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[NickNiteQ93]

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Nintendo Gaming / What are the plans for Serial Port #2?

« on: March 01, 2003, 01:35:19 AM »

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Originally posted by: NickNiteQ93
Man, I never realized that EVERY single major console (which doesn't include Virtual Boy because I didn't own one and dunno if this pertains to it) had an expansion slot.  NES, SNES, N64, and GC all have expansion slots.  

Not "every major console" has an expansion slot.  Atari 2600 (most popular console of early 80's) did not have any.

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Nintendo Gaming / Zelda On Phillips CDI

« on: February 28, 2003, 02:01:22 AM »

I find the other stuff to be trivial and unimportant to answering the question, "Why is Zelda on Philips' CDI?"  All you need to know is that Nintendo hired Philips to create a CD-ROM for S-NES, and that as part of that deal, Philips was granted license to use Zelda on their CDI console.  The other stuff is not needed for answering the key question.

[codyy]

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Nintendo Gaming / EGM rate Zelda!!!

« on: February 27, 2003, 01:56:53 AM »

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Originally posted by: codyy
EGM has rated the legend of Zelda a:
10
10
1-....huh?... You're kidding...no! a 9.5!!!.

Only perfect games should get perfect 10s.  And Zelda: WW is not perfect.

[Ian Sane]

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Nintendo Gaming / Modern GameCube games Need Difficulty Settings

« on: February 27, 2003, 01:50:23 AM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"With Zelda I'd change the number of initial hearts (as I said in the first post)... depending upon if you are a Zelda God (1 heart) or a Child (10 hearts)"Ten hearts?  In most Zelda games I beat the game with like 15 hearts tops.  Ten hearts would make it WAY too easy.

For you, but not for my 3-yr-old nephew.  He'd need all the extra hearts.

And yes, I've heard a several people complain that modern PS2/GC games are too easy.  

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Nintendo Gaming / Dust off the ol' 64 games.

« on: February 26, 2003, 04:19:26 AM »

I think the megabits vs. megabytes argument is thoroughly dead.  Not only did you guys beat the dead horse, you sliced it into spare ribs, and served it for dinner!

For those who are interested, here are the sizes of various N64 games:
4 megabytes Robotron64
8 megabytes Mario64
16megabytes Banjo-Kazooie
24megabytes Donkey Kong 64
32megabytes Zelda: Ocarina & Masks / Turok 2
64megabytes Resident Evil 2 (includes 25MB of full-motion videos)

[BigDXLT]

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Nintendo Gaming / Seriously, guys, get a S-video cable for your Cube. It REALLY mkaes a BIG difference.

« on: February 26, 2003, 03:12:22 AM »

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Originally posted by: BigDXLT
But what about on a 21 incher?  I can't do progressive scan on my brand new toshiba, so I won't even bother with the components... so is the svideo worth it on a tv like mine?

Yes.  As I said in my last post, in a normal setup with a Composite Video RCA plug, the color bleeds all over the place... creating a blurry picture.  The S-VHS/ S-Video cable separates the Color signal from the Picture signal and prevents that happening.  You can see the difference even on tiny TVs.

The difference between S-VHS cable and Component Video (the 5-plug setup) is not visible to the naked eye unless (a) you have a magnifying glass or (b) you have a 100" HDTV.


ASIDE: I record television using a Super VHS tape recorder.  It has near-DVD quality.  Just curious: Is it possible to record directly to a PC hard drive?

[RickPowers]

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Nintendo Gaming / Modern GameCube games Need Difficulty Settings

« on: February 26, 2003, 02:54:03 AM »

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Originally posted by: RickPowers
Comparing Super Mario Bros. to Super Mario 64 is patently ridiculous.  Tell you what, just to make "the aveng" happy, let's never have a game released again that has a SAVE feature.  After all, games would be much more difficult without it.  Make people beat games in one sitting.  Yeah, that's the answer.

STRAWMAN ARGUMENT.  I did not say we should make games shorter or eliminate saves.  I said we should make them harder with multiple difficulty settings.


If I was programming Final Fantasy 10, I'd include a "medium" and "hard" setting.  The medium setting would multiply all the monsters HP by 2.0, and the hard setting would multiply their HP by 3.0.  I would *love* to go back through FF10 with all the monsters having triple their HP... it would make the game a LOT more challenging than it is now!  And fun!

With Zelda I'd change the number of initial hearts (as I said in the first post)... depending upon if you are a Zelda God (1 heart) or a Child (10 hearts).

Mario64... not sure what I'd do there.  Maybe turn off the "coins=life" part of the game so players have to be careful not to get hurt.  That would be fun!


And so on.  IMHO, difficulty settings enhance replay value.  Children can choose the "child" level so they don't get frustrated.  Adult players can run through the game once on "easy"... and then challenge themselves a second time on "hard".  That way there's more to a game than just "getting to the end" of it.  You can continue to challenge yourself to be better-and-better.
 

[TAYREL713]

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Nintendo Gaming / Seriously, guys, get a S-video cable for your Cube. It REALLY mkaes a BIG difference.

