I ordered mine from http://www.wanpakuusa.com/index.php for 300$ and it came with that golf game.
It was totally worth it. So far, I've got no complaints. batterylife isn't THAT bad (although I do wish it was a little better). I managed to almost run the thing out once between taking the train to work, showing it off at work, and playing it on the train home again.
I just got a 512mb MemoryStick and have had no luck whatsoever getting pr0n to play on it. But Jpegs and Mp3s work fine. =)
I dunno, I was in 7th or 8th grade when marathon came out and I remember, back then, I knew more people with macs than PCs... it wasn't until win95 came out that everyone I knew started getting PCs. It seemed that until that point, if you had a computer, you had a mac.
And generally, up until that point, the mac games always had better graphics and sound and were generally better games (id was the main exception to that rule).
I used to play marathon a whole lot, but never really got INTO it... I always used the saved game hack programs to give me all the weapons and infinite life, and I'd just go around killing things doom-style.
let's also not forget that PegasOS (or however it's spelled) openPPC logicboard. You can actually build a PPC machine from components, although, I'm not sure if it supports OSX. iirc, it doesn't, but my memory isn't what it used to be.
New Year's resolution: not buying anything from anybody filing "stunt" (Apple) or "business model" (SCO) lawsuits.
I believe just about every big company files such lawsuits. Many, we don't hear about unless they're either followups to something related (ie- leaked info about ipod flash, asteroid, etc) or something really big (ie- SCO), or something really insane (M$ suing Mike Rowe). I'm sure Sony, Toshiba, nVidia, ATI, Pioneer, etc, all have their share of similar lawsuits, we just don't hear about them because they're not as hyped.
Good luck buying your products from no-name companies in China and Taiwan, or from people assembling computers in their garages.
Is there any way of looking into what lawsuits a given company has been involved with?
during my 10th-12th grade years in HS (I graduated in 99, do the math), we had a videogame club. When we started, all of the machines were Pentium1/133s with 32mb of RAM and windows95 and we pretty much were only playing starcraft, duke nukem, doom2 and quake1 on the 32-computer network. We charged 10$ for the year to join and had constant fund raisers selling candy and soda and stuff like that (pretty much 90% of the funds we took in were from the people who were playing after school).
It was the only club I ever joined and we even went on a trip to Great Adventure (NJ's Six Flags). We used the $ to buy memory for the machines and later, voodoo2 cards so we could buy and play other games like quake2, GTA1, starcraft, total annihilation, warcraft2 and other games like that that I can't remember...
After columbine happened, we were reduced to meeting only once a week rather than 3 times, and the games were screened and only "less violent" games were allowed. The strange part was that GTA and quake1 were allowed, but starcraft and quake2 weren't. We played them anyway, though. =P
I just wish nintendo would come out with some adult (or at least more mature games). sure, keep the fun graphics and music, but throw in more mature themes.
My favourite things about nintendo (aside from reminding me of my youth with the franchises...) is that yes, I can just pick it up and play for a little while, then turn it off. Sure, some games (final fantasy) require a little more time, but still, you can play it for a couple minutes if you wanna rack up some XP.
I love warioware for that reason. Man, Wario:touched for my DS has provided me so much fun in the last week, my wrist hurts (no, my wrist doesn't hurt from that, wario isn't THAT sexy).
Why didn't Nintendo make the DS able to play GB and GBC games to begin with? Especially since there are still many people who play the old games
because they've still got a shitload of SP units sitting on store shelves and people still need a reason to buy the SP (other than the low price point), I assume.
I've run linux on my powerbook and there actually is hardware support for most of the powerbook's features. There's sleep mode support (for when you close the display), trackpad support, display support (for running X), LED support (you can have it blink with disk activity), PCMCIA support, and support for all of the ports on the back.
You've gotta remember that linux is NOT OSX. Just because OSX has a Unix (BSD) subsystem doesn't make it the same as linux. If you're programming in OSX and using certain Unix APIs, they work differently in linux and OSX and I've run across a couple things that are kept in different libraries and in different places.
Besides, some (albeit VERY few) software is distributed binary-only. I've seen software that's only got linux-x86 and linux-ppc binaries, and they will NOT run in OSX.
My primary reason for running Linux on PPC (aside from development to make sure my apps work in linux and OSX) is for my servers. I have 2 macs (450mhz G3 and G4) set up for that purpose. IMHO, linux is better on a headless server than OSX. Sure, I could use OSX-Server, but I don't wanna shell out the $ for it. And I want a streamlined system (yay, Gentoo).
Also, there is this great thing called "Dual-Boot" where you can have 2 or more (Multi-Boot) OSs installed at once and decide which you want to use when you start your machine.
