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by Snark
Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:16 am
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: Onlive
Replies: 45
Views: 12685

Snark, you're just streaming video to yourself of your own controller inputs. Well obviously. ...But not over the friggin' internet though. :/ Just to be curious, I'd like to see the difference of bandwidth (or whatever the proper term) between a standard PC VGA cable and a (good) high speed ADSL c...
by Snark
Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:39 am
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: Onlive
Replies: 45
Views: 12685

Re: Onlive

have you guys heard of this yet? it could be big. What it is in action The service is a gaming equivalent of cloud computing with the game being computed, rendered and stored online...A low-end computer, as long as it can play video, may be used to play any kind of game since the game is computed o...
by Snark
Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:19 pm
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: WHAT GAMES ARE YOU PLAYING THESE DAYS
Replies: 1533
Views: 2507873

Star Ocean: The Last Hope Cliched storyline, awesome fighting system. Voice dub choice? I'm one of those annoying people who just can't stomach English dubs. Unlike Blue Dragon for example, the choice wasn't present in Vesperia unfortunately (probably because of disc space restriction) And yeah, I ...
by Snark
Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:02 pm
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: WHAT GAMES ARE YOU PLAYING THESE DAYS
Replies: 1533
Views: 2507873

funkyass wrote:FO3 again

I nuked megaton. I am evil.
Ahah. Same here. Next game I'm gonna play all good. I use to do this in Oddworld.
by Snark
Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:51 am
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: Grid Wars 2
Replies: 18
Views: 7005

thread necrophilia Speaking of Geometry Wars clones: Groov http://thexboxdomain.com/2009/01/groov-community-game-mini-review/ In terms of pure shooting madness, it certainly can't compare to the likes of Geometry Wars but just for the "make your music by shooting" (kinda like GW meets Elec...
by Snark
Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:20 am
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: I highly recommend Braid
Replies: 28
Views: 12520

Got it during the "deal of the week" (800points instead of the usual 1200)

Sweet and amazingly beautiful. So far I only figured a few of the puzzle pieces.
by Snark
Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:21 pm
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: Lesser known (good) NES(/Famicom) games
Replies: 103
Views: 45001

edit: maybe this is due to companies re-using the same "instruments" (if such a thing exist for the NES) for their music Ignoring japanese mappers and the FDS... NES sound consists of 2 square waves, one triangle wave, a noise channel, and a sample playback channel. The cost of large ROMs...
by Snark
Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:37 am
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: Lesser known (good) NES(/Famicom) games
Replies: 103
Views: 45001

I wasn't kidding about the similarity of sounds effects looks like it also applies to the music Just noticed: Is it just me or does the music in Air Fortress (during the first/flying phase) sounds suspiciously like the main theme of Adventure of Lolo? Air Fortress (1:00) Adventure of Lolo (0:50) edi...
by Snark
Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:17 am
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: Lesser known (good) NES(/Famicom) games
Replies: 103
Views: 45001

kick wrote:Gimmick! by Sunsoft - awwwwwwwwwwwesome!
(the Japanese version, not the crippled PAL crap called 'Mr. Gimmick')

Almost all Sunsoft games on the NES and Game Boy were high quality masterpieces.
QFT




Air Fotress by Hal (another good Nes dev imo) was one of my favorite back then.
by Snark
Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:37 am
Forum: Insane Chatter
Topic: Hurt CD leak - wrong person
Replies: 112
Views: 60273

Listening to the first track now... You must hear track six. It is the penultimate of the collection :D Still awesome after seven years. LOL! Just awesome. Wouldn't be nearly half as good/bad without the synthesized voice though imo. Seriously, can't get this out of my head 'So-bad-it's-almost-good...
by Snark
Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:41 am
Forum: bsnes General Discussion
Topic: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Replies: 70
Views: 84631

they can both shut their faces and download bsnes Whassamatta you? Shaddap you face! Seriously though gllt, how about setting the example? I just really hate the idea of enslavement. Lincohn only emanicipated the slaves for political reasons... mainly to trick Europeans into thinking that the war w...
by Snark
Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:28 am
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: Lesser known (good) NES(/Famicom) games
Replies: 103
Views: 45001

The Adventures of Bayou Billy .....Just kidding. Seriously don't play that, it's awful. I actually liked Bayou Billy. Tough as hell, but the 3 modes of play were pretty cool. Yeah, I must have actually finished Bayou Billy when I was a kid, embarrassing as that is. Back in those days, I had much mo...
by Snark
Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:36 pm
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: WHAT GAMES ARE YOU PLAYING THESE DAYS
Replies: 1533
Views: 2507873

neoblaze wrote: Playstation 3
Guitar Hero 3 and 4
Rock Band
Street Fighter 4 (The 360 controls for this game is ass.)
Yep, which is why the arcade controller comes in handy :D
by Snark
Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:47 pm
Forum: bsnes Dev Talk
Topic: bsnes v0.039 released
Replies: 525
Views: 262116

