Actually, it was kind of disturbing after 9/11 to realize one of my favorite tricks on Flight Simulator II (Sublogic, before purchased by Microsoft) was to try to fly BETWEEN the WTC towers. It was tricky too... Had to get completely sideways with enough speed to get level again.
Ever since these Namco games (and all original 80's arcade games) were actually out in arcades, it was always disappointing that the home versions were so much different, and usually lousy. I always said "Someday we'll get home versions that are exactly the same."
Didn't think it would take 20-25 years though. (Not counting MAME of course. I'm talking TV.)
There's an even BETTER way... Nintendo has a deal where you can subscribe to Nintendo Power for 20 bucks, and get a free Gamecube disc with the Zelda I and II for the NES, and the two N64 Zelda games. (Link goes straight to the deal)
Or you could just buy the new Gamecubes that come with it I guess.
I picked up a Saitek P880 at Circuit City for $19.99 about 2 weeks ago since my new PC doesn't have a gamepad port, making my old reliable Sidewinder useless. It spat out a $10 rebate at the register. (Not sure if it still will, but the terms on the rebate say it must be mailed in by 1/31.)
It's a bit light in weight compared to a PS2 pad, but for what I've played on it so far, it's definitely good for the price. I haven't even installed the optional customization software, and it works great with MAME and ZSNES. The only thing about it I don't like is that it only has 2 trigger buttons instead of 4, like on the PS2.
A simple game can still be loads of fun. I bought a GBA for the sole purpose of playing WarioWare on planes, and it worked great! Then, I became addicted to the 'old' games being released, like Super Mario World, which I had already beat every world on my SNES back in 1994. However, it had been so long, that I couldn't even remember how to get to some of the secrets, and I had to resort to my GF sitting next to me. "Hey, do you remember how to beat this Ghost House?"
Anyway, the ultimate in simple games was Space Zap, which went by by many other names. The original arcade had 4 directional buttons, and a zap button. I remember being about 6 or 7, and my aunt was actually playing the directional buttons. All I had to do was keep pushing the fire button as fast as I could, and we did that for about 20 minutes. That's about as fun as a game can get for a 6 year old, back in 198x.
If your dish doesn't support the NASA channel, you can call DirecTV, and tell them you want it. They will send someone out with an elliptical dish that will receive the 2nd satellite. Then, if they want to charge you for the new dish and installation, ask for the "customer retention department", you might get it free of charge. (This technique courtesy of Tivocommunity.com)
There's probably way too many copies on the market to make it a rare collectible. Which makes another interesting point, most people that want the game have it already, banning it isn't going to make it go away, it's just providing more free advertising for it.
I've already told my co-workers that I'm taking at least 2 days off on release week to have a long weekend of this.... Cardboarding up the windows in the PC room, turn the lights off, and locking the door. And I hope it scares the crap out of me like the first one did.
Too bad now the original looks like a cartoon now. But damn, back in '93-94, who didn't get Doom nightmares?
Look at everyone coming out of the woodwork with memories of their favorite protocols! I love it!
The fastest one I could get to work on my Tandy CoCo III at 2400 baud was Ymodem. A Zmodem one came later under OS9, but I already had a PC by then that could do Zmodem.
I decided needed high upload rates, so I'm shelling out ~$200/month for business cable. There's no clause against servers, and I get the super-secret phone number where a REAL PERSON actually answers. But it also is quite painful to the toy budget.
I think I'd much rather play the Intellivision games with a modern controller than the classic one.
Being a 2600 player at the time, I could never get then hang of that disk controller when playing at friends' homes, so of course they would always win whatever we would be playing. The Colecovision was much easier since it had the small joystick on top, but for games like Q-bert, you could actually remove the Colecovision controller after starting the game and put in a 2600 controller, and it would work, luckily they used the same pinouts!
My case 'brand' label sticker is an original "IBM Personal Computer" label which I pried off a real one sitting by a dumpster, then superglued it on to my generic case. The labels were the same square size back then as they are now. It amused me.
(I did grab the PC too, but it was pretty much gutted, so I put it back at the dumpster.)
Also, today I realized that while using this on the work wireless network (no URL monitoring)... I can use my Zaurus to browse Monster.com without it being displayed on my monitor as people walked by. Instead I must have looked like I was worried about imminent tasks and appointments!
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Actually, it was kind of disturbing after 9/11 to realize one of my favorite tricks on Flight Simulator II (Sublogic, before purchased by Microsoft) was to try to fly BETWEEN the WTC towers.
It was tricky too... Had to get completely sideways with enough speed to get level again.
Damn, I'm stuck with my current contract for another 3 months. I knew I shouldn't have upgraded my phone last year!
Ever since these Namco games (and all original 80's arcade games) were actually out in arcades, it was always disappointing that the home versions were so much different, and usually lousy.
I always said "Someday we'll get home versions that are exactly the same."
