From: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com (n64-digest) To: n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: n64-digest V1 #1443 Reply-To: n64-digest Sender: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk n64-digest Sunday, February 18 2001 Volume 01 : Number 1443 Re: [N64] Name the list Re: [N64] What's wrong Zelda today Re: [N64] Name the list Re: [N64] DVD (OT) Re: [N64] Metroid FPS Re: [N64] Metroid FPS Re: [N64] What's wrong with the youth today [N64] Casual shoes or formal shoes? [N64] Nintendo are Pervs! Re: [N64] Nintendo are Pervs! RE: [N64] DVD (OT) Re: [N64] What's wrong with the youth today Re: [N64] What's wrong with the youth today Re: [N64] What's wrong with the youth today Re: [N64] Nintendo are Pervs! Re: [N64] DVD (OT) RE: [N64] DVD (OT) RE: [N64] Nintendo are Pervs! Re: [N64] DVD (OT) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 16:16:42 +0100 From: "Steve" Subject: Re: [N64] Name the list my vote goes to TheBigN Steve - ----- Original Message ----- From: Gregory A. Swarthout To: Nintendo 64 Mailing List Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 9:21 PM Subject: [N64] Name the list > I've narrowed it down to the following: (although a good write-in may cause a new vote) > > TheBigN > NintendoFan > NFan > NGamers > > Please vote privately in a message to gregorys@xmission.com > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 12:55:00 EST From: Jedcross2@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] What's wrong Zelda today In a message dated 2/18/01 1:04:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, Jwelker1@aol.com writes: << I hear you man. Jack Frost >> Could Jeremy be Jack? - -Jed [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 12:56:21 EST From: Jedcross2@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Name the list In a message dated 2/18/01 11:50:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, distorbanz@yucom.be writes: << my vote goes to TheBigN Steve >> My vote goes to keep it N64. - -Jed [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:53:59 EST From: DarkBastion@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] DVD (OT) << Hey try this...I just read this...on your remote hit "Setup-Step-Skip Back-Skip Forward" and see if a menu pops up. Apparently, some of the early AD-600As have the menu and others do not. They removed the hidden menu after a certain point. Stryder> Yeah, the menu's title says "You Shouldn't Be Here." ~Matt [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:03:47 EST From: DarkBastion@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Metroid FPS <> Don't forget, though, that IGNCube is wrong pretty often. Man, what a bunch of lazy bastards those guys are. They cover 2 sites - IGN64 and IGNcube - and between the two, thereare maybe 8 updates a day. 8 news stories. Why is it the Q&A and letters on IGN64 hasn'tbeen updated since October? Ever since Peer left, the whole place has gone down the shitter. At least there's Daily Radar ... Oh, and anyone get the latest NextGen? For an issue this late, those assholes should have given us SOME Nintendo coverage. Daily Radar got the whole thing resolved in a week, fer Chirssakes! ~Matt PS: And yes, if they make Metroid a FPS, it will indeed suck. What's worse is, that since FPS are big here, and Metroid wasnever that big in Japan, the folks are Retro need not worry about big sales in Japan. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:47:11 -0500 From: "Dave Rhodes" Subject: Re: [N64] Metroid FPS - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [N64] Metroid FPS > > Don't forget, though, that IGNCube is wrong pretty often. Man, what a bunch > of lazy bastards those guys are. They cover 2 sites - IGN64 and IGNcube - and > between the two, thereare maybe 8 updates a day. 8 news stories. Why is it > the Q&A and letters on IGN64 hasn'tbeen updated since October? Ever since > Peer left, the whole place has gone down the shitter. At least there's Daily > Radar ... I agree with that. I used to read IGN64 first every day when Peer was in charge of it, now I barely ever read it at all. > Oh, and anyone get the latest NextGen? For an issue this late, those assholes > should have given us SOME Nintendo coverage. Daily Radar got the whole thing > resolved in a week, fer Chirssakes! I got the new NextGen, and the coverage of Blood Omen 2 and MGS2 is enough to satisfy me. ~~ Dave ~~ "Don't live today for tomorrow like you were immortal." Treytable@sega.net AIM: Super Trey Bros [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 11:45:49 -0000 From: "David Hastings" Subject: Re: [N64] What's wrong with the youth today This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01C099A0.56A14300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Some of the side quests are fun, but finding 15 fairies to get a double = magic meter? Meh... From David Hastings - surlybob_y2k@yahoo.com ICQ: 60473374 http://www.geocities.com/gamingireland/ "Reality continues to ruin my life" - Calvin and Hobbes - ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01C099A0.56A14300 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Some of the side quests = are fun, but=20 finding 15 fairies to get a double magic meter? Meh...
 
