I didn't even pay for the game - my brother-in-law bought it and then lent it to me. I finished the game, with both characters, in less than 13 hours.
It was just dull. I actually got bored playing the thing. If I hadn't been home sick with pneumonia, I may have never finished it.
I must admit - I've never played Outpost or Daikatana, so I can't compare ETM to those. But the game blew and the bugs were annoying - I got stuck in walls, enemies would float in mid-air after I killed them, aiming was a joke (how many of you saw people shoot at you when they were pointing in another direction? Agent Smith and the cops did that to me all over the place), the AI was poor - I would stand right in front of a security guard and he wouldn't see me...things like that.
Again, I hate to beat a dead horse, but there has been nothing from Rare (save GoldenEye and Conker's Bad Fur Day) to merit such praise of those developers. Other than those two games (and Conker wouldn't have been as satirically impressive if it wasn't on the "kid console" N64), they're middle-of-the-road and rather mediocre.
...that has to be the worst game I've played. I'm sure there are worse out there, but of the ones I've played, ETM takes the #1 prize. Horrid little piece of crap.
The one I love to hate, however, is the Atari 2600 E.T.. It has nothing to do with the movie, it isn't all that fun any more...but, damn, I loved it as a kid. I really enjoyed that game - and I still have it. And haven't forgotten how to play it.
Unlike ETM, which I'm already blocking from my memory.
The copyright question at play with this subthread is so infantile that it isn't worth getting into. Of course it would be illegal to take copywritten text and use it in the fashion nimrod mentioned above. It was a silly example to begin with.
I just like to think that people who read try to think as they're reading.
Unfortunately,/. posters prove me wrong on the whole "common sense" thing. Again.
Remember those adventure books where you had to write little BASIC programs to help the storyline along?
Damn! I forgot all about those things! I have like four or five of those. I used to run the programs on my Atari 800XL.
I wonder where those books wandered to...they might still be in my mother's basement. What were their names? I seem to remember that you were a member of an international crimefighting agency called "ASCII" or something like that...maybe that was a different book, but I don't think so.
Actually, an emulator wouldn't be a bad idea. The idea is for wannabe programmers to learn how to program games. It makes sense to start with something small. I know I would prefer to learn how to code something like Mario Bros. before trying to tackle something on the level of Soul Calibur II.
But, I'm not a programmer, nor do I want to be, so the XGameStation itself is something I find interesting, but not something I need. But the games are another story - I would love to play some of the games, I'm sure. I think that free emulators may be something that the developers want to think of between now and releasing the box. Then, they could sell, for a buck or two, the ROMs for developed games...I would give it a shot.
Do you know how the Federal budget works? Do you realize you are talking out of your ass? The "military" doesn't just get a pool of money to toss wherever. A specific area has to have its own buget, and then that goes further up, etc., to the departmental (Department of the Navy, for example) budget. The Pentagon, the Department of Defense, then takes all of the military budgets, plus their departments in the Pentagon itself, and has to hand that request to the President. The President then proposes his budget to Congress, and then Congress decides what it will fund.
That's it in a nutshell.
As for the supposed "War on Terrorism:" We're talking a small segment of the Navy - a segment that has almost nothing to do with fighting terrorism (I didn't see any subs fighting in Iraq, did you?). Subs are traditionally not well budgeted for (in fact, the Navy is traditionally screwed when it comes to budget requests). Once the budget is in place, the Navy has to try and keep to it because of the fact that there are hurdles and hoops they have to run through to move money around (it isn't as easy as you might think).
Therefore, yes, the Navy, and portions thereof, is going to pay attention to their budget. Stop assuming that someone just needs to wave their hands and the thing is done - it just don't work that way.
There's no support, but there is "Send Feedback" and "Report Bugs" in the application menus from Apple's apps, and Apple pays attention to the feedback.
Have you looked at the state of the economy lately? There are people out there who try to stay within budget. Buying the Apple machines help contribute to that.
Call me odd, but I'm sure they are - there is such a thing as a budget that the military has to stick to. Congress likes it when they try to stick to that.
Wait...Rare means "inconsistent flow." There just isn't an emphasis with them to get games out on time. Let's look at some of Rare's chestnuts, shall we?
1) Conker: Live and Uncut - The first Rare game for the Xbox is going to be an port of the N64's "Bad Fur Day" with Xbox Live multiplayer thrown in. My question is: if this is a port, why hasn't it come out yet?
2) Starfox Adventures - The last Rare game for Nintendo and the only one for the GC. I bought it used and I've gone about an hour into it. It just isn't compelling. So it's now sitting on my shelf waiting for me to become bored enough to play it - and I've been home for three weeks with pneumonia!
3) Conker's Bad Fur Day - Rare's last game for the N64, and probably the best. It's underrated, it's fun and enjoyable. Multiplayer, akin to GoldenEye and Perfect Dark, too! But it has cute characters, and we all know that cute characters must mean that it's a kids game, even though it's rated "M." Because of that, I persoanally think Conker belongs on a "kids" console (Xbox players won't be interested - I think they don't understand satire).
