If a movie (re:art) says i hate hatians, mexicans, canadiens, white people, black people, whoever...you don't sue the movie for a hate crime. WHY? FREEDOME OF SPEECH>
Personally, i like going back to every incarnation of zelda and picking up the same items, but using it in different scenarios...but that's just me, anyway...
How many FPS shooters have you all played?
How many times can I play through a similar world collecting the SAME items?
How many times can I play through a similar world, and collect different versions of a sniper rifle, m-16, pistol, etc.? All FPS have variations on a theme, but they ALL have guns, and upgrades, and armor, etc...Same shit, different scenario.
Personally, I am getting bored w/ FPS, every time a game comes out it's just a rehash of a game from the year before, w/ better graphics but based on the same engine. Every 5 years they come out with a new engine, and everyone screams HOLY SHIT look at these graphics, lemme go get my sniper rifle (or whatever you prefer) and start killing some enhanced zombies/undead/nazis/whatever.
Ahhh...what a way we've come from the original DOOM, or have we?...Actually most FPS games still look like DOOM w/ ENHANCED graphics.
Is there better gameplay? Debatable.
Look at the original Legend of Zelda...now go play Ocarina of Time. Totally different game, not only graphics wise, but more importantly gameplay wise. (I still love the original though)
Miyamoto has revolusionized every step of the way, Arcade version of Maro Bros. to Super Mario Bros. to Mario 64.
One of the most annoying things about ATI is their drivers. I'm not talking Radeon series here, b/c I have no experience with them, but
I have an Xpert 2000 in my pc (i know, i know - I got it in '99 I think); and the driver support is absolutely horrible. When I first got the card, drivers wouldn't come out nearly as often as NVidia's. Which is a major problem when the few drivers that did come out were complete crap.
Granted, if ATI released drivers once in a while and they played all games w/ no problem, then fine. But graphics cards *always* need updates. Even when one driver comes out, a game comes out the following week that needs some driver support to polish off the experience.
The last driver that came out for my card was in 2001. That's right 2001. What the fuck is up with that? GeForce2 still has updated drivers, and both cards came out around the same time.
The 9800 pro might be the best card out there, but when I go to troubleshooting boards for games, there are a ton of problems for games w/ these cards, and the developers answer with "wait for our next patch."
The same boards have problems w/ GeForce cards, and they say "update your driver."
When you get *almost* the same performance out of two cards (9800 and 5800), I've come to the realization that what good is an extra 3 fps when 1 year down the road ATI completely shits on you.
And for this reason I am buying a NVidia card as my next video card - better support from the manufacturer.
I thought that Mother 1 was known as "Earthbound 0"? (A prequel, since it wasn't released in US), and Mother 2 was named Earthbound(in the US at least), even though Mother 1 came out first.
I think they just renamed the game for the US release, and its known as Mother in Japan.
Like Secret of Mana series in US is known as Seiken Densetsu in Japan.
I see what you mean by Nintendo scrapping the N64 version and translating it to GBA, since that's what the article says, but (my opinion) wouldn't you think that it would be hard to start developing a game in 3d on a system like N64 and then do a complete 360 and put it on an inferior (power wise) system? Just my thoughts.
Hey, I know your not slamming the GBA, (and this really has nothing to do w/ what you said) but I would like to say that----
I LOVE the fact the GBA is keeping SNES style games alive, I'm playing Zelda DX (originally released for GBC, I think) right now, and it's awesome. SNES style games are great. Kind of like the SNES never went away, and companies are still making games for the console.
There was supposted to be an Earthbound 3 for N64, but Nintendo scraped it.
Now there's rumors that the Earthbound title for N64 is going to hit gamecube.
Kind of like how Star Fox Adventures was originally an N64 title, but them moved onto the Gamecube.
I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo waited until their next console to release Earthbound, so all the fans would pick up the next console. Kind of like how Metroid skipped the N64.
In the US there aren't cops running around knocking on doors to check whose got a modded console and who doesn't.
Here they're concerned w/ the same thing you said plus, it's kind of hard to find people to mod the console for you.
Example: try to find a business that advertises they chip consoles (this is not flamebait, I haven't found one yet). Instead it is always your friend who knows someone who knows someone who knows how to do it.
Unless, of course you know how to do it yourself:D
All slashdot readers I urge you to save your money and download visual boy advance.
Buy a gamepad for your pc (just like the snes controller) - and you can get it for $9.99 at Wal-Mart, instead of the websites advertised $19.99.
And download kazaa lite (I use overnet for everything, but you can't find GBA Roms on overnet.)
