I have a 60 gig hard drive on my iBook and have been holding off on getting an iPod until I could back up the whole thing onto the iPod (I'm travelling and the iPod would be great for backing up as well as being able to boot from should I run into problems)
Be sure to try out the game "Chopper" for OS X.
Anyway, it's damn fun (and pretty) --- you can download it here
http://www.majicjungle.co.nz/chopper.html
Just a note, the latest version of the iPod has been out for about three months... that's not too long in the tooth, but... well, I just get nervous with Macworld (where new products/versions are often announced) always being about two/three weeks after xmas.
For more information on how long stuff has been out or if it might pay to hold off a month or two on that new Apple purchase see the page at http://buyersguide.macrumors.com
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"Killing time at the airport the other day, I got that whisper of a question in my head -- that whisper I'm sure we've all heard... the one that says:
"Hey... just how many coin-operated arcade games were there that had a female protagonist?"
Now, I'm talking about arcade games where the only possible protagonist was female (unlike games where you could choose a different character one of which was female Gauntlet, or games where you were female for just one particular part Return of the Jedi, or games where player one was female, but player two was male Aliens). I'm also not talking about games where the gender could have been either Space Invaders, Asteroids, PONG.
Searching my little mind I could come up with only the following:
Black Widow - Atari, 1982 - a vector graphics game, you played a spider endowed with the ability to shoot. Gameplay was controlled via two joysticks ala Robotron. From your web you had to shoot approaching bugs before they touch you. Once killed, the bugs turned into "$" symbols which you could then collect. One wonders how exactly an arachnid would dispose of said monetary income...
I'm pretty sure this was a female spider because I think it had the "hourglass" mark (which I believe the male lacks).
Granny and the Gators - Bally-Midway, 1983 - one of those combination arcade/pinball games (like Baby Pac Man) that never really seemed to catch on. I never played the game myself, but it alternated between the pinball portion and the arcade portion -- the latter having you paddle down a river avoiding alligators.
Kangaroo - Sun Electronics (Atari license), 1982 - in this game you played a mother kangaroo whose child is kidnapped (by monkeys?) and taken high into some trees. Luckily you happen to be wearing a pair of boxing gloves. No question what a mother needs to do -- save that baby by climbing ladders and jumping from branch to branch while protecting yourself from (by punching) thrown coconuts.
Ladybug - Universal, 1981 - a Pac Man-like game that went a step further as most of the walls could be turned like the hidden wall in Young Frankenstein ("pt duh cndl beck!"). This made for gameplay that wasn't as black and white as Pac -- a quick escape by turning a wall might save you from one baddie only to put you into the hands of another. Although ladybugs come in both genders (see A Bug's Life), I think from the side art, this one was meant to be female.
Ms. Pac Man - Midway, 1981 - of course. This was a spruced up version of Pac Man. You'll still see it every once in a while in the corner of some restaurant in a town you're passing through. If I recall, she had lipstick, a mole, and a hair ribbon (yet no hair).
Ms. Pac Man Plus - Midway, 1981 - same gameplay, same characters, same everythi... wait a second, different mazes. See gamemaker, see gamemaker with a hit on it's hands, see gamemaker milk theme for all it's worth -- I'm still waiting for Ms. Super Pac Man Junior Plus Plus Deluxe myself...
Pooyan - Konami, 1982 - you played a mother pig trying to keep her wee piglets safe from the clutches of little wolves. You piloted a little elevator (powered by two of your offspring) up and down, shooting arrows at the wolves who glided up and/or down on balloons. I don't think you could actually shoot the wolves -- they would raise a hairy arm and deflect the arrow (that's some tough skin!) -- you had to shoot their balloons. It had cute cartoon-looking graphics.
Here are games that I have been/msg'ed about:
Rod-Land - Jaleco, 1990 - Clone tells me that in this game,
I'm wondering if someone has a web page out there that lists all of the various protection schemes with their introduction date and then another column showing the work-around with their introduction dates. Formats still "un-work-arounded" would have a counter showing the "number of days" they have been "viable".
It would be interesting to see just how long the average one of these mega-buck "iron clad" protection schemes actually lasts.
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I have a 60 gig hard drive on my iBook and have been holding off on getting an iPod until I could back up the whole thing onto the iPod (I'm travelling and the iPod would be great for backing up as well as being able to boot from should I run into problems)
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Be sure to try out the game "Chopper" for OS X. Anyway, it's damn fun (and pretty) --- you can download it here http://www.majicjungle.co.nz/chopper.html
Just a note, the latest version of the iPod has been out for about three months... that's not too long in the tooth, but... well, I just get nervous with Macworld (where new products/versions are often announced) always being about two/three weeks after xmas.
For more information on how long stuff has been out or if it might pay to hold off a month or two on that new Apple purchase see the page at
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com
By gum, them iPods are tempting little buggers...
"Killing time at the airport the other day, I got that whisper of a question in my head -- that whisper I'm sure we've all heard... the one that says:
Now, I'm talking about arcade games where the only possible protagonist was female (unlike games where you could choose a different character one of which was female Gauntlet, or games where you were female for just one particular part Return of the Jedi, or games where player one was female, but player two was male Aliens). I'm also not talking about games where the gender could have been either Space Invaders, Asteroids, PONG.
Searching my little mind I could come up with only the following:
I'm pretty sure this was a female spider because I think it had the "hourglass" mark (which I believe the male lacks).
Here are games that I have been /msg'ed about:
It would be interesting to see just how long the average one of these mega-buck "iron clad" protection schemes actually lasts.
Anyone know of a page like this?