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General Gaming / Resident Evil 4 heading to Playstation 2

« on: October 31, 2004, 04:57:50 PM »

http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/pdf_page/e041101.html

The link says it all, folks.  While I'm glad that other people will be able to enjoy this...I hope it won't be too downgraded; also, from what I can recall, Mikami is not going to be too pleased...

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General Gaming / Tales of Eternia Online to be released in 2005 (PC)

« on: October 05, 2004, 08:48:21 AM »

Has this even been done before...?  I know Grandia Online has been recently announced as well, but I have no idea if it ties into the world of previous games in the series (I haven't had the pleasure of playing a Grandia title yet).  But, AFAIK, there hasn't been a MMORPG in recent memory that takes place in the world found in a console rpg...

Anywho, the story can be found here:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/talesofeterniaonline/news_6109566.html

Sounds very interesting, and this may be the first PC title I buy since Age of Mythology.

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General Gaming / RE: 1 Million People Are Using Xbox Live

« on: July 17, 2004, 10:06:07 AM »

Longtime reader/lurker, but I can be of assistance in regards to sales data.

http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~hokora/gcrank.html

The sources of the chart are of NPD and Famitsu, so I believe it's accurate.  You can also view sales data of the other consoles including  GBA near the bottom  

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General Gaming / Advice on how to clean GameCube

« on: January 24, 2004, 03:42:11 AM »

I bought a Jet-colored GCN about two weeks after launch, so it's out of warranty.

This week, my Cube has started giving me the "There has been an error. Check your instruction manual for further details" message in just about every game, after giving me about 10-20 minutes of playtime. (I'm fairly positive it's my GCN, as I've been getting the error on at least three games)  I think it may be dust, because I have kept it on carpet for months at a time, but not always.  Is there a safe way to remove dust without having to take apart the system completely? And if I have to, could somebody please post a set of safe instructions to do so?

Also, I want to clean the laser lens, and I've heard about the windex/q-tip comment here earlier.  Has anybody tried it, with good results?

Thanks for your time and patience with me, as I really don't have enough money yet to pay for a brand new Cube, since I'm supposedly getting a new TV next month.