From: owner-NGamers-digest@lists.xmission.com (NGamers-digest) To: ngamers-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: NGamers-digest V1 #1689 Reply-To: NGamers-digest Sender: owner-NGamers-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-NGamers-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk NGamers-digest Tuesday, October 2 2001 Volume 01 : Number 1689 Re: [NG] TRU Re: [NG] TRU Re: [NG] TRU Re: [NG] TRU Re: [NG] TRU Re: [NG] TRU [NG] Order your GC Now Re: [NG] TRU [NG] tetris world gba review Re: [NG] TRU Re: [NG] tetris world gba review Re: [NG] TRU Re: [NG] TRU Re: [NG] TRU Re: [NG] TRU Re: [NG] TRU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 18:56:29 -0500 From: Thraxen Subject: Re: [NG] TRU - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [NG] TRU > The character intros are FMV if that's what you're referring to. But they're still amazing ones and really capture the characters' essence; Bowser's in particular was amazing. > > As for the Xbox, if it weren't for the tremendous size of it, I'd be incline to agree; the hardware shell has a streamlined effect to it. However, its size is just ridiculous. > > Aldo Merino LOL...I think calling it "tremendous" is ridiculous myself. But that's just me I guess. Is the size important for some reason? No. Will it likely be the largest item in someone entertainment center? Not likely. I have two VCRs, two DVD players, and a receiver in my entertainment center that are all as big or bigger than the XBOX. Stryder [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 19:01:19 -0500 From: Thraxen Subject: Re: [NG] TRU This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C14AAB.745B7B60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I don't know what you're talking about. The X-Box isn't that big. Sure = compared to the tiny Dreamcast or the PS One it's big, but I know one = thing, I'll have to move around more shelves to fit the Gamecube into my = entertainment center than I will for the X-Box. Why not make it a front loader and call it the = GameRectangle?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hehe...it isn't even a cube to begin with. 4.3"(H) x 5.9"(W) x 6.3"(D)=20 Now I'm no math geometry expert...but... Stryder - ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C14AAB.745B7B60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I don't know what you're = talking about.=20 The X-Box isn't that big. Sure compared to the tiny Dreamcast or the PS = One it's=20 big, but I know one thing, I'll have to move around more shelves to fit = the=20 Gamecube into my entertainment center than I will for the = X-Box.
 
Why not make it a front = loader and call=20 it the=20 GameRectangle?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>= ;>
 
 
Hehe...it isn't even a cube = to begin=20 with.
 
4.3"(H) x 5.9"(W) x 6.3"(D)
 
Now I'm no math geometry=20 expert...but...
 