4) Perfect Dark - Not bad, but not great. Maybe it was on the wrong platform, but it just didn't impress me past the "This is like GoldenEye" feelings...
5) GoldenEye - How many years has it been since it came out? Six? Come on - a six-year-old game does not a major developer make.
Rare is mediocre - period. Stop dreaming about GoldenEye - it ain't 1997 any longer and the gaming world has changed. Rare has to stop resting on its laurels and do something new...but that may not happen until Perfect Dark Zero comes out in...whenever.
The truth is, Nintendo was divesting itself from Rare - that's why MS was able to buy them. Rare just isn't worth the money. Let MS have 'em.
Major price difference. A coworker of mine has a proposal under consideration, spec'd-out using either Apple or Sun hardware, and the Sun boxes are much more expensive.
Dude, you haven't played the game. Melee is stronger than the original. I bought Melee the day it came out - and I still play it. Collecting trophies, which is almost Soul Callibur-like, alone is fun enough to keep me going. The N64 version just wasn't as engaging...
Delicate? You're looking at the iPod with blinders on. Get off the anti-Apple high horse.
I've seen the iPod survive numerous falls - one of my coworkers is notorious for dropping everything of his, and I've dropped my iPod twice. No issues. No skips, no problems.
I think it depends on how iTMS for Windows goes. If that is a smashing success, the RIAA will stick with Apple. Remember, the RIAA doesn't like change...
If you are against downloading games off the net, then the ESA ist your friend.
If you are for the industry standing up to the likes of Joe Lieberman and want the right to go and buy GTA: Vice City without a giving a tissue sample and urine test, then the ESA and you agree.
Of course, you may have differing opinions than those above. Maybe you want to download all the time and go and pee in a cup at GameStop when you do actually game a game, or maybe vice versa. Or maybe a mix.
Like most things in life, there is no absolute answer to the question. Support them when you agree with them, support their opponents when you disagree with them...
The long, pointy things are lasers. And, yes, for some reason the s-foils (the four "wings;" that's right - the X-Wing had s-foil wings...it's in the movie) had some sort of practical function. The foils need to be open to use the lasers, but closed for the ship to move through hyperspace. Staying with the lasers for a moment: Unlike the 1977 Kenner toy, I do not believe that the nose of the X-Wing had a laser in it (I don't recall anything ever shooting out of it...).
But, you are right - the wings are just there for familiarity - they don't seem to serve any type of lift since the X-Wing, etc., have "repulsorlifts" to take the ship up vertically and without the need of a runway...
Actually, now that I think about it, the Naboo fighters from TPM are definitely an example of a flighter that needs its wings (since they take off horizontally).
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It was just dull. I actually got bored playing the thing. If I hadn't been home sick with pneumonia, I may have never finished it.
I must admit - I've never played Outpost or Daikatana, so I can't compare ETM to those. But the game blew and the bugs were annoying - I got stuck in walls, enemies would float in mid-air after I killed them, aiming was a joke (how many of you saw people shoot at you when they were pointing in another direction? Agent Smith and the cops did that to me all over the place), the AI was poor - I would stand right in front of a security guard and he wouldn't see me...things like that.
Again, I hate to beat a dead horse, but there has been nothing from Rare (save GoldenEye and Conker's Bad Fur Day) to merit such praise of those developers. Other than those two games (and Conker wouldn't have been as satirically impressive if it wasn't on the "kid console" N64), they're middle-of-the-road and rather mediocre.
They're working on that. It's tentatively called Mario 128. But that's an in-house Nintendo game - this one is being developed by Namco.
The one I love to hate, however, is the Atari 2600 E.T.. It has nothing to do with the movie, it isn't all that fun any more...but, damn, I loved it as a kid. I really enjoyed that game - and I still have it. And haven't forgotten how to play it.
Unlike ETM, which I'm already blocking from my memory.
The copyright question at play with this subthread is so infantile that it isn't worth getting into. Of course it would be illegal to take copywritten text and use it in the fashion nimrod mentioned above. It was a silly example to begin with.
I just like to think that people who read try to think as they're reading.
Unfortunately, /. posters prove me wrong on the whole "common sense" thing. Again.
Now, where's my stick...?
Looks like this is a case of "my lawyer can beat up your lawyer," but I'll stick by mine since they have to deal with IP, and more, every day. ;)
Just stand still and don't move your head...
E-mail is the property of the sender and receiver, and both have the right to do with the text as they see fit. Thus, posting it is legit.
Anyone who says otherwise is merely trying to utilize scare tactics.
CowboyNealSports.net, of course. :D
Damn! I forgot all about those things! I have like four or five of those. I used to run the programs on my Atari 800XL.
I wonder where those books wandered to...they might still be in my mother's basement. What were their names? I seem to remember that you were a member of an international crimefighting agency called "ASCII" or something like that...maybe that was a different book, but I don't think so.
