Cheers. Chrono Cross is my favorite soundtrack of all time, too (and also where I got my username from, which was the Japanese name for the Einlanzer).
I do welcome the Twilight Princess game, but I'd like to see them make another game with the Wind Waker style graphics. They need to take it as a land-based game, not water. The part where you visit Hyrule castle and you can look around and see Hyrule in WW style graphics... they need to make a whole game based on that. Perhaps a remake of Zelda 2 ?
You can play a "Zelda1-esque second quest" if you got that Ocarina of Time disc that was the pre-order bonus for Wind Waker. The Master Quest was just that, the second quest.
Actually, those scanners scan the fingerprint-like pattern *BETWEEN* your index and middle finger. Take a look, those patterns there are unique to everyone just like the fingertip finger prints.
And these actually do scan and compare to a database. They've been doing this since the late 80's, because this was how you got the Lifetime Pass. You didn't bring any ticket or anything if you had the Lifetime Pass, just got your finger between-area scanned. They stopped selling the Lifetime Pass in the mid-90's and so these machines started to get little to no use (since the Lifetime Pass was applied to your body, basically, you couldn't sell it to someone else).
So these new methods are just to give these dormant machines a new use. While they do scan your between-area on your hand, I do not think it actually matters. It's just there to make people feel secure I think. I just went to the park earlier this year and sometimes they scanned my finger area, sometimes they didn't and the computerized gates let me in anyway.
The idea that they scan the length of your fingers/hand is ridiculous because Disney World gets plenty of people who are growing (kids, teens). Since you can use a pass within a year of buying it, you can visit one day and then visit again two weeks later and it's possible your fingers have grown, if you're a child or teen.
The "everyone's collecting personal data against our will" conspiracy nazis can safely back off this one.
This isn't really all that shocking, really. There's a few points to look at:
1. Microsoft actually isn't a game "developer", they're a game "publisher". The actual developer in question here is Rare, and they've worked with Nintendo oh so famously in the past as a second party. It's all a matter of Microsoft giving an OK and making some bucks off of the Conker, Dark and Banjo games. Why WOULDN'T they do this?
2. Microsoft does have a "handheld" but it's the PocketPC. Being Nintendo has no intentions to enter the PDA market, and Microsoft probably has no intentions to enter the game handheld market (they probably have grown to accept the inevitable Windows-like dominance of Gameboy), they do not view each other as competitors in the handheld market. So this is how Microsoft can make money in this market. An unlikely but possible "payback" would be Nintendo publishing classic games on PocketPC platform, the way Sega does.
3. Related to #2, Sony however DOES have a PDA as well as a game handheld. These being the PalmOS-based Clie and PSP. So they are a rival to both Microsoft and Nintendo. There's no reason Microsoft and Nintendo wouldn't "team up" to compete with Sony here.
4. Microsoft plays nicely, sort of, with its respected competitors. This is why you see Office, Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player and VirtualPC available for Mac OS. They do not have to make these for Mac OS, as they don't make them for Linux. Just as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have a friendly-competitive history, remember Nintendo and Microsoft are both neighbors in Redmond.
5. As Nintendo has been in the gaming business more than twice as long as Sony, and makes a different type of product aimed at a different crowd, Microsoft probably has some respect for Nintendo in a way that they would not want to try to put them out of business. They probably do not feel the same way towards Sony, who seems to have this "let's put Nintendo out of business" attitued as well as making a game system that targets the same same crowd of people as Xbox. This might be Microsoft's way of sort-of supporting Nintendo and keeping them just that much away from out of business (even though Nintendo does not need their help).
6. Handheld games sell. Franchises like Conker and Dark need handheld homes, and the PocketPC and definitely the PSP are unlikely choices for these.
7. Nintendo has market dominance with both GBA and DS killing PSP in sales. With three systems already in existence, Microsoft probably thought they'd make more money, and it would be safer, to just develop for a platform that already exists rather than making their own.
Point being mainly with #4, Microsoft views Nintendo as an Apple-like competitor (plays nicely with them, realizes they make different products) where as Microsoft views Sony as a Linux-like competitor (product is very similar, viewed as an actual threat).
I just hope this sorta-alliance between Nintendo and Microsoft doesn't fuel the 360-Revolution relation rumors floating around that don't seem to die (Hint: "360" and "Revolution" are related terms)
It can't happen, unless they're talking about releasing an official Xbox 1 emulator/loader for PC's. This would not Xbox 360 software licesned.
If it exists, it would only be Xbox 1 released. Possibly a good idea, this would give new life to a dead system, sorta like Microsoft's version of the PSone. Release Xbox Jr as software or possibly a bootable disc for PC's that match the specs of Xbox 1. Give it to PC hobbyists and game enthusiasts, since today's gaming PC's are x86-based and dwarf the specs of the Xbox 1 console.
But if we're talking an Xbox 360 emulator/loader for PC's, then this is where the "Can't" comes up. Xbox 360 games are compiled for PowerPC architecture, not x86. The Xbox 1 and the Xbox 360 are as different as an Intel PC and a Mac. So the only platform you could theoretically make this software Xbox 360 for is a Mac.