As long as you don't mind playing games on your pc screen (which i don't think any of you do) as opposed to hooking it up to your tv screen, then there's a good chunk of change you'll save.
Plus you'll be able to "preview" any gba title on your pc.
Oh, and if you like the game--BUY IT!!! Make sure you support those people who develop the kick ass games!!!
permanently closed over 112,000 of these accounts and documented the CD keys with which they were used.
Way to go Blizzard!! Now all those cheaters can just create another character and continue cheating!!
But honestly, no where before signing up does it ever say that a player will be permanently banned for cheating (e.g. make them buy a new game by not letting their cd key play)
I would raise hell and want a $50 check in the mail if Blizzard canned me from the site,
consumer laws apply to everyone, not everyone except cheaters
I had this system and thought it was AWESOME. Came out before Super Nintendo and Genesis, and was supposed to be the first console in the 16-bit generation. (even though it wasn't really 16-bit grafix, it had two 8-bit processors or something)
I admit I liked SNES better, but when TG16 was the only one out there, it was cool!! The games came on little reader cards about the size of a credit card.
Bonk was honestly one of the greatest games I remember, and it would be really cool if those old school ones came out on the Cube.
I'm trying to remember other games I had for it, but can't, wasnt there one where you had a chainsaw in a 2d side scroller or something...can't think of the name...
You know Ziff Davis? Well It's web company is zdnet. Remember them?
Cnet bought them a couple of years ago.
Ziff Davis also owns Computer Gaming World, Electronic Gaming Monthly , Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, GameNOW, and Xbox Nation.
And you know what websites Ziff Davis runs? www.gamers.com and www.gamespot.com , the latter of which has implemented a pay system recently for people who want all the content.
Now they buy this, doesn't make much sense, they're already on top, why do it?
I wouldn't follow this path. I'd probably consider dropping TV consoles and going purely into handhelds
Interesting point...hypothetically speaking, imagine if (this would suck, but...) for the next generation systems Nintendo doesnt come out w/ a console, only a handheld like you said. Then for the generation after that they come out w/ a console about 6 months before microsoft and sony do (to beat them to market).
People would go nuts w/ the hype!! After not having your must have generation fix of Zelda, Metroid, Mario, etc... everyone would buy it!!
Of course it could totally backfire and nobody would buy it, but i damn sure would. Hell i'm going to buy the next one to so what the f*ck am i talking about.
1)My point has nothing to do w/ who is in the playoffs or not, i made a mistake
2)you actually support my conclusion here, the nba season started in 2002 but will end in 2003 therefore, the champions will be referred to as the 2003 nba champs. So if we call these teams as such in retrospect, what's the problem with referring to them in the future tense? (e.g. the upcoming 2004 NBA season; as such EA Sports NBA Live 2004)
What this guy fails to realize is that when referring to sports you say the year after they begin the season...e.g. the Lakers won the 2003 National Championship, the Kings/Nets/Pistons/Rockets won the 2004 National Championship in the 2004 season.
The 2003-2004 NFL season is about to begin, but the super bowl is in the year 2004 so 10 years from now they will refer to the team who wins as the 2004 season winners.
I dont see anything wrong with what the game companies are doing.
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If a movie (re:art) says i hate hatians, mexicans, canadiens, white people, black people, whoever...you don't sue the movie for a hate crime. WHY? FREEDOME OF SPEECH>
Personally, i like going back to every incarnation of zelda and picking up the same items, but using it in different scenarios...but that's just me, anyway...
How many FPS shooters have you all played?
How many times can I play through a similar world collecting the SAME items?
How many times can I play through a similar world, and collect different versions of a sniper rifle, m-16, pistol, etc.? All FPS have variations on a theme, but they ALL have guns, and upgrades, and armor, etc...Same shit, different scenario.
Personally, I am getting bored w/ FPS, every time a game comes out it's just a rehash of a game from the year before, w/ better graphics but based on the same engine. Every 5 years they come out with a new engine, and everyone screams HOLY SHIT look at these graphics, lemme go get my sniper rifle (or whatever you prefer) and start killing some enhanced zombies/undead/nazis/whatever.
Ahhh...what a way we've come from the original DOOM, or have we?...Actually most FPS games still look like DOOM w/ ENHANCED graphics.
Is there better gameplay? Debatable.
Look at the original Legend of Zelda...now go play Ocarina of Time. Totally different game, not only graphics wise, but more importantly gameplay wise. (I still love the original though)
Miyamoto has revolusionized every step of the way,
Arcade version of Maro Bros. to
Super Mario Bros. to
Mario 64.
