360 degrees of umm... Xbox.

Post by Bo » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:41 pm

Launch-day woes are believable; I got bitten by the defective-disc debacle with my Dreamcast. I'm sure there's an Xbox 360 owner here in my dorm, but I've not heard any reports on the system yet.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:56 pm

Y'know, when Disney World opened the Pirates of the Caribbean went out of control and pillaged Country Bear Hall. Or, or something like that.

Cuckooguy · Post by **Cuckooguy** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:44 am

I want to go to Disney World.

I've been to Disney Land about 7-10 times in my life. Magic Mountain about that much too, and Sea World too. However, I have never been to Lego Land, which is one city away from me and takes less than thirty minutes to get to.

I miss the Haunted House.

Post by **Esrever** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:45 am

I think I must have gone through 4 seperate copies of Sonic Adventure before they finally got me one that worked right!

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:53 am

Disney World isn't that spectacular. A couple of the attractions at Epcot are kind of interesting in a quaint sort of way, but I'm pretty sure it's not the happiest place on Earth. I sure hope it isn't, anyway.

I think I must have gone through 4 seperate copies of Sonic Adventure before they finally got me one that worked right!

That happened to me with PSO. I went through, like, half a dozen of them before I finally found one that worked on my system. That was the only game I ever had a problem with, though, and once I found one that worked I never had any trouble with it. Whazzup with that?

Post by **Esrever** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:15 am

The story they gave me at the store was that early DC disks were sometimes incompatible with newer systems. Maybe the reverse was also true?

The DC I bought was brand new, 1 1/2 years after the system came out... but the 4 copies of Sonic Adventure were all used copies, probably from launch time. I seem to remember, though, that they had a lot of problems with bad discs at launch in general...

plasticwingsband · Post by **plasticwingsband** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:00 am

Poison Eggroll wrote:However, I have never been to Lego Land, which is one city away from me and takes less than thirty minutes to get to.

d00d where do you live? Lego Land is less than 30 minutes away from my city too.

It's pretty cool if you like Legos. I applied for a job there, but this creepy fuck and I were both intervied at the same time and I never heard from them.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:20 pm

Esrever wrote:The story they gave me at the store was that early DC disks were sometimes incompatible with newer systems. Maybe the reverse was also true?

The DC I bought was brand new, 1 1/2 years after the system came out... but the 4 copies of Sonic Adventure were all used copies, probably from launch time. I seem to remember, though, that they had a lot of problems with bad discs at launch in general...

All I know is that my old copy of Soul Calibur doesn't fucking work anymore.

"There is not disk in the drive"
My ass!

Tsuyoshi-kun · Post by **Tsuyoshi-kun** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:43 pm

Street Fighter Alpha 3 won't work with my Dreamcast, either. It doesn't even know there's a game in the system.

Guess I'll have to *shudder* buy the Playstation version. It's going to be on PSP soon, but I don't have $300 to spare.

smiths32 · Post by **smiths32** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 4:40 pm

You could always buy the Saturn version which is supposed to be the most superior port but it'll probably set you back some bucks. There's always the GBA version as well but that kind of speaks for itself.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 12:18 am

Y'know, when Disney World opened the Pirates of the Caribbean went out of control and pillaged Country Bear Hall. Or, or something like that.

I would pay a lot of money to see drunken pirates in a war against redneck bears.

Actually, come to think of it, all I'll problably have to do is buy Kingdom Hearts 4. At this rate, that matchup is inevitable.

Ritz · Post by **Ritz** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:57 pm

What.

HyperFox · Post by **HyperFox** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:08 pm

smiths32 wrote:You could always buy the Saturn version which is supposed to be the most superior port but it'll probably set you back some bucks. There's always the GBA version as well but that kind of speaks for itself.

Or you get one of those build-your-own-arcade-machine kits online and emulate it with WinKAWAKS...

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:11 pm

Ritz wrote:What.

Actually, from what I heard they include two peripherals with that set which would make the MSRP around 450 dollars. So yeah, they are still trying to fuck people, but not as hardcore.

EDIT: http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/9837/Xbox ... ce-Hiking/
That's where I read it from.

Post by **Delphine** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 10:00 pm

Ritz wrote:What.

It works for Ebay jerks.

Senbei · Post by **Senbei** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 10:22 pm

I love how major corporations don't even try to hide their sickening greed and cut right to obvious schemes designed to screw their own customers.

Oh wait, no I don't.

PSMad · Post by **PSMad** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:19 pm

The 360 came out in Europe today and I bagged myself a premium 360 with 3 games and a wireless network adaptor. The adaptor was a bit pricey but a necessity if I ever wanted to get my 360 online. My TV & console are just too far away from my PC and internet connection. Overall I'm very impressed.

Not only does the console look sexy but it has a plethora of features and getting connected to Live basically makes the games complete. I spent a good hour on Gotham TV watching races and doing time attack on the test circuit to try and get my rank on that lap up. Currently I'm the 100th and something fastest person on the test track in a Jaguar... in the WORLD!

Games are no longer about playing through for your own enjoyment, now you can try and be the best at a game and get instant recognition for it. Even beating a game 100% increases your gamer score meaning you actually have an incentive to play through and explore any hidden nook and crannies after the story has been beaten.

The PS3 has a hell of a job on its hands.

jenkins · Post by **jenkins** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:29 pm

If the PS3 can't beat the X-Box 360, then I'm not sure that Bill Gates doesn't deserve to expand his monopoly.

Don't buy an X-Box 360.

James McGeachie · Post by **James McGeachie** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:35 pm

Haha yeah, that Bill Gates sure is rich! Of course his wealth pales in comparison to his evilness! Man, what a terrible person, so rich and evil, gosh I hope people don't buy his console man that would just be a sin.

jenkins · Post by **jenkins** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:38 pm

Glad we can agree on that.

Buy a Mac while you're at it. I love Macs.

James McGeachie · Post by **James McGeachie** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:43 pm

Although I hate pointing out my sarcasm, it seems in this case it's probably necessary, just in case. Referring to my last post, in case you're not 100% yet.

Quick question: Do you have a good reason to dislike the Xbox, Microsoft or Bill Gates?

jenkins · Post by **jenkins** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:48 pm

Whoa, sorry I missed that. Never mind, I still hate you.

I am excessively liberal. Therefore, I would like to see Bill Gates burn in hell for his flagrant monopoly attempts. On a less important note, he crushed Steve Jobs. Bastard. On a completely unrelated note, iPod is still the top MP3 player in existence, and there I'm actually in the majority. Similarly, iTunes is so popular that they had to make a PC version. Hah.

X-Box sucks. Thankfully, it isn't terribly successful. If so, then we'd lose Nintendo and Playstation. That just isn't cool.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:49 pm

You're retarded.

jenkins · Post by **jenkins** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:53 pm

Observe.

I don't give a shit if it's outdated now.

The X-Box 360 is not only overpriced, its fucking huge. I have a computer at home which is faster and has more memory and better graphics, and it's 1/6 of the size: MacMini.

And has anyone else noticed that "X-Box 360" is blindingly oxymoronic?

Post by **Segaholic2** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 8:00 pm

jenkins wrote:The X-Box 360 is not only overpriced, its fucking huge.

jenkins wrote:I have a computer at home which is faster and has more memory and better graphics, and it's 1/6 of the size: MacMini.

Segaholic2 wrote: You're retarded.