From: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com (n64-digest) To: n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: n64-digest V1 #974 Reply-To: n64-digest Sender: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk n64-digest Tuesday, November 9 1999 Volume 01 : Number 974 Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. Re: [N64] Mircrosquish Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. ---Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. Re: [N64] Getting away from the Tri-Force Re: ---Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. Re: [N64] Getting away from the Tri-Force Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. Re: ---Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. Re: ---Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. Re: [N64] Dolphin memory cards [N64] Hotgames.com - Coolnews Nintendo 64 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 12:30:15 -0800 (PST) From: Geoff Finger Subject: Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. On Mon, 8 Nov 1999 Calibur75@aol.com wrote: > I see this topic on the mailing list today, and I have no background > information on why exactly Microsoft is getting sued. Can some of you give me > the story on what is going on with The high Commander Bill Gates, or maybe > send me a link to an article on it. I was thinking of getting my wife a Mac > with my tax return money. We have an IBM, but it sucks big monky ****. > Thanks. I would love to see microsoft fold, then what would sega do?? Well for starters, Microsoft is not going to fold, no matter what happens. "Worst" case scenario, if it gets split up like Me' Bell did, well, AT&T, Sprint< MCI and all teh rest are still with us. For offficial news, go to www.cnn.com, look under the headlines or in buisness section, or do a search for microsoft. In general however, as i already posted earlier, they have a monopolistic hold on PC OS software, and use that monopoly as leverage. It's not enough that 90% of the people choose to buy windows, they want to force that last 10% to buy it as well if they intend to get a Intel type PC. As a thought experiment, if Kellogg told a grocery store that it could only sell Kellogg products, or they wouldn't sell them thier cereal at all, then the store would tell them to buzz off. There are a dozen different brands of cereal out there, including probably the retailers own cheapo brand. Not being able to sell Kellogg's cereal would hurt the company some, but not as much as not being able to sell all the others. However Microsoft, as a mnopoly, can and does use this tactic successfully because it controls enough of the market that computer manufacturers and other companies would rather give up all the alternatives than give up microsoft. I'm a little less clear on the rest of it, but microsoft uses it's money and influence to buy out or supress things that would be competing with their own products. Also, since microsoft write applications for windows as well as the OS itself, it can use "secret" information about windows APIs to have an advantage over competitors So whats going to happen is either a slap on the wrist if microsoft's money and political power comes through, some kind of ruling that prevents certain buisness practices on tehir part, or spliting up the company. A split up could either be splitting it up into a couple smaller companies that each tries to develop it's own version of the OS, or splitting it up along division lines. One company that develops the OS, one that works on the Office software, another that does IE, another that does games, etc. Or they could even do both. So, any more questions, or have i bored you enough already? =) - -------------------------------------------------------------- Freeze this moment a little bit longer Make each sensation a little bit stronger Experience slips away... - --Rush [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 18:22:16 EST From: JRB62307@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Mircrosquish In a message dated 11/8/1999 10:26:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, TreyTable@aol.com writes: << I'm not really sure how this all word work, but who would be in charge of the Sons Of Microsoft. I'm sure Bill would stay with Microsoft and continue to make Windows Operating systems. But what would the other ones be? I'm still not sure how it could really be a monopoly with Apple in the picture. That never made much sense to me. Dave >> Whats so hard to understand? Apple doesn't own enough of the market since there are all those little pro-Microsoft laymen out there who don't know any better than to buy the memory, processor, and space intensive Microsoft crud. So, as in many cases, the popular vote is dictating who owns the greatest market share, and the consumer is buying Microsoft (or rather getting Microsoft stuff since it is given away on all current machines unless asked otherwise). For those of us who know better it is a shame, since I do think that companies like Apple and even newcomers such as Red Hat should be dominating since they actually have stable operating systems and