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Tony Han, Overseas Sale Manager at GamePark Holdings, has let everyone know via GP32x.com ( http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/49588-as-center-opened/ ), that their German AS Center is open now.

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Dear GPH Users,

GPH has now opened their After Sales Centre in Germany. Please feel free to talk to them if you experience any problems with our products.

The best way to log a call with them is to use the following procedure:

1) Contact your distributor AND the AS centre giving both of them full details of your problem.

2) The distributor will also send a message to the AS Centre and the AS Centre will get back to you with information on what to do next, such as sending a faulty product back to them.

3) If there is any cost to the repairs such as items that are out of the one year warranty, the AS Team will inform you.

4) Once the problem has been resolved, the product will be sent back to you.

URL: globalgph.com/bbs/view.php?id=notice2&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=13

Thank you and Best Regards

Tony Han
Overseas Sale Manager

Retroaction is an interactive magazine featuring old and new games on retro platforms like the Amstrad CPC, Sinclair, Commodore, DOS, Arcade, Atari, Sega, Nintendo, NEC, MSX, Acorn, Apple, and more.

Content:

Features:
On the Cutting Edge of Sci Fi Adventuring: Blade Runner
We look at Westwood’s epic sci-fi adventure, and chat with the main man behind the game’s production Louis Castle.

Ghostbusters Through the Ages
With Ghostbusters getting a current-gen update, we thought this was the perfect time to look back at the various games, ports, remakes, and sequels.

Retro Fanzines
Retrogaming enthusiasts have been creating their own fanzine publications for over 20 years. We racked our memories and hunted around the ‘net to find out more.

Twilight of the Spectrum, part 2
We continue our trek through the Spectrum’s twilight years in Eastern Europe.

Computer Warrior, part 3
Further adventures of the Computer Warrior comic strip, from the 1980s Eagle comic, where gamers discover how to play computer games within the computer’s realm.

Atari STE: What Could Have Been
We look at the history of the Atari STE and think of what could have been Atari’s resurgence in the 16-bit computer market.

Interviews:
Louis Castle
We talked to Louis Castle about everything Blade Runner, and how it all came to be.

Tom Livak
A special preview / interview with Tom Livak on his NES game GemVenture.

Clyde “Mato” Mandelin
We speak to lead translator, Clyde Mandelin (a.k.a. Tomato, or just Mato), about the epic Mother translating projects.

Mukunda “eKid” Johnson
We caught up with Mukunda Johnson to discuss his PDROMs compo winning SNES game Skipp and Friends as well as his other projects.

Regulars:
Retroscene
The latest happenings in the world of retrogaming.

Emulator Profile: STEEM
Often cited as the emulator of choice for Atari ST gamers, and with good reason.

Retro Respect: Magic: The Gathering
We’ve all missed a classic during our time (I know I have). This is where we pay respects to the forgotten classics, the misunderstood, and the underdogs.

Killer App: F-Zero
These are the games that are so outstanding that you would buy the system just to play that game. The essential games that every retro gamer should play.

Raiders of the Lost Arcades: Aliens vs. Predator
Unfortunately, the arcade is becoming extinct as a gaming platform, so we take a trek back through time to relive some of the arcades’ greatest and underrated games.

Retro Respect: Defender of the Crown
Cinemaware’s classic arcade strategy gets the Retro Respect treatment.

How to Cause a Complete Controversy: Revenge of General Custor
Forget the GTAs and Manhunts; games were causing controversy from as far back as the 8-bit days. We look at the controversy that surrounded these games.

Retro Respect: RoboWarrior
The underrated NES game gets our overdue respect.

The Weird and Wonderful World of Retrogaming: UnSensible World of Cannon Moon Soccer Meets Bulldog Blighty
There have been some truly strange games, demos, and cover disks released in the heyday of retrogaming. This is where we dig up some of these weird and daft creations.

