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mikemudd posted 02-08-99 10:42 PM ET
I purchased the game yesterday (8/2) at Pulsar Computers P/L, Elizabeth St Melbourne Australia. If this is a forged version, it's the best I have ever seen. It has a bar code of EA1570153 and a yellow sticker on the side which says " Asia-Pacific Edition. Not for sale in NORTH AMERICA or EUROPE....etc etc" It even has the standard Australia Office of Film and Literature Classification stamp on the box. The packaging is the same standard as other games I have bought, includes a stiff brown cardboard insert which holds the contents.
The contents apart from the CD (marked as manufactured is Singapore) are the white install guide (28 pages), a huge wall chart and a 250-page manual (marked "Printed in Singapore" on the back).Ctrl-F4 shows a popup with:
"SID MEIER'S ALPHA CENTAURI
VERSION: RELEASE 1.0i
Date: 4-Jan-1998"
The terran.exe file is 3,067,904 bytes and is dated 14/01/99 16:20.
Could someone confirm the legitimacy of my copy please?
Cheers...

Brother Greg posted 02-08-99 10:53 PM ET
Yes, it is legit, so don't worry about it.
Seems EA stuffed up, and it got released here early. Has to be a FIRST, apart from a very few Australian developed games.
As for those complaining that America didn't get it first - now you know how we feel when EVERY GAME is released a MINIMUM of TWO WEEKS later than in the US. Some games have been released here TWO MONTHS LATER!
So, to summarise, my heart bleeds for you.
(Sorry for the shouting, but people who have everything, then complain that they can't get one small thing REALLY peeve me)
mooman posted 02-08-99 11:37 PM ET
hypocrite ;-)
Brother Greg posted 02-08-99 11:51 PM ET
I reserve the right to be hyprocritical. Nobody else can be though.
Dredd posted 02-09-99 09:17 AM ET
There is a "28 page" installation guide!?
As an American, just so you know we're not a bunch of bitter, self-centered, whining people, I sincerly hope you are enjoying SMAC.
cousLee posted 02-09-99 09:33 AM ET
I agree, from what i have read, good for you! I am glad you got it first.
I am curious about something though, with all the places i see online that lets you order games, why would someone wait 2 years for a shelf copy of a game? Is the Australian version that much diffrent than the "American" version? if not, no one needs to wait that long for a game. Just wondering.
Old_Guy posted 02-09-99 12:03 PM ET
Differences between the American and Australian versions:
1) Audio clips are narrated by Paul Hogan and the Foster's beer guy in the Aussie version and have more of a "dingo lingo".
2) The American version comes with a tech tree poster, the Aussie version comes with a poster featuring 3 naked women each holding pitchers of Foster's.
3) The American version comes with a 28-page install guide. The Aussie version has a 1/4 page that says "Just put the bloody CD in the bloody drive and clicky clicky until the bloody thing works!"
4) In the American version, you see an animated cut scene when you complete a Secret Project. In the Aussie version you see the naked women from the poster pouring beer all over each other.
5) During drone riots in the Aussie version, nerve stapling is not an option. Instead, you can spray the drones with warm American beer. This is definitely considered an atrocity.
Wraithfire posted 02-09-99 03:13 PM ET
I haven't laughed so hard since... yesterday good post Old Guy ;-) Oh btw SMAC is Australian for Best Strat Game of the Year!!!
White_Cat posted 02-09-99 04:50 PM ET
ROFL!!
dwayne posted 02-09-99 05:43 PM ET
that was hilarious :-) - perhaps i should do the difference between the nz one
Brother Greg posted 02-09-99 05:54 PM ET
NZ version: Sheep Make Amorous Caressers?
(For all the non-Aussie/Kiwis out there, Australia and NZ have this big thing about how the we say the Kiwis shag sheep, and they say we we shag Kangaroos.)
P.S. I loved the Aussie version as well. LOL
Utrecht posted 02-09-99 05:59 PM ET
Uhhhh,
Actually the saying is "New Zealand and Wyoming, where men are men and Sheep run scared".
mikemudd posted 02-10-99 01:38 AM ET
Very good mate. Just a couple of things though..
1. Fosters is ****e beer that we sell only to foreigners. No self-respecting aussie would dare touch the stuff..
2. Beer is sold in jugs not pitchers. Pitchers are what you see at the cinema.
3. All the dingoes left in Australia are in hiding since the Ayers Rock incident with Lindy Chamberlain...
4. All the Faction leaders are called Bruce.
5. There is an extra unit in the aussie version - a pod full of American settlers. Drop it onto enemy terrain and any river within 2 sqaure radius becomes hopelessly polluted, all forests within 3 squares are razed for cattle farms, and all solar collectors are replaced with oil-fired power stations.......:> )
6. Drone riots are also quelled by threatening to make citizens watch 10 episodes of VIP. Or if that doesn't work Baywatch....

