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Mid '98. With six months till the releases of OOT the N64 was starting to run out of "shocking" games. The N64 couldn't last forever and there were rumours about a "top secret" ninty console.
These rumours started when the team repsonsible for 1080o was asked to "research new hardwear"
Ninty fired the company that done the N64's graphic chip and hired a new company. In a matter of months N2000 was to be the name of nintys next gen offering.
In december of that year nintendo anounced that the console was a reality. The good news was that ninty were willing to move to discs but the bad news was they would have to wit till 2000/2001 (or 2002 if you count europe)
But even worse new is when shigsy decided that he would make the long rumoured SM64'2 for a different console (sunshine!!)
Just before E3 the next year a spokes person announcedthat they had ground breakingdeals with companies such as IBM, Panasonic and NEC to help create the newly named "project dolphin"Due to be released christmas 2000, ninty hired companies from around the world to help make games for the launch.
The next year Microsoft announced there next gen console X-BOX. Things were hotting up for ninty, they had to get a move on or Microsoft would beat them to launch.
On the 23rd of august ninty unveiled the GAMECUBE. Rumours of ninty calling it Starbox were now laughed at and the company were ready to launch, but as usual shigsy said"Were not ready yet. It'll have to be delayed."
There were rumours every where about mario being killed off and Luigi buying a vacuum store but they wee all put to rest in march 01 when the cube was playable at E3.
Then later that year(Usa and Japn) The gamecube was launched and the next year it was leleased here in europe.
Gaming history was made
These rumours started when the team repsonsible for 1080o was asked to "research new hardwear"
Ninty fired the company that done the N64's graphic chip and hired a new company. In a matter of months N2000 was to be the name of nintys next gen offering.
In december of that year nintendo anounced that the console was a reality. The good news was that ninty were willing to move to discs but the bad news was they would have to wit till 2000/2001 (or 2002 if you count europe)
But even worse new is when shigsy decided that he would make the long rumoured SM64'2 for a different console (sunshine!!)
Just before E3 the next year a spokes person announcedthat they had ground breakingdeals with companies such as IBM, Panasonic and NEC to help create the newly named "project dolphin"Due to be released christmas 2000, ninty hired companies from around the world to help make games for the launch.
The next year Microsoft announced there next gen console X-BOX. Things were hotting up for ninty, they had to get a move on or Microsoft would beat them to launch.
On the 23rd of august ninty unveiled the GAMECUBE. Rumours of ninty calling it Starbox were now laughed at and the company were ready to launch, but as usual shigsy said"Were not ready yet. It'll have to be delayed."
There were rumours every where about mario being killed off and Luigi buying a vacuum store but they wee all put to rest in march 01 when the cube was playable at E3.
Then later that year(Usa and Japn) The gamecube was launched and the next year it was leleased here in europe.
Gaming history was made
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TV8? Free books?
*try's to do an impression of person off TV8
Edgy, You so Crazyyyyyy
*fails miserably*
Edgy, You so Crazyyyyyy
*fails miserably*
Ummm...sorry to get all critical here folks, but to me, this thread looks like nothing more than a shortened version of the article NGC stuck in one of their free books. Correct me if I'm wrong, ofcourse...
Simzer wrote:
> I couldn't remember the exact rumour name for it, but i knew it was
> star something.
> I just though box as people are stupid like that
LOL, the people are stupid enough to believe the magazines who have made up rumours about a new console's name lol.
> I couldn't remember the exact rumour name for it, but i knew it was
> star something.
> I just though box as people are stupid like that
LOL, the people are stupid enough to believe the magazines who have made up rumours about a new console's name lol.
I couldn't remember the exact rumour name for it, but i knew it was star something.
I just though box as people are stupid like that
I just though box as people are stupid like that
The public called it StarCube. As far as I can remember, there were never any rumours of it being called StarBox.
I know you didn't say Nintendo said it was called StarCube. I was just pointing out that despite the media (Internet/Magazines) being so certain that the console was to be called StarCube, Nintendo had never put those two words together in the first place as even a codename of the console. I was pointing out a fact that's all!
I know you didn't say Nintendo said it was called StarCube. I was just pointing out that despite the media (Internet/Magazines) being so certain that the console was to be called StarCube, Nintendo had never put those two words together in the first place as even a codename of the console. I was pointing out a fact that's all!
I never said ninty called it starbox.
I said thee were rumours so that point of yours was useless and as for starbox- i was close enough.
I said thee were rumours so that point of yours was useless and as for starbox- i was close enough.
Maverick42 wrote:
> Nice topic Simzer, there was a lot of stuff in it I didn't know. Lol -
> Starbox!
Actually, it was never called the Starbox - not even in rumours!
The GameCube's rumoured name was StarCube - and that rumour just appeared out of no where! Nintendo never once called it StarCube!
> Nice topic Simzer, there was a lot of stuff in it I didn't know. Lol -
> Starbox!
Actually, it was never called the Starbox - not even in rumours!
The GameCube's rumoured name was StarCube - and that rumour just appeared out of no where! Nintendo never once called it StarCube!
Nice topic Simzer, there was a lot of stuff in it I didn't know. Lol - Starbox!
WOW.
That's a great post simzer.
Your so smart!
That's a great post simzer.
Your so smart!
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