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From: kuan@iris.ucdavis.edu (Frank [Who me?] Kuan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Want Shadow of the Beast II info
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Date: 28 Aug 90 18:49:24 GMT
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I called around a few mail order places yesterday inquiring about
SBII.

Creative Computing had the best price (app. 35$). Everyone else 
was charging around 40$.

I was just about to order it, but I remembered that SBII was made by
the people who made the unfriendliest dos in the known universe.
After reading about all the nightmares people had trying to make it
run on their computer, it occured to me to ask the mail order places
what kind of action I could take if it didn't run on my computer.
By a unanimous conspiracy, every place I talked to said that there
was absolutely no way I could return the game unless the game was
defective. And even then, then would only replace it, not refund it.
No company would do anything in the case that the game simply wouldn't
run on my computer. I explained nicely that I wasn't interested in
getting it to use both of my drives or using my accelerator, I just
wanted the darn thing to run. I went on to explain that the game
wouldn't run on some computers that it was guaranteed by Psygnosis
to run on, and they simply said, "You'll have to talk to Psygnosis
about it."

As an interesting side note, Creative Computing did go as far as
saying that if it wouldn't run on my computer, and I talked to their
manager, there was the remote chance of a possibility of him thinking
about contemplating giving me credit toward another game, minus a
mere 20% restocking fee. I was so touched by this generous offer that
I wept and wailed loudly on the phone.

I don't blame the mail order companies at all. Psygnosis should be
responsible for making sure that their game works. Unfortuneately,
it's pretty expensive to call London to complain, and it sure takes
a long time to ship a bad disk back. 

The bottom line is, I'd really like to see the game, but I'm not
going to risk 40$ and lots of time to do it. 

Does anyone know of a mail order place who will refund or give credit
back on SoBII? 

If I remember correctly, I saw a few copies of Shadow of the Beast I
demos floating around when that came out. Does anyone know if a
demo for SoBII is available to the interested public?