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Title: Do you have a console?
Post by: Jens14 on 17 February 2004, 19:26: Do you have a concolse, and if you do wich one do you have?
presonally i have none :D what about YOU? :D
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Post by: SihgeruMiyamoto on 20 February 2004, 07:39: - GCN
- GBA SP
- N64
- SNES
- NES
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Post by: restin256 on 21 February 2004, 02:22: NES, APF TVFun pong-ripoff.
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Post by: preacher on 21 February 2004, 20:19: Well of the newest generation ones, I own a Playstation 2, GameCube, and xbox.

btw, it was a gift and I have yet to buy a single game.
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Post by: Fett101 on 21 February 2004, 20:32: Dreamcast Ownz!
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Post by: Annorax on 21 February 2004, 20:36: quote:
Originally posted by Fett101:
Dreamcast Ownz!

I think you're insane.

I own:
NES

I emulate:
NES
SNES
Arcade (MAME)
Genesis
PS1 (eventually)
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Post by: M51DPS on 21 February 2004, 22:11: I own a PS1, lots of fun to play every once in a while.
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Post by: restin256 on 22 February 2004, 00:46: quote:
Originally posted by Annorax: Temporal Refugee:

I think you're insane.

I own:
NES

I emulate:
NES
SNES
Arcade (MAME)
Genesis
PS1 (eventually)

I'm the same. I don't have a lot of games to play on the PS1 yet, but I've been trying to get Duke Nukem TTK for a while. I bought one of those USB-to-PSX controller adapters and a controller, the total cost was about $15. It kicks ass.
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Post by: Annorax on 22 February 2004, 06:27: I'm going to buy one of those USB-to-SNES adapters whenever I can find one.
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Post by: restin256 on 22 February 2004, 21:06: You can get them at radioshack or online, they're pretty cheap and really worth the dollar. I hate playing emulators with a keyboard.
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Post by: Fett101 on 22 February 2004, 11:19: quote:
Originally posted by Annorax: Temporal Refugee:

I think you're insane.

The Dreamcast, when compared to other consoles and games available at the same time, owns!
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Post by: Refalm on 22 February 2004, 16:50: quote:
Fett101: The Dreamcast, when compared to other consoles and games available at the same time, owns!

Indeed. The Dreamcast was the first with online multiplayer support and kick ass graphics. They didn't use DVD's though, but some weird 1 GB CD-ROM.
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Post by: hm_murdock on 23 February 2004, 06:29: Super Nintendo
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Post by: skyman8081 on 23 February 2004, 21:18: NES
N64
Xbox
PC (if you count that)
iPod (it has games!...)
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Post by: mc0282 on 23 February 2004, 11:45: ps2
psx
dreamcast! - shamue(however you spell it) the best game
nes
snes
xbox = yeah right ha ha ha never!
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Post by: Fett101 on 24 February 2004, 00:30: Shenmue. Unless you're thinking of the whale.
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Post by: Paladin9 on 24 February 2004, 12:33: GAMBOY (old style beige, big, bulky)
SNES
N64
PS2
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Post by: Paladin9 on 24 February 2004, 12:42: shit! never mind...
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Post by: ryan247 on 25 February 2004, 02:01: You mean nevermind SPARKPLUG!
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Post by: hm_murdock on 25 February 2004, 18:56: Fuck all you losers. I just got a VIDELECTRIX SUPER FUNMACHINE
Title: Do you have a console?
Post by: Paladin9 on 25 February 2004, 21:52: quote:
Originally posted by ryan247:
You mean nevermind SPARKPLUG!

So now you are going to point out every little mistake I make when typing? I do not know why but for a while there you were making no sense and then your grammer got better.
Title: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 25 February 2004, 23:38: quote:
jimmyjames.sytes.net: Fuck all you losers. I just got a VIDELECTRIX SUPER FUNMACHINE

No way dude, this is the shit:
SUPER MEGASON IV (http://www.afrotechmods.com/groovy/review/megason/megason.htm)

[ February 25, 2004: Message edited by: Refalm ]
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Post by: restin256 on 26 February 2004, 05:27: God, that cover reminds me so much of the 80's and 90's.
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Post by: nails on 1 March 2004, 03:49: is that thing real? it looks like they're using a nes, and pretending that they're running the other machine thingie...
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Post by: restin256 on 1 March 2004, 04:35: It looks more like a PS1 portable.

And it's fake.
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Post by: Fett101 on 1 March 2004, 10:24: quote:
Originally posted by restin256:
And it's fake.

Fake my ass. Afrotech would never lie to us.
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Post by: Annorax on 1 March 2004, 14:08: quote:
Originally posted by Fett101:

Fake my ass. Afrotech would never lie to us.

Moron. The Duck Hunt and SMB2J screenshots weren't enough to give it away? It's horseshit, but the box was decently Photoshopped.
Title: Do you have a console?
Post by: Fett101 on 1 March 2004, 19:53: How do you account for every other picture then?
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Post by: Annorax on 2 March 2004, 05:05: quote:
Originally posted by Fett101:
How do you account for every other picture then?

Not even you would believe that. It's not only fake, it's so badly done that I have to suspect that it's intentionally shit.

Besides... SMB2J runs only on a Japanese Famicom or an emulator. Good luck finding a working copy for either.
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Post by: restin256 on 2 March 2004, 21:24: quote:
Originally posted by Annorax: Temporal Refugee:
Moron. The Duck Hunt and SMB2J screenshots weren't enough to give it away? It's horseshit, but the box was decently Photoshopped.

Click here (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sarcasm&f=1).
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Post by: Fett101 on 2 March 2004, 19:39: <sarcasm>You didn't properly tag your code</sarcasm>
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Post by: hm_murdock on 2 March 2004, 22:08: It's real.
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Post by: Annorax on 3 March 2004, 21:15: In my opinion, this thread has been hijacked and is rapidly approaching the line between fun and troll.

Let's try to get it back on topic.
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Post by: hm_murdock on 3 March 2004, 22:24: Agreed.

The thing is real. They've been selling these "super multi-video game" things for some time now. The ones I've seen have a cheapo little N64-looking controller than plugs straight into the TV. it can also accept regular NES carts, because it's a nintendo shrunk to be painfully tiny.
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Post by: Annorax on 3 March 2004, 23:39: quote:
Originally posted by jimmyjames.sytes.net:
Agreed.

The thing is real. They've been selling these "super multi-video game" things for some time now. The ones I've seen have a cheapo little N64-looking controller than plugs straight into the TV. it can also accept regular NES carts, because it's a nintendo shrunk to be painfully tiny.

From what I've seen, most of the El Cheapo
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Post by: hm_murdock on 4 March 2004, 06:19: I thought SNES was 68020
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Post by: Annorax on 4 March 2004, 08:26: Nope, it's a 65c816. (http://emureview.ztnet.com/developerscorner/)

Aargh. Can't code UBB while sleepmodding...

[ March 03, 2004: Message edited by: Annorax: Temporal Refugee ]
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Post by: Annorax on 8 March 2004, 14:01: quote:
Originally posted by there is to much hate, prey.:
1 vote for bin

Denied. Up until the moment where you decided to screw with this thread, it was productive of a sort. Allow it to be re-railed instead of asking to have it binned.

EDIT: Deleted Restin's post because it served no purpose, and I felt having one pseudo-trolling post was enough. Two would be completely stupid.

I expect all posts in this forum to have actual content. Further trolling will be dealt with appropriately.

[ March 08, 2004: Message edited by: Annorax: Temporal Refugee ]
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Post by: TheQuirk on 10 March 2004, 06:56: Sega Genesis III.
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Post by: Annorax on 11 March 2004, 05:55: quote:
Originally posted by TheQuirk: I Just Want Attention:
Sega Genesis III.

Pardon me for being ignorant of classic Sega systems... but there was a Genesis III? I was always a Nintendo fan-kiddie, right up until I was about 16 and grew a brain for the first time...

[ March 10, 2004: Message edited by: Annorax: Temporal Refugee ]
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Post by: solarismka on 11 March 2004, 08:05: quote:
Originally posted by Jens14:
Do you have a concolse, and if you do wich one do you have?
presonally i have none :D what about YOU? :D

Yes, I have an old ps1 I fire up sometimes. It only works if you place it upside down in a vertical position. Don't ask why I have no clue!

:D
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Post by: Stilly on 18 March 2004, 12:17: holy shit i want a super megason IV
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Post by: mobrien_12 on 19 March 2004, 11:00: quote:
Originally posted by Annorax: Temporal Refugee:

Pardon me for being ignorant of classic Sega systems... but there was a Genesis III? I was always a Nintendo fan-kiddie, right up until I was about 16 and grew a brain for the first time...

[ March 10, 2004: Message edited by: Annorax: Temporal Refugee ]

There were several add-on modules for the genesis including the Sega CD and the 32X. The Sega CD was a really nice add-on. Not only did it have the CD drive, but it added a second CPU (not sure if it was true SMP, but it did make a noticable boost in processing power). It also increased the RAM available and contained some battery powered RAM for storage of game data (think the playstation memory cards permanently integrated into the console).

There were 3 models of the genesis console. The second was designed to be more compact and noticably lacks the headphone jack and headphone jack volume slider. The third model was called the CDX. It was pretty sweet, consisting of a Sega Genesis and Sega CD in an integrated, portable package (didn't work with the 32X module though).

The Sega Nomad system might also be considered the fourth version of the Genesis. It was a handheld unit that played genesis catridges and had a small color LCD screen.
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Post by: young1024 on 20 March 2004, 06:10: I have an SNES, but I lost the power cord and the RF cable... :(
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Post by: SihgeruMiyamoto on 23 April 2004, 05:01: On this Australian TV show (Good Morning Australia) they try sell this rip off of a NES. It looks like they have got the casing of old N64's and shoved a nes in them and tried to sell them for a ridiculously high amount.

$129.95 Australian dollars!!!! which is about $95.00 US dollars!!!!. For fuck sake....it sells for about teh same amount as a GameCube.

check it out here: http://www.globalshopdirect.tv/eMPro/prod80.htm (http://www.globalshopdirect.tv/eMPro/prod80.htm)
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Post by: preacher on 24 April 2004, 03:11: quote:
Originally posted by ShigeruMiyamoto:
On this Australian TV show (Good Morning Australia) they try sell this rip off of a NES. It looks like they have got the casing of old N64's and shoved a nes in them and tried to sell them for a ridiculously high amount.

