Gaming Consoles

[Rosbjerg]

only console I 've owned was the original Nintendo ..

 

but I still prefer my PC!!

Edited October 30, 2005 by Rosbjerg

[Gabrielle]

Systems I've owned:

 

None.

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Reason:

Can't find the on button

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Work on that humor there champ.

[Surreptishus]

you should work on your timing

[Gabrielle]

I don't mean to make all your musings seem inconsequential, but I shall, anyway. " My university had the second worldwide computer installation: it used punch cards for I/O!

 

My first computer (that I used) was a Challenger IP, which had 1kB of RAM (the expanded model had a massive 4kB): I wrote a scorching top-scrolling game I called Lazer Zap for it (a friend of mine tried to write Donkey Kong, but he ran out of memory even though he was writing it in Assembly); good old audio tapes for backup ... my first computer was a bright, shiny, new Apple //e (64kB of RAM, including the whizzy 16kB language card) on which I played a ported version of the earliest Star Trek text-for-graphics game (warping around a grid of sixteen galactic coordinates and impulsing around the squares to kill Klingons and pillage planets) ...

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You should feel at home with this old punch card machines. "

[thepixiesrock]

Systems I've owned:

 

None.

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Reason:

Can't find the on button

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If you are talking about the on button of the game system, he would have to own one in order to not find the on button.

[metadigital]

I don't mean to make all your musings seem inconsequential, but I shall, anyway. " My university had the second worldwide computer installation: it used punch cards for I/O!

 

My first computer (that I used) was a Challenger IP, which had 1kB of RAM (the expanded model had a massive 4kB): I wrote a scorching top-scrolling game I called Lazer Zap for it (a friend of mine tried to write Donkey Kong, but he ran out of memory even though he was writing it in Assembly); good old audio tapes for backup ... my first computer was a bright, shiny, new Apple //e (64kB of RAM, including the whizzy 16kB language card) on which I played a ported version of the earliest Star Trek text-for-graphics game (warping around a grid of sixteen galactic coordinates and impulsing around the squares to kill Klingons and pillage planets) ...

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You should feel at home with this old punch card machines. "

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That Star Trek game was a classic.

[Calax]

I don't mean to make all your musings seem inconsequential, but I shall, anyway. " My university had the second worldwide computer installation: it used punch cards for I/O!

 

My first computer (that I used) was a Challenger IP, which had 1kB of RAM (the expanded model had a massive 4kB): I wrote a scorching top-scrolling game I called Lazer Zap for it (a friend of mine tried to write Donkey Kong, but he ran out of memory even though he was writing it in Assembly); good old audio tapes for backup ... my first computer was a bright, shiny, new Apple //e (64kB of RAM, including the whizzy 16kB language card) on which I played a ported version of the earliest Star Trek text-for-graphics game (warping around a grid of sixteen galactic coordinates and impulsing around the squares to kill Klingons and pillage planets) ...

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You should feel at home with this old punch card machines. "

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That Star Trek game was a classic.

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I remember that game! My parents had it on my old 2.86! I almost beat the first part but then I was stupid and got killed by the last klingon.

[metadigital]

"I'll never trust a Klingon!"

[Gabrielle]

They're the alien trash of the galaxy.

[metadigital]

This is a silly poll because all consoles end up ported to the PC, either willingly or not. This the PC is the sum total of all consoles, as well as being a better platform in the first place.

[CoM_Solaufein]

Another reason to buy the game for the PC instead of the console.

[Haitoku]

This is a silly poll because all consoles end up ported to the PC, either willingly or not. This the PC is the sum total of all consoles, as well as being a better platform in the first place.

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Yeah right, and that's why the PC gaming market is declining...

[Musopticon?]

It's been phrophesied that pc gaming comes to an end with every new console generation. Still pc games sell millions and millions.

[Gabrielle]

It's been phrophesied that pc gaming comes to an end with every new console generation. Still pc games sell millions and millions.

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Yepper. Plus those damned consoles always have to have a next generation to keep up.

