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Coming in to work is not always the best thing in the world, particularly on a wet Thursday morning when the last thing you want to do is get out of bed. The Office has its down points, for a start there are no games consoles and people look at you funny if you even suggest the mere hint of music or sound effects being played from your PC.
Well something cheered me up no end at work today, and hopefully it will be an ongoing thing. Someone at work has a GBA besides me and to make things even better, he has a copy of Fzero-x as well (oh, and a link cable) So you can guess the next logical step in our plan to rid the office of boredom. Yes, we decided to give portable multi-player games the test.
Now, finding a moment when we could both manage to get to the ‘canteen’ (a word not often used to describe a drinks machine and four seats, I know, but for want of a better word…) is the most difficult thing on earth when you work shifts, so we finally managed to have around 10 minutes playing time today. Unfortunately, the set up time was included in this, so it was one round of a 4 lap course before we had to call it quits and get back to the boring business of work.
Once you’ve set the GBA game up the first time, it’s pretty easy, but when you first start off everything has to be done in a certain order. Making the link was fine though, and the game makes it even easier by telling you how many players there are and clearly displaying the other players stats and choice of craft, so that, if you are quick you can choose the craft that you think has a chance of beating it before pressing the START button and getting ready to burn rubber (well, air actually…) Playing the thing is fantastic, and if you’re not careful you can get a whole host of other office workers giving you funny looks as they go past waiting for their next caffeine injection. Shouts of “haha!” as you make the corner before your opponent could be heard a few offices away and had some people running for cover.
My conclusion is that this Gameboy Advance link up lark is the best thing to happen to offices since the stapler and if only more people took it up we’d have a lot less stressed staff and more happy gamers. There is plenty of scope for more link up lunch-times in the future too, with Bomberman tournament out tomorrow and Mario Kart Advance soon to be released. I think we should post warnings up on the canteen walls, or at least try to get more people involved (at least one other person has a GBA in the office) It’s the nearest answer to having deathmatches at work, woe betide any passers by when Doom arrives!
Well something cheered me up no end at work today, and hopefully it will be an ongoing thing. Someone at work has a GBA besides me and to make things even better, he has a copy of Fzero-x as well (oh, and a link cable) So you can guess the next logical step in our plan to rid the office of boredom. Yes, we decided to give portable multi-player games the test.
Now, finding a moment when we could both manage to get to the ‘canteen’ (a word not often used to describe a drinks machine and four seats, I know, but for want of a better word…) is the most difficult thing on earth when you work shifts, so we finally managed to have around 10 minutes playing time today. Unfortunately, the set up time was included in this, so it was one round of a 4 lap course before we had to call it quits and get back to the boring business of work.
Once you’ve set the GBA game up the first time, it’s pretty easy, but when you first start off everything has to be done in a certain order. Making the link was fine though, and the game makes it even easier by telling you how many players there are and clearly displaying the other players stats and choice of craft, so that, if you are quick you can choose the craft that you think has a chance of beating it before pressing the START button and getting ready to burn rubber (well, air actually…) Playing the thing is fantastic, and if you’re not careful you can get a whole host of other office workers giving you funny looks as they go past waiting for their next caffeine injection. Shouts of “haha!” as you make the corner before your opponent could be heard a few offices away and had some people running for cover.
My conclusion is that this Gameboy Advance link up lark is the best thing to happen to offices since the stapler and if only more people took it up we’d have a lot less stressed staff and more happy gamers. There is plenty of scope for more link up lunch-times in the future too, with Bomberman tournament out tomorrow and Mario Kart Advance soon to be released. I think we should post warnings up on the canteen walls, or at least try to get more people involved (at least one other person has a GBA in the office) It’s the nearest answer to having deathmatches at work, woe betide any passers by when Doom arrives!
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Whether it be lack of decent games, lack of units or lack of stupid people willing to spend £300 on a fancy radiator, most consoles have problems at launch!
I found this with the GBA, okay so THPS2 isn't bad, but there was nothing that could really sell the console to me, apart from one thing. The Future.
Sounds stupid doesn't it, well, it isn't! Look at the GBA games coming out... there's Banjo-Kazooie, Sonic, 3D Shoot-'em-upsa dn classics like Harvest Moon and Street Fighter.
The first game I got, and sadly the only one to-date, is Konami Krazy Racers... and those of you who have it will vouch for me when I say it's easy... the game can be completed in under an hour, anyone who was half-decent at Mario Kart on any system won't have trouble mastering KKR over a weekend.
So, as you can imagine, my first impressions of the non-backlit, Nintendo *cough* master piece were bad... I though Why the Flock have I bought this instead of spending my money on another Dreamcast... or atleast some decent games...
But now, after about a month and a half of kicking myself, I am finally unconscious... no I mean, I am finally reassured that I have made the right decision...
The GBA could be better, but with almost all the top developers working on games and the promise of the franchises that made my gaming childhood so great making an appearance, I don't think twice about keeping it...
The GBA may have had a bit of a PS2ish launch BUT, it's sure to make up for it...
Remember the PS2 had SSX and a couple of other good games at launch so i'm not saying the GBA didn't, but despite Mario and THPS2 we have:
Pinobee: Hmmmm....
Iridion: Hmmmm....
