DaveK Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Agreed. One of the best games ever. Here's some eye candy from back in the day.. [qimg]http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/w/the_way_of_the_exploding_fist.png[/qimg] You've shattered my dream. In my memory it looked a lot better than that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Geeks the lot of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 You've shattered my dream. In my memory it looked a lot better than that! I always remember 'stuff going on in the background' from that game.. like a bird flying past or fish jumping out of the water.. hunched over a Spectrum in the mid eighties, aged 12, I actually thought I was in ancient China or something.. so lifelike.. so real.. Kids these days don't know they're born etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamAhead Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Geeks the lot of you. Yep and were proud of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 hunched over a Spectrum in the mid eighties, aged 12, I actually thought I was in ancient China or something.. so lifelike.. so real.. I laughed at this at first but then i'm the one who, when playing the first Tomb Raider, always made sure to get Lara somewhere safe so she could sleep when I saved the game and turned the PC off. I was a lot older than 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 I laughed at this at first but then i'm the one who, when playing the first Tomb Raider, always made sure to get Lara somewhere safe so she could sleep when I saved the game and turned the PC off. I was a lot older than 12. excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 my turn... Spectrum 48k (in mum and dads loft) Spectrum +2 (i think thats what its called) Game Gear Master System Mega Drive 2 Mega CD 2 32X Sega Saturn N64 Dreamcast Xbox Xbox 360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Spectrum +2 (i think thats what its called) So you were the other person who bought one of these? Yeah, thanks for removing a volume control Clive! ..rendering my extensive library of 'back-ups' as useless as a C15 cassette! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Can I just say, if like me, your really into online gaming (there is nothing more satisfying than shooting american brat kids in the face close range then laughing over their corpse), then the 360 is the one to get, its online capabilities are far superior to the PS3's. I could go into the list of reasons why but I'm currently at work, earning tax payers money, which could be frowned upon slightly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Can I just say, if like me, your really into online gaming (there is nothing more satisfying than shooting american brat kids in the face close range then laughing over their corpse), then the 360 is the one to get, its online capabilities are far superior to the PS3's. I could go into the list of reasons why but I'm currently at work, earning tax payers money, which could be frowned upon slightly Actually, when you have the time I'd be interested why. I've heard this several times. I've not used an XBOX so I have nothing to compare it to - but the PS3 seems OK to me. You choose online game from whatever game you're playing and off you go. What does the XBOX do that makes it superior? Note - this isn't a "I refuse to believe the XBOX is better than my PS3" kind of response - I'm genuinely interested in what I'm missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASHTHEBISHOP Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 I only have 2 consoles now... N64 with Goldeneye (wasted too many days) Xbox with a few but mostly Tonyhawks (all) I think the 1st thing that ever got me hooked on gaming was.. Spectrum + Frogger / Space invaders Amiga + Xenon 2 Also the PS + Soulblade (much underrated beat em up still play at a mates now & again) I am sure i wasted many hours on games such as Horace goes skiing, Manic minor, Jet set willy & donkey kong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share Posted April 1, 2007 Just played the PS3 this morning - It was good, but only as good as teh 360 for what I played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Manic minor (was it minor or miner?) and jet set willy - classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Actually, when you have the time I'd be interested why. I've heard this several times. I've not used an XBOX so I have nothing to compare it to - but the PS3 seems OK to me. You choose online game from whatever game you're playing and off you go. What does the XBOX do that makes it superior? Note - this isn't a "I refuse to believe the XBOX is better than my PS3" kind of response - I'm genuinely interested in what I'm missing. The xbox 360 system uses a 'dedicated' online service that you subscribe to. It costs £40 a year. For this you get dedicated servers with a unified online service. You have one freinds list that is unified with every game, you get a little popup when one of your freinds comes online irrespective of what you are doing, whether it be watching a DVD or playing any game. All the games for the 360 that have online capability use this same service making them all linked, or 'unified'. For example, you could be playing PGR3 blatting around the nurburgring racing a group of french noobs, when one of your freinds, who's playing