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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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Well Nintendo obviously had to make their consoles stronger because of the amount of bad games that arrived on them. So they, being the clever people they are, decided to make it strong as they knew it would make people angry realising they've just wasted their money on such an awful machine.
i dropped my gameboy down the stairs once...no twice and yup it still works
NOM used to do a thing where they destroyed a console someone didn;t like and game you an N64 with a load a games (i think)
i dropped my GBC twice and it still works perfectly.
Lord Semajal wrote:
Have you ever been seconds away from completing a really hard level on a game?
Well yes I do, but then as I am disturb instead of completing the level I'd rather hunt everyone down and assassinate them. But on the lines of the topic, sadly the same didn't go for my PS1. After having it not more then a few months I was carrying it in a plastic bag out to my dads car and the bag split. Down goes my life and the thing never worked again. It wasn't covered on teh guarentee so I had to fork out £200 quid to get a new one with a load of games. Damn thing.
Have you ever been seconds away from completing a really hard level on a game?
Well yes I do, but then as I am disturb instead of completing the level I'd rather hunt everyone down and assassinate them. But on the lines of the topic, sadly the same didn't go for my PS1. After having it not more then a few months I was carrying it in a plastic bag out to my dads car and the bag split. Down goes my life and the thing never worked again. It wasn't covered on teh guarentee so I had to fork out £200 quid to get a new one with a load of games. Damn thing.
enjoy :-)
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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