I don't own a Gamecube or Xbox, but I have two PS2's One has a Linux kit in it (and that's all it does is run Linux) and the other has the FFXI HD in it and is just for games. I have 32 titles for it.
The reason I don't own a Gamecube (yet) is because I can think of only 3 games that I would want to play on it. The two Metroids and Animal Crossing. Admittedly I'll probably buy one used cheap in the future like how I didn't buy an N64 till after the Gamecube was out.
Something similar applies for the Xbox, I can think of about 5 games, The two KOTOR's, the two MechAssaults, Morrowind and Steel Battalion that really appeal to me.
I used to love Nintendo, several of my favorite games are SNES games. But when a former fan can actually say that the Xbox (shudder) appeals more to him than a Gamecube it's getting bad.
I don't want connectivity gimmicks to make me buy one of Nintendo's real cash cows, the handhelds. I want online play. I want RPG's and lots of them. I want to be able to buy any ole keyboard and plug it in. I want First person shooters to actually support mouse aim even if I still use an analog stick to move. I want a good controller that works fine with all genre's.
The PS2 gives me that, odds are the PS3 will give me more of that.
There are those who say, Nintendo makes the best games. They make good games, yes, but the defining games in the genre that Nintendo used to be known for aren't Nintendo's anymore.
Name the defining platformers of the current console generation: They're PS2 titles. Three Jak & Daxter's, Three Ratchet and Clanks, two Sly coopers.
It's kind of sad that if you want to play good platformers and LOTS of them, you don't want a Nintendo machine.
Just finished compiling and installing it on my Playstation 2 Linux kit. (294 MHz CPU, 32MB RAM)
Firefox isn't as rleatively snappy under xfce as it is under fluxbox, but it's snappier than Firefox under KDE1. So yes, it's not "light weight" but it is "lighter weight"
ICO is a great game, too bad it didn't sell very well.
It's one of the few games I've played where I had a real emotional attachment to the onscreen characters. I found myself actually "talking" to Yorda. And some of the locales in the game actually gave me "vertigo".
There are other PS2 games that come on CD's (from my own collection): Tekken Tag,Tournament, Legends of Wrestling, RPG Maker 2, Gauntlet Dark Legacy, Half-Life, The Sims, Okage Shadow King.
keyboard control sucks for action game movement. I've tried to understand the WASD obsession but I can't. Mice are fine, I like playing my Playstation/Playstation 2 FPS's with the dual shock in the left hand for movement and mouse in the right for targeting.
You'd probably like some console games if you took the time to become more familiar with the controls. And it does take time.
When I first heard that the Playstation 2 would be DVD based I cheered. No more mulitdisc Square RPG's, They could slap the whole thing on one disc.
What's even more amazing is that Sony actually thought about putting the newly invented DVD drive in their original Playstation. They went with a CD drive for cost reasons.
When CD first came out there were articles in mainstream magazines about it could not only hold music but computer data. ie how one could put a whole encyclopedia on one.
When DVD appeared that didn't happen, even the name of the disc in consumers eyes (Digital Video Disc) implies that it's a video storage medium. In ads for PC's a DVD drive is mentioned as "letting you watch or burn movies" rather than letting one store lots of data or installing software with only one disc.
I run fluxbox on my Playstation 2 Linux kit. 294 MHz 32MB RDRAM. The CPU isn't really the problem it's the RAM. KDE3 does not run on the kit, but KDE1 and 2 do. What's funny is that KDE2 still runs better on the kit than the included version of Gnome does. Konq segfaults if you try to use it as a web browser though.
It is possible for the Rebels to win on Hoth (in multiplayer). They need to take down those AT-AT's though, with the speeders and tow cables for a quicker takedown. The speeders are difficult to fly due to their speed. All of the fighter craft are a bit too fast to use effectively to support ground troops. They could fix the problem with something like "cruise control" so that if you slow your vehicle down it stays slow until you speed it up.
One other thing, a lot of people don't know that in addition to the tow cable the guy in the rear also has some kind of blaster to shoot.
And you need to keep your control points. And use those turrets. A couple of the black dish turrets can take down an AT-ST.
I sure wish that the Rebels had those Combat Speeders they have on Rhen Var on Hoth.
That's another thing, smart players escort those AT-AT's on Hoth and Rhen Var with AT-ST's and those IXT tanks.
I hate WASD with a passion. a keyboard for an action game?
That's why I play console FPS's with the analog stick in the left hand, PSone or USB mouse (Playstation 2) in the right. Best compromise. Analog movement and accurate targeting.
