Mayhem Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 is forking for the sodding import charges when it arrives from the US! Feckers want $180 to get it... most of that VAT (which is charged on the value AND postage combined!)... bite the bullet and take it I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Siegler Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 I got one yesterday. After getting the game, I don't see what the fuss is, it's not that great of a game, IMHO. Although I admittedly didn't know what I was doing - need to read instructions. I found Gravitar more of a fun game - played that for half an hour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Qudarun is a great game once you learn how to play. The basic idea is to shoot your energy ball at the enemies and then quickly zip around to the other side and catch it. Every now and then a runt will escape from the cage at the center of the screen and you need to go grab him before he smashes into the energy barriers on either side of the screen. The controls are a bit qurky, but once you get used to them it becuase second nature (push up or down to switch vertical sides, or move into the left or right wall to switch to the horizontal sides). Give it another shot, you'll like it. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bez Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Mayhem ! You have got to get the senders verification, in an email, that is stating that this is a gift, which it is, right? At least this is what the customs routine is here in Sweden. Done it once in a trade with Gunstar, hell of extra work, but worth every penny. They wanted me to pay $25 for a Video Pinball C-380. Cretins. I would never pay VAT for something that has not been produced in 20 years! Damn customs, catch the idiots that are smuggling people and drugs instead! Good luck, Bez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCroniger Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 I love Quadrun!!! It's completely unique. Most games are just mods of existing games. Not this baby. One of a kind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeknPoke Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Mat, did you really pay all that money on ebay for that game (+patch!)? Wow! I think the highest ive ever paid for a game is missle command, boxed for £10!! Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphor Dot Fossils Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Joe, I'll take yours if you don't want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted September 6, 2002 Share Posted September 6, 2002 I would think that the worst part of obtaining Quadrun is the fact that it might be the only game missing from someone's collection and once you have obtained it, there is nothing new for the Atari 2600 to obtain (well maybe new home brews as they came out but nothing from the original Atari). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Siegler Posted September 6, 2002 Share Posted September 6, 2002 It's not the only thing missing from my collection. I have quite a ways to go: http://www.siegler.net/2600 The text file is my current list. There's a few pics of my pile, but it's been organized and is all in boxes now. I have a couple of Rarity 10's in here. Quadrun, Atlantis II, & Silver label Quadrun. So I've gotten those out of the way. Now I need to get all the old stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella'sGhost Posted September 6, 2002 Share Posted September 6, 2002 is forking for the sodding import charges when it arrives from the US! Feckers want $180 to get it... most of that VAT (which is charged on the value AND postage combined!)... bite the bullet and take it I guess... Make sure the guy who sends you the cart never puts the "true" value of it on the import form!! Thats just pointless! You know what I mean...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted September 6, 2002 Author Share Posted September 6, 2002 Oh I know that Stella... but with how much it cost me, I wanted insurance on it in case it got lost. Hence needing the true value being used... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legeek Posted September 6, 2002 Share Posted September 6, 2002 I would think that the worst part of obtaining Quadrun is the fact that it might be the only game missing from someone's collection and once you have obtained it, there is nothing new for the Atari 2600 to obtain (well maybe new home brews as they came out but nothing from the original Atari). They'll always be Video Life and Eli's Ladder to chase after! I doubt I'll ever get those... Cheers, le geek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted September 6, 2002 Author Share Posted September 6, 2002 I passed up on getting David Aker's Magicard a while back.. and then it ends on only $1100 odd... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted September 8, 2002 Author Share Posted September 8, 2002 Now I've gotten the package, I can try out the game! Actually it works almost perfectly on a PAL machine, thank god for that. The display cuts slightly when the speech finishes, but that's about it. As for the game itself, it's a fun little program to say the least heh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted September 8, 2002 Share Posted September 8, 2002 Hah... I mail packages of varying sizes, weights, and contents all over the world from the US, and I've never heard anything about retarded charges on the receivers' ends. I sent a money order for $42 and a gun catalog to Malaysia, a NTSC VHS tape to Oz, $100 cash to Hong Kong, and CDs to Canada. Only once did anything ever come up missing, or cause a problem. Dirty chinese government stole one of my payments to a distributor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Tails Prower Posted September 8, 2002 Share Posted September 8, 2002 I always thought it was the loud EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! you hear at the beggining... then again, I can't commentate, because I don't have a Quadrun. Maybe that EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! is only on Emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella'sGhost Posted September 10, 2002 Share Posted September 10, 2002 Oh I know that Stella... but with how much it cost me, I wanted insurance on it in case it got lost. Hence needing the true value being used... That's your call but I've spent much more than $1000 on an item on Ebay and said x-nay on the insurance, I'll risk it and save. It worked out just great... Its always a risk.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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