From: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com (n64-digest) To: n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: n64-digest V1 #921 Reply-To: n64-digest Sender: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk n64-digest Saturday, October 9 1999 Volume 01 : Number 921 Re: [N64] N64 RAM [N64] Gauntlet Legends Re: [N64] Gauntlet Legends Re: [N64] hi resolution Re: [N64] ONLINE EDITORS AND REVIEWERS Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? Re: [N64] silly bickering again Re: [N64] silly bickering again Re: Re: [N64] Gauntlet Legends Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? [N64] BuyRite sale Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? Re: Re: [N64] Gauntlet Legends Re: [N64] hi resolution Re: [N64] RAM Expansions before Nintendo 64 Re: [N64] BuyRite sale Re: [N64] Gauntlet Legends Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? Re: [N64] hi resolution [N64] stryder's ignorance Re: [N64] RAM Expansions before Nintendo 64 Re: Re: Re: [N64] Gauntlet Legends Re: [N64] hi resolution Re: [N64] hi resolution Re: [N64] Gauntlet Legends Re: [N64] October N64 games Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 09:45:40 EDT From: Urbanldiot@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] N64 RAM In a message dated 99-10-09 01:48:49 EDT, you write: > Yes, and the N64 was the first to actually do this and to boot release a > RAM pack add-on. So what would you call the Super CD-ROM Card (CD-ROM2) for the PC Engine & Turbo Grafx CD and the Arcade Card for the PC Engine Duo? I'm pretty sure those were RAM Expansions on a console way before the N64 was even Project Reality. Also what about the 1 Meg Expansion (Metal Slug for example) and 4 Meg Expansion (X-Men Vs. Street Fighter) for the Saturn? Dave [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 09:58:14 +0000 From: "Maverick" Subject: [N64] Gauntlet Legends Does anyone have gauntlet legends for the 64? i am stuck on part of the game. please help me. Maverick ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: IGN.com PC games | videogames | movies | TV | sci-fi - updated daily! Get your fast, FREE IGN Mail. http://www.ign.com ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 09:41:58 CDT From: "Mario Lemieux" Subject: Re: [N64] Gauntlet Legends yeah, i have it, whats your prob, i can probably help. From: "Maverick" Reply-To: n64@lists.xmission.com To: n64@xmission.com Subject: [N64] Gauntlet Legends Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 09:58:14 +0000 Does anyone have gauntlet legends for the 64? i am stuck on part of the game. please help me. Maverick ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: IGN.com PC games | videogames | movies | TV | sci-fi - updated daily! Get your fast, FREE IGN Mail. http://www.ign.com ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 10:44:55 EDT From: Nutz4n64@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] hi resolution In a message dated 10/8/99 6:24:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Urbanldiot@aol.com writes: << And I thought PCs did that. Hi-res anyway. Acclaim get's credit for making us all bad spellers; "hi-rez". Dave >> Well, Dave, we happen to be talking about console games here. I don't know why people insist on comparing console games with PC games. - -Eric- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 12:30:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "Lloyd Millard Mccoy Jr." Subject: Re: [N64] ONLINE EDITORS AND REVIEWERS Please disregard this message I was..shall we say...not speaking out a right mind. On Sat, 9 Oct 1999 Urbanldiot@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 99-10-09 00:03:52 EDT, you write: > > > What's with online editors too...they're pompous egotistical sick minded > > puppies of doom. No wonder they couldn't get a job in the magazine sector > > because they're stench would've permeated the office. They're reviews > > singlehandedly eviscerate renown companies by spewing garbage upon their > > games. Entire gaming corporations have sunk to bankruptcy because of a few > > mild mannered words about their games. > > Care to back this up with proof? > > Dave > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > sx [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 10:33:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Geoff Finger Subject: Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Thraxen wrote: > well, I guess I'll never really understand it because it just does nothing > for me....but I know what it's like to be addicted to something. I love to > collect Transformers. I even get up early Saturday morning so I can watch > the new Beast Machines show (which is awesome)...then I crawl back into bed > and sleep until the afternoon :) Okay, i've only seen one of the new show, but so far Beast Machines is total crap compared to Beast Wars. The new forms look, well, _ugly_. I'm not too impresed with the CGI in the new one at all actually. I wasn't too impresed with