And, lastly, in 5 years when OS12 is out and only runs on G6 and G7s, the G5 linux support will have matured enough to fully support your older hardware.
Also, when I was in Japan, I was talking to our tour guid whilst driving down the highway and when we passed through some tolls, there was a lane labeled "ETC." When asked, she explained that it was a new system being tested where cars carry an electronic device that registers the toll and bills an account, so you don't even have to stop (think EZPass). I believe it was called electronic toll collection or something like that (gotta love the japanese's use of english)
She was amazed that the US actually has had this item for some time now (at least 5 years). I'm amazed that the US had a piece of tech before japan for once...
btw, their digital cameras and cell phones were so fricken awesome... such a selection in every store... but I don't understand why there were minidisc players all over the place...
GameRanger is neato, but it needs an SDK for in-game browsing.
Although I don't really game too much nowadays, but I CS-Source it up whenever I go to my friend's house. I'm seriously considering building a PC JUST to play HL2 and CS-source.
btw, I'm the man, my GameRanger ID is only 2 digits.
A first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks, was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, "Harry, what's your problem?"
Harry answered, "I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade too!"
Ms. Brooks had had enough. She took Harry to the principal's office.
While Harry waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal what the situation was. The principal told Ms. Brooks he would give the boy a test. If he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agreed.
Harry was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and he agreed to take the test.
Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"
Harry: "9".
Principal: "What is 6 x 6?"
Harry: "36".
And so it went with every question the principal thought a 3rd grader should know.
The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, "I think Harry can go to the 3rd grade."
Ms. Brooks says to the principal, "Let me ask him some questions."
The principal and Harry both agreed.
Ms. Brooks asks, "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?"
Harry, after a moment: "Legs."
Ms. Brooks: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"
The principal wondered, why would she ask such a question!
Harry replied: "Pockets."
Ms. Brooks: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?"
Harry: "Pants"
Ms. Brooks: What's starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?
Harry: "Coconut."
The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.
Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"
The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the answer.
Harry: "Bubble gum"
Ms. Brooks: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?"
Harry: "Shake hands."
The principal was trembling.
Ms. Brooks: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of heat and excitement?"
Harry: "Firetruck"
The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put Harry in the fifth-grade, I got the last seven question wrong.
it's a serious hassle to do the PSO (phantasy star online) hack. It takes quite a bit of setup and navigation just to get the game running (takes over 2 minutes to do everything). I assume you could save the iso/gcm/dol loader in memory or on a card and boot into the loader right from the getgo. You would simply have to select a game on your PC and power yer gamecube up.
One thing I was thinking would rock is if someone had a way of attaching an iPod running iPodLinux and the linux GameCube loader and streaming the game from that. You could carry all yer homebrew code and consolidated game library in your pocket.
check out my program. Modify the content in your GameCube games!
the difference between this and other "power of prayer" stories is that some families deny medical help for their child and rely solely on the healing of prayer.
I remember reading an article about a family who's daughter died from an earache because they refused medical help.
One thing that the PC world has that apple really needs to do something about is inexpensive machines. Sure, you can get a Dell for 700$ with overall impressive specs and performance, you can't get something that compares, or even gets close without spending at least double or triple that.
Generally, I suggest getting a PC (a 1200$ Dell, in fact) to most people when they ask me what computer to get. Sure, you can get a 1ghz G4 eMac from apple for like 800$, but it's a piece of shit compared to a Dell that you could get for the same price.
Although, for 4000$, I think the PC you could get (pre-built, not built yourself, at home, mind you) are pretty close, and which is better is decided by your own OS preference/needs.
I say this as I'm typing into safari on my 800mhz, custom built G4 with 1.25GB RAM and it's struggling to keep up... but I'm downloading 6 torrents and have a 400mb photoshop file and a multi-page inDesign document open, not to mention countless other apps. I've considered many times getting a 2000$ Dell workstation, but it wouldn't fit my needs enough, and I can't stomach the idea of using windows at home. I feel 1000x more comfortable in OSX.
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the #1 innovation in the last 25 years was......
Windows.
After all, Microsoft does nothing but innovate, right?
I ordered mine from http://www.wanpakuusa.com/index.php for 300$ and it came with that golf game.
It was totally worth it. So far, I've got no complaints. batterylife isn't THAT bad (although I do wish it was a little better). I managed to almost run the thing out once between taking the train to work, showing it off at work, and playing it on the train home again.
I just got a 512mb MemoryStick and have had no luck whatsoever getting pr0n to play on it. But Jpegs and Mp3s work fine. =)
well, programming with familiar libraries, filesystem, and system hooks is a good enough reason for that... imo.
plus, there's already a bunch of lightweight programs and audio decoders for ucLinux
I dunno, I was in 7th or 8th grade when marathon came out and I remember, back then, I knew more people with macs than PCs... it wasn't until win95 came out that everyone I knew started getting PCs. It seemed that until that point, if you had a computer, you had a mac.
