Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: James Shaughnessy Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: virtual boy elbow Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 02:27:49 +0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 143 Message-ID: <3681A6A5.49586EDF@manc.u-net.com> References: <75r3g9$2291@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: manc.u-net.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------FA7DDBBCCF0F3A12B09CA759" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en --------------FA7DDBBCCF0F3A12B09CA759 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Regarding the new Edge, mmm, I have to say I could quite fancy one of those Dreamcast thingies, I especially love the water-cooled feature it has. Pure class that. I think they should've made the controller have two analog sticks though (better for racing games - Sony's Dual Shock pad is brilliant), and I don't much like the physical styling of the unit. "Dreamcast" is a perfect name for a next-gen system though. Even people who hate Microsoft (it having a Windows OS) will be tempted with this nifty number (including me). But will we get a modem built in? My games of 1998 (see if you can spot any connection ;-). Oh, and soz Sony.. * Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) * 1080° Snowboarding (N64) * F-Zero X (N64) And more than welcome even if some think it's just a Nintendo "cash in" on ten-year-old games are: * Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (GameBoy Color) * Tetris DX (GB Color) There are two games I have to disagree with you from your list Derek. One being Turok 2 -- I was very disappointed with the PAL version and returned it pronto; and that other "Gravitoid 13" jobby you mention, whatever that is! Merry Christmas all, and a not too mullered New Year! Jim (who's away snowboarding soon 'til the 2nd Jan. Kind of reminds me of that Verve tune, "Lucky Man", eh!) Derek da Silva wrote: > Edge's 'best of 1998' feature certainly makes interesting reading. Nintendo > and Codemasters are certainly deserving of the best developer and > publisher awards respectively, though Acclaim are a close 2nd for best > publisher IMHO. > > Just wondering what your best/worst of 1998 were? Here's a few of mine: > > battlezone // perfect mix of action and strategy > > 1080 snowboarding // I like this game a lot :-) > > gameboy color // very cool but the 'color' games don't use the full palette. > > unreal // great graphics and atmosphere almost make up for weak weapons > // and poorly animated monsters > > half-life // a giant goldeneye-influenced leap forward for 1st person > // shooters > > turok 2 // perfect ultra-violent antidote to half-life. > // with RAM expansion this does a convincing impression of > // unreal except with excellently animated dinosoids and a > // meaty arsenal of weaponry > > Gravitation v1.3 // responsible for aggravating my virtual boy elbow injury > --------------FA7DDBBCCF0F3A12B09CA759 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Regarding the new Edge, mmm, I have to say I could quite fancy one of those Dreamcast thingies, I especially love the water-cooled feature it has.  Pure class that.
I think they should've made the controller have two analog sticks though (better for racing games - Sony's Dual Shock pad is brilliant), and I don't much like the physical styling of the unit.  "Dreamcast" is a perfect name for a next-gen system though.  Even people who hate Microsoft (it having a Windows OS) will be tempted with this nifty number (including me).  But will we get a modem built in?

My games of 1998 (see if you can spot any connection ;-).  Oh, and soz Sony..

And more than welcome even if some think it's just a Nintendo "cash in" on ten-year-old games are: There are two games I have to disagree with you from your list Derek.  One being Turok 2 -- I was very disappointed with the PAL version and returned it pronto; and that other "Gravitoid 13" jobby you mention, whatever that is!

Merry Christmas all, and a not too mullered New Year!
Jim
(who's away snowboarding soon 'til the 2nd Jan.  Kind of reminds me of that Verve tune, "Lucky Man", eh!)
 

Derek da Silva wrote:

Edge's 'best of 1998' feature certainly makes interesting reading.  Nintendo
and Codemasters are certainly deserving of the best developer and
publisher awards respectively, though Acclaim are a close 2nd for best
publisher IMHO.

Just wondering what your best/worst of 1998 were?  Here's a few of mine:

battlezone // perfect mix of action and strategy

1080 snowboarding // I like this game a lot :-)

gameboy color // very cool but the 'color' games don't use the full palette.

unreal // great graphics and atmosphere almost make up for weak weapons
           // and poorly animated monsters

half-life // a giant goldeneye-influenced leap forward for 1st person
             // shooters

turok 2 // perfect ultra-violent antidote to half-life.
             // with RAM expansion this does a convincing impression of
             // unreal except with excellently animated dinosoids and a
             // meaty arsenal of weaponry

Gravitation v1.3 // responsible for aggravating my virtual boy elbow injury
 

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