$129.95 Australian dollars!!!! which is about $95.00 US dollars!!!!. For fuck sake....it sells for about teh same amount as a GameCube.

check it out here: http://www.globalshopdirect.tv/eMPro/prod80.htm (http://www.globalshopdirect.tv/eMPro/prod80.htm)

Oh my God what a rip-off, I certainly hope no one is stupid enough to buy that.
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Post by: KernelPanic on 24 April 2004, 03:22: quote:
Originally posted by ThePreacher Linux Game Master:

Oh my God what a rip-off, I certainly hope no one is stupid enough to buy that.

They must do, else they wouldn't sell it at that price.
I thought you were an an economist (http://tongue.gif) j/k
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Post by: Aaron Ni on 24 April 2004, 08:38: SNES compact & Green Gameboy Pocket.
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Post by: choasforages on 28 April 2004, 11:05: xbox - only peice of microsoft i own that actually worked, i can only imagine what kinda evil trial run for drm that bastard box is

gamecube
dreamcast
n64
segacd
supernintendo
nes
some ancient thing called an intellevision its commodore 64 ancient
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Post by: Aoshi on 11 May 2004, 04:22: i have 2 xboxes, one 1st gen, and a 3rd gen i think the new one is. though i dislike microsoft, the xbox is the best console out there for a few reasons.

1. harddrive standard
2. you can put your own music onto it
3. 4 controller slots standard
4. possibility for best graphics though few games use it
Title: Do you have a console?
Post by: preacher on 11 May 2004, 17:25: quote:
Originally posted by Aoshi:
i have 2 xboxes, one 1st gen, and a 3rd gen i think the new one is. though i dislike microsoft, the xbox is the best console out there for a few reasons.

1. harddrive standard
2. you can put your own music onto it
3. 4 controller slots standard
4. possibility for best graphics though few games use it

1. Why do I need a hard drive, can you take the hard drive over to a friends house and use it on his xbox?
2. Other game companies pride themselves on putting excellent music into the games so you don't have to use your own collection
3. 4 controller ports for crappy controllers
4. Good graphics aren't worth a penny if the games suck ass!!!!
Title: Do you have a console?
Post by: Paladin9 on 11 May 2004, 22:38: quote:
Originally posted by Aoshi:
1. harddrive standard

I still find it rediculus that consoles now have hard drives.

quote:
2. you can put your own music onto it

???

quote:
3. 4 controller slots standard

stardard to microsoft?

quote:
4. possibility for best graphics though few games use it

Good graphics has NOTHING to do with a game being good. I think Mario Brothers 3 is still the best game ever. Do you think it is not good becuase it has now shitty graphics? Anyway, if I want a game with good graphics, then I will get it for my pc.
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Post by: Fett101 on 12 May 2004, 21:12: Too bad the one thing the Xbox is lacking is must have games :D

[ May 12, 2004: Message edited by: Fett101 ]
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Post by: zao on 14 May 2004, 07:21: 1. harddrive standard
First harddrive implementation was on japanese Famicom (Family Computer or NES) with Legend of Zelda. I will hardly quality harddrive as standard as Flash RAM will soon replace it. At the moment, having a HD for the console make the Xbox an easy target for either hackers and crackers.

I currently have a Sega Dreamcast though I will consider to get Nintendo Gamecube.
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Post by: Topdawg2050 on 15 May 2004, 03:15: HALO RUELZ!!!!! (http://graemlins/thumbsup.gif) :D
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Post by: Stilly on 15 May 2004, 04:19: i actually like the xbox

i play halo at my friend's house all the time. we get em networked on ethernet and its badass.
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Post by: skyman8081 on 15 May 2004, 06:48: how about I do a stinging point-by-point rebuttal. (I like all 3 systems, but I'm poor and I only have an xbox)

quote:
Originally posted by ThePreacher:

1. Why do I need a hard drive, can you take the hard drive over to a friends house and use it on his xbox?

so you don't have to spend more money on a memory card that does not hold as much as the hard-drive.
and there ARE memory cards for xbox for that exact reason, although I beleive that there are experimenting with roaming saved games via vbov live.

quote:
Originally posted by ThePreacher:

2. Other game companies pride themselves on putting excellent music into the games so you don't have to use your own collection

what if I think their music sucks? and support is up to the choice of the game dev. Halo has no support for that, but has a kickass soundtrack.

quote:
Originally posted by ThePreacher:

3. 4 controller ports for crappy controllers

That is your opinion, i'm not going to bother.
I personally like the big controllers, which are oh-so-comfy, and I find the "S" controller to be awkward.

quote:
Originally posted by ThePreacher:

4. Good graphics aren't worth a penny if the games suck ass!!!!

but good graphics can make a great game even better.
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Post by: preacher on 15 May 2004, 16:39: quote:
so you don't have to spend more money on a memory card that does not hold as much as the hard-drive.
and there ARE memory cards for xbox for that exact reason, although I beleive that there are experimenting with roaming saved games via vbov live.

I have had a single ps2 8 mb memory card for 3 years and it has over 30 games saved on it and is still not full. Plus I can take just the memory card over to my friends house, and play my saved games on his PS2, tell me how you can do that with a hard drive?

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what if I think their music sucks? and support is up to the choice of the game dev. Halo has no support for that, but has a kickass soundtrack.

If their music sucks that is the developers fault. Look at games like Gran Turismo 3, and the excellent soundtrack it had. If nothing else I can easily play a CD on my home theater system, while playing a game.

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That is your opinion, i'm not going to bother.
I personally like the big controllers, which are oh-so-comfy, and I find the "S" controller to be awkward.

The big clunky old controllers, and even the smaller, yet still too big newer controllers are just plain shit. If you notice, the newer controllers are a blatant rip off of the shape of the ps2 controller.
(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:UXIECKIvjLEJ:www.gamesasylum.com/images/articles/17032003200436-4.jpg)(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:i5d4efXT9gwJ:www.tokenasians.com/archives/news/yobotroller.jpg)

quote:

but good graphics can make a great game even better.

I agree with this, but when will the Xbox have great games?

[ May 15, 2004: Message edited by: ThePreacher ]
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Post by: Aoshi on 18 May 2004, 07:43: quote:
Originally posted by ThePreacher:

1. Why do I need a hard drive, can you take the hard drive over to a friends house and use it on his xbox?
2. Other game companies pride themselves on putting excellent music into the games so you don't have to use your own collection
3. 4 controller ports for crappy controllers
4. Good graphics aren't worth a penny if the games suck ass!!!!

1. um, well first off you wouldnt really need to, because you could just bring yours and use yours. or they can go out and be a little sissy bitch and get action reply and not actually deserve the fucking tvr speed 12 and get the good players like myself flamed....(sorry, personal thing...)

2. um lets see pgr2 had hundreds of tracks, about maybe 10 of which i liked...

3. i dont really see how you can call those crappy controllers, i personally love the large one and hate the controller S, but i dont know how you can call them crappy, almost every button is pressure sensative on them.

4. games cant "suck ass" thats completly opionion is is controllers and music preference. i like lots of xbox games and think that they are alot better then any other system games.

to someone elses post that xbox doesnt have any "must have games"...lol no other system does either, the only must have game on ps2 is gran turismo 3, which is going to be utterly bested by a new xbox racing game which include basically everything you can thing of. if youve played nfsu, it has that aspect of which you can make your car look how you want it to. while having the same aspect of gt3 in which you can upgrade your car to how you like it and tune it how you want it to a greater extent ten both of the games mentioned above.

and xbox does have some must have games, if you like racing theres Toca racedriver 2 (a bit wierd but nice) pgr2, and rallisport challenge 2 (the godliest). in the first person shooters class they have rainbow six 3, counterstrike (god knows why...).
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Post by: Fett101 on 18 May 2004, 10:00: I never said any of the other systems did. Damned games these days.

Still. GTA3, Metal Gear Solid and then Cube has Metorid, Zelda...

Hell. All these games suck. Screw it. I'm gonna go play Grim Fandango.
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Post by: Refalm on 2 June 2004, 23:34: GTA3 was good. Well, not as good as GTA2, but it r0x0r3d (http://smile.gif)
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Post by: hm_murdock on 5 June 2004, 21:47: But Playstation 2 SUX
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Post by: Refalm on 5 June 2004, 23:49: quote:
Topdawg2050: HALO RUELZ!!!!! (http://graemlins/thumbsup.gif) :D

I didn't like Halo much. It's fun for a while, but the whole atmosphere of the game isn't right. Maybe it's because the people who made this game didn't have fun making it. I can tell by looking at the atmosphere, and the originality it. It isn't quite good in Halo.
Age of Empires however (which was also made by Microsoft) is a very good example of the authors having fun while making it. The atmosphere is kick ass, the levels are creative and the cheats are too much fun to handle.

Oh right, Halo. Well, I didn't like it. Seems the authors had a really though boss who didn't tolerate creativity or not following the almighty script.
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Post by: Col on 6 June 2004, 22:32: I have the following consoles:
- NES
- N64
- GCN
- GBC
- PS2
- Megadrive 2

I used to have loads more, but don't have them anymore. I also have a SNES emulator on my PC.

If I was to list them all in order of preference, with my favourite at the top, it'd be like this:
- SNES emulator
- N64
- NES
- Megadrive 2
- GCN
- GBC
- PS2
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Post by: Laukev7 on 6 June 2004, 23:55: I used to have an NES and an SNES. They have been both replaced by emulators.

On the other hand, I just bought an old Sega Master System at a garage sale for $5.
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Post by: CyberCat on 9 July 2004, 06:47: I have:

Gameboy Color
Cameboy Advanced
Gameboy Advanced SP
Atati
XBOX

Though I really dislike Microsoft I still think XBOX is over-all the best modern console, besides Dolby Digital is the company that actually makes the XBOXes, and I don't think the controllers for XBOX suck any more than the controllers for any other console.
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Post by: Stilly on 9 July 2004, 08:56: quote:
Originally posted by Refalm:

I didn't like Halo much. It's fun for a while, but the whole atmosphere of the game isn't right. Maybe it's because the people who made this game didn't have fun making it. I can tell by looking at the atmosphere, and the originality it. It isn't quite good in Halo.
Age of Empires however (which was also made by Microsoft) is a very good example of the authors having fun while making it. The atmosphere is kick ass, the levels are creative and the cheats are too much fun to handle.

Oh right, Halo. Well, I didn't like it. Seems the authors had a really though boss who didn't tolerate creativity or not following the almighty script.

i agree halo did lack in some ways, but its a great game to just have 8 people come over and play for hours.

although rumors say that halo was going to be hellaciously better before they went to ms

and i agree about age of empires.
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Post by: Fidel on 17 July 2004, 11:28: quote:
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Originally posted by Aoshi:
1. harddrive standard
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I still find it rediculus that consoles now have hard drives.

