I know there is one now. The Viper BIOS was a fairly new development, but at least I'm considering the GC now. I'm talking about something that ideally should have been available 4 weeks or so after launch date.
A lot of people I know skipped out on buying a Gamecube simply because it was damn near impossible to pirate the games. IMO, you want an early success for your console? Let the games be copyable. Yeah, it'll hurt sales to begin with, but its probably the best way to stir up some interest (not to mention building up some trust among gamers) early on. If the games are good enough, most people will end up buying them anyway. You want an example, just look at the GC's current competition.
Yeah, but someone at Nintendo needs to get beaten round the head with the cluestick because:
a> Kids already *know* about emulators and roms.
b>No one is going to pay for these 'old' games unless they've never used the internet before and have no idea about the emulation scene.
Nintendo, please get a clue, I want you to survive because nearly all my happy childhood memories of games are of Nintendo games. Give these games away for free. Save your next (and possibly last) console. Do the right thing (though even that may not be enough).
..Google's reaction. Up till now, most folk have been singing the praises of the nice, friendly, cuddly search engine company. Will this change anything? I personally doubt it.
omg i didn't think that would be the confusing part:) here ya go, norfairian at yahoo dot co dot uk. Norfair as in the lava place in Super Metroid (ya, my fave game), not nofairian, as you wrote.
Ok, let me make it even easier for you: norfairian at yahoo dot company dot unitedkingdom. Obvious enough? I have had enough spam the last few weeks, so i have to take these annoying measures to protect my email. I think most of you can work it out from the clues i've given.
the NeuralBot for Q2? Thats what i thought of as soon as i read this. If anyone wants it, email me (since the authors site went down, it became difficult to get hold of). If i get too many, i might just put a torrent up somewhere. BTW some of the src is included.
Looking at each 'nextgen' console, I get the feeling that I'm not really witnessing a leap in technology on the scale of SNES -> Playstation. I'm probably going to skip this coming generation just as I did the last/current (PS2,GC,Xbox), and I know a LOT of people who are thinking on the same lines. It boils down to the simple, oft-repeated fact that the gaming industry is 90% focused on graphics/sound, 9% on the multi-player aspect, 1% gameplay.
which file on the iriver site do i need? i'm looking on it now, i can't see any unrestricted firmware? i flashed the latest f/w (1.30) as soon as i got my fp-890, hope it still works....
One guy mentioned that this was the best post he'd read all day. That doesn't quite do the author justice IMO. I've been reading/. the past 7 years or so, and without a doubt this is the best post I've ever read on it. Reading stuff like this gives me hope for our race.
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I know there is one now. The Viper BIOS was a fairly new development, but at least I'm considering the GC now. I'm talking about something that ideally should have been available 4 weeks or so after launch date.
A lot of people I know skipped out on buying a Gamecube simply because it was damn near impossible to pirate the games. IMO, you want an early success for your console? Let the games be copyable. Yeah, it'll hurt sales to begin with, but its probably the best way to stir up some interest (not to mention building up some trust among gamers) early on. If the games are good enough, most people will end up buying them anyway. You want an example, just look at the GC's current competition.
Damn, that was a good one. Still have creases around my mouth.
This comment is simultaneously disgraceful and hilarious. Well done.
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a> Kids already *know* about emulators and roms.
b>No one is going to pay for these 'old' games unless they've never used the internet before and have no idea about the emulation scene.
Nintendo, please get a clue, I want you to survive because nearly all my happy childhood memories of games are of Nintendo games. Give these games away for free. Save your next (and possibly last) console. Do the right thing (though even that may not be enough).
.. i just upped the torrent for the neuralBot at demonoid, no signup needed (well, maybe).
sort of.
Foot. in. mouth.
..Google's reaction. Up till now, most folk have been singing the praises of the nice, friendly, cuddly search engine company. Will this change anything? I personally doubt it.
Super-duper? Sorry, i'll get my coat.....
omg i didn't think that would be the confusing part :) here ya go, norfairian at yahoo dot co dot uk. Norfair as in the lava place in Super Metroid (ya, my fave game), not nofairian, as you wrote.
Ok, let me make it even easier for you: norfairian at yahoo dot company dot unitedkingdom. Obvious enough? I have had enough spam the last few weeks, so i have to take these annoying measures to protect my email. I think most of you can work it out from the clues i've given.
Now follow the link through and try to download. Have a lot of fun when you get to the broken link.
haha, forgot to leave my email as usual. norfairian on british-flavour yahoo. (got enough spam already, thanks)
the NeuralBot for Q2? Thats what i thought of as soon as i read this. If anyone wants it, email me (since the authors site went down, it became difficult to get hold of). If i get too many, i might just put a torrent up somewhere. BTW some of the src is included.
At first, i read that as 'who is going to hell for this procedure?'.
I think he meant free as in 'free-on-BT'.
so simple and easy, yet tremendously competitive and addictive. Wall acceleration is funny. Decent(ish) graphics too. Link to SF site
Looking at each 'nextgen' console, I get the feeling that I'm not really witnessing a leap in technology on the scale of SNES -> Playstation. I'm probably going to skip this coming generation just as I did the last/current (PS2,GC,Xbox), and I know a LOT of people who are thinking on the same lines. It boils down to the simple, oft-repeated fact that the gaming industry is 90% focused on graphics/sound, 9% on the multi-player aspect, 1% gameplay.
doh, just found it...
which file on the iriver site do i need? i'm looking on it now, i can't see any unrestricted firmware? i flashed the latest f/w (1.30) as soon as i got my fp-890, hope it still works....
http://www.phones4charity.org/h ones.htm
http://www.actionaidrecycling.org.uk/
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_you_can_do/recycle/p
http://www.recyclingappeal.com/
You mean to say you actually had a chance in the first place?
One guy mentioned that this was the best post he'd read all day. That doesn't quite do the author justice IMO. I've been reading /. the past 7 years or so, and without a doubt this is the best post I've ever read on it. Reading stuff like this gives me hope for our race.