Absolutely. My wife and I enjoyed playing it. Some of the puzzles were a little beyond her ability though, so we frequently swapped controllers so that I could do a frustrating part for her.
SSX/SSX Tricky are also favorites around our house. My wife races down the mountain (and frequently beats me) while I try to do crazy tricks. Not really co-op though.
She also enjoys "playing" graphical adventures with me - ie, helping to solve the puzzles, if not actually controlling the character on screen. "Escape From Monkey Island" is one that we really enjoyed together.
If you want to go back in time, try out "Chew Man Fu" for the TG16, which is the video game that got my Mom hooked on playing video games (she's 52 now, and addicted to Hot Shots Golf 3) Good co-op mode there, but a little hard to track down;)
Seeing as they make money every year (ie wind up adding money to the government coffers) I don't know what else to say.
The infrastrucure was built by taxpayer money initially, but as I said before, I'll stack our telcos service levels with any private company in the world. And after all, isn't that what it's all about?
There are cases when having a government run business can be a good thing - of course that's not always the case, but where SaskTel is concerned, I'm glad they stayed competition free for as long as they did. They can still afford to innovate, unlike a lot of other phone companies.
I disagree. The local phone company here is owned by the province, and they provide great service at a reasonable price.
Taxes don't pay for everything, and there is now competition for long distance carriers here, but most people are sticking with the government carrier because the other services aren't any cheaper or better.
DSL is available in all kinds of out of the way places too.
I'll stack SaskTel up with any of your private companys any time.
True enough, but I don't know anyone who is completely immune to these impulses. Not acting on them is what makes us sane (or more sane anyway)
Many is the time that I've seen a pedestrian after a long session of Carmageddon, and thought - I could just swerve a little bit, and extend my time. Damned pedestrians, taking up my sidewalks.
In fact, I'd like to run one over right now... Whoa - where did that come from?
Only if you agree that the Genesis was a more powerful machine than the TG16, which I think you'll find some debate on (regardless of different chipsets etc.) They were the same generation after all.
I got a TG16 back when I was around 12, and I still occasionally play it. My opinion is that the main source of it's troubles was the single controller port. Yes, you could get a tap, and then play up to 5 player games (which was awesome - at the time, systems were limited to 2 player mostly)
Even though many console games are one player only, you need to have two ports to sell a system.
Bomberman on the TG16 has never been surpassed (in my opinion) by another bomberman game. I tried Bomberman64, and was sick for a week, it was such a bad bastardization of a great multiplayer game.
MotoRoader is a fun, addictive little racing game that we (my brothers and I) dust off every now and then to challenge each other.
Hell, "Chew Man Fu" was the first video game that I ever got my Mom to play, and she recently bought four new controllers (yes new - they're still available for some reason) so that she could keep playing it.
Bonk's Adventure, Bonk's Revenge, and Bonk's Big Adventure (Bonk 3) were all awesome games too. I preferred them to the SMB3's of the world, with their only flaw being that they were too short for my liking (as with most great games - see Sly Cooper)
And as for the TurboExpress - it took until the GBA before it was finally unseated as the most powerful handheld system available. It was expensive, it ate through batteries like crazy, and it was huge (especially in comparison to a modern day GBA) but it was fun. Plus, being able to just use my TG16 games in it made for a ready-made library. I think my brother still has his.
I've played a lot of consoles, and owned a lot too (Genesis, SMS, PSX, PS2, Dreamcast) and none of them has/had a library that stacks up with the TG16 for pure gaming goodness. There were some stinkers in the TG16 lineup, but there were way more beauties - Military Madness, Bomberman series, Bonk series, Ys series, Drac X, Blazing Lasers (don't get me started on shmups) Street Fighter (SFII was the best version available on any system at the time.)
So, to summarize, I'm glad to see that some of those great games haven't been completely forgotten.
Billg: "Your Internet ad was brought to my attention, but I can't figure out what, if anything, Compuglobalhypermeganet does, so rather than risk competing with you, I've decided simply to buy you out."
Homer: "I reluctantly accept your proposal!"
Billg: "Well everyone always does. Buy 'em out, boys!"
Not so much the illegal activity that they put a stop to, it was the legal activities that they put a stop to, without due process, just based on legal threats.
I have a friend who was booted from napster because he downloaded mp3's of a metallica album that he owns rather than rip them himself. They said it was up to him to prove his innocence. What is this, France? Last I checked, you're innocent until proven guilty.
No, they're supposed to show respect for their customers.
