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  1. Posted

    I enquired via PM a few days ago but never received a response. Now you are going to auction. Don't bother sending a link, I will not bid...heh.

     

    Not sure of the legality of selling dev units on ebay, but I would imagine it is against their policy...like prototypes are. Something to keep in mind.

     

    I've seen dev systems before on ebay, like the dreamcast tower several times. I don't think he should have a problem selling these there.

     

    I'm not happy with the decision either, but I guess we all get an equal chance of getting the systems. He probably had no idea what the charge and wants top dollar, hence the auction... or he just posted it here to get us all interested so he'd have guaranteed bidders.

     

    Meh. :roll:

  2. Posted

    I think your out of luck.

     

    PS1 and PS2 games are not region free so if you try to play North American PS1\PS2 games in a Japanese region PS3 it wont work.

     

    My guess....but thats what I beleive to be true.

     

    It seems you CAN play downloadable PS1 games on any system from what I read. So.......if Need for Speed ever comes to the US\UK PSN store which I doubt then you may have to download it for 6 bucks to play it on the Japanese console.

     

    Sadly the american PSN store sucks for PS1 games.

     

     

    Sigh, wonderful >_>. Figured as much. Thanks for the response at least. I *wish* Sony took more charge with putting psone titles on there. Live has xbox titles going. Sony has it easy as they don't even put ps2 games on there to dload. PS titles should be a walk in the park. That is one thing I think Nintendo has done a very good job with, and it's paid off for them.

  3. Posted

    Ok, fun times....

     

    As most of you know, I have a Japanese white 40 gig PS3. I bought it not only to play ps3 games, but to also play my psone games, which I love.

     

    I decided to put a copy of Need for Speed II in, one of my favorite games... and it says "This disc cannot be started due to region restrictions"... crud.

     

    I seriously feel a bit jipped here.. what can I do to make this system play it? I've already sold my ps2 and psone in anticipation of getting the PS3, so please don't say the typical "play it on a playstation" :ponder:

     

    I guess when I heard "region free", while I knew it didn't apply to ps2 games on systems that play those games, I never thought about the psone situation. Anything I can do here? :-/ :(

  5. Posted

    Being a Wii owner myself, I'm not at all offended. Just because there are "core" gamers playing the Wii doesn't mean that, for the most part, the Wii isn't casually oriented. To be honest, even Nintendo markets the thing to first timers (watch their commercials.. all family and older people and kids).

     

    So if anything Sega's unnamed employee is echoing what Nintendo proudly boasts on a monthly basis.

     

     

     

    I'm sure there are lots of kids and first timers playing PS3 and 360s too, but it doesn't mean the systems are made with them in mind. You can have an audience on the Wii that is core, but numbers don't lie... most of the core market is NOT on the Nintendo system, and neither are the games.

     

    I love Nintendo, I've loved them from the start and they will always be special to me, but there's a major something missing from Nintendo this gen, and others have felt it too. While this is not the first generation I've had more than just a Nintendo system while those systems are new, it's definitely the first generation I felt like I *needed* more than one.

     

    Your personal opinion is valid, but if Nintendo's console isn't casually oriented, then the Wii has a serious identity crisis and Sega better stop making games like Tap Tap (or w/e it's called) that gear towards that market.

  6. Posted

    Just curious, what was bad about SSF2THDR. Never got to play it.

    oh I ranted good and long about ssf2thdr here. and I haven't really played it since. it was good for a morning worth of annoyance...

    In short every fighting game you've played since 1995 or so was worlds better than ssf2thdr.

     

    careful on the ps2-ps3 converters--some have limits about simultaneous presses. I actually already have one of those, though I've never used mine to see if it has the problems. Believe it or not, I don't have a good ps1/ps2 arcade stick either. I have bad arcade sticks for them though, and maybe that'll be good enough (prior to this gen, I haven't been a heavy sony gamer)

     

     

    There's a REALLY nice Hori PS3 stick out there. It's black with light up blue leds. I know sticks are expensive, but like I said, they made cheaper pads at least :). You can get a "saturn" type fighting pad for the PS2 I'm sure. :)

     

    Thanks for the info about the converters.. I'll do my homework before I buy one. If you know of any brand of one that's good lemme know. :)

  7. Posted

    Ahh Dreamcast..

     

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: If Midway wants to get out of bankruptcy, make Hydro Thunder 2. Bam.. instant money.

     

    Hydro thunder 2 - under a different name -- has recently been revealed, from the original HT development team. Haven't you seen it yet?

     

    For me, the last time I was truly excited was probably on 9-9-99. I've picked up other systems since the Dreamcast, but never had quite the tingle as then. I remember being very excited at getting all my Atari and Sega systems over the years.

     

     

    Yea, I hated the PS2 because of what it did to the Dreamcast.

     

    Anywho, no I haven't seen "hydro thunder 2" under a different name. What would the name be? And I'm assuming the original team doesn't work for Midway anymore. What system is it on? Link?

  9. Posted

    I'll buy it, but not now. I'll wait for price to drop. Capcom burned me on their bastard SSF2THDR, and I don't feel like spending $100+ (game and controller) just to play street fighter.

     

    When I buy the stick for King of Fighters XII, then I'll probably buy SF4. speaking of which, the two series are finally going to be on the exact same hardware (taito x2) so it will be interesting to see how they match up. the 'first location test' videos of KoF look darn impressive (vid link) but the game's obviously not going for 'full 3d' like sf4.

