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Author: jerec
Posted: September 18, 2017 (04:16 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yep, still doing this. I'll try and see out the year, but if you've got any interest in reading reviews and ranking them, please tell EmP and join our roster. It's not so bad unless EmP schedules a tournament deadline in your week.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: September 18, 2017 (12:04 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I'll have you playing horror games yet - Oxenfree's the first baby step of my five year plan.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: September 18, 2017 (03:36 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Thanks for a timely topic, Jerec, and congratulations to the winners. I felt like this was a nice strong week for the site, and I hope to see more like it.
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Author: dementedhut
Posted: September 20, 2017 (03:59 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I wonder how many of these you played back then, and how much is just down to picking through roms you've never tried before?
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Author: hastypixels
Posted: September 29, 2017 (11:23 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I don't have any expectation of getting an SNES Classic, but it's one of those things I'd painstakingly review from stem to stern if (and perhaps when) I were to lay hands on one. It's a shame we don't do hardware reviews, as I've wanted to do a couple. Not that I'm particularly swimming in hardware...
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Author: jerec
Posted: September 29, 2017 (04:01 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yeah, there certainly are games that push the console to the extreme. I think Perfect Dark was the first real example of that I saw. I think these days they fit pretty well, although in this generation and the last, some games were better on PS, Xbox or PC depending on their design.
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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: September 29, 2017 (08:43 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yeah, I remember how systems worked to get around limitations of older systems.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: September 29, 2017 (09:59 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
You needed the "expansion pack" to play most of Perfect Dark, as I recall, but I'm not sure if it was required for all of it. That pack was also used in Donkey Kong 64 and Rogue Squadron, in addition to Majora's Mask. It basically was just more RAM, I think, back when RAM was even more magical than it is now.
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Author: jerec
Posted: September 29, 2017 (11:01 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yeah, DK64 and Majora needed it. Perfect Dark apparently let you have 35% of the game, but I think that number was generous as it was just parts of the multiplayer. You definitely needed it for the single player mode.
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Author: shinnokxz
Posted: September 30, 2017 (01:24 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Nintendo's little RAM upgrade module was just a farce, in retrospect it felt almost as desperate as the 32X and Sega CD. I seem to remember it being required and bundled with DK64, a game that had you wading through 8 MB of crap to enjoy (if that was your thing)
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: September 30, 2017 (10:16 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yes, definitely cooking itself. I lost my launch-era PS3 to that, in fact, and with it my ability to conveniently play PS2 games (because only the launch-era ones had backwards compatibility). In my opinion, buying the N64 expansion pack definitely made more sense than buying an Xbox One X does now.
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Author: jerec
Posted: September 30, 2017 (02:08 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I never thought much of it, since I was given DK64 for Christmas one year and I put the expansion pak in and never gave it much thought.
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