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  5. Posted

    I got my DS Lite this morning. Saw the DS Rumble Pak online, which is in a standard GBA cart. The GBA slot on the Lite requires the cart to stick out by about half an inch.

     

    The DS Lite does come with a nice, matching half-height filler cart. I was wondering if anyone had been inside a DS Rumble Pak yet, and if it could be transplanted to the inside of the filler cart. That way if I was playing a DS game with Rumble Pak support, I wouldn't have the cart sticking out.

     

    My instinct says that because its a mechanically rumbling device, it is probably designed to brace against all four sides of the cart, meaning the board inside takes up the whole GBA cart interior. If that's just blank bracing area, though, that can be taken care of.

  6. Posted

    Metroid Hunters is great, but not for old school gamers, has a slight learning curve on the controlls

     

    Thanks for all the recommendations so far, folks. I'm not stuck in the past, that's just how I typically like my portable games. I've been updating every generation with home consoles, including standing in line on 11/22 for an Xbox 360.

     

    Maybe the DS will be the one that updates my portable tastes to something more sophisticated, or maybe I'll fall in love with something like Meteos and be asking this same question in 5 years when I make my next portable purchase.

  8. Posted

    I'm 25, and I've been out of the portable gaming scene since I got my GameBoy Pocket on launch day.

     

    I couldn't stand it any longer when saw the DS Lite ... it matched my iBook. I managed to Buy One Now on eBay for 15% over JP retail with free shipping from another guy here in Texas. Not too bad. It should be here tomorrow.

     

    Anyway, I now need some DS game recommendations. My portable gaming preferences are quick, simple, on-the-go titles. That usually boils down to puzzle, platformer, and sports genres. The "out there" games of the DS interest me, too, like Electroplankton and Wario Ware (loved it on the GameCube).

     

    As an old GameBoy owner, the new Tetris DS looks like a must-buy for me, as does the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. Any help from those of similar tastes? I thought the old folks at the AtariAge home would be the perfect ones to ask!

  10. Posted

    ... I never understood why the game got such bad reviews, but I think it was because a lot of people were pissed to see the MOVIE franchise headed down the toilet, and were taking it out on anything with the Matrix label.

     

    About Enter the Matrix ... The game's control scheme was not set up as typical modern 3rd-person dual analog controls, with the left stick moving/strafing and the right stick rotating the camera/turning.

     

    On top of that, Shiny forgot to include ANY customization of those controls, which left the game nearly unplayable for people stuck in a dual analog rut ... like me. I thought the game seemed like it might be enjoyable, the graphics were pleasing (especially as one of the true HD games on the Xbox), and the integration with the movie storyline might have been nice ... but I could not stand to play the thing.

     

    I felt like someone had opened the Control Options on a favorite game of mine and switched them to Legacy Southpaw or something ... with no way to change them back.

  12. Posted

    I disliked this question:

     

    EGM: Let's say you want to introduce something that will affect gameplay, like a new car or a new weapon, and you have an entire group of Xbox 360 gamers that don't have access to the Internet. How will they access this content and how will they play with the people who do have it? How will it be balanced?

     

    Well, if the gamers don't have their 360 hooked up for online access, they're not going to be playing against anyone that has the new download. There's no need to "balance" it.

     

    There is the minute possibility of them system linking with the system of a friend that has Live, but this is unusual and system link is, unfortunately, disappearing anyway. I think in that situation they would just disable the downloaded content on the Live system.

  15. Posted

    ... and Beyond Goood and Evil are definitely not underappreciated.

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    I, at least, was referring to consumers underappreciating it as evidenced by sales. BG&E sold like crap in spite of numerous publications printing things like "for crying out loud, people, go buy this game!" It's $5 at most places now, and I have yet to meet another person in real life that bought the game. Everyone to whom I have loaned it, however, was thrilled. Same goes for Metal Arms ... great critical review and dirt-poor sales.

  18. Posted · Edited by SomeGuyWithDSL

    Was reading this page mentioning the new Coby V•ZON portable DVD payer for kids, with "SEGA games" built-in.

     

    I thought at first they must have stuck a Genny-on-a-chip in there, but as I was glancing at the screenshots it didn't strike me as 16-bit material (edit: plus the final screen says "Plays 8-bit Sega games" ... didn't see that til now).

     

    Then I noticed there are only two buttons and a D-pad, which would indicate Game Gear / Master System instead of Genesis, if it is in fact based on some previous hardware. Has there been anything with a GG or MS on a chip before? I guess it could be ports to a NES chip, but that seems like a waste.

     

    Anyone recognize the game in the first shot? Maybe we could compare it to the original? Second shot looks like a game selection screen with ECCO currently selected.

  20. Posted

    Tiger Game.com

     

    I never wanted the damn thing to begin with, but I just can't get rid of it.

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    I was afflicted with that for a while, a couple of years ago ... even went so far as to track down Wheel of Fortune 2, the PC Link and the Internet cart (and bought a USR serial modem just to try it out.)

     

    Then I finally succeeded in completing the set when I scored a Compete.com link cable off of usenet, and sold the whole thing about a week later. I couldn't believe how much time I had invested in finding a dang link cable.

  21. Posted

    Well, if it is exactly the same game as the 32X version then I can tell you I think it is pretty fun. I bought the 32X for this game and the Virtua ports, and was thrilled even with the D-pad controls of the Genesis. I imagine it would be even better with the stick and throttle I think I see in that photo.

     

    It is basically the graphics of X-wing on the PC, with a quick arcade shooter feel instead of the "space sim" design. Each mission is straightforward and objective-based, but a heck of a lot of fun and dang hard, too.

  25. Posted

    So, even after I get a memory unit, DOA4, and another wired controller, I'll still come out about $70 ahead of the Premium pack and have all the features I want out of it.

     

    DOA4 is excellent, if you're a fan of the series (which I am). I finished the story modes for each character yesterday.

     

    I just wanted to warn you that, like most recent Team Ninja games, your game save is "managed" and apparently cannot be transferred from a Memory Unit to the HD. If you do end up getting a hard drive at any point in the future, you'd have to start over if you wanted your DOA4 game save on it.

     

    Might as well stick with that Memory Unit :)

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