Reviews:
Skipp and Friends (SNES)
Knight Lore (MSX2)
Knight ‘N’ Grail (C64)
Kuiper Pursuit (ZX Spectrum)
r0x (Atari STE)
Nanako in Classic Japanese Monster Castle (Amstrad CPC)
La Corona Encantada (MSX, ZX Spectrum)
Biniax 2 (ZX Spectrum)
Infection (C64)
Gommy: Midievel Defender (ZX Spectrum)
International Soccer (PC Windows)
Shift (MSX2)
Legion of the Damned 2 (C64)
Factory Daze (ZX Spectrum)
Kung Fu II (PC Windows)
Poomania (GBA)
Berzerk Redux (C64)
Rambo (PC Windows)
Sudoku Master (Amstrad CPC)
Biohell (ZX Spectrum)

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Quipeace has updated his “handwriting” calculator for Nintendo DS. Other than other calculators you write the mats onto the screen. The calculators recognizes * : + and -.

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Another minor update:

Parenthesis are now supported 2*(4-2) = 4).
NOTE: “1” has to be written like you see it on your screen right now, a simple down-going line will result in a left parenthesis. You will be able to change this in the next release.

Valid input now turns green, and invalid backspaces will no longer erase pixels other than the black line itself.

🔗 http://forum.palib.info/index.php?topic=7850.0

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SameGoo is a game of the SameGame concept. The goal is to get a high score. Selecting an object will clear that object and all connected objects of the same color. You cannot clear a single object, it must be connected to at least one other. If a gap occurs between columns of objects, then the right-most ones will be moved left.

Authors page: http://www.harteex.com/?page=samegoo

🔗 http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/dingoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,25,153

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lifeWiz is a version of “Game of Life”. This version adds a panning view.

🔗 http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/wiz.cgi?0,0,0,0,8,203

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One day when Smallball woke up he discovered that Nasties had stolen all of his friends happyspirits! Without the HPs all of Smallballs friends was as braindead as zombies! Gather all of the HPs before the Nasties gets you too! But beware, you are in changeland where natural laws change constantly!

🔗 http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/wiz.cgi?0,0,0,0,27,217

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Turn your Android phone into a handy Ordnance Survey map, with your position pinpointed on it! OS Map includes nearly all Ordnance Survey scales, touch scrolling, custom waypoints, and offers detailed position information including grid references. For more information, visit http://www.pocketgamer.org/os-map/

Features:

* Nearly all OS Map scales available (including 250,000 and 50,000).
* Touch-scrolling – simply use your finger to drag the map around.
* Fast resume from standby and fast position updates.
* No subscription fees – uses the free OpenSpace API.
* Custom waypoint support.
* Get your location as a grid reference.
* Includes a moving, overlaid magnetic compass!
* Smooth panning.
* Detailed location information.

🔗 https://slideme.org/application/os-map

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This application’s use is to convert one unit to another, it does at the moment only support Centimeter to Inches (vice versa) but will have more units to convert from/to in the future. The BETA will be free until I have an finished product that is worthy of my max $1 price tag.

🔗 https://slideme.org/application/paconverter

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Quipeace has updated his “handwriting” calculator for Nintendo DS. Other than other calculators you write the mats onto the screen. The calculators recognizes * : + and -.

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Hey all 🙂 , time to release V0.2,

Not much has changed, I’m still trying to think of a good and nice looking options menu so that will come later. I have the code ready though, so it won’t take much longer.

You can now draw an diagonal (bottom left to upper right) line trough the last input to erase, so you can easily correct your mistakes. Invalid backspaces will be erased so they won’t clog up your screen.

The next release will hopefully include the options menu, with customizable handwriting shapes, a toggle between graffiti and two different pad input methods.

🔗 http://forum.palib.info/index.php?topic=7850.0

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LalaGames have released “Dungeon Runner” which is a dungeon tile based puzzle game for the Wiz.

Authors page: http://www.metamo.ch/lalagames/

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