Oh the console gamers know about Doom alright, considering the original game got ported to: SNES, Genesis 32X, Saturn, Jaguar, 3D0, GBA, N64, and PSone. Some of those DOOM versions also have DOOM II in them.
I've only played the console versions (SNES and PSone) and prboom on the PS2 Linux kit. Personally I think the PSone version is my favorite, but they altered the levels a bit. I actually liked the SNES version, it uses the FX2 chip which is how it is able to run at all. Has interesting music.
I personally am expecting that DOOM 3 will eventually get ported to every console under the sun. Most likely on PS3 in 2006 with a blurb on the back from Romero or Carmack saying something like "Best Doom Yet."
That's right, the most important thing is what resolution and effects the game has, not how it plays.
Look maybe you should actually stop playing games and just run benchmarks for bragging purposes if the technology of games is what matters so much to you.
Sonny, PC gaming has been dying a slow death since about late 86 early 87. That was about the last time the "mainstream gamer" was a PC gamer. The gaming platform of choice being the C64. Nintendo took out Commodore on the low end easily enough and since many people felt that had to have DOS PC's so they could bring work home, that killed Commodore on the high end.
Sure there have been surges of PC game sales about every 5 years or so. 93:Doom 98: Half life, 04: Doom 3 HL2. but the overall trend is downward.
Console players don't give a damn about mods, because for 1 99 percent of them suck and 2, console players don't have to wait 5 years for a sequel to a hit game. They have plenty of new games to play so they aren't stuck making do with some old game and making mods for it out of desperation.
And actually Half-life is a console game.. Counter Strike is a separate game.
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I don't own a Gamecube or Xbox, but I have two PS2's One has a Linux kit in it (and that's all it does is run Linux) and the other has the FFXI HD in it and is just for games. I have 32 titles for it.
The reason I don't own a Gamecube (yet) is because I can think of only 3 games that I would want to play on it. The two Metroids and Animal Crossing. Admittedly I'll probably buy one used cheap in the future like how I didn't buy an N64 till after the Gamecube was out.
Something similar applies for the Xbox, I can think of about 5 games, The two KOTOR's, the two MechAssaults, Morrowind and Steel Battalion that really appeal to me.
I used to love Nintendo, several of my favorite games are SNES games. But when a former fan can actually say that the Xbox (shudder) appeals more to him than a Gamecube it's getting bad.
I don't want connectivity gimmicks to make me buy one of Nintendo's real cash cows, the handhelds. I want online play. I want RPG's and lots of them. I want to be able to buy any ole keyboard and plug it in. I want First person shooters to actually support mouse aim even if I still use an analog stick to move. I want a good controller that works fine with all genre's.
The PS2 gives me that, odds are the PS3 will give me more of that.
There are those who say, Nintendo makes the best games. They make good games, yes, but the defining games in the genre that Nintendo used to be known for aren't Nintendo's anymore.
Name the defining platformers of the current console generation: They're PS2 titles. Three Jak & Daxter's, Three Ratchet and Clanks, two Sly coopers.
It's kind of sad that if you want to play good platformers and LOTS of them, you don't want a Nintendo machine.
Just finished compiling and installing it on my Playstation 2 Linux kit. (294 MHz CPU, 32MB RAM)
Firefox isn't as rleatively snappy under xfce as it is under fluxbox, but it's snappier than Firefox under KDE1. So yes, it's not "light weight" but it is "lighter weight"
ICO is a great game, too bad it didn't sell very well.
It's one of the few games I've played where I had a real emotional attachment to the onscreen characters. I found myself actually "talking" to Yorda. And some of the locales in the game actually gave me "vertigo".
There are other PS2 games that come on CD's (from my own collection): Tekken Tag,Tournament, Legends of Wrestling, RPG Maker 2, Gauntlet Dark Legacy, Half-Life, The Sims, Okage Shadow King.
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keyboard control sucks for action game movement. I've tried to understand the WASD obsession but I can't. Mice are fine, I like playing my Playstation/Playstation 2 FPS's with the dual shock in the left hand for movement and mouse in the right for targeting.
You'd probably like some console games if you took the time to become more familiar with the controls. And it does take time.
Don't forget the Playstation 2 port which has mouse and keyboard support.
I don't see why there wouldn't be a port, since the original game was ported to the PS2. (And the Dreamcast but it's port wasn't released)
If Firefox can compile/run on the Playstation 2 Linux kit (RH 6.2 equivalent with glibc 2.2.2) it ought to work on your system.
Try --disable-freetype2, that should enable you to compile without xft.
Why don't you set the right analog stick for gas/brake?
