Just to clarify...Ford is the one who will be black.
It doesn't really matter what race the actor is as long as he can pull off the character. Let's hope he's able to...
The hint of backlighting (as opposed to front lighting) and their suggestion of it being in-between portable and console tells me that it'll be handheld, but still require AC.
That doesn't necessarily mean anything...remember the Game Gear? It could run on batteries...
Admittedly, it only got three or four hours of playtime per battery set. That's beside the point, though...
I'm fully aware that roms are illegal, and tend to blast people who emulate newer games. I have no problems with MAME whatsoever, mainly because there are no arcades in my area. The best I can do is the occasional Ms. Pac Man machine in a restaurant.
If arcades were more readily available, I'd emulate less. Since I don't have the option, I just download. Works for me...
Second time I've seen an emulation discussion spring up today...
Emulated games are NEVER legal if you download them. Ever. If you make the copy yourself, then it's legal...but ONLY for backup purposes.
Admittedly, Nintendo isn't sending out SWAT teams to seize your computer. Best to be safe rather than sorry, though. And considering where the games would be used (public place), being safe is a very good idea.
Having all of the current consoles is a definite requirement. But I'd suggest getting some of the now defunct consoles as well.
Their benefits? They're cheap and still loads of fun. And you could make the older consoles cheaper to play, if you so desired. In any case, it wouldn't take too long to get a return on your investment.
At the very least, I'd suggest getting an N64 and a Dreamcast, each with some of the best multiplayer games available. The N64 has a ton of awesome games, but the four required titles are Super Smash Brothers, Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, and Perfect Dark. Those four alone have given millions of hours of entertainment to gamers worldwide.
I don't have very much Dreamcast experience, but having a console running the old Capcom fighters (I particularly like the Marvel Vs. Capcom and Street Fighter Alpha series for the DC) would be a great thing.
Heck, if you really wanted to, get a Genesis with all of the old sports games. Get an NES with all of the classic games - Mario, Ice Climbers, Excitebike, Tetris...Go wild! No matter what, older consoles will STILL be cheaper for you than the newer ones, even if the supply of new games is nonexistent.
Go retro...it's cheap, and there are still plenty of gamers who love older consoles. Besides...a game never loses its fun as it ages.:)
According to Nintendo, the only reason you're allowed to have a backup is so you have it if your original copy is destroyed. You are not allowed to download and use a rom unless you own it and the original has been destroyed. It's as simple as that.
Nintendo CAN'T release most of the games you listed - Chrono Trigger, the Final Fantasy series, and Secret of Mana are all Square titles
Metal Gear is a Konami game, and Street Fighter II is a Capcom game that has actually already been released for the GBA. Nintendo doesn't own those games and therefore can't release them.
As for the other games...Metroid Fusion and Mario Kart Super Circuit are basically sequels to their SNES forebearers, and we might get Star Fox someday...
One of the things Nintendo is best at is coming up with extremely bizarre products...and then making them work. More than a few of their games and accessories have been innovative but not successful. Then there are the ones that take off and perform very well. A short list...
ROB The Robot - A robot you can control with your NES? Spiffy! Unfortunately, there was almost no support (two games, IIRC) and he died a quick death
Game Boy - A portable game console? GASP! Since the Game Boy is still around (now as the GBA), it's fair to say that this one succeeded
Virtual Boy - Ooh...pretty 3D graphics. It's too bad that they were just red and black, and that the VB caused massive headaches. Still, the idea was nice.
Kirby's Tilt 'n Tumble - Control Kirby by tilting your Game Boy. Definitely a unique idea, but the game wasn't exactly a hit.
e-Reader - The ability to add things to GBA games cheaply (buy a $3 pack of cards) is nice, but there hasn't been very much support. Thankfully, that appears to be changing.
That's just what came to mind at the moment. We've got to remember that most of Nintendo's biggest successes - Mario, Zelda, Pokemon - were completely unlike anything else out there at the time of their release.
I've got a feeling that this will be another one of Nintendo's gambles...a completely wild idea that might or might not succeed. We'll see in a few months...
Come to think of it, this situation reminds me of another famous company...
Te Minibossses are more of a ska band. Like the Neskimos, they mainly cover NES era game music.
Hard rock more your style? Try Game Over, a self-described "Nintendo Metal" band. Not very much up for download on their site, but what's there is good.
And let's not forget OC Remix, the unofficial hub for remixes of game music.