Otherwise accurate......

(still laughing)
Mark D posted 02-10-99 06:08 AM ET
"All Faction leaders are called Bruce"
Makes me want to get my cork hat, drop by the faculty department of the University of Walamalooa, and sing a chorus or two of "The Philosopher's Song"
"Oh, Emmanuel Kant was a real pissant/who was rarely very stable...
Lee Johnson posted 02-10-99 08:19 AM ET
"Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar/Who could drink you under the table..."
Mark D posted 02-10-99 10:17 AM ET
"David Hume could outconsume/Schopenhauer and Hegel..."
Lee Johnson posted 02-10-99 12:41 PM ET
"And Wittgenstein was a beery swine/Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel!"
Borodino posted 02-10-99 12:52 PM ET
OK, I recognized the names, but what was that?
jsorense posted 02-10-99 01:07 PM ET
That was a very funny Monty Python skit.
Right Bruce?
Lee Johnson posted 02-10-99 01:09 PM ET
Absolutely, Bruce!
Mark D posted 02-10-99 03:27 PM ET
Nailed that one on the old noggin, Bruce!
*******
First Bruce: Blimey s'hot enough to boil a monkey's bum.
Second Bruce: That's a strange expression, Bruce.
First Bruce: Well, Bruce, I heard the prime minister use it. S'hot enough to boil a monkey's bum in 'ere your Masjesty, he said, and she smiled quietly to herself.
Third Bruce: She's a good Sheila, Bruce, and not at all stuck up.

Mark D posted 02-10-99 03:33 PM ET
Oh, and I believe the last line was:
"And Rene Descarte was a drunken fart/"I drink therefore I am"
Can't remember the names of my relatives, but thirty year old Monty Python songs are a snap.
Shadow posted 02-10-99 07:53 PM ET
actually, the last lines are:
Socrates himself is particularly missed...
A lovley little thinker, but a bugger when
he's pissed!
1st Bruce:...because American beer is like making love in a canoe.
2nd Bruce: Making love in a canoe?
1st Bruce: F#*@ing close to water!
(it's true you know. at best, half the strength of the good stuff)
Shadow of a land Downunder
Mark D posted 02-11-99 07:49 AM ET
I stand corrected on the lyrics, but of course my memory is failing
Anyone have a link to the complete lyrics?
I have the two volume book set "Monty Python: All the Words", and it has the Philosophy Department sketch, but not the song lyrics.
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Author	Topic: Is Australian Version legit?
mikemudd	posted 02-08-99 10:42 PM ET I purchased the game yesterday (8/2) at Pulsar Computers P/L, Elizabeth St Melbourne Australia. If this is a forged version, it's the best I have ever seen. It has a bar code of EA1570153 and a yellow sticker on the side which says " Asia-Pacific Edition. Not for sale in NORTH AMERICA or EUROPE....etc etc" It even has the standard Australia Office of Film and Literature Classification stamp on the box. The packaging is the same standard as other games I have bought, includes a stiff brown cardboard insert which holds the contents. The contents apart from the CD (marked as manufactured is Singapore) are the white install guide (28 pages), a huge wall chart and a 250-page manual (marked "Printed in Singapore" on the back).Ctrl-F4 shows a popup with: "SID MEIER'S ALPHA CENTAURI VERSION: RELEASE 1.0i Date: 4-Jan-1998" The terran.exe file is 3,067,904 bytes and is dated 14/01/99 16:20. Could someone confirm the legitimacy of my copy please? Cheers...
Brother Greg	posted 02-08-99 10:53 PM ET Yes, it is legit, so don't worry about it. Seems EA stuffed up, and it got released here early. Has to be a FIRST, apart from a very few Australian developed games. As for those complaining that America didn't get it first - now you know how we feel when EVERY GAME is released a MINIMUM of TWO WEEKS later than in the US. Some games have been released here TWO MONTHS LATER! So, to summarise, my heart bleeds for you. (Sorry for the shouting, but people who have everything, then complain that they can't get one small thing REALLY peeve me)
mooman	posted 02-08-99 11:37 PM ET hypocrite ;-)
Brother Greg	posted 02-08-99 11:51 PM ET I reserve the right to be hyprocritical. Nobody else can be though.
Dredd	posted 02-09-99 09:17 AM ET There is a "28 page" installation guide!? As an American, just so you know we're not a bunch of bitter, self-centered, whining people, I sincerly hope you are enjoying SMAC.
cousLee	posted 02-09-99 09:33 AM ET I agree, from what i have read, good for you! I am glad you got it first. I am curious about something though, with all the places i see online that lets you order games, why would someone wait 2 years for a shelf copy of a game? Is the Australian version that much diffrent than the "American" version? if not, no one needs to wait that long for a game. Just wondering.