From David Hastings - surlybob_y2k@yahoo.com
ICQ:= =20 60473374
http://www.geocities.com= /gamingireland/
"Reality=20 continues to ruin my life" - Calvin and Hobbes
- ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01C099A0.56A14300-- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 12:14:41 -0000 From: "David Hastings" Subject: [N64] Casual shoes or formal shoes? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0074_01C099A4.5F187AE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have it even worse - we have to read books which are less "books" and = more lessons in morals. Books like "Roll of thunder, hear my cry" and = "The Well" and tells us how "black people are no different from us". = Don't get me wrong, 'cos they aren't any different (for god's sake, my 3 = best friends are coloured) but they aren't actually GOOD books, I mean = it's meant to be English, not CSPE! Why couldn't we read The Hobbit, or = The Lord of the rings?=20 From David Hastings - surlybob_y2k@yahoo.com ICQ: 60473374 http://www.geocities.com/gamingireland/ "Reality continues to ruin my life" - Calvin and Hobbes - ------=_NextPart_000_0074_01C099A4.5F187AE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I have it even worse - = we have to read=20 books which are less "books"  and more lessons in morals. Books = like "Roll=20 of thunder, hear my cry" and "The Well" and tells us how "black people = are no=20 different from us". Don't get me wrong, 'cos they aren't any different = (for=20 god's sake, my 3 best friends are coloured) but they aren't actually = GOOD books,=20 I mean it's meant to be English, not CSPE! Why couldn't we read The = Hobbit, or=20 The Lord of the rings?
 
From David Hastings - surlybob_y2k@yahoo.com
ICQ:= =20 60473374
http://www.geocities.com= /gamingireland/
"Reality=20 continues to ruin my life" - Calvin and Hobbes
- ------=_NextPart_000_0074_01C099A4.5F187AE0-- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 11:57:59 -0000 From: "David Hastings" Subject: [N64] Nintendo are Pervs! This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_005D_01C099A2.099FE780 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In Zelda: OoT The Gerudo leader said that Link was pretty good looking - = for a kid and that she was going to do a favour for you. Later, when you = grow up, she she says that she was sorry she didn't do the favour for = you. Then I looked at the Gerudo medallion thing - if you look closely = it looks like a 69! what a bunch of pervs Nintendo are! From David Hastings - surlybob_y2k@yahoo.com ICQ: 60473374 http://www.geocities.com/gamingireland/ "Reality continues to ruin my life" - Calvin and Hobbes - ------=_NextPart_000_005D_01C099A2.099FE780 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In Zelda: OoT The Gerudo = leader said=20 that Link was pretty good looking - for a kid and that she was going to = do a=20 favour for you. Later, when you grow up, she she says that she was sorry = she=20 didn't do the favour for you. Then I looked at the Gerudo medallion = thing - if=20 you look closely it looks like a 69! what a bunch of pervs Nintendo=20 are!
 
