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Alpha Waves for the PC, Amiga, and Atari ST. The gameplay is very different from your average platformer in that it's a sort of 3D Crush roller crossed with Super Pac Man and Mario 64. You're this robot thing who bounces on platforms and tries to find all the rooms in the particular area it's in. You also have to get keys to unlock new areas. There's also a time attack mode where you're supposed to find all the rooms before the time runs out.

Actually, a Sim City was planned for NES, but it was later scrapped to get people to buy the SNES instead.

I think Action Enterprises had a system planned called the Action Game Master that would allow you to do just that. Now, more than a decade later, the Onestation, a very bare bones cartridge based system from china (the cartridge IS the game system ) has fully realized the concept of the Action Game Master. A portable system capable of playing games made for almost every system on the planet. I was one of those kids. A friend of mine kept telling me all sorts of outrageous lies like that there was a cartridge that turned your game boy into a portable Xbox, that there was a Homestar Runner cartridge for GBC and GBA, and that there was a system called the Gamecubed where you were actually inside the system and the door, walls, floor, and ceiling were screens. And to think I believed every one of those. Now, I'm a bit more cautious with what I am to believe, but I can still get pretty gullible sometimes.

In 1997, I was a small lad of 5 who happened into the bookstore one day and found a strategy guide for Crash Bandicoot 2. At the time, the only game system I knew about was the N64, so I automatically assumed that this was covering the N64 version. (I even thought is said N64 on the cover) I also thought it had exclusive features where you went into Castle Cortex instead of his space station and fought Jet pack Cortex like a regular boss. He would charge and shoot at you and you had to use your spin attack to fend him off. 9 years later, I went on a search for this mythical N64 Crash Bandicoot 2. All searches I made on Google turned up nothing, but I was still convinced that it existed. Then one day, I thought to myself, "This can't exist. After all, Naughty Dog's been with Sony ever since 1995, before the N64 was ever even released." and the game was forgotten. Have any of your minds ever played tricks on you to have you convinced that a certain game or game system exists? Ever felt bummed when you found out it never existed? Heck, I'm still looking for a mythical Amiga version of The Incredible Machine, even though it probably doesn't exist.

But...the Sega CD, Playstation, Saturn, Dreamcast, etc...they're all significantly older than the GBA. How did you manage to avoid seeing or hearing any of those? 2 factors come into play here. 1. I'm only 14 (soon to be 15). 2. It's hard to keep up with the latest gaming news when you live in a rural area, your mom never buys you any game systems and only lets you watch PBS, and the only computers you have access to are an old Classic II with no games or internet access and an IBM PS/2 with the same limitations. Needless to say, I led a somewhat odd life for a 4-7 year old living in the 90s, playing not Mario, but Mancala and exploring our huge backyard with woods and a pond deep enough to swim in. All I knew of video games was very sparse. I'm not even sure if I knew there was a Playstation (my video store had a lot less PSX games than N64). The consoles I did know about were the Nintendo 64, the Atari 2600, and, oddly enough, the Atari Jaguar. The amount of games I knew about was equally sparse, knowing only of Super Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie (I loved the way the names sounded and would rattle them off constantly), Pitfall, and Alien vs. Predator. I also knew there was a character named Sonic the hedgehog, but had no idea what he actually did. In 2000, I found out about the Dreamcast and PS2, and in 2001, I got my first real taste of video games with Super Mario Advance and became enlightened. I became a rabid Mario fan and bought quite a few issues of Nintendo Power at the newsstands until late 2001. Today, I know hundreds of volumes more about video games than I did 10 years ago. If you had a conversation with me about video games now, You wouldn't be able to guess that in 1997, I wouldn't know what the flip you were talking about.

I've never bought a system on release day (closest I've came was standing outside the Game Zone on November 19 waiting to see all those Wiis get carried in and put on the shelves, and then being told the shipment got lost.), but I did play the GBA about a day after it's release. I remember being amazed by the crystal clear sound, those sharp graphics, and the digitized speech. I was especially amazed by the speech. I had never heard a game system talk before and it was so cool and futuristic.

From what I've heard (and seen) , the Studio II's COSMAC processor seems to use the Chip-8 instruction set. The chip-8 instruction set is inherently limited and RCA should have never have even contemplated using their outdated '60s architecture in the first place. Why couldn't they just have put 6502s in the boards instead? RCA couldn't do anything right in the video games business. I've played the Studio II in an emulator. Holy f*ck, is it terrible. The first time I turned on the car racing cartridge, I thought my file was corrupted or something.

Knowing how to work Blender so I could actually make progress on my Jumping Flash 4 project instead of randomly pushing buttons and getting nowhere. I also wish Macbooks or good Linux based laptops were available for the same price as a PS3. Software engine Blender on a 500Mhz G4 is sloooooooooooooooooooow...

Toy Story on the Game Boy was a pretty bad port, as Game Boy ports generally are. But the fact that you only got 2 in level music tracks for the entire game, which lasted something like 16 levels, made it downright painful to play. Most of your time playing is spent wishing to hear something other than the 2 music tracks you've heard 10 grillion times already.

I agree totally. This topic would have sparked some discussion if it'd just been titled "10 signs you're addicted to Jumping Flash" as you suggested. I'd have read it, smiled at the two I thought were kind of funny and maybe mentioned that I hadn't really played that one. No one would have insulted the list, and I'm pretty sure it'd have had some added by other posters. With the current title the point of the thread is just "tell me if I'm funny" and no discussion of the game has followed. Too bad there's no way for me to change the topic title. I tried a similar thread to the one you suggested on Joejoe, but no one seems to know what I'm talking about. Maybe I picked the wrong audience. edit: Never mind. I just changed the topic title in the original post. However, I fear the damage may have already been done.

