[Adam]

so- xbox has arrived in the country and it appears that people wanna buy it even though there is only 12 games to play. go one mircoboffs.

the xbox that moyles keeps playing was free to use the other day. so i went on it and thought, how good is this.

*chris* the consolecam pics have been e-mailed to you, if you wanna put them on your site.

just wanted to know if any of you guys are thinking of buying it..?

adam

[Guest666]

Seems this isnt a games based forum i shall keep it short. Both the XBOX and PS2 are not up to much. I have a PS2 and wish I never had baught one due to the lack of quality games, the XBOX on the other hand has no quality games as of yet. I have played a fair few of the games on both systems and rate them very poor, graphics and lastability is the worst problems. People think that the XBOX is going to be a grand graphics station, well on your bog standard tv just forget it. I have to much more to say but i wont.

If your looking for a dedicated games machine, get an Athalon PC or Gamecube, or better still a Gameboy advanced! All three are laden with quality games, and i do mean quality not quantity.

Sheesh somebody stop me!

[Nablo.]

Don't get me started on the Crap Box I hate it with a passion, and don't understand all the fuss over it! Plus don't have a go at Playstation 2 there is nothing wrong with it. Anyway I'll not go on a long rant about it. Unless it is called for.

[Jonny Hoare]

My puter provides me with enuff entertainment

Champ Manager
Nascar heat
Speccy Emulator fer Dizzy

Why fork out more money to Johnny Nintendo, Emperor Sony or Bill gates

I have enough equipment here

[Eddie]

I'm waiting for the Nintendo game cube - it is supposed to be great. It will be like the same thing that happened with the N64 - they only brought out games when they knew they ahd spent enough time making them great -so there was not loads to choose from but nearly everygame that came out was brilliant..., MUCH MUCH better than playstation etc....Mario, Zelda (1 and 2), Perfect Dark, GOLDENEYE (THE BEST GAME EVER bar none!!!!!)etc etc...the graphics were also much better than the other platforms at the time. The Game cube will proove to be the very same on a higher level, you amrk my words.

The N64 = great but very underated except by a small army of fans who stumbled upon it

Game cube will = Excellnt games, graphics but very underated except by a small army of fans who stumbled upon it

Plus - you can plug your gameboy advanced in to!

I know there will be many arguments agaisnt this but guess what....I don't care....I know what I think!

[Jonny Hoare]

PC everytime- games are cheaper. Master System was under rated

[Eddie]

ahhh, the Sega Mater System...mmmm, lovely...how about the Master System II? Built in "Alex kid"...WICKED!!!!!

[Matt]

My mate spent about £500 on his Xbox today! Must be mad!

[Uglybob]

there should be another choice, dont give a shite

[Nablo.]

I want to know who the 3 morons who voted X-Box good are!

[Eddie]

I did - but just for a laugh - i don't like it any more or less than the playstation - I don't care. just clicked on one so I coudl see how the poll was going

[Uglybob]

i have a dreamcast and i still play it cos of the quality of the games.
the gems are Metropolis Street Racer, WWF Royal Rumble and Virtua Tennis 2

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

with snake on my phone and bubble bobble on the commodore 64 i feel i have reached the pinnacle of computer games.

[Morals]

Best games ever IMHO:

Manic Miner - Spectrum
Mario Kart - SNES
Gran Turismo 2 - PsOne
Tetris - Gameboy
Mario 4 - SNES

Anyone care to add to the list or berate me on my choices?

[Guest666]

Well other than GT2 not a bad selection. However Goldeneye was missed of there, truely a marvel in gaming genious. Its all subjective really when it comes to favourits, however there is no denying what makes a good game. Clear criteria for that is: HOW DOES IT PLAY, IS IT FUN, DOES IT LAST LONG ENOUGH, ARE THE GRAPHICS TOLERABLE. There are many more like these that could be put in, however you get the idea of it. I remember the old days of SF2 etc, playability was always ranked highest because there was nothing else to work with.

Sadly today, take a trip over to http://www.ign.com and look at there message boards. Idiotic PS2 fanboys saying how great there console is, which it isnt. "oooo look at the architecture, its a trippled layered chip, they will make games in the future that look better than the xbox". Idiotic xbox fanboys whiteling about how the xbox has an almighty gforce 3 card, which isnt bad, but hardly worth wetting ureself over. "wow it can do 500000 billion bilinear 4 textured, lighted and bump maped textures every hour" lol sorry couldnt resist. Lets not mention the gamecube fanboys as im a bit of a one myself.

Alas I shall probably sell my arachaic ps2 now, take my own advice and get a gameboy advanced. None of these consoles come even close to my pc so if the only reason for having them is graphical power, then they can go umm away lol. damn cant think of a good punch line, its all this playing on my pc, rotting my brain. Take heed ppl, pcs suck... ok im gona keep on rambling, but to myself, hopefully ill be commited.

[Morals]

I remember the halcyon days when gameplay was all important - it's a shame that these days developers seem to have lost sight of that. As our friend guest so rightly says, it's not about the power of the machine - after all, the spectrum, Amiga or even the Super Nintendo (although powerful in their day) are no match technically for todays machines, but the fact the games are still being played speaks volumes.

If you think about how many great games there are these days there aren't that many which truly shine. True, it may be hard to be truly original as most ideas have already been done to death, but every now and then you get suprised by something innovative, such as Grand Theft Auto.

It's time to stop arguing about whose machine is more powerful - after all, who wants a machine that can shift x polygons every second if there are no decent games? Unless game designers produce quality games with all the qulaities already mentioned - playability, lastability etc., there seems little point to any of it.

Anyway, enough from me for now. I'm off to play Jet Set Willy...

[Nablo.]

You did miss out on some of the Key Games out there.

Metal Gear Solid
Resident Evil Series
Some of the Tomb Raider series.

[wannabe_mrs_moyles]

i bought tomb raider last revelation and i can't play it when i'm on my own because it scares me. i don't like all the scary dogs and pigs and mummies and scary people shooting at me!

[Morals]

I've not played them so I couldn't include them.

[Nablo.]

You have played Tomb Raider and found it scary, lol. Wait till you play any of the resident Evils or Silent Hill then you would have reason to be creeped out.

[Morals]

Unfortunately I don't have the time to play games too often. Oh for the days when four player bomberman was a weekly event. (Add Bomberman to my list!)

[wannabe_mrs_moyles]

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[Matt]

My all time classic (PC) games are:

Beneath a Steel Sky
Sam & Max Hit the Road

Classics!

[a_girl_from_mars]

My friends used to have a Comador 64 (sp?) That was a quality games station.

[Nablo.]

If you think a few dots on a screen is quality then maybe. I'm sure most of us could create a better picture by placing a few random dots on a piece of paper. Then anything the commador 64 ever did.
Also what exactly did the 64 have to do with the name?