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When I see people list recommended games for the N64, I see Banjo Kazooie pop up quite often. Having played both Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie, I thought the sequel, Banjo Tooie, was much more fun and actually better than the original. While it was pretty much a big collect-a-thon, I liked the variety and style of the worlds in Banjo Tooie, plus it had an interesting and amusing story line. The train between worlds was neat. There were some cool bosses. The final battle with Gruntie was a HOOT. Rare really made some great games on the N64, imo. So what did others think about the two Banjo games? Which one did you like better?

This reply is kind of a "me too", but I enjoyed the game quite a bit. Using magic to enchant items and casting spells was pretty unique and interesting. I think I got about 80-90 percent complete and it just got HARD. I haven't picked it back up in a while, but would like to finish it. I'd probably have to go back through the whole game though. One of my buddies found it new at someplace like WalMart for $10. There's no question it is worth that!!! Oh, and do play it at night with the lights off....

That's EXACTLY what happened to me. I liked the game, but completing all the tasks on all the levels got to be pretty hard. And you have to finish practically all the tasks before you can open up the boss level. I've put it down for over a year now and although I tell myself I'd like to pick it back up, I doubt I will. Still, I had fun while playing it. Guess you don't have to finish ALL games. I paid full price and even pre-ordered it, and I don't feel ripped off.

I recall playing the Atari VCS at JC Penney's store displays, and also at a now defunct department store called Woolco. It was shortly after it came out in the late 70's. I was about 12-13 at the time. I had saved up enough money I had earned doing odd jobs to buy an Atari. I think that was when they dropped to under $200. My mom intervened though and bought it for me and my brother. That left me able to use the money to buy some games! Besides Combat, our first games were Air-Sea Battle and Adventure. We played the crap out of those games. The whole family would play, including my Grandma (I'd let her win some Air-Sea Battle games so she would play with me). Ahhhh.... those were the days. We didn't have many games, but that forced us to play the games more and explore the variations, etc.

Here in Omaha, NE there was at least one video store that rented 2600 games. It was called Applause Video, which later was swallowed up by Blockbuster. I recall renting Asteroids when it came out. I think it was a multiple day rental, maybe up to a week. I remember playing the crap out of it before we had to take it back. Applause also carried NES games for rent, once the NES came out. It used to be a great way to "try before you buy", as it is today with the new console games.

I finished the game with just a little over half the hearts and 3 bottles (one with Granny's milk. While I really enjoyed the game a lot, I felt kind of bad that there were many things I didn't ever do. I don't think I planted any of those seeds and watered them, never took any pictures, didn't deliver mail, didn't do the Nintendo Gallery, and just in general didn't do much of the side quest stuff. Now after finishing the game, I really don't feel compelled to complete any of the side quests. Maybe if there had been more incentive or neccessity to do so... But overall a great experience.

I couldn't really decided under which forum to place this question so I just picked the one that seemed most applicable. I'm hoping one of you knowledgeable gamers can point me to an online repository of Quake (the original PC version) deatchmatch levels? There used to be many hundreds out there, but I can't find many now and I lost my archive CD. Some of us here where I work recently busted out Quake again for some good ol' classic fraggin' fun. What a hoot! I was able to locate about 50 dm levels on PlanetQuake, but that's about it.

I just actually finished playing Enter the Matrix this weekend (cube version). I really enjoyed it. Eventhough it was a 2 disc game (again for the cube, might be 1 disc for xbox), it seemed kind of short. I also didn't even need to peek at a walkthrough or FAQ so I'd rate it as pretty easy! If you look around you can pick this up cheap (I got mine used at Blockbuster for $16.99). I feel it was worth it and really enjoyed it. Lots of cool moves, gun fights, actual unique movie footage, good music, and FUN. Pretty good game, IMO.

I realize this thread is about the xbox version, but... I can confirm that the cube version did come out on 12/17 as scheduled. I preordered mine from GameStop and it was there and waiting for me. However, GameStop was charging $25 for the cube version. Since it was there and I had it in my hand I paid. The games like Robotron and Smash TV do indeed use the C-stick as the right analog stick (firing). Optionally you can use the buttons for directional firing, but WHY?! It's pretty nice. I enjoyed myself immensely last night.

I have a couple of each and prefer the original Intellivision model. Something about that gold and woodgrain that just seems appropriate. I hate the Intellivision II. It has a funky power/reset button that you need to hold for something like 6 seconds to turn it off. The controllers may be detachable, but that's probably because they are completely cheap crap and break easily! I have the INTVIII and it's cool. Black and aluminum with a power LED. But they seem pretty rare and don't have all that much of an advantage over the original. GO FOR THE GOLD!!!!!!!!!

FPS on consoles will make me sicker than a dog if I play for more than a few minutes. Note I specifically said CONSOLES. I can play FPS games like Quake and Unreal on the PC for hours at a time, and often do, without any problems. I first noticed this playing Medal of Honor on my psx a couple years back. I actually got to the point of being violently ill! So games like Perfect Dark and Metroid Prime I've had to pass on. I'm fine on 3rd person perspectives though, like Syphon Filter. I don't know why there seems to be a distinction between consoles and the PC. Refresh rate and/or resolution?