Gears of War chainsawing people in the face, can private chat you by simply pressing the center button on the game contoller. the game does not get interuppted and you can chat away to each other. If he's getting owned, you can choose to jump to his game to help him out. It ejects the disc for you and you put in Gears of War, it then loads straight into his game without any prompting. All the time, your still chatting to him without any break in communication. You only have to have one list of freinds instead of the PS3's individual freinds list for each game. Then theres the downloadable content. The 360's list of available is astounding with new demos being released on it every week, along with movie trailers, music, game trailers, full games (live arcade) etc etc, the sheer amount of content available has the second highest content rating in the world, the first being I-tunes. So you never need to by a magazine again as the demos, trailers and movie clips are all part of the service. All the movie content is High Definition stuff, so looks awesome if you have a screen capable of displaying it. Because the servers are dedicated, it downloads the stuff as fast as your connection is capable of. It also has a queing system, on the PS3, when you choose to download something, you cannot que anything else up, your stuck waiting for whatever your downloading to finish before you can do anything else. The 360 can que 8 different items, while waiting for them to download, you can play any game you want and it won't make any difference, it'll still download in the background. You can also turn off the machine or lose you internet connection, it'll remember where it got too and resume the next time it turns on. Then a little popup will tell you when its finished. Then theres the fact that it is a media center PC at heart, meaning if you have a wireless network at home, you can go into media player 11 on your PC, select everything you want to share in the network, it'll come up saying its found the 360. Then, go downstairs, load up the 360, and it'll link to your PC wirelessly, you can stream music or videos straight to the 360 via your home network. So you can watch all that porn you've downloaded onto your PC on your huge TV downstairs through your 360. You can use your music saved on your PC to stream at anytime to your 360, meaning you can be playing any game, and have any music you want as a custom soundtrack playing in the background. With the PS3, future online games that demand high bandwidth usage may require you to pay a monthly payment to play the game online. EG - world of warcraft. This is currently under disscussion between Sony and game devs. you could be looking at giving your bank details to different game devs everytime you get a new game and go online with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Just go and buy one Dave.... you know you want to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 He won't play on it though, he's just nosey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 It also has a queing system, on the PS3, when you choose to download something, you cannot que anything else up, your stuck waiting for whatever your downloading to finish before you can do anything else. The 360 can que 8 different items, while waiting for them to download, you can play any game you want and it won't make any difference, it'll still download in the background. The latest update to the PS3 allows this. I've downloaded in the background and queued downloads. Most of the other differences only seem relevant if I have friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikkyB Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Can I have two? Impossible Mission on the C64 and System Shock 2 on PC. Wasnt going to post, but you sir have good taste! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikkyB Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 For this you get dedicated servers with a unified online service. Not entirely true I'm afraid! With a couple of exceptions the 360 uses a peer to peer server system for multiplayer where as the PS3 uses an actual dedicated server to host the games. Both methods have advantages and disadvantages, mainly tied with how popular a game proves over its lifespan. With a good broadband connection you wouldnt really notice the difference anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Not entirely true I'm afraid! With a couple of exceptions the 360 uses a peer to peer server system for multiplayer where as the PS3 uses an actual dedicated server to host the games. Both methods have advantages and disadvantages, mainly tied with how popular a game proves over its lifespan. With a good broadband connection you wouldnt really notice the difference anyway. The peer to peer servers are 'dedicated' in thats all they do. Hence why the online service is 'unified'. The servers that host content are all 'dedicated'. I'm a firm believer in you get what you pay for, you pay nothing for the PS3's online, so, it'll never beat the 'live service of the 360. The dedicated servers needed for the PS3's online will not pay for themselves forever, somewhere along the line, someone will have to pay (the consumer), either that, or 12 months after release, no more online gaming for older games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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