Stryder
- ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C14AAB.745B7B60-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 21:26:16 -0500 From: Rick Sharer Subject: Re: [NG] TRU Thraxen wrote: > Hehe...it isn't even a cube to begin with. 4.3"(H) x 5.9"(W) x > 6.3"(D) Well, surely you don't think the X-BOX is an 'X', do ya? ;) RS _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 22:36:24 -0500 From: Thraxen Subject: Re: [NG] TRU > Well, surely you don't think the X-BOX is an 'X', do ya? ;) > > RS No...but is a box with an 'X' on it. Stryder [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 22:40:52 -0500 From: "Elliot Jefferson" Subject: Re: [NG] TRU I'd agree. The problem I'm going to have with the GC is that it's a top loading system and there isn't a lot of clearance in my entertainment stand. More importantly now, I'm looking for a reciever that does has Dolby Pro Logic II. Elliot - ----Original Message Follows---- From: Thraxen Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com Subject: Re: [NG] TRU Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 18:56:29 -0500 - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [NG] TRU > The character intros are FMV if that's what you're referring to. But they're still amazing ones and really capture the characters' essence; Bowser's in particular was amazing. > > As for the Xbox, if it weren't for the tremendous size of it, I'd be incline to agree; the hardware shell has a streamlined effect to it. However, its size is just ridiculous. > > Aldo Merino LOL...I think calling it "tremendous" is ridiculous myself. But that's just me I guess. Is the size important for some reason? No. Will it likely be the largest item in someone entertainment center? Not likely. I have two VCRs, two DVD players, and a receiver in my entertainment center that are all as big or bigger than the XBOX. Stryder [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 23:00:07 -0500 From: Thraxen Subject: Re: [NG] TRU > I'd agree. The problem I'm going to have with the GC is that it's a top > loading system and there isn't a lot of clearance in my entertainment stand. > More importantly now, I'm looking for a reciever that does has Dolby Pro > Logic II. > > Elliot *sigh* So true. I'm not getting the GC right away....but will get it at some point (early next year likely). My receiver doesn't have DPLII either....most people's won't considering it's brand new. There are quite a few new ones that should feature it though. I'm looking to buy a car fairly soon, some I'm not sure when I'll be able to invest in new home theater hardware....oh well. As for the GC's size....judging from the pics from that thread I posted the link for a couple days ago, I think the GC is around 8 inches tall with the top fully open. The shelf my N64 is currently sitting on has 12 inches of clearance. So I'll likely get rid of the N64 and put the cube there. But I wouldn't be able to fit it on most of the other shelves. Stryder [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 23:02:34 -0500 From: "Elliot Jefferson" Subject: [NG] Order your GC Now at Costco.com http://www.costco.com/frameset.asp?trg=product%2Easp&catid=79&subid=200&hierid=669&prdid=10016577&log= I think you might need a membership to shop here, I'm not sure. I found the link, if you're interested you can do the rest. The price seems reasonable too but I'm not sure how much shipping and handling would be. Elliot - ------------------------------------------------------------ "Let's face it, Nintendo's system is for kids," says Robbie Bach, Xbox's gruff-voiced team leader. "We're for sophisticated gamers. I don't know any 30-year-olds who want a GameCube." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 07:15:37 -0400 From: "Dave" Subject: Re: [NG] TRU This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C14B12.08EE1600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Rick Sharer=20 To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com=20 Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 10:26 PM Subject: Re: [NG] TRU Thraxen wrote: > Hehe...it isn't even a cube to begin with. 4.3"(H) x 5.9"(W) x > 6.3"(D) Well, surely you don't think the X-BOX is an 'X', do ya? ;) RS - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ----- It does have a big X molded into the top of the system. ~~ Dave ~~ "Microsoft Windows 9X'. A thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell = to a sixteen-bit patch to an eight-bit operating system originally coded = for a four-bit microprocessor which was written by a two-bit company = that can't stand one bit of competition."=20 Sanrio@velocity.net Drhodes_74@hotmail.com AIM: Midnight Sanrio - ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C14B12.08EE1600 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Rick = Sharer=20
To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com =
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 = 10:26=20 PM
Subject: Re: [NG] TRU

Thraxen wrote:

>  Hehe...it isn't even a = cube to=20 begin with. 4.3"(H) x 5.9"(W) x
> 6.3"(D)

Well, surely = you don't=20 think the X-BOX is an 'X', do ya?  ;)

RS
 
It does have a big X molded = into the top=20 of the system.
 
