I might have some around here somewhere, will have a look in a mo
Watched the first episode of the new Gamesmaster the other night... it's not so bad!
Ok random question here but as my soldering skills have improved a lot over the past few years, I've finally decided to bite the bullet and hard mod my original Xbox. I have an OpenXenium GOLD on the way to me for that express purpose.
Trouble is... I appear to have lost the case screws a few years ago (it's an original Crystal model) and I'd like to put it back together properly at home point.
So... anybody know anywhere online that I could get replacement screws? I found one place in the UK but after tax and postage it brings it from like €4 to over €20 and I'm not paying that just for some screws.
Would any of you even have any spare on the offchance? I know it's a bit random but I just thought I'd ask.
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Such a classic meme that Square Enix used it to promote the recent remaster.
I know you said 2D, but had to drop that in there!
I think this is a pretty great quote that can be applied to retrogames except for one thing:
It forgets to mention that nothing has ever looked as good or will ever look as good as ps1 and Saturn 2D games.
Holy ****, mind blown! Never heard of the Famicom Wars series at all.
Broken record here but always found it overrated. Kind of a poor mans crazy taxi saved by the voice cast being involved and some decent jokes now and again. It's the 7/10 it's rated om metacritic but still a decent 7/10.
Advance Wars wasn't a new IP, it was the first western release of a game in the Famicom Wars series.
Can't forget The Simpsons Road Rage...right?
GBA as well. Plenty of great Gameboy colour and GBA games.
Just looking through the big hitters in 2001, that was some year alright!
GTA 3, Halo, Max Payne, Silent Hill 2, FF X, MGS2, Smash Bros Melee, Luigis Mansion, ICO, DMC, Advance Wars, Oracle of Ages/Seasons, Golden Sun, Black & White (flop that it was!) Shenmue 2, Pikmin, Super Monkey Ball
And the ones in bold being completely new IPs too. Amazing stuff.
Listening to retronauts doing the anniversaries for 2001 and 1991 this year and christ those were two amazing years for games. And then compare that to the boring of 2011 (well handheld and indie were great that year).
2001 really sticks out in my mind. I used to always say the PS2 had a slow start but one year after its release it was pretty much essential (I bought one myself that christmas). Compare that to the PS4 and PS5. Not only was it a stellar year for games but also a really exciting time with the Dreamcast having a great year but failing, PS2 offering up a lot of new experiences, PS1 still getting amazing releases, the XBox and GC arriving on the scene with great launch line ups and PC.... well PC was in a nadir and losing out big time to the consoles but still getting some big releases like Op Flash and Max Payne.
Missed Christmas opportunity to go with German and call it eleven/Elf!
Omega will be the last ever variant of concern, because there will be no survivors after that...
Also, if they do run out of Greek and Latin numbers in the coming year, does that mean that other languages will get a look in?
Will it then be conditional on where they are isolated?
"Covid Ceathar, first isolated in Spiddal Co. Galway is on the increase in Brazil...."
All I thought of was Futurama
I keep thinking, it's Omicron, not Omnicron :(
I honestly keep thinking of the Transformer.
Anyone else immediately think of this whenever the new Covid varient is mentioned??
Yeah I'll be going wireless.
Unless you are going wireless with it, the charging kit USB doesn't connect the Xbox One controller to the PC... as far as I know...
Thought it might be better to ask here than elsewhere but has anyone fixed the usb port on a XBox One controller before? Mine got very loose and tried to fix it and now won't connect. I need it for Pc games.
Really, really hate the mini USB standard, it causes nothing but trouble.
Edit: I'm just going to buy a charging kit, they are cheap enough.
Fairly alright. Make sure you order from the .ie portal and not the UK one. If you get hit with customs contact customer services and they'll refund you for the charge.
Hey all,
Anyone have recent experience ordering from Zavvi. What were delivery times like ?
Thanks
I was watching one of his GamesAnimalTV shows there recently on youtube, and he was saying that they originally wanted a child/baby to be the Gamesmaster. They then settled on Patrick Moore because they reckon his head looked like a giant babies head during the screen test.
Looking back, I can kind of see what he meant!
are you saying he's got a big head...
I didn't know Trevor McDonald was the new Gamesmaster, haha! That's brilliant.
Was kind of hoping it would be Dave Perry though...
Thought the rebooted Gamesmaster was pretty good, overall. It was never going to quite recapture the old atmosphere totally because that was a product of its time, but it's coming from the right place. Trevor McDonald, as Gamesmaster, didn't have a whole lot to do. Florence's game feature/review segments felt lifted right out of his other games show, Consolevania, which is not necessarily a bad thing, as I like his philosophical musings on a particular game.
I think there's more potential there. There are other things they could do if a proper series gets made. They could have a segment demoing an obscure piece of retro gaming tech for example. Basically, take the classic Top Gear format, replace the cars with games and leave out occasional casual racist remarks, and that's the makings of a good show. Have your main segments that don't change, but leave space for different things to rotate in and out each week.
I'd love to see the two MechAssault games on there, I assume they're unfeasible though due to the licenced music.
Would have loved to see DICEs Rallisport Challenge 2 on there as well, but I assume expired licences on the vehicles would also have scuppered that.
I must dig my copy out, and give it a whirl
Some strange omissions to the BC list, neither of the Xbox Mechwarrior games are there, for example
How about Japanese versions?