But, I'm not a programmer, nor do I want to be, so the XGameStation itself is something I find interesting, but not something I need. But the games are another story - I would love to play some of the games, I'm sure. I think that free emulators may be something that the developers want to think of between now and releasing the box. Then, they could sell, for a buck or two, the ROMs for developed games...I would give it a shot.
By the way, it should be "Yes, sir..." Learn to use the comma correctly.
Try again. ;)
That's it in a nutshell.
As for the supposed "War on Terrorism:" We're talking a small segment of the Navy - a segment that has almost nothing to do with fighting terrorism (I didn't see any subs fighting in Iraq, did you?). Subs are traditionally not well budgeted for (in fact, the Navy is traditionally screwed when it comes to budget requests). Once the budget is in place, the Navy has to try and keep to it because of the fact that there are hurdles and hoops they have to run through to move money around (it isn't as easy as you might think).
Therefore, yes, the Navy, and portions thereof, is going to pay attention to their budget. Stop assuming that someone just needs to wave their hands and the thing is done - it just don't work that way.
There's no support, but there is "Send Feedback" and "Report Bugs" in the application menus from Apple's apps, and Apple pays attention to the feedback.
Ummm...no. Not Yoda. It's actually paraphrasing Shakespeare. Go do some reading and try again.
Have you looked at the state of the economy lately? There are people out there who try to stay within budget. Buying the Apple machines help contribute to that.
Call me odd, but I'm sure they are - there is such a thing as a budget that the military has to stick to. Congress likes it when they try to stick to that.
1) Conker: Live and Uncut - The first Rare game for the Xbox is going to be an port of the N64's "Bad Fur Day" with Xbox Live multiplayer thrown in. My question is: if this is a port, why hasn't it come out yet?
2) Starfox Adventures - The last Rare game for Nintendo and the only one for the GC. I bought it used and I've gone about an hour into it. It just isn't compelling. So it's now sitting on my shelf waiting for me to become bored enough to play it - and I've been home for three weeks with pneumonia!
3) Conker's Bad Fur Day - Rare's last game for the N64, and probably the best. It's underrated, it's fun and enjoyable. Multiplayer, akin to GoldenEye and Perfect Dark, too! But it has cute characters, and we all know that cute characters must mean that it's a kids game, even though it's rated "M." Because of that, I persoanally think Conker belongs on a "kids" console (Xbox players won't be interested - I think they don't understand satire).
4) Perfect Dark - Not bad, but not great. Maybe it was on the wrong platform, but it just didn't impress me past the "This is like GoldenEye" feelings...
5) GoldenEye - How many years has it been since it came out? Six? Come on - a six-year-old game does not a major developer make.
Rare is mediocre - period. Stop dreaming about GoldenEye - it ain't 1997 any longer and the gaming world has changed. Rare has to stop resting on its laurels and do something new...but that may not happen until Perfect Dark Zero comes out in...whenever.
The truth is, Nintendo was divesting itself from Rare - that's why MS was able to buy them. Rare just isn't worth the money. Let MS have 'em.
Major price difference. A coworker of mine has a proposal under consideration, spec'd-out using either Apple or Sun hardware, and the Sun boxes are much more expensive.
Dude, you haven't played the game. Melee is stronger than the original. I bought Melee the day it came out - and I still play it. Collecting trophies, which is almost Soul Callibur-like, alone is fun enough to keep me going. The N64 version just wasn't as engaging...
I've seen the iPod survive numerous falls - one of my coworkers is notorious for dropping everything of his, and I've dropped my iPod twice. No issues. No skips, no problems.
Learn before you speak.
The iPod precaches 20+ minutes of music in RAM - effectively making it a solid state player.
I think it depends on how iTMS for Windows goes. If that is a smashing success, the RIAA will stick with Apple. Remember, the RIAA doesn't like change...
If you are against downloading games off the net, then the ESA ist your friend.
If you are for the industry standing up to the likes of Joe Lieberman and want the right to go and buy GTA: Vice City without a giving a tissue sample and urine test, then the ESA and you agree.
Of course, you may have differing opinions than those above. Maybe you want to download all the time and go and pee in a cup at GameStop when you do actually game a game, or maybe vice versa. Or maybe a mix.
Like most things in life, there is no absolute answer to the question. Support them when you agree with them, support their opponents when you disagree with them...
The long, pointy things are lasers. And, yes, for some reason the s-foils (the four "wings;" that's right - the X-Wing had s-foil wings...it's in the movie) had some sort of practical function. The foils need to be open to use the lasers, but closed for the ship to move through hyperspace. Staying with the lasers for a moment: Unlike the 1977 Kenner toy, I do not believe that the nose of the X-Wing had a laser in it (I don't recall anything ever shooting out of it...).
But, you are right - the wings are just there for familiarity - they don't seem to serve any type of lift since the X-Wing, etc., have "repulsorlifts" to take the ship up vertically and without the need of a runway...
Actually, now that I think about it, the Naboo fighters from TPM are definitely an example of a flighter that needs its wings (since they take off horizontally).