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First game for me too.. except I played the Master System version. Sonic the Hedgehog after that, then finally the Alex Kidd that came built-in. Lol at Mizrabel... and the cheesy villain names of old.

Why, Unreal Tournament 2004 of course. Deaths must tally in the millions. Metal Slug too though has caused me to die a fair few times. I think a special mention should go out to Shadow of the Beast, a game where you didnt die as fast as in Metal Slug, but one that was so hard you never ended up doing much else in that game than dieing. Getting even close to the end without cheating is almost impossible.

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Agreed. Take Rondo of Blood.. anime cutscenes but still the gritty dark gothicism and whatnot gameplay. So the new art direction need not be ruining the newer titles as it is. That said, wasnt Portrait of Ruin meant to be good?

Industrial and Electronic. Some soul / acoustic stuff but I hate John Mayer and friends.

The communicating ability of these officers seems to be limited to 'stand' and 'up'. Well done to another American Police Department. What kind of morons do they hire these days..?

Ironically moving a computer that fast would hardly cool it down. Defeats the purpose if you ask me.

The SNES was undeniably the more powerful system. Still, I love my Mega Drive more.

Hahahahahaha wtf?? I saw this thing and forgot why Id opened the link.. thought it was a propellor for a yacht or something. But then the picture of it ON the motherboard... funniest thing Ive seen all day. For some reason that picture just made me crack up.

You don't mean Command and Conquer 3?

Ah yes it was shortsighted to get so caught up in Diablo III. Its still at the top of my list, but I would also desperately love a new Red Alert or Street Fighter. Starcraft 2 certainly wouldnt go unnoticed by me either.

I play my Dreamcast quite a bit now.. at least as much as my PS2. It should stay that way until I get a copy of Third Strike onto my PS2 somehow, but even then the shooters on the DC never get old.

There is no game I would rather kill for, wait in line at midnight for, pre-order, petition or otherwise look forward to than Diablo III. Diablo III. FTW.

Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5 Symantec bought them out some time ago but you can still find 5.x versions on mirrors around. Its the best Ive used and its free.

Most were already mentioned but... Adventures of Batman & Robin (GEN) Sonic 3 (GEN) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX) Final Fantasy VIII (PSX) S.C.A.R.S. (PSX) Tekken 2 (PSX) Armored Core 3 (PS2) Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2) And of course, Time Crisis. "We've been invaded!" "Whht??!?!?!?!"

Its showing in Australia. I was planning on seeing it later today, but Im not sure if its gonna be dubbed or subtitled. Im not too hot for either, but if I end up seeing a dubbed film Im gonna be pissed.

Yes- they have compatibility for hard drives, things to do with different revisions but all the FAQs cleverly avoid the issue of region coding :/ Yeh Ive heard about the independence exploit and made myself an installer disc- just waiting to visit my mate to use his chipped machine to get it on my memory card. Also the 60hz thing isnt a problem- I always used to buy TVs that supported 60hz and today most do anyway. Damned American cultural influence I hope that is the only problem- if so Im good to go. Thanks guys for the help- I checked out ps2scene as well and everything seems ok. Now I just need to hunt down a network adapter.... those things are rare as hell it seems, which makes me want to kick myself for not fighting out one that was on eBay just a few days ago- now there dont seem to be any in Australia listed atm. One last question though- are peripherals like the Network Adapter region coded? I know the disc that comes with them definately is, but I dont care about that, just the unit itself. If region doesnt matter I could just pick up a cheap Asian one (official Sony of course).

Actually, its already had and finished its theatrical run here in Australia. My mates all went and saw it about 3 months ago.

FFVIII. Head and shoulders above all the others. I'm still waiting for it to be topped but I doubt it ever will. C'mon it had everything.

I'd been proud and happy with my 200.6% save until I ended up with 200.8% and realised I'd been exploiting a glitch :/

Great game.. shame I dont have an Xbox. My PS1 and PSP versions of it will have to tide me over. Shame no one seems interested in the Saturn only extras though... I never had a chance to visit the Underground Garden or whatever with that dopy looking tree.

I saw heaps of threads for this but I thought might as well start a new one with my questions and not res one of those old ones... 1. HDLoader vs HDAdvance... same thing? 2. My PAL PS2 isnt chipped. If i can get a pressed disc of HDAdvance or Loader, can I play NTSC U / C / J games off my HD? 3. If I cant play foreign region games that way, can I do it with USBextreme? Any help is greatly appreciated... all the threads concerning HDs Ive gone through today skirt the issue of regions... I couldnt tell if that was because the HDLoader or whatever disc was presumed to be burnt or not. Thanks.

I expect Englishmen to come with some refinement.. authority... I expect them to be, if not James Bond, at least Colin Firth. Instead we have Clive Owen, a huge ungainly motherflocker with not an ounce of refinement in him, playing amazingly cocksure roles that I find him decidedly unsuited for. In Closer I was just thinking 'ahuh, sure' the whole time. In Sin City I felt like ramming his dopey head into a wall. How Frank Miller (who I assume had a lot to do with the production but am not sure about) let such an insipid portrayal of a character he created onto the screen is beyond me. *Ahem*. I dunno I just get a bad vibe from the guy. If I ever run into him on the street I'd hit him. With relation to Children of Men, I cant imagine he does the performance there any justice either. Granted Theo isnt a 'big man' in the novel, but I'm hearing the film is a lot different? Either way I can't see a Hollywood film with a lead as ass as Owen. The thought of it makes me want to weep.

I refuse to see it on the strength that Clive Owen is in it. Seriously though I hold visuals in film above most else but the plot of this movie... I just have such a great aversion to it I doubt Ill see it.

4sho, no worriez.