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Zelda 64 was going to be one of my reasons to get an N64. But then the system got pushed back a year, and the game got pushed back 2 more, if I recall.

For the challenging of a virtually absolute monopoly, I call it a damn fine job. Being a fanboy, you would. BTW, you are no longer allowed to talk gaming consoles here, this is now officially another Batman Begins thread. Actually, I was a devout Nintendo loyalist in the 16-bit era, as well as the early 32-bit stuff, at which point I shifted to hardware neutrality(wouldn't you after seeing the N64?).

Someone's gotta do it. you bought jerry's? i didn't know the macross game doesn't have sound. that's too bad. The macross plus board is cool cuz it's a double board. I don't have that one though. i ahve the macross one but I don't have a machine to play it on. Yup, thats' me. It lives as part of my collecion now! Who said the Macross game does not have sound??? That's ridiculous! Mine has sound & music. In fact it plays quite loudly. It doesn't in MAME. I assumed that was what he was talking about.

For the challenging of a virtually absolute monopoly, I call it a damn fine job.

No, it didn't. SNES outsold it 31.67 million in the US to Genesis' 27.17 million. Do any of you bother to check yoru facts? Interesting tidbit, the Genesis only sold 3.58 million units in Japan. Translation: Basically equal. And yes. The japanese Megadrive was a disaster.

My mistake. I don't keep up too closely with random revisions. And hey, media swapping is a traditional lockout bypass.

I'm not so certain about that. The PSX came out with the Sega Saturn as it's only real competition. The Saturn was a beast of a machine, and could boast more power than many consoles before or since. However, the majority of that was geared towards 2D gaming. The PSX suffered in that department by a wide margin, but was noticibly better in the 3D department. It still wasn't pretty, but it was affordable hardware accellerated graphics for pretty much the first time, and people loved it. Actually, the Saturn's more powerful in BOTH regions, though it's less pronounced in 3D. But Sony focused on pushing polygon games while Sega focused more on the old standby of sprite/tile. That was a REALLY big factor. Funny, I was being hammered with the same Sega Scream ads as hit me later in the Genesis' life. Of course, I hated those ads. Mainly beause htey marketed them better. *chuckles* IMO, it's more because they have a really, really good ad team.

Your numbers for the 16-bit era(where most of the Sega fanboys came from) kinda make my point, actually. Nintendo went from total mastery of the market to a close race in 5 years. ... These worldwide sales? I can't think of how the Master System could get that big a % otherwise. And I know the Genesis wasn't very popular in Japan, which would explain the disparity. The 50% #s I was quoting for the 16-bits was US-only. I feel obliged to note that the Genesis, Saturn, and Dremcast were all 3 killed while still in demand in one region(Genny in America, Saturn and DC in Japan). Though I wouldn't call your #s "clearly dominated" on the current-gens(particularly since Sega just shouted "Screw it, we give up, and I hope you get AIDS, Sony!" early into the current gen). 8-bits and last-gen, though... yeah, they got trounced bad. 16-bits was 3-5(ish). That's not that bad, especially for going up against THE competition. It's like if Apple took a third of the market from Microsoft over the next 5 years. It's DAMN good.

Sadly, most of the emulators are still pretty primitive. They've gotten NES and 8Bit GameBoy running full speed with sound, but not much else(though PCEngine and SNES are close to it). Or so I've heard.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=71316 Apparently, there's a proram out that lets homebrew applications, previously limited to the 1.0 BIOS shipped in japanese launch units, run on the newest 1.5 BIOS, through a memory stick swap(which apparently means you need 2 memsticks).

Nintendo was NOT on top when the PS1 came out! They were IN FREEFALL! Nintendo comitted suicide when they didn't have a replacement for the NES ready to go immediatly after the Genesis. They spent 2 years developing a new system while Sega chiseled away at their customer base. And when it came out, it had a cripplingly slow CPU, making fast and complex games, likes team sports titles and shooters, difficult to do. These sorts of titles became the Genesis' strong points, while the SNES went for slower titles where it's superior AV hardware could give it an advantage over the Genesis. But the POINT is ...they went from 95% market share to 50% in the 16-bit era. And I think a large deal of that was name recognition. Nintendo at the time was virtually synonomous with "video game" in the same way that Atari was before. It didn't matter who actually made the system or software, you had "nintendo games." And the SNES had some VERY strong licenses, such as Zelda and Mario(though Sonic very rapidly achieved his own brand recognition). And they STILL didn't learn their lesson, and were again late with the Nintendo 64. Once again, a large portion of the market had already made it's choice by the time Nintendo made it to shelves. Only this time, name recognition wouldn't save them, as they'd squandered it all away last generation, and were charging more for their games in an attempt to snag CD-style profits off ROM carts(which did a lot to squash any lingering vestiges in much the same way that the 32x debacle seriously hurt Sega on the Saturn). And, of course, a botched Japanese launch meant there was a disturbing lack of support from the usual console game developers(which are all japanese). Nintendo's fall from grace was not a single botched alliance. It was a long process, with a LOT of screwups.

