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Get yourself a decent antivirus program, and run Firefox, preferably with javascript turned off. Then you can visit all kinds of shady web sites relatively safely. The Underdogs is a great site.
Here are some good antiscumware utilities.
Or buy a Mac.
*runs from the impending flame war*There are some good abandonware titles on the Mac -- the Underdogs has a nice little Macintosh Garden with some of my old favorites like Hellcats over the Pacific, Operation Thunderbolt, Pathways into Darkness, Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, and the early Ambrosia shareware games. There's always emulation as well.
The biggest amount of sheer quantity is on the PC, though. There's no way around that. There ARE ways around Windows-based scumware, though. No need to be a platform evangelist.
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OK idea, bad implementation. Jasoco is right on-- I'd get some of these as a cheap gimme, but asking more than DVD pricing is just plain silly. Is anyone actually buying these things?
Sony couldn't have a better incentive for people to pirate movies and load them onto their overpriced memory sticks. Wait a sec, maybe that's their plan all along?
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Gamestop has the deal here. I wasn't too interested in the new game, but it looks like a simpleminded drivearound, and I was going to get Midway Arcade 3 anyway, so why not? Now I'll have all the Rush games.
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Get yourself a decent antivirus program, and run Firefox, preferably with javascript turned off. Then you can visit all kinds of shady web sites relatively safely. The Underdogs is a great site.
Here are some good antiscumware utilities.
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um ... you see a causal chain there? if so, please explain it to me ...
Manufacturing defects can happen anywhere. You don't like the global economy, fine, but to selectively pick on Chinese factories while ignoring the dross we get out of Detroit seems short-sighted to me.
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www.vidgames.com has the PSX games in release order. The first CD jewel box game was Aquanaut's Holiday, and everything else was in short boxes from then on.
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Sounds interesting, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut ...
Are there pics of it working?
Do you have a price point?
Is there any assurance that those who order one would actually get one (Catbox, anyone?)
Until I see answers to these simple questions, I'm going to assume it's vaporware and will continue to enjoy my FB2, emulators, and original hardware.
If you want to avoid disappointment when discussing unreleased hardware or software, it's best to assume everything is vaporware until you are holding it in your hand.
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Are there any plans for when the PAL version of the Flashback2 will be released? Is it designed already or will there be time to sort out some of the compatibility issues before it goes into production? (Personally, I'm most concerned about H.E.R.O, Pitfall 2, Defender II/Stargate and Activision Checkers, but it would be nice if it also could support Galaxians, Dig Dug and Berzerk)
The Flashback I PAL version was almost exactly the same as the NTSC version (AC and packaging were different, release date was later, all else looks the same); can't see why FB2 would be any different.
The games you listed are mostly 3rd-party properties and aren't going to be included without a fresh batch of legal negotiations. We got River Raid and Pitfall, you should be happy with that ...
Pray they don't alter the deal. You could be getting Air-Sea Battle, Fun with Numbers, Math Gran Prix, Football, Home Run, and Canyon Bomber.
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I feel like we've gotten nothing but a runaround on the true backwards compatibility of the XBOX 360. Some titles are going to work, maybe others will down the line, but is that any way to sell a brand? You can't return opened video games anymore, after all ...
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I'm sure youve seen the GB Player for the cube. I would say invest in that if you are into RPG type stuff or any of the basic staple games. Effectively giving you a more modern system and the equivalent of a SNES at the same time. As an added bonus, little space is consumed.
I love my GB player.
Cool idea
Other, less popular, but cheaper options might be picking up a PS1 and chasing down items in its library. I continue to discover titles I didn't realize existed by dumb luck and on average spending $5-$10 per game my risk of a true suckball can be negligable. I mean that's nearly 2-3 gallons of gas. It's technically cheaper for me to stay home with my butt on the couch. I wish I could.I can't get behind this.
I got a psone once they were fairly cheap, but there was really never a lot to justify. Some of the Arcade Paks, and The Unholy War (sequel to Archon), and maybe some novelty controller games like DDR and Point Blank, but overalll the strengths of its library won't appeal to everyone, especially if you have a Nintendo system (and already have options for genre games like Kart, Vehicle Destruction, etc)
The arcade packs are elsewhere on more modern systems. There are some fun, worthwhile games on Playstation that didn't appear anywhere else; off the top of my head, some worthy titles include: Intelligent Qube, Pong, Bushido Blade, Parappa the Rapper, 3 of the best Wipeout games, the 3 Colony Wars games, the G-Police games, Tempest X (yeah, I know), Doom (again, but this was a good version), the 2D Castlevania game, lots of 2D (Darius) and 2.5D (Raystorm, Xevious 3D+G) shooters, Destruction Derby, Unholy War (archon remix), the Crash Bandicoot games, Aquanaut's Holiday, Medieval ... well, that's enough, you get the point ... not to mention all the Japanese releases out there.