The cool thing is, a lot of this music is actually quite good. Give it a shot. And by the way...yes, all of the MP3s on these pages are legal to download. Enjoy.:)
It's fair to say, though, that most people buy PCs for more than one reason. Even if you have a gaming PC, you'll probably use it for other things as well - Internet browsing, downloading music, or even *gasp* working.
What other purpose does the XBox serve than as a gaming machine (and DVD player)? It really doesn't have one.
While I didn't really intend to, I wrote my post ignoring the start-up costs. The XBox is only cheaper when you leave out the initial costs...but odds are if you have an XBob with a broadband connection for XBox Live, your PC can also handle online gaming.
Really...isn't $70 a year for the ability to play games online a bit much? I know that Microsoft runs and maintains the servers, but the price seems high to me. Look at all of the PC servers that are free to use. Hell, millions of people use Battle.Net every day, and it's still free. Maybe I'm just being ignorant, but I don't see where the $70 goes to.
Compare that to PC gaming: with the exception of MMORPGs, very few games require a subscription for online play. Perhaps more importantly, most games let anyone that wants to set up a server for online play. With the XBox, the company has to pay to use Microsoft's servers or drop the online feature.
Now...which one makes more economic sense: buying a game like, say, Counter-Strike for the PC for $30 and getting free online play and updates, or paying $50 for the XBox version plus another $70 for online play?
Until XBox Live becomes free (which it most likely won't anytime soon), the PC will have at least that one major advantage over the console.
(I know I've ignored the PS2 and Cube; the Cube's online ability is ignored for the most part and I've got no experience with PS2 games online.)
Bit of a disclaimer: I'm a high school student, and even though I try, odds are I had no idea what I was talking about when I wrote the parent comment.
What can I say? It made sense to me then...
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First, I think it's more or less given that the sundial is fixed onto a part of the robot that doesn't move, most likely the main body.
I'm not positive, but I think that they'll be able to find the craft's position based off of two things: the current position of the Sun - if they know where the Sun is, they should be able to predict how the shadows would fall on the sundial - and the way that shadows actually are falling on the sundial.
To the best of my knowledge, those two pieces of information should be enough to identify the robot's alignment
If the sudial's positioning gets screwed up while landing or on Mars, though, then a whole new host of problems spring up...
How is it that while people repeatedly blast Nintendo for all of these "rehashes," these games not only get great reviews (up in the 90% range, usually) but also top best sellers lists constantly?
Just a thought. More Mario isn't always a bad thing.
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If I had mod points, you'd get some.
Just to clarify...Ford is the one who will be black. It doesn't really matter what race the actor is as long as he can pull off the character. Let's hope he's able to...
Holy crap! I thought that that rating was only a myth!
Excuse me gentlemen...I'm off to find the Yeti!
That doesn't necessarily mean anything...remember the Game Gear? It could run on batteries...
Admittedly, it only got three or four hours of playtime per battery set. That's beside the point, though...
Maybe they know that it all comes down to 42 in the end...
I'm fully aware that roms are illegal, and tend to blast people who emulate newer games. I have no problems with MAME whatsoever, mainly because there are no arcades in my area. The best I can do is the occasional Ms. Pac Man machine in a restaurant.
If arcades were more readily available, I'd emulate less. Since I don't have the option, I just download. Works for me...
http://www.apple.com/hardware/ads/1984/
There's just one subtle difference...
Geekiness knows no cultural bounds...
Emulated games are NEVER legal if you download them. Ever. If you make the copy yourself, then it's legal...but ONLY for backup purposes.
Admittedly, Nintendo isn't sending out SWAT teams to seize your computer. Best to be safe rather than sorry, though. And considering where the games would be used (public place), being safe is a very good idea.
Their benefits? They're cheap and still loads of fun. And you could make the older consoles cheaper to play, if you so desired. In any case, it wouldn't take too long to get a return on your investment.
At the very least, I'd suggest getting an N64 and a Dreamcast, each with some of the best multiplayer games available. The N64 has a ton of awesome games, but the four required titles are Super Smash Brothers, Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, and Perfect Dark. Those four alone have given millions of hours of entertainment to gamers worldwide.
I don't have very much Dreamcast experience, but having a console running the old Capcom fighters (I particularly like the Marvel Vs. Capcom and Street Fighter Alpha series for the DC) would be a great thing.
