4th February 2004, 3:14 PM
I have no sympathy for that kind of stupidity. If you don't plan in advance for a trip then it's your own fault.
4th February 2004, 3:14 PM
I have no sympathy for that kind of stupidity. If you don't plan in advance for a trip then it's your own fault.
4th February 2004, 3:25 PM
And how do you solve the problem, exactly?
4th February 2004, 3:28 PM
Gee I dunno, by buying an extra battery pack ahead of time? OoooOOooh!
4th February 2004, 3:36 PM
Expensive! Especially if you're talking having three or more of them... I mean, get a used game or a battery pack... (and before you try "batteries cost money too", again, its easy to get plenty for no money if you're in the right situation...)
4th February 2004, 3:41 PM
You'll need just one extra pack unless you plan on playing for 15 straight hours.
Seriously, you guys are huge whiners.
4th February 2004, 4:21 PM
Right, because it'll work for 5 hours...
4th February 2004, 4:46 PM
3-5 hours x 2 = 6-10 hours. Someone needs to take Algebra again. :p
Not that I want to get sucked into this argument. *runs*
4th February 2004, 4:59 PM
And doesn't GBA get 15 at least?
4th February 2004, 5:35 PM
Oy, 10 or 15 hours, big whup. You think Nintendo's GBA successor will have a 15-hour battery life? Haha, dream on.
And just like Sony always does, I'm sure they're release longer-lasting PSP batteries further down the line.
4th February 2004, 6:53 PM
No, it won't have 15, but 10 is very reasonable. I do not want Nintendo killing their battery life for high-volume media... I think that good battery life is more important than 1+GB media.
4th February 2004, 7:00 PM
If people could live without an internal light for over 13 years, I'm sure they'll be able to live with a pretty short battery life as long as the battery is rechargeable and you can get spare packs.
4th February 2004, 7:17 PM
Um, those are very different things, you know, so I don't see why you make a direct comparison...
4th February 2004, 7:21 PM
They're both handicaps.
4th February 2004, 7:39 PM
Yes, but battery life is more important than a light... at least IMO... but you can find ways to get around a light, while batteries are a bit harder to deal with...
4th February 2004, 7:52 PM
Maybe if you spend all of your time indoors and under a bright light, but for most people an internal light is a huge deal.
4th February 2004, 7:58 PM
Many, not most, I would say.
4th February 2004, 8:05 PM
You say lots of things.
4th February 2004, 8:13 PM
And I know some people complained about the GBA screen brightness, but hardly all...
4th February 2004, 8:20 PM
Yeah I bet.
4th February 2004, 8:31 PM
So you know everyone with a GBA? :)
4th February 2004, 8:32 PM
Yes.
9th February 2004, 7:29 PM
9th February 2004, 8:38 PM
Mr. Forum-Master sez: Don't just post links! Make sure you post the article too for the benefit of others!
Sometimes you get the scorpion.
9th February 2004, 8:44 PM
Screw that. The only real problem we had before was that people would post ABOUT an article without linking to it. I'd much rather have JUST a link with no text about it. Ya want info? Click the frickin' link!
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
9th February 2004, 8:50 PM
Article well worth reading.
9th February 2004, 9:12 PM
When you have 56k you like things to be setup so that you don't have to go to other webpages when it isn't necessary.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.
9th February 2004, 9:35 PM
I've used 56k a lot and it really isn't that bad.
10th February 2004, 11:34 AM
IGN has been really slow these past few weeks. Each page freezes for several seconds when it first loads up. It's been this way at work, home, and at my friend's house. Same thing with ve3d and the ign boards. Very annoying.
10th February 2004, 1:59 PM
It does that for me too... but on my comp it's because my computer is messed up and Netscape gets very slow when it has to load a new window or box... error windows or cookie windows often make netscape stop for a while. The IGN problem for me is because they added a popup ad that gets through the blocker.
10th February 2004, 4:06 PM
I don't get those ads because I have Insider, but it's still slow.
10th February 2004, 4:15 PM
Quote:I've used 56k a lot and it really isn't that bad. Yes, it really is.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.
