Give me a client I can run on my (Series 60) mobile phone, just to say that I have, and I'll think about running your apps. Meanwhile, for my PCs I prefer D.Net because of its seriously optimised core -- if I'm going to donate CPU cycles I want to know they're not being wasted by computing overhead. (Usefulness of the project itself aside.)
Found it, actually them: King of Fighters '95 and Ultraman. I can't find a decent discussion as to why the ROM cart was used -- whether it was just a limitation of RAM (in which case you'd think they'd use the RAM exansion cart standard) or indeed to decrease load times (which it appeared to do somewhat, based on the poor review KoF '96 got).
There was a Saturn game that came on CD and cart, though I think that was because they ran out of RAM, rather than to decrease load times. Anyone know the game I'm thinking of? As a collector, I love innovative hardware stuff like this. As a gamer, the answer looks like a hard drive in every console.
So don't transfer it. If I install a Windows licence I own on a PC it's not against the law for someone else to use it, so who cares who owns the licence so long as only one install exists for each licence?
I own one and I don't have a "laundry list of complaints", just one -- the range of commerical games sucks. Fortunately, the phone is so good at so much other stuff that it doesn't matter. I won't unseat the GBA as a mainstream games machine, but when it comes to emulators and homebrew gaming it's quickly becoming a very popular platform.
There's already a GBA interpretor for the Sierra adventure series, but the current copyright owners won't licence the games, or sell them in any other for. I've played a couple of the freeware titles and they rock. I can't imagine these wouldn't be a commercial success.
Last place I worked one of the staff went off on his own and bought a Gateway laptop without giving me the opportunity to tell him not to. We could never get it talking to the only database he NEEDed for his department, so he got the company's shittiest spare laptop to use for database access.
Half a dozen comments and it's dead. If you're going to pull an annoying April Fools prank, at least make sure that your site can cope with the traffic.
Since this was such a crap April Fools joke, I just made my Mozilla search engine default Teoma. The code below works, mostly - call it teoma.src and drop it in "searchplugins", you'll have to create your own 16x16 icon.
# Teoma Sherlock Plugin by Horst Prillinger, (C)2001-2002
<search name = "Teoma" routeType="internet" method = get action = "http://s.teoma.com/search" >
<INPUT NAME="q" user>
<interpret resultListStart = "Top" resultListEnd = "suggestions to narrow your search"
Actually, they used a type of label that's a complete bastard to get off. But there are plenty of common 2600 carts out there that deserve to be converted into something new. It's impossible, for example, to buy an Atari 2600 collection these days without getting two copies of Space Invaders. I recently shipped 30+ carts off to AtariAge for recycling. Half of them were Space Invaders and Asteroids.
I got my PSX modded a while back just after it was ruled in Australia to be legal. I have never put a pirated or backup game in the machine. I used it purely to allow me to play MP3 CDs (created from my legit music collection) using a (Japanese) hardware MP3 add-on without having to do the disc swap thing. Bonus: the menu went colour after the mod chip was installed.
I have since moved on to my PS2 with the official Linux kit which contains my music collection on the hard drive.
The first 8 or 9 people that can come to my house in Perth, Western Australia, with one of these carts in their hand can have, free, an Atari 2600. Earlybirds get their choice of 6-switch, 4-switch and Jr. 9V power supply is your problem, but I will make sure the Atari works before you leave. Follow the link to my website for my email address.
I'm not affiliated with the game in any way, I just collect old video games stuff and have more Atari 2600s than I know what to do with.
And I can't remember when I installed it on my N-Gage, thought I know an event that happened just after when I used it, so I can look it up... Yeah, would have been early Jan. I think I installed it not long after the first version of the Ogg Vorbis player.
Bah! When it comes to who has the biggest aircraft in the air, second place is just another name for first loser. Long haul is all well and good, but the earth's not getting any bigger. It is, however, getting filled with more people.:)
I was looking for a reference to Boeing's Blended Wing Body (BWB) when I posted the previous message, now I've found it. 800 passengers. Deciding if it's a good idea or not is left as an exercise for the reader.
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Give me a client I can run on my (Series 60) mobile phone, just to say that I have, and I'll think about running your apps. Meanwhile, for my PCs I prefer D.Net because of its seriously optimised core -- if I'm going to donate CPU cycles I want to know they're not being wasted by computing overhead. (Usefulness of the project itself aside.)
- Cigar chomping muscle-brains
- Weasley little pick-pocket wimps
- Corpse-obsessed psychopaths
- Spineless cannon-fodder clones
- Sex-obsessed jocks
- Coke-bottle glasses nerds that love computers
Etc, etc, etc. It isn't a sexism thing, it's a "the story writers are stupider than the game's AI" thing.Found it, actually them: King of Fighters '95 and Ultraman. I can't find a decent discussion as to why the ROM cart was used -- whether it was just a limitation of RAM (in which case you'd think they'd use the RAM exansion cart standard) or indeed to decrease load times (which it appeared to do somewhat, based on the poor review KoF '96 got).
There was a Saturn game that came on CD and cart, though I think that was because they ran out of RAM, rather than to decrease load times. Anyone know the game I'm thinking of? As a collector, I love innovative hardware stuff like this. As a gamer, the answer looks like a hard drive in every console.
Anyone want to put together a nice list of websites for the end of my .hosts file? 127.0.0.1 www.doubleclick.net ...
I own one and I don't have a "laundry list of complaints", just one -- the range of commerical games sucks. Fortunately, the phone is so good at so much other stuff that it doesn't matter. I won't unseat the GBA as a mainstream games machine, but when it comes to emulators and homebrew gaming it's quickly becoming a very popular platform.
Oops, does it show that I didn't read the article and just relied on the /. writeup?
There's already a GBA interpretor for the Sierra adventure series, but the current copyright owners won't licence the games, or sell them in any other for. I've played a couple of the freeware titles and they rock. I can't imagine these wouldn't be a commercial success.
I thought it was still invite-only beta...
I use it for converting classic file formats to MP3, but I use MusicMatch to play MP3s, or xmms on my PS2.
Last place I worked one of the staff went off on his own and bought a Gateway laptop without giving me the opportunity to tell him not to. We could never get it talking to the only database he NEEDed for his department, so he got the company's shittiest spare laptop to use for database access.
What's the button to watch your best friend die, get hooked on drugs, and then return to a country that hates you?
I withdraw that comment. It's a working text adventure. This is more how I'd like April Fools to be. /. story writeup is still annoying though.
Half a dozen comments and it's dead. If you're going to pull an annoying April Fools prank, at least make sure that your site can cope with the traffic.
Can anyone be bothered working out if the downloads actually result in a real text adventure, or is it completely fake?
I have since moved on to my PS2 with the official Linux kit which contains my music collection on the hard drive.
I'm not affiliated with the game in any way, I just collect old video games stuff and have more Atari 2600s than I know what to do with.
And I can't remember when I installed it on my N-Gage, thought I know an event that happened just after when I used it, so I can look it up... Yeah, would have been early Jan. I think I installed it not long after the first version of the Ogg Vorbis player.
I was looking for a reference to Boeing's Blended Wing Body (BWB) when I posted the previous message, now I've found it. 800 passengers. Deciding if it's a good idea or not is left as an exercise for the reader.
Naquida reactors! Hey, if someone else gets to mention Mr Fusion, I get to mention naquida.