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Nintendo Gaming / a thing nintendo should do..

« on: May 24, 2003, 03:05:01 PM »

The ROM for Ocarina of Time: Master Quest was ripped from the GCN disc.  The game runs on N64 emulators.  If it was a port, it wouldn't run on an N64 emulator.

Also, there are some VERY clear signs that it's being emulated on the GCN.  For example, the load time at the beginning of the game.  It's clearly loading the ROM of the game into memory, and that can be confirmed by opening up your disc cover while playing it.  Since it's being run from memory, you can play as long as you want without the disc.

Another sign is the saving.  It's not a part of the game, and you can see where the emulation is paused, and the call for the saving is handled elsewhere, then the emulation is resumed once the saving is complete.

Yes, in all likelihood the emulator used for Ocarina of Time on GCN is not usable with other games, and in that way it COULD be considered a port, but I think that it's a misuse of the word when the N64 ROM is clearly present on the disc.

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Nintendo Gaming / a thing nintendo should do..

« on: May 24, 2003, 02:28:07 PM »

Explain why you can run the GCN version of Ocarina of Time in an emulator without issue then.  

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Nintendo Gaming / a thing nintendo should do..

« on: May 24, 2003, 02:17:46 PM »

No, they are emulated.  It's possible to play the GCN versions on an N64 if you have the right hardware.  (or software).

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Nintendo Gaming / Fire Emblem: Rekka No Ken has been confirmed to be released in the US

« on: May 24, 2003, 02:16:02 PM »

I would translate it as Sword of Fire, but I am by no means an expert.  "Ken" generally has to do with swords, and "Rekka" of course means fire.

[S8N]

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

« on: May 24, 2003, 02:09:21 PM »

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Originally posted by: S8N
Does anyone know if there are any RPGs that have come out/coming out soon/planned for GC that are worth buying except for Phantasy Star Online 1/2 or FF:CC? (I'm an RPG addict but I haven't seen many for GC, I just started playing FF7 again for PS1 and realised I want a new one to play but I have a feeling I might be restricted to my PS1 RPGs for a while)

Tales of Symphonia, Skies of Arcadia: Legends, and Giftpia come to mind.  There's word that there's more on the way, but those are the big names for this year.

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General Chat / nVidia vs ATI

« on: May 24, 2003, 01:56:28 PM »

Yeah, I actually chose a GeForce3 over a Radeon 8500 for the same reason.  It just costed WAY less for the nVidia card.  But I still support ATI with my words, even though I can't support them with my dollar.  

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TalkBack / Aonuma Confirms Wind Waker Sequel

« on: May 24, 2003, 01:06:42 PM »

Why don't they just do both steven?  A Zelda engine already exists for GameCube, so it's just a matter of making a new story and world for the next GameCube game.  Afterwards, they can create an entirely new engine for GameCube's successor.

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General Chat / nVidia vs ATI

« on: May 24, 2003, 01:02:52 PM »

It's unlikely that anyone else here really cares about the nVidia/ATI feud, but I am personally enjoying the hell out of it.  I haven't liked nVidia much ever since they bought out my beloved 3dfx... and I am really liking how much ATI is wasting nVidia right now.

http://www.megagames.com/news/html/hardware/dawnatiflingofficial.shtml

nVidia's own Dawn demo seems to have been beaten by ATI...  coupled with the recent announcement that nVidia was found cheating at 3DMark 2003, I think that it's safe to say that nVidia's stranglehold on the graphics chip market is officially over.  nVidia can whine about 3DMark not being a "valid" benchmark all they want, but when their own demo apps run better on ATI cards, it's time to admit defeat.

Welcome the new champion, ATI.

[DeadlyD]

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Nintendo Gaming / Denis Dyack Interview

« on: May 24, 2003, 12:44:21 PM »

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Originally posted by: DeadlyD
If I remember correctly, didnt the PC version have a lan multiplayer mode? anyway everything is cool

Nay.  I own the PC version.  It includes some cleaner graphics from the PSX version, and it is the full Metal Gear Solid: Integral package (includes VR Missions), but in gameplay it's identical to the PSX version. (But you can use quicksaves rather than call Mei Ling all the time)

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General Chat / The Horror....The Horror.....soon to be on DVD

« on: May 24, 2003, 12:00:49 PM »

You know?  I have NEVER seen this movie.  If it is commonly available at video stores on DVD though, I might give it a watch.  I just can't get ahold of the movie around here anywhere.

