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the philips one is the CDi which although had a crappy zelda game, it had a very decent tennis one.
this is a pic of my 3DO with my dreamcast. The 3DO came out way earlier then the PS2, it actually came out before the PlayStation 1. It had cool games like Need For Speed 1, Road Rash and Night Trap. note: my 3DO is the second release. the original release was heavier and had a front loading cd tray. There was also a Goldstar and I think a Hitatchi 3DO. Mine was a Panasonic. portable: MacBook 2.4Ghz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HD | personal: PowerMac G5 dual 2.3ghz, 6GB RAM, 6TB HD | work: MacBook Pro 2.5ghz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HD | car: Alpine iDA-W407 with black iPod 80GB | pocket: iPhone 3GS with Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5 Pro's |
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That was it.... Road Rash!! Ace game!
Yeah.. like I said I bought mine in Akihabara (Electronics district in Tokyo) back in 1992 or 3 or seomthing like that! I only had Road Rash for it 'cos I had seen that in the store being demoed and bought it simply for that game 'cos I thought it was brilliant!! 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt |
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yes it was and still is BRILLIANT
games were so simple back then. i do like 3D games ofcourse like every other guy but i find 2D games a lot easier to comprehend. Metroid Prime on the GameCube is gorgeous but Super Metroid on the SNES is wayyyyyyyyyyy more cooler!! portable: MacBook 2.4Ghz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HD | personal: PowerMac G5 dual 2.3ghz, 6GB RAM, 6TB HD | work: MacBook Pro 2.5ghz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HD | car: Alpine iDA-W407 with black iPod 80GB | pocket: iPhone 3GS with Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5 Pro's |
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First off, I remind my post was personal opinion only and labeled as such. I was telling why PS2 is the overwhelmingly better console for me. (It is.) You're treating my post like I was trying to start a general console war. I'm not interested in crap like that.
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GGX2#R is out for the PS2 as well.. in Japan. I understand the difference between X2 and X2#R isn't that big? Then there is the PS2 only GG Isuka, which has gotten mixed reviews. I thought the PS2 version of SC2 best, because Heihachi felt like more fun to play than Spawn and Link. That said, I didn't see any real difference between SC2 on PS2, XBox and GC. There's some comparison screenshots on the Web that I couldn't tell apart from each other, but a quick google didn't turn them up so no link unfortunately. Quote:
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While surfing the web and writing this, it occurred to me there is one game on XBox I'd like to try, Ninja Gaiden. |
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DoA is a VERY deep fighter. A nobbie could pick it up play and have fun but an experienced player would wipe the floor with them. I would say it's almost VF's equal. Besides, Soul Blade and it's sequels are up there with both those titles and the best version is on X-Box. BTW, Ninja Gaiden is the fucking shit. |
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more importantly, the 3DO had Star Control with real voiceovers! best sci-fi game ever.
i actually bought a 3DO off e-bay just so i could play that game. about 7 months later an open source project released a cross-platform rerelease of the game. oh well. Google is your frenemy. Caveat Emptor - Latin for tough titty I tend to interpret things in the way that's most hilarious to me |
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koodari ofcourse i was trying to start a console war!
there is something i am confused about though. back in the 90s they made some really cool looking games where they digitized people and put them in the game like mortal kombat, need for speed and road rash. now a days they have all gone 3d polygon bullshit. my question is why hasnt anyone tried to bring back to life the digitizing style of games. i am sure they could do some really cool shit with 2d games that have digitized people. like mortal kombat should always have stayed 2d like street fighter did. and where is road rash for the xbox or ps2??? portable: MacBook 2.4Ghz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HD | personal: PowerMac G5 dual 2.3ghz, 6GB RAM, 6TB HD | work: MacBook Pro 2.5ghz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HD | car: Alpine iDA-W407 with black iPod 80GB | pocket: iPhone 3GS with Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5 Pro's |
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As far as my personal thoughts on the N64, I loved it. Zelda: The Ocarina of Time is quite possibly one of my favorite games ever, and it was not available on the PSX. Then there was Goldeneye and Perfect Dark, and dozens of other excellent titles. Conker's Bad Fur Day, anybody? If you really hated the N64 then you missed out on these games, which is honestly just a shame. |
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So how soon after Christmas do you think the DS will be back in stock in stores? I hate all the bastards who buy up the hot items for Christmas and then jack the price way up.
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Should be Atari vs. Intellivision vs. Colecovision anyway. I'm pretty sure my Intellivision is still functional but I haven't actually played it since the early 90s. I was still using it regularly side-by-side with my SNES at one point... |
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Mac+ i skipped both the intelivision and the atari and got the colleco which was much cooler! Man i am talking about early 80s and the colleco had a steering wheel with gas pedal so you could play TURBO!! imagine how cool that was back then!
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The best game ever in my opinion... slightly off topic.. but hey it's me!!
