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This may not start of sounding like a FOG post but towards the end it will!
New Consoles get an auwful amount of hype these days, and I'm not saying thats bad its normal and everybody including me gets excited about a console that is new on the market.
But on TV you see queues of hundred and thousands of people just waiting for the second on midnight when a new console comes out and then realising the shop is shut and camping out overnight, or the shop stays open and is bombarded by a huge group of people trashing the store.
When the PSX first came out I went straight down to the shop in town at 9:00am with about £100 and bought one with a couple of games. Happy I went back home.
After a week my machine started to freeze up and then go all glitchy. I took it back to the shop and they replaced it, after a month they sent me a new one through the post and it was fine!
When I got my Nintendo I got it about 3 months after release and it was fine but I am guessing that there probably were a few minor hiccups maybe to do with saving and I know that they changed the name.
The DC came out with lots of advertisments saying 128 bit most powerful console ever with online facilities. There were no online facilities until recently when I got my DC!
The PS2 I had one of these but it broke down 3 times so I could no longer be bothered with it and sold it! A lot of people spent nearly 300 pounds on there machine in one go to find it broke down a couple of days later but now all the hiccups have been straightened out and they work fine!
The GC will probably have a few minor problems but Nintendo arent famous for always having a few problems with their machines, and since it is their first machine that will include discs there could be some probs! I know that I will get one sooner or later but not straight away, I would wait a month or so because by then the price might have dropped and any problems will have been sorted out!
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New Consoles get an auwful amount of hype these days, and I'm not saying thats bad its normal and everybody including me gets excited about a console that is new on the market.
But on TV you see queues of hundred and thousands of people just waiting for the second on midnight when a new console comes out and then realising the shop is shut and camping out overnight, or the shop stays open and is bombarded by a huge group of people trashing the store.
When the PSX first came out I went straight down to the shop in town at 9:00am with about £100 and bought one with a couple of games. Happy I went back home.
After a week my machine started to freeze up and then go all glitchy. I took it back to the shop and they replaced it, after a month they sent me a new one through the post and it was fine!
When I got my Nintendo I got it about 3 months after release and it was fine but I am guessing that there probably were a few minor hiccups maybe to do with saving and I know that they changed the name.
The DC came out with lots of advertisments saying 128 bit most powerful console ever with online facilities. There were no online facilities until recently when I got my DC!
The PS2 I had one of these but it broke down 3 times so I could no longer be bothered with it and sold it! A lot of people spent nearly 300 pounds on there machine in one go to find it broke down a couple of days later but now all the hiccups have been straightened out and they work fine!
The GC will probably have a few minor problems but Nintendo arent famous for always having a few problems with their machines, and since it is their first machine that will include discs there could be some probs! I know that I will get one sooner or later but not straight away, I would wait a month or so because by then the price might have dropped and any problems will have been sorted out!
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I have about £70-80 in my GC jar and I will start collecting again after August which is after I come back from France!
You've got a spare GAD, you could get a game with that, you know...
...JUST KIDDING!!!!
...JUST KIDDING!!!!
I'm selling 6 of my N64 games to help finance my GameCube Project. I've already got more than enough for the console itself (Which I have been told is going to be around 240 quid) but I just don't have the money for games right now!
So, I'm selling 6 of my games and getting 69 quid back, that should be enough for a GC game... plus I'm getting Zelda from GAD so two games should keep me happy for a while... till I get some more money ;-D
So, I'm selling 6 of my games and getting 69 quid back, that should be enough for a GC game... plus I'm getting Zelda from GAD so two games should keep me happy for a while... till I get some more money ;-D
I cant beleive I sold mine now if only I had hung on to it for another week or so!
The Ninty machines don't break down because they have never had any moving parts. But as for the GameCube, well, this is the first time they have had moving parts, so it couuld be ... interesting. Of course, Sony invented CDs with Phillips (I think) so they know all about it.
The problem with the PS2 is that it had a duff batch of power supplies. Not Sony's fault, I'm told. Any, all smooth now.
The problem with the PS2 is that it had a duff batch of power supplies. Not Sony's fault, I'm told. Any, all smooth now.
Ok its to early in the mornin!
This may not start of sounding like a FOG post but towards the end it will!
New Consoles get an auwful amount of hype these days, and I'm not saying thats bad its normal and everybody including me gets excited about a console that is new on the market.
But on TV you see queues of hundred and thousands of people just waiting for the second on midnight when a new console comes out and then realising the shop is shut and camping out overnight, or the shop stays open and is bombarded by a huge group of people trashing the store.
When the PSX first came out I went straight down to the shop in town at 9:00am with about £100 and bought one with a couple of games. Happy I went back home.
After a week my machine started to freeze up and then go all glitchy. I took it back to the shop and they replaced it, after a month they sent me a new one through the post and it was fine!
When I got my Nintendo I got it about 3 months after release and it was fine but I am guessing that there probably were a few minor hiccups maybe to do with saving and I know that they changed the name.
The DC came out with lots of advertisments saying 128 bit most powerful console ever with online facilities. There were no online facilities until recently when I got my DC!
The PS2 I had one of these but it broke down 3 times so I could no longer be bothered with it and sold it! A lot of people spent nearly 300 pounds on there machine in one go to find it broke down a couple of days later but now all the hiccups have been straightened out and they work fine!
The GC will probably have a few minor problems but Nintendo arent famous for always having a few problems with their machines, and since it is their first machine that will include discs there could be some probs! I know that I will get one sooner or later but not straight away, I would wait a month or so because by then the price might have dropped and any problems will have been sorted out!
ZP
New Consoles get an auwful amount of hype these days, and I'm not saying thats bad its normal and everybody including me gets excited about a console that is new on the market.
But on TV you see queues of hundred and thousands of people just waiting for the second on midnight when a new console comes out and then realising the shop is shut and camping out overnight, or the shop stays open and is bombarded by a huge group of people trashing the store.
When the PSX first came out I went straight down to the shop in town at 9:00am with about £100 and bought one with a couple of games. Happy I went back home.
After a week my machine started to freeze up and then go all glitchy. I took it back to the shop and they replaced it, after a month they sent me a new one through the post and it was fine!
When I got my Nintendo I got it about 3 months after release and it was fine but I am guessing that there probably were a few minor hiccups maybe to do with saving and I know that they changed the name.
The DC came out with lots of advertisments saying 128 bit most powerful console ever with online facilities. There were no online facilities until recently when I got my DC!
The PS2 I had one of these but it broke down 3 times so I could no longer be bothered with it and sold it! A lot of people spent nearly 300 pounds on there machine in one go to find it broke down a couple of days later but now all the hiccups have been straightened out and they work fine!
The GC will probably have a few minor problems but Nintendo arent famous for always having a few problems with their machines, and since it is their first machine that will include discs there could be some probs! I know that I will get one sooner or later but not straight away, I would wait a month or so because by then the price might have dropped and any problems will have been sorted out!
ZP
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