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Non-Tech : Radica Games (RADA) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David who wrote (1595)	1/2/1998 6:38:00 AM
From: Gary105	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7111

"They are in the right place, develop handheld games and their earnings explosion continues" .........Lou Ehrenkrantz on Nightly Business Report last night commenting on Radica's 1997 stock performance (second best on Nasdaq). Transcripts (last nights (1/1/98) show not there yet) available at: quote.com Best Regards, Gary

To: David who wrote (1595)	1/3/1998 11:28:00 AM
From: larry watson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7111

David- A couple of thoughts to run by you. First, I have four children, a girl and 3 boys. Collectively, we own most of Radica's games but one - Lunker Bass - but that's next. The boys - and all their friends - love playing them. And watching these kids play these games, I've noticed that it is the boys who play them. Granted, my daughter may be the wrong age - at this point she's more interested in Leonardo DiCaprio than catching digital bass - and she doesn't spend a lot of time playing games of any kind. Nevertheless, my impression is that Radica's products are mostly a "guy thing," thus neglecting half the population, and half the potential market. Is this because your research has shown that hand-held games of any kind just don't appeal much to females, or ??? Are there any plans to produce such games (I don't know what these would be like). It seems a shame to neglect 50% of the potential market. Also, as you can probably tell from some of my posts, I'm not a detail kind of person. Thank God for people like Wayne, Gary, Skippard, and the others on this board who are, and can make sense of the numbers. I'm more concerned with the products and the people behind them, figuring if we get those things right, the numbers will follow. In other words, on this end, if the kids want to play the games, the number of workers on your end will take care of itself. Demand will take care of production. I've noticed that the hand-held games in this household, at least, collect dust when Nintendo-64 or dad's computer are available, and they get the bejibbers played out of them when these more sophisticated toys aren't an option - like car-trips, vacations, or someone else is using the N-64 (me for instance). Bass Fishin' is a wonderful concept. But it's fairly simplistic when compared to N-64, or any one of a number of bass fishing type games available on CD. I'm wondering, are there any plans to produce more sophisticated devices? I realize that physical size for hand-held games is a limiting factor, as is price. However, a Nintendo-64 game cartgidge is not very big, and neither is a CD. As for price, these days spending $40 - $60 bucks for a good game is nothing, and millions are willing to do it. I guess what I'm asking is, are there any plans for some truly sophisticated, high-end, hand-held games in the $40 - $60 range? Hand-held games that would compete with some of the more sophisticated stuff that's out there and that the kids would want to play even when N-64 and dad's computer were available? That would seem to be the next niche to take advantage of, and one almost completely unexploited. Radica would have this area all to itself. As always, thanks David - and thanks for taking the time to read such a long-winded post. Larry