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Nintendo Gaming / Price Advice.

« on: July 13, 2003, 01:44:04 AM »

Hello all,

Firstly, applogies if this isn't the right place to ask about this.

I have a Gamecube system to sell, with quite a few games and extras, and I was wondering what sort of price I should be looking for, when I sell it on eBay or whatever?

The lot is as follows: (All items 'as new', i.e. all games boxed with instruction manuals, discs free from scratches, all hardware in original box with manuals, all memory cards and control pads in original boxes, etc)

1x Platinum Gamecube. (PAL, in limited edition Wind Waker Pak box)
2x Platinum Gamecube control pads.
1x RGB Scart lead.
3x Offical Nintendo Memory Card 59.
1x Offical Nintendo Memory Card 251.
1x Black Gameboy Player.

Gamecube games:

The Wind Waker + Bonus Disc.
The Sims.
FIFA Football 2003.
Sonic Mega Collection.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003.
Resident Evil.
Resident Evil 0.
Super Mario Sunshine.
Metroid Prime.
Pikmin.
Wave Race: Blue Storm.
Super Monkey Ball.
Super Monkey Ball 2.
Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Burnout 2.
Eternal Darkness.
Star Wars: Rogue Squardon 2.
Ikaruga.
Timesplitters 2.
Sega Soccer Slam.
Luigi's Mansion.
Super Mario World (GBA Game)
Zelda: The Four Swords (GBA game)

23 games in all.

Many thanks.

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General Gaming / Technophobe Pro Logic Help Please.

« on: July 03, 2003, 09:42:16 AM »

Hello,

I went out a purchased a 'home cinema' system the other day, and after unpacking it, setting it up and playing a DVD (Saving Private Ryan) I was very impressed... the opening beach scene sounds fantastic on my system.

Anyway, I know it's probably mind-numblingly obvious, but how do I get my Gamecube to use the surrond sound speakers?  My Cube is connected to my TV via a Scart lead, and my DVD cinema system is also connected to my TV via a scart lead.  I assumed that the Cube would use the surround sound speakers, as they are both connected to the TV with scart leads, however my Cube just uses the TV speakers.

The Cube is on AV2, and the DVD cinema system on AV1.  What lead am I supposed to connect the Gamecube to the DVD cinema thingy with?  They are not actually connected to each other at all, just both connected to the TV, so at the moment, I can watch a DVD with surround sound, but not play on the Cube.

Sorry if it's a stupid question, but I can't get it to work.

Many thanks.

[have]

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Nintendo Gaming / Quality Retro Gaming With a Cube and a Player.

« on: June 29, 2003, 05:52:05 AM »

Hi,

I was just wondering how much of a bonus the large amount of quality retro titles you have access to, with a Gamecube and a Gameboy player, is to Nintendo?

Sonic Mega Collection brought us all (well, most) of the 16bit classics, from Sega’s best series of games, with Sonic 1, 2, 3, and Sonic & Knuckles, as well as a few hidden gems, such as Ristar, and Dr. Robotniks Mean Bean Machine.  NES classic Metroid can be unlocked from the Metroid Prime disc; and a Gameboy player will give you access to Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario World, Yoshi’s Island, Mario Bros, and very soon, the wonderful Super Mario Bros. 3.  

That’s the cream of Sega and Nintendo’s flagship series, from the 8 and 16bit era.

Bringing things more up to date, we also have the mind-meltingly beautiful remake of Resident Evil, as well as a quality port of a real hardcore, quality shooter, in the shape of Dreamcast classic Ikaruga, and soon a remake of Metal Gear Solid.  Personally, I brought my Gamecube for the big, flagship 1st party releases.  It’d be nice to play Halo, or GTA: Vice City, but if push comes to shove, I can miss out on them; however, I have to play the latest Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Mario Kart, etc.  

