From: owner-NGamers-digest@lists.xmission.com (NGamers-digest)
To: ngamers-digest@lists.xmission.com
Subject: NGamers-digest V1 #1705
Reply-To: NGamers-digest
Sender: owner-NGamers-digest@lists.xmission.com
Errors-To: owner-NGamers-digest@lists.xmission.com
Precedence: bulk
NGamers-digest Tuesday, October 30 2001 Volume 01 : Number 1705
Re: [NG] XP
Re: [NG] GC on your computer
Re: [NG] XP
[NG] No more SNK
Re: [NG] GC on your computer
Re: [NG] No more SNK
Re: [NG] XP
Re: [NG] Pikmin
Re: [NG] XP
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 23:17:05 -0600
From: Thraxen
Subject: Re: [NG] XP
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
- ------=_NextPart_000_0032_01C160CF.D2B29420
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Don Fentie=20
To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: [NG] XP
I have XP running on my computer and I'd have to say that I will NEVER =
go back to the old Windows operating systems! This thing is AWESOME! I =
have tried to delibrately crash my system and I have not been able to =
suceed at it yet. The stability is absolutely amazing!! Very cool, it =
seems that Microsoft finally got an operating system right!=20
About the gaming issue, all you have to do is switch the system to =
'Win98' mode or whatever you require and then the games should run fine. =
There is an MS Dos prompt in the system too however now it is called =
"Command Prompt". With the increased speed (it only takes me 20 seconds =
to FULLY boot up my system now and applications run noticably faster) as =
well as the increased stability AND the removal of the 'blue screen of =
death' I'd have to say this is a must buy!>>>>
See Jed? No worries at all. This is basically what I've been hearing =
from other people on the net. XP is great.
Stryder
- ------=_NextPart_000_0032_01C160CF.D2B29420
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 =
11:20=20
PM
Subject: Re: [NG] XP
I have XP running on my computer and I'd have to say =
that I=20
will NEVER go back to the old Windows operating systems! This =
thing is=20
AWESOME! I have tried to delibrately crash my system and I have =
not been=20
able to suceed at it yet. The stability is absolutely =
amazing!! =20
Very cool, it seems that Microsoft finally got an operating system =
right!=20
About the gaming issue, all you have to do is switch the system to =
'Win98'=20
mode or whatever you require and then the games should run fine. =
There=20
is an MS Dos prompt in the system too however now it is called =
"Command=20
Prompt". With the increased speed (it only takes me 20 seconds =
to FULLY=20
boot up my system now and applications run noticably faster) as well =
as the=20
increased stability AND the removal of the 'blue screen of death' I'd =
have to=20
say this is a must buy!>>>>
See Jed? No worries at all. =
This is=20
basically what I've been hearing from other people on the net. =
XP is=20
great.
Stryder
- ------=_NextPart_000_0032_01C160CF.D2B29420--
[ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ]
[ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:18:59 -0500
From: "Dave"
Subject: Re: [NG] GC on your computer
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
- ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C16123.E8965340
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Don Fentie=20
To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 10:18 PM
Subject: [NG] GC on your computer
I'm in a bit of a bind... I have a 52" television with good external
stereo and hooked up VCR in my basement however my family is =
sponsoring
an exchange student from Austria in a few months after the GC arrives =
and
she will be staying in that room... this means that either I have to =
lug
the GC upstairs and play where EVERYONE and their dog is or I have to
find some way that I can hook it up to my computer in my room.
Now I'm serious about this, I need to know how/if this can be done. =
All
I want to do is play the GC on my monitor with my computer speakers =
and I
certainly do not have the know-how. Please if there is anyone out =
there
that is good with this kinda stuff please throw out some possible =
answers
so I may investiagte them further.
Thanks
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
- -----
I don't have an answer right now, but a friend of mine has a kick arse =
video card on his PC that has inputs and outputs for S-Video and RCA =
audio, plus a nice digital audio output, which makes playing Max Payne =
on his widescreen TV really cool. That new Myst in real-time looks nice =
as well. But for some reason hew has his N64 plugged into the video card =
so he can play Perfect Dark on his PC. But the N64 is hidden from view, =
I think that's so his wife doesn't know about it. I'll try to find out =
what kind of card that is.=20
You could always go to Wal Mart and get yourself a nice Sharp 19 inch TV =
for $234.75, that's Canadian currency from a $149 American currency TV I =
saw not too long ago.
