I'm not the only one. Obviously the fact that they are still making them for people who want to play retro games says something. Some people would rather use an IBM model M keyboard than a tiny laptop style keyboard. Go figure.
I play a ton of MAME and console ROMs. I use my Dual Shock into a USB adaptor. The Dual Shock + Robotron = Dead Robot Scum. The only thing I really prefer a full on joystick for are fighting games. I have a giant arcade stick for Soul Calibur and Street Fighter.
The game that sold me on the Dual Shock was Grand Turismo. It would be impossible to play on your giant red fun-stick. Even Pole Position (joysticks, poles..haha!) would be a trying experience.
The D-pad is nice for SMS/NES era top down games.
As you have elequently pointed out the joystick is also a rich source of sexual innuendo. This alone makes it superior to the DPad.
The crux of it, right there. As long as people continue to wrap their fists tightly around the protruding shaft of a joybox, life will be worth living.
People get used to using second best kit and don't know how to use the good stuff. Old console kids think that the DPad is some sort of awesome gaming setup. Playstation generationers think that the dual shock, one of the worst controllers ever, is actually one of the best. Old school PC gamers think that the people who are using wasd and mouse for fps instead of cursor keys are crazy kids.
Obviously every one else is wrong and your shitty bulbuous red-knobbed phallic lap stick is the king of the hill.
Obviously.
I can, easily. I used hand held digital joysticks through the eighties and nineties.
heh. heh. heh. I bet you did! Five digits per hand, one greasy stick. Am I right?
I really like my Dreamcast Arcade Stick, I wish I could find something similar for my Xbox, the cheap Gamester one I found is too small, it won't sit on my lap nicely, and just feels wrong.
The Dreamcast one messed me up because the joystick wasn't straight. If you pushed it directly up from how you were sitting, it was actually off to one side (the right I think) a bit. I never got used to it.
I've got a "Real Arcade Universal" that I picked up on sale at Gamestop when I was playing a lot of Soul Calibur 2. I've been pretty happy with it. It works with PS2/Xbox/Gamecube. For some reason it won't work with my Playstation adaptors for my PC, which sucks, but I think there's a version with USB.
Both those games had a hard time maintaining 30fps, and to be honest, I don't recall the morph game going much past 20. Frankly, given some of the numbers involved, I'm not surprised.
Wow. You shore can count fast. I bet nothing gets by you. Nothing!
It basically boils down to lazy an unimaginative game designers and the scumbag publishers that reinforce the behavior because the shit sells.
If they are doing it because it sells, then the blame is on the shoulders of the consumer. Scapegoating a company for selling something that is popular is stupid.
Yes, in one Mario and Luigi run and jump through sewers killing turtles and those spiky things. In the other they run and jump through sewers killing turtles and those spiky things.
You are a self-congratulatory douche, and I don't like you.
Hell, a friend of mine's office is running a massive DVD piracy ring with their fancy new DVD duplicating machine (officially used to make demo DVDs for clients).
What is the point of posting this on slashdot? Are we supposed to think you're cool by association? Would your friend be happy you did this? Do your friends hate you as much as I do?
It clearly states Windows isn't at fault, so WHY must you put this 'Windows causes all problems, no matter what the article REALLY says' spin on everything AS OFTEN as you can?
Does anyone actually care what he has to say? Blah blah blah! I wrote a childish essay based on conjecture and wishful idealistic thinking, once! I have a stupid mustache! I'm a 12 year old trapped in a sad aging sack of blotchy skin!
Funcoland did it just fine. It was convenient for, you know, the people who give them money and games.
The new policy is convenient for maximizing the extraction of cash and goods from consumers and is a pain in the ass. It is a removal of a useful service with nothing in return, and thus I dub it "load of crap."
It looks like they're releasing a Dr. Mario/Tetris Attack (or Dr. Mario/Pokemon Puzzle League...hard to tell) cart for the GBA in November. I saw the ones for the GBC but all I have is a DS which can only play GBA games.
Thanks for the roundabout heads up!
That thanks doesn't, however, revoke my previous comment. Tetris Attack is second only to Robotron (and followed closely by Rampart and Phantasy Star I) in the greatest games of all time list.
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and the phrophesy has been fulfilled. The four horse man of the apocalypse shall ride......
No man needs more than two horses. Three if one is for snuggling.
Four?
No, the world is not yet ready for the advent of the four horse man.
I'm not the only one. Obviously the fact that they are still making them for people who want to play retro games says something. Some people would rather use an IBM model M keyboard than a tiny laptop style keyboard. Go figure.
I play a ton of MAME and console ROMs. I use my Dual Shock into a USB adaptor. The Dual Shock + Robotron = Dead Robot Scum. The only thing I really prefer a full on joystick for are fighting games. I have a giant arcade stick for Soul Calibur and Street Fighter.
The game that sold me on the Dual Shock was Grand Turismo. It would be impossible to play on your giant red fun-stick. Even Pole Position (joysticks, poles..haha!) would be a trying experience.
The D-pad is nice for SMS/NES era top down games.
As you have elequently pointed out the joystick is also a rich source of sexual innuendo. This alone makes it superior to the DPad.
