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"the future of gaming"

Whats the gaming world coming to, in 1989 the Master system was released and then in 1995 the Playstation this made computer gaming change from 2D to 3D all in the space of 6 years. whats next the speed of the consoles being as faster as the latest PC's (1.5GHz) our the bits being doubled to 256bits. As everyone knows Sony have tripled the speed and bits of their old console, in the Playstation 2. Imagine what their next console is going to be like. What are the consoles going to be like in 15-20 years? Will the computer game characters look real and act like a normal person? Nobody knows what they will be like, but the way they are going at the moment they might just be able to do this. In the future hopefully game developers can exploit their ideas into a game that not only puzzles your mind but lets you take control and twist the story of the game using your own imagination. Could developers create a game where you can change the ending of the game buy every battle you win or lose, how many people/monsters you kill or even every mistake you make? Look at future games like Metal gear solid 2, Bouncer and Tekken tag tournament (which uses the emotion chip) the graphics on these games are astounding but imagine if they look like our reality. Sony, Nintendo and sega have all taken huge steps in the development of their consoles but they could take it alot further and create consoles beyond our imagination. Imagine game developers created games where if your character was hurt or was afraid or even shocked, it would show their emotion in immense detail (better than the emotion chip), that would be amazing. All these ideas may seem distant but the way the gaming companies are going at the moment it may all become true. This may seem like it will take along time to do but the way everything is going at the moment it will become true a lot quicker than we expect.

If there was VR devices for the next generation consoles, i think it would really boost todays gaming rather having to use a control pad with an analogue stick it would really set the mood for a first person shoot 'em up but the only game it would suit if you think about it but it would make it feel alot more if they had an a rumble pack feature fitted in with it. Wouldn't it be good if they mixed a console with a virtual reality head set were instead of a pad you could buy these special gloves and guns and attach them to the VR head set and instead of using discs it could be internet compatible and you just download the games. That would good for your wallets so instead of forking out wads of money on games you could be spending it on other stuff. Or instead of that downloading business you could link it up to your Dolphin or PS2 and just play the games of that.

Mr. Bartender.

I also have built my own PC...

You wouldn't happen to have a Belinea monitor would you? Damn awful make... I've got one too. Decides to switch itself on and off in DOS.

Insane Bartender wrote:
> I just configured a PC on the Dell site that was the same
> as mine only 64MB less RAM, only a tiny 4MB graphics card
> (not 3D), only a 5200rpm hard drive and crappy windows
> ME, this cost £948.23 inc VAT.

Phew... dunno about that... I didnt check the site out... just grabbed a look in that brochure they keep sending out... (same as thier mag ads I think?...

P3 1 Gig, 64MB Ram, 32MB Graphics card, 20ig HD, 17inch monitor, 12 speed DVD, blah blah blah... its advertised for 699.99... but I've upgraded a couple of things which makes it 759.00...

> crappy windows ME
lol... WinME is a patched Win98SE?!?!

> Plus it comes with crappy MS Works Suite as opposed to
> Office pro
Thats true... but I'm not sure Office97 is avalible anymore?... not too sure though... even though... where did you get pro so cheaply from?... Besides, If you've got Office suit then youonly have to buy the Office upgrade pack... and not a whole new version of Office :)

> 'specialist shops' ?!?!

> 100Mbps network card and reversed twisted
> pair cable.
Why? :)

I just configured a PC on the Dell site that was the same as mine only 64MB less RAM, only a tiny 4MB graphics card (not 3D), only a 5200rpm hard drive and crappy windows ME, this cost £948.23 inc VAT.

I admit that the price has come down, but when I bought mine, price was much higher (about £300) from Dell, and it would cost me a fortune to upgrade it to the spec I want.

Plus it comes with crappy MS Works Suite as opposed to Office pro....

-IB

Armatige Shanks wrote:
> ahhh... an auuction site...


Bargain-PCs, last time I looked, was not an auction site, they are just quite cheap, if fairly dodgy sounding...

I think they are agents of Microland PCs....

-IB

Armatige Shanks wrote:
> ahhh... an auuction site...

I can grab a dell PC at the same
> spec... with a 17" monitor... but without the network card or
> GeForceMX for 700...

And a 1Gig P3 as above for 759...

Don't all those Dell ones come with Intel 8Mb integrated graphics cards?

ahhh... an auuction site...

I can grab a dell PC at the same spec... with a 17" monitor... but without the network card or GeForceMX for 700...

And a 1Gig P3 as above for 759...

Armatige Shanks wrote:
> Insane Bartender wrote:
> PIII 866, 192MB 133Mhz RAM.
>
>AMD?

No Pentium PIII


>Wgere where you buying your kit?

Most of it comes from bargain-pcs.co.uk
the rest from special reserve and 'specialist shops'...

Make of that what you will....

-IB

17" some crappy make, but it's a perfectly functional monitor...

-IB

Whats your monitor?

Insane Bartender wrote:
> PIII 866, 192MB 133Mhz RAM.
AMD?


> 20GB 7200RPM hard drive.
> 64MB integrated graphics card.
> 100Mbps network card and reversed twisted
> pair cable.
> DVD
> MS Win98 SE
> MS Office 97 Pro

> £700 mark..

Wgere where you buying your kit?