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Re: PS2 or XBox?
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Sun, 28 Dec 2003 16:28:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Coby Bassett wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Erick Jensen wrote:
> > My 2 cents are as follows.... I'm and old school gamer, I grew up on
> > atari and
> >
> > ...
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> > PS Gamecube is crap. The Zelda title is only worthwhile thing
> > nintendo has made
> > in the last year. The box is small and only takes baby cds so it's
> > not a dvd
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> I love my GameCube and have found plenty of "old school" goodness like
> Zelda: Wind Waker, Mario Sunshine, F-Zero, Metroid Prime. And you can't beat the
> recent freak, the old-schooler-than-thou Viewtiful Joe. The GameCube supporters
> believe that videogame fun should be derived from solid gameplay rather than
> running over hookers in your car. (Also, playing DVDs and making toast are not
> considered to be gameplay enhancements by those of us in the know.) The true
> "hardcore" should be supporting what is good for the industry.
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> This is not a GameCube ad though; Get your kids a PS2, as it's the safest route
> to go. (Unless you are absolutely sure that they want a particular game for one
> of the other systems.)
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> An analogy can be made with a certain plastic building toy. Even if *we* all
> know that the high-quality fit of Lego products is best, their product line does
> not always adhere to what the kids are finding trendy nowadays. Meanwhile, the
> competitors might have all the nifty military sets, a Power Rangers license,
> etc. It's all surely very tempting to the kids, and you can bet that the kid
> down the block already has them and your kids want to fit it. You could buy your
> children some fine Lego sets for Christmas, but don't say I didn't tell you so
> when your kids come crying to you, asking why their minifigs don't have AK-47s.
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> Good luck to everyone, and enjoy your new holiday videogames, whichever you
> choose! (Along with the requisite plastic building toys, of course.)
Oh I forgot about Viewtiful Joe! That is such a cool looking game. As for the
zelda titles, and mario titles, the old ones look/run perfect on my pc with ROMs
and Emulators. Keep the pc, buy a controller and download the ROMs off
KazaaLite, it's the best money i never spent. I have over 800 nes games that
fit on 1 cdr. Ok i'm done with the video game debate. Anybody want to buy a
3DO and 40ish games, dirt cheap?
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| (...) Erick: You may want to take a look at the LUGNET terms of use, in particular point 5 of the Discussion group terms ((URL) and decide for yourself if your advocacy of using Kazaa to obtain things (which you apparently acknowledged are illegally (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) has made (...) I love my GameCube and have found plenty of "old school" goodness like Zelda: Wind Waker, Mario Sunshine, F-Zero, Metroid Prime. And you can't beat the recent freak, the old-schooler-than-thou Viewtiful Joe. The GameCube (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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