What's the best Dreamcast VGA box? There's a few out there and I'm wondering if any of them have some known problems or if some look better than the other, etc.
The physics are indeed very good. The gameplay is of course ultra-simplistic; basically we're talking about a 3D update of Combat with more complicated controls. I didn't care for the controls on the Dreamcast version but the PC version worked pretty well, I thought; unfortunately I only played the demo and never got to try the full PC version, since it was only released in Europe (and as a bundled title with a few 3D cards). High marks for Rockstar for finally bringing this out.
Somebody needs to tell those Xenosaga folks that they're not artists before they put any thoughtful storytelling in episode 2!
I wouldn't worry about that, seeing how there wasn't any thoughtful storytelling in episode 1, just a bunch of cliches dressed up with sub-Evangelion religious symbolism and endless anti-war speechifying.
Oh wait, this is basically Sid Meier's CPU Bach, circa 1993. And I seem to recall the crappy editing software that came with my Dazzler DV capture card had something like this as well. At least he's still pushing the envelope of unfunny comics.
No, I'm sure it'll be a completely accurate and correct depiction of what actually happened during the Cold War, in the proud tradition of Rush 'n Attack and Guerilla War.
So they've effectively shut up the critics by promising to remove the offending dialogue from all copies of the game produced at some unspecified point in the future after the ten trillion copies currently on store shelves have sold out. Pretty good move on their part if you ask me. Say, did Eidos ever get around to releasing the "censored" version of Hitman 2 without all the Sikh stuff?
Survival Arts was from American Sammy, which was, not surprisingly, the company's U.S. division. It's also pretty much completely forgotten. Sammy proper is better known for the Guilty Gear games, a.k.a. the best fighting game series to come along in recent years. So what's this "taint" we're talking about again?
I've heard rumors Nintendo used a "boxy" shape for the U.S. version of the SNES/Super Famicom (instead of the rounded Japanese/European versions) because they figured players would set drinks on top of it. Supposedly they were worried that folks in the litigation-happy U.S. would accidentally spill their drinks and sue Nintendo for it; by making the system box-shaped they could claim they had already done everything they could to prevent spills and thus inoculate themselves from lawsuits. That's what I've heard, anyway -- it sounds too ridiculous to be true if you ask me.
Well, the Sonic Collection was a Sonic Team game, and Sonic Team preferred to do stuff only for the GC. Sega put the kibosh on that with Sonic Heroes (although Billy Hatcher was a GC exclusive, presumably because it wasn't anywhere near as big a title). I imagine if the Sonic Collection were released today it would be a multi-platform title.
The three companies mentioned in the article aren't even MPAA members, thus the screener ban doesn't apply to them. Maybe some of the other 11 (unnamed) companies involved in the lawsuit are MPAA members, but what standing do these three have to sue?
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I'll just stick to RealAlternative, thanks.
I still don't believe that's his real name.
What's the best Dreamcast VGA box? There's a few out there and I'm wondering if any of them have some known problems or if some look better than the other, etc.
"The Clik! drive didn't have the Click of Death, but it quickly followed the Zip drive into hell."
So are they saying Zip drives were failures?
Serious Sam was pretty bright. Not very visually interesting or detailed, though, which might support the parent and grandparent's theory.
The physics are indeed very good. The gameplay is of course ultra-simplistic; basically we're talking about a 3D update of Combat with more complicated controls. I didn't care for the controls on the Dreamcast version but the PC version worked pretty well, I thought; unfortunately I only played the demo and never got to try the full PC version, since it was only released in Europe (and as a bundled title with a few 3D cards). High marks for Rockstar for finally bringing this out.
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I agree with this. Although let's not kid ourselves, it wasn't going to come out in 2003 anyway.
Oh wait, this is basically Sid Meier's CPU Bach, circa 1993. And I seem to recall the crappy editing software that came with my Dazzler DV capture card had something like this as well. At least he's still pushing the envelope of unfunny comics.
Long enough for Old Man Murray to have done a story on it, even...
No, I'm sure it'll be a completely accurate and correct depiction of what actually happened during the Cold War, in the proud tradition of Rush 'n Attack and Guerilla War.
So they've effectively shut up the critics by promising to remove the offending dialogue from all copies of the game produced at some unspecified point in the future after the ten trillion copies currently on store shelves have sold out. Pretty good move on their part if you ask me. Say, did Eidos ever get around to releasing the "censored" version of Hitman 2 without all the Sikh stuff?
Survival Arts was from American Sammy, which was, not surprisingly, the company's U.S. division. It's also pretty much completely forgotten. Sammy proper is better known for the Guilty Gear games, a.k.a. the best fighting game series to come along in recent years. So what's this "taint" we're talking about again?
What do you mean "start"? Nintendo is probably the most actively anti-emulation video game company out there.
I've heard rumors Nintendo used a "boxy" shape for the U.S. version of the SNES/Super Famicom (instead of the rounded Japanese/European versions) because they figured players would set drinks on top of it. Supposedly they were worried that folks in the litigation-happy U.S. would accidentally spill their drinks and sue Nintendo for it; by making the system box-shaped they could claim they had already done everything they could to prevent spills and thus inoculate themselves from lawsuits. That's what I've heard, anyway -- it sounds too ridiculous to be true if you ask me.
According to PC World, only data CD-Rs can't be played. Burned audio CDs will still be supported.
Didn't you get the memo? Only Microsoft makes crappy software.
Well, the Sonic Collection was a Sonic Team game, and Sonic Team preferred to do stuff only for the GC. Sega put the kibosh on that with Sonic Heroes (although Billy Hatcher was a GC exclusive, presumably because it wasn't anywhere near as big a title). I imagine if the Sonic Collection were released today it would be a multi-platform title.
So what distribution deals do these companies have that prevent them from sending out screeners of their movies?
The three companies mentioned in the article aren't even MPAA members, thus the screener ban doesn't apply to them. Maybe some of the other 11 (unnamed) companies involved in the lawsuit are MPAA members, but what standing do these three have to sue?