The crux of it, right there. As long as people continue to wrap their fists tightly around the protruding shaft of a joybox, life will be worth living.
People get used to using second best kit and don't know how to use the good stuff. Old console kids think that the DPad is some sort of awesome gaming setup. Playstation generationers think that the dual shock, one of the worst controllers ever, is actually one of the best. Old school PC gamers think that the people who are using wasd and mouse for fps instead of cursor keys are crazy kids.
Obviously every one else is wrong and your shitty bulbuous red-knobbed phallic lap stick is the king of the hill.
Obviously.
I can, easily. I used hand held digital joysticks through the eighties and nineties.
heh. heh. heh. I bet you did! Five digits per hand, one greasy stick. Am I right?
I really like my Dreamcast Arcade Stick, I wish I could find something similar for my Xbox, the cheap Gamester one I found is too small, it won't sit on my lap nicely, and just feels wrong.
The Dreamcast one messed me up because the joystick wasn't straight. If you pushed it directly up from how you were sitting, it was actually off to one side (the right I think) a bit. I never got used to it.
I've got a "Real Arcade Universal" that I picked up on sale at Gamestop when I was playing a lot of Soul Calibur 2. I've been pretty happy with it. It works with PS2/Xbox/Gamecube. For some reason it won't work with my Playstation adaptors for my PC, which sucks, but I think there's a version with USB.
Both those games had a hard time maintaining 30fps, and to be honest, I don't recall the morph game going much past 20. Frankly, given some of the numbers involved, I'm not surprised.
Wow. You shore can count fast. I bet nothing gets by you. Nothing!
I wasn't agreeing or disagreeing with his point. I was pointing out a flaw: his use of the mythical "silent majority."
Don't assume that just because the silent majority are silent, it means that they're stupid or uninformed.
Or that they exist. Or are the majority. Or agree with point X.
Is exaggerating to make a point no longer a viable discussion method?
When was it ever a viable discussion method?
It basically boils down to lazy an unimaginative game designers and the scumbag publishers that reinforce the behavior because the shit sells.
If they are doing it because it sells, then the blame is on the shoulders of the consumer. Scapegoating a company for selling something that is popular is stupid.
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Yes, in one Mario and Luigi run and jump through sewers killing turtles and those spiky things. In the other they run and jump through sewers killing turtles and those spiky things.
Totally different!
Does Nintendo really expect us to purchase 3 versions of the same system (The GBA, GBA SP, and the Micro)??
They are actually releasing it in the hopes that nobody will buy it.
So sneaky!
You are a self-congratulatory douche, and I don't like you.
Hell, a friend of mine's office is running a massive DVD piracy ring with their fancy new DVD duplicating machine (officially used to make demo DVDs for clients).
What is the point of posting this on slashdot? Are we supposed to think you're cool by association? Would your friend be happy you did this? Do your friends hate you as much as I do?
Just kiddng! I love you.
Oops. I meant loathe. Sorry.
It clearly states Windows isn't at fault, so WHY must you put this 'Windows causes all problems, no matter what the article REALLY says' spin on everything AS OFTEN as you can?
Because they don't actually read the articles.
This is the point where it starts to be another money-making scheme.
Producing the game at all is a "money making scheme."
their space program's top achievement was old news in the US by the early 60's
We haven't caught up to where we were in the late 60's...
This guy is such a douchebag.
Does anyone actually care what he has to say? Blah blah blah! I wrote a childish essay based on conjecture and wishful idealistic thinking, once! I have a stupid mustache! I'm a 12 year old trapped in a sad aging sack of blotchy skin!
Gaze unto the horror! The horror!
Just shut up. Please. Shut. Up.
And for the love of all that is holy, shave that stupid fucking mustache!
Thanks.
Wow, ten movies on each DVD. Now it will be even harder to find the movie I want to watch.
Hoo.
Ray.
Sifting through piles of DVDs sucks. Browsing through directories is easy.
Funcoland did it just fine. It was convenient for, you know, the people who give them money and games.
The new policy is convenient for maximizing the extraction of cash and goods from consumers and is a pain in the ass. It is a removal of a useful service with nothing in return, and thus I dub it "load of crap."
Obviously your opinion differs.
It doesn't make you any less wrong.
If you extend it a bit further, Chinese will make US irrelevant.
It's possible, but right now they mainly make cheap trinkets for Wal-Mart.
And rockets.
And babies. But only males.
Okay, you made me go look it up.
It looks like they're releasing a Dr. Mario/Tetris Attack (or Dr. Mario/Pokemon Puzzle League...hard to tell) cart for the GBA in November. I saw the ones for the GBC but all I have is a DS which can only play GBA games.
Thanks for the roundabout heads up!
That thanks doesn't, however, revoke my previous comment. Tetris Attack is second only to Robotron (and followed closely by Rampart and Phantasy Star I) in the greatest games of all time list.
Tetris Attack sucks.
Die.
It won't be private enterprise that makes NASA irrelevant. It will be the Chinese.
No wonder Nintendo refuses to concede defeat.
Their GBA sales numbers are on par with the PS2. Even without adding in the Gamecube and DS they are beating the snot out of Microsoft.