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2. you can put your own music onto it
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???

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3. 4 controller slots standard
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stardard to microsoft?

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4. possibility for best graphics though few games use it
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Good graphics has NOTHING to do with a game being good. I think Mario Brothers 3 is still the best game ever. Do you think it is not good becuase it has now shitty graphics? Anyway, if I want a game with good graphics, then I will get it for my pc.

:Morrowind. Halo, DOA3, Fable, Halo 2, Gladius, Splinter Cell (best on the Xbox), Knights of the old republic, Marvel vs Capcom 2,Rainbow Six three, Brute Force. The point of a Hard Drive is so that games load faster and that you can listen to your own music,which is as some of you a stupid reason because the game designers put great music in their games allready, even thou I would love to agree its simply not true. I mean the music may be good to some people but tastes in music vary so widly thats its almost impossible to get a good song to everyone who plays the game. I dont understand your complaint about the controller slots. The reason Few games use it (even though enough use them for it to be noteable) is because most games are foolishly posted. You dont have to waste your money on Memory cards, while other weaker systems you have to buy memory cards for are the same price.

I have a ten page artivle about how the Dreamcast is more powerful than the Ps2 even though its two years older. I will tell give the link at anyones request. even if some dissagre I find the games On DC to be for the most part better.

I didn't like Halo much. It's fun for a while, but the whole atmosphere of the game isn't right. Maybe it's because the people who made this game didn't have fun making it. I can tell by looking at the atmosphere, and the originality it. It isn't quite good in Halo.
Age of Empires however (which was also made by Microsoft) is a very good example of the authors having fun while making it. The atmosphere is kick ass, the levels are creative and the cheats are too much fun to handle.

Oh right, Halo. Well, I didn't like it. Seems the authors had a really though boss who didn't tolerate creativity or not following the almighty script.

I would like it for you to say the facts not just assumptions. Im not trying to be a jack ass but you can sway alot of people with lies.

EDIT please try to put everything in one post. If you want to add more then just edit your existing post.

[ July 17, 2004: Message edited by: Paladin ]
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Post by: Fidel on 21 July 2004, 14:08: That killed my reply, doesnt look like what I posted at all? I am sorry thou I normaly dont post three times in a row but some things came to my noggin after I posted and I felt needed to be said. The reason for not editing is I have been posting on My gaming clan boards and they dont have an edit button (which I find odd and dumb). almost all the controlers in the gaming world are simply the evoled versions of its the console before it. Ps2= Saturn X-box=Dream cast GameCube=?????. Nintendo has made it "their thing" to make odd controlers. While the N64 was great the Game cube conts I dislike.

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I have had a single ps2 8 mb memory card for 3 years and it has over 30 games saved on it and is still not full. Plus I can take just the memory card over to my friends house, and play my saved games on his PS2, tell me how you can do that with a hard drive?

Man if you play games alot you will soon understand that you run outta save. I have 4 mem cards for my PS and they are all except one chock full of data. Also if its that hard to simply unplug you xbox and carry it then you need to stop gaming anyway. I mean if you friend does have an xbox he has the cords and a tv so just unlplug the darn thing and bring it over. With two Xbox'es you can do alot of cool stuff too so the thought of "should I bring it over?" should never occur in your X box head.

[ July 21, 2004: Message edited by: Hmph? ]
Title: Do you have a console?
Post by: Paladin9 on 24 July 2004, 07:18: Hey, here is the fact:

SNES is better then ANY other console known to man. I dont care how old it is now.
Title: Do you have a console?
Post by: pofnlice on 24 July 2004, 10:43: Here you can take your Xbox downtown and get the all region mod + a HUGE FRIGGIN HD + about 100 games installed. All for the low low price of about 100,000 Won. That's about $70.00 (USD). In PS2 all I can get is a multi region chip that allows me to play dvds regardless of NTSC or PAL format and all region games, for 50,000 Won (About $35.00 (usd)).

A lot of peeps are opting for the XBox here based on those reasons alone.
Title: Do you have a console?
Post by: bedouin on 29 July 2004, 05:34: I currently own a Gamecube and a Gameboy Advance. I bought the cube for Soul Calibur 2 and F-Zero GX, but became addicted to Super Mario Kart Double Dash and Ikaruga later on. Not to mention it has a PPC CPU, so it appeals to my Mac-loving side.

In the past I've owned: Atari 7800, Master System (my favorite machine of them all), Genesis, NES, SNES, PSX, Dreamcast, and a Gameboy (the original B&W model). I have a tendency to sell machines once they are replaced by a newer generation. The Master System (and all of its games) is the only one I really regret selling, just because they're a bit harder to find -- especially in the condition I kept mine.

When the ROM scene became big it was like a dreamworld for me: tons of games I wanted to try as a child all at my fingertips. Buy a PSX > USB converter from Radio Shack and emus are as good as the real thing. In fact, I kind of prefer playing NES on a nice crisp 17" LCD.

There's one machine I haven't been able to enjoy in emulation though: my c64. Waiting for the 1541 to load, hearing the drive click and clatter, and using the actual machine is part of the whole experience to me. Pick up or construct one of these (http://sta.c64.org/xe1541.html) and you can write disk images directly from your PC to a 1541 drive. Anyone know of a way to do this with modern (USB) Macs?

Oh and about the "Super Megason" -- it's very real. I was going to pick a similar system up once but figured it would be PAL, and useless on any of my televisions.

Systems I never owned but always admired (despite whether it was justified or not): Atari Jaguar, second generation Atari Lynx, TG16 and TG Express (or PC Duo, depending on where you're from), and the Sega Saturn.

Hmm, surprised nobody has mentioned the Apple Pippin[URL] in this thread. (http://www.theapplecollection.com/design/macproto/Pippin.html)
Title: Do you have a console?
Post by: dull60 on 7 August 2004, 05:29: why hasnt anyone mentioned the knights of the old republic (kotor) which would not be possible without the hardrive.I personally think the x-box is the best next gen system.
p.s. I know about the pc version but xbox costs about a 3rd as much as a new pc would cost me
Title: Do you have a console?
Post by: zao on 7 August 2004, 08:34: "why hasnt anyone mentioned the knights of the old republic (kotor) which would not be possible without the hardrive.I personally think the x-box is the best next gen system. "

Because these games were designed for a particular system. Much like FFXI were designed to use harddrive. In other other words, these games can be done if hardware manufactures wish to create a HDD for their consoles.
Title: Do you have a console?
Post by: Orethrius on 17 August 2004, 08:12: I still say the guy that came up with the MechAssault bypass to load Linux into the X-Box owns us all. So does the first guy that decided to cluster them. Then again, I seem to remember somebody trying that with PS2's recently, too.
:cool:
Title: Do you have a console?
Post by: Indecisive_Distro_Chooser on 18 August 2004, 01:07: quote:
Originally posted by Refalm:
GTA3 was good. Well, not as good as GTA2, but it r0x0r3d (http://smile.gif)

I love GTA2!!, I own the first ever PS & a PS1
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: solemnwarning on 2 February 2005, 02:01: PS2
Xbox
Gameboy Advance
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Orethrius on 2 February 2005, 07:12: Consoles, Nintendo:
* Nintendo Entertainment System
* Super Nintendo Entertainment System
* Nintendo 64

Consoles, Sega:
* Sega Master System
* Sega Genesis

Consoles, Sony:
* Sony PlayStation 2

Handhelds, Nintendo:
* Nintendo Game Boy
* Nintendo Game Boy Color
* Nintendo Game Boy Advance

Plus a couple towers, laptops, and a mess of spare/junk parts (me + tinkering == bliss).
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Annorax on 3 February 2005, 08:37: Quote from: solemnwarning
PS2
Xbox
Gameboy Advance

Necro? In this forum?

Actually, I don't mind. Is there such a thing in a forum with two active threads? I'd be more worried about admitting you own an Xbox.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: PacKiN 1i1 SoMeThiN 4 BG on 10 February 2005, 23:42: NES, N64, PS(best storylines with their RPG's), PS2(doesn't work anymore)

*cough cough* .... hate to admit it but yea I own an Xbox!! Sorry, but as of now it is treating me good until... MS pulls off something stupid like I am sure that they will!
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: adiment on 15 February 2005, 09:26: Consoles I've owned.
Sega Genesis (had in first grade...then my mom told me it died)
PS1 (Kicked ass, sold it for money for a PS2)
PS2 (FFX sucked, sold to fix old computer)
Xbx (No good games cept halo, sold to start PC fund)
Gameboy Color (don't remember what happend to it)

Never buying a console again...PC are best for gaming
real rpgs exist on SNES, and some on PS1
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Calum on 17 February 2005, 19:11: we have a playstation, and i also own a sega megadrive and a master system convertor for the megadrive (they are at my parents' house though, as is my sega saturn, luckily i wasn't loyal enough to buy a dreamcast, although i did think it was interesting that it had internet capabilities). we also got an atari 2600 back when they were still the bee's knees but it has conked out now. I don't tend to play a lot of games now, let alone console ones, but i find the likes of zsnes do me fine, since i really only want to play pacman and bomberman games these days. i could do with a decent turbografx emulator though as there are 3 bomberman games for it, also the bomberman story game is the best of the lot, i think it is for N64 (actually the banjo kazooie games for N64 were good too, i finished both when i had the time, and the excellent goldeneye game is a must too. Oh yes pilotwings too, it was a lot better for N64 than for SNES)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: manandmachine on 22 February 2005, 10:17: wow cool gamesssssss ahhhh yes whats in the big box of cords consoles humm lets see what was first yes its table tennis black and white tv and kick ass for hours lol, ok so i"m old gammez
What you mean Halo lack???????????????????????????????????????
Halo is a classic of modern gamming, first person shooter on legendary its mint, and what it had no cheats for you???????????
you sound like my son always looking for cheat codes, sometimes it fun don't get me wrong, but you can't say you beat a game on cheat mode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. The old man gonna whip your ass lol
ok next was celeco or atari pac man classic! than saga, wow nintendo marios friends and duck hunt and the bros dude classics
than i think there was a 32bit version in there, n64 donky kong- classic playstation super nes playstation 2 and xbox. since the online gaming a console really has a hard time of keeping the intrest starwars galaxies @ jtl- very cool, medal of honour, call of duty, battlefield 1942 with all the mods and ex packs glaxitic conquest is cool
i like the guns and ammo stuff action adventure stuff, figuring out stuff, quest stuff. the orgional x-box conroller is mint!
Some games are really sucky for this day and age, 2d trying to be 3d????????????????????????????????????????????????????????.
That's just too sucky that stuff had its day in the sun !!!!!
james bond classic, perfect dark classic, star wars will always be there high tech weapons, swords of light and the sound effects, high high high graphics, my eyes always want more, your not going to get a console thats taking the place of a home pc, for the money you can't beat live "the human player"
for the money of a console, you can really up grade your computer , you don't really up grade a console, and you can only do so much with a console.
My son will sell his sole to play online esp: starwars!!!!!!!!!
up grade your computer more ram, videocard highspeed connection
bigger chip speed, keep your old console for the cottage,
home pc is in!!!!!!!!!!!! consoles are out!!!!!
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Calum on 23 February 2005, 23:28: i cannot understand a word you just said.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 24 February 2005, 11:20: Halo sucks so bad that I don't know where to start.

