Go out and get the new tetris
Very high quality. Best tetris i ever played.
Not kidding.
Other than that...
Worms armageddon is really good for n64.
Controls are awesome once you get used to them.
I like hang time, but nobody else does except my friend. The game is 2d and not the best graphics, but really good gameplay.
I also have bustamove.
if you're looking for good games to get, go to n64.ign.com and you'll find 'em.
Re:Dreamcast's failure is all my fault. Sorry...
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N64 was far from a failure. It has lots of great games you probably haven't played.
Try:
Donky Kong 64
Conker's Bad Fur Day (amazing game!)
007 Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
The New Tetris (best music i've ever heard in a game and great gameplay)
Banjo Kazooie
Banjo Tooie
Ogre Battle 64 (hear good things)
Mario Kart 64 (best of genre by a margin)
Zelda: Majora's Mask
shall i go further?
Ok...
Mario Tennis (really fun)
mario golf
mario party 1,2,3
super smash brothers
Most of these can be gotten for very little money.
You can get used copys for about 20-30 dollars.
N64 was 200 dollars at launch, same as playstation. Nintendo is very realistic when it prices its consoles and always makes them affordable.
N64 didn't keep up with playstation because it was harder to develop for and the cartridges were too small. Thats only reason. The software taht did come out was usually of very very high quality, especially stuff that nintendo and second party's did.
All those sports games nuts would have bought DC's for the EA games.
If nfl 2k and 2k1 which had very little redeeming value in gameplay, but very good graphics and everything else includeing online multiplayer and managed to get into the top 10 for a while, imagine how well dreamcast would have done if it had the EA games.
Would have been better if sega would have gotten their head out of their ass and gotten EA to port to their console.
True, not a lot of games came out and not all that did come out were quality. If you ask me, a lot of them were missing features (such as MULTIPLAYER).
I've never understood why people think it's so awful... I only watch DVDs on a PC. Sure, the screen is small compared to a television, but your eyes are much closer, and with the drastically increased resolution, you never notice anyway. Gasaraki on a 19" monitor and Altec Lansing speakers/subwoofer is very enjoyable, actually.:-)
Obviously, you've never watched a dvd on a decent tv from a reasonable distance in a comfortable chair with a decent stereo.
1) its a hell of a lot more confortable to be far away from the screen.
2) A good tv looks much better than a monitor considering the size. I don't care if you watch dvd's on your 24" monitor at 1920x1200 resolution from 2 feet away, its sill not going to compare to a good 27" in tv from 10 feet away. Monitors cause too much eyestrain when compared to a tv.
3) altec lansing!? are you kidding. I've heard everything theyve made in the past 2 years and as far as they go compared to a decent stereo (not pioneer or crap like that) they suck. They aren't clear, they have buzzing noise, the satelites are not matched well with the sub, the sub is "boomy", that is it doesn't reproduce bass well, it just is loud and boomy. The last good multimedia speakers i heard were cambridge soundworks before creative bought them. They were very good. Tonally matched, smooth transition from sub/sat, no boomy bass, very tight and warm.
SO to sum up my statements:
1) closer you are to a viewing source, more eyestrain given same relative size (27" tv from 10 feet is about the same as a 21 in monitor from 4 feet).
2) sound will suck from computer speakers unless you've got really good ones (not the ones with the lowdest bass which is what everybody is obsessed with. You won't be able to hear any dialogue when there is any music playing in the movie and you won't have clear sound effects when something is blowing up. At the very least, get a sub/sat combo that has the ability to turn the sub up or down because every setup is different.
3) finally. The couch is more comfortable than the computer chair.
Maya (a very high end modelling/animation package from alias/wavefront) is coming to linux very soon.
Having a better video card will definately make life easier with this beast.
http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/WhatWeDo/maya/s ee/solutions/soln_intro.shtml
Better have a good GL driver for your card to do this!
Matrox has a binary only library that goes along with the open source driver they didn't develop.
That library is what enables all the special features.
