Game blew me away on the SNES back in the day. Games don't seem to do that much (at all?) anymore, now it's kind of like an incremental bump here and there. I guess that was one advantage cartridges had, they could get a performance boost by throwing an extra chip insde.
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Game blew me away on the SNES back in the day. Games don't seem to do that much (at all?) anymore, now it's kind of like an incremental bump here and there. I guess that was one advantage cartridges had, they could get a performance boost by throwing an extra chip insde.
There's never any hurry for it, tiger. I'm usually just happy to get it out of my unit and have someone I know get the most out of it (for everything!)
Virtual Racing blew Stunt Race FX away, though. Full-screen and zero reliance of faking techniques (like the wheels). Damned impressive for what the MD actually was capable of.
For custom(ish) cartridges though, it's hard to go past this for sheer creativity:
Another great comic btw, Gaz!
Virtual Racing blew Stunt Race FX away, though. Full-screen and zero reliance of faking techniques (like the wheels). Damned impressive for what the MD actually was capable of.
For custom(ish) cartridges though, it's hard to go past this for sheer creativity:
Another great comic btw, Gaz!
Sure but Virtual Racing (the good one) required the 32X, basically another console. Also MM was great, ups and downs was a favourite track.
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Doesn't that mean just releasing a game (any game) to the app store or similar? That's an incredibly easy loophole to get around.
codswallop
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If anyone wants to fulfill that requirement, they can buy me a six pack of beer (of my choice!) and I'll build you a Flappy Bird clone to release commercially as your own.
Sold, all of ausgaf should release flappy bird clones and each get a booth, showcasing flappy bird clones.
Uh, I wouldn't actually mind taking advantage of that offer.
Virtua Racing was pretty good on the MegaDrive, but $200 might as well have been a million dollars for me back then. That DSP chip and Ozisoft markup :/
And thanks for reading my silly comics guys
reptilescorpio
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Moar room for moar pinball! lolThere's never any hurry for it, tiger. I'm usually just happy to get it out of my unit and have someone I know get the most out of it (for everything!)
$600 Flappy Bird clone? Damn!
DeathJr, is this a good Nexus 5 case?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Genuine-...bilePhoneAccessories&var=&hash=item3cdcc5fa15
I like thin, minimal ones that just give me something to grab on to.
Also mega the steam bot is broken again. Really needs a command to make it force restart the Steam connection.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Genuine-...bilePhoneAccessories&var=&hash=item3cdcc5fa15
I like thin, minimal ones that just give me something to grab on to.
Also mega the steam bot is broken again. Really needs a command to make it force restart the Steam connection.
bodyboarder
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Well dick smiths are utterly useless. Rang up to get an estimation on when the tv will ship and they didn't even have the order in their system.
Amazon being so awesome has set the bar way to high for me.
Amazon being so awesome has set the bar way to high for me.
gaz, are certain genres of games way harder to make than other types of games?
I was poking around game maker making, like, a platforming metroidvania thing. Then I dropped that because I got busy elsewhere. Now I was thinking about an xcom-shadorun-tactical turnbased thing but it seems to me that'd be orders of magnitude more complex than a metroidvania.
that true?
I was poking around game maker making, like, a platforming metroidvania thing. Then I dropped that because I got busy elsewhere. Now I was thinking about an xcom-shadorun-tactical turnbased thing but it seems to me that'd be orders of magnitude more complex than a metroidvania.
that true?
bodyboarder
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I'm keen. Always wanted to "publish" a game.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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DeathJr, is this a good Nexus 5 case?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Genuine-...bilePhoneAccessories&var=&hash=item3cdcc5fa15
I like thin, minimal ones that just give me something to grab on to.
It's good, but the Ringe slim is better, and cheaper. I've had it since November, no complaints.
Wow, yeah, Ringke Slim Black is on sale for $6.99 on Amazon.
Just ordering one, thanks!
EDIT: no shipping to Australia through Amazon and they're out of stock on their website... =\
EDIT 2: I searched for it before on eBay and it found nothing, but turns out they have an eBay storefront as well
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RINGKE-S..._Phone_PDA_Cases&hash=item3f2a36d4ea#shpCntId
$12.24 delivered, but not until the 28th of March...
Just ordering one, thanks!
EDIT: no shipping to Australia through Amazon and they're out of stock on their website... =\
EDIT 2: I searched for it before on eBay and it found nothing, but turns out they have an eBay storefront as well
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RINGKE-S..._Phone_PDA_Cases&hash=item3f2a36d4ea#shpCntId
$12.24 delivered, but not until the 28th of March...
Planet_JASE
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Change the vendor to Sold and Fulfilled by Amazon (which is $8.27) and you'll be able to place an order. It's stupid, I know, because the $6.99 option is fulfilled by Amazon anyway, but...
Edit: Fuckit, just realized that I was looking at the iPhone 5 listing and the only seller for the Nexus is Rearth.. Sorry.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Go with Ringke, my orders from their ebay store have normally arrived in 7-8 days.
Lucian also ordered from them, check with her how much time it took to deliver.
Oh, absolutely. Well, OK, to be more accurate, every game is about equally difficult but in absolutely different ways for different people.
For example, I'm confident I can design a Mario Party-type game*. To me, that would be WAY easier for me to make than, say, a fighter (where you're going to spend months inventing moves and balancing a thousand different combinations of attacks against each other) or a turn based strategy game (where you're going to go bug fucking crazy designing maps, branching storylines and a set of gameplay rules that will explode in size with every single feature you cram in). However, to an animator, a game like X-Com would probably be easier to make than a fighter.
Sound designers get screwed regardless of game type. :/
Personally I found making the Meteroidvania / Metal Slug hybrid platformer was far easier than the 3D flight combat game, which was a living fucking nightmare from day 1 to day 912. At least with the first one there was reference material to work from.
