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  2. Posted

    The oddest thing is that this game keeps raking in good review scores. I just don't get it, I don't think I'm that out of touch when it comes to enjoyable games.

     

    I think maybe a large part off crazy review scores is that most of the reviewers these days are kids with no context or real knowledge of gaming. They're "bros" with "bro" outlooks and attitudes.

    +1

     

    everyone that i know that bought DAII has taken it back the next day.

     

    I've been advising people against it too. There were parts of origins that I disliked but overall its a very fun rpg. Dragon age 2 just stinks. Its mind numbingly small and repetitive. Its not fun in the least.

     

    But its nice to see that the dlc rape will be out in full force. I guess the dlc will be the other 50% of the game that they didn't have time to finish.

     

    I think I nailed what's wrong with it. Its not finished. It feels like they got the whole city and all those quests done then looked at the calendar and thought "oh shit,we've gotta release this".

     

    Thank god I didn't buy it and waited to get it from gamefly. Even if it drops down to $20, I will never buy this game. I think its honestly the first game I can say that I would never play again.

     

    It has also given me a "wait and see" approach to both the inevitable da3 as well as mass effect 3....and I LOVE mass effect. I'm just not digging what bioware has been doing to their games.

     

    Again blame EA not bioware. Also some RPG's just do not work well on consoles.

  3. Posted

    I don't have xbl gold so I haven't tried the demo. I did not know this and now I've knocked it down to my "wait until its $30".

     

    Bioware is really dumbing their stuff down. I liked mass effect 2 but it was just a 3rd person shooter with a good story. I've got a bad feeling about m.e. 3 now after hearing about d.a.2.

     

    Thank god bethesda really hasn't lost what made them good...

     

    Ill have to try the demo when it becomes available for everyone but after doing some more reading I think I made the correct choice preordering homefront instead of this. Ill probably end up getting crysis 2 instead also.

     

    Too be fair, I do not think it is completely biowares fault nor do I feel they have lost what made them good. I blame it on EA, almost every RPG company they have bought over the years they have completely ruined or at least have gotten close for awhile. Microsoft should have really bought the company and saved it from EA. Though this is only one game so far, so I guess I can't really make a opinion until ME 3 comes out, but if it is bad I am never buying anything from EA again. Don't play madden because it is basically the same thing, still play 2K sports though.

  4. Posted

    I realize it's called the NGP because it's the codename, but every time I see that name I can't help but think of this:

    ngp.jpg

     

    Seriously, just call it the PSP2 and not this confusing "NGP" name.

    Agree completely. I currently own a NGPC and that is what I thought at first too.

  5. Posted

    3DS obviously, Two reasons. One, 3D. Glassesless 3D. If it's even half assed, it should rule. And 2, real media. As near as I can tell, the PSP2 has no media, or isn't confirmed yet, and I was looking through the PSO magazine, if they don't know, it's going to be digital, and no. Just no. To bad too, looks like it would probably be cool other than that. (except the opposing touch pad thing...you do have to hold this system somehow, after all)

     

    Have tried the 3DS myself and trust me the 3D is not half assed, reminds me of 3D used in movies.

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    Just wondering what are your guys opinion of the 3DS and to some extent the Wii. I will admit I ended up getting a Dreamcast, then a Xbox 360 because I felt dissapointed with the Gamecube. I had grown up with the SNES which is a system that had a good amount of the 3rd party support and felt like a system that had something for everyone. Then the gamecube come along and I will admit I was dissapointed with Nintendo and decided to give someone else a try(too bad my second choice did not last long either.) Then I see the launch line up for the 3DS and it seems like it is the SNES all over again,they have a game for every genre. I have also recently got a Wii because of the fact they are releasing games more for the older generation now. So what is your guys opinion of the 3DS games so far. I have recently tried it and will admit I was surprised with how well the 3D work. It reminded me more of the 3D in movies lately instead of like amusement park 3D that pops out at you. Its like the movies and seems to add more depth, resolution is not as high as movies though.

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    Had a go with one. It's OK. I mean, it's 3D and it's a handheld with, it seems, roughly the same graphical prowess as the iPhone.

    Still remains to be seen whether the usual Nintendo effect will happen again - ie. Promise of strong third-party support that doesn't last, in quality at least, while the same first-party IPs (that you either love or hate) roll out steadily. Personally, I'm done with Mario, Zelda et al. so I'm not expecting much long term value from this console.

     

    I just recently looked at the specs and actually the GPU's max speed is almost twice the speed of the Wii. I tried it today and will admit I was surprised with how well the 3D work. Reminded me a lot of the 3D movies they have had lately. Doesn't poop out like in amusement parks but does add that extra sense of depth like in movies. The main thing I notice is that it has to be within 14 inches of the front of a person's face to get the full effect, any farther and it starts to lose clearness. Maybe not worth 250, more like 200 would be fine.

