Finally Getting It Back!

Post by **Specially Cork** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 9:52 am

I've decided after making the regrettable mistake of selling my N64 a few years ago, and losing some of my most favourite games in the process (Mario 64, Goldeneye, Perfect DarK).
I'm going onto ebay with my wages, and buying as much of it back as I can.

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 11:32 am

Shouldn't be too bad.
You might also want to hit up some used game shops as well. They usually have Mario 64 lying around, and most of the time Goldeneye as well.

Lunchbox · Post by **Lunchbox** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 2:41 pm

and thus the good lord blessed us with emulators

aha kidding, hope you don't lose to much money

Post by **Specially Cork** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 5:11 pm

Lunchbox wrote:and thus the good lord blessed us with emulators

aha kidding, hope you don't lose to much money

Good. N64. Emulator. Where?

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 5:27 pm

Project64 is superb.

F8 · Post by F8 » Fri Nov 28, 2003 5:28 pm

Yeah, it runs Mario 64 pretty much flawlessly. Bond has heavier requirements though, a bit choppy on my computer.

Hawq · Post by **Hawq** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 9:01 am

az_bont wrote:Project64 is superb.

Indeed, PJ64 + Jabo's D3D 6 & 7 = emu heaven

perry · Post by **perry** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 9:57 am

No matter how good emulation gets, there's nothing like playing the actual console.

Post by **Specially Cork** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 10:04 am

Exactly.
I cant understand how people can play games sat a desk. Seriously, its uncomfortable, unrelaxing, you have to play everything on a crappy monitor, i have other people mithering to get on it, it smells of "work environment" and upgrading my PC to play PJ64 would cost more than an N64 anyway.

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 10:13 am

What about an Xbox?

AmadeusZull · Post by **AmadeusZull** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 10:17 am

whats is so good with the old consoles now that you can play on your pc?

you perfer to play on some tubed tv? monitors are dead cheap now. good flat screen ctr monitors.
pc surround sound
enhanced resolution for all your 3d games (mario 64 on 1024x786 owns n64 anyday)
and last psx controller connected to pc to play all your games.

and last online play of all your fav old games. i'm not sure if p64 has it yet but it is safe to assume with be released soon just like the snes and psx emulators did.

sixteen-bit · Post by **sixteen-bit** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 10:18 am

AmadeusZull wrote: and last psx controller connected to pc to play all your games.

ugh, no thanks..
For emulating the PSX yeah I'll use one but I can't stand using it for anything else.

Ikku · Post by **Ikku** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 10:26 am

I'm pretty sure there's an adapter to hook up an N64 controller, and I used to have a "joystick" that had the same button layout as the SNES.

But I likes emulation on my DC.

AmadeusZull · Post by **AmadeusZull** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 10:33 am

sixteen-bit wrote:
AmadeusZull wrote: and last psx controller connected to pc to play all your games.
ugh, no thanks..
For emulating the PSX yeah I'll use one but I can't stand using it for anything else.

ah so your female. doubt a vibrator can be attached via usb into your cpu.

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 10:44 am

Some of those N64 games are expensive at the game stores. Goldeneye is like $20 here, Mario Kart is $25. considering you can get the system for $20 and its a dead system that is steep.

Hawq · Post by **Hawq** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 1:51 pm

AmadeusZull wrote:
sixteen-bit wrote:
AmadeusZull wrote: and last psx controller connected to pc to play all your games.
ugh, no thanks..
For emulating the PSX yeah I'll use one but I can't stand using it for anything else.
ah so your female. doubt a vibrator can be attached via usb into your cpu.

I'm sure one could be made with great ease

Gmc · Post by **Gmc** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 2:34 pm

Well in Japan they have USB Electric toothbrushes, so I reckon a USB Vibrator is definatley possible

Post by **Specially Cork** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 6:04 pm

Its not about the hardware. its just the "im sitting at my pc in the study, with the rest of my family wanting to use it" thing.
if it was MY computer, in MY room, then yes, I would use it to play games. But here I have to have the volume turned down, get people walking past and talking to me all the time, and I can just crash out on my bed and play. Sitting sucks.

Also, I love some of this logic...
"Dont spend ?25 on an N64. Emulate instead, just buy a decent tft monitor for ?150+ or whatever, and upgrade your gfx card etc. etc."
Not really worth it.

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 6:08 pm

Emulate on Xbox. ?55 for a second-hand Xbox, and zilch to exploit it. At those prices, it's just about worth getting one

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Lartrak · Post by **Lartrak** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 3:18 am

az_bont wrote:Emulate on Xbox. ?55 for a second-hand Xbox, and zilch to exploit it. At those prices, it's just about worth getting one .

Or you could get the real thing, which has infinitely more value to someone who values that type of thing. I personally do, and I prefer to use the original carts when possible. Emulation is nice too though.

Goldeneye is like $20 here

Ripoff. It's very common. Should be $10, and Perfect Dark should be $5.