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At least the PS's D pad doesn't grind up my thumb the way the Dreamcast's did. I wouldn't have a problem with it if it was like the SNES's pad. 327291[/snapback] And I would say that at least the DC's doesn't tear my thumb up like the PS' did. I've always hated Sony's pads.

That's why you always buy the second controller. Every console I've ever owned has two controllers. It's well worth it. Eventually, one controller will fail and you'll always have that second controller, which should probably last longer than the console itself 327246[/snapback] I have 2 controllers. Just not of the same TYPE. I can't play Mars Matrix with a gamepad. My performance goes straight down the crapper. And my joystick was an HK knockoff, and has degraded to the point that the stick interferes with my reactions. Resistance varies with direction, and what should be fine motions aren't because I can't tap the stick with just the right amount of force. I have to slam it. That and the feel of the stick is throwing me off. And WHOO! We're leading the PS1 by almost 3 to 1 in posts!

Yes. Or Psybuster. Or Cybaster. No one's really sure, but you've got the right mech.

The omnithread. Kill everything at once.

Hey now, that's a chemical imbalance and I'm on medication for it now... sometimes... my pills are at home. 327207[/snapback] HyperADD powers ACTIVATE!

I think Win95 launched in late '94. *looks it up* Nope. Came out August 24, 1995. And if you count in base 3, 6th anniversary is MORE signifigant than 10th.

SEGA was seriously wounded. But the soul still burns.

If my joystick wasn't shot, I'd be playing Mars Matrix right now. Happy birthday, Dreamcast.

So yeah... Dreamcast... 6 years old in the US. Great system, awesome games, totally under-rated, and lacking the dev-name of Katana. Discuss.

Mmmmmm.... Got manuals? I was going to say, a thread about the PSX and not the Dreamcast? That's kind of like having a white history month. 327183[/snapback] Good point... *wanders off to hit new thread*

And September 9, 1999 marks the US launch of the Dreamcast. It's thinking.

Which is a massive improvement over where the thread was before. IIRC, the word "partisan" I'd always believed came from the Partisans, pro-Communist resistance fighters in Yugoslavia during World War Two, although they probably did pick up the name from the weapon... That would make sense too.

We never DID get a Phantom Striker. Tried like 3 times. ... Why did the badguys get the best vehicles? The Phantom Striker kicked the PowerJet's ass. And the Interlocker was fully functional, whereas the Energizer wasn't even capable of doing anything but play target practice. 327062[/snapback] and easily qualified as making the most annoying sound EVER.... 327067[/snapback] Oh yeah.... I'd forgotten that, but you're right. All the way up there with baby Mario.

Personally, they get old fairly fast. Every now and then is okay, but weekly... no thanks. Too true. I blame party politics. People pick a side and then just sit there booing the other guy, without even looking at what they're booing or why. It's easier than actually considering facts. Seconded. Reminds me... I did a research paper on medieval weapons back in high school. Was kind of surprised to see partisan pop up as a weapon name. 'S a nasty variant of spear. The design had an axeblade mated to the spearhead originally, though it evolved into sharp pointy prongs instead of an axe. Either way, it was probably a nasty thing to be on the recieving end of, and I think we can all guess at why it was adopted for a political term.

I meant to head out on opening day of War of the Worlds. Not to watch it, just shout "THE ALIENS CATCH COLD AND DIE!" at everyone waiting in line to buy tickets.

We never DID get a Phantom Striker. Tried like 3 times. ... Why did the badguys get the best vehicles? The Phantom Striker kicked the PowerJet's ass. And the Interlocker was fully functional, whereas the Energizer wasn't even capable of doing anything but play target practice.

Look at the bright side: It's probably the only Monster in UNSpacey history to fire on an enemy and NOT get blown up.

What? 326956[/snapback] I dunno, but isn't WS a WonderSwan?

I love that show.

*takes quiz* I'm Agent ONE.

The second is the link I found earlier. And it DOES look a lot like the same guy.

When messing with quote tags, always use preview. Trust me, I know. As wierd as it gets at times, I do like this attribute of the license. It's a big universe, and anything is possible. Whales in space, flying statues, weapons derived from the human spirit, pop stars saving humanity, and yes, even jolly green giants and 50-foot women.

It wasn't his spiritia. It was his singing. Basara's soul simply refused to let his songs be butchered any further by Gamlin's attempts to sing them, and returned from thr afterlife to stop it. Seriously, Renato's explanation is quite likely it. Gamlin was just the straw that broke the camel's back. Only it was more like he lifted enough straw off the load to unbreak the camel's back. But now the analogy doesn't work anymore. But thinking about it, there's actually a small message here. Gamlin was just one person. He wasn't musically talented, remarkably close to Basara, or anything like that. Outside of his Valkyrie, he was just one more person. But he was the one more person they needed. Everybody's important. Sure it's a tired cliche, but it's a GOOD tired cliche. It's a reflex that happens when Gepelnitch's spiritia gets too low. Not a conscious action.

PowerJet XT7 and Phantom Striker. Wait... Mattel actually paid someone to do a GOOD JOB on the cartoons? *debates rewatching 'em* And the tapes didn't come with the toys. They were sold seperately. For the record, teh eppilepsy effects are badass. How would you shoot stuff without the flicker? 326440[/snapback] The tapes came with the jets. 326689[/snapback] mine didn't came with one unless I threw it away along with the packaging. 326692[/snapback] Hmm, when I get my desktop computer working again, I'll grab some screencaps or maybe record some videos off my old VCR. I really love these. There were 3 tapes in total. You could buy them separately but I recieved one with my X-T7 Jet and I watched it religiously from 1987 until 1999 when I discovered ebay and was finally able to scrounge up the other two episodes. 326694[/snapback] Mine and my sister's power jet were both tape-less. Parents bought her "BioDread Strike Force" and me "Raid on Volcania." We stumbled upon Future Force Training a year or 2 later in a dollar store. ... Only they weren't called dollar stores back then.

All future Star Wars analogies are now moot. AgentOne wins.