The quality retro games are turning out to be a very nice bonus, however.  A few well picked remakes of recent quality games, combined with a sizeable library of 8 and 16bit classics, is another feather in Nintendo’s cap.  My Gameboy player arrives in a day or so, and the first title I’ll be buying is Advance Wars, but a copy of Mario World, Mario Bros. 2 and Mario Bros 3 wont be far behind; and of course, a copy of the Legend of Zelda; a Link to the Past.

Anyone else pleasantly surprised by the amount of quality retro games available to those of us with Cubes and Gameboy players?  
 

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Nintendo Gaming / Gameboy Player \ SNES Picture.

« on: June 26, 2003, 12:19:16 PM »

Hey, just 2 quick questions.

1) Lets say I am playing a Gameboy Advance game on my Gameboy player, and the game is, say Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World, or Zelda: Adventures of Link, or any of the other games that have ports of the SNES original.  Anyway, as the picture has been scaled and squashed (for want of a better word) for the Gameboy Advance screen, and then scaled again, for a big TV screen, does it look any different to how it would look playing the same game on a SNES?

In short: Does playing the GBA version of Mario World on a big TV, look any different to playing Mario World on the SNES?  Can you tell the picture has been scaled and re-scaled, or not?

2) Can I unlock stuff, like the original copy of Metroid that you can unlock on Metroid Prime, by beating Metroid Fusion, with a Gameboy player, or will I still need an actual GBA and link cable?

Mods: Just so I know, do we talk about Gameboy player issues here or in the GBA section?

Many thanks.

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NWR Feedback / You're on the telly! ;)

« on: June 24, 2003, 10:04:41 PM »

I was watching Game Network today, on Sky digital (UK Sky Channel 223), and the gaming news came on, or 'Flash News' as they call it.  Anyway, they were covering the Acclaim dropping Gamecube situation (clearing it up, and explaining that Acclaim are not dropping anything, just giving more thought to what games they release on what systems).  Anyway, who did Game Network use as their source of information?  Yep, Planetgamcube.com!

The reporter said 'Gaming website Planetgamecube.com contacted Acclaim, and they said blah, blah, blah'.

Nice, huh?  I thought it was, anyway.

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Nintendo Gaming / Quality to come, but what about now?

« on: June 21, 2003, 01:20:28 AM »

Perhaps you lot can offer up a few suggestions; I've got a pretty sizeable list of games I'm looking forward to on the Cube (Viewtiful Joe, F-Zero, Mario Kart, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil IV, Pikmin II, Rogue Leader III, etc) but they are all a good few months away at the moment (I'm in England - PAL), and the current crop of releases are hardly convinving me to go out and buy them.

Time to buy a few DVDs, and wait for the quality to come, or have I missed a gem somewhere?

These are the games I have:

The Sims.
FIFA Football 2003.
Sonic Mega Collection.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004.
Resident Evil 0.
Super Mario Sunshine.
Metroid Prime.
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Plus bonus disc)
Pikmin.
Wave Race: Blue Storm.
Super Monkey Ball 2.
Super Monkey Ball.
Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Burnout 2: Point of Impact.
Star Wars Rogue Leader.
Eternal Darkness.
Timesplitters 2.
Sega Soccer Slam.
Luigi's Mansion.
Resident Evil.
Ikaruga.

I thought I'd have plenty of games to buy, but Megaman Network Transmission is a bit of a stinker, as is Wario World, and Sonic Adventure DX is only worth a rental, as I've finished the Dreamcast version.

I'm thinking Rayman 3, or an Action Replay and copy of Animal Crossin are my only 2 options... anyone got a great game I've missed, that's out in PAL?  Only things I won't consider are American sports games... I don't care how good the latest Madden is, I'm not interested.  Not that interested in extreme sports games, like Tony Hawks either.

Normally, if I'm looking for a game, I'd go to IGN, click on the 9.0 page, and pick one I haven't got, but I now own all the games on there, apart from some American sports games, Starfox (which despite looking good, wasn't worth buying, in my opinion), and Splinter Cell, which is a very shoddy port of the PS2 version.

Many thanks.