When I first heard that the Playstation 2 would be DVD based I cheered. No more mulitdisc Square RPG's, They could slap the whole thing on one disc.
What's even more amazing is that Sony actually thought about putting the newly invented DVD drive in their original Playstation. They went with a CD drive for cost reasons.
When CD first came out there were articles in mainstream magazines about it could not only hold music but computer data. ie how one could put a whole encyclopedia on one.
When DVD appeared that didn't happen, even the name of the disc in consumers eyes (Digital Video Disc) implies that it's a video storage medium. In ads for PC's a DVD drive is mentioned as "letting you watch or burn movies" rather than letting one store lots of data or installing software with only one disc.
I actually have a PS2 (with Linux kit installed) whose sole purpose is text editing, web browsing and email. (and other things)
I run fluxbox on my Playstation 2 Linux kit. 294 MHz 32MB RDRAM. The CPU isn't really the problem it's the RAM. KDE3 does not run on the kit, but KDE1 and 2 do. What's funny is that KDE2 still runs better on the kit than the included version of Gnome does. Konq segfaults if you try to use it as a web browser though.
At least to me. As far as I know, no one has ever got KDE3 to compile/install on a Playstation 2 Linux kit.
I know from personal experience that mplayer, Firefox and vim all run on Playstation 2 Linux kit.
Because people emulated Amigas on Playstation 2 Linux kits 2 years ago using UAE.
It is possible for the Rebels to win on Hoth (in multiplayer). They need to take down those AT-AT's though, with the speeders and tow cables for a quicker takedown. The speeders are difficult to fly due to their speed. All of the fighter craft are a bit too fast to use effectively to support ground troops. They could fix the problem with something like "cruise control" so that if you slow your vehicle down it stays slow until you speed it up.
One other thing, a lot of people don't know that in addition to the tow cable the guy in the rear also has some kind of blaster to shoot.
And you need to keep your control points. And use those turrets. A couple of the black dish turrets can take down an AT-ST.
I sure wish that the Rebels had those Combat Speeders they have on Rhen Var on Hoth.
That's another thing, smart players escort those AT-AT's on Hoth and Rhen Var with AT-ST's and those IXT tanks.
In the PS2 version you can set a control to switch viewpoints, most people have it set to L3.
However in the PS2 version only infantry has a 1st person viewpoint available.
Madison is woman who just happened to be born male.
Sex and Gender are two very different things.
All PS2's can output Dolby 5.1 with DVD video, it's Dolby 5.1 and games that's the problem
The newest PS2's the 50001 series can do progressive scan for DVD video.
I hate WASD with a passion. a keyboard for an action game?
That's why I play console FPS's with the analog stick in the left hand, PSone or USB mouse (Playstation 2) in the right. Best compromise. Analog movement and accurate targeting.
I hate those bleeping lightning bolts, I STILL don't have Onion Knight upgraded.
I hated the chocobo racing thing in FFX too.
The FFVII chocobo racing I liked, and Battle square.
Oh the console gamers know about Doom alright, considering the original game got ported to: SNES, Genesis 32X, Saturn, Jaguar, 3D0, GBA, N64, and PSone. Some of those DOOM versions also have DOOM II in them.
I've only played the console versions (SNES and PSone) and prboom on the PS2 Linux kit. Personally I think the PSone version is my favorite, but they altered the levels a bit. I actually liked the SNES version, it uses the FX2 chip which is how it is able to run at all. Has interesting music.
I personally am expecting that DOOM 3 will eventually get ported to every console under the sun. Most likely on PS3 in 2006 with a blurb on the back from Romero or Carmack saying something like "Best Doom Yet."
That's right, the most important thing is what resolution and effects the game has, not how it plays.
Look maybe you should actually stop playing games and just run benchmarks for bragging purposes if the technology of games is what matters so much to you.
Sonny, PC gaming has been dying a slow death since about late 86 early 87. That was about the last time the "mainstream gamer" was a PC gamer. The gaming platform of choice being the C64. Nintendo took out Commodore on the low end easily enough and since many people felt that had to have DOS PC's so they could bring work home, that killed Commodore on the high end.
Sure there have been surges of PC game sales about every 5 years or so. 93:Doom 98: Half life, 04: Doom 3 HL2. but the overall trend is downward.
Console players don't give a damn about mods, because for 1 99 percent of them suck and 2, console players don't have to wait 5 years for a sequel to a hit game. They have plenty of new games to play so they aren't stuck making do with some old game and making mods for it out of desperation.
And actually Half-life is a console game.. Counter Strike is a separate game.