Gaming room (It's a geeks paradise)

[bon3yard]

I have a gamecube and a Snes I can throw onto the elderly console pyre.

[Keef]

Hey, Game Cube is still worth playing!

[bigbadwolf]

So is the Snes!!!

When I was younger and not yet able to get my hands on stuff I shouldn't I used to go round to my mate Tom's house and play Zelda till my eye's bled.

For me my gaming days were at their Zenith during the 4th generation (16bit) era and a about a year on the Playstation 1 after which I lost interest in gaming.

In all honesty if you gave me the option of taking the latest gaming technology or a Snes and my dad's knacked old P.C with Lands of Lore I'd take the latter any day.

[bigbadwolf]

Oh and all the Desert/Jungle strike helicopter games!!!

[bigbadwolf]

Sick!!!

[Keef]

Desert Strike was awesome! And agree, SNES was great, and it was a golden age of gaming. I was alway Nintendo, whilst my mate was Sega megadrive, so we had best of both worlds.

[bigbadwolf]

Same here Keef. Me and my brothers had a Megadrive whilst my mate Tom had the Snes. I though they were both equally as good as each other but if memory serves me correctly Nintendo did tend to release more titles compared to Sega or were more willing to let outside software developers make games for their platform.

[ratty]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> tch - ratty asks for invites, gets one and ignores

> it

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> I have been rebuffed!

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> Still it was very amusing to play a game of 1 vs

> 100 with Mockney Piers and anotehr friend from

> devon online the other night - very freaky seeing

> our avatars gesturing away in a big mob

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> I crushed him btw ;-)

Sorry - I have not seen this.... also have been ill with Gastro Enteritis for 5 days! :(

[SeanMacGabhann]

that's not even funny - hope you feel better :)-D

[ratty]

just downloaded battlefield 1943 trial so will try and have a go on it at some point. :)

[mockney piers]

It's great fun in a quick fix sort of way. I noticed last night in the pub, that though I was talking to my friends j was actually calculating rifle grenade trajectories over the maudsley.

I probably need help, plus floating onion is better at it than me, grrrrr

[Floating Onion]

Grenades or Battlefield? You're ahead of me now, but that's just more time playing... :)

[ratty]

played a fair bit in the last few days and loving it. Got a 2 in 1 grenade kill this afternoon which made me feel big. Wish I could master the plane. :)

[mockney piers]

Spend a little time on the tutorial until you're happy. Also play about with the different plane control configurations and I find the external view on plane and tank much easier.

And I meant the game se?or onion, I'm well aware that it's time rather than skill that's pit me ahead.

[Keef]

Cries 2009 hand being released august 7th. Has potential to be pretty cool on Wii.

[Rolo Tomasi]

Anyone tried The Conduit on Wii? Got it last week and yet to play it. Any tips welcome.

[mockney piers]

Trials HD on XBox arcade. Marvellous, simple premise but controls beautifully. Bargain for a tenner too. It will bring a tear to the eye of anyone who remembers Eddie Kidd's Jump Start.

Was it Boneyard playing Dead Space? Got it in the bargain section the other day also for a tenner, quite enjoying it even if I have been there before in a Half Life meets resident evil via bioshock.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Trials HD is great - and the leaderboards are adddictive too

But it does lead to a LOT of swearing. Still oving the ragdoll animation when a head lands on a platform, but not the whole bike

I have only done the - ahem - trial version so far but will probably succumb and buy the whole thing

[mockney piers]

Yep, myself and two colleagues have bought it and the conpetition is fierce. Loving the mini games like how many bones of the riders body can you break. Genius.

Am on medium levels now and they're getting absurdly difficult!!

[SeanMacGabhann]

And even tho you haven't posted a link for a while, Zero Punctuation remains in top form of late..

[Sandperson]

My replacement PS3 is about to arrive from the insurance company. What game shall I get!? Looking forward to Modern Warfare but I can't wait until November for a game. I was thinking Killzone 2 and maybe one other. Any Recommendations?

[mockney piers]

If you can find dead space for a tenner it's worth a punt as I said.

Any xboxers fancy putting their user names for befriending to get a bit of forum compettion going on a few games?

ED Mockers

[EDKiwi]

Could be up for that, just been getting into xbox live through my one month trail and 1943, am very tempted to continue it on when it runs out next week.

What games did you have in mind?

Hudson NZ

[SeanMacGabhann]

geometry wars 2 is great for leaderboard action as well

I can't do the big FPS games online as I last seconds

[mockney piers]

I meant more in the leaderboard way, so Geometry Wars, Trials and yes Battlefield, but will happily tack on to a game if I see you, though even if you party up you cam end up on opposing teams.

Battlefield is definitely aimed at the casual gamer Sean, very true to the arcade environment in which it sits. It is also a lot of fun.