Friday, April 16, 2010

19 High Scoring Old-School Games.

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20052426,00.html


These pictures bring back soooo many memoires:cry:....Man how far gaming has come since those days.


19 High Scoring Old-School Games.
i grew up in the paperboy, gauntlet and double dragon era. at the time those games looked amazing. funny how good your imagination is when you're young :)19 High Scoring Old-School Games.
[QUOTE=''Macutchi'']i grew up in the paperboy, gauntlet and double dragon era. at the time those games looked amazing. funny how good your imagination is when you're young :)[/QUOTE]Contra and centipede were 2 of the hardest games i've ever played.

Alright, 15 days and still no Valkyria C ...

Lemspot confirmed!Alright, 15 days and still no Valkyria C ...
No they are just really really slow.Alright, 15 days and still no Valkyria C ...
fail
its been a week and no banjo review either. no l4d.gs is a joke. i still dont understand why we want to use them for reviews
Remember how long it took for World of Goo? It'll probably come eventually.
[QUOTE=''xbox360isgr8t'']its been a week and no banjo review either. no l4d.gs is a joke. i still dont understand why we want to use them for reviews [/QUOTE]Oh well ign it is then.
So?Nuts %26 Bolts isn't reviewed yet.Neither is Left 4 Dead. 
[QUOTE=''nVidiaGaMer''][QUOTE=''xbox360isgr8t'']its been a week and no banjo review either. no l4d.gs is a joke. i still dont understand why we want to use them for reviews [/QUOTE]Oh well ign it is then. [/QUOTE] i dont argue reviews. but simply from the fact that they are much slower than others. 
Yeah, what's up with the long load.....er,..review times?
[QUOTE=''SolidGame_basic'']Lemspot confirmed![/QUOTE] Actually its more like Cowspot because with reviews they make you Just Wait. 
Fortunately for me, I don't rely on Gamepot's reviews. 
They were doing well in October and actually reviewed games days before release date. Not sure what happened here.:?
[QUOTE=''xbox360isgr8t''][QUOTE=''nVidiaGaMer''][QUOTE=''xbox360isgr8t'']its been a week and no banjo review either. no l4d.gs is a joke. i still dont understand why we want to use them for reviews [/QUOTE]Oh well ign it is then. [/QUOTE] i dont argue reviews. but simply from the fact that they are much slower than others.  [/QUOTE]Thats why I'm saying use ign instead (for reviews).
  • bloom-
  • PC gaming market bigger than you think

