I own both PS2 and Gamecube consoles. They are not modded. I have about the same number of games for both systems.
However I will note I have bought more Gamecube games at high release price, and most of my PS2 games I bought used or at the reduced best seller price.
Eternal Darkness, a Lovecraf inspired game. Pikmin, a sci-fi plant based RTS Ikurga, an evil shooter (yes, ported from the dead dreamcast). Super Monkey Ball (came first on the Gamecube) an action puzzler. Animal Crossing, a slice of life adventure sim type game. Viewtiful Joe, a side scroling beat em up (released first on the Gamecube). Baten Kaitos, an RPG with card based inventory/battle system.
Thats not an exhaustive list, only what pops into my head. I think they are kick ass as well as a number of the titles with known franchise characters.
Does anyone take linux on the PS2 seriously? It was only available for a limited time and the stuff you code with it cant be used excapt on your PS2 linux setup. Why is it even worth mentioning? compared to a Moded to do anything Xbox?
Strangely AIX and SCO (the two I work with) do not require any payment for access to updates and bugfixes. The IBM software advantage program gets you free major updates for however many years worth of coverage you buy but without it you still can get patches and updates. The only time I need to pay them is for a major upgrade to the next version.
First, your return to store was not part of our negotiations nor our agreement, so I must do nothin'. And secondly, you must be a child for the ESRB to apply, and you're not. And thirdly, the ESRB is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules. Welcome to the the retail world, Miss Cohen.
"# have the protagonist die every time he turns a corner and have the reincarnated self approach those corners with additional caution, and/or # suicide himself everytime an enemy encounter results in at least 50% loss in health/armor. # also required would be to have them run around a few levels looking for a switch or button until finally realizing that they just need to bash down a door."
That describes System Shock to a T. Once you activated the DNA regenerator thingy on a level, death was not an obstacle.
"Remember: Helping is Hurting, Charity is Theft, a Hand Up is a Slap in the Face, Sharing is Selfish, Only Egotism is True Loving Compassion."
I haven't read Rand. I kept meaning to, but got sidetracked reading LeGuin, Asimov, Heinlein and many others.
I have just started playing "Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords" and the things you list above are exactly the kinds of things the supposed teacher of the main character (Kreia) seems to consider the only truth.
I dislike her and her constant harping on how bad it is for people and governments or the universe to help out and try to do anything positive. I now know who to associate with that set of ideas and a little more about why I dislike them.
There is some minor point/truth. Some people will exist to only take advantage of the generosity/help of others when they do not need it and are not helped, but when you as a person are placed in a situation, not being telepathic, you can only hope they will use that help and are truly in need of that help. The other way to go is to never help anyone ever and thats not right for me.
For some odd reason my PS2 boots Zone of Enders, but locks up after the Playstation2 logo (it's booted from the disk and should go onto the other logs and menu). Ever other game I have on the same kind of media works fine, as do all the other types of PS2 media. The ZOE media is clean and not scratched.
I'm thinking thay maybe my version 2 PS2 is not compatable somehow.
Yes, Sci-Fi is showing Firefly, I have not seen how they are presenting it, but have heard nasty rumors they hacked up the Pilot because it was "boring" to some executive. I haven't watched the Sci-Fi broadcast because I bought the DVD set.
Sorry if I came out a bit hard against your statement, but I remember the flame wars back when the idea was first floated.
Outlaw Star and Firefly really do only have the nude girl in the box in common directly. Outside of that all the other elements they have in common, like being on the run in a spaceship, are also found in many other Sci-Fi films, shows, anime and manga.
There was magic of sorts in Outlaw Star. The Caster Gun and it's shells the hero had, as well as the Space Yogis (I think they were Space Pirates, but never can remember) having magical powers (they used a lot of tech as well).
From my recollections the Ship was supposed to be quite powerful and legendary. Serenity is rather the opposite, though it has a few features more current spacecraft in that 'verse seem to lack.
No, see my post about Outlaw star, the same thing applies to Bebop. At best the fact that they are poor and starship life is not comfortable is the most they have in common.
It's like saying that Average Joe is essentially a live action version of Tenchi Muyo.