Same star (Mario), but TOTALLY different games.
Everyone knows ATI has shit driver support.
One of the most annoying things about ATI is their drivers. I'm not talking Radeon series here, b/c I have no experience with them, but
I have an Xpert 2000 in my pc (i know, i know - I got it in '99 I think); and the driver support is absolutely horrible. When I first got the card, drivers wouldn't come out nearly as often as NVidia's. Which is a major problem when the few drivers that did come out were complete crap.
Granted, if ATI released drivers once in a while and they played all games w/ no problem, then fine. But graphics cards *always* need updates. Even when one driver comes out, a game comes out the following week that needs some driver support to polish off the experience.
The last driver that came out for my card was in 2001. That's right 2001. What the fuck is up with that? GeForce2 still has updated drivers, and both cards came out around the same time.
The 9800 pro might be the best card out there, but when I go to troubleshooting boards for games, there are a ton of problems for games w/ these cards, and the developers answer with "wait for our next patch."
The same boards have problems w/ GeForce cards, and they say "update your driver."
When you get *almost* the same performance out of two cards (9800 and 5800), I've come to the realization that what good is an extra 3 fps when 1 year down the road ATI completely shits on you.
And for this reason I am buying a NVidia card as my next video card - better support from the manufacturer.
This deserves a +1 Funny, b/c I have never seen a $4.95 graphics card - and that is amusing.
Watch the sass Captain Sassy Pants
Will Ferrel cam up with Q-Bert and Dig-Dug. And he came up for the name of the game Frogger - which was originally called "Highway Crossing Frog"
Watch the sass Captain Sassy Pants.
I thought that Mother 1 was known as "Earthbound 0"? (A prequel, since it wasn't released in US), and Mother 2 was named Earthbound(in the US at least), even though Mother 1 came out first.
I think they just renamed the game for the US release, and its known as Mother in Japan.
Like Secret of Mana series in US is known as Seiken Densetsu in Japan.
I see what you mean by Nintendo scrapping the N64 version and translating it to GBA, since that's what the article says, but (my opinion) wouldn't you think that it would be hard to start developing a game in 3d on a system like N64 and then do a complete 360 and put it on an inferior (power wise) system? Just my thoughts.
Hey, I know your not slamming the GBA, (and this really has nothing to do w/ what you said) but I would like to say that----
I LOVE the fact the GBA is keeping SNES style games alive, I'm playing Zelda DX (originally released for GBC, I think) right now, and it's awesome. SNES style games are great. Kind of like the SNES never went away, and companies are still making games for the console.
Don't get me started on that game, that game was FANTASTIC!
Check out this link
It shows all of the music that Hiro Tanaka has made for games.
The last tune that he composed was for Earthbound.
There was supposted to be an Earthbound 3 for N64, but Nintendo scraped it.
Now there's rumors that the Earthbound title for N64 is going to hit gamecube.
Kind of like how Star Fox Adventures was originally an N64 title, but them moved onto the Gamecube.
I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo waited until their next console to release Earthbound, so all the fans would pick up the next console. Kind of like how Metroid skipped the N64.
I read somewhere that Factor 5 is doing PilotWings.
Also, aren't you speaking of Rogue Squadron II starting out as a tech demo?
That game rocked.
This is a great post. Make me think of what "legal" business and "illegal" business is considered.
You thnk the J.P. Morgan and his kids, Rockefellers, and Warren Buffet were/are respectable businessman?
They were respectable to people who didn't know them, but they were just as dirty as thieves on the street.
Read "Morgan: An American Financier" or "Liars Poker" or "Born to Steal:When the Mafia hit Wall Street".
Great books, and show that the upper tier of money can pretty much do whatever the hell they want - legal or not.
In the US there aren't cops running around knocking on doors to check whose got a modded console and who doesn't.
:D
Here they're concerned w/ the same thing you said plus, it's kind of hard to find people to mod the console for you.
Example: try to find a business that advertises they chip consoles (this is not flamebait, I haven't found one yet). Instead it is always your friend who knows someone who knows someone who knows how to do it.
Unless, of course you know how to do it yourself
OK, Mr. Psychic, how did you know I like to sit in my pc chair w/ my pc gamepad and look at my tv to play games?
I don't b/c it's a fucking pain in the ass.
All slashdot readers I urge you to save your money and download visual boy advance.
Buy a gamepad for your pc (just like the snes controller) - and you can get it for $9.99 at Wal-Mart, instead of the websites advertised $19.99.
