game cube

[plazma283]

my bro in law just bought a game cube and the graphics are unreal but he was saying to me the other day that nitendo are going under (out of business) anyone know if this is try.

[Nightwatchman]

nintendo aren't going out of business.

nintendo have like so much spare cash in the bank it aint funny

[ToFu]

Originally posted by plazma283
my bro in law just bought a game cube and the graphics are unreal but he was saying to me the other day that nitendo are going under (out of business) anyone know if this is try.

LOL nice joke

[Archangel]

Nintendo going out of business????


hahahahaha do you know what a pokemon is? a pokemon = millions of dollars = trillions of yen.

[plazma283]

well there you go, it did sound a bit odd at the time but that is my brother in law from ya

[Dukey]

he is most prob
bull ****ting ya dude to show off his law know how :p

[Pip-Boy]

.....
are you serious dukey?

you do know that brother in law is brother by marriage, not brother in a law firm dont you?

:D

[Dukey]

oops :(
silly me
soz bout that, i should read it properly next time
*dukey hangs head in shame*

[[BiP]-B4]

Nintendo may not be going broke but thats not to say that the GC won't be discontinued.
*cough*dreamcast*cough*

[darkjedi]

Originally posted by [BiP]-B4
Nintendo may not be going broke but thats not to say that the GC won't be discontinued.
*cough*dreamcast*cough*

Oi!

Nintendo do know how to market....that's why the GC will continue to sell for a long time........and you know the reasons why they discontinued selling it....not going into that again...

[Archangel]

Nintendo Gamecube will be around for a long time...Nintendo have been doing this for years and they know how to release flow of market and software...

[McHash]

Originally posted by Archangel
Nintendo Gamecube will be around for a long time...Nintendo have been doing this for years and they know how to release flow of market and software...
Yes arch is right but they are under the most pressure in their lives, with x-box and sony to content with. PLus ppl attidude to nintendo as well being a kiddy console. nintendo just know how to make awesome games with suits kids, but they have other good games such as 1080 and eternal darkness.

[Archangel]

not only those games..there are many many more which i've listed numerous times...so im not gonna do it again...

[darkjedi]

Originally posted by Archangel
not only those games..there are many many more which i've listed numerous times...so im not gonna do it again...

and as have I :)

I intend on getting another gamecube @ some point next year...but for the time being I'm enjoying what games the X-Box has to offer.....

[McHash]

Originally posted by BiP_darkjedi
and as have I :)

I intend on getting another gamecube @ some point next year...but for the time being I'm enjoying what games the X-Box has to offer.....
Like.............? I might be gettin an x-box just for rare. What other good gaes are there for x-Box

[Archangel]

Originally posted by BiP_darkjedi
and as have I :)

I intend on getting another gamecube @ some point next year...but for the time being I'm enjoying what games the X-Box has to offer.....



You can never come back to this side.....you have sold your soul :p

[Nightwatchman]

i will never look at aaron the same way again :p

[darkjedi]

Originally posted by McHash
Like.............? I might be gettin an x-box just for rare. What other good gaes are there for x-Box

Halo for starters....

The basketball games rock, but of course - if sport games aren't your kettle of fish, then so be it.......I'm definantly eyeing off NBA Live 2003 or NBA 2k3, just wanna play both first & see....

Buffy is good, but not worth getting an X-Box for....Shenmue 2 will be coming out on the X-Box fairly soon too (for those who don't know - Shenmue was a Dreamcast game...basically mixes RPG/Adventure with Street Fighter style combat...very cool stuff)..as is the latest Virtua Tennis game....let's not forget Halo 2 either, or the next WWE: RAW game (which will hopefully be better than the one thats just been released)....

It all comes down to the sort of games you want to play.... Like I said - I'll be getting another Gamecube down the line, so I can play Metroid, Zelda, Mario Kart & the other titles that are due in the next year or so.......

Dunno if I'll ever get a ps2 tho, it's tempting, but I think I can manage to live without one.......I will borrow one off a mate of mine when the next WWE: Smackdown game comes out tho - I've been following the development of it & it looks like it'll be the best Wrestling game released thus far :)

[darkjedi]

Originally posted by Archangel
You can never come back to this side.....you have sold your soul :p

and quite freely admit it :)

There are some things in this life worth it....and Halo is one of them :)

[recon]

Halo and the Superbike game are sweet on XBOX.