~~ Dave ~~
"I can't spare a moment for the dog faced boy
I won't lend another hand to the worm-girl of Hanoi
Don't deplete my oxygen for the guy who's turning blue
But ask me, and I'll do anything for you." -- Phish
Sanrio@velocity.net
Drhodes_74@hotmail.com
AIM: Midnight Sanrio
- ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C16123.E8965340
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 =
10:18=20
PM
Subject: [NG] GC on your =
computer
I'm in a bit of a bind... I have a 52" television with =
good=20
external
stereo and hooked up VCR in my basement however my family =
is=20
sponsoring
an exchange student from Austria in a few months after =
the GC=20
arrives and
she will be staying in that room... this means that =
either I=20
have to lug
the GC upstairs and play where EVERYONE and their dog =
is or I=20
have to
find some way that I can hook it up to my computer in my=20
room.
Now I'm serious about this, I need to know how/if this =
can be=20
done. All
I want to do is play the GC on my monitor with my =
computer=20
speakers and I
certainly do not have the know-how. Please if =
there is=20
anyone out there
that is good with this kinda stuff please throw =
out some=20
possible answers
so I may investiagte them =
further.
Thanks
I don't have an answer right =
now, but a=20
friend of mine has a kick arse video card on his PC that has inputs and =
outputs=20
for S-Video and RCA audio, plus a nice digital audio output, which makes =
playing=20
Max Payne on his widescreen TV really cool. That new Myst in real-time =
looks=20
nice as well. But for some reason hew has his N64 plugged into the video =
card so=20
he can play Perfect Dark on his PC. But the N64 is hidden from view, I =
think=20
that's so his wife doesn't know about it. I'll try to find out what kind =
of card=20
that is.
You could always go to =
Wal Mart and=20
get yourself a nice Sharp 19 inch TV for $234.75, that's Canadian =
currency from=20
a $149 American currency TV I saw not too long ago.
~~ Dave ~~
"I can't spare a moment for =
the dog faced=20
boy
I won't lend another hand to the worm-girl of =
Hanoi
Don't=20
deplete my oxygen for the guy who's turning blue
But ask me, =
and I'll=20
do anything for you." -- Phish
Sanrio@velocity.net
Drhodes_74@hotmail.com
&nbs=
p;AIM:=20
Midnight Sanrio
- ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C16123.E8965340--
[ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ]
[ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:20:43 -0500
From: "Dave"
Subject: Re: [NG] XP
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
- ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01C16124.264BBFE0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Don Fentie=20
To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: [NG] XP
I have XP running on my computer and I'd have to say that I will NEVER =
go back to the old Windows operating systems! This thing is AWESOME! I =
have tried to delibrately crash my system and I have not been able to =
suceed at it yet. The stability is absolutely amazing!! Very cool, it =
seems that Microsoft finally got an operating system right!=20
About the gaming issue, all you have to do is switch the system to =
'Win98' mode or whatever you require and then the games should run fine. =
There is an MS Dos prompt in the system too however now it is called =
"Command Prompt". With the increased speed (it only takes me 20 seconds =
to FULLY boot up my system now and applications run noticably faster) as =
well as the increased stability AND the removal of the 'blue screen of =
death' I'd have to say this is a must buy!=20
Oh yeah, just make sure to go to microsoft's home site and see if all =
your drivers will work. I had to only update my scanner driver and that =
was it, easy as pie.=20
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
- -----
Hmm. $200 for XP or $200 for GC. If I had the money, I wonder which I =
would rush out to buy?
