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You think you're so smart with your nice new GameCubes. Happy with them are you? I know you are, you've told us enough times. Especially "Oooh, this controller is fantastic, it's much better than all the other controllers I've used".
Bollards.
Why can't you see it's exactly the same as the DualShock 2 but with less features? Let's run through this:
· D-pad - check
· Two analog sticks - check
· Four main buttons - check
· Shoulder buttons - check
· Rumble - nope
· Full analog on ALL buttons - nope
· 4 shoulder buttons - nope
· Analog sticks as sensitive as the DualShock 2 - nope
· Ability to drop for storeys and still work perfectly - nope
Excuse me if I'm wrong but surely if it's the SAME shape with the SAME layout but with less functions, that makes it worse? Oh no, sorry, I'm missing out the facts that it's purple and made by Nintendo, that automatically makes it far superior, I'm terribly sorry.
I dare any of you to prove to me that the GameCube controller is better than the DualShock 2 - and saying that "it's more comfortable" is a cop-out.
Bollards.
Why can't you see it's exactly the same as the DualShock 2 but with less features? Let's run through this:
· D-pad - check
· Two analog sticks - check
· Four main buttons - check
· Shoulder buttons - check
· Rumble - nope
· Full analog on ALL buttons - nope
· 4 shoulder buttons - nope
· Analog sticks as sensitive as the DualShock 2 - nope
· Ability to drop for storeys and still work perfectly - nope
Excuse me if I'm wrong but surely if it's the SAME shape with the SAME layout but with less functions, that makes it worse? Oh no, sorry, I'm missing out the facts that it's purple and made by Nintendo, that automatically makes it far superior, I'm terribly sorry.
I dare any of you to prove to me that the GameCube controller is better than the DualShock 2 - and saying that "it's more comfortable" is a cop-out.
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Tyla wrote:
> Metal Gear Solid 1/2
I played metal gear solid start to finish with no such feature. The game was short, and unchallenging, albeit okish. Rumble would have added nothing.
> SW Rouge Leader
I own this on GameCube, and after it irritated me for 20 minutes, I turned the rumble feature off. How exactly do you feel it adds to the experience? Don't you realise when you're getting shot? Perhaps my senses and reflexes are just superior to yours, but using a rumble pack to tell me what I already know seems a waste of effort to me.
> Metal Gear Solid 1/2
I played metal gear solid start to finish with no such feature. The game was short, and unchallenging, albeit okish. Rumble would have added nothing.
> SW Rouge Leader
I own this on GameCube, and after it irritated me for 20 minutes, I turned the rumble feature off. How exactly do you feel it adds to the experience? Don't you realise when you're getting shot? Perhaps my senses and reflexes are just superior to yours, but using a rumble pack to tell me what I already know seems a waste of effort to me.
Someone wrote:
> All you need is a DVD writer, which is what you need to copy PS2
> games. Shame the cost loooaaads though.
Really... and of course the boot up code needed at the start of every PS2 DVD. All PS2 discs contain a code on startup to inform the PS2 what to expect. I have a massive library of these codes as they vary from publisher to publisher and need to be copied to the disc before the game itself... It won't copy straight from disc to disc...
Then there's the disc storage... DVDR-s come in varous sizes and I have yet to get my hands on a DVDR which can record Dual Layer (FFX)...
If copying the games was that easy, I'd be knocking them out left right and centre as I am one of the lucky few with a DVDR.
> All you need is a DVD writer, which is what you need to copy PS2
> games. Shame the cost loooaaads though.
Really... and of course the boot up code needed at the start of every PS2 DVD. All PS2 discs contain a code on startup to inform the PS2 what to expect. I have a massive library of these codes as they vary from publisher to publisher and need to be copied to the disc before the game itself... It won't copy straight from disc to disc...
Then there's the disc storage... DVDR-s come in varous sizes and I have yet to get my hands on a DVDR which can record Dual Layer (FFX)...
If copying the games was that easy, I'd be knocking them out left right and centre as I am one of the lucky few with a DVDR.
Insane Bartender wrote:
> I don't see the rumble pack being "useful" in any game,
> period. Runble feature is just so irritating.
I can think of a few games where Force Feedback is really useful:
Gran Turisimo 3
Metal Gear Solid 1/2
SW Rouge Leader
Time Splitters
Handy for moments when being attacked from behind, feeling the traction of your wheels, feeling your heart beat as you try to snipe various things from miles away...
> I don't see the rumble pack being "useful" in any game,
> period. Runble feature is just so irritating.