their software standards don't change constantly. I guess it goes back to the fact that the mainstream screws up the market, and that Bill Gates' plan of making people need his stuff (or others stuff since he copied and reverse engineered other companies' product such as AOL's instant messager) works well. Jeremiah [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 18:36:26 EST From: JRB62307@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. In a message dated 11/8/1999 1:47:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, gfinger@one-eyed-alien.net writes: << I'm a little less clear on the rest of it, but microsoft uses it's money and influence to buy out or supress things that would be competing with their own products. Also, since microsoft write applications for windows as well as the OS itself, it can use "secret" information about windows APIs to have an advantage over competitors >> I doubt that these API's are much of anything if they do indeed exist. There is one thing about Windows, and I'm sure someone will contest me about this, but it is reaking of the problems that the C language can often give you. C and its object-orientated decendent C++ will let you hack stuff together. There is also the matter of a Microsoft BASIC derivative being used in the construction of Win 32, but thats a story for another day. Anyways, since they can hack stuff together they also end up with quirky and often fatal problems. Such problems can lead to persistently occuring blue screens for developers. I use Win32 API in my source code for controls and such and it is by far not perfect, and it is also probably what the Microsoft programmers use when programming such things as wordprocessors for Windows '95, '98, and NT. This makes their "special API's" not worth much. Overall this probably isn't what helped them develop superior products (<-said that with large sarcasm). Jeremiah Barr P.S. Anyone else notice that their Wintel PC goes incredibly slow when on the Microsoft web site. I find this kind of funny since everything should be optimized. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 16:55:41 -0800 From: "Geoff Taylor" Subject: Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. > As a thought experiment, if Kellogg told a grocery store that it could > only sell Kellogg products, or they wouldn't sell them thier cereal at > all, then the store would tell them to buzz off. There are a dozen > different brands of cereal out there, including probably the retailers own > cheapo brand. Not being able to sell Kellogg's cereal would hurt the > company some, but not as much as not being able to sell all the others. Ahhh, but grocery companies actually do this to a point. Frito-Lay for one. They don't really tell the stores that they can't carry other products but they do insist on having a certain amount of shelf space within the snacks section to the point that there is very little room for other brands. Its done on purpose to squeeze the others out. > So whats going to happen is either a slap on the wrist if microsoft's > money and political power comes through, some kind of ruling that prevents > certain buisness practices on tehir part, or spliting up the company. A > split up could either be splitting it up into a couple smaller companies > that each tries to develop it's own version of the OS, or splitting it up > along division lines. One company that develops the OS, one that works on > the Office software, another that does IE, another that does games, etc. > Or they could even do both. Whatever happens, let's just pray the government brings in someone that actually knows what he's doing. That judge knows squat about technology and has had a very hard time staying awake during the trial. Breaking up Microsoft may be the way to go (In my opinion, it isn't) but they better be very careful in how they do it. They could really screw up things for everyone if they mangle the break up. In my opinion, Intel is the one that needs to be watched. Then again, the government needs to butt out. Most of the justice department hasn't a clue about tech and shouldn't be depended upon to determine the future of anything tech-based. Geoff Taylor www.gbstation.com [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 20:38:24 -0500 (EST) From: "Lloyd Millard Mccoy Jr." Subject: ---Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. I just hope that when the judge issues his order and Microsoft still dominates not because of anti-competitive practices(which it will discontinue) but because people PREFER MICROSOFT products, other software firms won't come crying to the Justice Dept On Mon, 8 Nov 1999 JRB62307@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 11/8/1999 1:47:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, > gfinger@one-eyed-alien.net writes: > > << I'm a little less clear on the rest of it, but microsoft uses it's money > and influence to buy out or supress things that would be competing with > their own products. Also, since microsoft write applications for windows > as well as the OS itself, it can use "secret" information about windows > APIs to have an