~~ Dave ~~
 
 "Microsoft Windows 9X'. = A=20 thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell to a sixteen-bit patch to = an=20 eight-bit operating system originally coded for a four-bit = microprocessor which=20 was written by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of = competition."=20
 Sanrio@velocity.net
 Drhodes_74@hotmail.com
&nbs= p;AIM:=20 Midnight Sanrio
- ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C14B12.08EE1600-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:42:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Vi On Subject: [NG] tetris world gba review I think this game is rushed out for gba. The instuctions are not clear. What are worlds?? Is it just the background?? I have no clue. The tetris peice starts up so high that you don't know what peice you are playing with. you have to wait half a second for the tetris peice to come down one line to see what peice you are using. This is very very annoying. Secondly the hold peice is located on the very top left corner. It's so hard to take your eyes off and look at the very top left corner. Most of the time, you are concentrating on the next 3 peices. Why couldn't they put the hold peice near the next 3 preview peices. With no single cart multiplayer, and no 4 player mode, I would skip this version of tetris. There's no save feature, the background is very annoying. I'm a big tetris fan and I'm really annoyed at the many flaws in the game. - -Vi [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:20:18 -0500 From: Rick Sharer Subject: Re: [NG] TRU Dave wrote: > It does have a big X molded into the top of the system. Don't you get an "X" when you've made a mistake? ;) RS _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 13:08:26 -0400 From: "Dave" Subject: Re: [NG] tetris world gba review This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C14B43.52925BA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Vi On=20 To: n64=20 Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 10:42 AM Subject: [NG] tetris world gba review I think this game is rushed out for gba. The instuctions are not clear. What are worlds?? Is it just the background?? I have no clue. The tetris peice starts up so high that you don't know what = peice you are playing with. you have to wait half a second for the tetris = peice to come down one line to see what peice you are using. This is very = very annoying. Secondly the hold peice is located on the very top left corner. =20 It's so hard to take your eyes off and look at the very top left=20 corner. Most of the time, you are concentrating on the next 3 peices. Why couldn't they put the hold peice near the next 3 preview peices. =20 With no single cart multiplayer, and no 4 player mode, I would skip = this version of tetris. There's no save feature, the background is very annoying. I'm a big tetris fan and I'm really annoyed at the many flaws in the game. -Vi - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ----- I wondered why you even bothered. The perfect version of Tetris has been = out for over 10 years. No Tetris beats the original Game Boy Tetris. = Tengen's NES Tetris comes close, but you can't play that while on the = throne, or in a car, on a bus, etc. ~~ Dave ~~ "I am the king of... no pants!." -- Penny Arcade http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=3D2001-06-06=20 Sanrio@velocity.net Drhodes_74@hotmail.com AIM: Midnight Sanrio - ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C14B43.52925BA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Vi On
To: n64
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 = 10:42=20 AM
Subject: [NG] tetris world gba=20 review


I think this game is rushed out for gba.  The=20 instuctions are not
clear.  What are worlds??  Is it just = the=20 background??  I have no
clue.  The tetris peice starts up = so high=20 that you don't know what peice
you are playing with.  you have = to wait=20 half a second for the tetris peice
to come down one line to see = what peice=20 you are using.  This is very very
annoying.  Secondly the = hold=20 peice is located on the very top left
corner. 
It's so = hard to=20 take your eyes off and look at the very top left
corner.  = Most of the=20 time, you are concentrating on the next 3
peices.  Why = couldn't they=20 put the hold peice near the next 3 preview
peices.  =

With no=20 single cart multiplayer, and no 4 player mode, I would skip = this
version of=20 tetris.  There's no save feature, the background is=20 very
annoying.  I'm a big tetris fan and I'm really annoyed at = the
many flaws in the game.

-Vi

 
I wondered why you even = bothered. The=20 perfect version of Tetris has been out for over 10 years. No Tetris = beats the=20 original Game Boy Tetris. Tengen's NES Tetris comes close, but you can't = play=20 that while on the throne, or in a car, on a bus, etc.
 
~~ Dave ~~
 
"I am the king of... no = pants!." -- Penny=20 Arcade
 http://w= ww.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=3D2001-06-06=20
 Sanrio@velocity.net
 Drhodes_74@hotmail.com
&nbs= p;AIM:=20 Midnight Sanrio
- ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C14B43.52925BA0-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 13:12:25 -0400 From: "Dave" Subject: Re: [NG] TRU This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C14B43.E103CFE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Rick Sharer=20 To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [NG] TRU Dave wrote: > It does have a big X molded into the top of the system. Don't you get an "X" when you've made a mistake? ;) RS - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ----- I usually got an "F" or detention. ;-) And in Football I'm still not sure if we're the X's or the O's. ;-) When there's boxes to mark for things I like I put an X inside the Box, = so an X on top is pretty close. And remember, X marks the spot. So there's treasure to be found under that X. And Treasure makes some damn fine games.=20 Therefore there will be some damn fine games for the X-Box. (You don't have to believe my reasoning, I rarely do myself, unless I'm = lusting for some red salmon.) ~~ Dave ~~ "Microsoft Windows 9X'. A thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell = to a sixteen-bit patch to an eight-bit operating system originally coded = for a four-bit microprocessor which was written by a two-bit company = that can't stand one bit of competition."=20 Sanrio@velocity.net Drhodes_74@hotmail.com AIM: Midnight Sanrio - ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C14B43.E103CFE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Rick = Sharer=20
To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com =
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 = 12:20=20 PM
Subject: Re: [NG] TRU

Dave wrote:

> It does have a big X molded = into the=20 top of the system.