Didn't think it would take 20-25 years though.
(Not counting MAME of course. I'm talking TV.)
...How many pages can you copy before it doesn't count as 'fair use' anymore? ;)
There's an even BETTER way...
Nintendo has a deal where you can subscribe to Nintendo Power for 20 bucks, and get a free Gamecube disc with the Zelda I and II for the NES, and the two N64 Zelda games. (Link goes straight to the deal)
Or you could just buy the new Gamecubes that come with it I guess.
I picked up a Saitek P880 at Circuit City for $19.99 about 2 weeks ago since my new PC doesn't have a gamepad port, making my old reliable Sidewinder useless. It spat out a $10 rebate at the register. (Not sure if it still will, but the terms on the rebate say it must be mailed in by 1/31.)
It's a bit light in weight compared to a PS2 pad, but for what I've played on it so far, it's definitely good for the price. I haven't even installed the optional customization software, and it works great with MAME and ZSNES.
The only thing about it I don't like is that it only has 2 trigger buttons instead of 4, like on the PS2.
Looks like if you have to ask, you can't afford it.
You assume too much. Flights are not for a job.
But, the girlfriend DID remember how to get through the level. (bows head in shame)
A simple game can still be loads of fun. I bought a GBA for the sole purpose of playing WarioWare on planes, and it worked great!
Then, I became addicted to the 'old' games being released, like Super Mario World, which I had already beat every world on my SNES back in 1994. However, it had been so long, that I couldn't even remember how to get to some of the secrets, and I had to resort to my GF sitting next to me. "Hey, do you remember how to beat this Ghost House?"
Anyway, the ultimate in simple games was Space Zap, which went by by many other names. The original arcade had 4 directional buttons, and a zap button. I remember being about 6 or 7, and my aunt was actually playing the directional buttons. All I had to do was keep pushing the fire button as fast as I could, and we did that for about 20 minutes. That's about as fun as a game can get for a 6 year old, back in 198x.
How long before we get an arcade version?
If your dish doesn't support the NASA channel, you can call DirecTV, and tell them you want it. They will send someone out with an elliptical dish that will receive the 2nd satellite.
Then, if they want to charge you for the new dish and installation, ask for the "customer retention department", you might get it free of charge.
(This technique courtesy of Tivocommunity.com)
There's probably way too many copies on the market to make it a rare collectible.
Which makes another interesting point, most people that want the game have it already, banning it isn't going to make it go away, it's just providing more free advertising for it.
Actually, I think Duke Nukem Forever is the most awaited game of 1998!
I've already told my co-workers that I'm taking at least 2 days off on release week to have a long weekend of this.... Cardboarding up the windows in the PC room, turn the lights off, and locking the door. And I hope it scares the crap out of me like the first one did.
Too bad now the original looks like a cartoon now. But damn, back in '93-94, who didn't get Doom nightmares?
Look at everyone coming out of the woodwork with memories of their favorite protocols! I love it!
The fastest one I could get to work on my Tandy CoCo III at 2400 baud was Ymodem. A Zmodem one came later under OS9, but I already had a PC by then that could do Zmodem.
I decided needed high upload rates, so I'm shelling out ~$200/month for business cable. There's no clause against servers, and I get the super-secret phone number where a REAL PERSON actually answers. But it also is quite painful to the toy budget.
How many bad physics jokes are going to show up?
.001 and you fail. In Astronomy, you're off by 10^2, and you lose half a point.
Let hope they don't bring up infinity. (wait, that's math.)
So it's a week long nap then!
How much 'force' is required to endure this class?
In Physics, you're off by
Make NetBEUI routable, and we're all set!
I think I'd much rather play the Intellivision games with a modern controller than the classic one.
Being a 2600 player at the time, I could never get then hang of that disk controller when playing at friends' homes, so of course they would always win whatever we would be playing.
The Colecovision was much easier since it had the small joystick on top, but for games like Q-bert, you could actually remove the Colecovision controller after starting the game and put in a 2600 controller, and it would work, luckily they used the same pinouts!
Now lawyers and parents are going to blame teen binge eating on video games!
That someone sue over the 10 minutes of commercials I'm forced to watch after putting a DVD in.
Maybe they'll make that spiffy search assistant start spewing out ad blurbs between file searches. "Hey, have you tried the new Vanilla Pepsi?"
I've never wanted to go out for a veggie break so bad before.
My case 'brand' label sticker is an original "IBM Personal Computer" label which I pried off a real one sitting by a dumpster, then superglued it on to my generic case. The labels were the same square size back then as they are now. It amused me.
(I did grab the PC too, but it was pretty much gutted, so I put it back at the dumpster.)
Also, today I realized that while using this on the work wireless network (no URL monitoring)... I can use my Zaurus to browse Monster.com without it being displayed on my monitor as people walked by.
Instead I must have looked like I was worried about imminent tasks and appointments!
And now to the porno sites....