From: owner-NGamers-digest@lists.xmission.com (NGamers-digest) To: ngamers-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: NGamers-digest V1 #1753 Reply-To: NGamers-digest Sender: owner-NGamers-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-NGamers-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk NGamers-digest Saturday, November 24 2001 Volume 01 : Number 1753 Re: [NG] Hotter than Potter Re: [NG] The GameCube Sell Out Re: [NG] Hotter than Potter Re: [NG] The GameCube Sell Out Re: [NG] The GameCube Sell Out Re: [NG] Especially for those who are full of **** Re: [NG] My Gamecube crashed...also one other thing Re: [NG] Monkeys ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 13:42:23 -0600 From: "Eric C" Subject: Re: [NG] Hotter than Potter >From: Rick Sharer >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [NG] Hotter than Potter >Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 13:06:18 -0600 > >Eric C wrote: > > > *sniff* NO MONKEY BALL??!!!! ;-) > > Go Gamecube!! Let's keep it up. > >I think Monkey Ball might be a late bloomer. I've got a GC and I haven't >even >bought a game yet! :) >But SSB:M is very soon. Heh. > >I don't think MB got the hype that SW:RL and LM got, but word of mouth >gameplay >is getting around, so much so that I'm tempted to go get it as my first >game. > >RS I realize that about the hype. Just a little joke. Haven't gotten much play time into Wave Race, but, judging by the other games I've played, Monkey Ball is the best launch game. How ironic that the best launch game on a Nintendo system is made by Sega. ;-) - -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ 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: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 13:54:16 -0600 From: "Eric C" Subject: Re: [NG] The GameCube Sell Out >From: Thraxen >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [NG] The GameCube Sell Out >Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 13:21:10 -0600 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rick Sharer > To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com > Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 12:11 PM > Subject: [NG] The GameCube Sell Out > > > > Marking its biggest home console launch, Nintendo has >sold all of > its initial 700,000 GameCubes. > see: > > http://cube.ign.com/news/40030.html >>>>>>> > > I still don't know where they got that information from. The day that >was posted, there were still a couple hundred Cubes on shelves in my area >alone...and, yes, they had been there since launch day. I was out buying >some cables and accessories and saw Cubes at K-mart, Wal-Mart, and Best >Buy. > > Stryder > I remember something on CC about a guy saying "Well, yes, Nintendo did sell them all. All the stores bought them." ;-) I suspect that the number is something like 699,000+ instead of every SINGLE GC being sold. - -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ 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: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:00:31 -0500 From: "Dave" Subject: Re: [NG] Hotter than Potter This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C174F8.C31F3BC0 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: Saturday, November 24, 2001 1:09 PM Subject: [NG] Hotter than Potter REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 20, 2001 - Young wizard Harry Potter may have worked box office magic over the weekend, but his potion of profitability actually was trumped by = the powerful new NINTENDO GAMECUBE video game system. Movie industry sources = put ticket receipts for the three-day opening weekend of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone at $93.5 million. But combined U.S. retail revenues for NINTENDO GAMECUBE (including hardware systems, games and accessories) reached more than $98 million in just its first single day of availability on Sunday, More.... http://www.nintendo.com/news/news_articles.jsp?articleID=3D5454 RS - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ----- Person "A" Decides to buy a Gamecube system, that's $200. Person "B" = decides to see Harry Potter, that's $4.75 for a matinee or $6 for an = evening show. By that logic, it's easy to see that more people saw the = Harry Potter film than bought a Gamecube, much, much more.=20 ** Sanrio ** "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_0031_01C174F8.C31F3BC0 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: Saturday, November 24, = 2001 1:09=20 PM
Subject: [NG] Hotter than = Potter
=


         =             &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;          =20 REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 20,
2001 - Young=20 = wizard
          &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;            = ;         =20 Harry Potter may have
worked box office=20 = magic
          &nbs= p;            = ;            =          =20 over the weekend, but his
potion of=20 = profitability
         &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;          =20 actually was trumped by the
powerful=20 = new
           =             &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;        =20 NINTENDO GAMECUBE video
game=20 = system.
          &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;         =20 Movie industry sources put
ticket receipts for=20 = the
           =             &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;        =20 three-day opening weekend
of Harry Potter and=20 = the
           =             &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;        =20 Sorcerer's Stone at $93.5
million. But=20 = combined
          &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;         =20 U.S. retail revenues for
NINTENDO=20 = GAMECUBE
          &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;         =20 (including hardware
systems, games=20 = and
           =             &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;        =20 accessories) reached more
than $98 million in=20 = just
           = ;            =             &= nbsp;        =20 its first single day of
availability on = Sunday,

More....