And I never cheat.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: mobrien_12 on 25 February 2005, 04:52: Quote from: manandmachine

but you can't say you beat a game on cheat mode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Obviously a man who has never seen the futility of fighting Kage Mishima when trying to finish Daikatana in Shogun mode.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: bedouin on 25 February 2005, 05:05: Halo is the most overrated game ever.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: skyman8081 on 25 February 2005, 06:06: I like it....

It's a fun game for me.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Jens14 on 2 March 2005, 13:36: I think it's overrated aswell, it's as boring as hell really
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 2 March 2005, 16:42: Quote from: jens14
I think it's overrated aswell, it's as boring as hell really

I agree, especially when you first encounter the monsters.
Modern shooters like DOOM III and Half-Life II have enemies which are scary (I can't decide which ones are more scaries, the ones from DOOM III or Half-Life II).

The enemies from Halo II look cute. Really. Just look at it (http://gamerskey.net/ScreenShots/Xbox/Halo%202/Halo%2022.jpg).
What the fuck is that supposed to be? Someone who just went to the fucking gay bar and is now holding some stupid candle fireforks thingy which looks totally rediculous?

Really, for fun with vehicles and great and fun gameplay (and characters who don't look like they where designed by a 14-year old) I'll stick to Unreal Tournament 2004 (http://www.unrealtournament.com/).
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Brandon Paddock on 10 March 2005, 08:04: I have two Xboxes (one modded, one Halo Edition box for Live), a Gamecube (never gets played), and a new-style PS2 that I recently picked up, mainly for GT4.

The modded Xbox has emulators for every other system, including a goodly sized library of SNES and PSX games.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 10 March 2005, 14:20: Quote from: Brandon Paddock
I have two Xboxes (one modded, one Halo Edition box for Live), a Gamecube (never gets played), and a new-style PS2 that I recently picked up, mainly for GT4.

The modded Xbox has emulators for every other system, including a goodly sized library of SNES and PSX games.

I couldn't get enough of a Gamecube I once borrowed. The games, the controller... just amazing.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: bedouin on 10 March 2005, 17:36: Quote from: Refalm
I couldn't get enough of a Gamecube I once borrowed. The games, the controller... just amazing.

Most people don't give it a chance. I think it's an incredibly cool machine, and for some odd reason I admire that they've created a copy-protection mechanism that's not easily defeated.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 10 March 2005, 17:42: Quote from: bedouin
Most people don't give it a chance. I think it's an incredibly cool machine, and for some odd reason I admire that they've created a copy-protection mechanism that's not easily defeated.

Yes, most folks see the Gamecube as that machine with childish games.
Nintendo is more than Pokemon and Pikmin you know :)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: skyman8081 on 11 March 2005, 06:06: Every system has their own strenghths and weaknesses.

PS2 is good, it has more games by sheer volume, but has the weakest hardware, and a half-ass online strategy. So-So controller. Katamari Damacy
GameCube is good, has many good games, but the total are few in number, library is lacking. Horrible Controller, Lacks online play altogether. Super Smash Prothers Melee
Xbox is good, limited selection, but a few gems, strongest hardware, Solid and perfect online play. great contoller. Halo and Halo 2

remember, this is all my person opinion.
I love all three systems, but none are perfect, so I prefer to not gloss over the flaws of one, and tear open the flaws of another.

And for the record, I love the large Xbox Controller, it fits my hands like a glove. And my subsription to Xbox Live is well worth it.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Brandon Paddock on 11 March 2005, 10:57: Quote from: skyman8081
Every system has their own strenghths and weaknesses.

PS2 is good, it has more games by sheer volume, but has the weakest hardware, and a half-ass online strategy. So-So controller. Katamari Damacy
GameCube is good, has many good games, but the total are few in number, library is lacking. Horrible Controller, Lacks online play altogether. Super Smash Prothers Melee
Xbox is good, limited selection, but a few gems, strongest hardware, Solid and perfect online play. great contoller. Halo and Halo 2

remember, this is all my person opinion.
I love all three systems, but none are perfect, so I prefer to not gloss over the flaws of one, and tear open the flaws of another.

And for the record, I love the large Xbox Controller, it fits my hands like a glove. And my subsription to Xbox Live is well worth it.

Wow, I could have written that post myself!

It seems its rare that I find someone else who likes the large Xbox controller. I think it's perfect, and I'm very sad that they don't make them anymore. I do understand that the D-pad on it isn't ideal for fighting games - and I will concede that point. But everything else about it... the feel, the triggers, the layout... it all works so very well.

The PS2 controller I never found to be all the great. It could stand to be a little bit bigger, although I think my biggest gripe is that using the analog sticks doesn't feel natural. It's the best standard-type controller for fighting games, though.

The GameCube controller is an embarassment. The thing is so tiny and cheaply made that I feel like I'm going to crush it in my hands. The triggers have good range (unlike the PS2 ones), but they make this horrible "spring-y" sound when you press them all the way. It gives an awful tactile sensation and sounds just plain awful. The button layout is just completely wrong... Aside from the A and B buttons being backward, the positioning of the buttons is completely counter-intuitive. I always say it's as if some genius at Nintendo said "Jee, where should we put the buttons? I know! We'll flick some water at it and put a button wherever a drop lands!"

The Xbox "S" controllers are a good compromise between the PS2 controller and the proper positioning of the analog sticks. However, the placement of the black and white buttons is all wrong. They should never have been moved.

Oh, and Xbox Live has been so perfectly executed. I wasn't sure how they were going to make it any better than it already is - but the plans for the next-gen Xbox Live laid out at GDC sound fantastic.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 11 March 2005, 11:28: Weird... I seem to be the only one here who actually likes the Gamecube controller.

It fits perfectly, and all the buttons are reachable. It's also an improvement from the Nintendo 64 controller, which had that RSI thumb thingy.

I like the PS 2 controller too. And they improved the Xbox controller, by not making it huge.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Kintaro on 11 March 2005, 17:08: I have a badass console:

/dev/console

vt220 emulation.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Microsoft rules on 17 March 2005, 13:16: I have the fantastic Xbox!
With Xbox LIVE!
Thank you Microsoft!
Well done, Gates!
;)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 17 March 2005, 13:21: Quote from: Microsoft rules
I have the fantastic Xbox!
With Xbox LIVE!
Thank you Microsoft!
Well done, Gates!
;)

What the fuck :thumbdwn:
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Calum on 17 March 2005, 16:29: nice work, good to see some sensible discussion here at last!
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 17 March 2005, 16:50: Quote from: Calum
nice work, good to see some sensible discussion here at last!

All right, I'm sorry.

But, I do have the feeling that "Microsoft Rules" isn't being serious here, since he closes all his/her messages with
"Thank you Microsoft!
Well done, Gates!
;)"
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: TB on 18 March 2005, 20:21: The last console I purchased was a N64.........big mistake IMO. A poorly designed controller (the analogue stick was too fragile), and a serious lack of good games. A voice in the back of my head was telling me to get a Playstation.....I should have listened. Before the N64 there was my trusty old SNES.......many sweet memories. To me it'll always be the god of 16-bit. Whilst on the topic of 16-bit, was Australia the only place where the Sega Genesis was known as the Sega Megadrive??? That's one mystery I'd like to figure out.

I have to agree with the general sentiment that Halo sucks. I played the PC version and found it soooo underwhelming, even for a console FPS (I'm not sure if I'll ever be comfortable with playing FPS on a console). Halo's graphics were so-so, and the game just didn't 'grab' me. Plus, because it was a Microsoft product, it was an absolute resource hog!!!! Only Microsoft could make a product that runs like diarrhea on its own OS.

After holding out for such a long time, I may finally return to console gaming with a PS2. I have been pulled in by the greatness that is Gran Turismo 4. GT3 just didn't have enough pulling power for me......but with 700 cars (including a Ford Model T!!!!!) I just can't resist.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: bedouin on 18 March 2005, 21:51: Quote from: TB
Whilst on the topic of 16-bit, was Australia the only place where the Sega Genesis was known as the Sega Megadrive??? That's one mystery I'd like to figure out.

It was MegaDrive everywhere except America (maybe all of North America). In the US the name MegaDrive was already trademarked. I always thought the Super Famicom looked much better than the SNES. The US version was too blocky looking.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Annorax on 21 March 2005, 02:08: Quote from: bedouin
It was MegaDrive everywhere except America (maybe all of North America). In the US the name MegaDrive was already trademarked. I always thought the Super Famicom looked much better than the SNES. The US version was too blocky looking.

Seconded. The Super Famicom (and Famicom by extension) looked way better than their North American counterparts. Nintendo got closer to "right" with the toploading SNES mark II.

Either way, all my consoles look the same these days: in a bin in my garage, games with them, all but replaced by emulation.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Jens14 on 14 March 2006, 15:51: Wow, I can't believe how much this topic has grown and that it's still on the front page.

The last reply was from a year ago and it was two years ago since I made this post.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: piratePenguin on 14 March 2006, 17:49: Welcome back Jens... You won't know me, I didn't exist in 2004...

So anyhow, I've never owned a console, but there's been a PS1, dreamcast, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360 in this house. Only one of them we have ATM is the '360. On HDTV it's pretty damn cool (waay better improvement than I expected).