I can think of a few games where Force Feedback is really useful:
Gran Turisimo 3
Metal Gear Solid 1/2
SW Rouge Leader
Time Splitters
Handy for moments when being attacked from behind, feeling the traction of your wheels, feeling your heart beat as you try to snipe various things from miles away...
Edgy wrote:
> However, Nintendo's own version of OD's, used specifically for
> GameCube games, can not be bought as you said.
Correct.. the 8cm version was custrom designed by Panasonic and Nintendo, though Sony did release a similar product years ago for computer storage - 8cm Optical Disc (MODisc)
> (How are Datel making the Action Replay disc though???)
The GC can still read DVD format discs, So I would assume that Datel are using 8cm DVD's. I read an artcle the other week saying the a GC could read DVD films if someone could be bothered to fine a way to get them to fit on an 8cm disc....
> However, Nintendo's own version of OD's, used specifically for
> GameCube games, can not be bought as you said.
Correct.. the 8cm version was custrom designed by Panasonic and Nintendo, though Sony did release a similar product years ago for computer storage - 8cm Optical Disc (MODisc)
> (How are Datel making the Action Replay disc though???)
The GC can still read DVD format discs, So I would assume that Datel are using 8cm DVD's. I read an artcle the other week saying the a GC could read DVD films if someone could be bothered to fine a way to get them to fit on an 8cm disc....
Turbonutter wrote:
> For most of the popular GC games, I can't see rumble being useful
> really.
I don't see the rumble pack being "useful" in any game, period. Runble feature is just so irritating.
> For most of the popular GC games, I can't see rumble being useful
> really.
I don't see the rumble pack being "useful" in any game, period. Runble feature is just so irritating.
Sure they can be bought. You see adverts for them on various illicit websites.
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Dringo wrote:
> Turbonutter wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
>
>
> They both have the same security measures. The only thing that sets
> them apart if the GameCube uses weird DVDs that are slightly
> modified.
>
> Ohh, 8cm DVDs "for use with Nintendo GameCube" from
> Korea...
>
> All you need is a DVD writer, which is what you need to copy PS2
> games. Shame the cost loooaaads though.
>
> Errrr Optical Discs cannot be bought.... Piracy on the Q maybe but on
> the Gamecube itself, well it'll take a good while to crack it.
To be technically correct, a CD, DVD or any form of disc which uses a laser to read data off of it is classed as an Optical Disc (part of my IT Course).
However, Nintendo's own version of OD's, used specifically for GameCube games, can not be bought as you said.
(How are Datel making the Action Replay disc though???)
> Turbonutter wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
>
>
> They both have the same security measures. The only thing that sets
> them apart if the GameCube uses weird DVDs that are slightly
> modified.
>
> Ohh, 8cm DVDs "for use with Nintendo GameCube" from
> Korea...
>
> All you need is a DVD writer, which is what you need to copy PS2
> games. Shame the cost loooaaads though.
>
> Errrr Optical Discs cannot be bought.... Piracy on the Q maybe but on
> the Gamecube itself, well it'll take a good while to crack it.
To be technically correct, a CD, DVD or any form of disc which uses a laser to read data off of it is classed as an Optical Disc (part of my IT Course).
However, Nintendo's own version of OD's, used specifically for GameCube games, can not be bought as you said.
(How are Datel making the Action Replay disc though???)
Turbonutter wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
>
> They both have the same security measures. The only thing that sets
> them apart if the GameCube uses weird DVDs that are slightly
> modified.
>
> Ohh, 8cm DVDs "for use with Nintendo GameCube" from
> Korea...
>
> All you need is a DVD writer, which is what you need to copy PS2
> games. Shame the cost loooaaads though.
Errrr Optical Discs cannot be bought.... Piracy on the Q maybe but on the Gamecube itself, well it'll take a good while to crack it.
> Dringo wrote:
>
> They both have the same security measures. The only thing that sets
> them apart if the GameCube uses weird DVDs that are slightly
> modified.
>
> Ohh, 8cm DVDs "for use with Nintendo GameCube" from
> Korea...
>
> All you need is a DVD writer, which is what you need to copy PS2
> games. Shame the cost loooaaads though.
Errrr Optical Discs cannot be bought.... Piracy on the Q maybe but on the Gamecube itself, well it'll take a good while to crack it.
Sony and Philips are going to release a DVD which holds up to 27 GB of data.
Nintendo sucks, Sony's gay, Microsoft blows.
(Come on 300, come on 300.)
(Come on 300, come on 300.)
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