[McHash]

Is Halo even coming to the PC?
btw thanks Darkjedi

[KroniK]

yes Halo is coming to PC and also Nintendo is not going out of business because they are the ONLY company to go into the consoles business and make money from it. Sony loses money with every PS2 sold and so does microsoft with the XBOX. but of course Sony gets "most" of the money back from royalty fees for games and Xbox gets some but not a hell of alot.

[Lan0s]

Originally posted by recon
Halo and the Superbike game are sweet on XBOX. I suck at console shooters, only good at pc shooters. damn thoose awkward controls.

[McHash]

I'm better at console shooter's
goldeneye anyone :D

[darkjedi]

I'm with you - I hate console shooters as a rule.....

however Halo is different.

It's the first time I've ever played a console shooter & felt comfortable doing so.....it's incredibly easy to play, the controls work, and work well (mainly because the X-Box controller fits perfectly in my hands) & it doesn't feel clumsy like Goldeneye or Red Faction do (took me a while to get the hang of goldeneye, mainly because the N64 controller isn't really good for that sort of stuff....).....

[McHash]

I loved all 1st person shooters on the 64 which used the z button as the trigger. That was one of the best idea's nintendo has thought up of in its history. :)

[darkjedi]

I'll agree with you there.....it was a logical spot to put the trigger tho I guess :)

same goes for Zelda 64 - it made combat very easy because you could use Z to lock onto the target & still be able to use all the other controls with ease.....

[McHash]

I reckon they ****ed up the gcn controller by placing the z button in a very awkard position, plus I don't like the position of the c control stick as well. But I still will get a gcn for eternal darkness.

[GhostFace]

lol Nintendoe will never die, NEVER!!!!!
sifnt the XBOX controller = a Pastie shaped thingy, that just wants to fall out of ur hands and go back to bashing itself on the ugly tree.
Nintendoe has some mad games on the way, and i'm bloody glad i didn't waste me cash on an Xbox.
PS2 has some good **** on offer aswell, and btw the poor ol Xbox doesn;t have no where near the developer support that GC and PS2 have, which translates to not as many good games.
one last thing, mouse and keyboard own when it comes to FPS
and also Halo will bow down to Metroid Prime, infact Metroid Prime will own all of Xbox's FPS put together, actually while i'm at it, Xbox is to bloody big, u may aswell lug ur PC around.

here is the race between Xbox, PS2 and GC

Xbox - - - - - - - ->

Gamecube- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >

Playstation- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ->

[Intense]

You forgot to put a pc in that race, or is that because it's off teh scale?

[Archangel]

Originally posted by Intensevil
You forgot to put a pc in that race, or is that because it's off teh scale?
no because this is a console forum....:rolleyes: duh..

[McHash]

Originally posted by GhostFace


Xbox - - - - - - - ->

Gamecube- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >

Playstation- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ->
If I did what my heart said:

playstation----------->

X-Box--->

Nintendo----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->

[TiTaN|uM UnD|eS]

i dont know abuot the gamecube, even thuo i loved the n64 and always was a nintendo fan since i was young kid. But i realize that the games are kinda for child. Thats also same with xbox hasnt got really any good game. But the graphics of the consoel xbox is prety good considering its p3 in their :P

But the ps2 is good i like it cos my mates got looks of games which i can borrow and the game "devil may cry" owns :D esp after a few cones.

Well my choice will be going for the ps2 then ill be considering after a while to get a gamecube or xbox. Might get all three overseas :p. If not then ill have to wait to see otehr games on gc and xbox.

xbox --------->
gc -------------------->
ps2 -------------------------------------->

Thats in aust. rememebr the ps2 had a crazy sell when it came out :P And the xbox is the most lowest selling console in any counries. Unlike in us etc where they made good sales.

[GhostFace]

You forgot to put a pc in that race, or is that because it's off teh scale?
um what Archy said:rolleyes:
If a PC was a console it would have made it into the race with ease.
and Undies, u know kiddy games can still be fun, even for a 50 year old, Nintendoe know what sells and whats also fun to play, besides if u want all the gore and stuff, well thats what PC's are for:cool:

[Archangel]

Originally posted by TiTaN|uM UnD|eS
xbox --------->
gc -------------------->
ps2 -------------------------------------->

the xbox is the most lowest selling console in any counries. Unlike in us etc where they made good sales.


Wrong wrong and wrong again.....

[McHash]

Originally posted by TiTaN|uM UnD|eS
But i realize that the games are kinda for child.

have j00 played eternal darkness yet? No didn't think so.

[TiTaN|uM UnD|eS]

Originally posted by McHash
have j00 played eternal darkness yet? No didn't think so.

