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2001 has spawned the year for a lot of technological advancements, controversy and innovation - there has never been a year like it. Some may say that 2001 was the “fish and chips” of gaming, where others argue that it’s all the fat and gristle left over from 2000. Whatever your opinion, whoever your preference, this is 2001: A Gaming Year in Review.
Demise of the Dreamcast
Just as the year began, Sega announced that production of the Dreamcast would cease, much to the heartache of thousands (and possibly millions) of disgruntled fans, including myself, who had only purchased said console 1 month earlier. The Dreamcast was the beholder for such classics as Shenmue, Soul Calibur and Virtua Tennis, so why this? Apparently, Sega’s annual gain was not high enough and their annual loss was too high. Sega did promise that models would be made by Pace, who are famous for manufacturing Sky Digi-Boxes - but I’ll have to get back to you on that one. Sega did not go out in a big bang, but fizzled out, by promising that at least 20 more titles would be released and they kept to that promise. Such long-awaited titles as Headhunter, Shenmue 2 and Virtua Tennis 2 are now available to avid gamers, who were not sure whether or not their beloved console would deliver. As the situation for Sega stands now, they are going to begin developing for future consoles.
N64 Buckles Under the Pressure
Not-so-long later, Nintendo announced the halt in production of the N64. It seemed as though gamers were having an attack of Déjà vu, because we all knew what happened to Sega’s beloved console, the Dreamcast, and Nintendo’s pride and glory couldn’t just fizzle out too. The console that had matured for 5 years was now gone? Well, not exactly. The last few games were released (Conkers Bad Fur Day, World Is Not Enough) and then, production simply stopped and everyone carried on with their lives. Last time I heard, Nintendo and their stockists are still trying to flog the last of their shipment!
New Medium for PC
Piracy had now run rampant, and no copy-protection programme could stop it. However, the creative control came up with a solution to piracy - an entire new storage medium - well, not completely! The next games on the shelves appeared in DVD cases, much to the disarray and surprise of gamers. At first, not many knew, but the more scientific of gamers attempted to pirate them and discovered that they were not able to be copied - pirates were miffed! It was soon announced that there was indeed a new storage for games, as suspected by many gamers. This new medium was DVD. Nowadays, everyone is accustomed to the DVD format in films, old and young, smart and…not so smart, but nobody had ever guessed that the creative control would think of this. I have heard through the grapevine that special ripping tools have enabled successful copying (or thereabouts) of DVD games, but due to special issues, key parts of the game (video, audio etc) would have to be edited and or removed from the illegal copy. The gaming industry for once had the leg-up on pirates. For a year, this system has remained unbreakable.
Nintendo Break One and Make One
After the burnout of the N64, Nintendo were already close to completion of their latest console: the Nintendo GameCube. Originally slated as the “Nintendo Dolphin”, it was revealed that Nintendo had been playing that title as a rouse to surprise gamers. Work on the GC began in 1999 (or so we know), and just 2 years later, the console has already been released in America, must to their appraisal. Sadly, we have to wait until 2002 to get our grubby mitts on it, but if the USA release has anything to go by, it’ll be a cracked. Some of the titles consist of Luigi’s Mansion, Halo, Zelda and many more. GC may the console to get.
Console War Begins to Take Effect
Microsoft soon revealed the X-Box, and no, it would not be geeks-galore gaming-fest, but an actual console - quite a surprise in it’s own right! We all know the quality of PC games, and so this has excited many, including yours truly. It was released in America about 2 months ago, and went off with a bang, but had to discomfort (or comfort for some) of having to compete with the GameCube. Heck, X-Box ran competitions in chains of certain shops nationwide to see which shop had the largest X-Box display. The winner won - yes, you’re guessed it - an X-Box. There are a few downers of it being made by Microsoft. Power-mad Bill Gates will be behind the wheel, which means mass advertisement, as seen in the USA. Also, expect the first X-Box model to be full of bugs, as we have become accustomed to with most Microsoft products (ME, XP), so it may be a wiser decision to purchase the 2nd model of the console.