PS2 Greatest Hits titles were on sale for $15 each a couple weeks ago. There are a few select GCN titles for $16.99 or less (Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Namco Arcade). Always check the clearance areas too! I picked up Scooby Doo (nephew xmas present, really) for $9.99.

For me it would probably be Beamrider. I love that game. Never played it or even recall hearing about it back in the day. Also I would have to say discovering the Intellivision was a lot of fun. I grew up with the 2600 and moved on to Colecovision and C64. Pretty much skipped the whole Intellivision era, except a few times at friends houses. I really enjoyed discovering the many unique and fun games on the Intellivision.

Sorry, that would leave a hole in my collection. I did sell my only duplicate a while back on eBay. If I sold all my games that were dissappointing, I'd end up with a LOT of holes in my collections! I guess I fall in to the collector category and will keep any game, even if it's crap.

I don't have all the ECS games, but I have a couple. I found them overall to be hugely disappointing. Both the Scooby-Doo game and Jetson game are just blatant licensing gimmicks with bland games. Mr. Basic was no fun. A lot of the later INTV games were much much more fun than the ECS games. I did hear Mind Strike was decent though, but don't have that one. I messed around with the programming though and that's interesting. You pretty much need the manual (there are good text versions of it out there on the Internet). It was amusing to take graphics from games like Burgertime and make the hotdog walk across the screen.

Do you have another NES you play more? Or do you just not enjoy playing NES period? If you just aren't having fun playing NES games, I'd question what your NES library contains. There are some very fun games for the system. Yes, I have had a similar experience. The biggest was probably with a Fairchild Channel F. I found it at a thrift store and it was boxed and everything. I took it home, played it a couple times, thought the games REALLY sucked, and sold it on eBay.

The control pad is on the RIGHT side??? What's up with that?

I picked up a U-Force back when they came out. It sounded so awesome that I had to try it. It was on clearance at JCPenney's so it was only like $20. I got it home, set it up, tried it with a few games. It SUCKED. I boxed that piece of crap back up and haven't touched it since. It's not worth picking up even as a novelty, IMO. The commercial for the Eye Toy, with a crowd of people watching the kid play with it, sure seems kind of lame. Popping those aliens or whatever he is doing would get rather repetitive and boring pretty quickly, one would think.

The early Activision cartridges were shipped with the foam inserts. I guess the intent was to provide protection for the exposed connector. Atari cart cases had the sliding door that protected the connector, Activision does not, so they tried to compensate by putting the foam in there. I picked up an Activision Boxing cart that has the foam. Activision obviously stopped doing this pretty early on.

MMF's setup/game room is a complete opposite of a "Room of Doom". His whole finished basement is basically one big game room! Instead of Room of Doom, I'd have to call it a "Pleasure Zone". He has several systems set up for instant play, hundreds of games sorted and organized at your finger tips, a big-ass Sony flatscreen TV, multiple Wavebird controllers for GC goodness, a fridge stocked with beer and goodies, and I could just go on and on. Quite a contrast to a packed closet with a tilted TV.

IGN had this comment about what Nintendo is up to: How wild is that? A console that will play both SNES and N64 games! Some weird part of me would like one of those, eventhough I have both systems already. WTF does Nintendo have up their sleeve on this mystery game product????

I recently had to mothball my collection too. I had a setup I was really happy with. I Had a coffee table with several classic and newer systems set up. The carts were displayed in several racks of those old plastic/woodgrain video organizers. There was a built in bookcase where I kept game boxes and stacks of loose carts. I really enjoyed it. I have a 1-yr old boy, but he isn't the reason I had to tub up all my stuff. My wife and I are going through a divorce and have separated. I packed up all the gaming stuff in tubs and it is now safe in my parents basement. My wife moved out and I've just moved back in to the house, but I just don't have the urge to set all the stuff back up. I'm even contemplating selling off some of the rare stuff and really paring the collection down just to things and games I really enjoy.

While not extremely faithful to the arcade version, the NES version was a pretty cool twist on Gyruss. It was put out by Konami (under the Ultra Games name). It had a few different power-ups and lots of different enemies. Plus it had bosses at the end of each planet stage. There was some way to get either infinite or many ships, so it was pretty easy to get through all the planets on the NES version (if you cheated that is). The original rocks though. I can still hear that pounding music in my head!

WOO-HOO! I've been wanting to subscribe to Nintendo Power and this is finally a good excuse. I know NP is pretty much just a big advertisement, but it's still fun to look through. One of the options to get the disc is the register your 'cube and two games. Of the games that qualify, one really caught my attention. What is "Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga "? I don't recall hearing about this game, and a quick scan of the preview sections on IGN and PlanetNintendo came up with nothing. Sounds very interesting. Almost sounds like a GC version of some old games.

Fascinating question! I've often pondered this very thing, as well as about another massive collection I have (vintage GI Joe stuff). I suspect if I was to die tomorrow, my game collection would probably go to my nieces and nephew. They love video games. Before answering this, I briefly contemplated willing my games to another local collector and gaming bud, MegaManFan, but then figured he would probably try to have me bumped off to get all my games! j/k