Of course, they're particularly suited to RPGs, but, in theory they could be used with any game.
I had gone through a similar sort of situation last year, when I had cancer in my left arm, and they said it was possible I might end up losing it - which thankfully I didn't, but, my arm had to be in a cast for a couple of weeks after the surgery still. So, was kind of preparing for that possibility, and so picked up all four of those. Definitely not a fun situation, but fortunately there are some options out there.
Legends of Terris is a MUD which had been on AOL dating back to the mid-90s, and is still active and being played online (legendsofterris.com).
Wikipedia used to have a page listing for Legends of Terris with plenty of information. Soon after, much of the information was cleared out, due to it "not being from a reliable source." Soon after that, the page was deleted, due to not being "important enough," or something to that effect.
Yes, my username here (and most every place I've registered for anything over the past decade) is based on Terris. No, I don't run Terris, nor am I involved in its administration. I've just been playing it for the past decade plus, and love it very much. And no, I'm not involved enough in Wikipedia to go through the effort of trying to jump through their hoops in order to try to get the page back up or anything like that.
Seeing what Wikipedia did to the Legends of Terris page, while plenty of pages that seem extremely irrelevant with hardly any sources, or sources from random people, has been plenty of reason for me to not rely on Wikipedia for anything.
From the article: "Yes, some N64 games retailed for as high as $80, but it was also the high end of a 60 to 80 dollar range,"
I never recall paying more than $59.99US for an N64 game (maybe one of the games that came with something else in the box, but other than that), and have a number of receipts still sitting around to verify that (prices below from ebworld.com from a couple of purchases in 2000. I would have posted the full emails, but slashdot's filter kept being upset with it). People now always seem to talk about regularly paying $70 or $80 for N64 games, but, I have no clue at all where people were shopping where they were paying that.
179934 $49.99 BANJO TOOIE N64 182565 $59.99 AIDYN CHRONICLES: 1ST MAGE N64 182829 $59.99 Mario Tennis 182835 $59.99 Legend of ZELDA 2: Majora's Mask 182837 $59.99 HEY YOU PIKACHU N64 182841 $59.99 PAPER MARIO STORY N64
162701 Perfect Dark $59.99 176879 OGRE BTLE 64 PRSN LORDLY CALIB $59.99 164384 Pokemon Stadium $59.99 175495 MARIO PARTY 2 N64 $49.99
I've been playing my MUD of choice, Legends of Terris, for a dozen years or more now, and still play it quite regularly. (Also have my username most places based off of it, needless to say).
Certainly much less active than it was, but, still a very dedicated core of players. The world in there really seems like home, with many great friendships formed over time. There really hasn't ever been anything quite like it for me.
Yeah, my SNES that I got in 1991 is still its normal color (or fairly close to it anyway. Just the normal dirt or whatnot that one would expect). Not that one example disproves the "Earlier ones turned yellow, later ones didn't" idea in the summary, but, for whatever it's worth, mine didn't anyway.
For some of us, gaming past isn't "looking back on things and remembering them."
While it's true some people do just look back on it and remember things as better than they were, and that's their issue, it's not the case for everyone. Some of us still play those games you know.
I'd say that the Halcyon, even without adjusting financial numbers, would come out on the top.
Of course, it's probably just looking at systems which actually had more than a handful of games on it. Ah well.
I don't even know what a Podcast is (I'm not really "up" with all these things), but, when it comes to video games, I don't want to watch or listen to someone talking about them. I like reading, I like text. I don't want to listen/watch someone talking about something that I can just read instead.
On the other hand, that's no different from how I am in general I suppose. I basically never watch television or movies (whether related to video games or not) or listen to the radio or music or anything like that, but I read plenty of books. Watching/listening to stuff just isn't something that I find enjoyable.
Also, just to more specifically address the numbers on the US, the article does mention in passing at the end:
"and that Nintendo sold nearly 5 million GBA units in the U.S. last year"
As opposed to:
"At any rate, it seems as if Nintendo and Sony are in a statistical tie. The most recent numbers that Nintendo has reported are that the DS sold 3.97 million units in the US by the end of 2005, putting them right up against Sony's figure."
So, at least for the 2005 year, if not the recent months (since, as mentioned, specific US numbers are often hard to come by), GBA did beat them both for the year this article was talking about, and to just skim over and ignore it like that isn't really doing it justice.
While I haven't spent as much time with them as I may've liked, the Ultima series of games is still one of my favorites. Definitely a great line of games. I really like Ultima 4 in particular.
Also, there's an Ultima Collection CD, which contains Ultima 1-8 and Akalabeth. For anyone looking for some of the best of Richard Garriott in one place, this is a great way to get them.
After Gamestop took them over, eventually they forced them to stop taking in NES and SNES games for trade, which in turn meant they no longer had them for sale.
Oh well. At least there's GameCrazy now. (Plus eBay, of course).
I'd love another game in the series. Still, it was announced years back for GBA, and it never happened. So, I'm not going to get too excited until it looks like it'll actually happen this time.
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http://www.terrisus.com/pictures/1-nes.jpg
http://www.terrisus.com/pictures/1-snes1.jpg
http://www.terrisus.com/pictures/1-snes2.jpg
http://www.terrisus.com/pictures/1-ps1.jpg
Of course, they're particularly suited to RPGs, but, in theory they could be used with any game.
I had gone through a similar sort of situation last year, when I had cancer in my left arm, and they said it was possible I might end up losing it - which thankfully I didn't, but, my arm had to be in a cast for a couple of weeks after the surgery still. So, was kind of preparing for that possibility, and so picked up all four of those. Definitely not a fun situation, but fortunately there are some options out there.
On Veteran, started off at 9-1-1.
Kept going, after 100 rounds was at 38-35-27.