JH: Mike, can you start with some background info on yourself so our readers can get to know a little more about you?
MR: Sure. I'm 39 years old. I'm not married. I'm a computer programmer for a company that writes software for real-estate companies. I enjoy reading fantasy and science-fiction, and watching videos, TV shows, and movies like Star Trek and Babylon 5.
I don't think anyone said anything about preventing BSD or Linux from running on the new X86 Macs. That would be a bad move, since a lot of the userbase awaiting these x86 Macs are looking forward to a single workstation that can boot x86-Linux (so they can run WINE) and Mac OS X on one machine, that and all those who want one box that can run OS X and Windows. And I believe Apple did say they're not preventing anyone from installing Windows on it, but not supporting it either.
Alice in Wonderland - British
Mary Poppins - British
Lion King - Africa
Mulan - China ...
Disney - American company
Spielburg and Cruise will be ruining War of the Worlds. Luckily, a recent British adaptation of the movie was just released, and available on DVD in America now.
Wait... if Microsoft and Nintendo are both getting these 3.2+GHz PowerPC processors for their new systems, then why is Apple complaining that PowerPC processors have not broke 3.0GHz?? (their reasoning for switching to Intel)
Are these not the same PPC used with Apple? (PowerPC 970 FX for the game systems, not sure about the G5)
MHz for MHz, a 3.2GHz PPC should kick the crap out of a 3.2GHz Pentium 4, and shouldn't be far behind--if behind at all--the performance of a P4 or AMD 3.8GHz (or whatever they're up to now).
Or are these magical, centaur processors that Nintendo and Microsoft have secretly found but allude Steve Jobs?
Home Theatre: You don't have to listen to obnoxious, low-rent movie goers who never learned to chew popcorn with their mouths closed.
Nothing like waiting 6 years to see Batman Begins or Episode III and pay $10+ for the experiece, only to hear *crunch*kiss*crunch*kiss*crunch* during the entire thing.
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Great. Now how about finishing porting FreeBSD to PowerPC ??
Cheers. Chrono Cross is my favorite soundtrack of all time, too (and also where I got my username from, which was the Japanese name for the Einlanzer).
I do welcome the Twilight Princess game, but I'd like to see them make another game with the Wind Waker style graphics. They need to take it as a land-based game, not water. The part where you visit Hyrule castle and you can look around and see Hyrule in WW style graphics... they need to make a whole game based on that. Perhaps a remake of Zelda 2 ?
You can play a "Zelda1-esque second quest" if you got that Ocarina of Time disc that was the pre-order bonus for Wind Waker. The Master Quest was just that, the second quest.
Nope. I own both versions and the game is exactly the same in both languages, except the fact that they're in two different languages.
Maybe Nintendo was right about the possible second great video game crash. Think of Atari and ET back in the 80's. I do hope the Revolution saves us.
The Squaresoft Advantage (TM) does not matter (or exist) these days anymore.
Reggie Files-Aime, is that you?
Actually, those scanners scan the fingerprint-like pattern *BETWEEN* your index and middle finger. Take a look, those patterns there are unique to everyone just like the fingertip finger prints.
And these actually do scan and compare to a database. They've been doing this since the late 80's, because this was how you got the Lifetime Pass. You didn't bring any ticket or anything if you had the Lifetime Pass, just got your finger between-area scanned. They stopped selling the Lifetime Pass in the mid-90's and so these machines started to get little to no use (since the Lifetime Pass was applied to your body, basically, you couldn't sell it to someone else).
So these new methods are just to give these dormant machines a new use. While they do scan your between-area on your hand, I do not think it actually matters. It's just there to make people feel secure I think. I just went to the park earlier this year and sometimes they scanned my finger area, sometimes they didn't and the computerized gates let me in anyway.
The idea that they scan the length of your fingers/hand is ridiculous because Disney World gets plenty of people who are growing (kids, teens). Since you can use a pass within a year of buying it, you can visit one day and then visit again two weeks later and it's possible your fingers have grown, if you're a child or teen.
The "everyone's collecting personal data against our will" conspiracy nazis can safely back off this one.
This isn't really all that shocking, really. There's a few points to look at:
1. Microsoft actually isn't a game "developer", they're a game "publisher". The actual developer in question here is Rare, and they've worked with Nintendo oh so famously in the past as a second party. It's all a matter of Microsoft giving an OK and making some bucks off of the Conker, Dark and Banjo games. Why WOULDN'T they do this?
2. Microsoft does have a "handheld" but it's the PocketPC. Being Nintendo has no intentions to enter the PDA market, and Microsoft probably has no intentions to enter the game handheld market (they probably have grown to accept the inevitable Windows-like dominance of Gameboy), they do not view each other as competitors in the handheld market. So this is how Microsoft can make money in this market. An unlikely but possible "payback" would be Nintendo publishing classic games on PocketPC platform, the way Sega does.