Old_Guy	posted 02-09-99 12:03 PM ET Differences between the American and Australian versions: 1) Audio clips are narrated by Paul Hogan and the Foster's beer guy in the Aussie version and have more of a "dingo lingo". 2) The American version comes with a tech tree poster, the Aussie version comes with a poster featuring 3 naked women each holding pitchers of Foster's. 3) The American version comes with a 28-page install guide. The Aussie version has a 1/4 page that says "Just put the bloody CD in the bloody drive and clicky clicky until the bloody thing works!" 4) In the American version, you see an animated cut scene when you complete a Secret Project. In the Aussie version you see the naked women from the poster pouring beer all over each other. 5) During drone riots in the Aussie version, nerve stapling is not an option. Instead, you can spray the drones with warm American beer. This is definitely considered an atrocity.
Wraithfire	posted 02-09-99 03:13 PM ET I haven't laughed so hard since... yesterday good post Old Guy ;-) Oh btw SMAC is Australian for Best Strat Game of the Year!!!
White_Cat	posted 02-09-99 04:50 PM ET ROFL!!
dwayne	posted 02-09-99 05:43 PM ET that was hilarious :-) - perhaps i should do the difference between the nz one
Brother Greg	posted 02-09-99 05:54 PM ET NZ version: Sheep Make Amorous Caressers? (For all the non-Aussie/Kiwis out there, Australia and NZ have this big thing about how the we say the Kiwis shag sheep, and they say we we shag Kangaroos.) P.S. I loved the Aussie version as well. LOL
Utrecht	posted 02-09-99 05:59 PM ET Uhhhh, Actually the saying is "New Zealand and Wyoming, where men are men and Sheep run scared".
mikemudd	posted 02-10-99 01:38 AM ET Very good mate. Just a couple of things though.. 1. Fosters is ****e beer that we sell only to foreigners. No self-respecting aussie would dare touch the stuff.. 2. Beer is sold in jugs not pitchers. Pitchers are what you see at the cinema. 3. All the dingoes left in Australia are in hiding since the Ayers Rock incident with Lindy Chamberlain... 4. All the Faction leaders are called Bruce. 5. There is an extra unit in the aussie version - a pod full of American settlers. Drop it onto enemy terrain and any river within 2 sqaure radius becomes hopelessly polluted, all forests within 3 squares are razed for cattle farms, and all solar collectors are replaced with oil-fired power stations.......:> ) 6. Drone riots are also quelled by threatening to make citizens watch 10 episodes of VIP. Or if that doesn't work Baywatch.... Otherwise accurate...... (still laughing)
Mark D	posted 02-10-99 06:08 AM ET "All Faction leaders are called Bruce" Makes me want to get my cork hat, drop by the faculty department of the University of Walamalooa, and sing a chorus or two of "The Philosopher's Song" "Oh, Emmanuel Kant was a real pissant/who was rarely very stable...
Lee Johnson	posted 02-10-99 08:19 AM ET "Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar/Who could drink you under the table..."
Mark D	posted 02-10-99 10:17 AM ET "David Hume could outconsume/Schopenhauer and Hegel..."
Lee Johnson	posted 02-10-99 12:41 PM ET "And Wittgenstein was a beery swine/Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel!"
Borodino	posted 02-10-99 12:52 PM ET OK, I recognized the names, but what was that?
jsorense	posted 02-10-99 01:07 PM ET That was a very funny Monty Python skit. Right Bruce?
Lee Johnson	posted 02-10-99 01:09 PM ET Absolutely, Bruce!
Mark D	posted 02-10-99 03:27 PM ET Nailed that one on the old noggin, Bruce! ******* First Bruce: Blimey s'hot enough to boil a monkey's bum. Second Bruce: That's a strange expression, Bruce. First Bruce: Well, Bruce, I heard the prime minister use it. S'hot enough to boil a monkey's bum in 'ere your Masjesty, he said, and she smiled quietly to herself. Third Bruce: She's a good Sheila, Bruce, and not at all stuck up.
Mark D	posted 02-10-99 03:33 PM ET Oh, and I believe the last line was: "And Rene Descarte was a drunken fart/"I drink therefore I am" Can't remember the names of my relatives, but thirty year old Monty Python songs are a snap.
Shadow	posted 02-10-99 07:53 PM ET actually, the last lines are: Socrates himself is particularly missed... A lovley little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed! 1st Bruce:...because American beer is like making love in a canoe. 2nd Bruce: Making love in a canoe? 1st Bruce: F#*@ing close to water! (it's true you know. at best, half the strength of the good stuff) Shadow of a land Downunder
Mark D	posted 02-11-99 07:49 AM ET I stand corrected on the lyrics, but of course my memory is failing Anyone have a link to the complete lyrics? I have the two volume book set "Monty Python: All the Words", and it has the Philosophy Department sketch, but not the song lyrics.