advantage over competitors >> > > > I doubt that these API's are much of anything if they do indeed exist. > There is one thing about Windows, and I'm sure someone will contest me about > this, but it is reaking of the problems that the C language can often give > you. C and its object-orientated decendent C++ will let you hack stuff > together. There is also the matter of a Microsoft BASIC derivative being > used in the construction of Win 32, but thats a story for another day. > Anyways, since they can hack stuff together they also end up with quirky and > often fatal problems. Such problems can lead to persistently occuring blue > screens for developers. I use Win32 API in my source code for controls and > such and it is by far not perfect, and it is also probably what the Microsoft > programmers use when programming such things as wordprocessors for Windows > '95, '98, and NT. This makes their "special API's" not worth much. Overall > this probably isn't what helped them develop superior products (<-said that > with large sarcasm). > > Jeremiah Barr > > P.S. Anyone else notice that their Wintel PC goes incredibly slow when on the > Microsoft web site. I find this kind of funny since everything should be > optimized. > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > sx [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 19:47:32 -0700 From: likeaneagle@juno.com Subject: Re: [N64] Getting away from the Tri-Force I think you get to race on Epona. On Mon, 08 Nov 1999 14:40:09 -0600 D Fentie writes: > Does this mean that we have to race through Zelda Gaiden? I like to > take my time and enjoy the game while it lasts... or is it more like > time is wasting but its too slow to effect how long you take and > each > time you complete a task the cutscenes show the moon a certain > percentage closer than it was? > > likeaneagle@juno.com wrote: > > > > On Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:45:50 EST TreyTable@aol.com writes: > > > In a message dated 99-11-07 10:53:17 EST, you write: > > > > > > > I think the most reasonable answer is the 'alternate > > > > dimension' theory. According to some theorists, every time a > > > choice is > > > made, > > > > the universe splits in half. For instance, in this universe, > I > > > sat down > > > > today to write this e-mail. In another universe I sat down, > but > > > didn't > > > check > > > > my mail. Or I didn't go on the internet. Or I got back up and > > > went to watch > > > > TV. Or... etc etc, ad infinitum. If you buy into quantum > theory, > > > that means > > > > the universe is splitting into infinitely many other > universes at > > > any given > > > > moment. > > > > > > And did this theory come from Leo Frankowski? ;) > > > > > > > > > > Lacking any other evidence, it makes sense for plot continuity > if > > > > Link was sent back into one of those other timelines, one > where > > > Ganon > > > didn't > > > > decide to kidnap Zelda. One main reason I think this is so is > > > that > > > otherwise > > > > all future Zelda games would have to take place in the 7-year > > > period > > > between > > > > young Link and adult Link of Zelda 64. > > > > > > > > > > You know, Zelda: Gaiden isn't about Ganon & the Tri-Force. I > hope > > > that the > > > next Zelda (after Gaiden), be it on Game Boy Color or Dolphin > has > > > nothing to > > > do with the Tri-Force as well. I mean there's gotta be > somethings > > > else that > > > Link can do. > > > > > > Dave > > > > >From Nintendo Power Oct. '99 > > > > The Legend Continues... > > > > Zelda Gaiden called up images of Ocarina of Time, but it was > evident that > > the framerates and graphics had improved. Between our gameplay and > a long > > chat with Shigeru Miyamoto, Zelda's creater, we determined a nuber > of > > tantalizing details about the story. Mere months afterthe end of > Ocarina > > of Time, Link chases a Skull Kid into another dimension, only to > find a > > doomed world. The moon is falling, and Link has a short time to > stop it. > > It's not as cut and dried as that, though. Mr. Miyamoto made it > clear > > that the world will be in constant motion regardless of whether or > not > > you're witnessing events- the game will require an Expansion Pak > to > > handle this amount of action. Although it was unclear exactly it > would > > work, it seems that as you achieve certain tasks, you push back > the > > timetable to buy the world some time. You must make use of masks, > as > > well. By transforming into a Goron, Link will be able to at high > speeds, > > move heavy objects and walk through lava. As a Zora he'll swim at > high > > speeds, and as a Deku Scrub he'll be able to fire bubbles and > hover using > > huge flowers. There were races, puzzles, and new moves for > Link-and that > > was only on N64. We also saw a Game Boy game, tentatively titled > Zelda: > > Fruit of the Mysterious Tree, that will be one of three related > titles > > (one of which will be the original NES Zelda). The game itself > looks > > exciting-Link wields a Rod of Seasons that changes the landscape > through > > four seasons-but more exciting were veiled hints from Mr. Miyamoto > that > > the three games will be linked somehow... > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Get the Internet just the way you want it. > > Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > > Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > > > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" > ] > > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com > ] > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:02:32 EST From: JRB62307@aol.com Subject: Re: ---Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. In a message dated 11/8/1999 5:39:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, mccoyjr@Glue.umd.edu writes: << I just hope that when the judge issues his order and Microsoft still dominates not because of anti-competitive practices(which it will discontinue) but because people PREFER MICROSOFT products, other software firms won't come crying to the Justice Dept >> This is probably pretty obvious, but I'm not a big Microsoft fan. Windows is just DOS with a shell, and they pirate and reverse engineer a ton of software. There is also the matter of the co-existence of 16 bit and 32 bit stuff in Windows 95, 98, and NT, creating all sorts of quirky bugs. I don't know, maybe I expect too much. Jeremiah [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 21:59:31 EST From: JRB62307@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. In a message dated 11/8/1999 4:56:34 PM Pacific Standard Time, geo_tay@hotmail.com writes: << > As a thought experiment, if Kellogg told a grocery store that it could > only sell Kellogg products, or they wouldn't sell them thier cereal at > all, then the store would tell them to buzz off. There are a dozen > different brands of cereal out there, including probably the retailers own > cheapo brand. Not being able to sell Kellogg's cereal would hurt the > company some, but not as much as not being able to sell all the others. Ahhh, but grocery companies actually do this to a point. Frito-Lay for one. They don't really tell the stores that they can't carry other products but they do insist on having a certain amount of shelf space within the snacks section to the point that there is very little room for other brands. Its done on purpose to squeeze the others out. > So whats going to happen is either a slap on the wrist if microsoft's > money and political power comes through, some kind of ruling that prevents > certain buisness practices on tehir part, or spliting up the company. A > split up could either be splitting it up into a couple smaller companies > that each tries to develop it's own version of the OS, or splitting it up > along division lines. One company that develops the OS, one that works on > the Office software, another that does IE, another that does games, etc. > Or they could even do both. Whatever happens, let's just pray the government brings in someone that actually knows what he's doing. That judge knows squat about technology and has had a very hard time staying awake during the trial. Breaking up Microsoft may be the way to go (In my opinion, it isn't) but they better be very careful in how they do it. They could really screw up things for everyone if they mangle the break up. In my opinion, Intel is the one that needs to be watched. Then again, the government needs to butt out. Most of the justice department hasn't a clue about tech and shouldn't be depended upon to determine the future of anything tech-based. >> I agree with the most part except for the last paragraph. When you buy a new computer you have a choice of AMD, Intel, or in some cases even others (Evergreen, ect.). Microsoft, on other hand, has made it to where you can hardly buy a machine without Windows. As a matter of fact it is pretty hard to find adequate software for other OS's. Besides, the case is about a monoply, and monoplies go under the juristiction of the law, a.k.a the justice department. If someone is going to keep Microsoft in check it should be the goverment after all. Jeremiah [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:06:54 EST From: TreyTable@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. In a message dated 99-11-08 14:51:08 EST, you write: > We have an IBM, but it sucks big monky ****. > Thanks. I would love to see microsoft fold, then what would sega do?? Keep making great games I hope. Microsoft wouldn't disappear from the face of the earth, but it there would be a bunch of smaller companiesand a smaller Microsoft, like with what happened to Ma Bell. Bell Telephone was broken up into a few smaller companies like Bell Atlantic, AT&T, and some others. But that was long before I was interested in world affairs so I don't know the details. I think Legos were my main interest at that time. Well, Legos and my Atari 2600. Dave [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:08:37 EST From: TreyTable@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Getting away from the Tri-Force In a message dated 99-11-08 16:05:42 EST, you write: > Does this mean that we have to race through Zelda Gaiden? I like to > take my time and enjoy the game while it lasts... or is it more like > time is wasting but its too slow to effect how long you take and each > time you complete a task the cutscenes show the moon a certain > percentage closer than it was? You've seen the screenshots of Zelda Gaiden, right? That odd meter in the bottom center measures the Moon's progression towards impact. Although I bet it falls really slow. Dave [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:14:18 EST From: TreyTable@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. In a message dated 99-11-08 18:37:15 EST, you write: > P.S. Anyone else notice that their Wintel PC goes incredibly slow when on > the > Microsoft web site. I find this kind of funny since everything should be > optimized. Did not notice, although right now I'm using a PC with an AMD K6. What would that be? A WinMD? Dave [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:21:24 EST From: TreyTable@aol.com Subject: Re: ---Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. In a message dated 99-11-08 20:39:06 EST, you write: > I just hope that when the judge issues his order and Microsoft still > dominates not because of anti-competitive practices(which it will > discontinue) but because people PREFER MICROSOFT products, other software > firms won't come crying to the Justice Dept But many people prefer Microsquish becasue they don't know anything else except the Apple computers which are so much more expensive. When you can get a new (IBM Compatible) PC for $130 or a new iMac for $900 more people will get the PC. Dave [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:18:25 EST From: TreyTable@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. In a message dated 99-11-08 19:56:34 EST, you write: > In my opinion, Intel is the one that needs to be watched. Then again, the > government needs to butt out. Most of the justice department hasn't a clue > about tech and shouldn't be depended upon to determine the future of > anything tech-based. > > Geoff Taylor Ah, Intel is crap, especailly that Celery garbage. Although I just hope that the Dreamcast Zip Drive (or better yet, a Harddrive) comes to America and the browser gets better so I don't even have to use a computer (PC). Dave [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:23:45 EST From: TreyTable@aol.com Subject: Re: ---Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. In a message dated 99-11-08 22:03:46 EST, you write: > This is probably pretty obvious, but I'm not a big Microsoft fan. > Windows is just DOS with a shell, and they pirate and reverse engineer a ton > > of software. There is also the matter of the co-existence of 16 bit and 32 > bit stuff in Windows 95, 98, and NT, creating all sorts of quirky bugs. I > don't know, maybe I expect too much. > > Jeremiah Well it odes have to be backwards compatible. That's part of the problem right there. I think that there's not enough time between OS'. If they went the 5 year plan like consoles I bet PCs would be much better. Dave [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 23:25:18 -0500 From: "Eddy Wu" Subject: Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. Any processor that you can (semi) safely overclock to somthing like 1.5 times it's normal speed is not crap ;-). - -----Original Message----- From: TreyTable@aol.com To: n64@lists.xmission.com Date: Monday, November 08, 1999 10:22 PM Subject: Re: [N64] Microsoft's lawsuit. >In a message dated 99-11-08 19:56:34 EST, you write: > >> In my opinion, Intel is the one that needs to be watched. Then again, the >> government needs to butt out. Most of the justice department hasn't a clue >> about tech and shouldn't be depended upon to determine the future of >> anything tech-based. >> >> Geoff Taylor > >Ah, Intel is crap, especailly that Celery garbage. Although I just hope that >the Dreamcast Zip Drive (or better yet, a Harddrive) comes to America and the >browser gets better so I don't even have to use a computer (PC). > >Dave [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 23:37:24 EST From: TreyTable@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Dolphin memory cards I was just thinking. Since that's a rare function I thought that I should share my thought. You know what'd be great to be used as a memory card for Dolphin? Game Boy carts. That's it. Now you may resume with you normal lives already in progress. Dave [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 00:28:34 +1100 (EST) From: editor - hotgames Subject: [N64] Hotgames.com - Coolnews Nintendo 64 COOLNEWS NINTENDO 64: Gamedate November 9, 1999 The newsletter of nintendo64.hotgames.com! THE PLATFORM OF CHOICE Right now on Nintendo64.hotgames.com you can't swing a monkey without hitting a cartoon-style 3D platform game, which may or may not be a bad thing depending on how much you love that particular genre! Fans of Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie will be overjoyed at the current selection but for those strange folk who thought they performed in a very vacuum cleaner-like fashion...well, there's always next week! Ed. FEATURE REVIEW - RAYMAN 2 Hooray for Rayman! 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