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From http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/ultimate_s pider_man_boss_enemy.txt

R.H.I.N.O stands for "Robotism Heuristic Intelligence Navigable Operative".

The R.H.I.N.O is a battle armor created by Alex O'Hirn, a geeky scientist. At first, it was just a robot, which got it's keister kicked by Iron Man. Alex O'Hirn decided to make it a suit, which he than used for himself. In the 616 Universe, Alex O'Hirn was a thug stuck in a Rhino suit which gave him immense strength. So you can see the huge difference between the 616 and the Ultimate Universe.

Looks like a bunch of Nintendo fans, judging by the numbers for the "no, and I never will" option.

Looks like a bunch of Nintendo fans, judging by the numbers for the "no, and I never will" option.

Looks like a bunch of Nintendo fans, judging by the numbers for the "no, and I never will" option.

Yeah, but it'd difficult to actually get the real instruction booklet, though I'm sure there's an FAQ out there.

Once again, why the excitement?

I'm always very weary of those who "police" the Internet, be them people such as this guy working for Microsoft, or even the moderators at various forums.

Take the GameFAQs.com forums, for instance. In a topic entitled "We should just ban somebody when we don't like their face." we find the following topic-starting message:


From: Sashanan | Posted: 9/1/2005 1:12:15 AM | Message Detail
  Like every other forum on the internet does. And don't allow people who are banned to ever return. And give moderators the authority to just randomly moderate whatever they feel like for fun.

I mean, people complain already under the most ****ing lenient moderation system ever devised, so what's the difference?

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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
http://www.mastagus.com/sash/collection/collection .html


http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?bo ard=577219&topic=23261348
(Let's hope they don't go and delete that incriminating message!)

Keep in mind that this "Sashanan" person is, according to his or her profile, a "53: Lead Moderator".

That is very typical of the attitudes that such moderators have. Funnily enough, such moderators will turn around and post the common "I'm American, I love freedom!" rhetoric, all while holding opinions that are completely against the most basic of American (or even democratic/Western) principles.

One of the effects that got me was the TV appearing to change inputs and then hearing lots of gunfire and screaming.

There's a good list on GameFAQs.

Instead you try to reduce the player's sanity

• You'll open your inventory, only to find that you've lost
  all of your items.
• Your TV will appear to have changed video modes, but you
  can hear yourself being attacked.
• The word Mute will appear, as if someone has muted your TV, and all noise will cease.
• The game will "reset"
• After you save your game, the game will say that it is deleting your game.
• You'll walk into a room, and have many zombies surrounding you, and the game will give you a message that it doesn't detect a controller in port 1.
• You'll see the word Volume will appear, and the volume bar will decrease.

The people I would love to hurt are the ones at Square-Enix. If I understand right, Final Fantasy is now 360-exclusive. So much for Final Fantasy. :\

Where in the world did you get that idea? FF XI is going to be ported, but that's pretty much it for the moment.

There's another "main" FF game coming out for the PS2, as well.

These sophisticated, visceral, video games which draw the player deep into street level violence and celebrate a gangster life-style are something new.

If by "something new" you mean 7 years old. You'd think it was the end of the world back then, what with crazy drivers running women and children down on the streets... you might even call it a "Carmageddon".

You might even go "Postal" to find out that the "run around town and kill innocent bystanders" idea has been around even longer.

These sophisticated, visceral, video games which draw the player deep into street level violence and celebrate a gangster life-style are something new.

If by "something new" you mean 7 years old. You'd think it was the end of the world back then, what with crazy drivers running women and children down on the streets... you might even call it a "Carmageddon".

You might even go "Postal" to find out that the "run around town and kill innocent bystanders" idea has been around even longer.

They'll never improve over NES NFL Football!

As soon as the exclusivity deal was signed, innovation ended. I expect EA to release the exact same game for every year of the contract, with the exception of updated rosters and some new "feature" like the QB vision. Each new feature will be half-assed and poorly implemented.

Football games haven't exactly been known for innovation, but what little did exist is dead now.

The only hope is that the exclusivity contract will cause game developers at other companies to branch out and build truly interesting sports games, ones like Base Wars or Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 perhaps, though obviously football instead of baseball.

Maybe we can get a Blood Bowl game (on a console)?

As soon as the exclusivity deal was signed, innovation ended. I expect EA to release the exact same game for every year of the contract, with the exception of updated rosters and some new "feature" like the QB vision. Each new feature will be half-assed and poorly implemented.

Football games haven't exactly been known for innovation, but what little did exist is dead now.

The only hope is that the exclusivity contract will cause game developers at other companies to branch out and build truly interesting sports games, ones like Base Wars or Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 perhaps, though obviously football instead of baseball.

Maybe we can get a Blood Bowl game (on a console)?