I wouldn't pay much for those old games without trying them first, though. I'm not advocating piracy, but driving all over creation to find used copies of these old games, particularly imports, doesn't really make sense. It doesn't help the game creators. While technically illegal, It's easy to fool a PSX into playing a burned CD, and it's even easier to boot an ISO image in ePSXe, the playstation emulator. If you like something after trying it out, go get an original black disc, but don't go buying stuff blind without knowing what you're getting.
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Am I imagining things, or was Polo (hidden on the Stella GANB CD) also supposed to be hidden on the Flashback 2 someplace?
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Buying a Cube now would be very, very smart. Lots of games available for cheap. Who cares if there aren't any new titles coming? All the stuff that's out now is new to you.
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Oh well, guess I'll continue to wait or snag it used. I don't rent games because I rarely have the time to devote to them before the due date comes up.
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Been playing with PalmMAME which has an absolutely gorgeous version for the Zodiac. The vector games on this thing are just beautiful. Star Wars looks and plays better on the Zodiac than it does on the GameCube. Honest. Wow.
So this means I won't be running out to get the NMBC right away. Portable MAME > legal releases. Sorry, Namco ...
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Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A
The NES Contra is the only one that matters.
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The Flashback 2 manual has a bunch of errors in it; I have a feeling there's not going to be a reprint of it. I hope the online manual comes up soon. Nothing there so far ... maybe it will go live at the time of the "official launch" in early October?
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I think it's a 3rd party version of the adapter that comes with the JVC X-Eye, (a Sega Genesis/CD all in one, a.k.a. "Wondermega" in Japan).
Naki makes (made?) peripherals for different video and computer systems.
Edit: whoops, I'm wrong -- saw your post on digitpress.com ...
the correct answer is
Yep, its an old model playstation rf cable for when the playstation had a/v ports actually on the back of the playstation and you could use any straight a/v cable with it. -
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Suppose your favorite pizza place wouldn't let you call up and order just a pizza for carry out anymore but instead required you to also buy a drink, desert, and breadsticks in order to purchase one pizza. Sure, you can order a pizza from someplace else but I doubt if you'd be totally happy about it.
Funny you should mention that. I tried to take advantage of the Papa John's special last weekend -- you get a large pie for $8.99, plus a free topping for every run the Nats scored above the competition in Sunday night's baseball game. Cool! I get 4 free toppings. Total with tax is like $9.50 ... they won't deliver it unless I spend $10.00 or more, so I have to buy a Coke I didn't want just to take advantage of the bargain. Feh.
There will always be non-bargain sales of the console, just not on launch day from the game stores. If you don't like it, either buy it at a non-specialty shop (Toys R Us, Target) or wait until the think actually has some known-quantity games available.
I'd take an XB360 for free at this point but will otherwise wait at least until the first price drop. Why would I want to pay through the nose for more of the same, when I have a stack of great XB games I need to play?
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Does anyone Only play Classic Games?
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I seem to like classic style games or arcade style games for modern systems the best.
Give me something I can relate to, but tart it up in a shiny new wrapper. The Atari Flashback 2, with better hardware and unreleased games - great! Star Wars games on the XBOX and Cube - great! Classic arcade, console, and pinball collections? Great! Easy to learn, difficult to master games like Rez, Frequency, Amplitude, Ridge Racer, Katamari Damacy, Space Channel 5, Zookeeper, Wipeout, Outrun, Virtua Fighter - great! Remakes of 8 and 16 bit games - ok!
I've been buying a *bunch* of GBA games lately, most of which have some retro twist or a throwback to the past. Minish Cap, Sigma Star Saga, Riviera, Rebelstar Tactical -- what a bunch of great games, much fresher than the polygon stuff on the big consoles, with some quick play value but no flashy tech. Older GBA games are my other big weakness lately. The Metroid games, the Wario Ware games, the LotR games (mini Diablo!) the TRON game... they're all so tiny and yummy. I'm getting a GBA Micro just to carry this stuff around with me wherever I go on a tiny bright screen. If you made me choose between the XBOX and the GBA right now, I'm not sure which I would pick. The PS2, Cube, DS, and PSP would not be missed, alas.
I've flipped through the latest issues of Computer Gaming World, XBOX Magazine, and Nintendo Power, and nothing is grabbing me. Wrestling, realistic warfare, urban bling bling, blood and guts -- bleah. I guess the kids these days don't like the sci-fi stuff as much as we did. I wish I had the time to play something like City of Heroes, which looks like a blast.