Nintendo or Nintendon't?

[Finless]

Bren,

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I didn't try the game but it is shareware for Win?? systems. I assume it to be the same game although it won't be the same without having to load the cassette and wait for the game to load .

B.

[Bantam]

Interesting article today in 'The Register ';
Nintendo last week revealed that its next-generation console, 'Revolution', will be a slimline unit as thick as three DVD cases when it ships next year.
That's undoubtedly a dig at Xbox 360, launched last week and which - despite its gently concave contours - is not exactly a small unit. That said, this three-case thickness only applies to Revolution's "final form", so presumably it's safe to expect prototypes to look rather more chunky.
Both Revolution and Xbox 360 will be powered by custom PowerPC processors from IBM, and graphics cores from ATI. Like the new Microsoft box - and indeed Sony's rather older PlayStation 2 - Revolution can be sat horizontally or vertically.
Nintendo said Revolution will play GameCube discs in its slot-loading drive, though the console's own media will be 12cm discs. The new machine will be "wireless Internet ready out of the box", from which statement we assume it will be 'ready to connect to the Net' rather than 'ready to have an optional wireless adaptor fitted', which is what Xbox 360 appears to be.
Nintendo also touted Revolution's "quick start-up time and quiet, low-power operation", and promised further details over the coming months.


Is it just me or does that sound like a nintendo which will look ever so slightly like a Mac Mini?

[Ivon]

Please do the right thing and waight for the new Xbox. They look good, and should play even better.

[Scuby]

Originally Posted by NarkedOFF

Please do the right thing and waight for the new Xbox. They look good, and should play even better.

Although only useful if you don't want to play any games for the next year and a half (which will probably end up 3 years).

I agree that i'd go for Sony/Microsoft rather than Nintendo (i'm actually surprised Nintendo is still in the market for under-the-telly consoles), but its hardly worth waiting for the new ones at the minute, especially when the current ones are so cheap.

David

[Ivon]

Originally Posted by Scuby

Although only useful if you don't want to play any games for the next year and a half (which will probably end up 3 years).

I agree that i'd go for Sony/Microsoft rather than Nintendo (i'm actually surprised Nintendo is still in the market for under-the-telly consoles), but its hardly worth waiting for the new ones at the minute, especially when the current ones are so cheap.

David

3 years, o well thought they were out before then. Iwould still go for the X box over a new nintendo though, the pads are huge if you dont put them down for 18 hours they feel like an extension of your hand!

[Scuby]

Originally Posted by NarkedOFF

3 years, o well thought they were out before then. Iwould still go for the X box over a new nintendo though, the pads are huge if you dont put them down for 18 hours they feel like an extension of your hand!

Ah actually you might be right. I thought it was Christmas 2006, but its Christmas this year apparently. That is in the US though, and we'll probably follow 3-6 months after, so say around a year if they're on target.
Which probably still means that it'll be about 2 years before you can actually get your hands on one since everyone will want one and there won't be enough :o\

David

[Bantam]

Originally Posted by NarkedOFF

Please do the right thing and waight for the new Xbox. They look good, and should play even better.

Yeah, if you want to play just first person shoot em ups, violence, sniping or driving games.

I like platform and puzzle type games aswell, which are almost totally missing on the xbox in any quantity (maybe 5 or 6 games), yet what the nintendo thrives on. There's also loads for the PS2 however I don't own any of those three machines.

I think the PS3 is going to be an interesting machine. On basic spec they seem to have much more raw power than the Xbox360 and the Revolution.

[Ivon]

I agree that X boxes are not really for platform games but they were not realt intended for that, there are still quite a few my girlfriends fave's are Abes Odesy and Taz. I think though that Cubes do have a lot of these sort of games and if that is what your into go for one there good value.

[Garf]

Originally Posted by Finless

Including Mutant Camels?

I think I have a colour printer for the C64 that has never been taken out of its box!

Think I've got just about everything Jeff Minter made.