« on: February 25, 2003, 09:35:03 AM »

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Originally posted by: TAYREL713
I hear you on that, the display just really brightens up and things get real clear. The thing is, it can get better with component cables, could you imagine and even better display?

The difference between Super-VHS/ S-Video and Component Video is not visible on a standard TV.  You need a hi-resolution HDTV and even then you'd likely need a magnifying glass.

The reason Super-VHS/ S-Video is so much better than the single RCA composite plug is because chroma is kept separate... and that prevents color bleeding/blurring.  Maybe I'll go pick up mine now.  

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Nintendo Gaming / Modern GameCube games Need Difficulty Settings

« on: February 25, 2003, 09:26:45 AM »

I don't think we've changed.  I started Mario Bros 1 and Mario 64 at the same time (last November).  Mario 64 I beat within 2 weeks.  Mario 1 is still not finished.  Games have definitely become a lot easier since the 3D revolution.

Of course it wouldn't matter if games had difficulty settings... my original point.  Game difficulty should be settable by the user (like RE's easy/medium/hard).

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Nintendo Gaming / Dust off the ol' 64 games.

« on: February 25, 2003, 09:17:36 AM »

Okay well, I guess I'm the only one on this board who likes classic games.  I bought Activision Anthology, Final Fantasy Chronicles/Anthology, and will buy Final Fantasy Origins.  I enjoy the old games just as much as the new ones.  True the graphics on Mario64 don't look as good as modern games, but a fun game is a fun game regardless of appearance.  
(goes off to play the ~10-yr-old Super Nintendo FF2)

[telaris]

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General Gaming / Thinking about getting an XBox

« on: February 24, 2003, 05:37:50 AM »

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Originally posted by: telaris
I played Halo for the first time this weekend, and I don't think I can live without it. I've never had 2 different next-gen consoles at once because my budget couldn't stretch that far. My wallet has $300 in it from saving up over the years so this time I would have enough. But I'm 15 w/out a job and I think id like to have a car by next school year. So would you older peeps out there say 300$ is alot of money towards a nice used car?

Buy Halo for the PC for $50 and save yourself some money.

CAR: The car is cheap.  It's the $1500 a year insurance bills that kill you.  For that reason, I didn't get my first car until I needed it (age 18...driving to college).

JOB: You only get ~$100 a week at your age.  That may sound like a lot to you, but it really isn't.  College grads can get ~$1000 a week...

[VideoGamerX]

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Nintendo Gaming / Dust off the ol' 64 games.

« on: February 24, 2003, 05:24:14 AM »

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Originally posted by: VideoGamerX
I don't think that will happen. Not 40 games.... more All-Star's are likely on the list since they weren't too big on the Nintendo64.

I'm sorry, I don't understand your point?

If Nintendo squeezed 40 of the best N64 games onto a single disc, I'd *definitely* buy it.  Buying 40 games on 1 disc ($50) is cheaper than buying 40 carts plus a used N64 (~$500).  I'm sure a "N64 Classics Collection" would be a Best Seller among GameCube fans.  

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Nintendo Gaming / Modern GameCube games Need Difficulty Settings

« on: February 24, 2003, 05:09:33 AM »

Difficulty: My primitive Atari 2600 had difficulty switches and multiple game variations per cartridge, so each player could tailor the game to his/her liking.  You could make Pac-Man run fast or slow.  Make the ghosts fast or slow.  Your choice.  

Why don't modern games have this?  For example, Zelda: Wind Waker could have an option to start with 1 heart instead of 3 to increase difficulty.... or 10 hearts for children.  Why don't modern games do this?  I think they should.

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Nintendo Gaming / The Wind Waker to recieve "unprecedented" score from EGM.

« on: February 24, 2003, 04:59:41 AM »

Could it be Zelda: Wind Waker is a little *too* realistic?  I'm sure exploring new continents with Columbus and Ponce de Leon was a hell-out-of-a-lot-of-fun, but those loooooong 4 month ocean crossings must have been excruciatingly boring!



I remember playing a game called MicroProse Pirates! on my old C=64, and the ocean sailing was monotonous at times.  It just took soooo loooong to get anywhere.  Fortunately, the programers were smart enough to include a "FAST TIME" option to make time flow 4x faster.

Maybe that's what Zelda needs?



Difficulty: My primitive Atari 2600 had difficulty switches and multiple game variations per cartridge, so each player could tailor the game to his/her liking.  You could make Pac-Man run fast or slow.  Make the ghosts fast or slow.  Your choice.  Why don't modern games have this?  For example, Zelda: Wind Waker could have an option to start with 1 heart instead of 3 to increase difficulty.... or 10 hearts for children.  Why don't modern games do this?

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Nintendo Gaming / Zelda On Phillips CDI

« on: February 24, 2003, 04:52:41 AM »

It's not really that complicated.  (1) Nintendo hired Philips to design a CD-ROM for the Super Nintendo.  (2) In exchange, Nintendo granted a license to Philips to use Zelda on the Philips console (CDI).