Well theirs one that show more maturity in games but i dont see much more games like that ?? Majority is for childish games :p

[TiTaN|uM UnD|eS]

Well the xbox did not make good sales in aust and its seems to be selling slower than the GC :p

It always seem that nintendo has forgotten the true gamers out their. Teenages please nintendo wake up to yourselfs, i dont see the majority of gamers to be 5-12 ???

[Iguana]

personally I don't think halo is all that great, but 4player is pretty fun :P Like its a good game, but i wouldn't go and buy a console for it. I understand your reasoning tho aaron :) and lol @ the big n goin bankrupt

the xbox wasn't selling very well in japan for a fair while tho was it?

[McHash]

Originally posted by Iguana
personally I don't think halo is all that great, but 4player is pretty fun :P Like its a good game, but i wouldn't go and buy a console for it. I understand your reasoning tho aaron :) and lol @ the big n goin bankrupt

the xbox wasn't selling very well in japan for a fair while tho was it?
yes, one of the main factors was the controller lol.
But I might buy the console just for conker's bad fur day :)
Originally posted by TiTaN|uM UnD|eS
It always seem that nintendo has forgotten the true gamers out their. Teenages please nintendo wake up to yourselfs, i dont see the majority of gamers to be 5-12 ???

But a lot are. I believe that Nintendo lost a lot of consumers because of the delay of the gcn, me being one of them. Nintendo know how to make a perfect kids game, Yoshi's Story on the 64 is a prime example. Thats why they are buying companies such as capcom and slicion knights as Nintendo don't have the best experience in games that are aimed for players above the age of 15.
Metroid Prime by Retro Studios is set to change nintendo's image further.

[TiTaN|uM UnD|eS]

Yeh metorid is gonna be a big hit. But i do like some childish games. ie the game where the lillte things get eaten lol :D looks fun and would be a spin out when wacked

Umm i 4got but is the hardware of gamecube better than ps2 ???
I know the xbox has the best hardware :p p3 and a nvida gpu
N da only thing is that it doesnt have capiablity to play dvd's :(

[McHash]

Originally posted by TiTaN|uM UnD|eS
Yeh metorid is gonna be a big hit. But i do like some childish games. ie the game where the lillte things get eaten lol :D looks fun and would be a spin out when wacked

Umm i 4got but is the hardware of gamecube better than ps2 ???
I know the xbox has the best hardware :p p3 and a nvida gpu
N da only thing is that it doesnt have capiablity to play dvd's :(

Official Name NINTENDO GAMECUBE
MPU("Microprocessor Unit")* IBM Power PC "Gekko"
Manufacturing Process 0.18 microns Copper Wire Technology
Clock Frequency 405 MHz
CPU Capacity 925 Dmips (Dhrystone 2.1)
Internal Data Precision 32bit Integer & 64bit Floating-point
External Bus Bandwidth 1.6GB/second(Peak)
External Bus Bandwidth 1.6GB/second(Peak) (32bit address, 64bit data bus 202.5MHz)
Internal Cache L1: Instruction 32KB, Data 32KB (8 way) L2: 256KB (2 way)
Internal Cache L1: Instruction 32KB, Data 32KB (8 way) L2: 256KB (2 way)
System LSI "Flipper"
Manufacturing Process 0.18 microns NEC Embedded DRAM Process
Clock Frequency 202.5MHz
Embedded Frame Buffer Approx. 2MB
Embedded Frame Buffer Approx. 2MB Sustainable Latency : 5ns (1T-SRAM)
Embedded Texture Cache Approx. 1MB Sustainable Latency : 5ns (1T-SRAM)
Texture Read Bandwidth 12.8GB/second (Peak)
Main Memory Bandwidth 3.2GB/second (Peak)
Color, Z Buffer Each is 24bits
Image Processing Function Fog, Subpixel Anti-aliasing, HW Light x8, Alpha Blending, Virtual Texture Design, Multi-texture Mapping/Bump/Environment Mapping, MIPMAP, Bilinear Filtering, Real-time Texture Decompression (S3TC), etc.
Other Real-time Decompression of Display List, HW Motion Compensation Capability


*The Gekko MPU integrates the power PC CPU into a custom, game-centric chip.