I used to work in a retail clothing store, and if we started sewing the neck holes shut on t-shirts (a new feature) to prevent them from wearing out prematurely, I wouldn't expect regular customers to come flocking back because we announced that we'd stopped doing it (due to customer complaints.)
So, yes, I guess they are supposed to read my mind. Is there a single person in the entire world who views crippling their software like this as a new capability? If you can show me some, I've got a bunch of t-shirts to sell them.
They've already lost me as a customer. I will not be returning, due to their lack of respect for me.
There are other tax software vendors, and lots of other financial packages, and I will continue to look to their competitors. It's not like their software is far and away the best out there, and I'm forced to use it.
Could be good, but it would be nice if they produced a new story every now and then, instead of rehashing the same game years later on every platform...
They'll also need a traditional green army man standing on a tiny pedestal that they can hook the tank up to with dental floss to "topple" the regieme.
If the tanks were a little bigger, they could pretend that the minesweeper guy is Geraldo, and drive him out of the country - finally give that minesweeper a purpose in life (other than to be melted by magnifying glasses)
I think it's one of those things that's tough to put a value on until (or if) it happens. There could be gold in them thar signals.
It might not be obvious now what kind of things we could learn once the signals were decoded, but given the vast reverse-engineering expertise thats out there, I have to think that the signals will be decoded, and something will be learned from them.
Even if it's only that Wingo Frumplesnoot was the first one voted off the island in "Survivor: Quirmlik"
People will buy the gadget with better functionality built into it (ie. TIVO/Replay) given the choice and the knowledge.
They can hope that people will be stupid enough to shell out money for crippled hardware, but DivX (the original crippled DVD competitor) shows how well that works.
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Absolutely. My wife and I enjoyed playing it. Some of the puzzles were a little beyond her ability though, so we frequently swapped controllers so that I could do a frustrating part for her.
;)
SSX/SSX Tricky are also favorites around our house. My wife races down the mountain (and frequently beats me) while I try to do crazy tricks. Not really co-op though.
She also enjoys "playing" graphical adventures with me - ie, helping to solve the puzzles, if not actually controlling the character on screen. "Escape From Monkey Island" is one that we really enjoyed together.
If you want to go back in time, try out "Chew Man Fu" for the TG16, which is the video game that got my Mom hooked on playing video games (she's 52 now, and addicted to Hot Shots Golf 3) Good co-op mode there, but a little hard to track down
Or you can just google msdn - "site:msdn.microsoft.com blue screen of death" :-)
It's funny because it's true.
Seriously, go to the MSN search sidebar under IE - they have a "search preview" window which shows thumbnails of what the search results look like.
When a coworker showed me that, I was somewhat surprised. It's a neat feature, but I'll stick with Google.
I've gotta say that Carmageddon is the one game that, while fun to play, seriously affected my driving for hours afterwards.
It was very tough to not swerve onto the sidewalk on my way home after a day-long Carmageddon session at a friend's place. Seriously.
But I didn't do it, which is why I'm not currently in prison or the loony bin.
Seeing as they make money every year (ie wind up adding money to the government coffers) I don't know what else to say.
The infrastrucure was built by taxpayer money initially, but as I said before, I'll stack our telcos service levels with any private company in the world. And after all, isn't that what it's all about?
There are cases when having a government run business can be a good thing - of course that's not always the case, but where SaskTel is concerned, I'm glad they stayed competition free for as long as they did. They can still afford to innovate, unlike a lot of other phone companies.
I disagree. The local phone company here is owned by the province, and they provide great service at a reasonable price. Taxes don't pay for everything, and there is now competition for long distance carriers here, but most people are sticking with the government carrier because the other services aren't any cheaper or better. DSL is available in all kinds of out of the way places too. I'll stack SaskTel up with any of your private companys any time.
True enough, but I don't know anyone who is completely immune to these impulses. Not acting on them is what makes us sane (or more sane anyway)
Many is the time that I've seen a pedestrian after a long session of Carmageddon, and thought - I could just swerve a little bit, and extend my time. Damned pedestrians, taking up my sidewalks.
In fact, I'd like to run one over right now... Whoa - where did that come from?
Only if you agree that the Genesis was a more powerful machine than the TG16, which I think you'll find some debate on (regardless of different chipsets etc.) They were the same generation after all.
I got a TG16 back when I was around 12, and I still occasionally play it. My opinion is that the main source of it's troubles was the single controller port. Yes, you could get a tap, and then play up to 5 player games (which was awesome - at the time, systems were limited to 2 player mostly)
Even though many console games are one player only, you need to have two ports to sell a system.