GHZ
3 letters - simple. For years, PC’s had been using the old MHZ (megahertz) system to distinguish the speed of a computer. For years, speed had been increasing (at what seemed like a fast rate in the past few years), but they never reached 1000 MHZ…until now. A few months ago, speed of computers reached 1000 MHZ, and so a new measurement was made: GHZ (gigahertz). As soon as I saw 1000 MHZ/1GHZ in a magazine, my eyes almost palpitated from their sockets. I was never expecting this goal to be reached - or at least not for a few years, but as the technological world moves faster, so does the object that is implemented upon. I think that any more than 1GHZ is unnecessary - not that I’m complaining about the 1.4GHZ equipped with my next computer!
Game Boy Goes Advanced!
The Game Boy Advanced was announced many, many months before release, but seemed to be overshadowed by the other gaming affairs at the time. However, the launch of the GBA was nothing short of long awaited, despite the feeble advertising campaigns. In a nutshell, GBA is a handheld 32-bit console, in many respects similar to a PlayStation. At first, there were complaints that the screen was too light, but that problem seems to have somehow been eradicated now. GBA has been immensely popular - and I can see why too! With batteries running from 4-8 hours a go, they have really perfected handheld gaming with this little gem.
International Incident
On September 11 2001, 2 planes flew into the World Trade Centre, New York - 70 minutes later, over 2,000 innocent people were dead. At first glance, it may be difficult to see how this in any way coincides with gaming. Many games developed contain content that may seem suggestive to what happened on September 11th, be it pure coincidence or not. Thanks to the events on said day, many a game were delayed, in order to remove certain elements because they could be offensive. Grand Theft Auto 3 is a great example of this. Originally, plane jacking was going to be a feature put into the game, but this was removed. Sadly though, I feel that developers went overboard, delaying patches for Counterstrike and even delaying entire games, just because they had traces of terrorism in their lines. I can understand delaying plane games, but I think as a whole, they went over the top.
XP To the Power!
Finally, to close the year, Microsoft had to leave the year in a bang. Microsoft announced a matter of months before release that they were working on a new OS, named Windows XP. With this new version, we were promised new video editing features, a faster system and much, much more - we were not disappointed. There were 2 packages - firstly, the “normal” version - a run of the mill OS with no strings attached, at a price of £89.99. Then, there was the deluxe version - an OS with all extras included, which is worth £289.99 - quite a steep sum. Surprisingly, XP did not have as many bugs as expected and all parties walked away happy (in general).
This year has been quite a controversial but strange one. We have seen the unfortunate death of the Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo 64, but we have opened the doors to so many prospects in the Microsoft X-Box and the Nintendo GameCube. It will be interesting to see what happens. I hope you had a good year 2001 and have an even better 2002. Take care.
To the future and a happy one for all!
Demise of the Dreamcast
Just as the year began, Sega announced that production of the Dreamcast would cease, much to the heartache of thousands (and possibly millions) of disgruntled fans, including myself, who had only purchased said console 1 month earlier. The Dreamcast was the beholder for such classics as Shenmue, Soul Calibur and Virtua Tennis, so why this? Apparently, Sega’s annual gain was not high enough and their annual loss was too high. Sega did promise that models would be made by Pace, who are famous for manufacturing Sky Digi-Boxes - but I’ll have to get back to you on that one. Sega did not go out in a big bang, but fizzled out, by promising that at least 20 more titles would be released and they kept to that promise. Such long-awaited titles as Headhunter, Shenmue 2 and Virtua Tennis 2 are now available to avid gamers, who were not sure whether or not their beloved console would deliver. As the situation for Sega stands now, they are going to begin developing for future consoles.
