Rhindle The Red

If yes, please give suggestions. If no, please say why.

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Here's the little thing that's the cause of this poll:

No, not a Commodore PET. The animal kind... So it looks like I've been adopted by a cat this past weekend, so it got me thinking about pets. Until this cat, I haven't had one for years, but I always meant to get another one. What about you?

The repetition in characters problem is still worse in Lego Indy, though. For instance, in the original Lego Star Wars, there were three Obi-Wan Kenobis, but they looked very different. (Padawan, Knight, Master) But the three Indys look so similar, it's hard to tell them apart. But that's the nature of Indy vs. Star Wars; less variety. But if you liked Lego Star Wars, I would still recommend Lego Indy.

Yes, it's basically more of the same. Of course, the action fits the Indy-verse, so there's no characters comparable to the Jedi. One significant advancement is that characters have tools and can pick up the tools of others. So there might be a puzzle that requires digging. If you have Sallah or some other character with a shovel, you can just do it. But if you don't you might be able to find a shovel and use it with any character. Of course, there are only three "episodes", so it might seem short if your only experience is with "The Complete Saga". There's also the problem of a lot of characters that just aren't individual enough. How many different German soldiers do you need? Still, there's lots of fun to be had and if you are an Indy fan it's well worth it. There's even an unlockable Han Solo and a few other Star Wars references scattered throughout.

With the recent release of the fourth film in the series and the upcoming new game, Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, I thought it was about time to look back on the previous games based on this popular character. Quite a wide range of play styles on many different platforms. Which is your favorite?

I know that I've got quite a few games that I have only bought because I'm buying the whole series. (Masters of Teras-Kasi, anyone?) What about you guys?

Two things: 1) I did say we weren't counting UMD, people. Pay attention! I have many UMD movies (twenty-two if I'm counting correctly), compared to something like eight games for that machine. But those movies weren't originally intended for watching on a TV. That ability came later and I didn't want to get into all the portable media types. 2) 108 votes, 108 have DVD. I really thought there might be *somebody* who didn't have one.

Well, I'm willing to concede Godzilla is a slightly longer running film series so far (1954 - 2004 vs. 1962 - 2008), though I think the decision (three times) to intentionally cease production with no clear indication if or when they would start up again breaks it up a bit. (And btw, James Bond *did* make his live action debut a few weeks before Godzilla made his. The "Casino Royale" episode of Climax! aired on October 21, 1954, while Godzilla opened on November 3 of the same year.) On the other hand, while Sherlock Holmes, Batman, Dracula, Tarzan, Superman, etc. have all had films made about them over a longer period, they are not all part of the same *series*. Batman, for instance, can be broken up into the serials, the '66 movie, the Burton/Schumaker films and then the Nolan films. Four *different* series, not one. So, James Bond is the longest film series *in continuous (and current) production*.

The James Bond film series is the longest running series in film history and one of the most successful. Naturally, this (and not the success of the novels) has led to many video game adaptations over the years. While there were console and computer games in the first decade, it was the release of GoldenEye for the N64 that catapulted the James Bond brand name into the limelight as far as video games are concerned. What do you think is the best of the lot? Which best captures the feel of the James Bond series? Which is your favorite? What do you think makes a successful Bond game?

And by "hooked up", I mean pretty much ready to go. If you've only got it unhooked because you lack enough inputs or cables (I have only one HDMI cable to share between my HD DVD and Blu-ray players, for instance) and it can be quickly plugged in, that counts. The old laserdisc machine that's in the attic and never gets pulled out doesn't. (Unless you want to go hook it up before answering, of course.) And I'm limiting this to physical media that had commercial distibution of material intended for viewing on televisions because if we start getting into other media, we have to deal with VideoNow, UMD, etc. (Yes, I know you can watch UMDs on televisions now, but that's not for what it was originally *intended*.) And, though it is interesting, I'm not asking about having purely digital distibution available, either. (Because, technically, just about everyone has that available, whether they use it or not.) Anyhoo, just trying to get some idea what people have "at the ready" for watching their stuff.

The funny thing for me about seeing this roughly year-and-a-half old thread is that even though my actual *obsession* with Lara Croft and Tomb Raider has ebbed (I haven't even gotten the new game, yet), I'm still getting things for this collection. Since the photo was taken, I've gotten two more sealed action figures, a novel (which I actually alreay had at the time, it was just in a box, so I didn't know it), a "Cradle of Life" junior novelization, a second copy of the first movie on DVD (different cover), *both* films on UMD, the first movie on HD DVD, first movie soundtrack CD, a few more strategy guides, "Curse of the Sword" (GBC), "Prophecy" (GBA), some demos I scrounged up, the PS2 cheat disc for AOD, and a virtually complete set of the first TR trading card game. And more, I'm sure. I also got two special trading cards: the first autographed by Chris Barrie, who played Lara's butler in the films, but is better known as Rimmer from Red Dwarf, and a "Cradle of Life" fabric card; one of those with a piece of Angelina Jolie's costume embedded in it. You see, once an obsession takes me, it never really dies, just kind of goes into a slow burn...

So, how's the folks?

Correct. It is, unsurprisingly, for Quest 64. Why someone bothered to make a dedicated memory/cheat card for Quest 64 is a more difficult question.

C'mon. Look what a nice long development time did for Daikatana or Duke Nukem Forever. Oh. Wait a second...

Haven't been thrifting as much as I used to, but found an interesting little item: a sealed copy of TV Play-ALong Wheel of Fortune Videotape Volume 2. Now if I only had a TV Play-Along Wheel of Fortune system so I could use it!

I think it has more to do with the fact that the new movie has an (intentionally) different vibe (the 50's) than the first three (the 30's) and this game is meant to be more like those, being set in 1939.

Whew! That was a close one, but Asteroids pulled out the win! That means we get to do it again! It's Asteroids vs. Galaga! FTW!

Well, that took too long. I've been a bit sick (clingy cold) and let this go for a bit. A-a-a-a-a-any-whooo...... It's the final match! Galaga vs. Asteroids. Arcade editions, both. If Galaga wins, it's the champ. If Asteroids wins, we'll do it all again (double elimination, don't you know). Go!

Almost there.... BATTLE N Adventure v. Asteroids.

Wow nintendo really made a mistake of releasing that game for the 360 Whoops! The hazards of following a "similar topics" link without noticing where it goes! Nothing to see here... Move along... Move along...

It took a while for me to get it, but I'm finally making my way through New Super Mario Bros. The alternate is more Nintendo platforming, Super Princess Peach.

Oh, it's getting down to it, now. BATTLE M Asteroids against Tempest.

So, round six. Two from the L bracket, 1 from the W. BATTLE 15 Yes, it's Adventure taking on Galaga. BATTLE K Centipede vs. Asteroids: the battle of the classic shooters. BATTLE L Super Mario Bros. set the stage for platformers as we know them. Tempest set the stage for...Tempest 2000 and Tempest 3000...