Gary Grigsby's War in the East

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I was wondering about that... $80-$90? Isn't this essentially the same game from SSI in the early 90s with spruced up graphics and some improvements?

You gotta love that about Matrix Games, they know how to repackage something with a face lift and make it seem like it is some complex program for Space Shuttle reentry calculations, justifying ~$100 price tag. ;)

I think you might be a little too generous with the dates, as I know I've played the same games on C64 that were programmed to use DOS. I've played DOS games that were later converted to Windows, -always with a graphic enhancement. The combat resolution style in WitP was exactly the same as Pacific War, and the same as earlier titles developed for the C64. And that was SDB 500 lb Bmb Hit ***** (now that was a good shot ;) ).

That designer has a track record or literally repackaging the same product.



Ok -always an interesting exercise with international commerce this - especially with this particular publisher...

All right ... $79.99 US ... which according to XE.com converts to (today 7th Dec 2010) -to $81.6634 Australian. This link will probably convert it to the date being looked at though.

http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount...USD&To=AUD

And what is the merchant here charging in Australian dollars?

A$ 86.00 ... (to be fair -it has been a lot worse at other times... but I as an Australian consumer am not into paying more than the exchange rate).

Why can't these guys just charge one amount and let the currency conversions take care of themselves? It doesn't seem to ever be in the consumer's favor.