Don't you get an "X" when you've made a=20 mistake?  ;)

RS

 
I usually got an "F" or = detention.=20 ;-)
 
And in Football I'm still not = sure if=20 we're the X's or the O's. ;-)
 
When there's boxes to mark = for things I=20 like I put an X inside the Box, so an X on top is pretty close. And = remember, X=20 marks the spot.
 
So there's treasure to be = found under=20 that X.
 
And Treasure makes some damn = fine games.=20
 
Therefore there will be some = damn fine=20 games for the X-Box.
 
(You don't have to believe my = reasoning,=20 I rarely do myself, unless I'm lusting for some red = salmon.)
 
~~ Dave ~~
 
 "Microsoft Windows 9X'. = A=20 thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell to a sixteen-bit patch to = an=20 eight-bit operating system originally coded for a four-bit = microprocessor which=20 was written by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of = competition."=20
 Sanrio@velocity.net
 Drhodes_74@hotmail.com
&nbs= p;AIM:=20 Midnight Sanrio
- ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C14B43.E103CFE0-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 12:36:02 -0500 From: Rick Sharer Subject: Re: [NG] TRU Dave wrote: > When there's boxes to mark for things I like I put an X inside the > Box, so an X on top is pretty close. And remember, X marks the > spot. So there's treasure to be found under that X. But remember, many pirates used an "X" to lure saps to dig for "buried treasure"...and then they beat them up and took all their money. :) RS _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 18:04:23 -0500 From: Thraxen Subject: Re: [NG] TRU > Dave wrote: > > > It does have a big X molded into the top of the system. > > Don't you get an "X" when you've made a mistake? ;) > Nope...'X' marks the spot for treasure...how could you not know that? Stryder [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 22:09:52 -0500 From: Rick Sharer Subject: Re: [NG] TRU Thraxen wrote: > Nope...'X' marks the spot for treasure...how could you not know that? You get an "X" when you're wrong. Heh. That console will be a console for ex-gamers. Heh. The X-Box is X-Crement that Microsoft uses to X-tort money from X-ploited fanboys. :) RS _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 22:57:40 -0400 From: "Dave" Subject: Re: [NG] TRU This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C14B95.A344F420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Rick Sharer=20 To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:09 PM Subject: Re: [NG] TRU Thraxen wrote: > Nope...'X' marks the spot for treasure...how could you not know = that? You get an "X" when you're wrong. Heh. That console will be a console for ex-gamers. Heh. The X-Box is X-Crement that Microsoft uses to X-tort money from = X-ploited fanboys. :) RS - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ----- I used to say I never wanted kids too. But then when I first held that = X-Box controller in my hands my heart just melted. (it didn't really = melt, or I'd be dead, but I just got all emotional) ~~ Dave ~~ "Ph33r the cute ones, buy stuff or d13." Sanrio@velocity.net Drhodes_74@hotmail.com AIM: Midnight Sanrio I achieved A LEVEL 3 AT STRAIGHTACTING.COM!!=20 - ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C14B95.A344F420 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Rick = Sharer=20
To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com =
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 = 11:09=20 PM
Subject: Re: [NG] TRU

Thraxen wrote:

> Nope...'X' marks the spot = for=20 treasure...how could you not know that?

You get an "X" when = you're=20 wrong.

Heh.

That console will be a console for=20 ex-gamers.

Heh.

The X-Box is X-Crement that Microsoft = uses to=20 X-tort money from X-ploited
fanboys.  :)

RS
 
I used to say I never wanted = kids too.=20 But then when I first held that X-Box controller in my hands my heart = just=20 melted. (it didn't really melt, or I'd be dead, but I just got all=20 emotional)
 
~~ Dave ~~
 

"Ph33r the cute ones, buy = stuff or=20 d13."
 Sanrio@velocity.net
 Drhodes_74@hotmail.com
&nbs= p;AIM:=20 Midnight Sanrio
 I achieved A LEVEL 3 AT STRAIGHTACTING.COM!!=20
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