybe they got some old stock somewhere?

The Kron · Post by **The Kron** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 1:26 pm

I couldn't believe it when I saw one of those Half Life DC guides on ebay going for over $60 last week.

ETR · Post by **ETR** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 1:52 pm

$60???? DAMN!

Hawq · Post by **Hawq** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 3:24 pm

/me shoulda got some when they were in the shops

The OK Pope · Post by **The OK Pope** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 3:39 pm

Actually, I saw a HL strategy guide for DC in Media Play (not sure if that is a national chain, or if it is only in the SE US) within the past six months. It was one of the few DC items they still had, along with Bomberman Online and Alien Front Online

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Post by **Quzar** » Sun Dec 14, 2003 8:41 pm

i live in SE US (Florida) we have no Media Play...