Good fun, low system reqs and highly networkable 2D shooter!
From the site:
Soldat is a unique side-view multiplayer action game. It takes the best from games like Liero, Worms, Quake and Counter-Strike and gives you fast action gameplay with tons of blood and flesh. Soldiers fight against each other on 2D battle arenas using a deadly military arsenal. This is what multiplayer was invented for.
Most important features:
* Game environment based on real physics rules
* Over 18 weapons available:
- guns like MP5, Ak-74, M79, M249 Minimi, Barret M82A1, XM214 Minigun
* Multiplayer network game over the Internet or LAN
* Intelligent bots
* 6 game modes:
- Deathmatch
- Pointmatch
- Teammatch
- Rambomatch
- Capture the Flag
- Infiltration
* 35 different maps
* Editors: Soldat Map Maker and Interface Maker
* Lobby server and dedicated server for Windows and Linux
Yet, if you pay close enough attention to the credits, you may find what will be an important easter egg that'll blow you're mind... On the bottom of the credits, at the very end, you'll find an interesting tid-bit of information... "Coming February 9th".
The text "Coming February 9th" isn't exactly mind blowing is it!? What an anti-climax.
The US keyboard isn't an issue at all - just replace it!
I did this for a French ex-colleague of mine who wanted her French Dell keyboard replacing for a UK QWERTY one. It was ordered direct from Dell, arrived next day & was a doddle to fit.
I was actually quite impressed with Dell's service on this one occasion.
I agree. These days I tend to judge restaurants on the quality (read: drinkability) of their double espressos! Some places absolutely murder the stuff (still haven't returned to Bella Pasta since a tar-like-espresso incident about 3 years ago).
It is definitely my favourite coffee though, just had to find the places that do it well! Still waiting for the day that I can afford one of those whizzy espresso machines at home... Ho hum.
By the end of 2003, it had sold more than 2 million units in Europe and 400,000 in the United States.
Here in the UK the EyeToy was bundled with PS2 consoles at many major retail outlets for a long time. For a new gizmo like this I think bundling is a great idea and could well be how it got so popular.
Many times in the past I've received a bundled game that I wouldn't have bought outright and ended up loving it! e.g. Tetris on GameBoy and ChuChu Rocket on Dreamcast.
All it takes is for the person that gets an EyeToy bundled with their PS2 to get some mates round and show it off, and then they go off & buy their own. Whereas without the bundle none of these imaginary people may have seen/bought it, because as the parent quotes, "peripherals don't sell".
Jabber Appliance
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Enterprise IM?
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· Score: 2, Interesting
This kind of thing has to be a good option for people not confident at rolling their own, or for the enterprise that wants a solution that's easily supportable.
Just being able to plug a black-box into your network and have it authenticate with existing systems has got to be a bonus.
Irrespective of who you're with and who you are moving to, inthe UK you can always take your phone number with you when you change provider.
Tell that to Singlepoint 4U:)
I'm currently looking at moving networks in the UK and Singlepoint is a billing company that resells the O2 and Vodafone services, many other co's then offer Singlepoint deals instead of 'proper' O2 or Vodafone ones...
Due to an OFTEL ruling (can't find details - sorry) that's affecting the cost of new phones/contracts from April 1st, Singlepoint are flat-out refusing to port *any* numbers to "their" networks until it's all over. Which is a right pain to say the least.
Which basically means I'm gonna end up staying with Orange by the look of things... (which may well end up being for the best as Singlepoint don't sound too good according to Google groups!)
We can now look forward to higher start-up costs for mobile services in the UK, starting next month! Not good.
Once out of your 12 month contract, you can pay Orange £10 (IIRC) to unlock it for you, so you can move to another network with your Orange phone quite happily.
I know people that have done this & it's dead simple.
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Good fun, low system reqs and highly networkable 2D shooter!
From the site:
No need for a mirror...