    From the article:''According to JPR, current world wide combined console sales for the latest generation of home consoles (PS3, XB360, Wii) total somewhere close to 75.7 million units shipped. That might sound like a lot, but it's made to look small in comparison to the 196 million gaming PCs shipped in the last three years - and that doesn't even include any enthusiast systems built from component parts''http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/11/19/gaming-pc-market-bigger-than-you-d-expect/1#lastOne thing to keep in mind though sales of games on the PC still lag behind the consoles. unless you are world of warcraft, sims or a valve gamePC gaming market bigger than you think
    Does that number include all the horrible PC's marketed as gaming PC's? Unfortunately the ordinary person doesn't know that 8400 GS is not good for gaming.PC gaming market bigger than you think
    [QUOTE=''RK-Mara'']Does that number include all the horrible PC's marketed as gaming PC's? Unfortunately the ordinary person doesn't know that 8400 GS is not good for gaming.[/QUOTE] I know I will cause pain to console fanboys but:Any GPU above the 8500GS can run games at ULTRA HD PS3 rez of 576p....at the ULTRA HIGH 2xAA....
    Well i decided not to bother myself anymore trying to proove point to some 12 y old console kidsI want to enjoy playing games @ XHD on my great gpu with ultra precise razer copperhead mouse lol :lol:
    [QUOTE=''Lidve''] Well i decided not to bother myself anymore trying to proove point to some 12 y old console kidsI want to enjoy playing games @ XHD on my great gpu with ultra precise razer copperhead mouse lol :lol:[/QUOTE]Copperhead FTW.
    [QUOTE=''crozon'']From the article:''According to JPR, current world wide combined console sales for the latest generation of home consoles (PS3, XB360, Wii) total somewhere close to 75.7 million units shipped. That might sound like a lot, but it's made to look small in comparison to the 196 million gaming PCs shipped in the last three years - and that doesn't even include any enthusiast systems built from component parts''http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/11/19/gaming-pc-market-bigger-than-you-d-expect/1#lastOne thing to keep in mind though sales of games on the PC still lag behind the consoles. unless you are world of warcraft, sims or a valve game[/QUOTE] [url=http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/11/19/gaming-pc-market-bigger-than-you-d-expect/1#last]Linked for the lazy![/url]
    from rockpapershotgun.comCleverthinks research company Jon Peddie Research have put together a report on the state of the PC hardware market, and it's looking good. Peddie says: ''From Q3 2005 till Q3 2008, 196 million gaming PCs shipped, and 10 million of them were in the Mainstream Enthusiast class-and if we include mainstream desktop and High-end high-end notebook, we could add another 187 million units-now that really is a lot.''The Techwatch article (currently on the front page of the Peddie site) seems astonished at the rude health of the PC gaming industry compared to the fledgling consoles. In fact it gets a little sarcastic about the HDTV fanfare from console types: ''Thankfully HD TVs are sneaking into the living room bringing 720p and, in some cases, 1080i capability. Imagine, 720p almost as good as 1024 x 768-old XGA resolution introduced by IBM in 1988-wow.''Peddie sums it up: ''Fact is the PC Gaming Market is bigger, worth more money, growing faster, and has better technology than the console market. How come no one but us seems to know that?''
    pc is coming back big in full force, thanks to ps3 and xbox360. the development fees is so high for these consoles, that developers have no choice but to risk dumping there properties on the pc. I decided to go pc gaming thanks to those other 2 consoles.
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    [QUOTE=''True_Gamer_''][QUOTE=''RK-Mara'']Does that number include all the horrible PC's marketed as gaming PC's? Unfortunately the ordinary person doesn't know that 8400 GS is not good for gaming.[/QUOTE] I know I will cause pain to console fanboys but:Any GPU above the 8500GS can run games at ULTRA HD PS3 rez of 576p....at the ULTRA HIGH 2xAA.... [/QUOTE] um.... cards lower than that can do higher than that...i ran those settings on my 6600 GTX PS: if your getting a video card, get the GTX or the Ultra, they are the best
    [QUOTE=''crozon'']from rockpapershotgun.comCleverthinks research company Jon Peddie Research have put together a report on the state of the PC hardware market, and it's looking good. Peddie says: ''From Q3 2005 till Q3 2008, 196 million gaming PCs shipped, and 10 million of them were in the Mainstream Enthusiast class-and if we include mainstream desktop and High-end high-end notebook, we could add another 187 million units-now that really is a lot.''The Techwatch article (currently on the front page of the Peddie site) seems astonished at the rude health of the PC gaming industry compared to the fledgling consoles. In fact it gets a little sarcastic about the HDTV fanfare from console types: ''Thankfully HD TVs are sneaking into the living room bringing 720p and, in some cases, 1080i capability. Imagine, 720p almost as good as 1024 x 768-old XGA resolution introduced by IBM in 1988-wow.''Peddie sums it up: ''Fact is the PC Gaming Market is bigger, worth more money, growing faster, and has better technology than the console market. How come no one but us seems to know that?''[/QUOTE] LMAO in what world is 1280x720 worst than 1024x768? Fullscreen sucks and 1280x720 is more pixels than 1024x768. They lost the little credibility they had.
    [QUOTE=''Rahnyc4'']pc is coming back big in full force, thanks to ps3 and xbox360. the development fees is so high for these consoles, that developers have no choice but to risk dumping there properties on the pc. I decided to go pc gaming thanks to those other 2 consoles. [/QUOTE]PC gaming never left. :)In fact, without PC gaming there would never have been any consoles whatsoever.