And generally, up until that point, the mac games always had better graphics and sound and were generally better games (id was the main exception to that rule).
I used to play marathon a whole lot, but never really got INTO it... I always used the saved game hack programs to give me all the weapons and infinite life, and I'd just go around killing things doom-style.
Myth is still my favourite Bungie game.
I never had any issues with any of the games mentioned, or any of the other games for that matter.
I got the Wario game like 2 days after it was released in a store in chinatown, and I got my DS the day it came out.
I have actually heard of this issue before, but not the details. I've only read about "problems where certain games can't be completed"
let's also not forget that PegasOS (or however it's spelled) openPPC logicboard. You can actually build a PPC machine from components, although, I'm not sure if it supports OSX. iirc, it doesn't, but my memory isn't what it used to be.
New Year's resolution: not buying anything from anybody filing "stunt" (Apple) or "business model" (SCO) lawsuits.
I believe just about every big company files such lawsuits. Many, we don't hear about unless they're either followups to something related (ie- leaked info about ipod flash, asteroid, etc) or something really big (ie- SCO), or something really insane (M$ suing Mike Rowe). I'm sure Sony, Toshiba, nVidia, ATI, Pioneer, etc, all have their share of similar lawsuits, we just don't hear about them because they're not as hyped.
Good luck buying your products from no-name companies in China and Taiwan, or from people assembling computers in their garages.
Is there any way of looking into what lawsuits a given company has been involved with?
during my 10th-12th grade years in HS (I graduated in 99, do the math), we had a videogame club. When we started, all of the machines were Pentium1/133s with 32mb of RAM and windows95 and we pretty much were only playing starcraft, duke nukem, doom2 and quake1 on the 32-computer network. We charged 10$ for the year to join and had constant fund raisers selling candy and soda and stuff like that (pretty much 90% of the funds we took in were from the people who were playing after school).
It was the only club I ever joined and we even went on a trip to Great Adventure (NJ's Six Flags). We used the $ to buy memory for the machines and later, voodoo2 cards so we could buy and play other games like quake2, GTA1, starcraft, total annihilation, warcraft2 and other games like that that I can't remember...
After columbine happened, we were reduced to meeting only once a week rather than 3 times, and the games were screened and only "less violent" games were allowed. The strange part was that GTA and quake1 were allowed, but starcraft and quake2 weren't. We played them anyway, though. =P
no, I mean like made in warioXXX
having more mature graphics != more mature content...
and my point was more mature titles that you can just pick up and play... resident evil is a crap series.
I just wish nintendo would come out with some adult (or at least more mature games). sure, keep the fun graphics and music, but throw in more mature themes.
My favourite things about nintendo (aside from reminding me of my youth with the franchises...) is that yes, I can just pick it up and play for a little while, then turn it off. Sure, some games (final fantasy) require a little more time, but still, you can play it for a couple minutes if you wanna rack up some XP.
I love warioware for that reason. Man, Wario:touched for my DS has provided me so much fun in the last week, my wrist hurts (no, my wrist doesn't hurt from that, wario isn't THAT sexy).
bigredpmp! you da man....
um, spike666 here from #dsdev
Why didn't Nintendo make the DS able to play GB and GBC games to begin with? Especially since there are still many people who play the old games
because they've still got a shitload of SP units sitting on store shelves and people still need a reason to buy the SP (other than the low price point), I assume.
I've run linux on my powerbook and there actually is hardware support for most of the powerbook's features. There's sleep mode support (for when you close the display), trackpad support, display support (for running X), LED support (you can have it blink with disk activity), PCMCIA support, and support for all of the ports on the back.
You've gotta remember that linux is NOT OSX. Just because OSX has a Unix (BSD) subsystem doesn't make it the same as linux. If you're programming in OSX and using certain Unix APIs, they work differently in linux and OSX and I've run across a couple things that are kept in different libraries and in different places.
Besides, some (albeit VERY few) software is distributed binary-only. I've seen software that's only got linux-x86 and linux-ppc binaries, and they will NOT run in OSX.
My primary reason for running Linux on PPC (aside from development to make sure my apps work in linux and OSX) is for my servers. I have 2 macs (450mhz G3 and G4) set up for that purpose. IMHO, linux is better on a headless server than OSX. Sure, I could use OSX-Server, but I don't wanna shell out the $ for it. And I want a streamlined system (yay, Gentoo).
Also, there is this great thing called "Dual-Boot" where you can have 2 or more (Multi-Boot) OSs installed at once and decide which you want to use when you start your machine.