Don't know why it's in the developers section... Here's my list, don't know why TFA didn't list these, so I came up with 10 for you guys.

steampowered.com
Wikipedia.org/CounterStrike
CSS Fraggers Forum
Filefront?
GameFaqs (never link directly to a faq, kids)
CSBanana
Counter-Strike.net
Planet Half-Life
Sierra: Half-Life
CS Nation - The future of CSS

I support that idea, at least, since I don't want my lv. 97 Superlative Love Ninja to heal up by drinking Sprite

That reminded me of a game from the olden days of the big, clunky, battery eating Game Gear.

I had to look it up, but I believe it was this game: Cool Spot. You were the 7UP dot, with arms and legs, and it was a platforming game. The game essentially WAS an advertisement. This is probably the biggest form of advertising ever in any video game, and I hope games don't turn for the worse and get so loaded with advertisements that we end up with games like this again.

Because all successful games need lots of violence, right?

Because all successful games need lots of violence, right?

Because all successful games need lots of violence, right?

Because all successful games need lots of violence, right?

Because all successful games need lots of violence, right?

Because all successful games need lots of violence, right?

Because all successful games need lots of violence, right?

Because all successful games need lots of violence, right?

Because all successful games need lots of violence, right?

go here and just download new saves. Extract them and copy to your ps3 over your home network.

They've also said things about how the PS2/PS3 would be 200 times more powerful than their last console.

If you believe them when they say it will have a 10 year life cycle, you should probably get your head examined. If anything, it seems that the lifespan of consoles is decreasing: (based on information from GameFAQs.

Nintendo: 7/83 - 11/90

Super Nintendo: 11/90 - 6/96

Nintendo 64: 6/96 - 9/01

GameCube: 9/01 - 8/06 (guess based on current information)

As you can see, the lifespan of consoles is decreasing as they become more advanced. The Xbox has only existed for roughly 4 years and it's already being replaced. People will still makes games for a system after a new one comes out, but most of the killer apps will be for the new platform.

I think what Sony meant to say when they threw out the 10 year figure is that it has technology in it that will finally come into wide acceptance and be standard in 10 years. 1080p TVs, good luck finding those today, but in 10 years I think a lot of people will have HD TVs capable of making full use of the PS3's graphical output abilities. Blu-ray discs won't be heavily used now since most people are satisfied with DVDs, but in 10 years it's possible that they will have replaced the DVD as the standard. There is no way, however, that the PS3 will last for 10 years. That's like saying if you purchased a top of the line computer right now that it would still be competitive 10 years down the road. It might handle Doom 3 just fine now, but what about Doom 5?

Essentially what we get is another bullshit figure pulled from the ass of Sony to get people to buy what they're selling. 10 is a nice round number and sounds impressive and somewhat believable after all the hype about the PS3 we've had thrown at us, but in 10 years I think we'll be looking at getting a nice new shiny PS5, which will replace our PS4, which 5 years before replaced the then almost pathetic PS3. Moore's law just won't allow something like the PS3 a 10 year life span.

It's an intro RPG, bu Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest was released here first.

Actually, it did have a sequel. Star Tropics 2: Zoda's Revenge. http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/data/587654.ht ml (gamefaqs)

If you're a fan of good game music, pick up Phantom Crash for the Xbox. The gameplay is repetitive, the bot construction is opaque with a steep learning curve, and the RPG elements are cliched, but the soundtrack is easily the best and most eclectic that I've ever heard on a game.

I'll be buying the upcoming PS2 version just on the hopes that the music will be half as good.

http://pdb.blog-city.com/

This topic on Gamefaqs.com's "Southeastern U.S. Board" has been thriving for quite some time now. Every time a creationist gets debunked, a new one comes in to make the same argument again. Did you know that Darwin recanted on his deathbed? ;)

Sims 2 has been a game that I have wanted to buy but never got around to yet. So I might be wrong here, but does ANYONE see a nudity cheat on gamefaqs: http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/code/91481 1.html?

Out of thousands of games that have been reviewed, only 18 have received the AO rating--including such titles as Water Closet: The Forbidden Chamber and Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude Uncut and Uncensored.

Then I realized it was just another mindless henai game. Blech. I guess I should have expected as much.

If only 18 games have been rated AO, that must mean that the vast majority of the hentai games made are never submitted. Which makes sense.

Ultimately, I think the AO designation isn't so scary in that sex is going to corrupt my children more than games where you can kill cops, it's that the game is likely to just be just plain bad, with `have sex!' being the attaction, and actual gameplay being an afterthought. (Though LSL:MCL isn't a great game, it's somewhat entertaining. Which is unusual for it's rating.)

Oh, now I get it. The latest Leisure Suit Larry must have two versions -- the standard `M' rated version, and the `Uncut and Uncensored' version, which is rated `AO' and probably removes the [censored] marks from the `M' version. Not sure why seeing Larry's schlong makes it adults only, but that's the ratings for you. [I must have seen the `M' version, though I've heard there's a patch for that ...]

I recall pulling out Virtual Valerie 2 at parties for shock value, but back then it was novel. Now it's just boring.