Bomberman on the TG16 has never been surpassed (in my opinion) by another bomberman game. I tried Bomberman64, and was sick for a week, it was such a bad bastardization of a great multiplayer game.
MotoRoader is a fun, addictive little racing game that we (my brothers and I) dust off every now and then to challenge each other.
Hell, "Chew Man Fu" was the first video game that I ever got my Mom to play, and she recently bought four new controllers (yes new - they're still available for some reason) so that she could keep playing it.
Bonk's Adventure, Bonk's Revenge, and Bonk's Big Adventure (Bonk 3) were all awesome games too. I preferred them to the SMB3's of the world, with their only flaw being that they were too short for my liking (as with most great games - see Sly Cooper)
And as for the TurboExpress - it took until the GBA before it was finally unseated as the most powerful handheld system available. It was expensive, it ate through batteries like crazy, and it was huge (especially in comparison to a modern day GBA) but it was fun. Plus, being able to just use my TG16 games in it made for a ready-made library. I think my brother still has his.
I've played a lot of consoles, and owned a lot too (Genesis, SMS, PSX, PS2, Dreamcast) and none of them has/had a library that stacks up with the TG16 for pure gaming goodness. There were some stinkers in the TG16 lineup, but there were way more beauties - Military Madness, Bomberman series, Bonk series, Ys series, Drac X, Blazing Lasers (don't get me started on shmups) Street Fighter (SFII was the best version available on any system at the time.)
So, to summarize, I'm glad to see that some of those great games haven't been completely forgotten.
Double ROT-13 is much better.
ObSimpson's Quote:
Billg: "Your Internet ad was brought to my attention, but I can't figure out what, if anything, Compuglobalhypermeganet does, so rather than risk competing with you, I've decided simply to buy you out."
Homer: "I reluctantly accept your proposal!"
Billg: "Well everyone always does. Buy 'em out, boys!"
Not so much the illegal activity that they put a stop to, it was the legal activities that they put a stop to, without due process, just based on legal threats.
I have a friend who was booted from napster because he downloaded mp3's of a metallica album that he owns rather than rip them himself. They said it was up to him to prove his innocence. What is this, France? Last I checked, you're innocent until proven guilty.
I want to be able to hire lawyers to have people kicked off of P2P services. If I can't do that, I won't play.
Ah - see I'm in Canada, and there are lots of other options than "QuickTax" - the Canadian version of TurboTax.
I didn't buy it this year, instead opting for a web based service.
No, they're supposed to show respect for their customers.
I used to work in a retail clothing store, and if we started sewing the neck holes shut on t-shirts (a new feature) to prevent them from wearing out prematurely, I wouldn't expect regular customers to come flocking back because we announced that we'd stopped doing it (due to customer complaints.)
So, yes, I guess they are supposed to read my mind. Is there a single person in the entire world who views crippling their software like this as a new capability? If you can show me some, I've got a bunch of t-shirts to sell them.
They've already lost me as a customer. I will not be returning, due to their lack of respect for me.
There are other tax software vendors, and lots of other financial packages, and I will continue to look to their competitors. It's not like their software is far and away the best out there, and I'm forced to use it.
Where's your TG16? Seriously, you missed out on some good games on that console. :P
Could be good, but it would be nice if they produced a new story every now and then, instead of rehashing the same game years later on every platform...
What rights does this concern? The right to take things that you want, even if they belong to someone else.
They'll also need a traditional green army man standing on a tiny pedestal that they can hook the tank up to with dental floss to "topple" the regieme.
If the tanks were a little bigger, they could pretend that the minesweeper guy is Geraldo, and drive him out of the country - finally give that minesweeper a purpose in life (other than to be melted by magnifying glasses)
I think it's one of those things that's tough to put a value on until (or if) it happens. There could be gold in them thar signals.
It might not be obvious now what kind of things we could learn once the signals were decoded, but given the vast reverse-engineering expertise thats out there, I have to think that the signals will be decoded, and something will be learned from them.
Even if it's only that Wingo Frumplesnoot was the first one voted off the island in "Survivor: Quirmlik"
you missed the ;-) yourself :P
People will buy the gadget with better functionality built into it (ie. TIVO/Replay) given the choice and the knowledge.
They can hope that people will be stupid enough to shell out money for crippled hardware, but DivX (the original crippled DVD competitor) shows how well that works.
Let me get this straight - I need the linux kit to run this linux distro?
:P
Wake me up when there's a bootable DVD distro that doesn't require any additional hardware.
Back in my day all we had for input devices were dual shock controllers
Surely EA didn't take the people who work there and kill them as a "severance" package, did they?
Studios don't create great games, people do.