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Nintendo DS climbs Mount Everest
« on: July 09, 2005, 12:47:26 PM »
There's a pretty good article over at gamespy.com titled Mountain Men.

Two guys who were going to climb Mount Everest decided they wanted to bring some entertainment along with them so they called up Nintendo and asked if they wanted to sponsor them.  Nintendo sent them some DSs and a few games.

The guys talk about how all their expensive equipment would break (frozen MP3 players, fried hard drives, imploded transistors, etc) due to the cold weather/low atmosphere but the DSs held up perfectly.  Nice to know I'll be able to take my DS anywhere in the world

The folks Gamespy are dicks.  The second question they asked:  Why not a PSP?  
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RE:Nintendo DS climbs Mount Everest
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2005, 01:12:08 PM »
I don't see this story anywhere on PGC, but I remember reading this story about a month or two ago.

edit: I found it

DS Survives Everest - June 15, 2005

I could have sworn it was mentioned here too  
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RE:Nintendo DS climbs Mount Everest
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2005, 01:20:59 PM »
Hardcore people that climb the biggest mountain on Earth do not play wimpy PSP.  Besides, it probably would have broken.
This is really, really cool, by the way.
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RE: Nintendo DS climbs Mount Everest
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2005, 02:54:26 PM »
The PSP would've borken before theyy even started climbing.

5 feet: dead pixels
15 feet: more dead pixels
2,550 feet: got tired of watching movies and buried the damn thing.
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RE: Nintendo DS climbs Mount Everest
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2005, 03:01:28 PM »
lol yeah.

And according to the PSP instruction manual, it doesn't charge in cold environments anyway.
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RE:Nintendo DS climbs Mount Everest
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2005, 03:09:46 PM »
Yea - I read this @ n-sider.com a while ago.

Just goes to show how durable the DS is - wow.
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RE: Nintendo DS climbs Mount Everest
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2005, 03:58:00 PM »
The DS is awesome piece of hardware.

Up next, Astronauts playing the DS in the vacuum of space!  
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RE: Nintendo DS climbs Mount Everest
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2005, 05:20:40 PM »
This jst in: Man lands on Mars and sets Polarium high score.
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RE:Nintendo DS climbs Mount Everest
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2005, 01:22:53 AM »
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This jst in: Man lands on Mars and sets Polarium high score.


I think Meteos would be a more appropriate game for a trip to Mars.

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RE: Nintendo DS climbs Mount Everest
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2005, 05:28:26 AM »
"And the one time we did put a game in and it didn't work, we took the cartridge out, blew on it, and it worked. Which is what I used to do with my old Nintendo games, so it was nice to know new Nintendos are like old Nintendos."

yeah I not the only one that like to blow it.
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RE:Nintendo DS climbs Mount Everest
« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2005, 12:17:18 PM »
double post on accident, sorry

 
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« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2005, 12:20:15 PM »
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yeah I not the only one that like to blow it.
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« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2005, 03:02:14 PM »
Spoiler text for anyone who might be offended.
Yeah, they have a whole parade for guys like that!
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RE: Nintendo DS climbs Mount Everest
« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2005, 03:02:59 PM »
LOL

its really awesome to see that the Sherpas who havent seen a computer ever end up liking Mario, further testimony of the greatness of Nintendo's games ( yeah I know that sounded totally fanboyish, but its the truth! )
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RE:Nintendo DS climbs Mount Everest
« Reply #14 on: July 10, 2005, 06:59:35 PM »
Who wouldn't like Mario?

Except Wario & Bowser, but that's not the point
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