Pitfall: Er-No!
The GBA has a whole life a head of it!
Game
I found this with the GBA, okay so THPS2 isn't bad, but there was nothing that could really sell the console to me, apart from one thing. The Future.
Sounds stupid doesn't it, well, it isn't! Look at the GBA games coming out... there's Banjo-Kazooie, Sonic, 3D Shoot-'em-upsa dn classics like Harvest Moon and Street Fighter.
The first game I got, and sadly the only one to-date, is Konami Krazy Racers... and those of you who have it will vouch for me when I say it's easy... the game can be completed in under an hour, anyone who was half-decent at Mario Kart on any system won't have trouble mastering KKR over a weekend.
So, as you can imagine, my first impressions of the non-backlit, Nintendo *cough* master piece were bad... I though Why the Flock have I bought this instead of spending my money on another Dreamcast... or atleast some decent games...
But now, after about a month and a half of kicking myself, I am finally unconscious... no I mean, I am finally reassured that I have made the right decision...
The GBA could be better, but with almost all the top developers working on games and the promise of the franchises that made my gaming childhood so great making an appearance, I don't think twice about keeping it...
The GBA may have had a bit of a PS2ish launch BUT, it's sure to make up for it...
Remember the PS2 had SSX and a couple of other good games at launch so i'm not saying the GBA didn't, but despite Mario and THPS2 we have:
Pinobee: Hmmmm....
Iridion: Hmmmm....
Pitfall: Er-No!
The GBA has a whole life a head of it!
Game
Coming in to work is not always the best thing in the world, particularly on a wet Thursday morning when the last thing you want to do is get out of bed. The Office has its down points, for a start there are no games consoles and people look at you funny if you even suggest the mere hint of music or sound effects being played from your PC.
Well something cheered me up no end at work today, and hopefully it will be an ongoing thing. Someone at work has a GBA besides me and to make things even better, he has a copy of Fzero-x as well (oh, and a link cable) So you can guess the next logical step in our plan to rid the office of boredom. Yes, we decided to give portable multi-player games the test.
Now, finding a moment when we could both manage to get to the ‘canteen’ (a word not often used to describe a drinks machine and four seats, I know, but for want of a better word…) is the most difficult thing on earth when you work shifts, so we finally managed to have around 10 minutes playing time today. Unfortunately, the set up time was included in this, so it was one round of a 4 lap course before we had to call it quits and get back to the boring business of work.
Once you’ve set the GBA game up the first time, it’s pretty easy, but when you first start off everything has to be done in a certain order. Making the link was fine though, and the game makes it even easier by telling you how many players there are and clearly displaying the other players stats and choice of craft, so that, if you are quick you can choose the craft that you think has a chance of beating it before pressing the START button and getting ready to burn rubber (well, air actually…) Playing the thing is fantastic, and if you’re not careful you can get a whole host of other office workers giving you funny looks as they go past waiting for their next caffeine injection. Shouts of “haha!” as you make the corner before your opponent could be heard a few offices away and had some people running for cover.
My conclusion is that this Gameboy Advance link up lark is the best thing to happen to offices since the stapler and if only more people took it up we’d have a lot less stressed staff and more happy gamers. There is plenty of scope for more link up lunch-times in the future too, with Bomberman tournament out tomorrow and Mario Kart Advance soon to be released. I think we should post warnings up on the canteen walls, or at least try to get more people involved (at least one other person has a GBA in the office) It’s the nearest answer to having deathmatches at work, woe betide any passers by when Doom arrives!
Well something cheered me up no end at work today, and hopefully it will be an ongoing thing. Someone at work has a GBA besides me and to make things even better, he has a copy of Fzero-x as well (oh, and a link cable) So you can guess the next logical step in our plan to rid the office of boredom. Yes, we decided to give portable multi-player games the test.
Now, finding a moment when we could both manage to get to the ‘canteen’ (a word not often used to describe a drinks machine and four seats, I know, but for want of a better word…) is the most difficult thing on earth when you work shifts, so we finally managed to have around 10 minutes playing time today. Unfortunately, the set up time was included in this, so it was one round of a 4 lap course before we had to call it quits and get back to the boring business of work.
Once you’ve set the GBA game up the first time, it’s pretty easy, but when you first start off everything has to be done in a certain order. Making the link was fine though, and the game makes it even easier by telling you how many players there are and clearly displaying the other players stats and choice of craft, so that, if you are quick you can choose the craft that you think has a chance of beating it before pressing the START button and getting ready to burn rubber (well, air actually…) Playing the thing is fantastic, and if you’re not careful you can get a whole host of other office workers giving you funny looks as they go past waiting for their next caffeine injection. Shouts of “haha!” as you make the corner before your opponent could be heard a few offices away and had some people running for cover.
My conclusion is that this Gameboy Advance link up lark is the best thing to happen to offices since the stapler and if only more people took it up we’d have a lot less stressed staff and more happy gamers. There is plenty of scope for more link up lunch-times in the future too, with Bomberman tournament out tomorrow and Mario Kart Advance soon to be released. I think we should post warnings up on the canteen walls, or at least try to get more people involved (at least one other person has a GBA in the office) It’s the nearest answer to having deathmatches at work, woe betide any passers by when Doom arrives!
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