N64 Buckles Under the Pressure
Not-so-long later, Nintendo announced the halt in production of the N64. It seemed as though gamers were having an attack of Déjà vu, because we all knew what happened to Sega’s beloved console, the Dreamcast, and Nintendo’s pride and glory couldn’t just fizzle out too. The console that had matured for 5 years was now gone? Well, not exactly. The last few games were released (Conkers Bad Fur Day, World Is Not Enough) and then, production simply stopped and everyone carried on with their lives. Last time I heard, Nintendo and their stockists are still trying to flog the last of their shipment!
New Medium for PC
Piracy had now run rampant, and no copy-protection programme could stop it. However, the creative control came up with a solution to piracy - an entire new storage medium - well, not completely! The next games on the shelves appeared in DVD cases, much to the disarray and surprise of gamers. At first, not many knew, but the more scientific of gamers attempted to pirate them and discovered that they were not able to be copied - pirates were miffed! It was soon announced that there was indeed a new storage for games, as suspected by many gamers. This new medium was DVD. Nowadays, everyone is accustomed to the DVD format in films, old and young, smart and…not so smart, but nobody had ever guessed that the creative control would think of this. I have heard through the grapevine that special ripping tools have enabled successful copying (or thereabouts) of DVD games, but due to special issues, key parts of the game (video, audio etc) would have to be edited and or removed from the illegal copy. The gaming industry for once had the leg-up on pirates. For a year, this system has remained unbreakable.
Nintendo Break One and Make One
After the burnout of the N64, Nintendo were already close to completion of their latest console: the Nintendo GameCube. Originally slated as the “Nintendo Dolphin”, it was revealed that Nintendo had been playing that title as a rouse to surprise gamers. Work on the GC began in 1999 (or so we know), and just 2 years later, the console has already been released in America, must to their appraisal. Sadly, we have to wait until 2002 to get our grubby mitts on it, but if the USA release has anything to go by, it’ll be a cracked. Some of the titles consist of Luigi’s Mansion, Halo, Zelda and many more. GC may the console to get.
Console War Begins to Take Effect
Microsoft soon revealed the X-Box, and no, it would not be geeks-galore gaming-fest, but an actual console - quite a surprise in it’s own right! We all know the quality of PC games, and so this has excited many, including yours truly. It was released in America about 2 months ago, and went off with a bang, but had to discomfort (or comfort for some) of having to compete with the GameCube. Heck, X-Box ran competitions in chains of certain shops nationwide to see which shop had the largest X-Box display. The winner won - yes, you’re guessed it - an X-Box. There are a few downers of it being made by Microsoft. Power-mad Bill Gates will be behind the wheel, which means mass advertisement, as seen in the USA. Also, expect the first X-Box model to be full of bugs, as we have become accustomed to with most Microsoft products (ME, XP), so it may be a wiser decision to purchase the 2nd model of the console.
GHZ
3 letters - simple. For years, PC’s had been using the old MHZ (megahertz) system to distinguish the speed of a computer. For years, speed had been increasing (at what seemed like a fast rate in the past few years), but they never reached 1000 MHZ…until now. A few months ago, speed of computers reached 1000 MHZ, and so a new measurement was made: GHZ (gigahertz). As soon as I saw 1000 MHZ/1GHZ in a magazine, my eyes almost palpitated from their sockets. I was never expecting this goal to be reached - or at least not for a few years, but as the technological world moves faster, so does the object that is implemented upon. I think that any more than 1GHZ is unnecessary - not that I’m complaining about the 1.4GHZ equipped with my next computer!
Game Boy Goes Advanced!
The Game Boy Advanced was announced many, many months before release, but seemed to be overshadowed by the other gaming affairs at the time. However, the launch of the GBA was nothing short of long awaited, despite the feeble advertising campaigns. In a nutshell, GBA is a handheld 32-bit console, in many respects similar to a PlayStation. At first, there were complaints that the screen was too light, but that problem seems to have somehow been eradicated now. GBA has been immensely popular - and I can see why too! With batteries running from 4-8 hours a go, they have really perfected handheld gaming with this little gem.
