BydoEmpire

Yeah, I was interested in ps3 exclusives before. Some of the titles looked pretty cool. But not for $600. I'll be a Wii-Sixy owner this generation. Wii when it launches, and 360 next year some time (after a price drop, a couple of killer must-have games, or both).

Man, the first half of that press conference was a real snoozer. In Sony's defense, at least they showed some decent looking original games (Insomniac's FPS, Genji, the EyeToy card game, etc). It looked like their online system was at least somewhat thought out. On the other hand, lots of stuff still seemed thrown together just for the show, which makes you wonder where they're really at. And the price is just too rich for my blood. I'm definitely waiting on both the 360 and ps3 until a price drop or two and a few must-have games. The press conference did nothing to change my mind about that.

I'm not holding my breath, but it would be awesome if true. I played the heck out of Kid Icarus back in the day. Great game.

Name This Game and Shark! Shark! are my two favorites.

Not specifically refurbed, but you can get a saturn from $25 at http://www.vintagefunworld.com/. I've had good luck ordering Genny stuff from them.

Either the Cube or DC would be great choices. The Cube actually has more sonic choices due to the Sonic compilations. The DC has a great homebrew and emulator scene. The Cube's library is quite a bit bigger, though.

Hm, I didn't even know there was a NES Conan game. As a Conan whore, I must now scour Flea World and ebay until it's mine.

I'm buying a Nintendo Wii (or whatever it's called) on day 1. Nintendo has never disappointed me before, and I don't expect them to this time around. But the name is terrible. It will turn off far more people than it attracts, imho. Still, the games are what matters, and if Nintendo really delivers above and beyond, the funny name will not matter much.

I like the real thing. Part of the fun is having the cartridges, the original controllers, sitting on the couch playing on a TV. The games never looks as good to me on a monitor - i like how the tv fuzzes things out a bit. Emulators are nice on a practical level - try before you buy, or to try out things you can't afford or find. If I had a gp32x I could see playing a lot of mame or frodo on there. I use both, but 95% of my gaming is on the real thing.

I still have my 2600 (sadly I lost the power supply and haven't gotten a new one so I use my 7800) and carts with a few manuals. My family's Inty died, but I still have the Inty 2 we replaced it with and all the carts, and most of the manuals and overlays. I still have my NES (replaced 72pin). And finally, I do have a few miscellaneous SNES carts (like FFIII), though my original SNES and most of the games were stolen in college.

Hmmm... my white "EA/Live" Xbox. Pretty much irreplacable. Though my 73 tele custom would come before any games.

I got it the day it came out, and played a bit. The problem, is that I also got Tetris DS on the same day. And, unfortunately, I wasn't able to completely kick my Animal Crosisng habit. So MPH got the short end of the stick and I haven't played it since. Maybe this weekend... I hate disconnectors, so I'm glad Nintendo is taking that into account.

I love Ghost Manor. Great game. You should be sent to the front of the castle 'shooting' stage after the graveyard, I'm not sure what would be wrong.

My top three as well, although I also liked the SNES platformers.

Yeah, I don't see either really catching on in a mainstream fashion any time soon. It's just too soon for a new format. DVDs only took off in a mainstream way a couple of years ago. The one nice thing about blu-ray is that, I've heard, the discs are extremely durable. I'm very careful with my DVDs and CDs, but they still manage to get scratched a bit. It would be nice to not have to worry about it. Not sure if HD-DVD is any better/worse. Alhtough there's no way I'm buying any of my movies over again, regardless. Especially when DVDs are pretty cheap.

Heh, that was hilarious. ^_^

I finally got around to playing this last year, got a few hours into the second disc, and quit. Haven't played in a couple months now, and I'm losing the will to go back and start up again. Not enough hours in the day.

I only have about 10 7800 games, give or take. Favorite (at the moment): Food Fight Worst: Kareteka.

I needed money to improve my home studio, and I decided to get rid of a chunk of my game collection. In the last week I sold my Colecovision, N64, and Saturn, in addition to a ton of ps2/xbox games. Every time in the past I've sold off systems, I ended up regretting it. But this time, I think I'll be okay. Plus, I think it might even be more fun to focus my gaming and collecting on fewer systems (which is still a lot). At least, that's what I'm telling myself. Anyone else sell off a lot of gaming stuff and NOT regret it? Goodbye Panzer Dragoon Saga, I'll miss you. So long Venture, we had some good times. Guitar Hero, we rocked out together.

7800

There are lots of "childproofing" gizmos you can get at Home Depot to lock cabinets and doors. If you have the more valuable stuff in a glass entertainment center or something, you could put one of those little locks on it. Still on display, safe from greasy fingers.

I saw something online about a portable device like a cell phone that had a bunch of Sega 8-bit games built-in. I *think* it was a cell phone, but I could be wrong, and I don't recall if it was SMS or GG games. Can't remember where I got the link - probably the Digital Press forums. Hm, I have a surprisingly bad memory for a Sega 8-bit-related product. Years ago, some company out of Hong Kong was selling a region-free DVD player with "100s" of SMS games included and playable on the system. It was pretty tempting, but I didn't really trust the no-name company to ship me a working product. And, of course, it was a bunch of roms on a cd that the DVD player could play

I played a bit of Phantasy Star back in the day, but never finished it - my friend had it so I could only borrow it occasionally. But I got the GBA PS collection when it came out, and it provided one of those 'wow' gaming moments. I was in the laundromat waiting for my clothes, playing Phantasy Star on the gba. I had gone deep into some dungeon - one fairly early on with lots of pits that would drop you to a lower level. After I found what i was looking for I spend a good half an hour wandering about, trying to find my way out, all the while slowly losing precious HP in random battles. I started crudely mapping it out on a day planner. Another 20-30 minutes later, down to about three hit points with Alis and maybe Odin, one random attack away from losing all my hard-earned progress I saw the exit. With sweat running down my face and a day-planner full of scribbly lines on my lap I made a run for it, got out, and saved. It was joyous. I did finish the game this time (sadly with the help of the net). After all those years, the game held up surprisingly well, imho. In fact, I would say SMS games in general have aged pretty well.

There was a picture floating around the net supposedly from some official Nintendo presentation with a "Nintendo GO" logo. Not sure if the pic was proven a fake or not, but as far as I know Nintendo hasn't really released anything official regarding the name.

Personally, I hate subscriptions, so I hope they offer an iTunes-like model. I'd pay $1-$5 for 8/16 bit games. Maybe even ten bucks for certain titles (certain RPGs, etc). I want to buy it once and 'own' it for as long as I have the system. I can't wait for E3 news!