So, winning more than a third of the time, and losing less than a third of the time through 100 rounds.
Legends of Terris is a MUD which had been on AOL dating back to the mid-90s, and is still active and being played online (legendsofterris.com).
Wikipedia used to have a page listing for Legends of Terris with plenty of information. Soon after, much of the information was cleared out, due to it "not being from a reliable source." Soon after that, the page was deleted, due to not being "important enough," or something to that effect.
Yes, my username here (and most every place I've registered for anything over the past decade) is based on Terris. No, I don't run Terris, nor am I involved in its administration. I've just been playing it for the past decade plus, and love it very much. And no, I'm not involved enough in Wikipedia to go through the effort of trying to jump through their hoops in order to try to get the page back up or anything like that.
Seeing what Wikipedia did to the Legends of Terris page, while plenty of pages that seem extremely irrelevant with hardly any sources, or sources from random people, has been plenty of reason for me to not rely on Wikipedia for anything.
From the article:
"Yes, some N64 games retailed for as high as $80, but it was also the high end of a 60 to 80 dollar range,"
I never recall paying more than $59.99US for an N64 game (maybe one of the games that came with something else in the box, but other than that), and have a number of receipts still sitting around to verify that (prices below from ebworld.com from a couple of purchases in 2000. I would have posted the full emails, but slashdot's filter kept being upset with it).
People now always seem to talk about regularly paying $70 or $80 for N64 games, but, I have no clue at all where people were shopping where they were paying that.
179934 $49.99 BANJO TOOIE N64
182565 $59.99 AIDYN CHRONICLES: 1ST MAGE N64
182829 $59.99 Mario Tennis
182835 $59.99 Legend of ZELDA 2: Majora's Mask
182837 $59.99 HEY YOU PIKACHU N64
182841 $59.99 PAPER MARIO STORY N64
162701 Perfect Dark $59.99
176879 OGRE BTLE 64 PRSN LORDLY CALIB $59.99
164384 Pokemon Stadium $59.99
175495 MARIO PARTY 2 N64 $49.99
I've been playing my MUD of choice, Legends of Terris, for a dozen years or more now, and still play it quite regularly.
(Also have my username most places based off of it, needless to say).
Certainly much less active than it was, but, still a very dedicated core of players.
The world in there really seems like home, with many great friendships formed over time. There really hasn't ever been anything quite like it for me.
For anyone curious, Legends of Terris
I'm still playing Terris, over 10 years and still going strong.
Absolutely love MUDs.
Yeah, my SNES that I got in 1991 is still its normal color (or fairly close to it anyway. Just the normal dirt or whatnot that one would expect).
Not that one example disproves the "Earlier ones turned yellow, later ones didn't" idea in the summary, but, for whatever it's worth, mine didn't anyway.
For some of us, gaming past isn't "looking back on things and remembering them."
While it's true some people do just look back on it and remember things as better than they were, and that's their issue, it's not the case for everyone.
Some of us still play those games you know.
I'd say that the Halcyon, even without adjusting financial numbers, would come out on the top.
Of course, it's probably just looking at systems which actually had more than a handful of games on it. Ah well.
I don't even know what a Podcast is (I'm not really "up" with all these things), but, when it comes to video games, I don't want to watch or listen to someone talking about them. I like reading, I like text. I don't want to listen/watch someone talking about something that I can just read instead.
On the other hand, that's no different from how I am in general I suppose. I basically never watch television or movies (whether related to video games or not) or listen to the radio or music or anything like that, but I read plenty of books. Watching/listening to stuff just isn't something that I find enjoyable.
Ah well.
Also, just to more specifically address the numbers on the US, the article does mention in passing at the end:
"and that Nintendo sold nearly 5 million GBA units in the U.S. last year"
As opposed to:
"At any rate, it seems as if Nintendo and Sony are in a statistical tie. The most recent numbers that Nintendo has reported are that the DS sold 3.97 million units in the US by the end of 2005, putting them right up against Sony's figure."
So, at least for the 2005 year, if not the recent months (since, as mentioned, specific US numbers are often hard to come by), GBA did beat them both for the year this article was talking about, and to just skim over and ignore it like that isn't really doing it justice.
Yeah, I tried to add on a comment specifying "In the US this is," but, apparently Slashdot ate it or something.
Ah well.
So, what, does the GBA not count anymore?
Last I checked, that was beating both of them by a fairly sizable amount.
"If Sony wins the Blu-ray/HD DVD battle, Sony's going to pass MS like their standing still."
Needless to say, should be "they're."
Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale.
That's what we need some more of.
While I haven't spent as much time with them as I may've liked, the Ultima series of games is still one of my favorites.
Definitely a great line of games. I really like Ultima 4 in particular.
Also, there's an Ultima Collection CD, which contains Ultima 1-8 and Akalabeth.
For anyone looking for some of the best of Richard Garriott in one place, this is a great way to get them.
Yeah, gee, maybe this purchase will lead to an increase in quality.
On the other hand, I wouldn't know. I stopped visiting their main website page years ago.
After Gamestop took them over, eventually they forced them to stop taking in NES and SNES games for trade, which in turn meant they no longer had them for sale.
Oh well. At least there's GameCrazy now.
(Plus eBay, of course).
In fact, my username basically everywhere is based off the name of the MUD.
I love MUDs.
I'd love another game in the series.
Still, it was announced years back for GBA, and it never happened. So, I'm not going to get too excited until it looks like it'll actually happen this time.
Speaking of first, first submission I've had accepted.
Fun fun.
I agree, I was surprised to see Diablo 2 wasn't mentioned.
When I did play Diablo 2, I enjoyed playing on Hardcore mode.
Gender: Male
Time I spend listening to music per week: 0 Seconds
Time I spend playing video games per week: More than 0 Seconds
That was easy.