~~ Dave ~~
"Microsoft Windows 9X'. A thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell =
to a sixteen-bit patch to an eight-bit operating system originally coded =
for a four-bit microprocessor which was written by a two-bit company =
that can't stand one bit of competition."=20
Sanrio@velocity.net
Drhodes_74@hotmail.com
AIM: Midnight Sanrio
- ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01C16124.264BBFE0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 =
12:20=20
AM
Subject: Re: [NG] XP
I have XP running on my computer and I'd have to say =
that I=20
will NEVER go back to the old Windows operating systems! This =
thing is=20
AWESOME! I have tried to delibrately crash my system and I have =
not been=20
able to suceed at it yet. The stability is absolutely =
amazing!! =20
Very cool, it seems that Microsoft finally got an operating system =
right!=20
About the gaming issue, all you have to do is switch the system to =
'Win98'=20
mode or whatever you require and then the games should run fine. =
There=20
is an MS Dos prompt in the system too however now it is called =
"Command=20
Prompt". With the increased speed (it only takes me 20 seconds =
to FULLY=20
boot up my system now and applications run noticably faster) as well =
as the=20
increased stability AND the removal of the 'blue screen of death' I'd =
have to=20
say this is a must buy!=20
Oh yeah, just make sure to go to microsoft's home site and see if =
all your=20
drivers will work. I had to only update my scanner driver and =
that was=20
it, easy as pie.=20
Hmm. $200 for XP or $200 for GC. If I had the money, I wonder which =
I would=20
rush out to buy?
~~ Dave ~~
"Microsoft Windows 9X'. A thirty-two bit extension and =
graphical=20
shell to a sixteen-bit patch to an eight-bit operating system originally =
coded=20
for a four-bit microprocessor which was written by a two-bit company =
that can't=20
stand one bit of competition."
Sanrio@velocity.net Drhodes_74@hotmail.com&nbs=
p;AIM:=20
Midnight Sanrio
- ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01C16124.264BBFE0--
[ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ]
[ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:08:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Vi On
Subject: [NG] No more SNK
According to fgnonline.com SNK just went bankrupt.
http://www.fgnonline.com/industry/news/20408.html
So does that mean no more King of fighter games? What about
Capcom vs SNK??? will there be part 3,4...
Wouldn't some game company want to buy out SNK so they get all
their unique fighting games licenses.
- -Vi
[ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ]
[ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 10:34:06 -0600
From: "Elliot Jefferson"
Subject: Re: [NG] GC on your computer
Don (and whoever else is interested...),
http://www.lik-sang.com/catalog/news.php?artc=2359
(It's not out yet, but at least it's coming...)
Lik-Sang is a Hong Kong importer of video games. I've never personally
ordered from them, but I've read some good reports from people who've dealt
with them.
Elliot
- ------------------------------------------------------------
"Let's face it, Nintendo's system is for kids," says Robbie
Bach, Xbox's gruff-voiced team leader. "We're for
sophisticated gamers. I don't know any 30-year-olds who want
a GameCube."
- ----Original Message Follows----
From: Don Fentie
Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com
To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com
Subject: [NG] GC on your computer
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 21:18:37 -0600
I'm in a bit of a bind... I have a 52" television with good external
stereo and hooked up VCR in my basement however my family is sponsoring
an exchange student from Austria in a few months after the GC arrives and
she will be staying in that room... this means that either I have to lug
the GC upstairs and play where EVERYONE and their dog is or I have to
find some way that I can hook it up to my computer in my room.
Now I'm serious about this, I need to know how/if this can be done. All
I want to do is play the GC on my monitor with my computer speakers and I
certainly do not have the know-how. Please if there is anyone out there
that is good with this kinda stuff please throw out some possible answers
so I may investiagte them further.
Thanks
[ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ]
[ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
[ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ]
[ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:36:49 -0500
From: "Dave"
Subject: Re: [NG] No more SNK
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
- ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C16137.29AD3FC0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Vi On=20
To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:08 AM
Subject: [NG] No more SNK
According to fgnonline.com SNK just went bankrupt.
http://www.fgnonline.com/industry/news/20408.html
So does that mean no more King of fighter games? What about
Capcom vs SNK??? will there be part 3,4...
Wouldn't some game company want to buy out SNK so they get all
their unique fighting games licenses.
-Vi
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
- -----
Will hope, perhaps Capcom will purchase SNK.=20
Or maybe ASCII/Agetec.