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Nintendo Gaming / What will Graphics Look like???//

« on: May 24, 2003, 11:57:11 AM »

Look at Metroid Prime.  That's what the graphics will commonly look like next generation.

[boggy b]

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Nintendo Gaming / OFFICIAL Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes Discussion

« on: May 24, 2003, 11:51:10 AM »

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Originally posted by: boggy b
It annoys me that people are continuing to complain about the textures of MGS3. Look at TTS for God's sake, the textures are also turd.

Anyways, why do people think it'll be better than MGS3? And I mean a decent reason, more than 'because its got Nintendo involved and Myamoto is working (/looking at it every so often) on it'. Because thats BS. Can anyone give a decent reason?

*sigh*.

We freely admitted the textures sucked in MGS: TTS.  It was YOU who wouldn't accept that the textures in MGS3 sucked.

We don't know jack about MGS3.  If you hadn't noticed, I am REALLY optomistic about the game.  But we KNOW that MGS: TTS will be a totally awesome game, as it's a remake of a totally awesome game.  But as we know absolutely nothing about MGS3, you have to realize that at this point in time saying that MGS3 will be better is just plain blind.

Anyways, can we please drop this?  This is getting REALLY old.

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Nintendo Gaming / Denis Dyack Interview

« on: May 24, 2003, 11:47:35 AM »

Just a word on the story... yes, it wasn't anything deep, but I found that the sum of the pieces was far greater than the whole.  It was in the details and the moments in the game that it truly shone.

Who can EVER forget the scene where Sniper Wolf dies?  Or the scene where Meryl was shot down right in front of you?  Or the fantastic boss battles?  The story might have been cliched and done, but it was presented in a fresh new way.

I find that it's just great to see all the stuff happening, and to bury yourself in the details.  There are some seriously good scenes in the game, and even if the overall story might have been lacking, the subtleties in it all make it very worth playing.

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TalkBack / Aonuma Confirms Wind Waker Sequel

« on: May 24, 2003, 11:39:26 AM »

YES!  I was SO worried that the next Zelda would be a "realistic" one.  I am VERY happy that Nintendo is keeping the cel shaded style for at least one more game.  It would be a tragedy not to, as it just works SO well.

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General Chat / Rurouni Kenshin

« on: May 23, 2003, 01:46:05 PM »

I have been watching Kenshin for a good 6 months now.  I have just never gotten around to watching Kenshin before then.  Being that there's 95 episodes, 1 movie, and 6 OAV episodes, that takes a lot of time.  Last night I finished watching the 95th episode, then decided to watch the movie.  It was about 3AM at that point, but I still wasn't sleepy at all.  I decided to throw in the first OAV episode and see how it was.  I had heard that it was good, and I was in the mood for some blood.  The last 20 episodes or so of Kenshin were actually starting to bore the hell out of me.  They just seemed uninspired to me.

I am a strange person.  I have an artistic side of me, but it rarely gets expressed in anything tangible.  I write short stories now and then, and I will sometimes program myself something, but my coding skill just isn't there yet, and I can't focus for a long enough period on my writing to make something great.  Someday it is my dream to bring the two together though, and make a game worthy of recognition.  Nevertheless, I sometimes get dim visions of what I would like to see.  It can be something as simple as watching a leaf fall from a tree, or something as meaningless as watching the sun go down.  But I always have a strange obsession with a landscape that is both serene yet active.  Like I said, I cannot explain precisely what I see, and to do so would involve explaining myself for a good 20 pages of posts.  It does have meaning to me though.  My friends recognize that I am a very twisted person, and although I recognize the real world, and can navigate through it without issue, I am really living in my own nightmare world.

When watching the 1st Kenshin OVA, I felt a connection.  It wasn't showing me what I have been seeing for a long time, but it was showing me what I needed to see.  There was killing, there was misery, there was great tragedy.  Yet it was all sort of surreal.  It was done with a numbness and a foreboding that was played precisely into my deepest thoughts.  It was the effect I was looking for.  The story of the OVA was fairly run of the mill Kenshin stock, but the presentation was entirely different.  This is what I found so captivating about it.  It was the world as if seen through my own viewpoint.