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The owner of that site didn't actually remove the pics! They were just cunningly renamed with a '1' at the end of the filename:
http://www.davespda.com/special/samsung_sp_proto1
http://www.davespda.com/special/samsung_pe_proto1
http://www.davespda.com/special/samsung_mag_proto
Ooops... Should I have kept quiet about that?
Archive them to CD/DVD and also copy them to Gmail as an off-site backup :D (well, a gigs worth at least...)
http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm
Just when I break down and buy a Geforce FX5900XT, they come out with an AGP version of the 6600.
:)
You're not the only one! It's a conspiracy I tell thee!
Time to crack out the 5950-ultra BIOS I downloaded last night to try and get some unnecessary extra speed out of my new purchase
Hmmm... Gotta love the smell of melty AGP...
Yet, if you pay close enough attention to the credits, you may find what will be an important easter egg that'll blow you're mind... On the bottom of the credits, at the very end, you'll find an interesting tid-bit of information... "Coming February 9th".
The text "Coming February 9th" isn't exactly mind blowing is it!? What an anti-climax.
I think you meant Nintendo's iQue
Definition of doddle
Noun 1. doddle - an easy task
The US keyboard isn't an issue at all - just replace it!
I did this for a French ex-colleague of mine who wanted her French Dell keyboard replacing for a UK QWERTY one. It was ordered direct from Dell, arrived next day & was a doddle to fit.
I was actually quite impressed with Dell's service on this one occasion.
I agree. These days I tend to judge restaurants on the quality (read: drinkability) of their double espressos! Some places absolutely murder the stuff (still haven't returned to Bella Pasta since a tar-like-espresso incident about 3 years ago).
It is definitely my favourite coffee though, just had to find the places that do it well! Still waiting for the day that I can afford one of those whizzy espresso machines at home... Ho hum.
I only drink this stuff when drinking instant.
Allows me to feel all warm inside from the really nice coffee + the fair-trade-ness of it at the same time!
Here in the UK the EyeToy was bundled with PS2 consoles at many major retail outlets for a long time. For a new gizmo like this I think bundling is a great idea and could well be how it got so popular.
Many times in the past I've received a bundled game that I wouldn't have bought outright and ended up loving it! e.g. Tetris on GameBoy and ChuChu Rocket on Dreamcast.
All it takes is for the person that gets an EyeToy bundled with their PS2 to get some mates round and show it off, and then they go off & buy their own. Whereas without the bundle none of these imaginary people may have seen/bought it, because as the parent quotes, "peripherals don't sell".
ApplianSys in the UK do a Jabber server appliance - The IMbox200.
This kind of thing has to be a good option for people not confident at rolling their own, or for the enterprise that wants a solution that's easily supportable.
Just being able to plug a black-box into your network and have it authenticate with existing systems has got to be a bonus.
There are plenty of multi-region players that correctly handle R1 RCE discs...
Techtronics in the UK do their own multi-region modding and I've not managed to confuse it with any R1 RCE title I've thrown at my Sony from them.
Also, I've tested the cheap Cyberhome CH-400 player (after modding via keypresses) and that's fine with RCE when set at region 0.
Not sure how other modded players fare, but there are tons of ways round it.
Tell that to Singlepoint 4U
I'm currently looking at moving networks in the UK and Singlepoint is a billing company that resells the O2 and Vodafone services, many other co's then offer Singlepoint deals instead of 'proper' O2 or Vodafone ones...
Due to an OFTEL ruling (can't find details - sorry) that's affecting the cost of new phones/contracts from April 1st, Singlepoint are flat-out refusing to port *any* numbers to "their" networks until it's all over. Which is a right pain to say the least.
Which basically means I'm gonna end up staying with Orange by the look of things... (which may well end up being for the best as Singlepoint don't sound too good according to Google groups!)
We can now look forward to higher start-up costs for mobile services in the UK, starting next month! Not good.
Once out of your 12 month contract, you can pay Orange £10 (IIRC) to unlock it for you, so you can move to another network with your Orange phone quite happily.
I know people that have done this & it's dead simple.