Was Stargate.. the follow on to Defender, from Williams. Where is the vid-kid now!??!? I used to have one of the cabinets in my condo.. It got swiped in a relationship break up years ago... When I found out how much original cabinets are going for now I was bummed... I paid about $100 for each of them from an arcade that was closing down!!! 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt |
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Despite all that, the Playstation won out in the end, taking over a huge portion of the market. Again, that was my point. Just because a system has better graphics doesn't mean it's going to come out on top. The Xbox is another good example of that. Also, I should probably mention that I had a PSX and I loved it too. See, I'm not as platform biased as *ahem* some people seem to be. I liked all the consoles, and I have all the current ones too. You don't see me saying "I wouldn't touch x console with a ten foot pole" now do you? Quote:
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It'a worth noting that Sony have been very unlucky (or stupid) with technology in the past. Betamax video tapes spring to mind. Infinitely better than VHS but nonetheless VHS was adopted. Yuck!
It was so pleasing to see them win out finally, fairly and squarely with a superior product... Nintendo has systematically waited until their competition have launched their product and them pipped them with something... It's a quite boring, but clever tactic. Having lived in Japan and been in the games industry there and watched Nintendo cynically hold back things like the colour Gameboy for years because the Black and White was still selling, only releasing technology when they have squeezed the market for every penny they can grab with old product, it was refreshing to see Sony better them. Sony, whilst still a huge conglomerate only interested in money at the end of the day, do seem to have some kind of interest in the quality of their kit and the satisfaction of their cutsomers. Nintendo are a cynical, money grabbing corporation and personally I loathe the whole Mario frachies... always have... :smokey: 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt |
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All of this nostalgia reminded me of this; it's a mini self-contained Genesis with five games built in. Runs on batteries, with Sonic (the original, I presume), Altered Beast, Vectorman, Phantasy Star, and Golden Axe. I guess console gaming nostalgia's coming back in a big way. Don't know if I'd pay $40 for it, though.
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Yeah, those mini Genesis are cool. I have the Ms. Pacman one and the Atari one.
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Besides, the PlayStation had tons of games. Uh, Tekken was available right away. Wipeout anybody? And of course EA was on-board from the beginning. So I again assert that you have a fuzzy recollection of the short-lived Saturn/PS/N64 war^H^H^Hass-kicking. Quote:
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I think this is the first heated argument I've ever sat in on... about 10 year old video game systems. Interesting.
Nevermind me, I'm just sitting here checking out my old disc camera, thinking about the massive handheld Baseball controller I have with my Coleco at home, and considering hooking the old Genesis up for a game of NHL '94. Or '96. Or maybe '97. I guess I should say thanks for the trip down memory lane. *ahem* Anyway, you guys continue. I think this is where Eugene comes in and says he doesn't have to love every fucking product Nintendo spews out to be a big fan of them, ie- N64. Continue! |
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No, not just a big fan - a bigger fan than all of us combined. I guess because hating the N64 is what makes you the world's biggest Nintendo fan. If only I had known! No wonder I'm not worthy.
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Uh, no, I think you're missing the point. Do you have to love every product a company puts out to be a huge fan of that company?
Hell no. I love Apple for instance, but they have shit out some bad products along the way. Doesn't make me less of a "fan" of them to say that. |
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Sarcasm, dude. He said he's a bigger Nintendo fan than all of us combined. I was having fun with that. But fine, go ahead and rain on my sarcasm parade. I'll just wait for Eugene to give me even more reasons why he's Nintendo's biggest fan.
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Oh, I got the sarcasm just fine, but I think the point still holds.
Anyway. It would be really embarrassing to me to get into a Nintendo argument. I'm just going to slip out the back door and not come back in. I'm not taking sides. You guys can continue, pretend I was never here. |
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Fuck all this Nintendo vs. PS crap. This new pong table is where it's at.
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Okay, but just remember - You're not a real Nintendo fan, and neither am I. Only Eugene is, because he's a bigger Nintendo fan than all of us combined. Hell, I think I'll stop liking Nintendo right now, because there's obviously no point. Maybe I'll work on becoming the world's biggest PS2 fan instead, because I really like my PS2.
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I've used Nintendo my whole life, I would accept nothing else. I want Microsoft to just stay out of the console market, I don't care how good the xbox is, I'd never buy one. It's a PC without a monitor.
The graphics look really good on the PSP, and it's tempting for me to wait, but maybe I'll just get both. If I had to choose, I'd choose the DS. Maybe I do have a thing for Nintendo, but I like the games the best. Super Mario, Mario Kart, etc... that's all I need. edit: I did some research, and the DS already has a TV tuner in production, but the PSP is supposed to play movies. Graphically, the PSP is way ahead of the DS... GTA3 on the PSP and I'm sold. Last edited by rasmits : 2004-11-26 at 15:45. |
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