I ran an arcade when that was out, and it was pretty well-received by employees and customers alike. I liked it, too.
"18 Wheeler" ran on Sega's Naomi hardware. The Dreamcast was essentially a console version of the same hardware, which meant Sega could instantly port their Naomi-based arcade library to DC with minimal effort. Unfortunately, the minimal effort was evident in this case, as the experience didn't translate well at all to DC owners who spent $50 on the same 15 minutes of fun that cost 50 cents in the arcade.
Subsequent generations of zero-G dwellers would probably rapidly devolve into a gelatinous mass. Therefore, any long-term space travel would certainly have to utilize some form of artificial gravity.
Yahoo has often said it's better to provide the Chinese partial content rather than none at all. Therefore, shouldn't they be perfectly happy that Chinese users are at least seeing the big white webpage with some text scattered around a broken-JPEG icon, rather than no Flickr at all?
That reminds me of the time in 1983 that someone told me pen-and-paper was dead while playing a D&D cartridge on a Mattel Aquarius. Or the late 1980s when MUDs and BBS games got popular. Or that time in 1993 when a bunch of us were playing Ultima 7 for DOS with the speech pack, and someone said it beat pen-and-paper. Or five years later when Ultima went online for the first time, ready to kill off tabletop gaming forever. Or that time in 1998 when Baldur's Gate came out and people declared it the death of tabletop. Or 2001 with the surge of interest in LARP signaled the death of tabletop. Or 2004 with the advent of WoW and how it was poised to kill off tabletop. Etc..
In one theoretical model of time travel, you can just go on waiting, because you haven't sent it yet so it won't have happened. If you actually get to that point in the future and actually get back here to pass yourself a note, then you'll suddenly "have gotten it" back now, and any resulting headaches, paradoxes, failed history reports, and dead grandfathers will be your own problem.
I also doubt you could find one single 80s kid who didn't at least once greet the hunting screen by saying "Be vewwy vewwy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits!"
We used to purposely pick names that would look good on the tombstone, since anyone who played the same disk after you would see it when they passed by wherever on the Trail you died. It also let you write an epitaph for yourself, which led to a trail full of stones like..
Here lies HEMAN skeletor finally won
Here lies SANTA no more presents for anybody
Here lies (TEACHER'S NAME) still can't find the on switch on the IIc
While that was fun, it was interesting that no matter how many critters you killed, your guy could only carry (IIRC) 200 pounds of it back to the wagon. Keeping this in mind when hunting would actually help your game in the long run, when you would have to economize on bullets and time.
...Linus has announced that although he's always hated marmalade in the past, he's slightly warming up to it after a recent bite of a friend's toast. He has also recently bought a green shirt despite earlier statements about green being his least favorite color, and it seems he currently prefers his eggs cooked slightly less runny than in the past.
Rumors that he is experimenting with a new brand of tube socks are as yet unconfirmed.
We're adding an element many musicians are familiar with; it's an ascii format called ABC notation? That will allow players to create their own songs, write it down in a more simple and readable way, and then share/integrate/import it into the game.
Wow, it's the MIDI/MOD era all over again. I can hardly wait to hear the "Doctor Who" theme played on the game's sample set.
$20 to get in? That's a change up from the normal "collection-plate" sort of deal one usually sees in Christian churches. That's what this is, of course.. it's an apologetic ministry facility run by an on-the-books religious organization, labelled a museum.
Although to be honest, if the Christian church I was brought to as a kid had dinosaur rides out front, I may never have converted away from the faith.
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I ran an arcade when that was out, and it was pretty well-received by employees and customers alike. I liked it, too.
"18 Wheeler" ran on Sega's Naomi hardware. The Dreamcast was essentially a console version of the same hardware, which meant Sega could instantly port their Naomi-based arcade library to DC with minimal effort. Unfortunately, the minimal effort was evident in this case, as the experience didn't translate well at all to DC owners who spent $50 on the same 15 minutes of fun that cost 50 cents in the arcade.
A bad game based on a bad movie based on a game.. what a concept!
Fxck everything, we're doing five cores! And two aloe strips!!
On top of the credit cards and prada bags, that fiend even had the tenacity to start up a web consulting business in her name!
...Yes, I know, but after all she's been through I think she deserves a gratuitous plug.
I had one of those. It worked perfectly until I spilled carrot juice on it.
Frogger didn't. And despite the Seinfeld episode, it didn't have a high score table with players' initials either.
Like many Slashdotters, when the computers at my job fail, my attitude tends to become uncontrollable as well.
Yahoo has often said it's better to provide the Chinese partial content rather than none at all. Therefore, shouldn't they be perfectly happy that Chinese users are at least seeing the big white webpage with some text scattered around a broken-JPEG icon, rather than no Flickr at all?
That reminds me of the time in 1983 that someone told me pen-and-paper was dead while playing a D&D cartridge on a Mattel Aquarius. Or the late 1980s when MUDs and BBS games got popular. Or that time in 1993 when a bunch of us were playing Ultima 7 for DOS with the speech pack, and someone said it beat pen-and-paper. Or five years later when Ultima went online for the first time, ready to kill off tabletop gaming forever. Or that time in 1998 when Baldur's Gate came out and people declared it the death of tabletop. Or 2001 with the surge of interest in LARP signaled the death of tabletop. Or 2004 with the advent of WoW and how it was poised to kill off tabletop. Etc..
Gleemax makes you feel like it's 72 degrees in your head... all the time!
Yes, I'll marry you!
Pfft! Beat my post by one minute. Maybe I'd be a good Stormtrooper after all.
I could have joined the Stormtroopers, but they found out I could actually aim and shoot at a target and sent me home.
In one theoretical model of time travel, you can just go on waiting, because you haven't sent it yet so it won't have happened. If you actually get to that point in the future and actually get back here to pass yourself a note, then you'll suddenly "have gotten it" back now, and any resulting headaches, paradoxes, failed history reports, and dead grandfathers will be your own problem.
I wonder if investors' safety is guaranteed.
I also doubt you could find one single 80s kid who didn't at least once greet the hunting screen by saying "Be vewwy vewwy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits!"
(must.. not.. resurrect.. stale.. AOLer.. jokes..)
Haha, that was the best!
We used to purposely pick names that would look good on the tombstone, since anyone who played the same disk after you would see it when they passed by wherever on the Trail you died. It also let you write an epitaph for yourself, which led to a trail full of stones like..
Here lies HEMAN
skeletor finally won
Here lies SANTA
no more presents for anybody
Here lies (TEACHER'S NAME)
still can't find the on switch on the IIc
Good times.
While that was fun, it was interesting that no matter how many critters you killed, your guy could only carry (IIRC) 200 pounds of it back to the wagon. Keeping this in mind when hunting would actually help your game in the long run, when you would have to economize on bullets and time.
All these World 2.0s are yours except Europa 2.0. Attempt no landings there.
...Linus has announced that although he's always hated marmalade in the past, he's slightly warming up to it after a recent bite of a friend's toast. He has also recently bought a green shirt despite earlier statements about green being his least favorite color, and it seems he currently prefers his eggs cooked slightly less runny than in the past.
Rumors that he is experimenting with a new brand of tube socks are as yet unconfirmed.
$20 to get in? That's a change up from the normal "collection-plate" sort of deal one usually sees in Christian churches. That's what this is, of course.. it's an apologetic ministry facility run by an on-the-books religious organization, labelled a museum.
Although to be honest, if the Christian church I was brought to as a kid had dinosaur rides out front, I may never have converted away from the faith.