Atarinvader

The voltage regulator is likely to be hot anyway, because dropping the voltage is done by dissapating heat through the bit of metal it's mounted on. You wouldn't have done anything by having the controller open, unless say, you were putting a high voltage back in to the system via some extrenal supply. What is more likely is that you had a dodgy conection either from the cartirdge or from the port. Probably giving them a clean may help.

Just wondering, as the Aient Atari PAL Dvision website seems to be closed at the moment, if James Bond 007 ever got a PAL release?

There seems to be this recent trend in impressing the Otaku in Japan by releasing weird, bizzare or just large controllers... Tekki, Taiko no Tatsujin, Samba de Amigo and now Donkey Konga. I think that the novelty of this is bound to ware off soon enough, and I think DDRs popularity is starting to dwindle in Japan anyway. BTW does anyone own a copy of Tekki?

I collect for the DC (100+ games), but I guess that doesn't consitute as 'current' any more. But, what I do do is pick up games for my PS2 which have some kind of future collectable worth, like for example I have; Capcom Vs. SNK 2, Lim Edt Ico, Freak Out (by Treasure), Guilty Gear X, Fantavision etc etc and the same with the PSX. I think that next big thing for collecting is definetly going to the GC because of games like Viewtiful Joe, Donkey Konga, Ikaruga etc etc so I got to get me a Panasonic Q!

How's it going man. Yeah, been out of the scene a while and have no time much now with University and all. Really only probably going to be popping up on the modern gaming forums though.

Samba is absolutely wicked and you're lucky that in the US it's pretty easy to find, but, I do have one of only 3,000 copies in Europe, which is cool. If you can get your hands on a full set then that's great. My nan loves it.

All the UK games are big box (by that I assume you mean the larger non-standard CD case?), which is the same as with Dreamcast and NGPC (we get the clamshell mini-AES style cases). I guess in the UK we just get cooler packageing for games. But I thought that probably Tomb Raider was one of the best early titles, although it did come out on Saturn first...

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=...oducts_id=3841& Looks like a shitty Samba de Amigo to be honest, but just wondering if anyone has played this or Taiko no Tatsujin? Anyone know if there are plans for a Western release?

Skies of Arcadia had a mini-quest on it, you can virtual play Virtua Tennis on it (while plugged in to the controller - try it) and you could swap items on Shenmue via it. I don't think Power Stone 2 had anything on it. But, the best games for the VMU were homebrews, there is a dev tool called Boob (http://www.boob.co.uk/), and you can download them to your VMU still by connecting to the internet, same with saves, but you need either a broadband adaptor or your own ISP (later Dreamkeys let you do this from about 2.1 on, they also let you upload game saves too).

It's been getting a lot of play here at Uni. I still would say I liked the first the most though, it's just a lot simpler (which is always the sign of a good game). Like the flatland tricks though, but the new specials are a bit OTT, especially Chad Muskas....

Dreamcast: Taxi 2: Le Jue (French PAL) Starlancer (PAL) Cannon Spike (PAL) Heavy Metal Geomatrix (PAL) KoF '98 (US NTSC) 2600 (preferably PAL): Q*Berts Qubes Frogger II: Threedeep James Bond 007 Mr Do's Castle NGPC: DC Link Metal Slug 2 I have some DC Betas (with printed 'Beta Only Not For Resale' lables), non-commercial release GC stuff, few gold X-Box AV / S-Video leads, heaps of DC keyboards (!) and probably more stuff if I looked.

If it's in any way, shape or form repairable then I'll take it off your hands. Email me if Crossbow doesn't snap it up.

I am interested in Tax Avioders and I have some PAL DC games for trade right now, and I can provide a boot-disc to allow you to play them on a US machine. My trade list is at http://www.atarinvader.com/misc/trade.txt

I've secured a trade on Sega Smash Pack, but I'm still look for the rest of the games that are listed.

My trade list has been updated at http://www.atarinvader.com/misc/trade.txt I've added a load (but not nowhere near all) my SMS stuff, and I will add my MD stuff when I get a chance to sort it.

Wanted (in order of prefrence) for the Dreamcast: Black Sega Sports Console The Last Blade 2 Garou: Mark of The Wolves (aka Fatal Fury) KoF Dream Match / Evolution Midway Collection 2 Sega Smash Pack Typing of The Dead Virtua On I have a few UK DC games (including Shenmue II) that I am willing to trade, aswell as loads of Master System and Mega Drive games too (I'm sliming down and eventually removing SMS and MD from my collection, so I will let go of anything I have).

