Should have mentioned that I'm from the UK so thats the way we had to do it here:)
But I do remember now that you could just cut off the tab in the states, still got my n64 carts downstairs and the cart is just a different shape, the gameboy though is region free as it doesn't have to comply to any local standards like NTSC or PAL.
I would say Yes. There were systems built into cartridges on the N64 at least that would stop you playing import games( on the N64 you had to have a joining cart, which you plugged the import and a home cart into) As the import devices started appearing, I believe later carts blocked them forcing you to either buy games when they were released in your home country or buy a new import converter cart that got around the new measures, so in other words if it is intentional, expect freeloader v2 in a month
Anyway, had my Japanese GC since launch day and had it modded a couple of days after the mod was discovered so I'll be enjoying F-Zero in a couple of days!
I know, sorry for getting a bit offtopic, just got to reading some of the comments and thinking about EtM(which I have for the PC) and had to have a rant:)
There is as you say no excuse for bugs in console games, but it is going to happen more and more from now on, especially with the rise of internet enabled consoles with integrated hard drives. The only console manufacturer that truely cares about game quality is Nintendo, but it results in fewer games and higher prices, therefore they cannot perform as well. If the next gen console war results in Nintendo going the same route as Sega, it would be the worst thing to ever happen to the industry. I'm going offtopic again though and like I said, I could type for hours:)
how some bugs exist and to a certain extent I sympathise with developers. The range of not just hardware but also drivers available for each piece of hardware, make it simply impossible to guarantee a bug free game, something that can be said for any program but I think multiplied in the gaming industry.
But saying that I have to agree that lately some appalling games have made it to the shelves, with Enter the Matrix leading the way. I have never been as disappointed with a game as I was with EtM, I am a huge matrix fan and I would have preffered they kept the launch back, it actually would have been a good way to fill in the months leading up to revolutions and could have been a far more solid game but its money that talks these days, not quality and even worse, not gameplay quality.
Enter the Matrix though was not just a buggy game, it was no fun, if you want to see what it should have been like, get yourself a copy of Max Payne, which despite its age looks as good as EtM and download the mod MAX PAYNE: Kung Fu Edition . This is exactly how EtM should have played and this is a mod made by one person, not a giant software house.
Anyway, I could rant on for hours about the state of games today, you get the idea...
Its going to get very interesting...
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No Doom 3 This Year?
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· Score: 2, Interesting
...for FPS gamers over the next couple of years
We have Half Life 2 coming out, its engine alone will be used in numerous games and for numerous mods, then Doom 3 and its engine will produce yet more games and all before Quake 4, whose engine is likely to be used in as many games as Half life 2s engine. Thats not even inculding those three games themselves which will all be first rate.
And of course following the release of HL2, the DNF team will switch to the HL2 engine and start again... then to the Doom engine etc etc you know the drill by now
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Should have mentioned that I'm from the UK so thats the way we had to do it here :)
But I do remember now that you could just cut off the tab in the states, still got my n64 carts downstairs and the cart is just a different shape, the gameboy though is region free as it doesn't have to comply to any local standards like NTSC or PAL.
I would say Yes. There were systems built into cartridges on the N64 at least that would stop you playing import games( on the N64 you had to have a joining cart, which you plugged the import and a home cart into) As the import devices started appearing, I believe later carts blocked them forcing you to either buy games when they were released in your home country or buy a new import converter cart that got around the new measures, so in other words if it is intentional, expect freeloader v2 in a month
Anyway, had my Japanese GC since launch day and had it modded a couple of days after the mod was discovered so I'll be enjoying F-Zero in a couple of days!
Another article on it here
I know, sorry for getting a bit offtopic, just got to reading some of the comments and thinking about EtM(which I have for the PC) and had to have a rant :)
:)
There is as you say no excuse for bugs in console games, but it is going to happen more and more from now on, especially with the rise of internet enabled consoles with integrated hard drives. The only console manufacturer that truely cares about game quality is Nintendo, but it results in fewer games and higher prices, therefore they cannot perform as well. If the next gen console war results in Nintendo going the same route as Sega, it would be the worst thing to ever happen to the industry. I'm going offtopic again though and like I said, I could type for hours
how some bugs exist and to a certain extent I sympathise with developers. The range of not just hardware but also drivers available for each piece of hardware, make it simply impossible to guarantee a bug free game, something that can be said for any program but I think multiplied in the gaming industry.
But saying that I have to agree that lately some appalling games have made it to the shelves, with Enter the Matrix leading the way. I have never been as disappointed with a game as I was with EtM, I am a huge matrix fan and I would have preffered they kept the launch back, it actually would have been a good way to fill in the months leading up to revolutions and could have been a far more solid game but its money that talks these days, not quality and even worse, not gameplay quality.
Enter the Matrix though was not just a buggy game, it was no fun, if you want to see what it should have been like, get yourself a copy of Max Payne, which despite its age looks as good as EtM and download the mod MAX PAYNE: Kung Fu Edition . This is exactly how EtM should have played and this is a mod made by one person, not a giant software house.
Anyway, I could rant on for hours about the state of games today, you get the idea...
...for FPS gamers over the next couple of years
We have Half Life 2 coming out, its engine alone will be used in numerous games and for numerous mods, then Doom 3 and its engine will produce yet more games and all before Quake 4, whose engine is likely to be used in as many games as Half life 2s engine. Thats not even inculding those three games themselves which will all be first rate.
And of course following the release of HL2, the DNF team will switch to the HL2 engine and start again... then to the Doom engine etc etc you know the drill by now