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Have you ever been seconds away from completing a really hard level on a game?
I have been meters away from the end of the level on PD many times only to be shot in the back by the one guard I didnít see.
This is sooooo annoying. I often have thrown my controller at the floor in disgust.
So, I have an indestructible console. It sounds more like a cheap Hollywood movie but its quite true. I have an N64 and it had stood up to about 4 years of being bashed around. It still works perfectly though.
So far it has:
Moved house with us
Been to Shropshire about 3 times
Had all the controllers (3) thrown on the floor.
Had the controllers taken to friends houses
Been pulled of the table by an exited brother (my brother)
Been thrown up on by the cat
Been knocked of the table by the cat
Its amazing isnít it. Those are just what I could think of quickly. There is probably a lot more.
Yet it still works perfectly. I play something on it almost every day and apart from finding a glitch in perfect dark nothing has ever gone wrong with it.
Now I am about 60% certain that a PS2 would not survive being knocked of a table (about 2í drop) and I know the Xbox wouldnít (because of its hard drive)
The N64 is a robust console capable of taking quite a bit of punishment. Obviously it wouldnít put up much resistance if you hit it with a sledge hammer but you get the idea.
Consoles should be designed to look good but also to be hard wearing and to be able to survive small shocks. If your console broke when the cat knocked it off you would not be very happy. Obviously the PS2 and Xbox are unlikely to get knocked of because they are both huge and heavy. But it can happen. Hard drives (Xbox) are not at all designed to receive bumps. This means the Xbox will be the most stationary console ever. No one will move it because it will be too heavy and too delicate. The GC has a carrying handle and is designed to be robust and portable.
So Iím my opinion a console should be hard wearing. So should its controllers. I would love to test a PS2, GC and Xbox for these qualities but I will never allow the Xbox or any PS product into my house.
Bigger or more powerful isnít better. Stronger is better!
I have been meters away from the end of the level on PD many times only to be shot in the back by the one guard I didnít see.
This is sooooo annoying. I often have thrown my controller at the floor in disgust.
So, I have an indestructible console. It sounds more like a cheap Hollywood movie but its quite true. I have an N64 and it had stood up to about 4 years of being bashed around. It still works perfectly though.
So far it has:
Moved house with us
Been to Shropshire about 3 times
Had all the controllers (3) thrown on the floor.
Had the controllers taken to friends houses
Been pulled of the table by an exited brother (my brother)
Been thrown up on by the cat
Been knocked of the table by the cat
Its amazing isnít it. Those are just what I could think of quickly. There is probably a lot more.
Yet it still works perfectly. I play something on it almost every day and apart from finding a glitch in perfect dark nothing has ever gone wrong with it.
Now I am about 60% certain that a PS2 would not survive being knocked of a table (about 2í drop) and I know the Xbox wouldnít (because of its hard drive)
The N64 is a robust console capable of taking quite a bit of punishment. Obviously it wouldnít put up much resistance if you hit it with a sledge hammer but you get the idea.
Consoles should be designed to look good but also to be hard wearing and to be able to survive small shocks. If your console broke when the cat knocked it off you would not be very happy. Obviously the PS2 and Xbox are unlikely to get knocked of because they are both huge and heavy. But it can happen. Hard drives (Xbox) are not at all designed to receive bumps. This means the Xbox will be the most stationary console ever. No one will move it because it will be too heavy and too delicate. The GC has a carrying handle and is designed to be robust and portable.
So Iím my opinion a console should be hard wearing. So should its controllers. I would love to test a PS2, GC and Xbox for these qualities but I will never allow the Xbox or any PS product into my house.
Bigger or more powerful isnít better. Stronger is better!
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yeah.
well i did throw it down but it was made by nintendo so i knew it was well built and wouldn;t brake.
yes i was a newbie for 21 days. The worst of my life.
well i did throw it down but it was made by nintendo so i knew it was well built and wouldn;t brake.
yes i was a newbie for 21 days. The worst of my life.
This is a good point. Think of MP3 players and CD players - every time you knock your player, the CD skips a few beats, even with the so-called "anti-skip" feature - however, with MP3 players, because of the music format it is stored on (i.e. flash RAM), it prevents anything like this from happening, as no physical movements are required from the media itself, as all the data is transferred electronically.
what is ur problem with newbies? u were one once ya know. Anyway u blatantly admitted YOU threw ur joypad down in rage. So you are the tring to break the thing.
I ask again, what did the poor n64 do to you 2 deserve that?
I ask again, what did the poor n64 do to you 2 deserve that?
ohhhh
newbies are ganging up
we don't destroy them. They get bashed or attacked by pets/relatives.
newbies are ganging up
we don't destroy them. They get bashed or attacked by pets/relatives.
Well, i feel sorry for the consoles you guys buy! do they derserve the punishment?
lol
Two points to add :
Whilst baby-sitting for a friend, I have observed that it is possible to break a portable TV screen with a Playstation Dual Shock controller. Approx. 1 metre distance, 8 year old male tantrum, reason : Dr. Jones running in front of his gunfire on "The World is Not Enough" for the sixth consectutive time. Mission Failed !
The most robust unit is the ZX Spectrum which remained intact after aquiring the status of Projectile from my bedroom window. It still worked after hitting my lawn from a height of approx. 6 metres and a somewhat greater distance. Try that with a N64.
Whilst baby-sitting for a friend, I have observed that it is possible to break a portable TV screen with a Playstation Dual Shock controller. Approx. 1 metre distance, 8 year old male tantrum, reason : Dr. Jones running in front of his gunfire on "The World is Not Enough" for the sixth consectutive time. Mission Failed !
The most robust unit is the ZX Spectrum which remained intact after aquiring the status of Projectile from my bedroom window. It still worked after hitting my lawn from a height of approx. 6 metres and a somewhat greater distance. Try that with a N64.
I feel like throwing my countrollers out of the window of my house sometimes, but I tend to stick to hitting myself instead of the controller. It calms me down and I get a big load of pain out of it :D
Mystique wrote:
> Edwin25 wrote:
> The N64 is robust i'll give it that, but only because it
> doesnt need all that
> delicate CD reading equipment. I dont think the
> gamecube will be half as robust
> as the N64.
ahh dont you worry i will
> drop my gamecube down the stairs to test its robustisaty--(is that even a
> word?)
well it would survive the fall down the stairs.
robustisity
sounds like elasticity
> Edwin25 wrote:
> The N64 is robust i'll give it that, but only because it
> doesnt need all that
> delicate CD reading equipment. I dont think the
> gamecube will be half as robust
> as the N64.
ahh dont you worry i will
> drop my gamecube down the stairs to test its robustisaty--(is that even a
> word?)
well it would survive the fall down the stairs.
robustisity
sounds like elasticity
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