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Here a question.

How long do people think the N64 has left to live?

With games like Perfect Dark, Zelda: The Continuing Sage, Turok 3, A Resident Evil game, Top Gear Rally 2, and a bunch of other wicked games this year. How long will the N64 live for? Specially with the PS2 and Dolphin on the horizon how much longer can the N64 last?

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The Simple facts are that Sega HAVE got their act together and are making a strong comeback as we speak. Already, only 3 months since their revolutionary cost cutting re-structuring, Sega have indeed started doing what we all like to do best - make money. It seems that the online gaming franchise, that is now truly in Sega's hands, has helped Sega to accomplish, what can only be described as, a Miracle. The Truth is the Dreamcast was always going to face firm competition from the Giant 'entertainment' kings' Sony, but it seems that the world is awakening to the ever revealing truth that the Dreamcast is a better console than the Playstation2 - after all, gamers want originality - not sequels and the latest Sony offering seems nothing more than a sequel that doesn't live up to expectations. If you ask me, Sony and EASports were meant for each other.
Dreamcast has online gaming now, and it is a great success in the UK due to the wonder that is ChuChu Rocket - an ingeniously addictive game from the best - Sonic Team. While Sony and nintendo realise that Online is the way to go it seems doubtful that you'd be able to play online with these machines for a long way off. The games speak for themselves and who knows, maybe now that Sega are making money they might be tempted to advertise GAMING FOOTAGE before this Christmas as the graphics alone would help sell the games and consoles by the thousands. And it's not just the amazing graphics that DC titles have, they are actually great fun to play and are hugely ORIGINAL - something that Sony won't ever attempt to do - The PS2's supposed line-up is contains nothing but sequels: Wipeout Fusion, GT2000, Knock out Kings 2001, Fifa PS2, Ridge Racer 5 etc.. the list goes on...
The facts remain that Sega's console is a next generation machine and one which, although doesn't boast the technical prowess of the PS2, is far easier to program for and does have BETTER graphics than Sony's black box.
It seems the only thing that the Playstation2 actually posses that the DC does not is the DVD capability, which, according to those who have used it , seems of an incredibly poor standard.
Christmas will be here soon and if things turn out in favour of the game playing public - i.e. those who want good games, then the Dreamcast will be all-powerful. It should be, and Sega have broken through, and will eventually triumph if there is any justice left in society.

There is still some life in this games console left, don't rule it out. Okay, so the games are expensive, but a lot of these are actually good. But there is one game that could probably keep this computer alive just by itself, and I think that you all now exactly what game I am talking about. !!!PERFECT DARK!!!!! This takes it's rightful place as the best game ever over it's predeccessor, Goldeneye. The multiplayer experience is twice as good and the single player is just as good as goldeneye with graphics that look brilliant with the 4mb expansion pack.
Don't rule this baby out just yet.

There is still some life in this games console left, don't rule it out. Okay, so the games are expensive, but a lot of these are actually good. But there is one game that could probably keep this computer alive just by itself, and I think that you all now exactly what game I am talking about. !!!PERFECT DARK!!!!! This takes it's rightful place as the best game ever over it's predeccessor, Goldeneye. The multiplayer experience is twice as good and the single player is just as good as goldeneye with graphics that look brilliant with the 4mb expansion pack.
Don't rule this baby out just yet.

He really does eat that many biscuits, really.

Whenever he gets the violator out on Shadowman, he is now proud to be able to say he goes around violating peoples asses.

His best joke is literally this;
Knock knock
(who's there?)
Me
(me who?)
Me. It's me. You can see me, I'm right here in front of you you fool. IT'S ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME. IT'S ME.

He calls Nintendo Dolfin 'Nitendo DOLFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN', and he squeels like a pig at the e's.

With my Turokage limited to Rage Wars, I agree that it gets old fast, but the weapons, well, what can you say against inflating someone till they pop? Sure it gets old, but that doesn't make it any less of a way to beat enemies. And I have now decided that inflating someone so that they get really big, but don't die, and run around taking up all the space in the corridor, it's fantastic. The cerebral bore is vaguely amusing too, but it is over-rated.

The game is okay. But as you say it holds your interest for a very short time. I think its okay but I got Bored of it quite quikly but it was probably just about worth the little over ten pounds which I bought it for. If Goldeney is worth 94% turok 2 should be roughly around the 80% mark. I think the reason why it got such a high rating is because it was the first game to use the hi res pack and was very graphically impressive and had a lot less fog than the first one. And the levels take bloomin ages to complete. However it is not as good as goldeneye.

It is actually currently possible to do this but not with a full screen I saw someone had done it in N64 magazine I'll find it and tell you how they did it. This was what I was on about when I wrote the articl called dolphin. It would be great and would cut out screen lookers.

Is it just me or is the Turok series not all it's cracked up to be. A while ago I read a few reviews of Turok 2 in magazines and was about to buy ut when a friend offered to lend it to me. After playing it for about an hour I relised that this was just another Quake clone with an unbelievable and uninteresting storyline and levels which seem to go on forever. You play as the average marine/soldier/warrior who heads off to battle against aliens. Sounds familliar? Maybe it's becuase this is the standard plot for most first person shooters these days. Games like Goldeneye were popular because for one thing, their weponry was believable, even in Perfect Dark which is set in the future some of the weapons could exist today and all of them are great fun to play with. however, Acclaim seem to have gone completely over the top with Turok 2's arsenal and given us a game which is about as realistic as Star Trek. I am not ashamed that I never even completed the first level of Turok 2, I got stuck at one part and gave up after a few minutes seeing as the game was just so boring. Then I activated the master cheat and sampled every weapon and level (safe in the knowledge that I would never buy this game in a million years) and found that the game was rotten right the way through. Add to this a multiplayer which is fun for appoximatly 5 minutes and you have one hell of a crap game on your hands. The thing that amazed me though was that N64 magazine, who usually give games fair and honest riviews, had given this game 94% which is 1% MORE!!! than Goldeneye, arguably the best game on the N64. I just don't understand what anyone actually sees in this game. If I had a straight choice between Goldeneye (or any other half decent N64 game) and Turok 2 I wouldn't touch Turok 2 with a barge pole. I know that I am not alone in this, I don't know a single person who actually likes Turok 2. If you can find any way to extract even some enjoyment from this dull and average game please do let me know so I know if there are some people who actually like the game out there.

Recently, people are talking about how having all the player's screens on one TV at once can spoil great multiplayer games like Perfect Dark. Well why doesn't the games companies make a cartridge in the style of Sonic and Knuckles on the Megadrive which allows you to place the cartridge in the slot and has a slot to put the game on top. This cartridge could split the signal given out by the N64 allowing multiplayer games to be played on more than one TV at once. The cartridge could even hack into the game code and display the part of the screen that the player is using as full screen (probably).
I know that this probably isn't possible and loads of people will reply to this with technical descriptions of how it could be done but it's only an idea. The company that makes this device will make a fortune as nearly every Goldeneye/Perfect Dark/ Mario Kart owner will want one and it will make multiplayer games even more fun.

Having read many of the posts on the perfect dark bit, i too have not recieved my copy yet so to put me and others waiting like me i'd like to ask anyone who has previously won a game to tell us how long they had to wait.

oh yeah- one more thing, soupdragons rumours of my biscuit eating habits have bin completely exageratted , i often find him in his room alone with a packet of digestives, reading 'biscuit fancy' magazine, you've let down me, the audience but most of all yourself