26th May 2005, 8:30 PM
Regarding:
1. The Revolution has Gamecube controller ports on it so you can simply plug in any Gamecube controller you have for the sake of retro gaming. In fact, that's the entire reason they were added. The one issue there is that you will need to adapt to the limitations of the Gamecube controller... again. This means that for NES games, the select button is now either a shoulder button or possibly X or Y. For SNES games, the layout of the 4 buttons is a bit off, only really playing a factor when, for example, you need to hold down two odd buttons at the same time. For N64 games, well then things get ugly. The C stick WOULD do just fine, except in instanes where you might need to press both down and up or left and right at the same time (can't think of that off hand). Anyway, the neutering of a 6 button layout really becomes obvious with those...
2. Agreed. I'd just like to expand that using standard multiuse memory cards is great for the reasons you named, which all falls under the concept of standardization. However, I would like to see that taken further. The many memory card formats there are now are akin to having many different formats of DVDs. Wait... Yes, we have many DVD formats, but in the end it was all standardized so that new ones don't emerge and all DVD players support all those formats. Memory cards didn't even bother using the same standardized shapes and pin numbers, so making a device use all the formats now requires making a LOT of different slots for memory cards, which is stupid. Either the market needs to eliminate formats until one is left (and considering they are functionally the same, I really don't care which one, well I'd prefer one that's small and cheap to produce) or the major memory card makers all need to get together and design a standard. At the very least, the market has prevented this from going the way of printer cartridges. There is a store here that SPECIALIZES in the hundreds of obscure printer cartridges out there, "Cartridge World". Basically all that's needed is a standardized slot shape and pin set, to allow backwards compatibility, and a very high potential for upgrading both maximum capacity and transfer speeds.
3. That's what that horn on your face is for.
1. The Revolution has Gamecube controller ports on it so you can simply plug in any Gamecube controller you have for the sake of retro gaming. In fact, that's the entire reason they were added. The one issue there is that you will need to adapt to the limitations of the Gamecube controller... again. This means that for NES games, the select button is now either a shoulder button or possibly X or Y. For SNES games, the layout of the 4 buttons is a bit off, only really playing a factor when, for example, you need to hold down two odd buttons at the same time. For N64 games, well then things get ugly. The C stick WOULD do just fine, except in instanes where you might need to press both down and up or left and right at the same time (can't think of that off hand). Anyway, the neutering of a 6 button layout really becomes obvious with those...
2. Agreed. I'd just like to expand that using standard multiuse memory cards is great for the reasons you named, which all falls under the concept of standardization. However, I would like to see that taken further. The many memory card formats there are now are akin to having many different formats of DVDs. Wait... Yes, we have many DVD formats, but in the end it was all standardized so that new ones don't emerge and all DVD players support all those formats. Memory cards didn't even bother using the same standardized shapes and pin numbers, so making a device use all the formats now requires making a LOT of different slots for memory cards, which is stupid. Either the market needs to eliminate formats until one is left (and considering they are functionally the same, I really don't care which one, well I'd prefer one that's small and cheap to produce) or the major memory card makers all need to get together and design a standard. At the very least, the market has prevented this from going the way of printer cartridges. There is a store here that SPECIALIZES in the hundreds of obscure printer cartridges out there, "Cartridge World". Basically all that's needed is a standardized slot shape and pin set, to allow backwards compatibility, and a very high potential for upgrading both maximum capacity and transfer speeds.
3. That's what that horn on your face is for.
"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)