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  2. Posted

    I remember a nearly all text version of Oregon Trail for the C64. The only "graphic" on the screen, ever, were two little checkered blocks, one that you had to shoot at by guessing at what degree mark (0 at top of the screen) the target was from your "person" Sadly, I don't have access to it anymore :(

     

    That one was a blast to play!

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    What's a sticky anyway?

     

    NE146 asking what a sticky is...dammit, I just got my irony meter back from the shop, and it broke again!!! :P

     

    Next time DP comes back up, at the top of the main forum, look for the post with Peter Pepper waving his arms up and down...that's the announcement, any of the posts with the spider icons are stickies (stuck to the top of the forum)

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    Anyone know how they'll be packaged

     

    From what I've seen, if the displays at EB are any indication...they will be in long plastic clamshell cases. Nice cases, should keep the game secure as long as it is in the case...and I'd imagine they'd have a label on them...the game paks made for the Palm Pilot (which are also on MMC cards) do.

     

    and how they expect you NOT to lose those damn things?

     

    They want you to lose them, so they can sell more. :)

     

    I think the point of this system is that they think you won't want to change the game that often...put one in, play it for a couple weeks (until completion or utter bordom...) and then swap it out for a new one. If anything, N-Gage owners will probably play more games to completion than any other system, just because of how difficult changing the cards will be :)

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    Ruined may be too strong a word, but I hate that you can only play 6 rounds (heck I could play Monkey Target all day long before, I wish there were about 20-30 different targets to aim for :) )...and the giant X shaped level is flat out impossible (I can land on it occasionally, but we have this game at work, and the kids get really frustrated because all they can do is fall in the water...)

     

    I don't mind the "formation flying" part, and I'm glad the Wheel Of Doom is gone...I just think it could have been better :)

     

     

    BTW, I think Best Buy is price cutting Luigi's Mansion to $19.99, of course, I can't get on their site to check for sure, but I think it was in the ad for this week.

  10. Posted

    OK, truth be told, I don't like the N64 much. I have one, and about 20 games, but I'm just not finding ones I like that much...

     

    Mario 64, blah. Not much fun

    Zelda, never have liked those games...

     

    Of the ones I have...here are my top 3...

     

    1. Mario Golf - Possibly my favorite golf game ever, and that's saying something for me.

     

    2. Diddy Kong Racing - kisrael hit most of the important points

     

    3. Super Bowling - A late release game, graphics are average, but different lanes give the game a very nice challenge.

     

    Now, the Cube I like very much, but $$$ keeps me from getting too many games...here are my top 3...

     

    1. Super Monkey Ball - Classic gaming perfection

     

    2. Super Monkey Ball 2 - A few level designs, and ruining Monkey Target keep it from achieving greatness.

     

    3. Luigi's Mansion - Tep, I really dug this game. Too short, true. But I've rarely had this much fun playing through a game twice!!

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    @ Liveinabin - Isn't the Gamecube basically dead in the UK anyway? I've heard stories about deep DEEP discounts on the system over there.

     

    If this is the case, then Namco's probably trying to focus on the versions of the game that will actually make them money over there.

     

    That's my guess at least.

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    It's not that hard to swap out controllers on an INTV 1. The controllers are plugged into the motherboard inside the console, and are not soldered, so if you have a non-working (or a beat up one with nice controllers) it is a fairly easy swap.

     

    Thanks for the info...I just got a 2nd Intellivision for the simple fact that it had the disc controllers. My first one had some kind of joystick thing stuck on top of the discs...I hated those.

     

    But the video on the 2nd one stutters badly when the screen scrolls, my older one had perfect video.

     

    Glad to know I can have my dream INTV in just a few minutes tomorrow morning :D

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    As far as I can remember, I am exactly *THREE* carts away from having every cart I used to have as a kid, back in my collection...

     

    Artillery Duel (single ender, I have the game on a double-ender)

    Harbor Escape

    Atari Video Cube

     

    Heck of a three games to try and find for $5 or less :)

  17. Posted

    I remember Harts stores!! I also remember the failed Big Bear / Hart's Plus stores :roll:

     

    Other places I remember seeing 2600 games:

     

    Zayre's

    Sears

    JCPenney

    Osco Drug

    Hills

    here's one for Ohioans...Gold Circle!!

    Circus World (loved that sore and it's casino themed carpet at the Muncie Mall)

    Children's Palace (man, I miss those :( )

    Odd Lots

    Heck's (another one mainly located in Ohio I believe)

    KB Toys

    If I recall correctlt Block's also used to have Atari stuff (and the one on the south side of Indianapolis had the coolest parquet floor!)

    Target (where I got Harbor Escape, one of two games I still need to get back everything I had originally)

  18. Posted

    If memory serves, the first run of Serious Sam on the XBox had some kind of bug or problem that caused the game to crash. I also remember that the company was more than happy to replace defective copies for free, so I'm guessing the stores dropped the price to empty out the potentially bad stock (and let the customer deal with the return), rather than send it back and wait for the fixed ones to come in. Then, by the time they finally got the good discs in, people were used to seeing a $20 price tag, so that's where the game stayed.

     

    Combine that with the fact that the first Serious Sam on PC was only $10 at the time, and the Second Encounter was only $15-20, as it kind of tanked on the PC...it probably didn't make much sense to charge XBox users $50 for a game they could get on PC for $25-30 total.

     

    Please note, that's just my theory, judging from my outside perspective. Ignore me all you want.

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