the plot either, but i should really reserve judgement on that one until it's had a few episodea to develop. - -------------------------------------------------------------- The world weighs on my shoulders But what am I to do? You sometimes drive me crazy But I worry about you - --Rush [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 13:58:19 -0500 From: "Thraxen" Subject: Re: [N64] silly bickering again - -----Original Message----- From: Dexter Sy To: n64@lists.xmission.com Date: Friday, October 08, 1999 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [N64] silly bickering again > > >> Do you think that if it was not for the N64 that all the >> DC games would be low-rez? Higher resolutions is a natural product of more >> power. > >Read above. >You've already made up your mind about me as being pro-nintendo without even >reading my post. What I stated was a fact, don't twist this into another >console debate. Fact? Shheeesh. Are you simply forgetting that PC games had been using higher resolutions for a long time? To say that Nintendo is responsible for the use of higher resolution games is flat out silly. Stryder [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 13:07:50 -0600 From: D Fentie Subject: Re: [N64] silly bickering again But was it universal for a large number of titles? Bastion007@aol.com wrote: > > Didn't the Saturn have a RAM-pack add on, too, for Capcom's Street Fighter > games? > > ~Matt > > < RAM pack add-on.>> > > [ 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: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 15:04:25 +0000 From: "Maverick" Subject: Re: Re: [N64] Gauntlet Legends I am stuck on the poison fields. i can't get past the bridge. cause once you step on the bridge, there is a wall and i can't find the switch, and once you step on the bridge you can't get to the other side, cause a wall closes it. thanks Maverick ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: IGN.com PC games | videogames | movies | TV | sci-fi - updated daily! Get your fast, FREE IGN Mail. http://www.ign.com ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 14:11:28 -0500 From: "Thraxen" Subject: Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? - -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Finger To: n64@lists.xmission.com Date: Saturday, October 09, 1999 12:35 PM Subject: Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? >Okay, i've only seen one of the new show, but so far Beast Machines is >total crap compared to Beast Wars. The new forms look, well, _ugly_. I'm >not too impresed with the CGI in the new one at all actually. How sad, you have obviously not wtached enough. After I saw the first one I was unsure about the series as well. But 2 and 3 completely kicked ass. The CGI easily improved over BW, I don't see how you can say you are not impressed. I like Primal's form, but he others take a bit of getting used to. They kind of grow on you after a while. >I wasn't too impresed with the plot either, but i should really reserve >judgement on that one until it's had a few episodea to develop. Exactly...the first epsisode leaves you with hundreds of questions....but the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th all answer a few at a time. They are apparently going for a VERY long story arc. Great story thus far. Stryder [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 15:26:17 EDT From: Bastion007@aol.com Subject: [N64] BuyRite sale Just to let you all know, BuyRite (http://www.buyrite1.com) is having a "Classic Video Game," sale, were you can get 4 classic games for $10. Systems included are the NES, SNES, SEGA Master System, the Genesis (w/ 32X and SEGA CD). Just wanted to let ya know. ~Matt [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 15:29:33 EDT From: Bastion007@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? I tell ya, you want a good CGI, watch the new Starship Troopers show. DAMN! It looked like Toy Story! Such fluidity, and such realistic movement! I can only hope games will one day reach that level of realism. A very well done show, even though the movie was horrendous. ~Matt <> [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 14:32:34 -0500 From: "Thraxen" Subject: Re: Re: [N64] Gauntlet Legends - -----Original Message----- From: Maverick To: n64@lists.xmission.com Date: Saturday, October 09, 1999 2:07 PM Subject: Re: Re: [N64] Gauntlet Legends >I am stuck on the poison fields. i can't get past the bridge. cause once you step on the bridge, there is a wall and i can't find the switch, and once you step on the bridge you can't get to the other side, cause a wall closes it. thanks > What do you think of the game so far? Is it worth buying? Stryder [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 16:08:53 EDT From: Urbanldiot@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] hi resolution In a message dated 10/9/99 10:46:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Nutz4n64@aol.com writes: > Well, Dave, we happen to be talking