  9. Posted · Edited by ATARI7800fan

    3DS looks promising, but I wonder what list you're looking at... the launch kinda stinks apart from Street Fighter. I'm all over that, though... finally a decent fighter for a nintendo handheld.

     

    Wii is awesome, too. Plenty of great games of all types on it. Try Wario Land Shake It or whatever it's called... made by the same folks that made Buster Busts Loose on the SNES & it shows.

     

    I was looking at all the games so far that are coming out this year which includes Animal Crossing,Assassin's Creed: Lost Legacy,BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II,Bomberman 3DS, Bonk,Bust-a-Move Universe,The Conduit 3DS,de Blob: The Underground,Dead or Alive: Dimensions,Dragon Quest,Driver: Renegade,Final Fantasy,Harvest Moon 3D,Kid Icarus: Uprising,Mario Kart 3DS,Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D,Ninja Gaiden,Paper Mario,Rayman 3D,Ridge Racer 3D,Saints Row: Drive-By,Sonic the Hedgehog,Star Fox 64 3D,Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3D,Resident Evil: Revelations. Plus some more. I would say they are getting some good third party support this time. I have been thinking of trying Wario Land out, Thanks for your opinion of it.

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    Just wondering what are your guys opinion of the 3DS and to some extent the Wii. I will admit I ended up getting a Dreamcast, then a Xbox 360 because I felt dissapointed with the Gamecube. I had grown up with the SNES which is a system that had a good amount of the 3rd party support and felt like a system that had something for everyone. Then the gamecube come along and I will admit I was dissapointed with Nintendo and decided to give someone else a try(too bad my second choice did not last long either.) Then I see the launch line up for the 3DS and it seems like it is the SNES all over again,they have a game for every genre. I have also recently got a Wii because of the fact they are releasing games more for the older generation now. So what is your guys opinion of the 3DS games so far.

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    Not that it matters, but the Dreamcast's 32-bit, man.

     

    I meant that the GPU was 128 bit. Also yes the PS2 did have a DVD drive but looking at it from a pure gaming perspective should that have mattered. Even know it still is not common to have your game system in your living room. Heck Wii's are more common in family rooms and they still do not allow people to watch DVD's plus Blue ray did not take off like people had that plus now there is streaming.

  12. Posted · Edited by ATARI7800fan

    Man, so much to read and catch up on!

     

    My question is this: how did the whole Sega Dreamcast thing go down? As I remember, we're playing it in the fall of 99, loving it, Crazy Taxi, blown away by the sheer POWER of such a great system, fun games, cool controllers, a wicked Resident Evil game...and a few months later, GONE!!!...I mean, how exactly did that all happen?

    A quick answer would be that Sega Had lost to much money on the Saturn and where already in the hole when the Dreamcast fist came out, then with Sony announcing and Pushing the PS2 over a year before it came out stopped alot of people from buying the Dreamcast and waiting for the PS2, with a console it either has to be big or fail there is really not inbetween. The thing is if they had sold another 1 to 1.5 million units that would have been enough to keep them going a little longer, plus the fear of the Gamecube(what a let down and it think I bought one instead of getting a Dreamcast, that was after they quite making them though. Still would have had better games then the Gamecube.) and Microsoft stabbing them in the back and announcing the Xbox. Sega just decided there was to much compitetion and decide to play it safe and quite. The thing is speck wise the Dreamcast did have a 128 bit processor unlike the PS2. That seems to sound familar(Atari Jaguar). I really think if they would have stayed in things would have turned out fine, plus people burning games did not help there profits either because you do not have to mode your system to play burnt games.

  14. Posted

     

    As for the licenses: it only applied to publishing iirc, not license of a specific game, thus the same title could be licensed/published under a different label, just not by the publisher licensed for the game by Nintendo. (there were lots of other restrictions for licensees like the 2 games per year per publisher without Nintendo's express permission, etc)

    For example, Sega licensed Double Dragon for the SMS and released it about the same time (or slightly earlier) than the NES conversion iirc. (the Activision published Atari games came a year later iirc)

    That's why I said earlier that Atari would have been good to offer a loophole license agreement whereby 3rd parties could publish their games through Atari's label but otherwise be independent. (no commissions by Atari, not necessarily having Atari doing any manufacturing, perhaps not even royalties to Atari -at least once Atari was in such a bad position and having more games even without royalties would have been attractive)

     

     

    I disagree. Atari Corp. sued Nintendo on antitrust grounds because the publishers could not only not publish on other consoles if they were already licensees to the NES but they also couldn't license those games to other platforms for others to publish. That didn't loosen up until 1988/89 because of the Atari Corp./Atari Games lawsuits and the threats of Federal intervention and lawsuits from other companies. Almost all the titles that appeared on the NES were exclusive to the NES until Nintendo got scared.