     

     

    Just curious, what was bad about SSF2THDR. Never got to play it.

     

    Also, you don't need to spend 100 bucks to play street fighter. The ps3 controller should suffice. And if not, I know there are PS2 to PS3 adaptors out there. I'll be getting one so I can use my Street Fighter RYU controller from my PS2 to play this game. (nice pad btw :) ).

  10. Posted

    I just started playing GRiD last night. UGHHH what a horribly put together game. It seriously has some identity problems!

    oddly I have more problems with grid's 'brownish' style than how it plays. though I've only raced the cars in the demo, more powerful ones may be more of a handful than what I saw. (great demo, btw--online enabled, everybody at similar skill level) GRiD's based on the engine used for Dirt, which is hands down the worst rally game *EVER*. no power sliding--what the heck kind of rally game cuts that out? Both arcade and sim rally games have it, but dirt's so 'inbetween' them that it just won't allow sliding. That's in addition to the 'ultra brown' effects in the game. I wish codemasters would just go back to the graphical style they used in Toca 3.

     

     

    Yea really, I totally agree with you on the Toca style. I'd like to know why it seems every racing game needs to specialize at only one time of day and one type of weather condition. Need for Speed (not when it was good.. once Underground and Carbon started "blessing" our presence) had the whole night time and wet streets... everywhere.. because that is how driving ALWAYS is... :roll: And then I have no idea what is with GRiD.. it's like sunset or dawn, yet it still seems like mid afternoon. Maybe it's the worlds smoggiest city :roll:

     

    Either way, it's like the tightest control as it doesn't really allow sliding of any sort, yet at the same time, if you try to steer like you would in any other racer, you spin in circles out of control. And god forbid you hit an inch of grass even for a second.. steering basically does the opposite of what you want to do. I can't wait to get rid of this monstrosity... and that says a lot concidering racing games are my favorite genre.

  11. Posted

    I just started playing GRiD last night. UGHHH what a horribly put together game. It seriously has some identity problems! It doesn't know if it wants to be a sim, or an arcade racer..

     

    If you drive like you do in Gran Tourismo, you're too slow. If you drive like an arcade racer you spin out uncontrolably and crash all the time. In fact, it's like the developers knew it was hard to figure out how to drive well in this game and tacked on the replay system at the last minute. Horrid. Racing the 3rd or 4th race in the campaign where you're in the orange lambergini is like pulling teeth.

     

    I'll be trading this game in when I get Street Fighter 4. Ughhh!.. maddening....

  12. Posted

    Honestly, the last time I truly got that feeling you're describing was when I got my N64. I got the jungle green DK 64 one with a copy of my favorite game... FZero X.

     

    It was the system I used my own money on to buy, and I just remember exactly how I felt when I brought that home.

     

    Newer systems still were special, the Wii was very special (as it seemed like such a different machine) but I think when you get older part of that magic is kinda lost when you get a new system. Yes, it's great.. I'm excited about it, but it's no longer like it used to be.

     

     

     

    I think the only other time I got that excited about a system was when I was younger and really wanted a Saturn. I never got the system, and unfortunately had to wait till years later when I was older to get it once the system was well dead, but that system will always have a special place in my heart because it was the only system I can recall that I got THAT excited about.

  18. Posted

    I am interested in this game but I am not sure if I will get it right away. There are like 4 games or something like that coming out this month that I want but can only afford one or two at the moment. :(

     

     

    Oh common though.. it's bloody street fighter! You don't get the main sequels to come along but almost every decade haha :).

  20. Posted

    Good lord, how did you do that song!?

     

    My problem is, I don't know the best way to strum the plastic guitar. It works well pushing it down and if i need to back and forth.. but when it gets harder, i swear i get the squeak all the time. I just cant time it well i guess, and my hand gets tired really fast in the harder difficulties.

     

    Also, doing all 5 notes is REALLY hard for me. That looks impossible.. I tip my hat off to you sir!

  24. Posted

    I'd love a seperate iPhone/iTouch forum. I never thought I'd say this when I bought the iPhone, but it really is a competent gaming machine. I have dloaded countless games, and since it's always on my person (unlike my PSP or something) as it's my phone, it's always being played. Heck, it gets more playtime than my consoles and I've never been a huge handheld guy at all.

  25. Posted

    Don't know if anyone else downloaded the demo (I got mine from the U.K. store), but after spending 30min with the demo......WOW!!!

     

    This may be the first game in quite some time (at least for me) that lives up to all the hype that is preceeding its release. Beautiful graphic's, not a bit of slowdown, great control, incredible action..... I'm very, very impressed so far!!

     

     

     

     

    Daytona...... the PS3 is region free so you can download whatever you want from any region PSN Store and it will run on your PS3. I have three accounts (European, Japanese, and U.S.) and download "region exclusives" regularly.

     

    The only limitation to the above is that if you buy a game, any DLC ***MUST*** be from the same region as the game you purchased. As an example, if you buy the Japanese version of Call of Duty or the game Pixel Junk Monsters from the Japanese PSN store, any DLC you buy must also be from the Japanese store as DLC from the U.S. or European store won't work with a Japanese game and vice-versa.

     

    And when you made your account, if you selected the region you wanted as the U.S., then you are seeing the U.S. store, even if the ticker is displaying Japanese text.

     

     

    Mendon

     

    Thanks. So if I want to turn on the EU or JAP store I need to log off, then relog in with the other screen names?

     

    Appreciate the help.

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