Quake III by itself was awful, the multiplayer was well defined but it was more of the same. Unreal Tournament did a much better job with gameplay
But look at all the Q3 licensed games that came out.
Heavy Metal F.A.K.K.2 Return to Castle Wolfenstein Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Jedi Academy Alice Star Trek: Elite Force Medal of Honor Allied Assault Team Fortress II James Bond 007: The World is not Enough Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast.
And I'm sure I've missed a few...
At $250,000 a license, they made a few bucks in just licensing I've heard that the new Doom III license will be going for $1,000,000
Everyone knows that on October 30th, 1938, the United States was invaided by Mars and the the 'radio broadcast' was a cover-up created by the Govenment...sheesh!
What are the kids gonna come with next? That Bush and Kerry are part the of the Order of Skull & Bones?
How can this be a BAD thing since MS already has the corner market on this?
Bringing cross-platform compatability for something like this is is nothing less then excellent. Sure you can argue that Linux is "copying and following in MS's footsteps" but at this point there is not much choice in the matter if you want to use an Excel sheet in Linux. The Open Office is GREAT, but the biggest complaint is that it is not very compatable with MSOffice...which is the #1 reason MANY people do not use it at all an use Codeweavers CrossOver Office to run MSOffice in Linux.
I'll be happy when I can make and send a resume in Linux (without running MSOffice whatsoever) and be sure that the receiver will be able to open it in their Windows apps without any problems!
Space Invader sprites does not conceal that fact, it's mocking it.
I'd say those sprites are just place holders until the modeling and textures are done. Of course in the (very short) General Questions they mention that there are two(2) guys working on it (Chris Delay and Andy Bainbridge) and it's meant to have a 'retro' feel, so maybe those are the near-final graphics?
And they mention the Mac/Linux ports are still a maybe =(
The Blob was awesome, all you had to do was touch a building and walk off...after a bit the building would collapse. I always got the best scores with the Blob on a rampage =)
Oh man, Thanks! I knew I should of dug it out of the box as I could not find it listed anywhere!
Mail Order Monsters was the second most played game on my Commodore, next to Wasteland and I couldn't get the name right! Blah, Thanks!!
Now where the fuck can we purchase this mythical product?
I've searched their site AND the internet, all I can find are these "Press Releases" but not product to purchase. If there is a better way to play DVDs in Linux, I'm sure more then myself would like to see it.
Meanwhile, 6 or 7 articles before this one, was there not an article about Turbolinux shipping with a licensed DVD player, and WMP licenses?
Someone needs to learn to read dates...
This interview was from April 16, 2004
TurboLinux made the announcement yesterday and on top of that it mentions the player, but CyberLink does not have a listing for the product
How is anyone suppose to be able to use a product that does not exist yet?
I'm with you, 30 is the end of a Gamers Life apparently. Those of us that had our first computer experience with a CommodorePET or Apple][e, it's time to put away the joysticks, keyboards and controllers and start prepping our wheelchairs and tuning out hearing aids....
That whole "Games" series was bad. Why put them all together like this? What are the other 23 games on it?
With any luck they will be other great EA games from the time like "Monster Construction Set" "Pinball Construction Set" "Archon" "Seven Cities of Gold" "Arctic Fox" "Caveman Ugh-lympics" "Wasteland"
Just to name a few. Has anyone seen Monster Construction Set anywhere but the C64? It was one of those great R3 games where you customize a monster and send him to fight other monsters for prize money to build better monsters...
As of April 24th, the images are licensed under the Creative Commons License (Attribution/NonCommercial) which explicitly states that the work may not be used for commercial purposes, unless permission is provided by the author
It seems that Graphical Artists in any Marketing division seem to run into this problem all the time.
Aren't the images on kde-look public domain? Or is there a disclaimer that forbids this?
If you remove any core packages your system may cease to function and the removal of various libraries may cause software to fail.
There's the key, in anything you do. You sure as HELL better know what your are doing if you are removing core packages! emerge unmerge gcc
Might not be the best idea on a Gentoo system...
Also, if you've been installing certain packages with the ALLOW_KEYWORDS="~x86" to get the 'bleeding edge' versions, an "emerge -u world" will 'downgrade' those packages to the 'stable' version.
And using a global keywords upgrade won't work since there are many packages that won't even compile without certain tweaks
I still have perfectly working music CDs from the late 80s.
I have data CDs from the early 90s that are fine also
I just dug up some CD-Rs I burned from 1998 and they were fine also.
I think CDs can last a long time, but just like everything else...you need to take care of them. If it's something you use all the time, make backups and use those.
It's not time that kills CDs...it's scratches and wear.
and you still choose to pay then maybe there's something wrong with the free choice.
Like not being known?
most people have never heard of Linux, and most those that have think that it is a software package that you load on a Windows server. The reason people will pay $300 for Windows is because that's all they know. Samething when it comes to CPUs, I hear way too often that all someone wants when getting a new computer is a 'Pentium'. You mention AMD and they look all puzzled and say 'is that a Pentium?'
It's all about advertising, which Linux get's very little of. And the advertising it does get is very generic and not very specific. Those that know Linux think it's a product of IBM or a new way of running servers. If Red Hat or SUSE or Mandrake ran ads every 5 minutes on 'Must See TV' people would notice, but this isn't going to happen soon because that costs A LOT of money...money which none of these companies have.
That and they need a jingle that will stick in peoples heads for years and/or a silly mascot that people will remember.
