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I got bored of my Gamecube. Nothing against it, with 52 Gamecube games (excluding Bonus discs and counting the Zelda collectors edition as one) several of which I haven't even begun to play it is a slightly odd problem.
It's not that I've grown out of gaming or anything, I don't think that's possible. Nope it just didn't feel fresh or new... and there was no big Ninty game to grab my attention. So I kitted it out.
I broke 2 official controllers within a month of buying the console on May 3rd 2001 and my Wavebird's L button broke just before Christmas. So I decended upon the town of Bedford and bought some nice new gubbins for me ol' Cube. My precious now has a new Wavebird complete with working L button, a new official controller (coming in at a mere £9.99) and my two most gleeful items... a Hori SNES controller for the Gamecube and a GB Player.
The GB Player has been set up and looks pretty nifty and my new controllers look all cool. So I've been playing games relentlessly. Wahoo it worked.
Just thought I'd let you know of my little technique to get back into gaming, no need to waste 100's on the frankly gorgeous Panasonic Q. the Hori pad though is something very special. Playing Soul Calibur 2 with this controller is beautiful it is almost as good as using Hori's own SC2 arcade board. Using it to play Mario Kart: Double Dash is frighteningly remeniscent of the original MK... and using it to play mt GBA games via my GB player is like re-creating my SNES on the Gamecube.
Everyone by a hori pad, they rule:
http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=52&products_id=24 67&PHPSESSID=b2d188d231a4f6590841e4f390e66fbd
Personally I think SR should stock them, it's a fantastic idea.
Dringo.
It's not that I've grown out of gaming or anything, I don't think that's possible. Nope it just didn't feel fresh or new... and there was no big Ninty game to grab my attention. So I kitted it out.
I broke 2 official controllers within a month of buying the console on May 3rd 2001 and my Wavebird's L button broke just before Christmas. So I decended upon the town of Bedford and bought some nice new gubbins for me ol' Cube. My precious now has a new Wavebird complete with working L button, a new official controller (coming in at a mere £9.99) and my two most gleeful items... a Hori SNES controller for the Gamecube and a GB Player.
The GB Player has been set up and looks pretty nifty and my new controllers look all cool. So I've been playing games relentlessly. Wahoo it worked.
Just thought I'd let you know of my little technique to get back into gaming, no need to waste 100's on the frankly gorgeous Panasonic Q. the Hori pad though is something very special. Playing Soul Calibur 2 with this controller is beautiful it is almost as good as using Hori's own SC2 arcade board. Using it to play Mario Kart: Double Dash is frighteningly remeniscent of the original MK... and using it to play mt GBA games via my GB player is like re-creating my SNES on the Gamecube.
Everyone by a hori pad, they rule:
http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=52&products_id=24 67&PHPSESSID=b2d188d231a4f6590841e4f390e66fbd
Personally I think SR should stock them, it's a fantastic idea.
Dringo.
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Tiltawhirl wrote:
> You live near Bedford?
St Neots i live, Bedfords town centre isn't as bad compared to mine... but at least mine has 2 independant game stores.
> You live near Bedford?
St Neots i live, Bedfords town centre isn't as bad compared to mine... but at least mine has 2 independant game stores.
Rickoss wrote:
> I got a Hori Pad ages ago, they're great.
Indeed highly cool.
> I got a Hori Pad ages ago, they're great.
Indeed highly cool.
Gaddafi Duck wrote:
> Maybe I should get myself a girl too...
Good call!
> Maybe I should get myself a girl too...
Good call!
I like the hori pad for tony hawks too. And the zelda bonus disk...
cookie monster wrote:
> There have been times when ive went months without playing my cube,
> and its not through lack of games either, ive still got loads that
> are unfinished, i just cant be bothered completing them anymore.
Yeah, I'm in a similar position. I've not played much fifa 2004 since buying it, I had defender for almost 2 weeks before I first played it, and despite it being fairly good, IMO, I've not played it since.
And there are loads of other games too.....
The most messed up thing is that I'm out of work with a messed up leg, and have nothing else to do all day anyway. I ought to be gaming by default!
Maybe I should get myself a girl too...
cookie monster wrote:
> There have been times when ive went months without playing my cube,
> and its not through lack of games either, ive still got loads that
> are unfinished, i just cant be bothered completing them anymore.
Yeah, I'm in a similar position. I've not played much fifa 2004 since buying it, I had defender for almost 2 weeks before I first played it, and despite it being fairly good, IMO, I've not played it since.
And there are loads of other games too.....
The most messed up thing is that I'm out of work with a messed up leg, and have nothing else to do all day anyway. I ought to be gaming by default!
Maybe I should get myself a girl too...
Tiss one of the worst towns in the UK!
Didn't you move somewhere else dodgy like Liverpool??
:)
Didn't you move somewhere else dodgy like Liverpool??
:)
You live near Bedford?
Jeebus, tis where I lived about 10 months ago.
Thankgod I finally got out of that depressing hellhole. Is the town center still as depressing as ever?
Jeebus, tis where I lived about 10 months ago.
Thankgod I finally got out of that depressing hellhole. Is the town center still as depressing as ever?
Dringo wrote:
> I have a girl mate, called Hollie (what a spelling) but she's at 6th
> form and I'm at uni...
What u studying at uni?
:)
> I have a girl mate, called Hollie (what a spelling) but she's at 6th
> form and I'm at uni...
What u studying at uni?
:)
I got a Hori Pad ages ago, they're great.
There have been times when ive went months without playing my cube, and its not through lack of games either, ive still got loads that are unfinished, i just cant be bothered completing them anymore.
I dont even know if i will buy Nintendos next console, console gaming doesnt have the same hold over me anymore.
I dont even know if i will buy Nintendos next console, console gaming doesnt have the same hold over me anymore.
I have a girl mate, called Hollie (what a spelling) but she's at 6th form and I'm at uni... there are days I have off and I don't go back to uni till february... so I am BORED. When she gets home from college I'm at work anyway...
So I look at my game collection... which is a bit of an obessesive way to spend my student loan, and think today I could play a game.
But stick a DVD in instead.
I could of course invite Hollie round to have another game of Monkey Ball 2, she was lucky to beat me in that round of Bowling. Grrrrrrrrrr.
So I look at my game collection... which is a bit of an obessesive way to spend my student loan, and think today I could play a game.
But stick a DVD in instead.
I could of course invite Hollie round to have another game of Monkey Ball 2, she was lucky to beat me in that round of Bowling. Grrrrrrrrrr.
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