~~ Dave ~~
"Microsoft Windows 9X'. A thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell =
to a sixteen-bit patch to an eight-bit operating system originally coded =
for a four-bit microprocessor which was written by a two-bit company =
that can't stand one bit of competition."=20
Sanrio@velocity.net
Drhodes_74@hotmail.com
AIM: Midnight Sanrio
- ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C16137.29AD3FC0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 =
11:08=20
AM
Subject: [NG] No more SNK
According to fgnonline.com SNK just went=20
bankrupt.
http://www.fgn=
online.com/industry/news/20408.html
So=20
does that mean no more King of fighter games? What =
about
Capcom vs=20
SNK??? will there be part 3,4...
Wouldn't some game company =
want to=20
buy out SNK so they get all
their unique fighting games=20
licenses.
-Vi
Will hope, perhaps Capcom =
will purchase=20
SNK.
Or maybe =
ASCII/Agetec.
~~ Dave ~~
"Microsoft Windows 9X'. =
A=20
thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell to a sixteen-bit patch to =
an=20
eight-bit operating system originally coded for a four-bit =
microprocessor which=20
was written by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of =
competition."=20
Sanrio@velocity.net
Drhodes_74@hotmail.com
&nbs=
p;AIM:=20
Midnight Sanrio
- ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C16137.29AD3FC0--
[ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ]
[ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:57:36 EST
From: Devil929@aol.com
Subject: Re: [NG] XP
- --part1_157.33a02ea.29104410_boundary
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Ironically, I DID get the blue screen of death, but only once in an isolated
incident. I do have to say though that XP is great; aside from a one second
delay in viewing my Programs in the Start menu (mostly to having a load of
'em!), I haven't had any problems. Certainly, the more color-friendly
approach is a big, big departure that I warmly welcome, as programs shouldn't
be so dry like past versions of Windows were. Now if only Nintendo made
Funtastic PC towers;-)
- -Aldo Merino
In a message dated 10/30/2001 8:23:07 AM Central Standard Time,
sanrio@velocity.net writes:
>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Don Fentie
>> To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:20 AM
>> Subject: Re: [NG] XP
>>
>>
>> I have XP running on my computer and I'd have to say that I will NEVER go
>> back to the old Windows operating systems! This thing is AWESOME! I have
>> tried to delibrately crash my system and I have not been able to suceed at
>> it yet. The stability is absolutely amazing!! Very cool, it seems that
>> Microsoft finally got an operating system right! About the gaming issue,
>> all you have to do is switch the system to 'Win98' mode or whatever you
>> require and then the games should run fine. There is an MS Dos prompt in
>> the system too however now it is called "Command Prompt". With the
>> increased speed (it only takes me 20 seconds to FULLY boot up my system
>> now and applications run noticably faster) as well as the increased
>> stability AND the removal of the 'blue screen of death' I'd have to say
>> this is a must buy! Oh yeah, just make sure to go to microsoft's home site
>> and see if all your drivers will work. I had to only update my scanner
>> driver and that was it, easy as pie.
>>
>>
>
>
- --part1_157.33a02ea.29104410_boundary
Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Ironically, I DID get the blue screen of death, but only once in an isolated incident. I do have to say though that XP is great; aside from a one second delay in viewing my Programs in the Start menu (mostly to having a load of 'em!), I haven't had any problems. Certainly, the more color-friendly approach is a big, big departure that I warmly welcome, as programs shouldn't be so dry like past versions of Windows were. Now if only Nintendo made Funtastic PC towers;-)
- -Aldo Merino
In a message dated 10/30/2001 8:23:07 AM Central Standard Time, sanrio@velocity.net writes:
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Fentie
To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: [NG] XP
I have XP running on my computer and I'd have to say that I will NEVER go back to the old Windows operating systems! This thing is AWESOME! I have tried to delibrately crash my system and I have not been able to suceed at it yet. The stability is absolutely amazing!! Very cool, it seems that Microsoft finally got an operating system right! About the gaming issue, all you have to do is switch the system to 'Win98' mode or whatever you require and then the games should run fine. There is an MS Dos prompt in the system too however now it is called "Command Prompt". With the increased speed (it only takes me 20 seconds to FULLY boot up my system now and applications run noticably faster) as well as the increased stability AND the removal of the 'blue screen of death' I'd have to say this is a must buy! Oh yeah, just make sure to go to microsoft's home site and see if all your drivers will work. I had to only update my scanner driver and that was it, easy as pie.