I like that analogy, actually. ... Does this mean he'll be doing mainly Revolution games?

Glad this is bumped. That's a damn nice cab(mainly because of the "marquee"), and I missed it the first time around.

YAY! SRX!

Personal bet: You'll have better luck looking for the NES Strider on the Revolution than getting a new one on PS3. ... Hey, that's an idea. Companies could resurrect licenses by getting the old NES/SNES games out on the Revolution download, using it to re-introduce the name, then release a remake/sequel.

Isamu had issues to start with. Besides, from his point of view he was at rock bottom. Lost his job, his girlfriend, didn't even get a chance to say goodbye to Myung. What'd he have to lose by blowing the crap out of the Ghost? Makes a strong political statement, and he might even catch part of Sharon/Myung's concert before they cuffed him and hauled him away. Having said that, Mac+ isn't the deepest entry in the series.

I have but one thing to say to this... GUNDAMMIT!

Beats me. I've got a Jetfire that someone's dog chewed on.

Considering that Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XII, Front Mission 3, and Kingdom Hearts all fit neatly onto single-layer DVDs, I'm sure they're fine with what they have. Actually, from what I understand, they're upset with Sony for not including a standard hard drive on the PS3. FF XI shipped with a HDD ... Because Sony refused to release it as a standalone peripheral like they did in Japan shortly after the system's launch. The japanese had a hard drive before the first revision of the system(AKA US launch version) was designed.

Please. Fruit cake kicks chocolate cake's ass. I think you have lost your mind,,,fruit cake's best use is to put in front of your tire in the garage to keep from going to far forward Never had one that hard. I was just making a fake-artgumentative post to go with Togo's random change of subject. While I DO like some fruitcake, filing it in the same category as conventional cake is ... stupid. For what it's worth, the ones I eat are dense, but still soft.

Please. Fruit cake kicks chocolate cake's ass.

Or maybe Xbox gamers are more open-minded. I know I picked the "more than one" option for this poll. Or, maybe PlayStation fanboys just spend more time voting on senseless polls. I voted "more than one" too. I already KNOW each system's gonna have a few games I want.

That might have been true couple years ago during launch, but a vast majority of new PS2 releases ship on DVD now. Square/Enix obviously must be thanking Sony for the bumped-up storage blu-ray offers. They're the king of bloatware/FMVs. I thought even Squeenix was moving to real-time cutscenes. Admittedly, I've not played much of their modern offerings(an hour wasted on a borrowed copy of FF10 being it, unless we count RAD as Enix's baby instead of Sandlot's).

Truth! Ummm... Sega knocked Nintendo off the pedastal. SNES and Genesis came out of the era tied. Nintendo's 95% market share had fallen to 50%. At best Sega and Nintendo were sharing a pedastal. One of the PS1's major selling points at US launch was it was cheaper. PS2 and XBox ran equal as far as the consumer is concerned, with Nintendo undercutting both of them. With luck, Sony will rob the movie and music divisions to subsidize the PS3, like they did with the PS2 at launch. Agreed! Actually, single-layer DVD is the preferred format currently, and has been for a while. All XBox games are on DVD, as are most PS2 games(blue = CD, silver = DVD). ... And what's this about both current-gen systems? There are 4. GameCube uses half-sized DVDs(again, single-layer is the preference). Dreamcast used a proprietary 1GB disk. True, to a degree. While DVD rapidly supplanted CD, the price of manufacture has kept the game industry from going dual-layer to any signifigant degree. And thanks to the blind loyality of the PS fanboys, a lot of people think that the war is already won, because the PS3 having BluRay will main-stream it the same way that the PS2 did for DVD. Fact that DVD was already mainstream outside of Japan, and had been for a few years, is irrelevant. Seconded! I still play solo almost exclusively. I've played a few netplay games, and I've not been particularly impressed. No objection here. Though more for the downloads and globabl high-score lists than the online multiplayer. I want a 3-way tie, as unrealistic as it is. IMNSHO, it's the optimum solution for the consumer.

Kutaragai's not evil. He's just a gifted comedian.