I think we had a megadrive at one stage too, but I'm not sure if it actually was a megadrive or what, but I know it was a sega... (also had loadsa gameboys)

I preferred the dreamcast to all of them - Toy Racer and Soul Calliber kicked ass on it, single and multi-player. I don't play games as much as I used to now...
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Pathos on 16 March 2006, 21:10: currently got a ps2. (GT4+Tekken5+FinalFantasy)

we've owned a n64 and ps1, we always bought them for the games and well after they had been released.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Duo Maxwell on 18 March 2006, 14:00: Had an NES since I was 4, found a gameboy when I was like 10, got a GBC, that got stolen, got a PS2(release date model, had many PS games well before hand since I used to play at my friend's house and I knew that the PS2 was going to be backwards compatible), MGS3: Subsistence is kicking ass right now, and a mini station with the screen and a battery pack(was a gift), got a GBA(damn the screen tho, seems it's is the hardest to see, SP is easy to see but causes hand cramps from being tiny as hell) not really looking for any of the new consoles, may pick up a Genesis and an SNES. For most every other kind of console I knew someone that had it and would play on theirs, made me pretty good at "hit n' run" gaming, where I can pick up a game pretty quickly and get to beating on everyone else I'm playing against.

PCs suck for gaming, ooo, wow, it has such good graphics that I need to upgrade my comp once a year. No thank you, I'll wait to see what console sucks the least games wise and company wise, this round looks like shit in all 3 directions. Unless sony has exclusive rights to the MGS and final fantasy series I may be seeing a revolution in the future. Provided that it's controller doesn't suck too badly. The dual shack 2 is still the best controller there is with the genesis 6 button the near 2nd.

Current games are Armored Core(the whole damn series) Metal Gear 3: Subsistence (think I should get the headset) and Predator: Concrete Jungle. Prolly gonna get Soul Caliber 3, just waiting for a price drop, I almost never get a game that's $35 or more, only certain titles are good enough to warrant more then that.

Anyone besides me wish arcades where still popular? I loved playing games like Time Crisis, Terminator, House Of The Dead, Soul Caliber and many more, but you hardly ever see arcades around anymore, and when you do the game prices are jacked way the hell up.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 18 March 2006, 15:41: I still play some SNES and Megadrive games under eulators and play some of the old arcade games under them too.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 20 March 2006, 03:53: :p Sega Dreamcast
:) Playstation 1
:( XBox ... a broken one from which I looted the cooling fans and aluminum cooling blocks and HDD
:( XBox ... this one works ... but it will soon break hopefully not before the PS3 comes out in November I hear
(I chose XBox over PS2 for stats and graphics not reliability something the XBox can never have)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: piratePenguin on 20 March 2006, 04:01: Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H
:p Sega Dreamcast
:) Playstation 1
:( XBox ... a broken one from which I looted the cooling fans and aluminum cooling blocks and HDD
:( XBox ... this one works ... but it will soon break hopefully not before the PS3 comes out in November I hear
(I chose XBox over PS2 for stats and graphics not reliability something the XBox can never have)
At one stage I thought the PS3 wouldn't be a bad console to have but Sony are trying far too hard to get this DRM and copy-protection shit into it. They recently officially delayed the release date in Japan, for the copy-protection shit, as I understand. FUCK THAT.

Nintendo revolution, all the way.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 20 March 2006, 04:48: If Nintendo Revolution comes out in the next year or two I'll get it ... but the choice for consoles is now between XBox360 and PS3 ... or Vista ... I must play games, and I would prefer a console because PCs get old too fast and I hate Vista and M$ ... it's really picking the lesser of all evils ... which I'm not sure if I'm making the right choice. But really with 2 broken XBoxes on my hands XBox360 is completely out of my consideration.

I'd like to know exactly what DRM does on the PS3 to interfere with me using it any way I want to ... I'll look around for articles but maybe you know more ?
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Duo Maxwell on 20 March 2006, 08:51: I wanna see what shite they come up with for the DRM too, because I think it should also have a contest like the put XP on an intelimac.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Lead Head on 20 March 2006, 20:59: Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H
If Nintendo Revolution comes out in the next year or two I'll get it ... but the choice for consoles is now between XBox360 and PS3 ... or Vista ... I must play games, and I would prefer a console because PCs get old too fast and I hate Vista and M$ ... it's really picking the lesser of all evils ... which I'm not sure if I'm making the right choice. But really with 2 broken XBoxes on my hands XBox360 is completely out of my consideration.

I'd like to know exactly what DRM does on the PS3 to interfere with me using it any way I want to ... I'll look around for articles but maybe you know more ?

The revolution is coming out in April if I remember correctly
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 20 March 2006, 23:39: They've gone backwards as far as copy protection is concerned, they had it sorted back in the 90's when all consoles used cartridges.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: toadlife on 21 March 2006, 07:36: No.

My last console was a Genesis and I sold that many years ago. I do however do NES and Genesis emulution once in awhile for kicks. I have a geneis-style usb game controller for EMUs.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 21 March 2006, 19:58: But you couldn't have coppied a game from one cartridge to another then played it in another machine.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Xeniczone on 22 March 2006, 03:35: I own:
Sega Master System
Sega Genesis
Sony Playstation
Sony Playstation 2
Nintendo Gameboy Color (SUCKS BALLS)(BIG BIG BALLS)

I got the segas from second hand shops they both came with there real boxes and were only 20 dollars.

When I desided to see what I wanted new the market was a Sony Playstation 1 or a Sega Dreamcast. I wanted the dreamcast but when I got the money it wasn't on the market anymore. So I got a Playstation and I have been playstation even sinces.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: 7031 on 6 June 2006, 22:39: Snes (EU)
NDS Lite
Sega Megadrive
PS2
PSOne
Gameboy Color
Gameboy Advance SP
Mobile (Does that count? I have games on it!)
PC
Mac
Snes (US)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 7 June 2006, 04:48: Oh ... and I recently bought an Xbox360 ... I know, I know, I said I wouldn't buy one, but it was inevitable. I actually went to the store to buy a video card, but when I saw that it cost $400 I wasn't all for it. Then I walked past the XBox360s and they were $400 too ! So I though ... do I buy just a video card for $400 or a whole gaming console for $400 ? Well I chose the whole gaming console. I also figured that since the PS3 has a root kit I am very unwilling to buy into that (I don't want it destroying itself on me) ... and the fact that the Nintendo Revolution is far from revolutionary (they don't even have an HDD, or so I heard). I've had so many problems with memory cards on the PS1 that I NEVER, EVER, want to deal with them again !!! (I erased all my saved games cuz I saved in Gran Tourismo with way too many cars ... like at least several thousand)

Oh and it hasn't scratched any disks so far ... but there is a warning not to move the console while the disk is spinning. And it won't work with any XBox games I've tried so far (not backwards compatible ... not too big of a surprize)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: solemnwarning on 7 June 2006, 08:56: PS2 (Final Fantasy > You)
Xbox (Just use it when I feel like killing everything (Halo))
Gameboy advance (Somewhere)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 26 June 2006, 06:09: What happened to the good old games ? I've been recently playing old Sega Genesis games (on an emulator for Linux ... generator) and find them infinitely more fun than any recent PC game, any XBox game (except Fable ... but it's too short to count for much), or any XBox360 game. How can this be ? Did all the good game devs die long ago ? Or did just their ideas die ?

[rant] I tell you the gaming industry disappoints me, It's hard to find a recent game that doesn't piss me off with it's shittiness. Where has the creativity gone ... there must be a million FPS clones ... they all look alike, same weapons, very similar storylines, etc. RTS games look very similar to one another too. Is it just the division of games that has done this ? I mean you got FPS, RTS, RPG, MMORPG, and a couple of others. And every new game has to fit into these categories ? Isn't there an "other" category ... or something different ? At least they could use some diversity within categories.

(Why am I posting this here and not in new thread ? I figure there will be approximately 1-3 responses to this post ... making for a very small thread. But it has a lot to do with this thread anyway.) [/rant]

Playing the old Genesis games I realized that most of the games don't really fit into categories ... I suppose most are side-scrolling, but that doesn't say anything about content ... the variety is impressive. And there was a lot more creativity ... there was a plot, there was a great storyline, truly epic games ... not the shit I see today :(
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: piratePenguin on 26 June 2006, 06:19: Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H
What happened to the good old games ? I've been recently playing old Sega Genesis games (on an emulator for Linux ... generator) and find them infinitely more fun than any recent PC game, any XBox game (except Fable ... but it's too short to count for much), or any XBox360 game. How can this be ? Did all the good game devs die long ago ? Or did just their ideas die ?

[rant] I tell you the gaming industry disappoints me, It's hard to find a recent game that doesn't piss me off with it's shittiness. Where has the creativity gone ... there must be a million FPS clones ... they all look alike, same weapons, very similar storylines, etc. RTS games look very similar to one another too. Is it just the division of games that has done this ? I mean you got FPS, RTS, RPG, MMORPG, and a couple of others. And every new game has to fit into these categories ? Isn't there an "other" category ... or something different ? At least they could use some diversity within categories.

(Why am I posting this here and not in new thread ? I figure there will be approximately 1-3 responses to this post ... making for a very small thread. But it has a lot to do with this thread anyway.) [/rant]

Playing the old Genesis games I realized that most of the games don't really fit into categories ... I suppose most are side-scrolling, but that doesn't say anything about content ... the variety is impressive. And there was a lot more creativity ... there was a plot, there was a great storyline, truly epic games ... not the shit I see today :(

That's why I like nintendo - they make original games. The Wii will rock, especially playing all the old classics.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Orethrius on 26 June 2006, 08:53: Quote from: piratePenguin
That's why I like nintendo - they make original games. The Wii will rock, especially playing all the old classics.

Two words.
Katamari.
Damacy.
:D
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: worker201 on 26 June 2006, 20:30: SNES9x + roms = oh yeah
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: WMD on 26 June 2006, 20:37: Quote from: worker201
SNES9x + roms = oh yeah

This man speaks the truth.

Super Mario All-Stars never gets old. EVER!
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Jack2000 on 26 June 2006, 22:45: or Gens9x + roms :)
comix zone
zero wing
ff1
beavis 'n' buthead :)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: RaZoR1394 on 1 July 2006, 12:14: Only Xbox at this point but I've had Gameboy color, Playstation, Sega megadrive and Sega Dreamcast.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 17 July 2006, 01:13: Quote from: Jack2000
or Gens9x + roms :)
comix zone
zero wing
ff1
beavis 'n' buthead :)

BTW, how did you get that shit to work (Gens = pile of bullshit).

I've just tried to compile it again ... this time trying to fix the source ... but it's a complete mess in there. A horrible horrible mess, many files are missing, some folders and files have illegal characters in their names, the makefiles aren't generated properly ... it's a joke ... a bad joke.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: toadlife on 17 July 2006, 01:44: Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H
BTW, how did you get that shit to work (Gens = pile of bullshit).

I've just tried to compile it again ... this time trying to fix the source ... but it's a complete mess in there. A horrible horrible mess, many files are missing, some folders and files have illegal characters in their names, the makefiles aren't generated properly ... it's a joke ... a bad joke.