International Incident
On September 11 2001, 2 planes flew into the World Trade Centre, New York - 70 minutes later, over 2,000 innocent people were dead. At first glance, it may be difficult to see how this in any way coincides with gaming. Many games developed contain content that may seem suggestive to what happened on September 11th, be it pure coincidence or not. Thanks to the events on said day, many a game were delayed, in order to remove certain elements because they could be offensive. Grand Theft Auto 3 is a great example of this. Originally, plane jacking was going to be a feature put into the game, but this was removed. Sadly though, I feel that developers went overboard, delaying patches for Counterstrike and even delaying entire games, just because they had traces of terrorism in their lines. I can understand delaying plane games, but I think as a whole, they went over the top.
XP To the Power!
Finally, to close the year, Microsoft had to leave the year in a bang. Microsoft announced a matter of months before release that they were working on a new OS, named Windows XP. With this new version, we were promised new video editing features, a faster system and much, much more - we were not disappointed. There were 2 packages - firstly, the “normal” version - a run of the mill OS with no strings attached, at a price of £89.99. Then, there was the deluxe version - an OS with all extras included, which is worth £289.99 - quite a steep sum. Surprisingly, XP did not have as many bugs as expected and all parties walked away happy (in general).
This year has been quite a controversial but strange one. We have seen the unfortunate death of the Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo 64, but we have opened the doors to so many prospects in the Microsoft X-Box and the Nintendo GameCube. It will be interesting to see what happens. I hope you had a good year 2001 and have an even better 2002. Take care.
To the future and a happy one for all!
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2001 has spawned the year for a lot of technological advancements, controversy and innovation - there has never been a year like it. Some may say that 2001 was the “fish and chips” of gaming, where others argue that it’s all the fat and gristle left over from 2000. Whatever your opinion, whoever your preference, this is 2001: A Gaming Year in Review.
Demise of the Dreamcast
Just as the year began, Sega announced that production of the Dreamcast would cease, much to the heartache of thousands (and possibly millions) of disgruntled fans, including myself, who had only purchased said console 1 month earlier. The Dreamcast was the beholder for such classics as Shenmue, Soul Calibur and Virtua Tennis, so why this? Apparently, Sega’s annual gain was not high enough and their annual loss was too high. Sega did promise that models would be made by Pace, who are famous for manufacturing Sky Digi-Boxes - but I’ll have to get back to you on that one. Sega did not go out in a big bang, but fizzled out, by promising that at least 20 more titles would be released and they kept to that promise. Such long-awaited titles as Headhunter, Shenmue 2 and Virtua Tennis 2 are now available to avid gamers, who were not sure whether or not their beloved console would deliver. As the situation for Sega stands now, they are going to begin developing for future consoles.
N64 Buckles Under the Pressure
Not-so-long later, Nintendo announced the halt in production of the N64. It seemed as though gamers were having an attack of Déjà vu, because we all knew what happened to Sega’s beloved console, the Dreamcast, and Nintendo’s pride and glory couldn’t just fizzle out too. The console that had matured for 5 years was now gone? Well, not exactly. The last few games were released (Conkers Bad Fur Day, World Is Not Enough) and then, production simply stopped and everyone carried on with their lives. Last time I heard, Nintendo and their stockists are still trying to flog the last of their shipment!
New Medium for PC
Piracy had now run rampant, and no copy-protection programme could stop it. However, the creative control came up with a solution to piracy - an entire new storage medium - well, not completely! The next games on the shelves appeared in DVD cases, much to the disarray and surprise of gamers. At first, not many knew, but the more scientific of gamers attempted to pirate them and discovered that they were not able to be copied - pirates were miffed! It was soon announced that there was indeed a new storage for games, as suspected by many gamers. This new medium was DVD. Nowadays, everyone is accustomed to the DVD format in films, old and young, smart and…not so smart, but nobody had ever guessed that the creative control would think of this. I have heard through the grapevine that special ripping tools have enabled successful copying (or thereabouts) of DVD games, but due to special issues, key parts of the game (video, audio etc) would have to be edited and or removed from the illegal copy. The gaming industry for once had the leg-up on pirates. For a year, this system has remained unbreakable.