    [QUOTE=''crozon''] From the article:''According to JPR, current world wide combined console sales for the latest generation of home consoles (PS3, XB360, Wii) total somewhere close to 75.7 million units shipped. That might sound like a lot, but it's made to look small in comparison to the 196 million gaming PCs shipped in the last three years - and that doesn't even include any enthusiast systems built from component parts''http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/11/19/gaming-pc-market-bigger-than-you-d-expect/1#lastOne thing to keep in mind though sales of games on the PC still lag behind the consoles. unless you are world of warcraft, sims or a valve game[/QUOTE]Many upon many PC games sell 1+ million. Hell, The Witcher (which is a fairly niche RPG) sold 1+ million. Tons upon tons of others have as well. It balances out as well considering the royalty fees are hefty when making a game on a console. Plus the development costs on the PC are far less than others. Edit: They're not including my PC. :( I built it myself from hardware bought from websites. That's as bad as NPD not counting digital distribution for their PC sales. You have to count everything.
    Sure the hardware sells, but what about the games? Isn't that what really matters? All these hardware sales for ''gaming PCs'' just don't add up to the weak software sales. ''While it's certainly good news that the PC gaming master race is continuing to grow and that the hardware market is sound, we still have concerns about the state of the PC gaming especially as more and more titles go multi-format and intellectual property piracy becomes ever more rampant. While the hardware is out there, the sales figures are clear that it's not being utilised in a gaming breadth anywhere near as wide as consoles.'' Funny all these ''gaming PCs'' just to play WoW and the sims, yay pc gaming.http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/11/19/gaming-pc-market-bigger-than-you-d-expect/1#last
    [QUOTE=''shadow_hosi''][QUOTE=''True_Gamer_''][QUOTE=''RK-Mara'']Does that number include all the horrible PC's marketed as gaming PC's? Unfortunately the ordinary person doesn't know that 8400 GS is not good for gaming.[/QUOTE] I know I will cause pain to console fanboys but:Any GPU above the 8500GS can run games at ULTRA HD PS3 rez of 576p....at the ULTRA HIGH 2xAA.... [/QUOTE] um.... cards lower than that can do higher than that...i ran those settings on my 6600 GTX PS: if your getting a video card, get the GTX or the Ultra, they are the best [/QUOTE] 6600GTX doesnt even exist. Show mone review of it. Show me it at Nvidias 6 series home page. Nice try tho
    Why are PC gamers so insecure.
    360 has 30 plus million sellers. How many does PC have since 2005?
    [QUOTE=''robflores370''] Sure the hardware sells, but what about the games? Isn't that what really matters? All these hardware sales for ''gaming PCs'' just don't add up to the weak software sales. ''While it's certainly good news that the PC gaming master race is continuing to grow and that the hardware market is sound, we still have concerns about the state of the PC gaming especially as more and more titles go multi-format and intellectual property piracy becomes ever more rampant. While the hardware is out there, the sales figures are clear that it's not being utilised in a gaming breadth anywhere near as wide as consoles.'' Funny all these ''gaming PCs'' just to play WoW and the sims, yay pc gaming.http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/11/19/gaming-pc-market-bigger-than-you-d-expect/1#last [/QUOTE]Many PC games sell 1+ million copies. Piracy? Sure, piracy is a problem on any platform (other than PS3 atm till a bluray burner is made). And of course PC has it a bit more than others. Less than 25% of PC gamers pirate any games at all though. So it's not as if all do it (if anyone thought that they need help). PC games do sell well but piracy does hurt the sales a bit. These gaming PC's are far from only being WoW and Sims PC's. Hell, Crysis alone sold around 2 million copies and that had steeper than usual requirements.
    [This message was deleted at the request of a moderator or administrator]
    [QUOTE=''Puckhog04''][QUOTE=''robflores370''] Sure the hardware sells, but what about the games? Isn't that what really matters? All these hardware sales for ''gaming PCs'' just don't add up to the weak software sales. ''While it's certainly good news that the PC gaming master race is continuing to grow and that the hardware market is sound, we still have concerns about the state of the PC gaming especially as more and more titles go multi-format and intellectual property piracy becomes ever more rampant. While the hardware is out there, the sales figures are clear that it's not being utilised in a gaming breadth anywhere near as wide as consoles.'' Funny all these ''gaming PCs'' just to play WoW and the sims, yay pc gaming.http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/11/19/gaming-pc-market-bigger-than-you-d-expect/1#last [/QUOTE]Many PC games sell 1+ million copies. Piracy? Sure, piracy is a problem on any platform (other than PS3 atm till a bluray burner is made). And of course PC has it a bit more than others. Less than 25% of PC gamers pirate any games at all though. So it's not as if all do it (if anyone thought that they need help). PC games do sell well but piracy does hurt the sales a bit. These gaming PC's are far from only being WoW and Sims PC's. Hell, Crysis alone sold around 2 million copies and that had steeper than usual requirements. [/QUOTE]So with 196 million gaming PCs most titles can barely muster 1 million copies, thats weak IMO. I'm willing to bet if there were 196 million xbox 360's, Halo 3 would've sold 50million plus. Sure there is piracy on consoles but it is nowhere near as bad as it is on PC. Sure titles like gears 2, GTAIV, and others are leaked early, but they still sell millions. Gears 2 did 2.1 million the first day alone. I think GTAIV did 9 million on both consoles. Where are those type of sales with pc games other than WoW?