Heck, if you really wanted to, get a Genesis with all of the old sports games. Get an NES with all of the classic games - Mario, Ice Climbers, Excitebike, Tetris...Go wild! No matter what, older consoles will STILL be cheaper for you than the newer ones, even if the supply of new games is nonexistent.
Go retro...it's cheap, and there are still plenty of gamers who love older consoles. Besides...a game never loses its fun as it ages. :)
Sorry about that...brain fart, I guess.
According to Nintendo, the only reason you're allowed to have a backup is so you have it if your original copy is destroyed. You are not allowed to download and use a rom unless you own it and the original has been destroyed. It's as simple as that.
Stealing or not stealing? Hmm...
As for the other games...Metroid Fusion and Mario Kart Super Circuit are basically sequels to their SNES forebearers, and we might get Star Fox someday...
ROB The Robot - A robot you can control with your NES? Spiffy! Unfortunately, there was almost no support (two games, IIRC) and he died a quick death
Game Boy - A portable game console? GASP! Since the Game Boy is still around (now as the GBA), it's fair to say that this one succeeded
Virtual Boy - Ooh...pretty 3D graphics. It's too bad that they were just red and black, and that the VB caused massive headaches. Still, the idea was nice.
Kirby's Tilt 'n Tumble - Control Kirby by tilting your Game Boy. Definitely a unique idea, but the game wasn't exactly a hit.
e-Reader - The ability to add things to GBA games cheaply (buy a $3 pack of cards) is nice, but there hasn't been very much support. Thankfully, that appears to be changing.
That's just what came to mind at the moment. We've got to remember that most of Nintendo's biggest successes - Mario, Zelda, Pokemon - were completely unlike anything else out there at the time of their release.
I've got a feeling that this will be another one of Nintendo's gambles...a completely wild idea that might or might not succeed. We'll see in a few months...
Come to think of it, this situation reminds me of another famous company...
Nintendo: the Apple of gaming.
/played original "Sims" too much
Sorry about that...early morning brain fart at work.
The Neskimos do punk rock covers of NES songs
Te Minibossses are more of a ska band. Like the Neskimos, they mainly cover NES era game music.
Hard rock more your style? Try Game Over, a self-described "Nintendo Metal" band. Not very much up for download on their site, but what's there is good.
And let's not forget OC Remix, the unofficial hub for remixes of game music.
The cool thing is, a lot of this music is actually quite good. Give it a shot. And by the way...yes, all of the MP3s on these pages are legal to download. Enjoy. :)
While you're at it, could you grab me one of the gigantic robots?
What other purpose does the XBox serve than as a gaming machine (and DVD player)? It really doesn't have one.
While I didn't really intend to, I wrote my post ignoring the start-up costs. The XBox is only cheaper when you leave out the initial costs...but odds are if you have an XBob with a broadband connection for XBox Live, your PC can also handle online gaming.
Really...isn't $70 a year for the ability to play games online a bit much? I know that Microsoft runs and maintains the servers, but the price seems high to me. Look at all of the PC servers that are free to use. Hell, millions of people use Battle.Net every day, and it's still free. Maybe I'm just being ignorant, but I don't see where the $70 goes to.
Compare that to PC gaming: with the exception of MMORPGs, very few games require a subscription for online play. Perhaps more importantly, most games let anyone that wants to set up a server for online play. With the XBox, the company has to pay to use Microsoft's servers or drop the online feature.
Now...which one makes more economic sense: buying a game like, say, Counter-Strike for the PC for $30 and getting free online play and updates, or paying $50 for the XBox version plus another $70 for online play?
Until XBox Live becomes free (which it most likely won't anytime soon), the PC will have at least that one major advantage over the console.
(I know I've ignored the PS2 and Cube; the Cube's online ability is ignored for the most part and I've got no experience with PS2 games online.)
What can I say? It made sense to me then...
First, I think it's more or less given that the sundial is fixed onto a part of the robot that doesn't move, most likely the main body.
I'm not positive, but I think that they'll be able to find the craft's position based off of two things: the current position of the Sun - if they know where the Sun is, they should be able to predict how the shadows would fall on the sundial - and the way that shadows actually are falling on the sundial.
To the best of my knowledge, those two pieces of information should be enough to identify the robot's alignment
If the sudial's positioning gets screwed up while landing or on Mars, though, then a whole new host of problems spring up...
Just a thought. More Mario isn't always a bad thing.
I thought you could.