I never really expected straight emulated ROMs to get new features, so I don't have much to say about the "lack" of online play in the "virtual consoles". That'll have to wait until Nintendo sees fit to make new and improved versions of their old games as "Wii Ware" downloads.
The addition of voice chat to the system is a step in the right direction. I will add one note. If privacy and online safety is "jorb one" at Nintendo, adding voice chat of all things more or less negates EVERY SINGLE EFFORT THEY HAVE MADE to do exactly that. So, I'm saying they should take the hint and STOP DOING all that. :D As I've said before, it's simply a matter of putting parental controls into the online features of the system, right into the OS, which all games just need to tie into in order to be properly protected. Now I'm realistic. I know most parents have no idea how to set up those controls. I just don't care. This is a token gesture anyway, might as well not get in the way of most gamers in the attempt.
Anyway, this is a good move but I do have to wonder how they are implementing it. If it's like the DS, as I fear, it'll mean "a couple of games will have coded in support for voice chat", instead of the vastly superior "the OS itself will have coded in support for voice chat" which would mean EVERY game would hve support and it's just a matter of how they implement it. Mind you, to do that, they need to do the whole schtick of a persistant online profile from game to game, shared friends list, invites from the OS, ability to check up that info by using the "home" menu, that whole thing.
In other news, Sony intends to add in full "home" menu support for their online network on the PS3, meaning they'll have pretty much feature parity with XBox Live, only free. That'll pretty much cut Nintendo out completely.
And oh yes, just a reminder. Nintendo hasn't innovated anything NEW for online features either, like at all. They don't do anything unique when it comes to online networks. They just are outdated.
I'm going in about 24 hours. Anybody want a souvenier?
I'll be in a hotel that was described as 'Just minutes from the Sex Museum!" called the Flipper. Yes, the dolphin. In fact, it has a giant dolphin on the hotel.
I dunno if Minka will recognize me. I dont even know if she'll show up. :D But I go, divorce papers in my hand.........
Posted by: lazyfatbum - 10th December 2007, 2:54 AM - Forum: Ramble City
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It's 5: 30 in the morning and i'm not done packing. :crap:
why wont it end!!!!!!
I posted this out of frustration but maybe a topic is in order. Now lets all be honest, most of us would have sex with our mom. Okay, too intellectual, lets tone it down a bit: Can anyone look at a horse penis and not feel somewhat obligated? Yunno what I mean. The... okay. The REAL subject of this thread...!
Mystery Science Theater 3000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite is probably Riding With Death because of the turkeys, male camel toe, patent papers, creeping up on your mud flaps and other so-called references to what might have been dialogue. To imagine it, feel free to hammer a fork through your tongue.
In summary, an invisible man has to help a Nascar driver save California from a chemical explosion with the help of a pantsuit named Emily, or Stephanie. At one point the movie actually becomes a *different movie* i'm not making this up and it's genius how it all plays out and by genius I mean really stupid. It stars no one and features nothing. Enjoy!
If you're not the curious type and/or lack a brainstem this is part one (10 minutes) and part 2, 3, 4, well I was going to list each number up to 10 individually but I got bored, are all there in the little side bar thingy, which is kinda... lower right side ......bar. No matter, you probably stopped reading and rightfully so. I can make things up now, I am a carpenter. I went to Italy. I did cocaine on the back of a fat woman. See? Tripolodene is made of people!! ..... man what a cliche. "It's made of people!" that's not even shocking anymore, hell most things probably are anyways. Imagine a wig shop. I should do that, run in to a wig shop, hold up a beautiful hairpiece and scream that wigs are made of people. I wonder if they'd even get mad. It's more introspective than anything (Ryan has more lesbian porn than a paysite). Riding With Death! May the 70's burn forever in epochial hell and choke on a zuba! THE POPCORN'S FREE, BUT THE BUTTER'LL COST YA!
Announcing the long awaited release of the new TendoCity cool bar, for FireFox!
Yes I finally rewrote the search function for the TC cool bar so it works with FireFox. Now you can search TendoCity with the power of Google. Utilizing Ajax, search results appear an the same page you happen to be on, no page refreshes, no having to navigate away from the thread your looking at, just pure TovenNet Ajax badness.
Mozilla finally decided to get with the program and support a few new technologies that make it possible.
Activate the TendoCity Christmas 2007 of Vista Black themes to check it out today!
And look for it in the new upcoming Christmas 2008 theme.
Thats all, have to be at work soon... No sleep.... No Sleeeeeeeeeeee.........THUD!
And it's still like shoving a camel through the eye of a needle to get it to work. Apparently they are needing to work with Nintendo to manage to get this to work. Well, it has to start somewhere. At least once they are done, the results will be there for other companies to take advantage of, such as Nintendo. Of course my guess is the solution will be a menu they have to code inside the game itself to go to the company's own servers to get the content, which means it's own seperate payment system...
Nintendo is not making it easy for other companies to do all this. MS has it down to automatic software upgrades when you turn on a game (apparently Sony does too). Nintendo just has a lot of work to do to catch up.
A lot more Genesis games than I thought use EEPROM saving. I thought it was just NBA Jam (original version) and Mega Man: The Wily Wars (J/E only) that had EEPROMs in addition to Sonic 3's save chip, but that is not the case...
Quote:Serial EEPROM:
* EA - NHLPA '93 - 24C01 (mode 1)
* EA - Rings of Power - 24C01 (mode 1)
* NBA Jam - 24C02 (mode 2)
* NFL Quarterback Club - 24C02 (mode 2)
* 32X NFL Quarterback Club - 24C02 (mode 2)
* NFL Quarterback Club '96 - 24C16 (mode 2)
* Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball - 24C65 (mode 3)
* College Slam - 24C65 (mode 3)
* ??? Wonder Boy in Monster World - 24C01 ???
* ??? 32X NBA Jam - 24C02 ???
(I don't have the games with ??? to open up, but have reason to believe they use a 24Cxx)
Parallel EEPROM:
* Accolade - Barkley Shut Up and Jam 2 - 28C16
* Accolade - Unnecessary Roughness '95 - 28C16
These were all confirmed except for the two 32X games, which are unconfirmed. That seems to be a complete list of serial EEPROM Genesis games; I'm not sure if that's a complete list of Parallel EEPROM games, though... none others are mentioned, but perhaps parallel EEPROM games run in emulators as they are so people don't care about which games use that? Or perhaps only those two games had it... who knows. Very interesting. Sadly there doesn't seem to have been any progress on this in the last few months... no Genesis emulators can properly save in some of those games (savestates are always an option, of course). Gens can't save in the NBA Jam games, for instance. Kega can, as you'd expect (Kega was made by Steve Snake, the same guy who was the lead programmer of the 32X version of NBA Jam TE), but it has problems with other titles...
Hearing that Wonder Boy in Monster World actually has EEPROM saving and I don't need to worry about that battery is really good news, though. I have that cartridge. :)
A celebrity or super nerd like Bill Nye to be president or Prime ministry; Who would you pick? What would be the weirdest candidate? Mr Rogers? Mr dress up in Canada *RIP*
Imagine Steven Hawkins being president and having speeches done with a electronic voice; You would have a totally disabled handicapped man as your leader.
Then again Arnold did get elected in California so its not so far fetched.
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