    Just me or does WotLK and Braid have

    ...The same music? I mean have you been to Grizzly Hills in Northrend? It sounds a lot like Braid. I love both games, I'm just sayin'!Just me or does WotLK and Braid have
    Guess that's a no.Just me or does WotLK and Braid have
    It'd be better if you gave links to each music.I assume many people have played one game, but not the other.
    [QUOTE=''ice144'']It'd be better if you gave links to each music.I assume many people have played one game, but not the other. [/QUOTE] ya ive never played wow.

    Eurogamer: Lips Review

    SingStar, anyone? Judging by more than 15 million sales and more than 2.2 million song downloads, the answer is yes. Microsoft wants in on the action, just as it does with EyeToy (You're in the Movies) and Buzz (Scene It?), and so it has enlisted respected Japanese music game developer iNiS to create an alternative that matches the Sony game almost word for word and hopefully builds on it. 

    The result is a karaoke experience fundamentally indivisible from Sony's vision of how it should work - right down to an outright refusal to use the 'k' word anywhere near it. Players of Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band will recognise the formula too; your singing is rated according to pitch and timing rather than exact notes. However, Lips also aims to outdo the competition by celebrating and rewarding vibrato, rather than punishing it as deviation, and although it often denies you points for brief and low starting points, the way you react to sudden changes in a song's pitch is marked with greater sympathy
    5/10http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=309023 Eurogamer: Lips Review
    Not surprised. It is just a Singstar clone after all. Eurogamer: Lips Review
    [QUOTE=''Jack_Bauer07'']Not surprised. It is just a Singstar clone after all. [/QUOTE]im surprised that iNis left EBA or Ouendan to do this cr///
    I want to know how the implications of your own music library work. If it's efficient enough, I may get this in January when the spending mayhem that has encompassed the past few months of my life dies down a bit.
    [QUOTE=''farnham''][QUOTE=''Jack_Bauer07'']Not surprised. It is just a Singstar clone after all. [/QUOTE]im surprised that iNis left EBA or Ouendan to do this cr///[/QUOTE]They must not have sold well.... But it is sad to see such a strong music developer move on to grayer pastures.
    Lips is a better game then Singstar.
    [QUOTE=''PS3_3DO'']Lips is a better game then Singstar.  [/QUOTE] How so? Everything it does is a step down from Singstar. Excluding the putting music from your ipod thing (which is pretty useless seeing how theres no lyrics or anything on the screen)And it doesn't have the awesome video features of Singstar.
    Given the developer, i was expecting WAY more

    Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix-N ...