(The following sound related functions are all incorporated into the System LSI)


Sound Processor Special 16bit DSP
Instruction Memory 8KB RAM + 8KB ROM
Instruction Memory 8KB RAM + 8KB ROM
Data Memory 8KB RAM + 4KB ROM
Clock Frequency 101.25 MHz
Maximum Number of Simultaneously Produced Sounds ADPCM: 64ch
Sampling Frequency 48KHz
System Floating-point Arithmetic Capability 13.0GFLOPS (Peak) (MPU, Geometry Engine, HW Lighting Total)
Actual Display Capability 6 million to 12 million polygons/second
Actual Display Capability 6 million to 12 million polygons/second (Display capability assuming actual game with complexity model, texture, etc.)
System Main Memory 24MB Sustainable Latency : 10ns or lower (1T-SRAM)
A-Memory 16MB (100MHz DRAM)
Disc Drive CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) System
Disc Drive CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) System Average Access Time Data Transfer Speed 16Mbps to 25Mbps 128ms
Media 8cm NINTENDO GAMECUBE Disc based on Matsu****a's Optical Disc Technology
Media 8cm NINTENDO GAMECUBE Disc based on Matsu****a's Optical Disc Technology Approx. 1.5GB Capacity
Input/Output Controller Port x4
Digicard Slot x2
Analog AV Output x1
Digital AV Output x1
High-Speed Serial Port x2
High-speed Parallel Port x1
Power Supply AC Adapter DC12V x 3.5A
Main Unit Dimensions 150mm(W) x 110mm(H) x 161mm(D)


Note The flipper is big as a fingernail. :O

[McHash]

Ps2

CPU: Complete 128-bit Emotion Engine

System Clock: 294.912 MHz

Cache Memory: Instruction: 16KB, Data: 8KB + 16KB (ScrP)

Main Memory: Direct Rambus (Direct RDRAM)

Memory Size: 32MB

Memory Bus Bandwidth: 3.2GB per second

Co-processor: FPU (Floating Point Unit)
Floating Point Multiply Accumulator x 1
Floating Point Divider x 1

Vector Units: VU0 and VU1
Floating Point Multiply Accumulator x 9
Floating Point Divider x 3

Floating Point Performance: 6.2 GFLOPS

3D CG Geometric
Transformation 66 million polygons per second

Compressed Image Decoder: MPEG2



Graphics: Graphics Synthesizer

Clock Frequency: 147.456MHz

Embedded DRAM: 4MB

DRAM Bus bandwidth: 48GB per second

DRAM Bus width: 2560 Bits

Pixel Configuration: RGB: Alpha: Z Buffer (24:8:32)

Polygon Drawing Rate: 75 million polygons per second

Screen Resolution: Variable from 256 x 224 to 1280 x 1024

Sound: SPU2 and CPU

Number of Voices: ADPCM: 48ch on SPU2 plus definable, software programmable voices

Sound Memory: 2MB

Output Frequency: Variable up to 48 KHz (DAT quality)<![endif]>

IOP: I/O Processor

CPU Core: PlayStation (current) CPU

Clock Frequency: 33.8688MHz or 36.864MHz (Selectable)

IOP Memory: 2MB

Sub Bus: 32-bit

Interface Types: IEEE1394 (FireWire), Universal Serial
Bus (USB) x 2
Controller Port x 2 , Memory Card x 2


I don't know much about Ps2 but its inferior to the GCN, But I think that the Ps2 can produce better FMV. BUt I know like 95% of the gcn stuff.... too many issues of N64 Gamer :)

[TiTaN|uM UnD|eS]

GC teh winner :D
I heard that the xbox can upgrade ram ?? o_O im like wtg.. than thinking to myself wow thats preety good.
I read it somewhere dont remeber the site :( Well im gonna get first a ps2 (mainly cos it has few games i really like n mates has lots of games to borrow :D ), and then GC is the next console ill be getting. By then i reckon good games will be out.

Its doesnt matter if i get it after awhile, i guess it doesnt age that easy as technology of computers :mad:

[McHash]

For me the console race is heating up... the ps2 the worst system specs is winnning, its cus sony make fun games that market the avarage gaming market 13-19 I think it is. WHile Gcn is still waiting for its killer games to come out, they better not do it too late like what they did to conker's bad fur day.... 4 years in the making o_O. while x-box is losing heaps... they will still survive due to gates wallet.

[TiTaN|uM UnD|eS]

**edited by iguana coz i r a norty boy**

[Archangel]

Going on a few things that u 2 last posted so not going to quote each individual thing.

Microsoft although still at an overall lose has picked up dramatically in the console market.

The reason why Sony is still at the top is not because they have merely targeted the 13-19 year old age bracket, in fact a high majority of gamers are aged above 18. Sony have the widest range and have the most set market. They have established themselves well and will continue to sell consoles, games, accesories for a couple more years until they ideally release the PS3.

