From: owner-NGamers-digest@lists.xmission.com (NGamers-digest) To: ngamers-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: NGamers-digest V1 #1591 Reply-To: NGamers-digest Sender: owner-NGamers-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-NGamers-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk NGamers-digest Thursday, June 21 2001 Volume 01 : Number 1591 Re: [NG] Game Boy Advance Contrast Control Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive [NG] South Park Games Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive Re: [NG] South Park Games Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive RE: [NG] South Park Games Re: [NG] Game Boy Advance Contrast Control Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive Re: [NG] South Park Games Re: [NG] Vs. [NG] Comic Relief Re: [NG] Game Boy Advance Contrast Control Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive Re: [NG] I feel dumb asking this... Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive Re: [NG] Game Boy Advance Contrast Control [NG] For those who touched the GBA contrast control [NG] Gamer Crusade for AGB Backlight ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:22:37 -0400 From: "Dave Rhodes" Subject: Re: [NG] Game Boy Advance Contrast Control - ----- Original Message ----- From: Geoff Taylor To: Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [NG] Game Boy Advance Contrast Control > I don't know why they're calling it a contrast control but that is one thing > it is certainly not. Then again, we are talking about IGN here... My > recommendation is that you don't mess with it. But people will do what they > do thanks to that evil cat known as curiousity. ;) > > > Geoff Taylor > ------------- > GameBoy Station > http://www.gbstation.com Then what is it, if it's not a contrast control, oh wise one? ~~ Dave ~~ (insert witty sig. here) TreyTable@sega.net Drhodes_74@hotmail.com AIM: Trey Table [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:51:11 -0700 From: Dexter Sy Subject: Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive What happens if the Harddrive is full? We know Xbox will use some of that space for loading game data to reduce load time, i wonder what kind of a mess the Xbox HD will be after people have had it for 2 years. Granted its harder to fill up PS2's 40 gig drive, but then again, if its an add-on, i would assume people can just unplug it and buy a new one. Dexter Matt MA wrote: > >>> TreyTable@sega.net 06/20/01 08:30AM >>> > >You know what? I hope the Gamecube never gets a hard drive. The recent > > I totally agree. I want my console to be 100% plug and play, and 100% reliable. Having a hard drives will encourage developers to make games that need to be installed. Hard drives will also get corrupted. > > My computer crashes enough as it is, I don't need my console to crash too. > > matt ma > > [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] - -- Dexter S. Tendo Box - Nintendo e-zine Http://www.tendobox.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 14:06:10 -0700 From: "Matt MA" Subject: Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive I rarely install new programs, and when I do, I usually use "mainstream" = products, rarely beta versions or even shareware. My PC (Windows 98) fatally crashes about once a day on average. My iMac = (OS 9.1) fatally crashes about once or twice a month. matt ma >>> TreyTable@sega.net 06/20/01 12:16PM >>> >Well, now I know to keep that info handy. But it was just really = aggravating >that it happened. I'm in line for a new computer next year, perhaps this >time I'll buy a Mac. ~~ Dave ~~ [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 17:56:05 EDT From: DarkBastion@aol.com Subject: [NG] South Park Games Did anyone here uy any South Park games for any system? Which ones were the best? BTW, SP is on tonight, and with unbleeped $h*t! I $h*t you not! ~Matt [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:59:49 -0600 From: Don Fentie Subject: Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive A mac would be a good way to go if you have the money but if you are planning on actually using software, I would just get a PC... Dave Rhodes wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Geoff Taylor > To: > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 2:59 PM > Subject: Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive > > > > > You should keep your ISP information (and passwords, anything important) > > written down somewhere. I use a password-protect program to store all of > my > > info as well as a seperate electronic organizer. Configurations get > > corrupted and hardware will fail eventually... if you don't have your > > information backed up, it's your fault that it's