What is so wrong with binary drivers? I know that its not super cool, but, i'd rather have a great card with great binary drivers than a piece of shit with open source drivers. I know that if the drivers are binary, its hard to tell if they're doing anythign nasty and we can't fix something if there is somethign wrong, but its better than nothing.
In the view of this guy, innovation will never occur if people can't make money from it and market it.
If this were true, then UNIX would have never become. I guess everythign that comes out of Bell Labs isn't innovation and will never be used. I guess nobody uses anything based on unix, i guess unix wasn't innovative.
When was the last time MS innovated anyways? I know office is a good suite. I guess.net is innovation, but is it any good and why wouldn't it be any good if it were an open initiative?
I fail to see how being american makes me a money grubbing pig always seeking the next business opportunity, and not the next advance for the sake of advancement. I guess being an american makes everything have a value in terms of money. How does this guy sleep at night? Windows hasn't innovated since 1995, 98 and ME are basically the same thing with few improvements or innovations.
You don't have to market something to innovate. I guess mapping the human genome was not an innovation. Nope.
This guy shows everything that is wrong with the american view of things. If cnn were to carry this story they would have a view of open source that shows it to be stale and unprofessional and illegal.
Having open source does not inhibit innovation, it simply improves on it. If i innovate i can have 100000 people polish it and look it over as opposed to 10. People can incorporate it into other projects.
I fail to see the undermining of innovation, simply undermining of profit from half-assed innovation.
I guess there aren't any tools for linux, oh wait, there are! And they're portable too. They are all getting polished every day and making their way to where apples are. But, Apples aren't portable. Of course they are cleaner and easier to write for, but run on 1 platform. Almost all the general unix tools are extremely polished and portable except for the gui libraries and they are getting there. I'm not bashing apple's just saying don't know unix tools, after all they've been around the longest and are the most polished (except for gtk and qt which are new on the block, relatively).
Hey, you should talk to the company i work for. My boss would probably hook you up with a great deal on bandwidth for your servers in exchange for some advertising. www.vdi.net. I'm one of the sysadmin's there and we've got 2 ds3's and more on the way.
If i were you i'd buy an O2 or an Octane from ebay and get the appropriate peripheral for editing and software. As for software, that will probably be expensive. For the peripherals that SGI has go to http://www.sgi.com/peripherals/workstations_periph erals.html and click on audio/video for either O2 or Octane.
My point is, really, that if you buy an O2, your real limiting factor is how much you can spend on software, and once you get some revenue, you just buy more powerful software. If you're looking for software for it other than what it comes with, look at http://www.sgi.com/solutions/broadband/partners.ht ml . Hope i have been of some help.
I could be all wrong about this because i don't have much experience in the area, but just remember that the best tool is the one that with which you do your job best.
You are right about chemistry. My chemistry teacher has shown me some cool software for molecule visualization on his apple, which doesn't surprise me considering apple's penetration into the educational market...but his processor was crying and it started to chop when he got to more complex models.
Unix workstations are still the best for high-end anything.
I'd be interested in seeing some of this software you speak of, it sounds really cool. I like software that simulates physics, especially visually and in real-time. And even more excited that its GPL so i don't have to pay:)
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Go out and get the new tetris
Very high quality. Best tetris i ever played.
Not kidding.
Other than that...
Worms armageddon is really good for n64.
Controls are awesome once you get used to them.
I like hang time, but nobody else does except my friend. The game is 2d and not the best graphics, but really good gameplay.
I also have bustamove.
if you're looking for good games to get, go to n64.ign.com and you'll find 'em.
N64 was far from a failure. It has lots of great games you probably haven't played.
Try:
Donky Kong 64
Conker's Bad Fur Day (amazing game!)
007 Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
The New Tetris (best music i've ever heard in a game and great gameplay)
Banjo Kazooie
Banjo Tooie
Ogre Battle 64 (hear good things)
Mario Kart 64 (best of genre by a margin)
Zelda: Majora's Mask
shall i go further?
Ok...
Mario Tennis (really fun)
mario golf
mario party 1,2,3
super smash brothers
Most of these can be gotten for very little money.