Even if you don't like anime, I urge people to watch the OVA at least.  It's one of the finest works of art I have ever witnessed.

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General Chat / Your Megaton Game Setup

« on: May 23, 2003, 01:18:09 PM »

That's pretty fugging incredible.  I will post a pic of my hovel sometime, but it really doesn't look much like a die hard Nintendo fanboy's room.  I am just broke is all, and can't afford a lot of Nintendo merchandise.

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Nintendo Gaming / Denis Dyack Interview

« on: May 23, 2003, 01:15:51 PM »

I have searched around for an existing thread on this, but I haven't found one.  If there is already a thread, please close and hide this thread, and point me in the right direction.

First of all, I would like to congratulate PGC for snagging the interview, especially since IGN reported in their latest Mailbag that they were unable to get an interview with Denis... (*snicker*)

Second, I would like to thank Denis for taking the time to give his opinions and insight into the state of video games.  It was a very interesting read (as always), and was very enjoyable to read.

Basically, I am just saying thank you to Rick, Jonny, and Denis for taking the time to tell us these things.  It was a great interview.  

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General Chat / Anyone with EXPERTISE???

« on: May 23, 2003, 01:10:10 PM »

emachines are complete crap... I have had experience with them before.

If you don't have an AGP slot, the best you can hope for might be a GeForce2 MX.  They are pretty rare in PCI though, so best of luck to ya in finding one.  The video card is nice though, so I really would hold on to it in case you decided to get a new computer later on.

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Nintendo Gaming / DivX?

« on: May 22, 2003, 05:22:59 PM »

Heh... I would have made you a Very "Special" person.  

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Nintendo Gaming / Pokemon RPG finally official*

« on: May 22, 2003, 04:16:32 PM »

Cool.  Thanks for the info.  I remember that announcement now... I remembered Box, but I couldn't remember anything about the other Pokemon GCN game announced.  I do know that I should really be playing Sapphire or Ruby, but I just can't afford any games right now, and I had a copy of Pokemon Red hanging around, and figured I would give the game one more go, while waiting for the money to be available to buy Ruby.  (or Sapphire).

I just hope that I have money by the time that Colloseum comes out.  

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TalkBack / Iwata Discusses Online Plans

« on: May 22, 2003, 04:13:27 PM »

Nintendo is doing the right thing.  There is no way in hell that I am going to pay to play my console.  Online gaming is still restricted to my PC personally, but I am starting to become curious about Nintendo's online strategy, as they have some games that would work SO WELL online, such as Pokemon, Star Fox, or Mario Party.

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General Chat / Canadian Dollar

« on: May 22, 2003, 04:10:06 PM »

Hehe... every time I hear about Mad Cows... I giggle...

Anyways, I live near the US border in Alberta, so theoretically, I can go into the US and buy stuff, but I don't have a car.  This just means I can buy cheap stuff online from the US right now.  It's good for the consumer, to hell with the investments.  

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General Chat / I just got a Voodoo 2!

« on: May 22, 2003, 04:08:29 PM »

Well, I hadn't heard about that.  They must have cancelled it really early on in the planning stages.  There's 3 models of GeForce.

GeForce3 Ti200 - Lowest clock and memory speeds.
GeForce3          - First model released.  Average speed.
GeForce3 Ti500 - Highest clock and memory speeds on a GeForce3 card.

I have a GeForce3 Ti200, but I can overclock it to almost a Ti500 level.  Unfortunately, I recently discovered that the fan on the card died.  It seems to run fine without it, but I might take it back to the store soon, as I have an extended warranty on the card.  (I intended to bring that into use if I ever fried the video card through too much overclocking.)

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General Gaming / I need Proff XBOX loses money on systems!!!

« on: May 22, 2003, 04:05:02 PM »

Can you tell me who bet you that the Xbox didn't lose money so that I can point and laugh in his general direction?

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Nintendo Gaming / OK, OK - I got love for Wind Waker

« on: May 22, 2003, 03:59:09 PM »

My favorite dungeons ever were the Spirit Temple, and The Tower of the Gods.  What can I say?  I'm strange.