about console games here. I don't know > why people insist on comparing console games with PC games. > -Eric- > I'm not comparing anything. I never said PCs are better than Consoles or anything like that. (And I never would) I was under the assumption that the discussion was about high resolution. Dave [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 16:15:03 EDT From: Urbanldiot@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] RAM Expansions before Nintendo 64 In a message dated 10/9/99 3:06:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, d.fentie@home.com writes: > But was it universal for a large number of titles? If you mean the Capcom 4-Meg Expansion, not really. The only titles I'm aware of that use it are X-Men Vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Superheroes Vs. Street Fighter, Vampire Saviour, and Street Fighter Zero 3. The 1 Meg Expansion was used for, as far as I know, Metal Slug and Samurai Showdown (3?) both being SNK games. But the Super CD-ROM (CD-ROM2) Card for the PC Engine CD & Turbo Grafx CD was used across the board for every Super CD-ROM title. Same with the PC Engine Duo Arcade Card, that was used for many PCE CD games when it was introduced. Dave [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 16:16:28 EDT From: Urbanldiot@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] BuyRite sale In a message dated 10/9/99 3:27:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Bastion007@aol.com writes: > Just to let you all know, BuyRite (http://www.buyrite1.com) is having a > "Classic Video Game," sale, were you can get 4 classic games for $10. > Systems > included are the NES, SNES, SEGA Master System, the Genesis (w/ 32X and SEGA > > CD). Just wanted to let ya know. > > ~Matt But are they new or used without a box and covered with some thick goo? Dave [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 16:18:33 EDT From: Urbanldiot@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Gauntlet Legends In a message dated 10/9/99 3:35:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, thraxen@ipa.net writes: > What do you think of the game so far? Is it worth buying? > > Stryder > And is it better than the original Gauntlet? I just got that for the PlayStation, still fun after all those beers. Strange though, Road Blasters isn't as good as I remembered it. ;) Dave [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 15:17:50 -0500 From: "Thraxen" Subject: Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? - -----Original Message----- From: Bastion007@aol.com To: n64@lists.xmission.com Date: Saturday, October 09, 1999 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? >I tell ya, you want a good CGI, watch the new Starship Troopers show. DAMN! >It looked like Toy Story! Such fluidity, and such realistic movement! I can >only hope games will one day reach that level of realism. A very well done >show, even though the movie was horrendous. > Yeah, I saw a commercial for that and it was indeed VERY impressive. What time does that show come on? Stryder [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 14:25:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Geoff Finger Subject: Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Thraxen wrote: > How sad, you have obviously not wtached enough. After I saw the first one I > was unsure about the series as well. But 2 and 3 completely kicked ass. > The CGI easily improved over BW, I don't see how you can say you are not > impressed. I like Primal's form, but he others take a bit of getting used > to. They kind of grow on you after a while. > > Exactly...the first epsisode leaves you with hundreds of questions....but > the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th all answer a few at a time. They are apparently going > for a VERY long story arc. Great story thus far. The only question i was left with was why they now look like they had an acident with a couple of cans of day-glo paint, Cheetor and Black Arachnia look espeically weird dressed out in florescent colors. And I thought their trans-metal 2 forms looked really cool, these new forms look, strange. I defiantly don't like them. Like i said, i'll keep watching to see if it sucks me in, however the new type of CGI is really puting me off. - -------------------------------------------------------------- each emotional injury leaves behind its mark sometimes they come tumbling out like shadows in the dark - --Rush [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 14:35:16 -0700 From: Dexter Sy Subject: Re: [N64] hi resolution Urbanldiot@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/9/99 10:46:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > Nutz4n64@aol.com writes: > > > Well, Dave, we happen to be talking about console games here. I don't know > > why people insist on comparing console games with PC games. > > -Eric- > > > I'm not comparing anything. I never said PCs are better than Consoles or > anything like that. (And I never