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Lost in Space: Complete 1st season
Lost in Space: Complete 1st season
DVD ~ Guy Williams
Offered by Fulfillment Express CA
Price: CDN$ 108.32
15 used & new from CDN$ 56.42

5.0 out of 5 stars This Is The Beginning .........., Feb 7 2004
I haven't seen Lost In Space uncut since the early 80's. It hasn't lost it's appeal to me. It is well worth the money. Considering that the show was made in the mid 60's it has some good special effects. You can see the "metors" bounce off of the Jupiter 2. Also the famous plastic wrap makes it apperance in the Invaders from the 5th Dimension. It looks really cool how it shimmers and ripples under the lights.

The DVD quality is very good, mine has a bit of a hiccup during the first few seconds of Island In The Sky.

During the first couple of episodes I have wondered why they didn't push Dr. Smith into the airlock and "space him".

However Dr. Smith and The Robots addition makes the reason why they went off course much more believable than the Bonus Pilot "No Where To Hide" when the Gemmi 12 encountered a circular metor storm and they couldn't alter the course fast enough to avoid it.

I see that the second season will released later this year. I can't wait for the second and third seasons.


Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition with Rush Hour Expansion
Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition with Rush Hour Expansion
Offered by Digitalville CA
Price: CDN$ 14.94
11 used & new from CDN$ 9.99

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Very Good and Very Addictive, Dec 6 2003
I really love playing simulation games and Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition is the best I've come across so far. I used to have the orginal Sim City for the Commodore 64. Yes I'm showing my age, I have also had other versions of Sim City for the PC and I found the older ones more frustrating.

I been up sometimes to 3 am working with my cities.

I was in local government for 15 years and this game is also very realistic with traffic problems, budget problems, other officals who sometimes put their own interests above others and so on.

After reading some of the reviews I have a few tips for who ever is interested.

Computer Tips:

1.) Turn off antivirus software while installing and playing the game (this goes for about every game)
2.) Check for video card driver updates and direct x updates

Game Play Hints:

1.) Try and keep your schools in a central location in your residential areas, that way you can use less bus funding. Also do the same with your public services.
2.) Don't build any fire dept until the public safety dude is yelling at you.
3.) Try not to let the game auto place your streets when zoning. Build your own first and then zone around them and make sure the arrows are pointing to the street.
4.) When doing a lot of street building and zoning pause the game, it cuts down on the distractions
5.) You can sneak funding down a little on public ultities.
6.) You can sneak taxes up a little over time without too many problems.

Sim City 4 Deluxe is worth having.


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