Or that Buffy is a essentially a live action Urusei Yatsura.
Scary, there is a Scottish band calling themselves Urusei Yatsura. But they have disbanded and formed a group called Project A-KO.
This almost reads like Monty Pythons "Rock Notes" sketch.
No it does not, not at all, I like Outlaw Star but where do you get this stuff?
Outlaw Star: caster gun Firefly: regular slug throwers and some people might have lasers.
Outlaw Star: Ship hidden in an asteroid near a star, one main character suicides so they can escape from the crazy space priests Firefly: Nothing even remotely close to the above ever happens.
Outlaw Star: Nude girl in a box. Charater details differ. Firefly: Nude girl in a box. Character details differ.
Firefly: They set down on a planet to pick up passengers and get rid of some contraband right at the start. Outlaw Star: Starts out with the main character in a bar and he has no starship.
Outlaw Star: Fighters fly around and punch each other (well "grapple"). Firefly: has 2 unarmed(sic) shuttle craft.
The only aspect at all that is alike between the two shows is a nude girl in a box. Nothing else even remotely "syncs up" as you say.
The cast of characters is entirely different.
Can you back up your claim in any way? All I see is a bunch of lamer anime fans who want desperately to link the two shows. I'm not saying that River being introduced the way she was was not a nod to Outlaw Star, just that contrary to your claims there is no direct sync up or rip off from OS to Firefly.
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I own both PS2 and Gamecube consoles. They are not modded. I have about the same number of games for both systems.
However I will note I have bought more Gamecube games at high release price, and most of my PS2 games I bought used or at the reduced best seller price.
Eternal Darkness, a Lovecraf inspired game.
Pikmin, a sci-fi plant based RTS
Ikurga, an evil shooter (yes, ported from the dead dreamcast).
Super Monkey Ball (came first on the Gamecube) an action puzzler.
Animal Crossing, a slice of life adventure sim type game.
Viewtiful Joe, a side scroling beat em up (released first on the Gamecube).
Baten Kaitos, an RPG with card based inventory/battle system.
Thats not an exhaustive list, only what pops into my head. I think they are kick ass as well as a number of the titles with known franchise characters.
Does anyone take linux on the PS2 seriously? It was only available for a limited time and the stuff you code with it cant be used excapt on your PS2 linux setup. Why is it even worth mentioning? compared to a Moded to do anything Xbox?
Sounds like Martian Gothic: Unification to me.
So that would make it a film version of Martian Gothic: Unification.
Are you sure? That does mean changing the light bulb.
Strangely AIX and SCO (the two I work with) do not require any payment for access to updates and bugfixes. The IBM software advantage program gets you free major updates for however many years worth of coverage you buy but without it you still can get patches and updates. The only time I need to pay them is for a major upgrade to the next version.
First, your return to store was not part of our negotiations nor our agreement, so I must do nothin'. And secondly, you must be a child for the ESRB to apply, and you're not. And thirdly, the ESRB is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules. Welcome to the the retail world, Miss Cohen.
You do realize that tea has much more caffeine then coffee right? Also tea comes in decaf.
"# have the protagonist die every time he turns a corner and have the reincarnated self approach those corners with additional caution, and/or
# suicide himself everytime an enemy encounter results in at least 50% loss in health/armor.
# also required would be to have them run around a few levels looking for a switch or button until finally realizing that they just need to bash down a door."
That describes System Shock to a T. Once you activated the DNA regenerator thingy on a level, death was not an obstacle.
Last I paid any attention, sure the game was free, but the updates/bugfixes cost you $$
Sorry about that. Why is it you only see your scrw up after you hit submit.
The last fight/ending was jaw dropping and kick ass. To me it was worth it. It really didnt take all that long to do IMO.
The last fight and Endine were jaw dropping and kick ass. To me it was worth it. It really didnt take all that long to do IMO.
YMMV.
Actually they had to have begun in a box.
"Remember: Helping is Hurting, Charity is Theft, a Hand Up is a Slap in the Face, Sharing is Selfish, Only Egotism is True Loving Compassion."