gone. :) > > > > Geoff Taylor > > ------------- > > GameBoy Station > > http://www.gbstation.com > > Well, now I know to keep that info handy. But it was just really aggravating > that it happened. I'm in line for a new computer next year, perhaps this > time I'll buy a Mac. > > ~~ Dave ~~ > > (insert witty sig. here) > AIM: Trey Table > TreyTable@sega.net > > [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:03:06 -0600 From: Don Fentie Subject: Re: [NG] South Park Games I never cared for any of the south park games or even the TV show. I don't take too much pleasure in watching cartoon cut-outs swear. If I want swearing all I have to do is invite over my friends and play some smash brothers =) DarkBastion@aol.com wrote: > > Did anyone here uy any South Park games for any system? Which ones were the > best? > > BTW, SP is on tonight, and with unbleeped $h*t! I $h*t you not! > > ~Matt > > [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:29:49 -0700 From: "Matt MA" Subject: Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive Commodore 64 vs. Apple II Macintosh vs. PC Nintendo 64 vs. Playstation everybody vs. Microsoft good vs. evil :) Tomorrow's rivals will be? matt >>> d.fentie@home.com 06/20/01 02:59PM >>> >A mac would be a good way to go if you have the money but if you are >planning on actually using software, I would just get a PC... [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 08:31:36 +1000 From: "Moody, Luke" Subject: RE: [NG] South Park Games There all shit Luke > -----Original Message----- > From: DarkBastion@aol.com [SMTP:DarkBastion@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 7:56 AM > To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com > Subject: [NG] South Park Games > > Did anyone here uy any South Park games for any system? Which ones were > the > best? > > BTW, SP is on tonight, and with unbleeped $h*t! I $h*t you not! > > ~Matt > > [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ********************************************************************** Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ABN 48 123 123 124) ********************************************************************** [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:47:06 -0400 From: Wez Subject: Re: [NG] Game Boy Advance Contrast Control It's not just IGN. I first found out about it a few days before IGN said anything, it's all over IRC and message boards. It works. Wez Geoff Taylor wrote: > I don't know why they're calling it a contrast control but that is one thing > it is certainly not. Then again, we are talking about IGN here... My > recommendation is that you don't mess with it. But people will do what they > do thanks to that evil cat known as curiousity. ;) > > Geoff Taylor > ------------- > GameBoy Station > http://www.gbstation.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Rhodes" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 8:18 AM > Subject: [NG] Game Boy Advance Contrast Control > > Thanks to Penny Arcade for showing me this link. > > http://pocket.ign.com/news/35946.html > > ~~ Dave ~~ > > Shiggity > Shiggity > Shwa... > Treytable@sega.net > AIM: Trey Table > > [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:08:48 -0700 From: Dexter Sy Subject: Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive Matt MA wrote: > Commodore 64 vs. Apple II > Macintosh vs. PC > Nintendo 64 vs. Playstation > everybody vs. Microsoft > good vs. evil > > :) > > Tomorrow's rivals will be? GameCube vs PS2 - -- Dexter S. Tendo Box - Nintendo e-zine Http://www.tendobox.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 20:09:13 -0400 From: "Dave Rhodes" Subject: Re: [NG] South Park Games This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C0F9C4.DFDD4360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable - ----- Original Message -----=20 From: To: Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 5:56 PM Subject: [NG] South Park Games > Did anyone here uy any South Park games for any system? Which ones = were the=20 > best? >=20 > BTW, SP is on tonight, and with unbleeped $h*t! I $h*t you not! >=20 > ~Matt - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ------- The best would be the FPS on N64. That doesn't say much though. Chef's = Luv Shack on any system and the FPS on the PSX sucked big time, whereas = the FPS on N64 sucked small time. ~~ Dave ~~ (insert witty sig. here) TreyTable@sega.net Drhodes_74@hotmail.com AIM: Trey Table - ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C0F9C4.DFDD4360 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
----- Original Message -----
From: <DarkBastion@aol.com>
To: <NGamers@lists.xmission.com= >
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 5:56 = PM
Subject: [NG] South Park = Games

