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"Microsoft games CON!"

This is incredibly unbelievable!

Remember that SSX clone Microsoft were happy to show pictures of...?

The pictures are fake! I can't believe it!

Now, I have to say at this point, that Microsoft have not yet come forward to confirm this, (I wonder why...), so this is still unofficial.

But... these are so fake! Hat's off to a IGN forum member for finding this, and Planet Gamecube for the story.

Look at this picture... remove spaces.

http://xbox.com/games/ amped/assets/amped-image-1.jpg

Planet Gamecube comment:

"First, there is a lens flare seemingly added to the screenshot that can be duplicated PERFECTLY with a standard Photoshop lens flare operation.

Second, there are white edges all around the snowboarder, and they do not appear to be caused by antialiasing. In fact, it's the same "edging" you find whenever you cut and paste an object into another scene. There is also a curious "green pixel" that is on TOP of the showboarder's face that shouldn't be there. It turns out that this is actually a pixel from the Photoshop lens flare overlay that was not cleaned up.

Lastly, the snowboarder appears to be standing still, but the speedometer shows the speed as 51 MPH."

Next, these two pictures.

http://xbox.com/ games/amped/assets/ amped-image-2.jpg

http://xbox.com/ games/amped/assets/ amped-image-4.jpg

Firstly, the backgrounds are both the same... and it's pretty damn obvious that the cloud in the top left corner has been copied and pasted...


This is unbelieveable... but so funny! After my slating of the X-Box's graphics, the only ones I really thought to be impressive, were one RPG's graphics, and the snowboarding one... at least the characters anyway.

Now one is fake! The characters could easily be rendered and copied on... but why the hell did they think they could get away with it? Were they bullied by Microsoft into making sure they had something decent? Was the pressure too emmense?

Judge for yourselves.

Off the subject I know, but I won a bicycle lamp once by riding the straightest line along a white line painted on the floor at Olympia Childrens Exhibition in about 1964.

So now I can die happy too!

I won a fridge magnet once... I was beyond totally bored, and decided to ring it. I wrote down the details, after 3 mins of listening to crap, and sent off for it.

Yeah, it was stupid, but now I can die happy. :D

tony wrote:
> Xbox

Based on an idea by Hughie Green called "beat the
> clock"

You get to decide whether to open the box or keep
> your money.

Inside the box there will be EITHER a Gameboy Colour,
> a Gameboy Advance, a Nintendo 64, a PSone, a PS2, a Game Cube or a
> note saying phone this number for your mystery prize (calls charged
> at £5 per minute). Some Xboxes will only include a loud
> BONG!

A Microtosh Smokesperson said "We expect to sell 138
> billion Xbox's by Christmas. Our machine has a more powerful image
> than the others and a green button. By collecting Xboxes people
> will eventually get the set. However, some of our Content Partners
> are charging us so much that finding an Xbox containing some of the
> consoles will be quite difficult. Kids really go for this
> stuff"

When pressed on the technical capability the
> smokesperson said "There is a price to pay for open
> architechture and we have to leave something available for
> upgrading. Someone had to take the "sole" out of
> "console" and we got their first. Sooner or later there
> will be no choice but the Xbox and then we'll be the fastest"

lmao!

Xbox

Based on an idea by Hughie Green called "beat the clock"

You get to decide whether to open the box or keep your money.

Inside the box there will be EITHER a Gameboy Colour, a Gameboy Advance, a Nintendo 64, a PSone, a PS2, a Game Cube or a note saying phone this number for your mystery prize (calls charged at £5 per minute). Some Xboxes will only include a loud BONG!

A Microtosh Smokesperson said "We expect to sell 138 billion Xbox's by Christmas. Our machine has a more powerful image than the others and a green button. By collecting Xboxes people will eventually get the set. However, some of our Content Partners are charging us so much that finding an Xbox containing some of the consoles will be quite difficult. Kids really go for this stuff"

When pressed on the technical capability the smokesperson said "There is a price to pay for open architechture and we have to leave something available for upgrading. Someone had to take the "sole" out of "console" and we got their first. Sooner or later there will be no choice but the Xbox and then we'll be the fastest"

I can't wait either, I have downloaded the images and will look closely at them tonight and laugh a lot!


(I want Bill Gates to cry and lose money!)

I can't wait to hear Microsoft's press announcment...

what did I say about screenshots!

what did I say!

I was right!

never trust what you haven't played!

35 years ago... what the hell are you on about? :D

The Game wrote:
> Grix Thraves wrote:
> Trust Microsoft!

NO! DAMN YOU, RIGHT
> THAT IS IT, i AM USING YOUR BRAIN THING AGAIN....AN EYE FOR AN
> EYE...AS THEY SAY.

'TRUST NINTENDO' (C) The Game 2001


I think you'll find you can't copyright anything with Nintendo's copyrighted name in it! :)


This is the first time I read the topic and when I tried to view the pic, all I got was a bright green screen!

Grix Thraves wrote:
> Trust No-one. -Deus Ex.

Trust me. - Terminator 2.

Anymore?

YES Trust you to come out with a load of crap from 35 years ago! (c) 2001 The Game!!!

:D