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- From: grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas)
- Subject: Re: Atari corp.
- Message-ID: <1992Aug25.204805.4559@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: Eastern Michigan University
- References: <9208252017.AA02762@brachot.jct.ac.il>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:48:05 GMT
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- In article <9208252017.AA02762@brachot.jct.ac.il> bruck@BRACHOT.JCT.AC.IL (Itay Chamie1) writes:
- >It also says that Jack Tramiel is a scrooge and that he never spent a buck
- >on advertising - a primary reason for the fact that the Lynx takes aprox.
- >3% of the pocket-game market (with the rest taken by Nintendo and Sega)..
-
- Yes, I can believe that! I have been looking around a bit for a Lynx
- and seeing what games are available... with almost none to be found!
- Even the local Toy's R Us store does not carry the Lynx (though they
- do stock a few of the cartridges). I also tried several mall toy
- stores and even Sears! None! Gee, it makes it difficult to buy
- Atari's wares when you can't get ahold of them.
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