> Did anyone here uy any South Park = games for=20 any system? Which ones were the
> best?
>
> BTW, SP = is on=20 tonight, and with unbleeped $h*t! I $h*t you not!
>
>=20 ~Matt
 
The best would be the FPS on N64. That = doesn't say=20 much though. Chef's Luv Shack on any system and the FPS on the PSX = sucked big=20 time, whereas the FPS on N64 sucked small time.
 
~~ Dave ~~
 
(insert witty sig. here)
TreyTable@sega.net
Drhodes_74@hotmail.com
AIM:= Trey=20 Table
- ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C0F9C4.DFDD4360-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 20:12:32 -0400 From: "Dave Rhodes" Subject: Re: [NG] Vs. This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01C0F9C5.56EFBF00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable - ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Matt MA To: Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive Commodore 64 vs. Apple II Macintosh vs. PC Nintendo 64 vs. Playstation everybody vs. Microsoft good vs. evil :) Tomorrow's rivals will be? matt - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ------- Dreamcast Vs. Jaguar? Game Boy Color Vs. Game Boy Advance? PlayStation 2 Vs. Gamecube PC Vs. X-Box? Milk Vs. Cheese? The Goonies Vs. Super Mario Bros.? ~~ Dave ~~ (insert witty sig. here) TreyTable@sega.net Drhodes_74@hotmail.com AIM: Trey Table - ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01C0F9C5.56EFBF00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Matt MA <MA@legacypartners.com>
To: <NGamers@lists.xmission.com= >
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 6:29 = PM
Subject: Re: [NG] Gamecube=20 Harddrive

Commodore 64 vs. Apple II
Macintosh = vs.=20 PC
Nintendo 64 vs. Playstation
everybody vs. Microsoft
good vs. = evil

:)

Tomorrow's rivals will be?

matt
 
Dreamcast Vs. Jaguar?
Game Boy Color Vs. Game Boy = Advance?
PlayStation 2 Vs. Gamecube
PC Vs. X-Box?
Milk Vs. Cheese?
The Goonies Vs. Super Mario = Bros.?
 
~~ Dave ~~
 
(insert witty sig. here)
TreyTable@sega.net
Drhodes_74@hotmail.com
AIM:= Trey=20 Table
- ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01C0F9C5.56EFBF00-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 19:33:42 -0600 From: Don Fentie Subject: [NG] Comic Relief Sorry but I wanted to post this about videogames, you guys might find it amusing. I did. http://www.theonion.com/onion3716/local_man_exhausted.html Not much to do about Nintendo exactly but I hope you all can relate. [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:23:28 -0400 (EDT) From: "Lloyd Millard Mccoy Jr." Subject: Re: [NG] Game Boy Advance Contrast Control Isn't the problem with screens beingtoo dark for some games is that the developers were using different dev kits? If so I expect this problem to be remedied with the next crop of games. lloyd On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Dave Rhodes wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Geoff Taylor > To: > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 2:33 PM > Subject: Re: [NG] Game Boy Advance Contrast Control > > > > I don't know why they're calling it a contrast control but that is one > thing > > it is certainly not. Then again, we are talking about IGN here... My > > recommendation is that you don't mess with it. But people will do what > they > > do thanks to that evil cat known as curiousity. ;) > > > > > > Geoff Taylor > > ------------- > > GameBoy Station > > http://www.gbstation.com > > Then what is it, if it's not a contrast control, oh wise one? > > ~~ Dave ~~ > > (insert witty sig. here) > TreyTable@sega.net > Drhodes_74@hotmail.com > AIM: Trey Table > > > [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > sx [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:32:32 EDT From: Jedcross2@aol.com Subject: Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive - --part1_7a.1695fcfd.2862b6c0_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 6/20/01 11:28:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, TreyTable@sega.net writes: > You know what? I hope the Gamecube never gets a hard drive. The recent > problems I've had today with my internet connection on my PC makes me glad > the Dreamcast doesn't have a hard drive. I mean for some reason unknown to > me my computer reverted to internet settings I had (thought I had) erased > from its memory and lost all my SEGA.net info. I remembered the phone > number and password, but couldn't remember the POP3 and SMTP, thankfully my > Dreamcast did. I think hard drives in consoles will create more good than > bad. > > On a bit off topic, but since there are some ppl here who are very good > with computers, can anybody tell me why my PC reverted back to the internet > settings I had last summer? (Poppa_P@velocity.net) > If you may remember. I was cleaning out Temporary Internet Files from IE > when the PC locked up, it's been doing a lot of that recently, so I shut > down and turned the machine back on, and I got a blue MS-DOS screen that > said it was reverting the configuration and boom, when it started up all my > setting from last summer were there, from startup sounds, to icon > placements, and programs I'm sure I deleted like ICQ and such. It makes no > sense to me. Why did this happen? > > Dave > HUm, I heard something about restoration to how your computer was with Windows Me, but you have '98 - -Jed - --part1_7a.1695fcfd.2862b6c0_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 6/20/01 11:28:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
TreyTable@sega.net writes:


You know what? I hope the Gamecube never gets a hard drive. The recent
problems I've had today with my internet connection on my PC makes me glad
the Dreamcast doesn't have a hard drive. I mean for some reason unknown to
me my computer reverted to internet settings I had (thought I had) erased
from its memory and lost all my SEGA.net info. I remembered the phone
number and password, but couldn't remember the POP3 and SMTP, thankfully my
Dreamcast did. I think hard drives in consoles will create more good than
bad.