Gens compiles great from the FreeBSD ports system. Too bad it can't see my USB gamepad. I just do my emulation on Windows. Everything works there. ;)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Orethrius on 17 July 2006, 08:58: Quote from: toadlife
Gens compiles great from the FreeBSD ports system. Too bad it can't see my USB gamepad. I just do my emulation on Windows. Everything works there. ;)

That's strange - my dancepad works just fine using regular USB "keyboard" drivers. Having said that, I've not had a problem with the Gens install in Portage repos either, so it could just be my config. ;)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: toadlife on 17 July 2006, 09:08: Quote from: Orethrius
That's strange - my dancepad works just fine using regular USB "keyboard" drivers. Having said that, I've not had a problem with the Gens install in Portage repos either, so it could just be my config. ;)

It's a FreeBSD thing. My usb gamepad is detected just fine in FreeBSD but I've yet to find a program that can use it.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 18 July 2006, 19:19: Quote from: toadlife
I just do my emulation on Windows. Everything works there. ;)

Wow, everything works in Window$ ... amazing, well why did you ever move to FreeBSD ? Stay with Window$ where it's always sunny, and everything works the way you want it :D
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: toadlife on 18 July 2006, 23:15: Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H
Wow, everything works in Window$ ... amazing, well why did you ever move to FreeBSD ? Stay with Window$ where it's always sunny, and everything works the way you want it :D

You sound bitter. Does the truth hurt? :D
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: piratePenguin on 18 July 2006, 23:33: Quote from: toadlife
Everything works there.
Especially malware.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 19 July 2006, 01:35: Quote from: toadlife
You sound bitter. Does the truth hurt? :D

The truth that Window$ is "better" than other OSs ? Well then I don't see any reason why you would be using FreeBSD ... you have not answered my question ...

WHY DO YOU USE FreeBSD WHEN WINDOW$ IS BETTER !?!
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: ReggieMicheals on 19 July 2006, 01:44: Of course I have a console, in fact I have three: sh, rc and bash.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: toadlife on 19 July 2006, 03:37: Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H
The truth that Window$ is "better" than other OSs ? Well then I don't see any reason why you would be using FreeBSD ... you have not answered my question ...

WHY DO YOU USE FreeBSD WHEN WINDOW$ IS BETTER !?!

I'm an IT professional.

IT'S MY JOB.

And I happen like Unix-types OS's, and have a preference for the *BSDs. Do you have a problem with that?
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 19 July 2006, 05:37: So you are forced to use BSD, but would rather use Window$ ... why use an OS where everything doesn't work ? Obviously, if as you said, "everything works in Window$" (as opposed to other OSes), why use anything else ? Yet you prefer BSD ? But you are forced to use BSD cuz it's your job ?

It doesn't quite make sense to me
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: toadlife on 19 July 2006, 08:47: Apparently you didn't understand what I meant when I said "it's my job". As an IT professional, it's my job to know how to use various operating systems. There are pretty much two OS's today - Windows and *unix. I choose BSD as the Unix I use.

Windows is better for desktop functions and is also best for certain server (read: active directory) applications. I keep a BSD desktop up because it helps me to keep my unix skills sharp. The things that I use BSD for are server duties. My home DSL router and webserver is a BSD machine. Our spam filters at work are BSD and linux machines. We are about to impliment bandwidth management server that will be running FreeBSD at work soon. I also plan on using BSD or linux for some kiosk-type computers at work.

I know it's hard for your brain to comprehend, but there are some of us out there in the world that view operating systems as little more than tools (or perhaps 'workbenches'), and whos live don't revolve around on degrading or promoting certain operating systems.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 20 July 2006, 03:59: Quote from: toadlife
I know it's hard for your brain to comprehend, but there are some of us out there in the world that view operating systems as little more than tools (or perhaps 'workbenches'), and whos live don't revolve around on degrading or promoting certain operating systems.

Yes, but when one workbench tries to become the "only" workbench that anyone ever uses and does so through highly unethical, and subverise, and oppressive means ... then it becomes a problem. But, of course, there are the ignorant ones out there, who don't really give a fuck ... one workbench is just as good as another, if one takes over, go with the flow ...
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: GenuineAdvantage on 20 July 2006, 06:02: Everything works in windows because everyone creates for windows. And by everything in the context which was used here I will assume it to mean things like console emulators out there.

I'll agree, they work better there in general. DirectX is bigger for it's use among programmers than anything on any other system. But xmame, zsnes, and a few ps1 emulators work just fine on linux. If you want genesis/nes/misc emulation you might try xmess.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: toadlife on 20 July 2006, 08:08: Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H
But, of course, there are the ignorant ones out there, who don't really give a fuck ... one workbench is just as good as another, if one takes over, go with the flow ...

So I'm ignorant because I choose not to make which operating system everyone uses one of the primary focuses of my life?
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Orethrius on 20 July 2006, 10:33: Quote from: toadlife
So I'm ignorant because I choose not to make which operating system everyone uses one of the primary focuses of my life?

Nope. You're ignorant because you chose to take a quote out of context and feign offense to support your views. Seriously though, if you don't care what system you use and don't care what practices take place in its development, then you most certainly are ignorant - in both the technical and ideological senses of the word.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: toadlife on 21 July 2006, 07:30: Quote from: Orethrius
Nope. You're ignorant because you chose to take a quote out of context and feign offense to support your views.

Which quote did I take out of context? Was it the one where Tex, the guy who just recently learned how (http://www.microsuck.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10297) to shut his linux box down without the help of KDE, implied that I am ignorant about operating systems?

Quote from: Orethrius
Seriously though, if you don't care what system you use and don't care what practices take place in its development, then you most certainly are ignorant - in both the technical and ideological senses of the word.

Ironically, one of the reasons I preffer FreeBSD over linux is what practices take place in it's development. I put the last part of your quote in bold because it illustrates my point quite nicely. Most everyone holds some sort of idealogical stance. Calling someone ignorant because they don't agree with your stance makes no sense. I am fully aware of why people choose to proselytize for linux and Open Source and against Microsoft, but me choosing not to subscribe to those beleifs does not make me "ignorant" in any sense.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Orethrius on 21 July 2006, 09:00: Quote from: toadlife
Which quote did I take out of context? Was it the one where Tex, the guy who just recently learned how (http://showthread.php?t=10297) to shut his linux box down without the help of KDE, implied that I am ignorant about operating systems?

If you were new around here, I might let that one slide - but you forget that
(a) while TexMex instigated the situation, rather than address his point, you chose hyperbole that did nothing but further the spite between both parties involved.
(b) you have made us PAINFULLY aware of your preferences. I, for one, could NEVER convince myself that a system where you have to deal with blue screens, missing drivers, and broken dynamic libraries is somehow more "desktop-ready" than a solid-state kernel with static extensions. This, however, remains my preference and mine only, but I wish you wouldn't make the wholly arrogant mistake that your view is the only one here. Read the forum title, breathe, and reconsider before you post. If that gets to be too much for you, then please find a venue that might be more appreciative of your particular stance. 'Tis better to change the stance to the forum than to attempt to change the stance of the forum.

Quote from: toadlife
Ironically, one of the reasons I preffer FreeBSD over linux is what practices take place in it's development. I put the last part of your quote in bold because it illustrates my point quite nicely. Most everyone holds some sort of idealogical stance. Calling someone ignorant because they don't agree with your stance makes no sense. I am fully aware of why people choose to proselytize for linux and Open Source and against Microsoft, but me choosing not to subscribe to those beleifs does not make me "ignorant" in any sense.

Actually, you managed to debunk my point quite thoroughly with that reply. However, I think the problem is not so much that you advocate BSD - which is a level of brilliance on its own, but I won't address that here - but that you promote the usage of Windows on an anti-Microsoft forum. Tell me, do you also go to movie boards on IMDB and post how much X movie sucks on its board? If it's not ignorance, and it's not arrogance, then it's certainly a degree of masochism that I'm not comfortable with indulging on a daily basis.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 21 July 2006, 18:29: Quote from: toadlife
Which quote did I take out of context? Was it the one where Tex, the guy who just recently learned how (http://www.microsuck.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10297) to shut his linux box down without the help of KDE, implied that I am ignorant about operating systems?

Actually, I've never used KDE for more than 5 min total (I used GNOME then fluxbox). And as for shutting down my box without the WM, I learned that (forcefully) about a week after switching to Linux ... in GNOME my mouse sometimes stopped working, so the only thing to do besides a hard reboot would be bring up a terminal (with a hotkey), log in as root, and type in the shutdown command (yes my keyboard still worked). After I switched to fluxbox, this never happened again (except a few times while playing a few unstable games). And there was also the problem of nautilus crashing quite often.

Now, I thought I made most of that clear or realatively clear in the post you linked me to. But you still choose to insult me in some way ... I wonder why ... could it be that you really don't have too much of an argument going ?

Quote from: toadlife
I am fully aware of why people choose to proselytize for linux and Open Source and against Microsoft, but me choosing not to subscribe to those beleifs does not make me "ignorant" in any sense.

Well let's define ignorance ...

"The condition of being uneducated, unaware, or uninformed." (Dictionary.com)

Looks like there are three possibilities ... uneducated (perhaps this one does not apply here, after all you are an IT), unaware (this one may not apply here either, as you are aware of both arguments), or uninformed (this might apply here if you are not aware of, or choose to ignore all the things M$ has done over the years, and yes most of these things were not good things)

Subscribing to beliefs has very little to do with ignorance. Ignoring the obvious has a lot to do with ignorance ...
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: pofnlice on 23 July 2006, 12:24: PS2 with a multiregion chip in it...

I can play any countrries game, and watch region 1, 2 and 3 DVD's. I dunno why only 1, 2 & 3, guess that's all the chip was prog'd for.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: hm_murdock on 26 July 2006, 04:07: Super Fucking Nintendo.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: toadlife on 26 July 2006, 09:12: Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H
I learned that (forcefully) about a week after switching to Linux

My apologies. I thought you had been using linux for much longer than that.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: pofnlice on 26 July 2006, 10:35: Atari muthafuckin 2600

(http://www.vgmuseum.com/systems/2600/2600.jpg)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: 7031 on 26 July 2006, 17:34: I own:
PS2
PSX
N64
SNES
Sega Megadrive
iPod
Laptop
Nintendo ds Lite
Gameboy Colour

Thats all folks!
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: hm_murdock on 26 July 2006, 18:51: Oh yeah. I've got a Super Game Boy for the Super.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: obob on 27 July 2006, 04:44: I've got a PS1, a PS2, and some # of gameboys that are probably smashed or in hiding or god knows what

7031, do you mean PSX as in PlayStation, or do you mean PSX as in PlayStationX (the HTPC thing)? if you mean the later, how's it do?
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Jens14 on 3 November 2006, 23:20: Wow, this topic has gone a long way, keep it up.