*quality of which I am not making claim to
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Thanks, what's the cheapest PC version? My friend overseas says the local PC copy is under $20, but it's disc only, no code.
Just pulled the trigger on the Ringke, hopefully it's a quick transit!
$12.59 AUD delivered.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Fuck off GMG, I don't want censored Stick of Truth
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Couldn't help it.
Once you get used to the slim case, you won't even feel like there is a case on your phone.
I've got 2 tiny scratches on the glossy sides of my white N5 after using it without a case
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-new...-cowan-sentenced/story-e6frfku0-1226854771897
Such bullshit.
Just put a bullet in it, we need the death penalty for these types of cases, slippery slope I know but justified imo.
Nanny knows best.
Well, I've never dropped a phone in my life.
I guess that doesn't mean it won't happen one day though.
Mine seems fine, but I don't really care about tiny scratches anyway.I've got 2 tiny scratches on the glossy sides of my white N5 after using it without a case
Poimandres
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Beer drinkers! Get yourselves to a BWS and pick up a 6 pack of assorted Grand Ridge Brewery beers for $8!
reptilescorpio
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Tons of people have had issues buying TV's from them. Just hassle the shit out of them and hopefully they crack and give you your TV. Better yet go instore and buy it!
I'll have a look tonight, was around $40 before launch.Thanks, what's the cheapest PC version? My friend overseas says the local PC copy is under $20, but it's disc only, no code.
GMG have done AU region pricing and locked keys for a while now. Better off with Amazon or a keyseller.
99% sure you need to VPN in to activate the uncut version key. That's what I've been told anyway.
Heh, he lets me use his Steam account as he tends to play games in small bursts. I usually lend him my copies of 360 games in return.
Couldn't help it.
Prison justice.
He won't make it to 20 years.
If he does it will only be a matter of time before he offends again. Should be life without parole.
But why should we (society) pay to keep this parasite alive? As for prison justice there will be no way he's in general population.
reptilescorpio
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I don't think we should pay for his stay in jail.
I also don't think he should be kept out of general population. Hopefully some guards are slipped a few bucks to open the wrong cell by accident.
I'm not in charge of these decisions sadly. Our country would be a much nicer place if I ran things!
reptilescorpio
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I sure could fix the budget problems, unlike that hack Smokin Joe Hockey!
bodyboarder
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Yep just did some googling and this seems like the general consensus. FUCK!
I would have rathered buy in store but it was an online only deal.
Well I'm just going to say I disagree, but really don't want to get into a fight over capital punishment. And revenge porn...ugh.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Me either, it just frustrates me to see someone like this even have a remote chance of getting out again. I guess I should have said lifetime and throw the key away, with limited rights and choices.
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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/que...udge-opposes-tougher-laws-20140314-34ruj.html
She has a good point I didn't consider, regarding the fact that if you make penalties harsher for these scum they will potentially fall back to murdering their victims as well. Definitely a tough issue.
How he got only 7 years with possible parole after serving only half that for the job he did on that kid back in '93 is ridiculous. If the reported circumstances are correct, it seems he believed that child was dead when he left him. Increasing the sentence on something like that isn't providing an incentive to escalate rape to murder when that was already the intent.
We can lock people up for ages under the charge of conspiracy to commit terrorism, but we can't do the same when someone tries to murder their victim after raping them because they didn't successfully kill them? Might as well wait until they're able to follow through properly, then we'll get them.
FormallyMegadrive
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Fixed, buttface!
reptilescorpio
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Do you have a browser extension enabled that messes with IP checks? Make sure there isn't something that would be telling the GMG site you are from Europe somewhere.
Also yes they haven't been leading the way for discounted keys since they got big and agree with publishers/distributors in Australia to region lock pricing.
Nothing at all. I was in Europe a couple of weeks ago, when I bought something off them the prices were still in AUD. A couple of days after I got back it changed to euro. I've cleared my cache and everything all with the same result.
It's a shame, but as you said they really haven't been very competitive. Hopefully something new will pop up soon.
Erm, all Virtua Racings are good (except for the Saturn one
). So the only add-on you needed to play the original VR is a Megadrive.Fun fact: Many, MANY years ago, in a Sega store in Geelong I played a beta/pre-release of Virtua Racing in a kiosk. Thing was about as big as a shoebox (not depth-wise, obv) and gaffa'd into the cartridge slot so it didn't fall out. Was pretty insane at the time to see something like that running on an MD.
lol
(I'm actually ditching a metric fuckload of everything. Chucking or Salvo's-ing everything I can. Need to purge so much shit, I just accumulate and then just leave things be
)Oh hey. Everyone should check out a new show I'm watching called... Broad City. It has Hannibal Burress in it. It's also pretty funny.
FormallyMegadrive
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took a dip in the gog sale with 5 lucky dips and got: Giana Sisters, System Shock 2, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, Puddle and Painkiller: Black Edition. Not bad!
http://isthereanydeal.com/ - seems like a cool site.
Thanks.
Would be really cool if you could add a command to make the bot try and re connect to Steam or something...
>_>
codswallop
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It is! Been using it for a while now. Can import Steam wishlists, emails you when games hit your desired pricepoint at whichever stores you select (and can choose whether it redeems on Steam if that's something you care about).
FormallyMegadrive
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I've looked into it a few month ago. I'll give it another look today
so you might have noticed if you're following my tweeters but i quite like this shadowrun returns thing. It's like a kind of indie no-money version of planescape torment's walking around and talking to people thing (with very little stat checking, sadface) + xcom's combat (but walls don't give cover, sadface). So it's like two bits from games i really like but lesser versions thereof! not exactly a high selling point but it's a good combination.
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