    Then explain how there are many examples that contradict that going back to 1987/88 if not earlier. (several of Sega's own games were licensed and released on Nintendo platforms as well and within 2 years of their release on the SMS/Mk.III)

     

    Double Dragon is certainly the most obvious example though.

     

     

    Besides, saying "I disagree" seems a bit odd, like you're posing an opinion: if you have facts regarding the specifics of Nintendo's contracts, then say so, opinions do matter in this context.

     

    I haven't seen a really comprehensive outline of their policies, so I'm not positive myself. (going by what's available to me on the subject and interpreting it as best as possible)

     

    Nintendo's policy was that publishers could release only five games per year and they had to be exclusive to Nintendo for two years.

     

    That is correct. The reason games like double dragon where are multiple systems is because if a Arcade developer licensed there games to other companies the contracts only counted for the developers that signed up for it not the company that had originally created the game, which is what companies like Sega and the ones that owned Double Dragon did, a little loop hole that was hardly used.

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    Considering both machines are way out of date and both are defined primarily by their games and not applications of the era (sure you can DTP on one of these but seriously who would want to?) I find it funny that people want to ask whether to go with one or the other, especially when talking about Amiga OS4 which is PPC based and not really comparable to the original Workbench anyway.

     

    If I personally were asking which one to go with it would be on the basis of which one provides the best experience of computing in the late 80's/early 90's. If that were the case I'd probably have to go with the Amiga given the superiority of the hardware to original ST's and the fact that the STE didn't get a lot of software written to take advantage of it (I think ...) If that was the case I'd go with a big-box A2000 rev.b and be happy with it.

     

    I personally don't equate newer iterations AmigaOS with Amiga anymore. It really doesn't do anything Linux/Windows/MacOS don't do. I'd rather run a high spec PC with Amiga Forever and AmigaOS 3.9 than try and obtain the whacko hardware of the PPC era Amiga's. But that's just me.

     

    I was wondering how does amiga forever work. I have thought about getting it but have never done so or know how it works. Does it install over a PC original OS or does it work more like a Atari emulator. I would not mind trying out Amiga 3.9 and seeing what it can do like internet. If it is like a normal emulator though how is it able to go on the internet?

  19. Posted

    I was wondering has crownland been released. If so were and does it come in a cart form. Does atari-sales have any plans on making a cart version of the game if it has been released. Has anyone tried it and if so what did you think of the game. How much ram does it need.

     

    Well,

     

    1) yes, the game has been released (it took even part at the Abbuc software contest).

    2) a file version for 128k machines can be found e.g. here: http://www.atari.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=5650

    3) not sure if a cart version (for 64k or 128k machines) already exists... ask Lance or Kjmann if you want it on cart

    (or use Steve Tucker`s Maxflash 1MB or 8MB cart to do it yourself)...

    4) the game is great, it is a good jump & run a la super mario - alas, the released 128k version is a bit short...

     

    -Andreas Koch

    Thanks. Are there some good emulators for the Atari 130XE I could run it on.

  21. Posted · Edited by ATARI7800fan

    I was wondering has crownland been released. If so were and does it come in a cart form. Does atari-sales have any plans on making a cart version of the game if it has been released. Has anyone tried it and if so what did you think of the game. How much ram does it need.

  22. Posted

    Hey Matt, check out the TI-99/4A Programming forum here at Atariage. It's not just about programming and there's a great group of people who can help you there. The user Orpy99er has a Youtube channel with a tutorial on how to transfer files from the TI-PC and vice versa. If you want full use of your PEB then you will definitely need Extended Basic and Editor/Assembler. Not necessarily T.E.2. I use a program called MFM (Magic File Manipulator) which runs from Extended Basic to transfer files. Check out the programming forum!

     

    I do believe I will... Thanks!

     

    Just wondering, what was the store called that you bought it from, was it a disc reply. I sold my TI-99/4A a month or so ago to one here in my town and they mentioned that they send most of there older computers to Indy. The reason I am asking is because if I remember correctly the PEB box mine had, had no power cable. Only gave me 20 bucks for the computer, PEB, 50 carts, cassette drive and a few cassettes and floppies.

  25. Posted

    I have recently bought my first every atari 8-bit and was wondering if the RF cable would work on my Atari 7800. The cable has the RF/co-axial plug so I do not need a box with it. I was wondering because I noticed how much clearer the pictures seems to be compared to the video on the 7800 on my HDTV. The cable looks like a normal RF cable just has a box type thing on it that says which end plugs into the computer. So would it work, Thanks for your time.

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