You can get used copys for about 20-30 dollars.
Please tell us what
nobody seems to know.
Nobody seems to be able to provide a link that has information that is certified. Microsoft says a lot about it, but its all fluff.
Phantasy Star Online 2.0 not 2.
Same game, just patched thats all.
N64 was 200 dollars at launch, same as playstation. Nintendo is very realistic when it prices its consoles and always makes them affordable.
N64 didn't keep up with playstation because it was harder to develop for and the cartridges were too small. Thats only reason. The software taht did come out was usually of very very high quality, especially stuff that nintendo and second party's did.
My
Don't forget EA.
All those sports games nuts would have bought DC's for the EA games.
If nfl 2k and 2k1 which had very little redeeming value in gameplay, but very good graphics and everything else includeing online multiplayer and managed to get into the top 10 for a while, imagine how well dreamcast would have done if it had the EA games.
Crazy Taxi would have been twice the game if it included multiplayer.
I find it a lot more fun to compete with others instead of myself or a clock or any AI.
Um.....sonic?
Soul Caliber?
NFL 2k, NBA 2k, NHL 2k
Would have been better if sega would have gotten their head out of their ass and gotten EA to port to their console.
True, not a lot of games came out and not all that did come out were quality. If you ask me, a lot of them were missing features (such as MULTIPLAYER).
Linux runs on it too.
:)
just check out the main emulation sites and they have instructions.
http://linuxdc.sourceforge.net/
Broadband adapter is in the code now.
100 dollar terminal anyone?
Hopethe rc5 cracker is ported
Why pay a premium for something when you can't get what you want out of it.
You could have bought the ps2 for a lot less money and hassle if you waited until MGS2.
Like buying a dvd player before dvd's come out.
I've never understood why people think it's so awful... I only watch DVDs on a PC. Sure, the screen is small compared to a television, but your eyes are much closer, and with the drastically increased resolution, you never notice anyway. Gasaraki on a 19" monitor and Altec Lansing speakers/subwoofer is very enjoyable, actually. :-)
Obviously, you've never watched a dvd on a decent tv from a reasonable distance in a comfortable chair with a decent stereo.
1) its a hell of a lot more confortable to be far away from the screen.
2) A good tv looks much better than a monitor considering the size. I don't care if you watch dvd's on your 24" monitor at 1920x1200 resolution from 2 feet away, its sill not going to compare to a good 27" in tv from 10 feet away. Monitors cause too much eyestrain when compared to a tv.
3) altec lansing!? are you kidding. I've heard everything theyve made in the past 2 years and as far as they go compared to a decent stereo (not pioneer or crap like that) they suck. They aren't clear, they have buzzing noise, the satelites are not matched well with the sub, the sub is "boomy", that is it doesn't reproduce bass well, it just is loud and boomy. The last good multimedia speakers i heard were cambridge soundworks before creative bought them. They were very good. Tonally matched, smooth transition from sub/sat, no boomy bass, very tight and warm.
SO to sum up my statements:
1) closer you are to a viewing source, more eyestrain given same relative size (27" tv from 10 feet is about the same as a 21 in monitor from 4 feet).
2) sound will suck from computer speakers unless you've got really good ones (not the ones with the lowdest bass which is what everybody is obsessed with. You won't be able to hear any dialogue when there is any music playing in the movie and you won't have clear sound effects when something is blowing up. At the very least, get a sub/sat combo that has the ability to turn the sub up or down because every setup is different.
3) finally. The couch is more comfortable than the computer chair.
Maya (a very high end modelling/animation package from alias/wavefront) is coming to linux very soon.
s ee /solutions/soln_intro.shtml
Having a better video card will definately make life easier with this beast.
http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/WhatWeDo/maya/
Better have a good GL driver for your card to do this!
Sgi o2's are real cheap on ebay.
Octane's too.
Can't run maya in linux.
You can buy windows version and use it for all the os's you want to. You bought your liscense, doesn't matter what platform you run it on.