= http://www.nintendo.com/news/news_articles.jsp?articleID=3D5454
RS



 
Person "A" Decides to buy a = Gamecube=20 system, that's $200. Person "B" decides to see Harry Potter, that's = $4.75 for a=20 matinee or $6 for an evening show. By that logic, it's easy to see that = more=20 people saw the Harry Potter film than bought a Gamecube, much, much = more.=20
 
** Sanrio **
 
"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_0031_01C174F8.C31F3BC0-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 14:00:25 -0600 From: Thraxen Subject: Re: [NG] The GameCube Sell Out > I remember something on CC about a guy saying "Well, yes, Nintendo did sell > them all. All the stores bought them." ;-) > I suspect that the number is something like 699,000+ instead of every SINGLE > GC being sold. > -Satoshi I have no doubt they sold a lot of those...but there were seriously a lot around here. They may well all be gone now after yesterday...but the day that was posted, not even close. I was working in another town about 20 miles away, so over lunch I was by myself and went to Wal-Mart to check out the games. They had a case full of Cubes. I'd estimate 20 or more...but it was hard to tell since they were in a locked glass case. Right across the street from Wal-Mart is a Super K-Mart. I went in there and it was the exact same situation. Later that day when i got home from work, I needed to go buy another HD A/V pack for my XBOX (I have a wiring issue, so I need a second one) so I went to Best Buy. They literally had 40+ Cubes just one the floor. They had two large stacks divided by color (indigo and black). I didn't think anything about this because I knew Nintendo had shipped a ton of Cubes, but when I got home and saw they claimed to have sold all 700K I was like, "WTF?". Stryder [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:03:22 -0500 From: "Dave" Subject: Re: [NG] The GameCube Sell Out This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01C174F9.28E72440 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: Saturday, November 24, 2001 1:11 PM Subject: [NG] The GameCube Sell Out =20 Marking its biggest home console launch, Nintendo = has sold all of=20 its initial 700,000 GameCubes.=20 see:=20 http://cube.ign.com/news/40030.html=20 RS=20 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ----- Hmm Nintendo has outdone themselves. I still liked the Dreamcast launch = better.=20 ** Sanrio ** "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_0045_01C174F9.28E72440 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: Saturday, November 24, = 2001 1:11=20 PM
Subject: [NG] The GameCube Sell = Out

 =20 =
           &nb= sp;     =20 Marking its biggest home console launch, Nintendo has sold all of=20 =
           =       =20 its initial 700,000 GameCubes.=20

see:=20

http://cube.ign.com/news/400= 30.html=20

RS

 
Hmm Nintendo has outdone = themselves. I=20 still liked the Dreamcast launch better.
 
** Sanrio **
 
"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_0045_01C174F9.28E72440-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:15:22 -0500 From: "Dave" Subject: Re: [NG] Especially for those who are full of **** This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0053_01C174FA.D5D77DC0 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: Saturday, November 24, 2001 1:23 PM Subject: [NG] Especially for Thrax Another link:=20 = http://cgi.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.asp?board=3D965&topic=3D1731558= =20 An excerpt:=20 = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=20 From: cougar17 | Posted: 11/24/2001 11:53:22 AM | Mark for Moderation=20 = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=20 I was playing X-Box. Ten seconds left in the game (A = football game, I forget which one). I needed 3 points to tie, 4 to win. = It was 4th=20 quarter (Sounds like some war story, lol). So, I set = up a Fake Field Goal to try to take home the victory (ties are as bad as = losing). I hike=20 it, and...................................=20 The X-Box crashes! Lol! The X-Box crashed! = Ahahahahaha....=20 The next thing I know, is the store clerk looks up = and says "Dangit, not again!" And the other store clerk laughed, "Get a = Playstation 2 or=20 GameCube!"=20 Well, after that, I left the store, went to TRU, and = played GameCube there for a while (I wanted to test Luigi's Mansion a = little.)=20 Well, X-Box crashes as much as their computers do. = Lol!=20 = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 RS=20 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ----- I thought that was covered with the explanation of bad code (or old = code) in the demo or demo unit.=20 But that's beside the point. I have yet to see a store unit of any game = system that doesn't or hasn't locked up. I can even count the times I've = walked up to a PS2, Dreamcast, N64, or PSX that was locked up, or had = disc read errors.=20 Get up at 6AM turn on your PS2, with a game that has a nice looping = attract mode (fighting games are known for this, so try Tekken Tag or = Capcom Vs. SNK 2) and leave the system turned on all day. Then check it = at 9PM and see how it's doing. Then repeat the same procedure for three = months. Oh, and be sure to have the system enclosed in a plastic = container (like Tupperware or Rubbermaid) an cut some tiny holes in the = container for the cords to stick out. Then let us know how long it takes = for your system to go haywire. Now I don't think anybody here would be foolish enough to put their PS2 = , XBOX, or 'Cube under such conditions, but that is just about the = conditions that consoles set up for store displays are under. Just think = about it. ** Sanrio ** "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_0053_01C174FA.D5D77DC0 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: Saturday, November 24, = 2001 1:23=20 PM
Subject: [NG] Especially for = Thrax

