Dumpster vol. 2

[A Black Falcon]

First of all, that's not what I was referring to. Re-read the past few posts. Memory has nothing to do with it. They're using 64MB cards because they're N64 games, not the other way around. The reason why the IQue plays just N64 and SNES games and not GC ones is because otherwise the system would be expensive, and that would defeat the purpose of releasing the system in China.

And GBA carts can be much larger than N64 carts, btw.

What in the world? There aren't affordable 1.5GB cards! Are you nuts?

As I said, if you want the cards to be a nice price like $30 you've got to make it small. And making it small necessitates older games.

Oh yeah, and GBA and N64 carts are equal in size. (ignoring megabits; they are pointless. Megabytes is the only reasonable measurement that should be used) I should know, since I have dozens of roms for both consoles... N64 carts go from 8MB to 64MB (mostly 8-32MB with just a couple bigger than that), and GBA carts are from some small amount (either 1MB or 2MB) to 16MB, with most games 8MB or less except for some newer, bigger games (Pokemon Ruby, FFTA, Golden Sun 2, Kirby, and some others).

So no, while GBA and N64 games are in the same ballpark, N64 is larger. There aren't any N64 games I know of smaller than 8MB, for example, while there are some GBA games in that size... and a much higher percentage of GBA games is 8MB than N64 ones, I think.

I've heard this sort of nonsense before, it was during the time FFVII came out and the PlayStation started to completely destroy the Nintendo 64. Fanboys will say what they will to help them sleep at night. Believe me, I was one of them. I don't want Sony to succeed in the handheld business any more than Nintendo does, but it's going to happen no matter how many foolish people skoff at them. It won't be the same kind of struggle, but it will certainly be a struggle for them. Let's hope that Nintendo has something big up their sleeves to go up against the PSP. This "they're not even competition" facade has only resulted in them losing their stronghold over the market.

The PSX? Yes, you're right. But the PSP? As I have explained in great depth many times, it's a totally different ballgame and Sony isn't in the same park as Nintendo. Recent events should make that more clear even to extremely stubborn people like you.

You are right in the long run -- Nintendo has to respond to the PSP eventually and will need another GB. And they can't assume that everyone will get the next GB just because they got GBAs, that one sunk Nintendo when they went from the SNES to the N64. They also tried to hold on to the SNES for too long. But this case is just different. GB is mass market. PSP is NOT. Not yet. Not for years, I expect, will the PSP truly be a mass-market device with enough strengths to seriously challenge the GB in the market of portable videogames in all consumer groups. And yes, Nintendo does need to be ready with some kind of response before that happens. But it's not so soon and Nintendo has plenty of time to plan and come up with a good solution that continues the tranditional strengths that have kept the GB on top while pushing things further... and remember, unlike the GB, this time there's real competition looming out there, so they'll probably push harder than they did with the GBA...

Of course not, Einsten. That's because those are straight ports. Repeat after me: They are straight ports that do not take advantage of the GBA hardware!

I don't know how this makes you think that the IQue would be a success here, but whatever. I'd have more luck convincing this banana to stop dancing then I'd have convincing you that you're nuts.

It obviously wouldn't challenge the major consoles, but neither would it flop I think...

And I was TALKING about straight GBA ports in my comment that SNES games look better in SNES resolution than GBA! Wasn't it obvious? I mean, a GBA game made for GBA resolutions obviously looks better in that one than a larger SNES resolution... they'd need to remake the game to adjust...