According to that link, the main flaw with the games is that they are side-scrolling platformers (like Adventure of Link), and people don't like that style.

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Nintendo Gaming / Dust off the ol' 64 games.

« on: February 23, 2003, 03:03:53 AM »

Or..... they could just take the "Top 40" games from the Nintendo64, put them on a Gamecube disc, and sell them for $50.  I'd buy that game instantly.

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Nintendo Gaming / nintendo starting to compete?

« on: February 23, 2003, 02:56:31 AM »

HOW TO MAKE GAMECUBE DOMINANT (A RETURN TO NES-style MARKETING)                       Just click here

Reading this article makes you wonder if Nintendo is the same company. They did what it took to make the NES dominant in the late 80's..... they should be following the same tactics now.
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GREY NINJA WROTE:
"I think that the guy is WAAAAY off base on his information. There is an element of truth to it, but it's told from a warped perspective."

Nintendo was ordered by the U.S. Courts to refund $25,000,000 to consumers.  That's not warped.  That's a FACT.  
Nintendo used many similar tactics in the late 80's, as Microsoft uses today.
Nintendo became dominant because of those tactics.

Therefore if Nintendo wants GameCube to be dominant, they need to repeat/follow exactly the same tactics they used for the NES. Microsoft *is* using those tactics and now they are #2.  As the saying goes, "Nice guys finish last."





 

[Kai]

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Nintendo Gaming / Gettin' Cube...finally! (Official "What game should I get?" Thread)

« on: February 23, 2003, 02:54:46 AM »

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Originally posted by: Kai
Also, if you love Resident Evil, you must have the remakes.

There's only *1* remake: Resident Evil 1.  The rest are direct ports (2/3/Veronica) or brand-new originals (0/4).
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So, what's wrong with Mario Sunshine?  I haven't played it, so I just assumed it was like Mario64.  What did they change to ruin the game?

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General Gaming / PS2 Help

« on: February 22, 2003, 05:48:25 PM »

My password is 0000.  I don't remember if that was the default setting, or if I set-it-up that way.

You can access the DVD menu by pressing Start or Select, and then change the various settings.

[Agent]

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General Gaming / Why do nintendo fans hate Xbox so much?

« on: February 22, 2003, 05:43:52 PM »

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Originally posted by: Agent
I just think MS gets a bad rep in the computer world becuase there #1 and everyones gunning for 'em.

No.  I hate Microsoft because every damn day their damn OS crashes my damn computer, and it's damn annoying.  Damn them.

[Gamebasher]

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Nintendo Gaming / A guaranteed success formula for Nintendo

« on: February 22, 2003, 05:31:30 PM »

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Originally posted by: Gamebasher
Stex, Mario IS an RPG, because you are playing the role of him in a platforming game. That is pretty much an RPG to me. Same with Zelda. You are playing Link in another platformingcadventure game.

I was playing Pac-Man this morning.  Does that mean I was playing a RPG? (end sarcasm)

I think RPG can be clearly defined as thus: A game where characters are assigned around a dozen different stats, and battles are determined by complex mathematical calculations involving these stats.  Key words: Stats, Complex Calculation.  Pac-Man obviously doesn't fit that definition.  Nor Mario.  Nor Zelda.

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Nintendo Gaming / How to Make GameCube Dominant (a return to NES-style marketing)

« on: February 22, 2003, 04:50:44 PM »

Just click here




Reading this article makes you wonder if Nintendo is the same company.  They did what it took to make the NES dominant in the late 80's..... they should be following the same tactics now.

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Nintendo Gaming / Gamecube doing bad? Well maybe if you only look at the short term.

« on: February 22, 2003, 11:59:56 AM »

For every 1 GameCube sold last month, almost *6* PS2s were sold.

How can anyone feel good about that?  GameCube's market share right now is comparable to the Sega Master System in the late 80's.  Or the Sega Saturn in the late 90's.

[Tokerev]

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Nintendo Gaming / Dust off the ol' 64 games.

« on: February 22, 2003, 11:39:59 AM »

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Originally posted by: Tokerev
With the gamecube being more powerful then both together, and lots more, why dont they make a nintendo 64 adapter for the gamecube.

They don't need an adapter.  They could take ~40 games, squeeze them onto just 1 GC disc (like they did with Zelda: Ocarina), and sell it as "N64 Classics".  

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Nintendo Gaming / My thoughts on various Nintendo commercials

« on: February 22, 2003, 01:59:43 AM »

PIKMIN = Nintendo showed this a lot when GameCube was released.  I remember thinking, "What an odd-looking game.  Looks boring too.  If that's what modern games look like, I think I'll stick with the 16-bit stuff."

MARIO SUNSHINE = "Gee... going around and cleaning stuff.  I can do that right here in my own home.  Pass."

YOSHIS ISLAND = "Yep... that was an awesome game!  Good commercial."

BUFFY = "Cool my favorite show.  But why does it look like crap?  Sounds like crap too.  Pass."

METROID PRIME = "Cool!!!  Awesome graphics.  It's like an interactive Buck Rogers!"  This is the game that convinced me to buy a GameCube.