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Thalamus Alive?

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Could someone please tell me what the flip this is:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :B:SS:US:1

I especially like the generosity of the whole deal... and I'm stunned they have Search for Sharla working...

Emulator stuuf? PC ports? Comments?
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It's probably a C64 emulator with a bunch of disk images. Sharla was never finished, so unless someone's written it themselves, the person running that auction is a lying bastich.
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Post by Professor Brian Strain »

Search on eBay for a long barge pole, and then don't touch that Thalamus auction with it :D
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Post by andy vaisey »

Professor Brian Strain wrote:Search on eBay for a long barge pole, and then don't touch that Thalamus auction with it :D
:lol: Something does smell wiffy about that auction... :wink:
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Post by Iain »

What? apart from paying $16.99 for 16 game images? ;-) Note all his T&C at the bottom, eg "Cover illustration for description purposes only and may not be actual cover" or some such rubbish.
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Post by fgasking »

Try asking them for a screenshot of Sharla to see what the game looks like.... :)

EDIT... Ok, have done just that. It's got Search For Sharla on the cover case.. but we'll see.

The guy is selling a Dizzy compilation too... :-/... should he be reported? (Of course, after i've had my proof of Sharla being a sham! ;) )
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Unsurprisingly... they couldn't offer me a screenshot. And I was hoping they'd send me one of the scans from GTW ;-)
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Well you might as well report him then, or tell Roger about it and let him report him to eBay.. I guess Roger still has the rights to Thalamus stuff.

It's amazing that the ISPA gets its knickers in a twist about websites offering ROMS for download but doesn't seem to do a thing about people actually making money off these games by selling them on ebay or through a certain website that advertised through google.
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Just done so. Lets see what happens.

Have you noticed also that there are loads of different copies on Ebay, all from various sellers?... something smells bad here...
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Well, that'll be one person buying it, feeling ripped off and trying to get their money back by selling a copy.
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But they are all the same price and buy it nows... I think its the same person under different alias'
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Post by Thalamus »

It's actually a sell-through auction - the seller puts the auction online, but the goods are shipped by a wholesale company.

Check this out:

www.butterfly-media.co.uk


They have plenty of retro CDs they're flogging through Ebay, and in the case of the Thalamus titles, I know that what they're doing is VERY illegal.

They'll be getting a cease and desist email from me shortly.

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Post by Iain »

As they should, I wonder if any of the stuff they sell is legal? :(
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