On a bit off topic, but since there are some ppl here who are very good
with computers, can anybody tell me why my PC reverted back to the internet
settings I had last summer? (Poppa_P@velocity.net)
If you may remember. I was cleaning out Temporary Internet Files from IE
when the PC locked up, it's been doing a lot of that recently, so I shut
down and turned the machine back on, and I got a blue MS-DOS screen that
said it was reverting the configuration and boom, when it started up all my
setting from last summer were there, from startup sounds, to icon
placements, and programs I'm sure I deleted like ICQ and such. It makes no
sense to me. Why did this happen?

Dave



HUm, I heard something about restoration to how your computer was with
Windows Me, but you have '98

-Jed - --part1_7a.1695fcfd.2862b6c0_boundary-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:34:18 EDT From: Jedcross2@aol.com Subject: Re: [NG] I feel dumb asking this... - --part1_b4.174e7f53.2862b72a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 6/20/01 1:22:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, d.fentie@home.com writes: > AHahahahhahaha I remember about 2 years ago there was a man who had sent > in 5 emails asking how to get off the list because even though he sent > in an unsubscribe message to majordomo they still kept him on the list. > So one day he said something like "I'm sorry guys for what is about to > happen for there is no other way off this list..." Then he proceeded to > list off about 40 swears in caps and different sizes on the left hand > side of the message ie "F$#k C#NT D@MN B$TCH sh@t F#$K" (without the > symbols of course. heheheh That was a year ago, I think. It was Techhookeddude or something. - -Jed - --part1_b4.174e7f53.2862b72a_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 6/20/01 1:22:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
d.fentie@home.com writes:


AHahahahhahaha I remember about 2 years ago there was a man who had sent
in 5 emails asking how to get off the list because even though he sent
in an unsubscribe message to majordomo they still kept him on the list.
So one day he said something like "I'm sorry guys for what is about to
happen for there is no other way off this list..." Then he proceeded to
list off about 40 swears in caps and different sizes on the left hand
side of the message ie "F$#k C#NT D@MN B$TCH sh@t F#$K" (without the
symbols of course.  heheheh

That was a year ago, I think. It was Techhookeddude or something.

-Jed - --part1_b4.174e7f53.2862b72a_boundary-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:39:59 EDT From: Jedcross2@aol.com Subject: Re: [NG] Gamecube Harddrive - --part1_9d.171f45cc.2862b87f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 6/20/01 3:15:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, TreyTable@sega.net writes: > Well, now I know to keep that info handy. But it was just really aggravating > that it happened. I'm in line for a new computer next year, perhaps this > time I'll buy a Mac. > > ~~ Dave ~~ Mac are really only good if your getting into movies and stuff. It's more of a workign machine too. PC are for games and a few extra stuff. - -Jed - --part1_9d.171f45cc.2862b87f_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 6/20/01 3:15:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
TreyTable@sega.net writes:


Well, now I know to keep that info handy. But it was just really aggravating
that it happened. I'm in line for a new computer next year, perhaps this
time I'll buy a Mac.

~~ Dave ~~

Mac are really only good if your getting into movies and stuff. It's more of
a workign machine too. PC are for games and a few extra stuff.