3. Related to #2, Sony however DOES have a PDA as well as a game handheld. These being the PalmOS-based Clie and PSP. So they are a rival to both Microsoft and Nintendo. There's no reason Microsoft and Nintendo wouldn't "team up" to compete with Sony here.
4. Microsoft plays nicely, sort of, with its respected competitors. This is why you see Office, Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player and VirtualPC available for Mac OS. They do not have to make these for Mac OS, as they don't make them for Linux. Just as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have a friendly-competitive history, remember Nintendo and Microsoft are both neighbors in Redmond.
5. As Nintendo has been in the gaming business more than twice as long as Sony, and makes a different type of product aimed at a different crowd, Microsoft probably has some respect for Nintendo in a way that they would not want to try to put them out of business. They probably do not feel the same way towards Sony, who seems to have this "let's put Nintendo out of business" attitued as well as making a game system that targets the same same crowd of people as Xbox. This might be Microsoft's way of sort-of supporting Nintendo and keeping them just that much away from out of business (even though Nintendo does not need their help).
6. Handheld games sell. Franchises like Conker and Dark need handheld homes, and the PocketPC and definitely the PSP are unlikely choices for these.
7. Nintendo has market dominance with both GBA and DS killing PSP in sales. With three systems already in existence, Microsoft probably thought they'd make more money, and it would be safer, to just develop for a platform that already exists rather than making their own.
Point being mainly with #4, Microsoft views Nintendo as an Apple-like competitor (plays nicely with them, realizes they make different products) where as Microsoft views Sony as a Linux-like competitor (product is very similar, viewed as an actual threat).
I just hope this sorta-alliance between Nintendo and Microsoft doesn't fuel the 360-Revolution relation rumors floating around that don't seem to die (Hint: "360" and "Revolution" are related terms)
It can't happen, unless they're talking about releasing an official Xbox 1 emulator/loader for PC's. This would not Xbox 360 software licesned.
If it exists, it would only be Xbox 1 released. Possibly a good idea, this would give new life to a dead system, sorta like Microsoft's version of the PSone. Release Xbox Jr as software or possibly a bootable disc for PC's that match the specs of Xbox 1. Give it to PC hobbyists and game enthusiasts, since today's gaming PC's are x86-based and dwarf the specs of the Xbox 1 console.
But if we're talking an Xbox 360 emulator/loader for PC's, then this is where the "Can't" comes up. Xbox 360 games are compiled for PowerPC architecture, not x86. The Xbox 1 and the Xbox 360 are as different as an Intel PC and a Mac. So the only platform you could theoretically make this software Xbox 360 for is a Mac.
From the article:
JH: Mike, can you start with some background info on yourself so our readers can get to know a little more about you?
MR: Sure. I'm 39 years old. I'm not married. I'm a computer programmer for a company that writes software for real-estate companies. I enjoy reading fantasy and science-fiction, and watching videos, TV shows, and movies like Star Trek and Babylon 5.
No doubt, he's browsing Slashdot as we speak.
I don't think anyone said anything about preventing BSD or Linux from running on the new X86 Macs. That would be a bad move, since a lot of the userbase awaiting these x86 Macs are looking forward to a single workstation that can boot x86-Linux (so they can run WINE) and Mac OS X on one machine, that and all those who want one box that can run OS X and Windows. And I believe Apple did say they're not preventing anyone from installing Windows on it, but not supporting it either.
Always count on a Batman article to bring up conversations of man-on-man anal sex.
Disney never believed that...
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Alice in Wonderland - British
Mary Poppins - British
Lion King - Africa
Mulan - China
Disney - American company
Spielburg and Cruise will be ruining War of the Worlds. Luckily, a recent British adaptation of the movie was just released, and available on DVD in America now.
Wait... if Microsoft and Nintendo are both getting these 3.2+GHz PowerPC processors for their new systems, then why is Apple complaining that PowerPC processors have not broke 3.0GHz?? (their reasoning for switching to Intel)
Are these not the same PPC used with Apple? (PowerPC 970 FX for the game systems, not sure about the G5)
MHz for MHz, a 3.2GHz PPC should kick the crap out of a 3.2GHz Pentium 4, and shouldn't be far behind--if behind at all--the performance of a P4 or AMD 3.8GHz (or whatever they're up to now).
Or are these magical, centaur processors that Nintendo and Microsoft have secretly found but allude Steve Jobs?
Let's also not forget:
Home Theatre: You don't have to listen to obnoxious, low-rent movie goers who never learned to chew popcorn with their mouths closed.
Nothing like waiting 6 years to see Batman Begins or Episode III and pay $10+ for the experiece, only to hear *crunch*kiss*crunch*kiss*crunch* during the entire thing.
Gonqueror ?
The mascot could be the dog from Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Mozilla Navigator ?
I'm sure the Netscape people won't object, given how much they depend on Mozilla's code...
Mozilla Explorer? The icon could be a big, firey E
Wait, more popular than Super Mario Bros 3 and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City?