Unfortunatly I alreay spent the $20 for the Linuxant drivers before the NDIS Wrapper project got stable...I have been following the ipw progress throught the mailing group and that looks very promising. The install is still more then I care to do though (patch kernel and compile the driver then link it to the firmware)
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It wasn't a joke, it was fact =P
Quake III by itself was awful, the multiplayer was well defined but it was more of the same. Unreal Tournament did a much better job with gameplay
But look at all the Q3 licensed games that came out.
Heavy Metal F.A.K.K.2
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Jedi Academy
Alice
Star Trek: Elite Force
Medal of Honor Allied Assault
Team Fortress II
James Bond 007: The World is not Enough
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast.
And I'm sure I've missed a few...
At $250,000 a license, they made a few bucks in just licensing
I've heard that the new Doom III license will be going for $1,000,000
id Software's Technology Licensing Program
Everyone knows that on October 30th, 1938, the United States was invaided by Mars and the the 'radio broadcast' was a cover-up created by the Govenment...sheesh!
What are the kids gonna come with next? That Bush and Kerry are part the of the Order of Skull & Bones?
How can this be a BAD thing since MS already has the corner market on this?
Bringing cross-platform compatability for something like this is is nothing less then excellent. Sure you can argue that Linux is "copying and following in MS's footsteps" but at this point there is not much choice in the matter if you want to use an Excel sheet in Linux. The Open Office is GREAT, but the biggest complaint is that it is not very compatable with MSOffice...which is the #1 reason MANY people do not use it at all an use Codeweavers CrossOver Office to run MSOffice in Linux.
I'll be happy when I can make and send a resume in Linux (without running MSOffice whatsoever) and be sure that the receiver will be able to open it in their Windows apps without any problems!
And they mention the Mac/Linux ports are still a maybe =(
Could the whole posting of this 'story' be any more biased and less professional?
Why do things this poorly written even get posted?
The Blob was awesome, all you had to do was touch a building and walk off...after a bit the building would collapse. I always got the best scores with the Blob on a rampage =)
And it was Epyx
Oh man, Thanks! I knew I should of dug it out of the box as I could not find it listed anywhere!
Mail Order Monsters was the second most played game on my Commodore, next to Wasteland and I couldn't get the name right! Blah, Thanks!!
Your just as awesome!
Now where the fuck can we purchase this mythical product?
I've searched their site AND the internet, all I can find are these "Press Releases" but not product to purchase. If there is a better way to play DVDs in Linux, I'm sure more then myself would like to see it.
This interview was from April 16, 2004
TurboLinux made the announcement yesterday and on top of that it mentions the player, but CyberLink does not have a listing for the product
How is anyone suppose to be able to use a product that does not exist yet?
I'm with you, 30 is the end of a Gamers Life apparently. Those of us that had our first computer experience with a CommodorePET or Apple][e, it's time to put away the joysticks, keyboards and controllers and start prepping our wheelchairs and tuning out hearing aids....
That whole "Games" series was bad. Why put them all together like this? What are the other 23 games on it?
With any luck they will be other great EA games from the time like "Monster Construction Set" "Pinball Construction Set" "Archon" "Seven Cities of Gold" "Arctic Fox" "Caveman Ugh-lympics" "Wasteland"
Just to name a few. Has anyone seen Monster Construction Set anywhere but the C64? It was one of those great R3 games where you customize a monster and send him to fight other monsters for prize money to build better monsters...
It seems that Graphical Artists in any Marketing division seem to run into this problem all the time.
Aren't the images on kde-look public domain? Or is there a disclaimer that forbids this?
emerge unmerge gcc
Might not be the best idea on a Gentoo system...
What? You mean "emerge unmerge packagename" is not safe?!?
Oh crap...
Also, if you've been installing certain packages with the ALLOW_KEYWORDS="~x86" to get the 'bleeding edge' versions, an "emerge -u world" will 'downgrade' those packages to the 'stable' version.
And using a global keywords upgrade won't work since there are many packages that won't even compile without certain tweaks
MicroSoft won the Word (editor) war?
Guess we better let OpenOffice.org and Star Office know right away!
Probably true, but even cutting the time in half isn't too bad. A stock GBA gives about 12 hours from 2 AA batteries
Too bad he never really did say that
You have a link to this "CD eating fungus"?
Sounds fascinating
I still have perfectly working music CDs from the late 80s.
I have data CDs from the early 90s that are fine also
I just dug up some CD-Rs I burned from 1998 and they were fine also.
I think CDs can last a long time, but just like everything else...you need to take care of them. If it's something you use all the time, make backups and use those.
It's not time that kills CDs...it's scratches and wear.
most people have never heard of Linux, and most those that have think that it is a software package that you load on a Windows server. The reason people will pay $300 for Windows is because that's all they know. Samething when it comes to CPUs, I hear way too often that all someone wants when getting a new computer is a 'Pentium'. You mention AMD and they look all puzzled and say 'is that a Pentium?'
It's all about advertising, which Linux get's very little of. And the advertising it does get is very generic and not very specific. Those that know Linux think it's a product of IBM or a new way of running servers. If Red Hat or SUSE or Mandrake ran ads every 5 minutes on 'Must See TV' people would notice, but this isn't going to happen soon because that costs A LOT of money...money which none of these companies have.
That and they need a jingle that will stick in peoples heads for years and/or a silly mascot that people will remember.
Unfortunatly I alreay spent the $20 for the Linuxant drivers before the NDIS Wrapper project got stable...I have been following the ipw progress throught the mailing group and that looks very promising. The install is still more then I care to do though (patch kernel and compile the driver then link it to the firmware)