    PS3-Tuesday, November 25360-Wednesday, November 26HereCan't wait! Now, about that price...I hope its not too much.Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix-N ...
    [QUOTE=''rockguy92''] PS3-Tuesday, November 25360-Wednesday, November 26HereCan't wait! Now, about that price...[/QUOTE]Did you see a price?Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix-N ...
    [QUOTE=''finalfantasy94''][QUOTE=''rockguy92''] PS3-Tuesday, November 25360-Wednesday, November 26HereCan't wait! Now, about that price...[/QUOTE]Did you see a price?[/QUOTE]No. I'm just speculating.
    Finally! :D
    [QUOTE=''rockguy92'']PS3-Tuesday, November 25360-Wednesday, November 26HereCan't wait! Now, about that price...[/QUOTE] Too late, with SF4 on the horizon I am not even gonna waste my money on this milkage.  Maybe if it came out last year like it was suppossed to then maybe they would have got my money but i know that the SF fanbase will move from this game to SF4 when it releases so its not worth it to me, especially with all the good full new games out there.
    Please, nobody say they're going to 'own' somebody online... please.I mean, we all think we're good at Street Fighter :| 
    [QUOTE=''leadernator''] Please, nobody say they're going to 'own' somebody online... please.I mean, we all think we're good at Street Fighter :| [/QUOTE]Actually I would be owned. If ownly I had the money.
    Ugh. I'm totally going to owe my wallet an apology next week....
    Finally this game is coming out!Seriously, Capcom completely screwed up with this game, they actually forgot to release it. Now its coming out way too close to SF4 and its going to cost them sales.
    I will own everybody and theyre father at this game I issue a challenge for you psn users send me a request if you think you can bang with the best I have won over 30 street fighter arcade awards and even jean claude vaan damme said I was L337.
    I wish they would stop wasting time with remaking turbo 2 and just get the street fighter alpha series on the VC,XBLA or PSN :(
    Tuesday for PSN? Thats odd, normall its ThursdaysOh well, want to know price, but recently with the milkage thats been going on, i wont be surprised with 1200 points...
    [QUOTE=''Jacboy71'']I will own everybody and theyre father at this game I issue a challenge for you psn users send me a request if you think you can bang with the best I have won over 30 street fighter arcade awards and even jean claude vaan damme said I was L337.[/QUOTE] I'll be waiting.
    the game is said to have a hip hop soundtrack so it wil be nice to hear the tunes and ur tunes while u fight
    shoryuken!

    Breaking 360 warranties special (IGN)

    Any of you guys see this? lmaohttp://xbox360.ign.com/dor/articles/932099/breaking-the-360-video-feature/videos/broken360_111808.htmlBreaking 360 warranties special (IGN)
    [QUOTE=''Kratos-Sackboy''] Any of you guys see this? lmaohttp://xbox360.ign.com/dor/articles/932099/breaking-the-360-video-feature/videos/broken360_111808.html[/QUOTE]fixedBreaking 360 warranties special (IGN)
    lol, the ending was hilarious.Well done IGN..well done.
    OMG!....How original....lololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololohahahahahahahahahahahahahahalolol
    Lmao he put it in a microwave :lol:
    that was funny - a terrible waste of a 360 but funny... 3... 2... 1... let the ign is biased posts roll in... lol jk i think we can all see this was just for laughs lol
    :lol:  Nicely done IGN.Uh oh, I hear the million clatters of critters approaching this thread.  *hands TC a flame shield*
    hahaha that was hilarious.It's funny cause it's true. :)
    LOL at the best way to get the RROD if all else fails xD
    Heh, that was pretty funny.Especially when he put it in the microwave:lol: 
    i knew IGN was full of cows after all!!!!11111111
    well done.
    I didnt think that was funny at all actually.
    I'm going to go try it.
    [QUOTE=''Gh0st_Of_0nyx'']I didnt think that was funny at all actually.[/QUOTE] lol yes you did
    [QUOTE=''spence1988''][QUOTE=''Gh0st_Of_0nyx'']I didnt think that was funny at all actually.[/QUOTE] lol yes you did[/QUOTE] Umm no I didnt Im all for making fun of RROD but that was more cheesy then funny.
    HILARIOUS!
    [QUOTE=''Gh0st_Of_0nyx'']I didnt think that was funny at all actually.[/QUOTE]Yeah you would say that...
    [QUOTE=''Rockman999''][QUOTE=''Gh0st_Of_0nyx'']I didnt think that was funny at all actually.[/QUOTE]Yeah you would say that...[/QUOTE] I only laughed at the end when they jumped into the air and froze time lol other then that it wasnt really funny IMO.
    Its funny because we all know everyone is crapping their pants that has launch consoles that wont be under warrenty anymore.