would) I was under the assumption that the > discussion was about high resolution. It would help to read threads before making assumptions. discussions often get out of hand because people loose track of what the thread is about to begin with > > > Dave > > [ 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: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 14:43:59 -0700 From: Dexter Sy Subject: [N64] stryder's ignorance > > >> Do you think that if it was not for the N64 that all the > >> DC games would be low-rez? Higher resolutions is a natural product of > more > >> power. > > > >Read above. > >You've already made up your mind about me as being pro-nintendo without > even > >reading my post. What I stated was a fact, don't twist this into another > >console debate. > > Fact? Shheeesh. Are you simply forgetting that PC games had been using > higher resolutions for a long time? To say that Nintendo is responsible for > the use of higher resolution games is flat out silly. Ya, but they use different monitors and i'm about the third person to say that the discussion is about game machines hooked up to the TV. If you bothered to read other posts instead to pick out mine to attack, you wouldn't look like you're completely clueless. Actually, will someone tell this guy what the original discussion is about? if i say it, he's going to twist it into another console debate. D > > > Stryder > > [ 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: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 14:46:49 -0700 From: Dexter Sy Subject: Re: [N64] RAM Expansions before Nintendo 64 RAM expansion for Saturn was for improving framerates. As dave mentioned, the the games that took advantage of it were bitmap intensive. The Saturn just couldn't pull enough data off the CD into the ram to keep everything flowing the way capcom wanted it to. Dexter Urbanldiot@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/9/99 3:06:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > d.fentie@home.com writes: > > > But was it universal for a large number of titles? > > If you mean the Capcom 4-Meg Expansion, not really. The only titles I'm aware > of that use it are X-Men Vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Superheroes Vs. Street > Fighter, Vampire Saviour, and Street Fighter Zero 3. The 1 Meg Expansion was > used for, as far as I know, Metal Slug and Samurai Showdown (3?) both being > SNK games. > > But the Super CD-ROM (CD-ROM2) Card for the PC Engine CD & Turbo Grafx CD was > used across the board for every Super CD-ROM title. Same with the PC Engine > Duo Arcade Card, that was used for many PCE CD games when it was introduced. > > Dave > > [ 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: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 19:14:19 +0000 From: "Maverick" Subject: Re: Re: Re: [N64] Gauntlet Legends i think it is a very excellent game, if you are a RPG person. i recommend it ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: IGN.com PC games | videogames | movies | TV | sci-fi - updated daily! Get your fast, FREE IGN Mail. http://www.ign.com ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 19:16:58 EDT From: Urbanldiot@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] hi resolution In a message dated 10/9/99 5:32:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, karens@smartt.com writes: > It would help to read threads before making assumptions. discussions often > get > out of hand because people loose track of what the thread is about to begin > with > Maybe you missed the part about my vacation. Geeze, let it go. Dave [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 16:36:44 -0700 From: Dexter Sy Subject: Re: [N64] hi resolution Urbanldiot@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/9/99 5:32:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > karens@smartt.com writes: > > > It would help to read threads before making assumptions. discussions often > > get > > out of hand because people loose track of what the thread is about to > begin > > with > > > > Maybe you missed the part about my vacation. Geeze, let it go. It started after you returned :-) I remember reading the first few posts of the threat yesterday morning, and commenting on them. Dex > > > Dave > > [ 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: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 19:23:26 CDT From: "Mario Lemieux" Subject: Re: [N64] Gauntlet Legends i highly recommend the game. I playe the arcade too, and it doesnt compare to the 64 version . ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 20:29:11 -0400 From: "Eddy Wu" Subject: Re: [N64] October N64 games It's not obvious to me. The difference is probably insignificant. I hardly think a company like Rare would overlook something like that. Show me the proof that the game would have better with the old characters and I'll believe you. - -----Original Message----- From: Alex To: n64@lists.xmission.com Date: Friday, October 08, 1999 10:52 PM Subject: Re: [N64] October N64 games >At 22:46 08-10-99 -0400, you wrote: >>I don't think that's the reason at all. Where did you hear that? Changing >>the character models is just a matter of switching models, it's not like >>they made them with higher polygon counts or anything. Also, they just look >>so much cooler than the old characters. >> > >Compare them to older screen shots, it's pretty obvious that they increased >the polygon count. Vela's new chest probably has a higher poly-count than >the original Vela. > >alexh@ivanhoe.starway.net.au > > > > >[ 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: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 20:40:54 -0400 From: "Eddy Wu" Subject: Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? Sorry man, the Starship Troopers CGI show is no longer playing. It has a run of about a month on the "Bohbot Kids Network", which could be seen in the US at 7:30 AM on the Sci-Fi channel. However, the production company only made 20 episodes before starting to play them, and then they had a personnel shortage, so the series got pulled until they can make another 20 eps or so (40 episodes is the normal run for a show). I saw a couple of them when I could go to school late, and it was great. The animation is fantastic, especially the facial expressions. The plot is only ok, but it is a little bit more true to the original Heinlein than the movie (as far as a kids show can be true to a commentary on the problems of a militaristic fascist state.) And the powered armor is back! (BTW, I _liked_ the movie, just on a different level than the book ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: Thraxen To: n64@lists.xmission.com Date: Saturday, October 09, 1999 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Bastion007@aol.com >To: n64@lists.xmission.com >Date: Saturday, October 09, 1999 2:31 PM >Subject: Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? > > >>I tell ya, you want a good CGI, watch the new Starship Troopers show. DAMN! >>It looked like Toy Story! Such fluidity, and such realistic movement! I can >>only hope games will one day reach that level of realism. A very well done >>show, even though the movie was horrendous. >> > >Yeah, I saw a commercial for that and it was indeed VERY impressive. What >time does that show come on? > >Stryder > > >[ 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: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 20:45:00 -0400 From: "Eddy Wu" Subject: Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? I think they went for a much more stylized look with the new series. In the old Beast Wars, they tried to actually simulate a realistic background, but that didn't work too well because of the limitations of comp. animation at the time, they couldn't do all the lighting effects and shading and whatnot. With Beast Machines, they have a lot of technology on their hands, so they can do whatever they want. The new series has a grittier, more surreal graphical style, which I like a lot. The bots are much more organic, which I'm still reserving judgement on. I must say, though, Primal's new look is awesome. The first time he transformed... I'm pretty sure he got a firepower upgrade from Oracle. - -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Finger To: n64@lists.xmission.com Date: Saturday, October 09, 1999 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? >On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Thraxen wrote: > >> How sad, you have obviously not wtached enough. After I saw the first one I >> was unsure about the series as well. But 2 and 3 completely kicked ass. >> The CGI easily improved over BW, I don't see how you can say you are not >> impressed. I like Primal's form, but he others take a bit of getting used >> to. They kind of grow on you after a while. >> >> Exactly...the first epsisode leaves you with hundreds of questions....but >> the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th all answer a few at a time. They are apparently going >> for a VERY long story arc. Great story thus far. > >The only question i was left with was why they now look like they had an >acident with a couple of cans of day-glo paint, Cheetor and Black Arachnia >look espeically weird dressed out in florescent colors. And I thought >their trans-metal 2 forms looked really cool, these new forms look, >strange. I defiantly don't like them. Like i said, i'll keep watching to >see if it sucks me in, however the new type of CGI is really puting me >off. > >-------------------------------------------------------------- >each emotional injury >leaves behind its mark >sometimes they come tumbling out >like shadows in the dark >--Rush > > >[ 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 ] ------------------------------ End of n64-digest V1 #921 ************************* [ To quit the n64-digest mailing list (big mistake), send the message ] [ "unsubscribe n64-digest" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]