And download kazaa lite (I use overnet for everything, but you can't find GBA Roms on overnet.)
As long as you don't mind playing games on your pc screen (which i don't think any of you do) as opposed to hooking it up to your tv screen, then there's a good chunk of change you'll save.
Plus you'll be able to "preview" any gba title on your pc.
Oh, and if you like the game--BUY IT!!! Make sure you support those people who develop the kick ass games!!!
BattleNet accepts donations through PayPal. They don't charge a fee.
permanently closed over 112,000 of these accounts and documented the CD keys with which they were used.
Way to go Blizzard!! Now all those cheaters can just create another character and continue cheating!!
But honestly, no where before signing up does it ever say that a player will be permanently banned for cheating (e.g. make them buy a new game by not letting their cd key play)
I would raise hell and want a $50 check in the mail if Blizzard canned me from the site,
consumer laws apply to everyone, not everyone except cheaters
Just checked it out on finance.yahoo.com
They are two different companies, but - How come most of the editors who write for CGW are the same ones who write for gamers.com & gamespot.com?
If they are two different companies, why would either one let their employees work for the competition?
And why the f*ck does zdnet take you to links on cnet, and look exactly the same??
I dont think your right anymore, anonymous coward.
I remember that handheld!! That thing was awesome! I never had it either, but wanted it soooooooo bad ass.
I dont have an xbox, but after reading this thread (and forgetting TG16 even existed for about 8 years) I downloaded an emulator.
It's called magic express. Trying to find ROMS as I type.
I had this system and thought it was AWESOME. Came out before Super Nintendo and Genesis, and was supposed to be the first console in the 16-bit generation. (even though it wasn't really 16-bit grafix, it had two 8-bit processors or something)
I admit I liked SNES better, but when TG16 was the only one out there, it was cool!! The games came on little reader cards about the size of a credit card.
Bonk was honestly one of the greatest games I remember, and it would be really cool if those old school ones came out on the Cube.
I'm trying to remember other games I had for it, but can't, wasnt there one where you had a chainsaw in a 2d side scroller or something...can't think of the name...
Anyway, cool system!!
You know Ziff Davis? Well It's web company is zdnet. Remember them?
Cnet bought them a couple of years ago.
Ziff Davis also owns Computer Gaming World, Electronic Gaming Monthly , Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, GameNOW, and Xbox Nation.
And you know what websites Ziff Davis runs? www.gamers.com and www.gamespot.com , the latter of which has implemented a pay system recently for people who want all the content.
Now they buy this, doesn't make much sense, they're already on top, why do it?
I'm not being sarcastic at all. I love my GameCube.
And like I said in my post, Halo and GTA3 are on the pc!
Ahhhh, the sweet smell of nintendo fan-boys, and I love it.
I'm with nintendo until the grave.
Xbox = PC in a box
PS2 = quantity, not quality
Gamecube = getting my gaming experience just right
Whatever game that isnt on Gamecube I can play on the pc, whatever game that is on gamecube i cant play anywhere else.
When your favorite games are 80% nintendo exclusives, how can you not own a Cube?
I wouldn't follow this path. I'd probably consider dropping TV consoles and going purely into handhelds
Interesting point...hypothetically speaking, imagine if (this would suck, but...) for the next generation systems Nintendo doesnt come out w/ a console, only a handheld like you said. Then for the generation after that they come out w/ a console about 6 months before microsoft and sony do (to beat them to market).
People would go nuts w/ the hype!! After not having your must have generation fix of Zelda, Metroid, Mario, etc... everyone would buy it!!
Of course it could totally backfire and nobody would buy it, but i damn sure would. Hell i'm going to buy the next one to so what the f*ck am i talking about.
I'm w/ nintendo until their grave.
Um...
1)My point has nothing to do w/ who is in the playoffs or not, i made a mistake
2)you actually support my conclusion here, the nba season started in 2002 but will end in 2003 therefore, the champions will be referred to as the 2003 nba champs. So if we call these teams as such in retrospect, what's the problem with referring to them in the future tense? (e.g. the upcoming 2004 NBA season; as such EA Sports NBA Live 2004)
What this guy fails to realize is that when referring to sports you say the year after they begin the season...e.g. the Lakers won the 2003 National Championship, the Kings/Nets/Pistons/Rockets won the 2004 National Championship in the 2004 season.
The 2003-2004 NFL season is about to begin, but the super bowl is in the year 2004 so 10 years from now they will refer to the team who wins as the 2004 season winners.
I dont see anything wrong with what the game companies are doing.