As for `Hot coffee', it actually fits into the GTA game. Yes, it's really poorly simulated sex (I've seen the movie of it) but it does make sense that the hero of the game might have a girlfriend, and might get to have sex with her. (It would make more sense if he at least pulled his pants down, however.)

It's pretty sad that this `easter egg' (one that can't even be accessed without jumping through some serious hoops) has upset all these people so much, so much more than things like getting points for beating a hooker and taking your money back after paying her ...

Three, one through the white platform in 1-3, one in the first mini-castle by flying above the door to the boss, and one with the fireball hammer brothers in the overworld in world 2, behind the rock.

I might be a gamer. I always warped around world 5 once I learned how, so I don't remember. Maybe that costs me the gamer cred from remember the whistles without looking it up.

A non gamer would go to gamefaqs or something. Kids these days, no respect. We found the warp zones by trial and error, and we LIKED it that way.

gamefucks sucks

i was equally pissed but still wanted to see the list

heres what i found (their search sucks even more)
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/game/915821.ht ml

Half of the PS1 games I own don't work. Granted I don't have a huge library, but backwards compat doesn't mean shit if the games I want to play don't work.

http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/playstatio n2_backwards_compat.txt

Regardless of how you look at it, 100% compatibility means that all games function, not most games.

1. Epiphany
2. Spinners End
3. A Bizzare Birthday
4. Sleeping Giant
5. Acception and Redemption
6. Draco's Detour
7. Cats and Hats
8. A Dark Turn
9. Safe Haven
10. Hallowe'ens Past and Present
11. Snape's Secret
12. What Has Come, Has Come
13. Talk Of The Devil
14. Felix Felicis
15. Collision Course
16. Wartime Christmas
17. The Truce
18. The Half Blood Prince
19. A Reminder
20. The Indicator
21. Morsmordre
22. Tempted And Turned
23. Reminiscences
24. Lord Voldemort's Army
25. Assets and Caskets
26. Protections and Prophecy
27. Blurred Words
28. Detente
29. Evacuation
30. You Have Your Mother's Eyes
31. Regroup
32. Delusions of Grandeur

I didn't read all of the replies (all 32 pages of them), so I may be off on this, but I think the original poster fessed up.

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?bo ard=245&topic=22104343&page=31

Phoenix, I sure hope those titles are made up. Epiphany? Cats and Hats? Etc? Etc? Etc? Those were horrible names. HORRIBLE. I am sooooo happy he was lying. If he was telling the truth, I would've lost all faith I had in JKR.

fwiw

Somebody at the GameFAQs.com forum claims to already have the book, and has supposedly posted content from it.

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?bo ard=245&topic=22104343&page=0

This leak would lend credence to his claims that he does already have access to the book.

Religious video games have been around since the 8bit NES days.

You've got a good point. But I would like to point out, noting also how rare the swap seems to be, that there was a Legend of Zelda game where Zelda rescued Link called Wand of Gamelon. Simply put, it blew.

This is what "gamespotting" is? Who gives a damn about any single game review site? I get nearly all of my game information from http://gamerankings.com/ and http://gamefaqs.com/. If it isn't there, it's on Google.

Anyone remember Yo! Noid for the NES? It was pretty fun. Not the best game in the world, but I would consider it a pretty good execution of Domino's pizza advertisement.

Here's a link about it at GameFAQs:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/review/563485. html.

Advertising agencies and news sources have been reporting on how badly they want to get into the VG business.

Think of the the game Run Like Hell It's a freakin' ad for Bawls!

This will get a LOT worse. count on it.

Super Metroid is a better example. There is so much cool stuff you can do, staying within what the game gives you, that I don't think we'll ever perfect it. http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?boar d=588741 is the super metroid board on gamefaqs, probably the best SM players in the world are there.

What do you do once you get stuck?

Look for help?

I'll be -1 Redudant and point out, say, many of Will Wright's offerings,

Wright is most famous for producing toys, not games. The semantic difference is that games are necessarily about progressing towards a defined victory condition.

Games such as Thief and, to a lesser extent, Splinter Cell, fulfill the former; and the underrated

Um, no. Splinter Cell was all about roving hallways and killing. Thief wasn't spying either (it was "thieving", but on low difficulty you could also play it hunter-killer style).

For a game about spying, try something like Spycraft. That was ages ago, and it's high time a brave developer tried it again for a modern system. I'd say that WWII is the best setting for espionage fun, except that reviewers are too sick 1940s overexposure by now.

Real spying, like real organized-crime, is primarily a verbal task of interpersonal relationships, and is hard for the current state of hardware/software technology, and also hard for the average gamer to appreciate.

Actually, this will be the fourth GTA released for portable systems. GTA I & 2 were both ported to the Game Boy Color, back in '99 and '00.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbcolor/data/5760 69.html
http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbcolor/data/5629 89.html

Actually, this will be the fourth GTA released for portable systems. GTA I & 2 were both ported to the Game Boy Color, back in '99 and '00.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbcolor/data/5760 69.html
http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbcolor/data/5629 89.html