If you have enough cash to get a PS2, you should be able to muster the extra $50 to buy Zelda as well.:)
I think it'd be more satisfying to buy the PS2 though, you can always buy Zelda later and it's harder to muster up $300 than to get a hold of $50 for Zelda.
Starcraft isn't the exact same game as Dune II, no, but it's obvious from playing both that they stem from the same vein. After all, Starcraft was based off the genre that Dune II started. It may not be a case of "Same game different graphics" but to the casual gamer, this is how it seems.
Well nothing's stopping me from playing them, but the problem is, not enough people are making new ones on PC for me to enjoy. I've pretty much played out the good oldies... Plus it's nice to see different genres of games take advantage of the PC's abilities.
Just because new genres exist doesn't mean old ones have to die... and just because 3D still exists doesn't mean 2D has to die... etc.
Actually KI is being emulated. Have a look at this site. You may also want to look at this site for some material that may help you get the emulator running when it's released.
Gametek published it, it came with a 6 button Capcom pad when it was repackaged later on. I don't know if you can still get it, it was for DOS. There was a disk version and a CD-ROM version... both had the MIDI music option but you could only get the really awesome CD music on the CD (obviously). It was pretty damned awesome and damned near accurate to the arcade version. I suggest looking on ebay for a copy.
I don't even know what Troll means. Well, at first it was marked 2, Insightful, then 3, Insightful, now 3, Troll. No idea what's up with that.
Well I'm glad someone else notices the fact that games are cloning like mad these days. Some genres are being shut out on some platforms for no reason...
Emulation has saved us... too bad we can only play ancient games though.
Sure but it's new to PCs. I don't remember many games quite like it (maybe king's quest, but the fighting was totally different and the plot was nowhere near as good, and no videos... euh you get the point)
I for one am glad more console developers are making games for PC. Capcom, Konami, Squaresoft... we need more!
Yep I hear that. I've finished Final Fantasy VIII already so now I'm just using it as a busy box when I'm bored, hehe. Other than that I just use my Dreamcast. I've got my DSL masqueraded all over my house too (SyGate)... too bad my Dreamcast doesn't have a NIC, just a 56k. Even worse is I can't use a free ISP on it since you need to download an application to use it.
I'm enjoying old Genesis and Neo Geo games though:) Gunstar Heroes, Castlevania 2, Super Metroid, Samurai Showdown 2... excellent games. Also since I don't have a PlayStation anymore I use Virtual Game Station... very nice and puts Bleem! to shame (went way too fast for any game on my PC, and the speed was jerky, would keep shifting from fast to slow...). I love Castlevania: SotN. Excellent modern sequel to a classic.
The reason you got bored when you played Starcraft is because you got bored of it back when it was called Dune II... Same with Quake3/UT/Halflife = Quake...
This might sound a bit off topic at first but hasn't anyone realized that ever since the advent of 3D, PC developers have gotten really redundant (i.e. unoriginal)?
I remember when I could play Commander Keen, Raptor, One Must Fall, Tyrian, Terminal Velocity, Descent, Doom, Hocus Pokus, Duke Nukem, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, Wipeout, Earthworm Jim, damn good versions of Mortal Kombat 1 & 2, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, all on my PC.
These days all it seems I can play is Quake or Dune II clones or some shoddy sim game. The only original games as of late are Final Fantasy 8, Deus EX, and Half Life... and two of those are still stemmed from Quake.
No wonder emulators are so popular. PC developers better get on the ball otherwise consoles are just going to overshadow the PC. Think of it, why shell out any amount of money to buy a PC when you can get a console for much less that all the PC games worth playing will be ported onto, *plus* you get a lot more variety with the (or so it seems) console-only game genres.
I for one, in terms of gaming, only use my PC for emulators and once every 6 months maybe a decent PC game.
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Looks like they don't get that many ideas from the deep!
I think it'd be more satisfying to buy the PS2 though, you can always buy Zelda later and it's harder to muster up $300 than to get a hold of $50 for Zelda.
Starcraft isn't the exact same game as Dune II, no, but it's obvious from playing both that they stem from the same vein. After all, Starcraft was based off the genre that Dune II started. It may not be a case of "Same game different graphics" but to the casual gamer, this is how it seems.
Well nothing's stopping me from playing them, but the problem is, not enough people are making new ones on PC for me to enjoy. I've pretty much played out the good oldies... Plus it's nice to see different genres of games take advantage of the PC's abilities.
Just because new genres exist doesn't mean old ones have to die... and just because 3D still exists doesn't mean 2D has to die... etc.
Actually KI is being emulated. Have a look at this site. You may also want to look at this site for some material that may help you get the emulator running when it's released.
Gametek published it, it came with a 6 button Capcom pad when it was repackaged later on. I don't know if you can still get it, it was for DOS. There was a disk version and a CD-ROM version... both had the MIDI music option but you could only get the really awesome CD music on the CD (obviously). It was pretty damned awesome and damned near accurate to the arcade version. I suggest looking on ebay for a copy.
Well I'm glad someone else notices the fact that games are cloning like mad these days. Some genres are being shut out on some platforms for no reason...
Emulation has saved us... too bad we can only play ancient games though.
I for one am glad more console developers are making games for PC. Capcom, Konami, Squaresoft... we need more!
I'm enjoying old Genesis and Neo Geo games though :) Gunstar Heroes, Castlevania 2, Super Metroid, Samurai Showdown 2... excellent games. Also since I don't have a PlayStation anymore I use Virtual Game Station... very nice and puts Bleem! to shame (went way too fast for any game on my PC, and the speed was jerky, would keep shifting from fast to slow...). I love Castlevania: SotN. Excellent modern sequel to a classic.
This might sound a bit off topic at first but hasn't anyone realized that ever since the advent of 3D, PC developers have gotten really redundant (i.e. unoriginal)?
I remember when I could play Commander Keen, Raptor, One Must Fall, Tyrian, Terminal Velocity, Descent, Doom, Hocus Pokus, Duke Nukem, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, Wipeout, Earthworm Jim, damn good versions of Mortal Kombat 1 & 2, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, all on my PC.
These days all it seems I can play is Quake or Dune II clones or some shoddy sim game. The only original games as of late are Final Fantasy 8, Deus EX, and Half Life... and two of those are still stemmed from Quake.
No wonder emulators are so popular. PC developers better get on the ball otherwise consoles are just going to overshadow the PC. Think of it, why shell out any amount of money to buy a PC when you can get a console for much less that all the PC games worth playing will be ported onto, *plus* you get a lot more variety with the (or so it seems) console-only game genres.
I for one, in terms of gaming, only use my PC for emulators and once every 6 months maybe a decent PC game.