 
From David Hastings - surlybob_y2k@yahoo.com
ICQ:= =20 60473374
http://www.geocities.com= /gamingireland/
"Reality=20 continues to ruin my life" - Calvin and = Hobbes
- ------=_NextPart_000_005D_01C099A2.099FE780-- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 16:40:24 EST From: Jedcross2@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Nintendo are Pervs! In a message dated 18/02/01 4:28:34PM, you write: << In Zelda: OoT The Gerudo leader said that Link was pretty good looking - for a kid and that she was going to do a favour for you. Later, when you grow up, she she says that she was sorry she didn't do the favour for you. Then I looked at the Gerudo medallion thing - if you look closely it looks like a 69! what a bunch of pervs Nintendo are! From David Hastings - surlybob_y2k@yahoo.com >> Ya, they are pervs for putting a number on a game, dammit, my keyboard is a perv. like you... - -Jed [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:18:27 +1100 From: "Moody, Luke" Subject: RE: [N64] DVD (OT) > Hey, I have an Apex DVD player. The model is AD-600 A. I'll have to try > that out and see if I can disable the region. > > Jeremy >>> > > Cool! You should definitely check it out! I'll ask how to do it. I > also heard a rumor that you could disable the macrovision copy protection > on those players...which would allow you to copy DVD movies onto VHS > tapes. I'm not sure if the 600A can do it, or only the 600. I don't have > either so I'm not sure. > > Stryder > I can tape DVD's off my PS2 to my VCR. I didn't know that you couldn't on others? Luke ********************************************************************** Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ABN 48 123 123 124) ********************************************************************** [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 16:21:13 -0600 From: Thraxen Subject: Re: [N64] What's wrong with the youth today This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C099C6.D0090400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It certainly pleased me. As far as RPGs goes, its far less of a bore = than most others in the market. Its not cookie cutter and the whole = idea of this clock town that is populated by a cadre of people with = their own lives to live has, In my mind, forever changed the Zelda = franchise. I don't think Miyamoto and Co. can walk out of the next = Zelda with any satisfaction if they put back those old boring non-player = characters that have 3 routines in the entire game and show little signs = of life. >>> The fact that these people had lifelike routines is nice...anyway, it is = a much easier feature to include when you limiting the game to a 3 day = time span. =20 Stryder - ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C099C6.D0090400 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
It certainly pleased me. As far as RPGs goes, its far less of a = bore than=20 most others in the market.  Its not cookie cutter and the whole = idea of=20 this clock town that is populated by a cadre of people with their own = lives to=20 live has, In my mind, forever changed the Zelda franchise.  I don't = think=20 Miyamoto and Co. can walk out of the next Zelda with any satisfaction if = they=20 put back those old boring non-player characters that have 3 routines in = the=20 entire game and show little signs of life. >>>
 
The fact that these people had lifelike = routines is=20 nice...anyway, it is a much easier feature to include when you limiting = the game=20 to a 3 day time span. 
 
Stryder
- ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C099C6.D0090400-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 17:25:27 EST From: Nutz4n64@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] What's wrong with the youth today - --part1_e5.28022b1.27c1a5d7_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a message dated 02/18/2001 1:28:46 PM Pacific Standard Time,=20 surlybob_y2k@yahoo.com writes: > Some of the side quests are fun, but finding 15 fairies to get a double=20 > magic meter? Meh... Finding the faries wasn't such a huge challenge. All that was needed was th= e=20 Fairy Mask. - -Eric- You keep on walking, where will you go? Walk again, in the company of the wind March with confidence until you get to where you=E2=80=99re going Until you finally grab that dream. =E2=80=9CKaze to Issho ni=E2=80=9D My=C3=BBts=C3=BB no Gyakush=C3=BB - --part1_e5.28022b1.27c1a5d7_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a message dated 02/18/= 2001 1:28:46 PM Pacific Standard Time,=20
surlybob_y2k@yahoo.com writes:


Some of the side quests are= fun, but finding 15 fairies to get a double=20
magic meter? Meh...
Finding the faries wasn't such a huge challenge.  All that was need= ed was the=20
Fairy Mask.
-Eric-

You keep on walking, where will you go?
Walk again, in the company of the wind
March with confidence until you get to where you=E2=80=99re going
Until you finally grab that dream.

=E2=80=9CKaze to Issho ni=E2=80=9D  My=C3=BBts=C3=BB no Gyakush=C3= =BB - --part1_e5.28022b1.27c1a5d7_boundary-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:18:11 +0100 From: "Steve" Subject: Re: [N64] What's wrong with the youth today This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C09A01.0FB467E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable that is what has been wrong with zelda ever the rewards you get for the tremendeous puzzles you solve just suck most = of the time but the 15 fairies, com on thats not so hard... gathering all the frogs for a frecken haert piece now thats just crazy Steve ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Hastings=20 To: n64@lists.xmission.com=20 Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [N64] What's wrong with the youth today Some of the side quests are fun, but finding 15 fairies to get a = double magic meter? Meh... From David Hastings - surlybob_y2k@yahoo.com ICQ: 60473374 http://www.geocities.com/gamingireland/ "Reality continues to ruin my life" - Calvin and Hobbes - ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C09A01.0FB467E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
that is what has been wrong with zelda=20 ever
the rewards you get for the tremendeous = puzzles you=20 solve just suck most of the time
but the 15 fairies, com on thats not so = hard...
gathering all the frogs for a frecken = haert piece=20 now thats just crazy
 
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 David=20 Hastings
To: n64@lists.xmission.com
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 = 12:45=20 PM
Subject: Re: [N64] What's wrong = with the=20 youth today

Some of the side = quests are fun, but=20 finding 15 fairies to get a double magic meter? Meh...
 