If you do decide to split on the Dreamcast stuff then I'd be interested in Seamen if in good nick, I'd be willing to trade some brand new sealed Jag stuff for it.

All PAL... - Skies of Arcadia (complete, mint condition) - Shenmue II x 2 (both minty 'as new' condition) - Worms World Party (complete, mint condition) - Shadow Man (missing back inlay, good condition) - Giga Wing (slightly scrathced, no instructions) - Capcom Vs. SNK (disc and manual only, Disc Doctored) - Who Wants To Be a Millionaire (complete, slightly scratched disc) - Virtua Fighter 3TB (disc and manual only, shrink sealed preowned) Looking, ideally, for Dreamcast games I don't have, including some US ones, namely King Of Fighters (either) or Garou: Mark of The Wolves. Almost all Atari stuff considered too.

What you after? My trade list is at http://www.atarinvader.com/misc/trade.txt but I have loads more Dreamcast stuff since I last updated it...

Dixons, a electronic and appliances retailer here in the UK, have apperently dropped the Gamecube, which in all honesty is a bit of a surprise... They aren't a massive player in the UK market really, so it's not a massive problem.

I am a big fan of fighters, especially 2D ones and especially the Street Fighter series, so in no means can I say that I hate sequals inherently, but just the majority of current 'blockbuster' sequals, which conceptualy are the same. With the Street Fighter series, if you were to play the first arcade rendition and then Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 or Alpha 3 (Zero 3), then there is no way you'd believe they were the same game due to the amount of progression, the more modern games in the series have so much more depth, and more and more is added in the way of gameplay. However, look at the Tomb Raider series and can you say the same thing? 1,2,3, Last Revilation and Chronices are all the same game, but with new levels each time. Similare things are happening in the Resident Evil series, Nemesis showed some very inovative elements, but they all got dropped for Code: Veronica.

*bump* I have a PAL Shenmue II I'm willing to trade. This is the subbed Europe-only version that is pretty damned hard to get hold of!

There has definetly been franchising for a long time now, but it's only now that we have seen them span up to 4 generations in some cases, with all the Christmas 'Tent Pole' games being completely unorginal. Ideas are getting stale. I can't think of one inovation game on the X-Box, one AAA PS2 title that isn't a sequal or one Gamecube game that hasn't been done-to-death if only conceptualy (Animal Crossing is the exception, but it's not getting a UK release so I don't count it). On a different point, I don't think that X-Box Live is going to be as popular as people are expecting. Have you seen how tricky it is to setup? I have a fat 'Retailers Training Manual' to read... Screw that, we've been recomending people phone up M$ directly, the few that are interested.

I see what you mean but, the magazines that I generally read (Edge and Games TM) seem to be mostly hyping Steel Battelion, Viewtiful Joe, Ikargua etc etc but that doesn't generaly stop the masses flocking to buy the crappy dregs and sequals. The problem is that your average gamer doesn't go searching for that obscure Treasure release such as Freak Out, but would rather stick with 'What They Know' as opposed to doing a bit of research as to what is good.

The problem is sequals, or more accurately, lack of orginality. I don't really blame the industry, but more that state of affairs it has created for itself that will eventualy end up in it eating its own ass, not unlike the market crash of the mid-80s. If you look at the big releases slated for this year you have Halo 2, Animal Crossing 2, Ico 2, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (double points for being a rehash of a sequal), Soul Calibur II, Mario Kart 3, Mario 128, Zelda (14?), Tomb Raider 6, maybe Grand Theft Auto 5 and definetly another bloody FIFA game (probably just before Christmas too!). I don't think you can really blame the industry, as it is purely a fancial venture and it'll find ways of getting the money the best it can. Rather, I blame the people with the money, the gamers that pass up REZ for another EA sports title, the bone-heads that bought the PS2 over the Dreamcast because the numbers on the back of the box were higher and the mums that keep on buying those damned Tomb Raider games (no matter how crap they make them) for Little Johny. I can't even believe that one of the most inovative games in a while, Ico, is getting a sequal in the imaginatively titled Ico 2. A game that seemed to have a least some artistic integrity has a number slapped on and gets reboxed. Videogames future are bleak, very much so indeed...