Also when u buy a console u hope to make it an investment for at least 4-5 years. So in reference to the console race and technology Sony have already stated a release of 2005 for the PS3 whilst the PS2 has been out for years already.


Also Nintendo are releasing a steady flow of their big name games which are yet to be seen but heavily anticipated. Just a side note if you didn't know, Nintendo have decided to let RARE go, so RARE is no longer exclusivel to Nintendo, being the creators of Conkers Bad Fur Day. Although they have agreed to keep titles such as Starfox exclusive.

Also Titanium what u where talking about in your last post is illegal and infringing on copyright which is not supposed to be discussed on these forums as iPGN do not promote that.

[McHash]

Originally posted by Archangel



Also Nintendo are releasing a steady flow of their big name games which are yet to be seen but heavily anticipated. Just a side note if you didn't know, Nintendo have decided to let RARE go, so RARE is no longer exclusivel to Nintendo, being the creators of Conkers Bad Fur Day. Although they have agreed to keep titles such as Starfox exclusive.


Nintendo decided to do such a horrible thing because they were gettin hardly any profit from rare if not they were losing money. Much of Rare has left now(staff), And by the end of next year mircosoft states that Rare will have released at least 6 games. And it took them 4 years to make conker. Mircosoft are the ones who lose out. btw u know that nintendo is the only console producer to actually make money from console, read it in an article.

[TiTaN|uM UnD|eS]

ohhh sorry about that :D Never knew i coundt post that.
WOW a ps3 ??? hrmm by then comps will have gone a great deal cheaper and internet connection will be muich cheaper.

As for the console their use technology now but finalize them about 1 or so later thus bringing out old technology (which cannot compete with computers)

[TiTaN|uM UnD|eS]

Originally posted by McHash
And it took them 4 years to make conker. Mircosoft are the ones who lose out. btw u know that nintendo is the only console producer to actually make money from console, read it in an article.

The game isnt that all good which took 4 years in the making of it. So whats the point of having of produces continue making games for gcn. (I would think this would happen to xbox to hence their sales are going good either plus with those poorly made games that they have)

[Archangel]

Originally posted by McHash
Nintendo decided to do such a horrible thing because they were gettin hardly any profit from rare if not they were losing money. Much of Rare has left now(staff), And by the end of next year mircosoft states that Rare will have released at least 6 games. And it took them 4 years to make conker. Mircosoft are the ones who lose out. btw u know that nintendo is the only console producer to actually make money from console, read it in an article.


As i said whilst there has been an improvement, the Xbox still is at a loss. I know exactly why RARE where let go, my post stated "a side note if you didn't know"....

And Conkers Bad Fur day WAS a good game i think it was one of if not the best multiplayer game on the Nintendo 64 maybe rivalled by Goldeneye. There wasn't one simply standard multiplayer format there where numerous types of gameplay which involved all 4 players heavily.

[McHash]

Originally posted by Archangel
As i said whilst there has been an improvement, the Xbox still is at a loss. I know exactly why RARE where let go, my post stated "a side note if you didn't know"....

And Conkers Bad Fur day WAS a good game i think it was one of if not the best multiplayer game on the Nintendo 64 maybe rivalled by Goldeneye. There wasn't one simply standard multiplayer format there where numerous types of gameplay which involved all 4 players heavily.
me reads arch's post again... me thinks that I was sleepy at that time. :(

Also Arch at least someone else thinks that conker was a awesome game, pity it was a bit short :(.

[Archangel]

:p

didn't get into single player that much multiplayer was too awesome

i love the patch teddybears

HOOORIYAAAAAAAA HOOOOOORIYAAAAAAAA AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

and heist oh dear god that was fun 4 player it was awesome i still play it with friends from time to time.

[McHash]

Originally posted by Archangel
:p

didn't get into single player that much multiplayer was too awesome


Just borrow it overnight, its the funniest gamme I've ever played, the teddies rock :D

[Archangel]

i got it :p

didn't wanna get into single player because i loved multi too much :)

[McHash]

sifn't play the storyline.... its one of the main reasons i'll buy an x-box just for conker. Also the fulti player rocks as well good ol' chainsaw hehehehehe. :D

[Archangel]

forget chainsaw i want the samurai sword!!!


YAKUZA HOOOOOORIYAAAAAAAA HOOORIYA ORUUUUUUUUUGAMI haha

[KroniK]

Titanium undies you were right where you heard that you can put extra ram in the XBOX but it wont work there are 2 or 3 unsoldered ram slots for some reason but you will not be able to use them.