Nintendo Break One and Make One
After the burnout of the N64, Nintendo were already close to completion of their latest console: the Nintendo GameCube. Originally slated as the “Nintendo Dolphin”, it was revealed that Nintendo had been playing that title as a rouse to surprise gamers. Work on the GC began in 1999 (or so we know), and just 2 years later, the console has already been released in America, must to their appraisal. Sadly, we have to wait until 2002 to get our grubby mitts on it, but if the USA release has anything to go by, it’ll be a cracked. Some of the titles consist of Luigi’s Mansion, Halo, Zelda and many more. GC may the console to get.
Console War Begins to Take Effect
Microsoft soon revealed the X-Box, and no, it would not be geeks-galore gaming-fest, but an actual console - quite a surprise in it’s own right! We all know the quality of PC games, and so this has excited many, including yours truly. It was released in America about 2 months ago, and went off with a bang, but had to discomfort (or comfort for some) of having to compete with the GameCube. Heck, X-Box ran competitions in chains of certain shops nationwide to see which shop had the largest X-Box display. The winner won - yes, you’re guessed it - an X-Box. There are a few downers of it being made by Microsoft. Power-mad Bill Gates will be behind the wheel, which means mass advertisement, as seen in the USA. Also, expect the first X-Box model to be full of bugs, as we have become accustomed to with most Microsoft products (ME, XP), so it may be a wiser decision to purchase the 2nd model of the console.
GHZ
3 letters - simple. For years, PC’s had been using the old MHZ (megahertz) system to distinguish the speed of a computer. For years, speed had been increasing (at what seemed like a fast rate in the past few years), but they never reached 1000 MHZ…until now. A few months ago, speed of computers reached 1000 MHZ, and so a new measurement was made: GHZ (gigahertz). As soon as I saw 1000 MHZ/1GHZ in a magazine, my eyes almost palpitated from their sockets. I was never expecting this goal to be reached - or at least not for a few years, but as the technological world moves faster, so does the object that is implemented upon. I think that any more than 1GHZ is unnecessary - not that I’m complaining about the 1.4GHZ equipped with my next computer!
Game Boy Goes Advanced!
The Game Boy Advanced was announced many, many months before release, but seemed to be overshadowed by the other gaming affairs at the time. However, the launch of the GBA was nothing short of long awaited, despite the feeble advertising campaigns. In a nutshell, GBA is a handheld 32-bit console, in many respects similar to a PlayStation. At first, there were complaints that the screen was too light, but that problem seems to have somehow been eradicated now. GBA has been immensely popular - and I can see why too! With batteries running from 4-8 hours a go, they have really perfected handheld gaming with this little gem.
International Incident
On September 11 2001, 2 planes flew into the World Trade Centre, New York - 70 minutes later, over 2,000 innocent people were dead. At first glance, it may be difficult to see how this in any way coincides with gaming. Many games developed contain content that may seem suggestive to what happened on September 11th, be it pure coincidence or not. Thanks to the events on said day, many a game were delayed, in order to remove certain elements because they could be offensive. Grand Theft Auto 3 is a great example of this. Originally, plane jacking was going to be a feature put into the game, but this was removed. Sadly though, I feel that developers went overboard, delaying patches for Counterstrike and even delaying entire games, just because they had traces of terrorism in their lines. I can understand delaying plane games, but I think as a whole, they went over the top.
XP To the Power!
Finally, to close the year, Microsoft had to leave the year in a bang. Microsoft announced a matter of months before release that they were working on a new OS, named Windows XP. With this new version, we were promised new video editing features, a faster system and much, much more - we were not disappointed. There were 2 packages - firstly, the “normal” version - a run of the mill OS with no strings attached, at a price of £89.99. Then, there was the deluxe version - an OS with all extras included, which is worth £289.99 - quite a steep sum. Surprisingly, XP did not have as many bugs as expected and all parties walked away happy (in general).