Another link:
http://cgi.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.asp?board=3D965&a= mp;topic=3D1731558=20

An excerpt: =
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20
From: cougar17 | Posted: 11/24/2001 11:53:22 AM | Mark for = Moderation=20 =
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =
           &nb= sp; =20 I was playing X-Box. Ten seconds left in the game (A football game, I = forget=20 which one). I needed 3 points to tie, 4 to win. It was 4th=20 =
           &nb= sp;    =20 quarter (Sounds like some war story, lol). So, I set up a Fake Field = Goal to=20 try to take home the victory (ties are as bad as losing). I hike=20 =
           &nb= sp;    =20 it, and...................................=20 =

           &nbs= p;    =20 The X-Box crashes! Lol! The X-Box crashed! Ahahahahaha....=20 =
           &nb= sp;    =20 The next thing I know, is the store clerk looks up and says = "Dangit, not=20 again!" And the other store clerk laughed, "Get a Playstation 2 or = =
           &nb= sp;    =20 GameCube!"=20 =

           &nbs= p;    =20 Well, after that, I left the store, went to TRU, and played GameCube = there for=20 a while (I wanted to test Luigi's Mansion a little.)=20 =

           &nbs= p;    =20 Well, X-Box crashes as much as their computers do. Lol!=20 =

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20

RS=20

 
I thought that was covered with the explanation of bad code (or old = code)=20 in the demo or demo unit.
 
But that's beside the point. I have yet to see a store unit of any = game=20 system that doesn't or hasn't locked up. I can even count the times I've = walked=20 up to a PS2, Dreamcast, N64, or PSX that was locked up, or had disc read = errors.=20
 
Get up at 6AM turn on your PS2, with a game that has a nice looping = attract=20 mode (fighting games are known for this, so try Tekken Tag or Capcom Vs. = SNK 2)=20 and leave the system turned on all day. Then check it at 9PM and see how = it's=20 doing. Then repeat the same procedure for three months. Oh, and be sure = to have=20 the system enclosed in a plastic container (like Tupperware or = Rubbermaid) an=20 cut some tiny holes in the container for the cords to stick out. Then = let us=20 know how long it takes for your system to go haywire.
 
Now I don't think anybody here would be foolish enough to put their = PS2 ,=20 XBOX, or 'Cube under such conditions, but that is just about the = conditions that=20 consoles set up for store displays are under. Just think about it.
 
** Sanrio **
 
"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_0053_01C174FA.D5D77DC0-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 14:28:09 -0600 From: Rick Sharer Subject: Re: [NG] My Gamecube crashed...also one other thing Jedcross2@aol.com wrote: > Why would you have a PC with Windows when you can just go and get > Linux? Or get a MAC? I love the thrill and experience I get from solving system crashes (and that's a lot of experience...heh). Besides, most all my customers use Win2K and I have to know how to solve their problems. That's a thrill I don't want from my gaming console. RS That's it. Your computer won't stop crashing. I'm leaving. I hate it when you call my XBOX that. _________________________________________________________ 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: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:26:31 -0500 From: "Dave" Subject: Re: [NG] Monkeys This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0095_01C174FC.65039A00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Eric C=20 To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com=20 Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [NG] Hotter than Potter I realize that about the hype. Just a little joke. Haven't gotten = much=20 play time into Wave Race, but, judging by the other games I've played, = Monkey Ball is the best launch game. How ironic that the best launch = game=20 on a Nintendo system is made by Sega. ;-) -Satoshi - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ----- It's "SEGA." All caps. ^_^. All this talk of Super Monkey Ball makes me = want to try it out. But I have no idea what it's even like. I heard that = you have to tilt the floors to get the Monkey in the ball to a goal, but = what else? ** Sanrio ** "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_0095_01C174FC.65039A00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Eric=20 C
To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com =
Sent: Saturday, November 24, = 2001 2:42=20 PM
Subject: Re: [NG] Hotter than=20 Potter

I realize that about the hype.  Just a little = joke. =20 Haven't gotten much
play time into Wave Race, but, judging by the = other=20 games I've played,
Monkey Ball is the best launch game.  How = ironic=20 that the best launch game
on a Nintendo system is made by Sega.=20 ;-)
-Satoshi
 
It's "SEGA." All caps. ^_^. = All this talk=20 of Super Monkey Ball makes me want to try it out. But I have no idea = what it's=20 even like. I heard that you have to tilt the floors to get the Monkey in = the=20 ball to a goal, but what else?
 
** Sanrio **
 
"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
 
 
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