Nintendo Penguin

July 23, 2003

Not that rare... 3 or 4 on a 1 -10 scale.

There is a blue and a black version.... the black is more rare.

July 23, 2003

man... I totally missed that.

July 23, 2003

Square and Enix have merged.... when the hell did this happen? I heard nothing about this!

July 23, 2003

Well, I can' argue with the numbers, but on the business channel (CNBC) they had an analyst on explaining how it wasn't really profitable to make games for one console over another... it simply makes more money for developers to put out a big title like NASCAR for every system. I would be very surprised if activision pulls out, but acclaim does not surprise me... they are going down the shitter anyway. EA recently stated that they are commited to producing GameCube games, especially sports titles that take advantage of GBA - GC connectivity.

What really pisses me off is that EA went and bought the rights from NASCAR to exclusively publish NASCAR titles... meaning the great PC NASCAR games from Sierra will be no more.

I did check the EA site... I believe the NASCAR '04 info is out of date. Surprisingly, they say it will be released for PS1??!? Why PS1 and not the Cube?!?! That doesn't seem possible.

July 23, 2003

The keyboard was only for the internet access feature. I suspect it will be very collectible one day, as well the "Fishing Reel" and "Zapper". Buy them all up now.

July 23, 2003

I keep finding conflicting information.. is NASCAR Thunder 2004 coming out for the Cube? Some places say yes and others say no.

Considering that EA just bought up all the rights to produce NASCAR title exclusively, that would be pretty stupid not to make it for all consoles.

July 20, 2003

Agreed. I am looking forward to the PC version. I also have another reason not to need to buy an Xbox.

July 20, 2003

I was told by the resident moron at my local gamestop the is is Xbox exclusive. However, that has been said many times before only for the title to later be released on PC. I bet it gets released on PC within a year.

July 20, 2003

Good answer Albert. I did not even consider backwards compatability...

...it hurts me to admit it, but PS2 might be the best choice here.

July 20, 2003

I try to make a TRU trip about once a month. I can usually pick-up a GameCube game or two for $10 - $15 and they always seem to have some good deals on GBA stuff.

July 20, 2003

I try to make a TRU trip about once a month. I can usually pick-up a GameCube game or two for $10 - $15 and they always seem to have some good deals on GBA stuff.

July 20, 2003

I would have to go SNES. There are a lot of high quality games for that system that I have yet to beat.

July 20, 2003

I will double check, but I don't think mine does that.

July 20, 2003

TRU = Toys R' Us

Thank God they finally marked them down.... about time!

July 18, 2003

I got $53.00 for an original owner's manual to a 1965 Cadillac.

July 18, 2003

Sorry about the article being down for a coupld of days... I accidentally deleted it. A good sumaritan found it for me. I will be re-uploading it tonight.

Regaurding links... they will become active little by little of the next month.

July 16, 2003

Not trying to start one of those "which is better debates", but I have to admit I have had some serious quality issues with Sony and Playstation, and we all know how crappy Microsoft is.... that helped me decide to buy a Cube.

Aside from the occasional blinking screen on the NES, I have never had a Nintendo System break on me, save my GameBoy which I dropped.

July 15, 2003

Oh, I agree... there are a few good titles out there.

But so many of them are remakes... it just gets on my nerves when I get bored with video games.

July 15, 2003

"All Raods Lead to Classic Gaming" is a short article I wrote on the current state of the industry. It isn't anything to special, just a short rant that I belive to be moderately insightful.

The article can be read at: http://www.vintagegamer.net

Your comments and feedback are appreciated.

P.S. The rest of the site, except for the message boards, is not currently active.

July 15, 2003

Both of your posts are exactly what I am ranting about! Great minds think a like!

July 15, 2003

My understanding is that although Microsoft is healty, the Xbox is losing Money.... Microsoft share holders probably won't tolerate that forever.

Nintendo is still profitable however.... why would they leave?

July 15, 2003

I am currently writting an article for my website that loosly deals with this subject....

.... what do you guys think is missing from modern games?

July 15, 2003

No, to be honnest I don even think I have played some of them once. I just collect them. On average I estimate I pay an average price of $15 a game. I usually buy one or two games a week.

July 15, 2003

SWEET!!! This games was cool on the NES!

CHICAGO--July 11, 2003--Midway Games Inc., a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced today that NARC, a stylized third-person action/shooter game, is in development and expected to ship in 2004 for the Nintendo GameCube.

http://www.nintendo.com/news/news_articles...?articleID=8901