This year has been quite a controversial but strange one. We have seen the unfortunate death of the Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo 64, but we have opened the doors to so many prospects in the Microsoft X-Box and the Nintendo GameCube. It will be interesting to see what happens. I hope you had a good year 2001 and have an even better 2002. Take care.
To the future and a happy one for all!
Demise of the Dreamcast
Just as the year began, Sega announced that production of the Dreamcast would cease, much to the heartache of thousands (and possibly millions) of disgruntled fans, including myself, who had only purchased said console 1 month earlier. The Dreamcast was the beholder for such classics as Shenmue, Soul Calibur and Virtua Tennis, so why this? Apparently, Sega’s annual gain was not high enough and their annual loss was too high. Sega did promise that models would be made by Pace, who are famous for manufacturing Sky Digi-Boxes - but I’ll have to get back to you on that one. Sega did not go out in a big bang, but fizzled out, by promising that at least 20 more titles would be released and they kept to that promise. Such long-awaited titles as Headhunter, Shenmue 2 and Virtua Tennis 2 are now available to avid gamers, who were not sure whether or not their beloved console would deliver. As the situation for Sega stands now, they are going to begin developing for future consoles.
N64 Buckles Under the Pressure
Not-so-long later, Nintendo announced the halt in production of the N64. It seemed as though gamers were having an attack of Déjà vu, because we all knew what happened to Sega’s beloved console, the Dreamcast, and Nintendo’s pride and glory couldn’t just fizzle out too. The console that had matured for 5 years was now gone? Well, not exactly. The last few games were released (Conkers Bad Fur Day, World Is Not Enough) and then, production simply stopped and everyone carried on with their lives. Last time I heard, Nintendo and their stockists are still trying to flog the last of their shipment!
New Medium for PC
Piracy had now run rampant, and no copy-protection programme could stop it. However, the creative control came up with a solution to piracy - an entire new storage medium - well, not completely! The next games on the shelves appeared in DVD cases, much to the disarray and surprise of gamers. At first, not many knew, but the more scientific of gamers attempted to pirate them and discovered that they were not able to be copied - pirates were miffed! It was soon announced that there was indeed a new storage for games, as suspected by many gamers. This new medium was DVD. Nowadays, everyone is accustomed to the DVD format in films, old and young, smart and…not so smart, but nobody had ever guessed that the creative control would think of this. I have heard through the grapevine that special ripping tools have enabled successful copying (or thereabouts) of DVD games, but due to special issues, key parts of the game (video, audio etc) would have to be edited and or removed from the illegal copy. The gaming industry for once had the leg-up on pirates. For a year, this system has remained unbreakable.
Nintendo Break One and Make One
After the burnout of the N64, Nintendo were already close to completion of their latest console: the Nintendo GameCube. Originally slated as the “Nintendo Dolphin”, it was revealed that Nintendo had been playing that title as a rouse to surprise gamers. Work on the GC began in 1999 (or so we know), and just 2 years later, the console has already been released in America, must to their appraisal. Sadly, we have to wait until 2002 to get our grubby mitts on it, but if the USA release has anything to go by, it’ll be a cracked. Some of the titles consist of Luigi’s Mansion, Halo, Zelda and many more. GC may the console to get.
Console War Begins to Take Effect
Microsoft soon revealed the X-Box, and no, it would not be geeks-galore gaming-fest, but an actual console - quite a surprise in it’s own right! We all know the quality of PC games, and so this has excited many, including yours truly. It was released in America about 2 months ago, and went off with a bang, but had to discomfort (or comfort for some) of having to compete with the GameCube. Heck, X-Box ran competitions in chains of certain shops nationwide to see which shop had the largest X-Box display. The winner won - yes, you’re guessed it - an X-Box. There are a few downers of it being made by Microsoft. Power-mad Bill Gates will be behind the wheel, which means mass advertisement, as seen in the USA. Also, expect the first X-Box model to be full of bugs, as we have become accustomed to with most Microsoft products (ME, XP), so it may be a wiser decision to purchase the 2nd model of the console.
