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Wed 01/11/00 at 20:10
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When I see a good game or a good review, sometimes it persuades me to look into it further, then goes the long process of reading reviews and letters of gamers that might have already bought it, Then I get some money together and purchase the game(if it's worthy). But for along time now there have been a huge number of sites giving away free software and programmes to run on your PC, I have one but it is for experimental uses only. You can get anything you want, there are some links for N64 games! sounds strange but people do actually leave their PCs on for two/three days until these games download! hhmm, there is alot of money being lost and if you lived on the moon you would not have seen or heard about the recent MP3.com/Napster court case against the American record companies, well it's the same sort of thing, but Sony Nintendo and microsoft don't seem to be able to do anything, they can shut the site down, but it doesn't mean it can't be uploaded onto another site under a different name.
If I wanted a game, normally I would go buy it from a shop or order it from an online shop, but it seems almost as reasonable for someone with a nice PC to download it and play it as long as they like, there are bad things to note but if it saves you £30+ then they can be lived with.

I know this has been said before but I thought it hgad to be written again.
Wed 01/11/00 at 21:41
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it was this, CD drive that worked as a PS drive, it fitted into the spare port of the PC box, worked really wel as i had a PS (imitation) controller, so i could configure the controls correctly, uit didn't get confiscated as they didn't know what it was, and we were watching TV at the time, they were so impatient when we opened the door, they pushed my mate against the wall and stood infront of the TV while we were watching it, Bio-Dome has got to be one of the funniest films, they interupted.
Things you should do to stay out of policemen's Way:

1)Don't wear big puffa jackets, if you do don't keep your hands in the pockets and scrunch your shoulders as if it's cold(your a prime suspect for something bad).
2)Don't wear big Jewelry and walk around swearing and smoking, a big no no is walking around with alcahol!
3) always walk around with a smile on your face, and be co-operative if a policeman/woman askes you questions, they're only doing they're job, and won't do you any unessisary harm.

Thankyou for reading, if you keep to this you will feel much better after a few weeks, i did, and get on very well with my mum and dad now, they actually trust me! probably because I bought a phone and keep in contact with them, and don't slurr quite so much.
Wed 01/11/00 at 21:30
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Had what?
Wed 01/11/00 at 21:26
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I had one of those, but my mate had a raid(don't know why) I hink it was the guy next door complaining about the music, but I lost it as it was installed on his PC at the time, did you know that if your falsly arrested you can sue, but my dads a policeman, and i'm proud, (hes a very good driver) so i didn't get arrested as i knew the policemen and women that came around, quite a surprise but I guess it gave the guy next door a laugh, took some drinks round his house next day to say sorry, i'm a good kid really.
Wed 01/11/00 at 21:22
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That's true, but N64 emulators don't even work, it's too slow and the controls are too dodgy without the N64 controller.
But a good emulator would be bleem! that plays Playstation games, you just need to put your playstation disc in, or download the game off the internet, but nothing changes, the graphics are the same and the controls are even worse.
The worse problem is the big file downloads for emulator games, download a 30mb game and you'll find it won't work properly. The best must be the Gameboy emulator, smooth and fast flowing, just like the gameboy, but still feels dodgy not being in your car, or in front of your TV.
Wed 01/11/00 at 20:10
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"IT'S ALIVE!!"
Posts: 4,741
When I see a good game or a good review, sometimes it persuades me to look into it further, then goes the long process of reading reviews and letters of gamers that might have already bought it, Then I get some money together and purchase the game(if it's worthy). But for along time now there have been a huge number of sites giving away free software and programmes to run on your PC, I have one but it is for experimental uses only. You can get anything you want, there are some links for N64 games! sounds strange but people do actually leave their PCs on for two/three days until these games download! hhmm, there is alot of money being lost and if you lived on the moon you would not have seen or heard about the recent MP3.com/Napster court case against the American record companies, well it's the same sort of thing, but Sony Nintendo and microsoft don't seem to be able to do anything, they can shut the site down, but it doesn't mean it can't be uploaded onto another site under a different name.
If I wanted a game, normally I would go buy it from a shop or order it from an online shop, but it seems almost as reasonable for someone with a nice PC to download it and play it as long as they like, there are bad things to note but if it saves you £30+ then they can be lived with.

I know this has been said before but I thought it hgad to be written again.

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