I still don't have a console myself by the way.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 3 November 2006, 23:44: Quote from: Jens14
I still don't have a console myself by the way.

You shouldn't feel left out ... there are no good consoles out there nowadays. Only decent ones are Sega Genesis and SNES, but you can easily emulate those and download roms too, so it's senseless to buy them or keep them.

If you don't mind not having a HDD to use for saving games then maybe the Nintendo Revolution is worth a look.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: cymon on 9 November 2006, 03:40: I have a PS2, and it is terrible. Windows XP is a much better gaming platform.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Orethrius on 9 November 2006, 08:48: Quote from: cymon
I have a PS2, and it is terrible. Windows XP is a much better gaming platform.
Hey now, if I ever get the DGL-3420 to work, it'd make a pretty unassuming file server. I already have a 20-gig formatted and installed, but I'm considering moving up to a 300-gig. :cool:
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Senji on 9 November 2006, 17:54: Quote
I have a PS2, and it is terrible. Windows XP is a much better gaming platform.

Hell no !
Win98
is light years ahead of XP
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: cymon on 9 November 2006, 23:20: Have you ever actually USED XP? I know everyone here loves to talk about XP as the worst thing ever, but it's honestly not that bad. I have had zero problems whatsoever in three to four years of using XP. As long as the user has half a brain, doesn't browse goat porn sites with IE running as root (to quote Toadlife), and runs a virus scan now and then, XP works fine.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 9 November 2006, 23:54: Well ... I had XP on this computer for a while and it fucked up quite often. Besides, you can do much more with Linux, much faster, easier, no crashes, etc.

I remember how it felt to switch. Basically with Window$ you have to be gentle with it as if you're walking on thin ice that can break at any minute. It doesn't respond to the commands I give it, I doesn't let me delete some files and folders, etc. etc. I'm not gonna repeat all the downsides of all Window$ OSs in here, it's a waste of my time. If you like XP or Window$, then you've never tried anything else, or you're a masochist.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: pofnlice on 10 November 2006, 10:59: [offtopic]Not necessarily. Some people just like it. I remember not that long ago, there was a predominant member here who liked XP, He also liked Linux but was particularly fond of OS as well. He once said something like he knows this is an anti MS site, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with someone having a personal opinion which happened to be in favor of XP. Agreed, it is a strange preference to have when your a member of an anti MS forum. However, people are entitled to their opinions. I have found converting people has been much easier when I don't point out the flaws of windows and simply show the benefits of Linux. Some take it personal when you rant about how crap something they know and are comfortable with, is. It tends to make these people feel like they are being called idiots, most of which weren't even aware there were several other choices out there. If he prefers it or even likes it, it's up to him. Instead of doing the "TEH WINBLOWZ SUXORS!!!" Encourage them to set up a dual boot and play with it. Give them some forums and web sites for help. Show them how to access the distro instructions, and most importantly, make sure they know if they are stumped, they can call you for help....not at 3a.m. preferably. I'm not criticising anyone or pointing any fingers. I am just stating this has seemed to be much more effective for me. When I leave the appearance of choice and choose to inform rather than dictate, my convertees have been much more receptive and likely to at least try it...then the seed is planted.

I do find it odd, that an open source community, which bases it's very principles on various different kinds of freedom, generally acts with this elitist attitude that is a big turn off to someone who may genuinely be interested. Remember, Windows is forced on you, You have to go get Linux.[/offtopic]

Oh yeah, the best thing I ever did was to have the japanese chip installed to my PS2 while I was in Korea. I can now play all games, regardless of region and I can watch most regions DVD's. I have nos desire for any of the XBoxes or PS3 or the other consoles out there. PS2 does exactly what I want it too, plays games. That's what I bought it for after all.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 10 November 2006, 20:51: Whatever, I'm not trying to convince anyone to switch ... in fact, it might be better if they didn't.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: cymon on 12 November 2006, 05:12: So I'm not worthy of o Godly Linux? I have switched. I use Linux on a regular basis and I also have an iBook. OSX and Linux are much better than Windows XP, and the second that there is a version of Cubase for Linux, and my E-MU 0404 is fully supported by Linux (audio in/out, midi, digital IO etc), and BF2 runs on Linux, I will gladly leave Windows behind. Until that day, I'm sorry, but I'm going to be using Windows.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Orethrius on 12 November 2006, 07:49: Actually, if you can't take the time to make those work with some of these (http://jackaudio.org/applications) and maybe Wine (or Cedega (http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/games/view.mhtml?game_id=3618) if you'd prefer to pay for a supported system), then yeah - GTFO.

BTW, if you do decide to go the Wine route, try Googling for "DLL download" and see what turns up. A number of those are helpful in getting new apps to work. ;)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: cymon on 12 November 2006, 18:15: Since I have a Windows XP installation, I'll use those DLL's. JACK seems like it will work for sound editing, but I'll leave XP on there for gaming.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: pofnlice on 12 November 2006, 18:29: [offtopic]
Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H
(1)Whatever, I'm not trying to convince anyone to switch ... (2)in fact, it might be better if they didn't.

1. That's exactly what I'm talking about.
2. There's a great atitude for a community that is determined to grow through propegation and mutual assistance/development. This is the kind of attitude that turns them not only off, but away.[/offtopic]

Why? I always feel urged to ask this. I am as guilty as the next guy, but haven't done it for a while. If I want to play games, I do it on my PS2. My PC CAN play games, but that's not what I have it for...I am more focussing towards people who ONLY play games on their computer. I seems like a pheonominal waste of money, when they could have gotten a system specifically designed to do it for much cheaper.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: cymon on 12 November 2006, 19:31: Personally, I despise playing games on a console. There are limited opportunities for online play, the hardware is behind the times (network connectivity for the PS2 is rather new, while PC games have been online since 1998,) and the PC has better graphics and is more versatile. I mainly use my PC for gaming, with a little bit of music production on the side, because I hate console gaming.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 12 November 2006, 20:38: Quote from: pofnlice
[offtopic]

1. That's exactly what I'm talking about.
2. There's a great atitude for a community that is determined to grow through propegation and mutual assistance/development. This is the kind of attitude that turns them not only off, but away.[/offtopic]

See ... I am good at bringing out the obvious.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: pofnlice on 13 November 2006, 00:03: Quote from: cymon
Personally, I despise playing games on a console. There are limited opportunities for online play, the hardware is behind the times (network connectivity for the PS2 is rather new, while PC games have been online since 1998,) and the PC has better graphics and is more versatile. I mainly use my PC for gaming, with a little bit of music production on the side, because I hate console gaming.

I certainly see and understand your point. I mean the PC DID offer much over consoles for a long time. Those times are passing though. I still believe the PC will be the platform that breaks new grounds for games, for exactly the reason you and I both pointed out. ! They're not versatile enough and 2 they are made to just play games (well, mostly, that's even changing now). Maybe it's just me being an old fart, I can't see spending $1200.00 just to play blood rayne2, Doom 3, Diablo 2 LOD, or any of the quake or Ultima games, not to mention the whole ass load of FPS out there. It seems to me I could put that money where it is used more wisely than a PC for playing games...then there's the whole buying the game expense as well...Yeah, I guess I am an old fart.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: worker201 on 17 November 2006, 00:27: Haha, I'm probably going to buy a Gamecube next month... can't be missing 2 Zelda games.

And for better graphics, I'm probably going to buy a 32" LCD tv this weekend.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 17 November 2006, 16:07: I'd wait for the Wii, which can actually handle Gamecube games.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: worker201 on 17 November 2006, 17:40: Since refurbished Gamecubes are down to like $60, it'd be better to get one now. Then by the time I'm ready to play the next generation of Zelda games, the Wii will be cheap too. No reason to pay the "so new it costs more" premium.

There were actually people camped (tents and all) in front of Best Buy waiting for the PS3. Considering that Best Buy is having a 12% off sale that starts Friday, these fuckers will probably make a ton of money on Ebay.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Lead Head on 17 November 2006, 17:59: Quote from: worker201
Since refurbished Gamecubes are down to like $60, it'd be better to get one now. Then by the time I'm ready to play the next generation of Zelda games, the Wii will be cheap too. No reason to pay the "so new it costs more" premium.

There were actually people camped (tents and all) in front of Best Buy waiting for the PS3. Considering that Best Buy is having a 12% off sale that starts Friday, these fuckers will probably make a ton of money on Ebay.

People on ebay are making an average $2000-2500
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Orethrius on 18 November 2006, 02:06: Quote from: Lead Head
People on ebay are making an average $2000-2500

That's because they're gouging the hell out of people. I'm actually enthusiastic about the Revolution (to hell with "Wii", it's the most hack-kneed promo concept I've ever heard), mostly since it can play "drive-based images of older games" and apparently DVDs - can you say ROMs and ISOs? :)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: worker201 on 20 November 2006, 05:07: I heard on CNN (from the pres of NintendoAmerica) today that the Revolution/Wii will not be a dvd player. Too many dvd players in the US already, and they wanted to keep the price point down ($249). Still, it does accept 12cm discs of some kind, so maybe you can fuck around in there.

I also found out about the newest Zelda game, "Twilight Princess" today. Sounds like a good one. Then, I found out that it was a Wii game. Lame, that means I have to buy a new goddamm console! But then, I found out the truth: "Twilight Princess" will be released for the GameCube on Dec 12th. Thanks to Nintendo for that:
Quote from: wikipedia
However, Perrin Kaplan, Nintendo
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: bigpimping on 24 November 2006, 16:45: i have :
n64
ps
ps2
xbox
gamecube
xbox360
waiting for ps3 (hopefully for christmas)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Lead Head on 24 November 2006, 17:49: Quote from: bigpimping
i have :
n64
ps
ps2
xbox
gamecube
xbox360
waiting for ps3 (hopefully for christmas)

Won't be another shipment until 2007...
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: bigpimping on 29 November 2006, 04:01: fuck :( o well i guess ill wait or maybe my bro whent for my dad again this yr :D he nos wat i like :P n he got one so maybe... just maybe:)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: sean on 5 December 2006, 06:23: Quote from: bigpimping
i have :
n64
ps
ps2
xbox
gamecube
xbox360
waiting for ps3 (hopefully for christmas)

WTF??
When do you have time to play them all?

