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In the PSX:
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FF8
My cousin's playing it.
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In the Genesis:
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Shining Force
Domingo rules.
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In the Gameboy:
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My cousin's copy of Pokemon
DIE!
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In the SNES:
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Civilization
AC is here!
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In the SMS:
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Phantasy Star
Always.
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In the NES:
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River City Ransom
Take it back you!
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In the Saturn:
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Nothing
No games yet
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In the N64:
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Wrestlemania 2000
My cousin brought it.
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In the Dreamcast:
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Soul Calibur
This victory strengthens the soul of... Mr. T!
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Googleshng - February 23 '00- 1:30 Eastern Standard Time
If you're wondering about the title, yesterday people were pestering
me and whining all day. Being the emotional vampire that I am, it really bummed me out. Now though,
both Alpha Centauri AND The Movie came in the mail! Although I have to finish the column before
I can do anything with them, so let's get going!
Oh, and tomorrow Mark Jordan is guest hosting. You may know him as the person who runs The Music
Box a couple links below Q&A. So if you have any musical questions you didn't get answered last week,
let him have'em.
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Grahpics
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Googleshng,
In video games, why do graphics matter so much? In my
observations, people seemed to like the old NES games
that had crappy old graphics just as much as they like
new games with flashy graphics. Now, though, great
games have been brushed aside because they don't have
graphics like FF8. For example, I was playing Grandia
a few days ago when my older brother walked in,
watched a minute, and said the graphics looked like
crap. I replied by asking him if graphics made a game.
He said yes. This brought up a few questions for me.
One was why did he never beat FF7 or FF8 (he never got
over 10 hours for either), which boast some of the
best graphics for PSX, and then he spent countless
hours and days on FF6, a SNES game, in the Anthology,
without even knowing it was originally for SNES. He
thought it was always a PSX game. So, he says graphics
make a game, and yet he only finishes one with older
outdated graphics? And I know there are more people
than him that do this. Sorry for dragging on, but I
wanted to prove my point and have backup for my
question. Oh well.
Locke
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Googleshng:
Hmm... maybe he just doesn't like polygons. 8) Anyway, I believe
the official creed of the hard core RPG player is that graphics don't matter one bit.
What's important is the story. Although these people also tend to say Dragon Warrior is
the greatest RG of all time. Go figure. Personally speaking, my list of priorities goes
gameplay, music, plot, graphics. Why music before plot you ask? Ever play Secret of
Evermore? 8)
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Cinematic Slowness
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Alright, two questions here, addressed to the only person who knows more
about RPGs than myself.
1. What's the latest news on the Final Fantasy movie? Last I heard it was
coming out this summer, but if that's true, shouldn't we have heard more
about it by now? Any help would be appreciated.
2. Are there any plans for Grandia 2 to be released on PSX2?
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Googleshng:
Well, as far as movies go, they just take a really really
long time to make! So, it's still comming along, but not much has been leaked out lately.
As for Grandia 2, no, no plans have been announced of a PSX2 port.
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Stuff
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I'd like to ask you couple of questions.....
1) Did I see YOU writing about Weird Al consert.. Or did I eat too much
fungus and started hallucinating again....
2) What's all the talk of the-impossible-FFT ... It's kinda easy when you
realize the idea.. I deleted all my saved games about 5times and started the
game all over again, but I still think it was kinda easy (only with 1
expection... fourth last fight with couple of BIG monsters and that guy with
pistol..)...
3) Are you man/woman, both or neither???
Webziz, king of my toes
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Googleshng:
Yes, I did see Weird Al in concert, I think the reason FFT
is a hot topic is that reading about it makes people remember it, and there's a lot
of amusing memories. As to your finial question, well, the answer is obviously yes.
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Poll Comments
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About the recent pole. Does the amount of hours go by ACTUAL game time or
the time that they think it will take a person to get through the game? I
mean every time i play a game i am finished with it and pretty much
expolored the entire game well below the amount of time that they said the
game was. Every game i have seen that has a so called 80 hours of game play,
only takes about 35 hours at the most, with traveling and doing all
the little extras that they put in the game. Just thought that i should ask
since it might be a worthy question to discuss.
Cerick Grimstalker
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Googleshng:
Well, the spirit of that poll was how long do you like a game
to take you. As for listed gameplay times, really they vary unbelievably from person
to person. Take FFT. You could win it in a day or spent weeks in Chapter one depending
on how you play. That sort of thing. I'm more concerned with this week's poll. I mean,
it depends on the kind of game, too many characters sucks when you have to put actions
in for everyone at the beginning of the round, but in TRPGs, the more the merrier! Then
there's Dragon Force where the optimal number of members is 505. 8)
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PSX2
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Google,
I have a few questions regarding the PS2. First, when is the thing coming out in the US? I have
heard nothing about the release date. Secondly, what do you think the price will be??? I have
heard between $300-$400. Even for two Final Fantasy games, I won't pay $400 for a machine
which we all know be replaced by the PS3 5-6 years after it comes out. And lastly, have you
pre-ordered yours? Thanks for your time...
Kahgani
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Googleshng:
I hear the price is supposed to be $300 in the US, but it isn't
really concrete yet. As for whether I've preordered one, heck no! I agree with you! It's
way to pricey and I haven't seen any Must Have releases slated yet. Besides, I haven't
a penny to my name.
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Saturn
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Hey googs,
I saw you got a Saturn (maybe I just never noticed it before) how
much did you pay for it? And where did you get it? I was thinking about
getting one and getting that panzer dragoon saga everyone always talks
about. Ok, thanks.
Punko'stomy bag'IWishIhadALastName
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Googleshng:
I got my Saturn at a Funco Land for $30. Good deal. Now if only
I had some games for it. Oh, and I've had it for months Mr. Observant. 8)
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