GHZ
3 letters - simple. For years, PC’s had been using the old MHZ (megahertz) system to distinguish the speed of a computer. For years, speed had been increasing (at what seemed like a fast rate in the past few years), but they never reached 1000 MHZ…until now. A few months ago, speed of computers reached 1000 MHZ, and so a new measurement was made: GHZ (gigahertz). As soon as I saw 1000 MHZ/1GHZ in a magazine, my eyes almost palpitated from their sockets. I was never expecting this goal to be reached - or at least not for a few years, but as the technological world moves faster, so does the object that is implemented upon. I think that any more than 1GHZ is unnecessary - not that I’m complaining about the 1.4GHZ equipped with my next computer!
Game Boy Goes Advanced!
The Game Boy Advanced was announced many, many months before release, but seemed to be overshadowed by the other gaming affairs at the time. However, the launch of the GBA was nothing short of long awaited, despite the feeble advertising campaigns. In a nutshell, GBA is a handheld 32-bit console, in many respects similar to a PlayStation. At first, there were complaints that the screen was too light, but that problem seems to have somehow been eradicated now. GBA has been immensely popular - and I can see why too! With batteries running from 4-8 hours a go, they have really perfected handheld gaming with this little gem.
International Incident
On September 11 2001, 2 planes flew into the World Trade Centre, New York - 70 minutes later, over 2,000 innocent people were dead. At first glance, it may be difficult to see how this in any way coincides with gaming. Many games developed contain content that may seem suggestive to what happened on September 11th, be it pure coincidence or not. Thanks to the events on said day, many a game were delayed, in order to remove certain elements because they could be offensive. Grand Theft Auto 3 is a great example of this. Originally, plane jacking was going to be a feature put into the game, but this was removed. Sadly though, I feel that developers went overboard, delaying patches for Counterstrike and even delaying entire games, just because they had traces of terrorism in their lines. I can understand delaying plane games, but I think as a whole, they went over the top.
XP To the Power!
Finally, to close the year, Microsoft had to leave the year in a bang. Microsoft announced a matter of months before release that they were working on a new OS, named Windows XP. With this new version, we were promised new video editing features, a faster system and much, much more - we were not disappointed. There were 2 packages - firstly, the “normal” version - a run of the mill OS with no strings attached, at a price of £89.99. Then, there was the deluxe version - an OS with all extras included, which is worth £289.99 - quite a steep sum. Surprisingly, XP did not have as many bugs as expected and all parties walked away happy (in general).
This year has been quite a controversial but strange one. We have seen the unfortunate death of the Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo 64, but we have opened the doors to so many prospects in the Microsoft X-Box and the Nintendo GameCube. It will be interesting to see what happens. I hope you had a good year 2001 and have an even better 2002. Take care.
To the future and a happy one for all!
Good post there Salevaa. I see that you can still post well. Good contender for GAD and good post to read. :D Merry Xmas!
Erm....I agree.
OLE! Nice one Mark, although I am terribly lazy, not to mention on Christmas day :P I will have a peek later. Looks good though. GAD on the way I say :) Well if no one else has posted anything good this looks like a good chance.
p.s Better comments will be posted later :) i.e Not GAD related (your jinxed no we say its a good GAD chance:))
p.s Better comments will be posted later :) i.e Not GAD related (your jinxed no we say its a good GAD chance:))
Another top post there mate! I think you included everything possible in that one! GAD contender on any day but especially today!
Not sure about the Halo in the GC thing but i guess thats a typo! Keep th topics coming!
I'm off to eat more mince pies!
:D
Not sure about the Halo in the GC thing but i guess thats a typo! Keep th topics coming!
I'm off to eat more mince pies!
:D
:O Going for a GAD on christmas day! :O Isn't that being a bit greedy :D
Nah mate. Good post there ;)
Nah mate. Good post there ;)
There isn't anyone else on today, so its a good day to go for GAD. Good luck, mate.
Yeah good post, you've got a good chance of winning. nice one ;)
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