-Jed - --part1_9d.171f45cc.2862b87f_boundary-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 20:57:36 -0600 From: Don Fentie Subject: Re: [NG] Game Boy Advance Contrast Control Ok so it works... but I'm not feeling to good about the part where some people say it makes their screen 'flicker'. What exactly do they mean by that? Does it "blink" or momentarily show no picture and then a picture? Does it fade/darken and then return to normal? Wez wrote: > > It's not just IGN. I first found out about it a few days before IGN said > anything, it's all over IRC and message boards. It works. > > Wez > > Geoff Taylor wrote: > > > I don't know why they're calling it a contrast control but that is one thing > > it is certainly not. Then again, we are talking about IGN here... My > > recommendation is that you don't mess with it. But people will do what they > > do thanks to that evil cat known as curiousity. ;) > > > > Geoff Taylor > > ------------- > > GameBoy Station > > http://www.gbstation.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dave Rhodes" > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 8:18 AM > > Subject: [NG] Game Boy Advance Contrast Control > > > > Thanks to Penny Arcade for showing me this link. > > > > http://pocket.ign.com/news/35946.html > > > > ~~ Dave ~~ > > > > Shiggity > > Shiggity > > Shwa... > > Treytable@sega.net > > AIM: Trey Table > > > > [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > > [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > > [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 21:12:02 -0600 From: Don Fentie Subject: [NG] For those who touched the GBA contrast control http://pocket.ign.com/news/35982.html The short of it is: Nintendo says DON'T touch the contrast control... it really isn't even a contrast control but rather a flicker control. From what I understand it does not allow the correct potential (voltage) to relay accross the LCD screen. The excess charge build up accumulates and damages the screen as well as falsely displays images on the screen. They go on to say that the reason it is there is for Nintendo Techs to measure with special equipment IFF (if and only if) it is required. [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 02:04:09 -0700 From: Dexter Sy Subject: [NG] Gamer Crusade for AGB Backlight It didn't take long for Adam Curtis to get tired of twisting his neck to get a clear view of the screen on his Game Boy Advance. But unlike the numerous others who consider the screen on Nintendo (news - - web sites)'s new portable game player to be too dim, Curtis wasn't satisfied with the typical solution of outfitting the unit with an add-on light. Instead, the 22-year-old engineering student at Iowa State University in Ames has gone on a crusade to create a better, brighter Game Boy Advance. Along with posting a petition asking Nintendo to reconsider its decision not to include an internal light in the portable powerhouse, Curtis' Web site (www.portablemonopoly.com) includes a detailed history of his quest to find a way for him and fellow hardware hackers to install a light in the game player. "It started out as a petition drive. And after two or three days, I decided I just wanted to go ahead and try to modify it myself," he said. "I didn’t have a lot of confidence in Nintendo to change their plans." Nintendo representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the device, which was released last week in the United States. Lighting has been an ongoing issue with the Game Boy since its introduction in 1989. None of the three models of the game machine--the original monochrome version, the subsequent Game Boy Color and the new Game Boy Advance--has included a backlight, a common feature in handheld computers and other devices to increase visibility in low-light conditions. In the past, Nintendo has defended the design decision as necessary to prolong battery life. The Game Boy Advance runs up to 15 hours on a pair of AA batteries; the addition of a backlight would trim that to just four hours. While the lighting question isn't new for Nintendo, the Game Boy Advance's screen has inspired numerous complaints from owners and reviewers. Contributing to the problem are the more reflective, high-resolution screen on the Game Boy Advance and adventure games such as "Castlevania," which has players exploring a dimly lit haunted house. The solution for most has been to buy an add-on light from Nuby, Nyko or other accessory manufacturers. But that didn’t cut it for Curtis, who cites objections ranging from screen glare to aesthetic considerations. "If you have to buy an external device that draws power, why didn’t Nintendo do it in the first place?" he said. Instead, Curtis has been tinkering with his Game Boy Advance, looking for a way to cram a light into the compact unit. He has pretty much rejected normal backlighting as unworkable due to the design of the screen and is now exploring options for front- or side-mounted lights. His Web site--which has been intermittently available due to heavy traffic--will include detailed instructions once he discovers a hack that works. But even if he finds a lighting approach that makes the screen look better, Curtis acknowledges there simply isn’t room inside the Game Boy Advance for a light. "If we did this, the screen cover would have to extend somewhat," he said. "It won't be a real sexy modification." Curtis said he's heard nothing from Nintendo so far, despite what he considers a pretty good case for including an internal light at least as an option. "I respect Nintendo's decision, but I think a lot of people would have liked a choice," he said. "Even if it lasted four or five hours (on a pair of batteries), I think a lot of people would pay extra for a backlit version." - -- Dexter S. Tendo Box - Nintendo e-zine Http://www.tendobox.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ End of NGamers-digest V1 #1591 ****************************** [ To quit the NGamers-digest mailing list (big mistake), send the message ] [ "unsubscribe NGamers-digest" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]