10th February 2004, 4:22 PM
I agree.
10th February 2004, 4:23 PM
Slow, but for webpages you can deal. It's downloading, not just loading webpages, that is the real pain.
10th February 2004, 5:11 PM
Wepages with IMAGES take a while, and IGN has plenty of them.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.
10th February 2004, 5:53 PM
Then just disable images! Point is, as Weltall would say, the rest of the world won't be waiting for you to catch up.
Oh, I haven't had those problems with IGN. In fact, Avant Browser, as PA put it, makes IGN surfable again by not only having great pop-up blocking, but ALSO by having a quickly accessible button to disable flash. I always have flash disabled now unless I see something funny like <a href="http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/22/">this</a>.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
10th February 2004, 7:31 PM
Quote:Then just disable images! Then the pages look dumb.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.
13th February 2004, 9:50 AM
Supposedly from Famitsu...
Quote:When asked if they have high hopes for the machine, 93.3% of makers said yes, with 64.4% of retailers and 62.2% of users also agreeing. 10% of makers are already sold by the idea, 33.3% are staying clear of the hardware for now, while 56.7% are currently looking into its potential. Specific comments from creators follow:
13th February 2004, 11:56 AM
Obviously Japanese developers have gotten more info on it than US developers have. IGN did a video interview with Vicarious Visions and they know as much about the DS as we do. Pretty sad.
13th February 2004, 12:40 PM
Yeah... showing it to developers is good, and this report is somewhat encouraging (Koei? Have they released anything for Nintendo, even in Japan, in years?)... but they are ignoring American developers? I wouldn't be surprised, not at all... Nintendo seems determined to ignore the needs of its biggest market.
13th February 2004, 1:29 PM
Looks like a lot of Japanese developers are really excited about the DS.
Quote:Yeah... showing it to developers is good, and this report is somewhat encouraging (Koei? Have they released anything for Nintendo, even in Japan, in years?)... but they are ignoring American developers? I wouldn't be surprised, not at all... Nintendo seems determined to ignore the needs of its biggest market. Well they did say that they were going to devote a lot of E3 '04 to the DS.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.
13th February 2004, 1:45 PM
True. But they should be giving equal treatment to American and Japanese third parties.
13th February 2004, 1:54 PM
The DS is supposed to have a worldwide launch of late 2004, yet most US developers (if any) know nothing about the system.
13th February 2004, 1:58 PM
Yeah, that is not good... but the comments from Japanese developers are...
3rd March 2004, 1:10 PM
Wireless multiplayer connectivity (Bluetooth-like) is probably in the DS...
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/03/01/...90345.html
3rd March 2004, 1:45 PM
Woo!
3rd March 2004, 2:40 PM
*claps*
3rd March 2004, 3:06 PM
Here's the question. Will this next system be set up so that the wireless connection works with all old games? One little tricky item to deal with is that the way the data is handled by the GBA's current cables is different than the way the wireless connection is designed. I mean, the data is sent along a cable just back and forth in two player. Add a 3rd though, and that data has to piggyback along with the 2nd player's data to get to player 1. This wireless connection likely depends on a "host" system just synchronising the data. Not sure if I'm being clear here, but as I see it they'd have to kinda do some artificial data passing, by sending the data from 4th player to 3rd, then to 2nd, then along to 1st. I can imagine there'd be some lag involved in that unless it was really optimized. I'm also not sure if that's ACTUALLY needed. It all depends on if the GBA games multiplay was specially designed around this, and it most assuredly was I think, and thus if it didn't work like that, the games wouldn't work...
This is probably why Triton Labs has taken so long making their little wireless adapter, and why the adapter for Pokémon only works with that and later games that support it. Ya see, when I actually take the time to think about why they did these things, I can actually figure something reasonable out :D. Still, I would really like it if Nintendo solved this problem in time for the next system. That would mean it's already solved for when whatever Nintendo considers to be the REAL portable successor is made.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
3rd March 2004, 7:16 PM
If the DS doesn't play GBA games there won't be a problem...
Sometimes you get the scorpion.
3rd March 2004, 7:29 PM
I think it will...
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