I have a Genesis with both a 32X and a Sega CD added on to it (it sucks because it uses up THREE FULL SIZE AC adapters). I'm probably one of a very very few people in the world who can play the 32X enhanced version of the Sega CD game Fahrenheit.
The Sega CD is still my most often played system. I have a lot of great games for it that I love.
One thing I wonder about my Sega CD/Genesis/32X: what ever happened to the FMV game publisher "Digital Pictures"? They made like 90% of all the games I own for that system!
I just did a quick Google search and apparently Nolan Bushnell is still the father of video games... since Pong was not the first video game.
Apparently we have Bushnell to thank for Computer Space, which according to this site was the "world's first arcade video game system." A variation on the PDP-11 game Space War (which as I recall just used numbers, symbols, and letters to represent characters and action... more of a prototype or an experiment than a full-fledged game that was released upon the world.)
Although this site, too, credits Pong to Bushnell, so I'm not sure how accurate this all is.
when you consider that the creek is basically going to be filled with solid and liquid animal waste and decomposed fish and other animals.
It's enough to give you OCD, isn't it?
I wonder if they didn't try to experiment with untreated waste first. I would think it might have a lower coefficient of friction. Pretty slick slopes. Just give the customers bodysuits and gas masks, and they'll be happier than a pig in... oh.
Wasn't V2000 the format that basically looked like GIANT audio cassettes?
My aunt and uncle had a CED player (I don't think it was RCA SelectaVision though, but I could be wrong). When I worked for a market research company, we used Umax (the big cassettes that I believe Beta was based on).
I thought Turbografx-16 had it first (the add-on which hooked onto the back, not the later TurboDuo) came out way before the SegaCD.
But then again I was a Sega fan (I still play on my SegaCD/Genesis/32X... despite it using 3 huge power adapters) and didn't follow the TG16 much, except for drooling over it at Toys'R'Us.
No one will argue that an Athlon is more efficient deisng than a Pentium.
But it was really cool when I knew that there was nothing Intel had available that could best the top-of-the-line Athlon of the moment.
I said it seems they're taking it east because they don't seem to be vying for the top performing CPU slot out there today. Of course it's still a better deal and all that. But as it is (at least in a single proc system) the fastest Pentium beats the fastest Athlon.
Well I'm not so sure considering that most PCs shipped are x86 or Mac... and there's maybe three major chip manufacturers among these three (AMD, PPC, and Intel). And yet almost ALL these computers (certainly the more high end ones) will ship with either a graphics chip by ATI or nVidia.
Even when you take into account a lot of the graphics workstations which may be running some more exotic processor, both ATI and nVidia make high-end workstation cards too (though I'm not sure who 3dlabs is owned by these days).
And yes I know there are some *really* budget PCs out there that ship with onboard graphics by companies who primarily manufacture chipsets, but these PCs I'm pretty sure make up a small number of PC sales. Usually the "budget" PC still ships with graphics by nVidia or ATI, they just package one of their lower-end cards.
Competition like this kicks ass. The big players taking turns taking the lead. I only wish Matrox were making a larger effort than the Parhelia.
What I am surprised about though is that prices are so high for graphics cards still even with relatively good competition in the marketplace. I mean even the Parhelia debuted at like $400 didn't it?
It always seemed to be that the benefit of having AMD competing with Intel, was that I could get a really good CPU pretty cheap. (Though now it seems AMD is taking it easy for awhile, so that benefit may have been short-lived.) Yet I don't see the competition driving video card prices down.
There's some evil conspiracy afoot here, I know it!
What's the name of that one videocard company from Scandinavia or something, the one that keeps promising the best videocard ever, the one that keeps apparently makes money just by putting out promises and tech sheets?
I kept thinking it was something like Bit Brothers but that's not it. It's Bit something I think.
Maybe Disney should try making NEW good stuff instead of depending on cartoons that made how long ago to bring them income. The stuff the make now is just absolute shite.
This is true. I was born and raised in MN (yay Eden Prairie) and now I live in Phoenix.
It's like one long summer... that... never... ends. It just sucks the life out of you. There's no lush greens here either. The plants look sickly. But it might just be all that brown dirt we have in abundance, we get dust storms that just make everything here brown whether we like it or not.
I had played a little bit of Section Z at a friend's house and enjoyed it. So I got a game that looked similar to it called Abadox.
Now I have both the games and honestly Abadox is so much better. I'm not sure which came out first but it seems like Section Z was a bad copy of Abadox and they just left out the story and fun bosses.
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I have a Genesis with both a 32X and a Sega CD added on to it (it sucks because it uses up THREE FULL SIZE AC adapters). I'm probably one of a very very few people in the world who can play the 32X enhanced version of the Sega CD game Fahrenheit.
The Sega CD is still my most often played system. I have a lot of great games for it that I love.
One thing I wonder about my Sega CD/Genesis/32X: what ever happened to the FMV game publisher "Digital Pictures"? They made like 90% of all the games I own for that system!
Anyone know what happened to them?
As I recall it was called FM Towns "Marty".
I remember an advertisement for it, once. That's all I really know about it actually.
Oh, and I think it's mascot was a green lizard or something. I guess he was Marty.
I just did a quick Google search and apparently Nolan Bushnell is still the father of video games... since Pong was not the first video game.