What was the big deal here? I kinda missed Tempest's post before he closed it down, so I need some info on this. Well I guess that thread would be pretty controversial, so, I guess it was for the best. oh well.

Another game to try would be Pogo Fred. It's a very nice and well made platform game for Linux. As far as I can tell, this is X86 only. Sorry PPC users. You'll have to wait for the OS X version.

This game has a lot of potential for an HD treatment. Just imagine...

Oh, I dunno. I'm sure you could at least get a nervous laugh out of someone if you had them at gunpoint. Don't give him any ideas! JR Don't worry, I won't try it. By the way, have you seen any floating platforms anywhere?

Why are all these topics suddenly going in the wrong forums? Ah well. Now, about the soft drinks. I don't really have a preferred soft drink for gaming, but when it comes to the best, I've tended to veer towards lemon-lime drinks like Sierra Mist.

None, sadly. Why didn't I hear about these until now?

Hmm... Maybe that'll work. I'll see if I can't rent it on my next swing-by to the video store. By the way, have you seen the the extra on the Monty Python and the Holy Grail DVD with the english subtitled Japanese translation of the movie? It's amazing how profoundly messed up and unfunny the jokes became in the translation. I knew full well that the Japanese/English language barrier was pretty big, but not that huge! Some of the jokes are rendered completely incomprehensible such as "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!", which became "We can tell who your parents were just by looking at you.".

No, they are much better. Aside from the grammatical problems, there's a blandness about the bare stating of events in the originals that kills any chance of them being funny (#7 excepted). Jokes generally need a set up and a punchline. In one-liners there has to be some element of obscurity to prevent the reader / listener guessing what's coming. To use an old (and somewhat biggoted) but simple example: [stereotypical Irish Bashing] Irishmen fall off floors they fall off 'cos they're so stupid. Two Irishmen were sitting on the floor ... and one fell off. [/stereotypical Irish Bashing] One works(ish), one doesn't. Side by side, the originals read more like an attempt to un-funny n8's versions. Sega-etc, is English your first language? If not, you need to realise that the changes in grammar and culture make translating comedy from one language to another difficult. One-liners doubly so. Maybe these work for you (they can, as n8 has shown), but I'm guessing it's mainly due to the delay it takes to translate it in your head to whatever your first language is. There's a Finnish Star Trek parody called Star Wreck that works for the Finnish for exactly that reason; they translate the "tech speak" into Finnish. Normally the Finnish-dubbed Star Trek uses the English for technical terms, so it's what they're used to. When the tech speak is properly translated into Finnish, the translated versions sound strange and amusing to them. One of the few successful multi-lingual comedians is Eddie Izzard; his French tours only work because he's completely fluent in French. Sega-etc, fair do's trying - English is far from easy to learn and the grammar all but impossible - but the originals just don't work. English is my first language. I kinda need to work on my grammar skills a bit...

That... would be AWESOME!

Jousting Flash. It would be a 3D game where you would triple jump and shoot at your enemies to kill them, and there would be jump powerups scattered in random places at certain times through the level. You could also use the fun JF special weapons to kill stuff, and there would be multiple types of enemies. Or it could just be a first person Joust with the camera switching and weapons from the JF games. Either way sounds fun to me.

Watara Supervision yes, but next to none. Game King None that I'm aware of, but there were a couple emulators for it. One for DS and another (much more complete) one for the PC. The only site with full documentation on specs and hacking for the system went offline months ago. Edit: bripro.com is now back up! You can check out their section on Game King development here.

Anything you like! Just so long as it's bouncy and fun to listen to! By the way, the release date for the first public build may have to be pushed back some. I'm having problems learning Blender and the new Microshaft CD I got is sucking up my time.

Is it true the chip requires 21 different AC adapters and it's own set of A/V cables? What are they hiding underneath all that duct tape?

14 signs you're addicted to Jumping Flash 1. You or your parents find holes in the ceiling each morning 2. You're trying to invent a pair of electromagnetic spring shoes that you proclaim to be "ze most hippity hopping crome und shteel shoes around". 3. You're outdoor sessions are spent jumping across rooftops trying to find metal carrots called "jetpods" and the coveted "Exit". 4. You instinctively try to maim any midgets with Hawaiian shirts that you find. 5. you jump off church steeples thinking you can triple jump to the next building, but end up twisting your leg on the pavement. 6. You have pyromaniacal tendencies to fire off fireworks, cherry bombs, and roman candles at large vehicles 7. you are a member of the "flat earth" society 8. you make robotic squeaking noises whenever you walk and cute springy noises whenever you jump 9. You are unable to understand why there are no floating platforms in earth's atmosphere 10. whenever you see a Kiwi, you're first thought is to jump on it. 11. You have been arrested multiple times for fiercely guarding and sometimes shoplifting footstools and jellyfish plush toys. 12. There have been reports of an Unidentified Flying Object around the neighborhood that can only be described as a piece of dirt with a propeller attached to the bottom 13. Reports have come in reporting a mysterious person wearing metal shoes walking on top of various passenger jets during flight. 14. Your only amusement park venture goes belly up after hundreds of deaths from the unstable rides and a mass boycott.