P.S. I've got an xbox w/ about 20 games. I just finished RTCW and now I'm working on halo 2 & HL2 at the same time. I can only play a few hours a week though :o
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: bigpimping on 5 December 2006, 19:56: there in my room so if i cant sleep i jjust turn one on and play and i havent played a few of them in a while but yah lol
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 6 December 2006, 03:10: I would not recommend the Xbox360, the games for it are shit ... even shittier than those for the Xbox. (I own one and I can't find any good games for it ... only games for the braindead or the extremely violent and sick in the head)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 6 December 2006, 09:57: To be fair, the games from Rare and Ensemble Studios (which are both taken over by Microsoft) for the Xbox 360 are pretty good (if not genious, in the case of Conker's Bad Fur Day).
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Lead Head on 6 December 2006, 21:55: Quote from: Refalm
To be fair, the games from Rare and Ensemble Studios (which are both taken over by Microsoft) for the Xbox 360 are pretty good (if not genious, in the case of Conker's Bad Fur Day).

Yeah, but i've heard the new perfect dark doesn't live upto the one that was originally released on the N64..
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: sean on 7 December 2006, 05:47: I read on G4TV.com that xbox 360 still has better graphics than ps3.
For me it will hinge on RTCW2. If it only releases for 360 then that's the next gen console I'll be buying. And I have to admit, GOW looks pretty damn cool! (Not to mention HALO 3!!)
P.S. I'm one of the violent types texmex mentioned :eek:
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Orethrius on 7 December 2006, 08:21: Quote from: Lead Head
Yeah, but i've heard the new perfect dark doesn't live upto the one that was originally released on the N64..

From what I've seen of my bud's copy, Twilight Princess more than makes up for this. Revolution FTW. ;)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: bigpimping on 7 December 2006, 16:52: halo 3 = only good game tht will come out for the xbox 360(solely)
ps3 = intill you have played it or been next to someone playing it youle never know if does have better graphics, i think it does because i sit next to my friend half the time while hes playing his.
xbox360= its madee by m$ come on ppl it shouldent be trusted. its totaly a waste, like who wants to pay to use xbox live or pay 60 bucks to be able to watch dvds on ur xbox?? when you can do all tht for free on ps plus ps3 online updates. xbox is gunna stay shitty till i die... have any of you seen saints row for xbox360 it looks worse the GTAIII tht came out how long ago?
IF you vote me for president i will seethat avery xbox, xbox360 and any other ms software or product be burned in a huge fire:) viva la linux
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 7 December 2006, 18:28: Halo 2 sucked, so I don't expect much from (nor will I buy) Halo 3. However if they come up with a Fable 2 ... I probably will buy it. $ony is no better than M$ ... in fact, because it is DRM'd so heavily it is probably worse than M$ at this point.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 7 December 2006, 19:46: The Nintendo Wii is looking pretty good at this point.
Got great games, awesome controllers, and Opera!
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: solemnwarning on 7 December 2006, 21:54: http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com (http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: bigpimping on 7 December 2006, 22:34: only reason it sold is cuz it cheap.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 7 December 2006, 22:39: I never have sweaty hands, so this isn't going to create a problem for me.

The real question remains: what are left handed people supposed to do with the remote and the nunchuk?
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: worker201 on 8 December 2006, 01:16: Quote from: Orethrius
From what I've seen of my bud's copy, Twilight Princess more than makes up for this. Revolution FTW. ;)
Gamecube version comes out this week, I think.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Dark_Me on 8 December 2006, 12:21: Quote from: Refalm
The real question remains: what are left handed people supposed to do with the remote and the nunchuk?
Use it left handed? As far as I can tell it's ambidexterious.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 8 December 2006, 14:47: But, like in Zelda for example, Link is holding his sword in his right hand (although he was left handed in the previous Zelda games), and you see tennis players in Wii Sports holding the racket in the right hand.

Wouldn't that create a problem?
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Jack2000 on 8 December 2006, 15:14: I wonder if those games have an option to swich hands.
like even the oldest fart of them all: CS
can swich hands even if its only a sprite flip.

Such next gen consoles MUST not ignore the left handed!
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 8 December 2006, 16:07: Unreal was a lot earlier than CS, and you where able to switch hands there too!
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Jack2000 on 8 December 2006, 17:25: Hm, had forgotten that.Any way this is just one more reason why all games shoud have that option
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 8 December 2006, 23:18: And what about the people with no hands at all ?
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: cymon on 11 December 2006, 03:05: Quote from: Refalm
I never have sweaty hands, so this isn't going to create a problem for me.

The real question remains: what are left handed people supposed to do with the remote and the nunchuk?

Learn to use the right hand like 90% of the human population?

The wiihaveaproblem.com site is just retarted. The only problem with the wii is that dumbasses lose control of the remote. That's a user error, not a problem with the wii.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Orethrius on 11 December 2006, 08:29: Tell me something - do you watch Colbert Report clips and point out the inconsistencies? God, learn to stop taking comedy like a bitch. :p
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 12 December 2006, 00:34: I'm ambidextrous at most tasks so I don't care :D
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: yahurd on 12 December 2006, 02:16: wiihaveaproblem.com
hilarious:)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: sean on 12 December 2006, 06:13: Quote from: yahurd
wiihaveaproblem.com
hilarious:)

Most of those pics look photoshopped to me!
Still funny though...
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: worker201 on 29 December 2006, 00:07: Now the proud owner of a Gamecube. I had no idea how small they were, it's very impressive. Makes the oldskool Xbox look like a 1930s radio cabinet. This goddamm Zelda game, Wind Waker, is pretty fuckin good too. I suck at conducting the wind and sailing, but I am definitely going to be spending a lot of time in front of the screen over the next few months. And it all fits on a half-size cd.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: bigpimping on 30 December 2006, 21:57: i knew someone that worked on that game.. if i could remember what he did in it loll if you look in the credits, i think its storyboard or wtv look for a glen or glenn ... i can never remember his last name or how to spell his first one.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 24 May 2007, 12:53: I have a Wii now :)

It's fucking awesome, really!
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 24 May 2007, 12:56: It's a shame about the name, Revolution was much better, wee is polite slang for piss here in the England.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: piratePenguin on 24 May 2007, 15:39: Quote from: piratePenguin, March 2006
Welcome back Jens... You won't know me, I didn't exist in 2004...

So anyhow, I've never owned a console, but there's been a PS1, dreamcast, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360 in this house. Only one of them we have ATM is the '360. On HDTV it's pretty damn cool (waay better improvement than I expected).

I think we had a megadrive at one stage too, but I'm not sure if it actually was a megadrive or what, but I know it was a sega... (also had loadsa gameboys)

I preferred the dreamcast to all of them - Toy Racer and Soul Calliber kicked ass on it, single and multi-player. I don't play games as much as I used to now...
So, since then we've had a Wii which was sold to get a PS3. I liked the Wii MUCH more than the PS3, which I've spent about 10 minutes at in however many months we've had it. Well, I'll spend more time at it when Final Fantasy comes out, or when there's some decent multiplayer football game and everyone comes home. That's if it's not sold to get another excellent-ly overpriced console that'll last us a few weeks before a good game comes out.

The Wii rocked though. But the Dreamcast I've defo enjoyed more than anything else, still.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: yahurd on 24 May 2007, 19:34: Quote
Now the proud owner of a Gamecube. I had no idea how small they were, it's very impressive. Makes the oldskool Xbox look like a 1930s radio cabinet. This goddamm Zelda game, Wind Waker, is pretty fuckin good too. I suck at conducting the wind and sailing, but I am definitely going to be spending a lot of time in front of the screen over the next few months. And it all fits on a half-size cd.

yeh, i had it a while ago. i played it 24/7 till my mom hid i......
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 25 May 2007, 12:56: Quote from: Refalm
But, like in Zelda for example, Link is holding his sword in his right hand (although he was left handed in the previous Zelda games), and you see tennis players in Wii Sports holding the racket in the right hand.

Wouldn't that create a problem?

I don't know about Zelda, but in Wii Sports, you can tell it that you're using your left hand.

Anyway, the Wii is cool. Great controls. Wii Sports is pretty fun, especially multiplayer mode.
I also bought Excite Truck, which is great for a launch title.
The Opera browser is the best embedded browser I've seen. Some would argue the lack of tabs, but I believe that would confuse some people, mainly non-gamers which is now also Nintendo's target audience.

If you want some games that are nice for a few hours, get an Xbox 360. If you want state of the art graphics and sound, get a PS3.
If you actually want to have fun gaming, get a Wii!
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: solemnwarning on 25 May 2007, 14:09: PC games are the best, the keyboard and mouse is far superior to a pad/remote/whatever :)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: piratePenguin on 25 May 2007, 14:40: Quote
The Opera browser is the best embedded browser I've seen. Some would argue the lack of tabs, but I believe that would confuse some people, mainly non-gamers which is now also Nintendo's target audience.
The PS3 browser seems cool and has great tab support - use the back buttons to scroll between them.
Quote
If you want some games that are nice for a few hours, get an Xbox 360. If you want state of the art graphics and sound, get a PS3.
If you actually want to have fun gaming, get a Wii!
I'd agree with that too.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 25 May 2007, 18:28: Are you sure Opera isn't the PS3 browser?
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: piratePenguin on 25 May 2007, 18:33: Quote from: Aloone_Jonez
Are you sure Opera isn't the PS3 browser?
I think it likely is, but it's a waay different interface to the Wii one.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: luckyp3616 on 29 December 2007, 21:04: Guess what happens if you make your own game... Game consoles implicitly say:

"I'm to SCExy for your disc, to SCExy for your to SCExy yeaha!
I am am model, you know what I mwan? I wont even turn it on the catwalk. On the catwalk yeah on the catwalk... I won't shake it on my tush on the catwalk..." and it goes on and on and on...
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: SiMuLaCrUm on 30 December 2007, 00:38: Yes I have a console. 2 for that matter, an Xbox (meh) and a PS1 (meher)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 30 December 2007, 04:05: Quote from: Aloone_Jonez
Are you sure Opera isn't the PS3 browser?

Last time I checked on my Wii, I'm pretty sure it said "Powered by Opera" ;)
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 30 December 2007, 11:38: My question related to the PS3, not the Wii.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: piratePenguin on 30 December 2007, 19:03: It is very much not Opera on the PS3, something else.
Title: Re: Do you have a console?
Post by: Refalm on 30 December 2007, 23:20: Quote from: Aloone_Jonez
My question related to the PS3, not the Wii.

Your question was:
"Are you sure Opera isn't the PS3 browser?"
Suggestion the browser on the Wii isn't Opera.