From David Hastings - surlybob_y2k@yahoo.com
ICQ:= =20 60473374
http://www.geocities.com= /gamingireland/
"Reality=20 continues to ruin my life" - Calvin and Hobbes
 - ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C09A01.0FB467E0-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:26:05 +0100 From: "Steve" Subject: Re: [N64] Nintendo are Pervs! if you think nintendo are pervs then what would you call Rare? oh thats right, you live in europe too, guess you won't be seeing conker either did i already mention nintendo of europe makes me wanna vomit? hup there you got it dammit now i can go buy a new keyboard Steve - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [N64] Nintendo are Pervs! > In a message dated 18/02/01 4:28:34PM, you write: > > << In Zelda: OoT The Gerudo leader said that Link was pretty good looking - > for a kid and that she was going to do a favour for you. Later, when you grow > up, she she says that she was sorry she didn't do the favour for you. Then I > looked at the Gerudo medallion thing - if you look closely it looks like a > 69! what a bunch of pervs Nintendo are! > > > From David Hastings - surlybob_y2k@yahoo.com >> > > > Ya, they are pervs for putting a number on a game, dammit, my keyboard is a > perv. > like you... > > -Jed > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 16:25:52 -0600 From: Thraxen Subject: Re: [N64] DVD (OT) > I can tape DVD's off my PS2 to my VCR. > I didn't know that you couldn't on others? > > Luke You can? Hmmm...I have not tried that. Does the picture look fine? No bars or anything running through the picture? Stryder [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:38:01 +1100 From: "Moody, Luke" Subject: RE: [N64] DVD (OT) > > I can tape DVD's off my PS2 to my VCR. > > I didn't know that you couldn't on others? > > > > Luke > > You can? Hmmm...I have not tried that. Does the picture look fine? No > bars > or anything running through the picture? > > Stryder > Yeah looks great. No bars and no interference. I know what you mean as my dad's normal player wont tape to VCR. Luke ********************************************************************** Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ABN 48 123 123 124) ********************************************************************** [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:42:25 +1100 From: "Moody, Luke" Subject: RE: [N64] Nintendo are Pervs! > if you think nintendo are pervs then what would you call Rare? > oh thats right, you live in europe too, guess you won't be seeing conker > either > did i already mention nintendo of europe makes me wanna vomit? > hup there you got it > dammit now i can go buy a new keyboard > > Steve I didn't see that Isn't conker coming out in Europe? I know UK is considered Europe but is it coming out there? Luke ********************************************************************** Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ABN 48 123 123 124) ********************************************************************** [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 17:11:50 -0600 From: Thraxen Subject: Re: [N64] DVD (OT) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_00F8_01C099CD.E238E9E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey try this...I just read this...on your remote hit "Setup-Step-Skip=20 Back-Skip Forward" and see if a menu pops up. Apparently, some of the=20 early AD-600As have the menu and others do not. They removed the hidden = menu after a certain point.=20 Stryder=20 Well, I just tried it and it didn't seem to work. Too bad. :-(=20 Jeremy >>>>>>>>> What does the screen saver on your player look like? Does is say = "Apex" in white on a pink bloack backround thatmoves slowly around the = screen, or does the word "Apex" change color every time hits hits the = side of the screen and most fairly fast around the screen? Hey, here are more detailed instructions on how to bring up that menu: http://www.dvd-wizards.com/darrenk/A600/LH_Menu.htm Stryder - ------=_NextPart_000_00F8_01C099CD.E238E9E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hey try this...I just read this...on your remote = hit=20 "Setup-Step-Skip
Back-Skip Forward" and see if a = menu pops up.=20  Apparently, some of the
early AD-600As have the menu and = others do=20 not.  They removed the hidden
menu after a certain = point.=20

Stryder


Well, I just tried it and it didn't seem to = work.=20  Too bad.  :-(

Jeremy=20 >>>>>>>>>
What=20 does the screen saver on your player look like?  Does is say = "Apex" in=20 white on a pink bloack backround thatmoves slowly around the screen, = or does=20 the word "Apex" change color every time hits hits the side of the = screen and=20 most fairly fast around the screen?
Hey, here are more detailed instructions on how to bring up = that=20 menu:
 
 
http://www.d= vd-wizards.com/darrenk/A600/LH_Menu.htm
Stryder

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