[metadigital]

This is a silly poll because all consoles end up ported to the PC, either willingly or not. This the PC is the sum total of all consoles, as well as being a better platform in the first place.

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Yeah right, and that's why the PC gaming market is declining...

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Ye Gods! I know what I'll do, I'll run out and buy a console! That'll help! Then I can play the bestest games on the latestest platforms!!11eleven!

 

[Gabrielle]

This is a silly poll because all consoles end up ported to the PC, either willingly or not. This the PC is the sum total of all consoles, as well as being a better platform in the first place.

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Yeah right, and that's why the PC gaming market is declining...

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Ye Gods! I know what I'll do, I'll run out and buy a console! That'll help! Then I can play the bestest games on the latestest platforms!!11eleven!

 

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Someone needs to wake up to reality. New consoles are always coming out every few years because their technology gets old and can't keep up with the pc and it's bestest games.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Someone needs to wake up to reality. New consoles are always coming out every few years because their technology gets old and can't keep up with the pc and it's bestest games. 

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You can buy every console of a generation brand new and you still wouldnt reach what it would cost you for an equivelent PC. Or what it would cost in upgrades over a 5 year period to keep one top of the line.

[Darque]

I used to be a die hard PC gamer, but I now believe consoles are far better.

 

Reason 1) No patching (consoles are standard hardware and thus easier to create for)

Reason 2) No installation (love having that extra free harddrive space)

Reason 3) It leaves my PC free for more important things

[metadigital]

I used to be a die hard PC gamer, but I now believe consoles are far better.

 

Reason 1) No patching (consoles are standard hardware and thus easier to create for)

Reason 2) No installation (love having that extra free harddrive space)

Reason 3) It leaves my PC free for more important things

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1. That means what ships at deadline is what you get. So no extra content or fan mods.

2. Harddrive space is about 36p (50⊄) per MB (in the UK, probably cheaper in the US due to economies of scale), and CDs are a few cents each, so storage is hardly an issue, price-wise.

3. I use my PC for work (it's a laptop, actually) and I still have plenty of room left. I am about to build a new gaming PC; currently, for about double the cost of a new PS3 I can build a rig with dual 7800GT SLI 256MB, overclock the RAM (1.5GHz effective) and GPU (750MHz, or thereabouts) and even have a cool looking modded case with water cooling.

 

Here is an example.

 

4. This is fun to do.

[Darque]

Fan mods and "bonus content" are really overrated.

[Gabrielle]

Not really. I like getting extra things in a game.

[Darque]

Not really. I like getting extra things in a game.

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So you'd like to find a roach in your sandwich when you go out to eat?

 

I mean, that's getting extra things...

[Haitoku]

This is a silly poll because all consoles end up ported to the PC, either willingly or not. This the PC is the sum total of all consoles, as well as being a better platform in the first place.

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Yeah right, and that's why the PC gaming market is declining...

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Ye Gods! I know what I'll do, I'll run out and buy a console! That'll help! Then I can play the bestest games on the latestest platforms!!11eleven!

 

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Right, sounds a lot better then, "Yes! I will go spend $300 every time the next new graphic "Innovation" comes out!"

 

atestest platforms!!11eleven!

 

What exactly was the point in adding this?

 

 

In any case, if you are actually denying that the market is slowly dissapearing, you really are a fool.

 

PC use to sport every game. Platforms, RPGs, Shooters, Puzzle games, etc. Now, we get hit with the same wave of generic FPS and other assorted online games every few months.

 

It might not ever truely be gone, but it's defintely stepping away from people who enjoy a variety of games.

[Darque]

PC's will one day only be used for FPSs and MMORPGs.

[mkreku]

Consoles is a great idea gone bad. The great part about it is the idea of giving everyone a chance to buy top of the line technology at a fair price, and of course giving developers a chance to develop their games for one setup only. What I dont understand though is why games on consoles in general feel 'dumbed down' compared to the games I grew up with on the C64 or PC. I'm not sure it's because of the consoles, but it feels like it started when the NES came out, with its simplistic controllers.

 

The dumbing down bit is actually the only thing I dislike about consoles.