I haven't read Rand. I kept meaning to, but got sidetracked reading LeGuin, Asimov, Heinlein and many others.
I have just started playing "Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords" and the things you list above are exactly the kinds of things the supposed teacher of the main character (Kreia) seems to consider the only truth.
I dislike her and her constant harping on how bad it is for people and governments or the universe to help out and try to do anything positive.
I now know who to associate with that set of ideas and a little more about why I dislike them.
There is some minor point/truth. Some people will exist to only take advantage of the generosity/help of others when they do not need it and are not helped, but when you as a person are placed in a situation, not being telepathic, you can only hope they will use that help and are truly in need of that help. The other way to go is to never help anyone ever and thats not right for me.
For some odd reason my PS2 boots Zone of Enders, but locks up after the Playstation2 logo (it's booted from the disk and should go onto the other logs and menu). Ever other game I have on the same kind of media works fine, as do all the other types of PS2 media. The ZOE media is clean and not scratched.
I'm thinking thay maybe my version 2 PS2 is not compatable somehow.
Yes, Sci-Fi is showing Firefly, I have not seen how they are presenting it, but have heard nasty rumors they hacked up the Pilot because it was "boring" to some executive. I haven't watched the Sci-Fi broadcast because I bought the DVD set.
Sorry if I came out a bit hard against your statement, but I remember the flame wars back when the idea was first floated.
Outlaw Star and Firefly really do only have the nude girl in the box in common directly. Outside of that all the other elements they have in common, like being on the run in a spaceship, are also found in many other Sci-Fi films, shows, anime and manga.
There was magic of sorts in Outlaw Star. The Caster Gun and it's shells the hero had, as well as the Space Yogis (I think they were Space Pirates, but never can remember) having magical powers (they used a lot of tech as well).
From my recollections the Ship was supposed to be quite powerful and legendary. Serenity is rather the opposite, though it has a few features more current spacecraft in that 'verse seem to lack.
And for years before that on OS/2 via the same company.
Thats why I have an old 1GHZ machine with a voodoo5 card running 98SE.
" I can think about 50 things that are more important than sex in video games."
Sex in D&D?
Oh, *THAT* kind of majority.
That also would need to be fixed.
Personally I think humanity should just be exterminated (and yes that includes me), but thats less likely then a change to our electoral system.
But due to a tragic laser/canon accident with Ian Mckellen, Brian Blessed is called in at the last minute.
No, see my post about Outlaw star, the same thing applies to Bebop. At best the fact that they are poor and starship life is not comfortable is the most they have in common.
It's like saying that Average Joe is essentially a live action version of Tenchi Muyo.
Or that Buffy is a essentially a live action Urusei Yatsura.
Scary, there is a Scottish band calling themselves Urusei Yatsura. But they have disbanded and formed a group called Project A-KO.
This almost reads like Monty Pythons "Rock Notes" sketch.
No it does not, not at all, I like Outlaw Star but where do you get this stuff?
Outlaw Star: caster gun
Firefly: regular slug throwers and some people might have lasers.
Outlaw Star: Ship hidden in an asteroid near a star, one main character suicides so they can escape from the crazy space priests
Firefly: Nothing even remotely close to the above ever happens.
Outlaw Star: Nude girl in a box. Charater details differ.
Firefly: Nude girl in a box. Character details differ.
Firefly: They set down on a planet to pick up passengers and get rid of some contraband right at the start.
Outlaw Star: Starts out with the main character in a bar and he has no starship.
Outlaw Star: Fighters fly around and punch each other (well "grapple").
Firefly: has 2 unarmed(sic) shuttle craft.
The only aspect at all that is alike between the two shows is a nude girl in a box. Nothing else even remotely "syncs up" as you say.
The cast of characters is entirely different.
Can you back up your claim in any way? All I see is a bunch of lamer anime fans who want desperately to link the two shows. I'm not saying that River being introduced the way she was was not a nod to Outlaw Star, just that contrary to your claims there is no direct sync up or rip off from OS to Firefly.
What could possibly be wrong with nuclear breast missiles?
Thats because core fighters had no armor or shielding. There were escape pods at best.