:o)
Matrox has a binary only library that goes along with the open source driver they didn't develop.
That library is what enables all the special features.
What is so wrong with binary drivers? I know that its not super cool, but, i'd rather have a great card with great binary drivers than a piece of shit with open source drivers. I know that if the drivers are binary, its hard to tell if they're doing anythign nasty and we can't fix something if there is somethign wrong, but its better than nothing.
They do make the best cards,
But i heard that they have bad business practices like stealing engineers from other companies
But this is all heresay and if it creates competition, i like it.
Mike
using closed source framework
K = C + 273.15
So absolute zero is at 0 K or -273.15 C.
Just 1.15 degrees off.
In the view of this guy, innovation will never occur if people can't make money from it and market it.
.net is innovation, but is it any good and why wouldn't it be any good if it were an open initiative?
If this were true, then UNIX would have never become. I guess everythign that comes out of Bell Labs isn't innovation and will never be used. I guess nobody uses anything based on unix, i guess unix wasn't innovative.
When was the last time MS innovated anyways? I know office is a good suite. I guess
I fail to see how being american makes me a money grubbing pig always seeking the next business opportunity, and not the next advance for the sake of advancement. I guess being an american makes everything have a value in terms of money. How does this guy sleep at night? Windows hasn't innovated since 1995, 98 and ME are basically the same thing with few improvements or innovations.
You don't have to market something to innovate. I guess mapping the human genome was not an innovation. Nope.
This guy shows everything that is wrong with the american view of things. If cnn were to carry this story they would have a view of open source that shows it to be stale and unprofessional and illegal.
Having open source does not inhibit innovation, it simply improves on it. If i innovate i can have 100000 people polish it and look it over as opposed to 10. People can incorporate it into other projects.
I fail to see the undermining of innovation, simply undermining of profit from half-assed innovation.
Mozilla can do it all. And what happened to making portable web pages? Develop for whats out there, not whats going to be out there.
GTK, QT.
gdb gcc glibc
emacs vi/vim.
python perl
I guess there aren't any tools for linux, oh wait, there are! And they're portable too. They are all getting polished every day and making their way to where apples are. But, Apples aren't portable. Of course they are cleaner and easier to write for, but run on 1 platform. Almost all the general unix tools are extremely polished and portable except for the gui libraries and they are getting there. I'm not bashing apple's just saying don't know unix tools, after all they've been around the longest and are the most polished (except for gtk and qt which are new on the block, relatively).
Oh, i thought that OS 10 came with gcc.
Sorry, my fault. Jumping the gun again and assuming.
Hey, you should talk to the company i work for. My boss would probably hook you up with a great deal on bandwidth for your servers in exchange for some advertising. www.vdi.net. I'm one of the sysadmin's there and we've got 2 ds3's and more on the way.
h erals.html and click on audio/video for either O2 or Octane.
t ml . Hope i have been of some help.
If i were you i'd buy an O2 or an Octane from ebay and get the appropriate peripheral for editing and software. As for software, that will probably be expensive. For the peripherals that SGI has go to http://www.sgi.com/peripherals/workstations_perip
My point is, really, that if you buy an O2, your real limiting factor is how much you can spend on software, and once you get some revenue, you just buy more powerful software. If you're looking for software for it other than what it comes with, look at http://www.sgi.com/solutions/broadband/partners.h
I could be all wrong about this because i don't have much experience in the area, but just remember that the best tool is the one that with which you do your job best.
I wasn't aware there was a higher end GL card for apples. Could you provide a link, i would think that it would go well with the g4.
:)
But it remains a niche thing, but i'm still curious
You are right about chemistry. My chemistry teacher has shown me some cool software for molecule visualization on his apple, which doesn't surprise me considering apple's penetration into the educational market...but his processor was crying and it started to chop when he got to more complex models.
:)
Unix workstations are still the best for high-end anything.
I'd be interested in seeing some of this software you speak of, it sounds really cool. I like software that simulates physics, especially visually and in real-time. And even more excited that its GPL so i don't have to pay