Apparently we have Bushnell to thank for Computer Space, which according to this site was the "world's first arcade video game system." A variation on the PDP-11 game Space War (which as I recall just used numbers, symbols, and letters to represent characters and action... more of a prototype or an experiment than a full-fledged game that was released upon the world.)
Although this site, too, credits Pong to Bushnell, so I'm not sure how accurate this all is.
A four digit user number and you can honestly say that you're surprised by this? HA!
when you consider that the creek is basically going to be filled with solid and liquid animal waste and decomposed fish and other animals.
It's enough to give you OCD, isn't it?
I wonder if they didn't try to experiment with untreated waste first. I would think it might have a lower coefficient of friction. Pretty slick slopes. Just give the customers bodysuits and gas masks, and they'll be happier than a pig in... oh.
Nevermind... I browsed it again at a -1 threshold and spotted four of them....
*Sigh*
Superbowl fans were all busy watching the game, distracted momentarily from Slashdot.
This story appears and as of yet I don't see anyone saying: "IN SOVIET RUSSIA... Digital Media owns YOU!"
Coincidence? I think not, my friends....
Wasn't V2000 the format that basically looked like GIANT audio cassettes?
My aunt and uncle had a CED player (I don't think it was RCA SelectaVision though, but I could be wrong). When I worked for a market research company, we used Umax (the big cassettes that I believe Beta was based on).
Their breasts?
Who ever said that women can't be stupid hackers too?
(No, I'm not a woman)
First with CD?
I thought Turbografx-16 had it first (the add-on which hooked onto the back, not the later TurboDuo) came out way before the SegaCD.
But then again I was a Sega fan (I still play on my SegaCD/Genesis/32X... despite it using 3 huge power adapters) and didn't follow the TG16 much, except for drooling over it at Toys'R'Us.
What a clever way to get me to read this comment...
The original commenter's question was the first thing I thought of when I read this story.
But even if it had a different gas inside and not a vacuum, how would you lay down a layer of gas without it dispersing?
No one will argue that an Athlon is more efficient deisng than a Pentium.
But it was really cool when I knew that there was nothing Intel had available that could best the top-of-the-line Athlon of the moment.
I said it seems they're taking it east because they don't seem to be vying for the top performing CPU slot out there today. Of course it's still a better deal and all that. But as it is (at least in a single proc system) the fastest Pentium beats the fastest Athlon.
I don't know... I'm using my Athlon 850 and it works fine... no plans to upgrade any time soon. (-:
Well I'm not so sure considering that most PCs shipped are x86 or Mac... and there's maybe three major chip manufacturers among these three (AMD, PPC, and Intel). And yet almost ALL these computers (certainly the more high end ones) will ship with either a graphics chip by ATI or nVidia.
Even when you take into account a lot of the graphics workstations which may be running some more exotic processor, both ATI and nVidia make high-end workstation cards too (though I'm not sure who 3dlabs is owned by these days).
And yes I know there are some *really* budget PCs out there that ship with onboard graphics by companies who primarily manufacture chipsets, but these PCs I'm pretty sure make up a small number of PC sales. Usually the "budget" PC still ships with graphics by nVidia or ATI, they just package one of their lower-end cards.
Competition like this kicks ass. The big players taking turns taking the lead. I only wish Matrox were making a larger effort than the Parhelia.
What I am surprised about though is that prices are so high for graphics cards still even with relatively good competition in the marketplace. I mean even the Parhelia debuted at like $400 didn't it?
It always seemed to be that the benefit of having AMD competing with Intel, was that I could get a really good CPU pretty cheap. (Though now it seems AMD is taking it easy for awhile, so that benefit may have been short-lived.) Yet I don't see the competition driving video card prices down.
There's some evil conspiracy afoot here, I know it!
Livejournal is soooooooo cool (-:
Maybe someone can help me.
What's the name of that one videocard company from Scandinavia or something, the one that keeps promising the best videocard ever, the one that keeps apparently makes money just by putting out promises and tech sheets?
I kept thinking it was something like Bit Brothers but that's not it. It's Bit something I think.
Maybe Disney should try making NEW good stuff instead of depending on cartoons that made how long ago to bring them income. The stuff the make now is just absolute shite.
This is true. I was born and raised in MN (yay Eden Prairie) and now I live in Phoenix.
It's like one long summer... that... never... ends. It just sucks the life out of you. There's no lush greens here either. The plants look sickly. But it might just be all that brown dirt we have in abundance, we get dust storms that just make everything here brown whether we like it or not.
Well... I was with you until that point.
This seems to be a problem with the overall Dune franchise where a potentially great thing is tarnished.
I'm reading the prequels right now and I keep thinking it could be done so much better. Even things in the original novels bothered me.
Good story -- Bad storytellers
I had played a little bit of Section Z at a friend's house and enjoyed it. So I got a game that looked similar to it called Abadox.
Now I have both the games and honestly Abadox is so much better. I'm not sure which came out first but it seems like Section Z was a bad copy of Abadox and they just left out the story and fun bosses.
Super Pitfall always reminded me of a less-fun version of Goonies II.
It really looks stupid though when he floats up. It's sort of like his head suddenly becomes a helium balloon and it lifts him up.
Still... not much gameplay value.