I bought a Playstation, bought RE2 after deciding FF7 wasn't for me. I tried playing it, frustrated with the controls and the zombies biting me. Scared me pretty bad in that I gave up playing it and I was only 1 minute into the game. My neighbors in college picked it up and played in my room. All of the sudden, while I was there, he shrieked out very loud. Not to insult the ladies, but he literally sounded like a girl. I didn't experience it first hand, but I sure had a good laugh.
While I do see some valid uses for it, I've only seen it abused on IRC by people who are using them to flood. I know, IRC isn't the center of the online universe.
The TG-16 still has a nice fan-base. I think the reason was that it had games no one else would release at the time. It was, in a way, ahead of it's time. It had a CDROM attachment, decent graphics that rivaled SNES and Genesis and games that worked on it's portable, Turbo Express. It had games like Snatcher, which the Sega CD came out with much later, and had the first "FMV" games with Sherlock Holmes. There's still places like Turbo Zone direct that sells new systems and there's quite a few "rare" games for it that people still seek. I don't really know what it is, but it's just different from Sega's and Nintendo's offering at the time.
Sony seems to be pretty good with their battery life on optical drives. Look at their portable CD players and MD players. The battery life is incredible. Granted, it might be because it might not read off the CD that often.
God damn it. I'm not a freaking elite pirate! I only use IRC for chatting about girls, food, movies, games! Honest! Hell, I don't even know what an FSERV is!
Skipping work to go to Six Flags Great Adventure, not knowing why some of the rides stopped in mid-air until about 8PM. Driving towards NYC to see only car headlights and when in NYC some people with flashlights. Driving through one opened lane of the Holland Tunnel, lit only by my car's headlights. Nearly running someone over because he thinks I can see him in the pitch black, wearing dark clothing and not carrying a headlight. Most important of all, taxi drivers actually let others go first instead of cutting in and out like they own the road.
ASCIIWARE made a one handed controller for RPGs for the Super Famicom (SNES). Not sure if it ever made it state side.
This is as close as I can find a picture for it. Sure, it's not in modern game system, but someone did make one at one point. Looking for this controller turned up at least another one-handed controller, one for the NES and one for Playstation. All of them appear to be made by ASCIIWARE.
For the non-geek a PDA would prove to be quite useful. PalmOS based ones are very nice. Even for geeks they are nice. My personal fave is the Zire71. Simple to use, bright screen, built-in camera, and yes, it will remind the person you got it for who gave the gift. I gave my gf a Zire71 and she uses it daily for her job, and it's not because of the geek-factor, it's because she can use it to help her manage her schedules and contacts. My old boss got one for his retirement, and he loves it. He is not a "geek" at all. My sister has went from a Palm Vx, which broke, to a Pocket PC. She's not a geek either, far from one, and yet she loves hers too.
iRiver has been around even before iPods were introduced, so the name is a not a knockoff. I don't have a lot research to back this up, but according to NYT
iPods were introduced in 2001. The iRiver.com domain name was first registered in 1998. Their own website says the company was introduced in 1999 iriver. That's all I'm nitpicking about.:) All other points are valid opinions like you said.
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I bought a Playstation, bought RE2 after deciding FF7 wasn't for me. I tried playing it, frustrated with the controls and the zombies biting me. Scared me pretty bad in that I gave up playing it and I was only 1 minute into the game. My neighbors in college picked it up and played in my room. All of the sudden, while I was there, he shrieked out very loud. Not to insult the ladies, but he literally sounded like a girl. I didn't experience it first hand, but I sure had a good laugh.
While I do see some valid uses for it, I've only seen it abused on IRC by people who are using them to flood. I know, IRC isn't the center of the online universe.
Might want to check out www.eio.com too. They deal with some spare parts and offer diagrams and the likes. Might get lucky.
The TG-16 still has a nice fan-base. I think the reason was that it had games no one else would release at the time. It was, in a way, ahead of it's time. It had a CDROM attachment, decent graphics that rivaled SNES and Genesis and games that worked on it's portable, Turbo Express. It had games like Snatcher, which the Sega CD came out with much later, and had the first "FMV" games with Sherlock Holmes. There's still places like Turbo Zone direct that sells new systems and there's quite a few "rare" games for it that people still seek. I don't really know what it is, but it's just different from Sega's and Nintendo's offering at the time.
Sony seems to be pretty good with their battery life on optical drives. Look at their portable CD players and MD players. The battery life is incredible. Granted, it might be because it might not read off the CD that often.
God damn it. I'm not a freaking elite pirate! I only use IRC for chatting about girls, food, movies, games! Honest! Hell, I don't even know what an FSERV is!
Skipping work to go to Six Flags Great Adventure, not knowing why some of the rides stopped in mid-air until about 8PM. Driving towards NYC to see only car headlights and when in NYC some people with flashlights. Driving through one opened lane of the Holland Tunnel, lit only by my car's headlights. Nearly running someone over because he thinks I can see him in the pitch black, wearing dark clothing and not carrying a headlight. Most important of all, taxi drivers actually let others go first instead of cutting in and out like they own the road.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :P
replying to my own post. whee! here's the URL http://www.gamersgraveyard.com/repository/snes/per ipherals/controllers-specialty.html
ASCIIWARE made a one handed controller for RPGs for the Super Famicom (SNES). Not sure if it ever made it state side. This is as close as I can find a picture for it. Sure, it's not in modern game system, but someone did make one at one point. Looking for this controller turned up at least another one-handed controller, one for the NES and one for Playstation. All of them appear to be made by ASCIIWARE.
Good point and some great suggestions. :)
For the non-geek a PDA would prove to be quite useful. PalmOS based ones are very nice. Even for geeks they are nice. My personal fave is the Zire71. Simple to use, bright screen, built-in camera, and yes, it will remind the person you got it for who gave the gift. I gave my gf a Zire71 and she uses it daily for her job, and it's not because of the geek-factor, it's because she can use it to help her manage her schedules and contacts. My old boss got one for his retirement, and he loves it. He is not a "geek" at all. My sister has went from a Palm Vx, which broke, to a Pocket PC. She's not a geek either, far from one, and yet she loves hers too.
How about Steel Battalion for the Xbox? Sure, it's *only* $200.
iRiver has been around even before iPods were introduced, so the name is a not a knockoff. I don't have a lot research to back this up, but according to NYT iPods were introduced in 2001. The iRiver.com domain name was first registered in 1998. Their own website says the company was introduced in 1999 iriver. That's all I'm nitpicking about. :) All other points are valid opinions like you said.