How is it an invisible improvement to all those games if only one game utilized the extent of the PPU's unemulated behavior? That's the point of an accurate emulator, that's the point of bsnes. I understand for some "accurate emulation" is beneficial because it allows a compatibility clos...
by Snark
Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:10 pm
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: WHAT GAMES ARE YOU PLAYING THESE DAYS
Replies: 1533
Views: 2507873

Street Fighter IV
Got it one day before official release date.
by Snark
Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:25 pm
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: Lesser known (good) NES(/Famicom) games
Replies: 103
Views: 45001

that being said, how about Hatris? I don't know on what platform Hatris first appeared on actually, but if I had to guess I wouldn't say Nes. (and I'm trashing the "original Nes only" rule since even faithful ports on the Nes always differed from the originals anyway) (Nes) Hatris can be ...
by Snark
Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:43 pm
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: Lesser known (good) NES(/Famicom) games
Replies: 103
Views: 45001

The Adventures of Bayou Billy .....Just kidding. Seriously don't play that, it's awful. Somewhat related though (Also made by "Ultra"/Konami) and actually fun imo is Rollergames As you can see it's loosely based on the arcade but the Nes hardware is clearly years/decades behind technicall...
by Snark
Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:51 am
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: Lesser known (good) NES(/Famicom) games
Replies: 103
Views: 45001

Radia Senki: Reimeihen Are shadows often used like that in NES RPGs, or is this unusual? I haven't seen that many. Don't know but the game is definitely more graphically detailed in some parts then most NES RPGs. Some of the buildings in the town at the beginning for example. Bump 'N' Jump http://u...
by Snark
Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:14 am
Forum: Insane Chatter
Topic: Take potshots at FitzRoy: Mark II
Replies: 39
Views: 17446

This whole past few weeks reminds me of the classic Zsnes vs Snes9x "stolen code" episode (I wasn't there, but the back and forth drama is recorded on classic emulation sites). Linky? Your google search is as good as mine. 'parently not since all the searches I used didn't brought up any ...
by Snark
Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:20 am
Forum: Insane Chatter
Topic: Take potshots at FitzRoy: Mark II
Replies: 39
Views: 17446

badinsults wrote:This whole past few weeks reminds me of the classic Zsnes vs Snes9x "stolen code" episode (I wasn't there, but the back and forth drama is recorded on classic emulation sites).
Linky?
by Snark
Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:18 am
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: Lesser known (good) NES(/Famicom) games
Replies: 103
Views: 45001

Good stuff, good stuff. Kirby imo would probably fall within the well known series by now. I can suggest Flipull. Ah yes Flipull. Great overlooked puzzle game. Although, it's not technically an NES/Famicom game, more of an arcade port, still awesome. The game is extremely easy to play, yet very chal...
by Snark
Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:56 am
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: WHAT GAMES ARE YOU PLAYING THESE DAYS
Replies: 1533
Views: 2507873

Sonic Unleashed.

...and also "Root Beer Tapper".
by Snark
Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:25 am
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: Lesser known (good) NES(/Famicom) games
Replies: 103
Views: 45001

Lesser known (good) NES(/Famicom) games

I've been revisiting NES as of late, so wonder what more obscur games I might have missed. Lesser known means: no Super Mario, Zelda, Castlevania, Metroid... etc. Anything else is ok, even stuff like Rygar etc which are pretty well known still but might be unknown for some. I'll start. Journey to Si...
by Snark
Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:38 pm
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: Not disappointed anymore
Replies: 98
Views: 38766

Re: Disapointed

The chainsaw dude gets you, and you don't fucking die Yeah, first time the chainsaw guy got me, I readied(?) myself for the old RE4 decapitation sequence only to be "healed" by the partner..."You need to be more careful!" (Indeed, in 1976 the World Health Organization has stated...
by Snark
Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:15 am
Forum: Gaming Discussion
Topic: No GGPO-like netcode for Street Fighter IV
Replies: 29
Views: 15207

GGPO must actually be tailored for each individual game's code for the magic to work. So it only support a limited (albeit growing) number of games. That's kind of lame if that were the case. That's the very nature of the code though. I think it's based heavily on some predictive algoritm or someth...