And, lastly, in 5 years when OS12 is out and only runs on G6 and G7s, the G5 linux support will have matured enough to fully support your older hardware.
I have a friend who used to work for oracle, but quit because she didn't like it and now works for peoplesoft. She can't get away! ahhh!
Also, when I was in Japan, I was talking to our tour guid whilst driving down the highway and when we passed through some tolls, there was a lane labeled "ETC." When asked, she explained that it was a new system being tested where cars carry an electronic device that registers the toll and bills an account, so you don't even have to stop (think EZPass). I believe it was called electronic toll collection or something like that (gotta love the japanese's use of english)
She was amazed that the US actually has had this item for some time now (at least 5 years). I'm amazed that the US had a piece of tech before japan for once...
btw, their digital cameras and cell phones were so fricken awesome... such a selection in every store... but I don't understand why there were minidisc players all over the place...
GameRanger is neato, but it needs an SDK for in-game browsing.
Although I don't really game too much nowadays, but I CS-Source it up whenever I go to my friend's house. I'm seriously considering building a PC JUST to play HL2 and CS-source.
btw, I'm the man, my GameRanger ID is only 2 digits.
A first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks, was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, "Harry, what's your problem?"
Harry answered, "I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade too!"
Ms. Brooks had had enough. She took Harry to the principal's office.
While Harry waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal what the situation was. The principal told Ms. Brooks he would give the boy a test. If he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agreed.
Harry was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and he agreed to take the test.
Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"
Harry: "9".
Principal: "What is 6 x 6?"
Harry: "36".
And so it went with every question the principal thought a 3rd grader should know.
The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, "I think Harry can go to the 3rd grade."
Ms. Brooks says to the principal, "Let me ask him some questions."
The principal and Harry both agreed.
Ms. Brooks asks, "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?"
Harry, after a moment: "Legs."
Ms. Brooks: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"
The principal wondered, why would she ask such a question!
Harry replied: "Pockets."
Ms. Brooks: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?"
Harry: "Pants"
Ms. Brooks: What's starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?
Harry: "Coconut."
The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.
Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"
The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the answer.
Harry: "Bubble gum"
Ms. Brooks: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?"
Harry: "Shake hands."
The principal was trembling.
Ms. Brooks: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of heat and excitement?"
Harry: "Firetruck"
The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put Harry in the fifth-grade, I got the last seven question wrong.
the DS actually supports up to 16 players. ;)
it's a serious hassle to do the PSO (phantasy star online) hack. It takes quite a bit of setup and navigation just to get the game running (takes over 2 minutes to do everything). I assume you could save the iso/gcm/dol loader in memory or on a card and boot into the loader right from the getgo. You would simply have to select a game on your PC and power yer gamecube up.
One thing I was thinking would rock is if someone had a way of attaching an iPod running iPodLinux and the linux GameCube loader and streaming the game from that. You could carry all yer homebrew code and consolidated game library in your pocket.
check out my program. Modify the content in your GameCube games!
I'd love to see a text-based or even Atari-graphics GTA.
I guess http://www.grandtheftendo.com/ will have to do for now.
the difference between this and other "power of prayer" stories is that some families deny medical help for their child and rely solely on the healing of prayer.
I remember reading an article about a family who's daughter died from an earache because they refused medical help.
At least they took her to a doctor.
An Atari/Inforgrames rep. has stated that it's up to the buyer to disclose. No rumors yet, either.
That means it was microsoft.
what if you decide to keep them both when the new one comes?
MetroidHunters is a download-multiplayer game. You should be able get some multiplayer action in with your friend that couldn't get his.
caffmethamphein?
or the columbian variety?
One thing that the PC world has that apple really needs to do something about is inexpensive machines. Sure, you can get a Dell for 700$ with overall impressive specs and performance, you can't get something that compares, or even gets close without spending at least double or triple that.
Generally, I suggest getting a PC (a 1200$ Dell, in fact) to most people when they ask me what computer to get. Sure, you can get a 1ghz G4 eMac from apple for like 800$, but it's a piece of shit compared to a Dell that you could get for the same price.
Although, for 4000$, I think the PC you could get (pre-built, not built yourself, at home, mind you) are pretty close, and which is better is decided by your own OS preference/needs.
I say this as I'm typing into safari on my 800mhz, custom built G4 with 1.25GB RAM and it's struggling to keep up... but I'm downloading 6 torrents and have a 400mb photoshop file and a multi-page inDesign document open, not to mention countless other apps. I've considered many times getting a 2000$ Dell workstation, but it wouldn't fit my needs enough, and I can't stomach the idea of using windows at home. I feel 1000x more comfortable in OSX.