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Several years ago I decided to get a Nintendo64. Rather than keep my old Sega Megadrive with my vast collection of games, I decided to sell it. First I went to Cash Converters (kind of a pawn shop here in Australia) expecting to get maybe A$20-30 for the megadrive and A$3-5 for each game. I was rather shocked when I went in and the guy offered me 5 bucks for the machine and 30c each game. For those of you who don't know, one pound is worth about $2.50 Australian money. When I complained the guy went to his boss and said the most he could offer was $7 for the platform and 50c a game I got really annoyed, especially because I knew that they would sell it for $40 and $10 each respectively. I left the store and went to a games shop and traded the Megadrive and games in for a $50 discount on the 64. Anyway, my point is: will this be the fate of the Nintendo 64 when the Dolphin, Playstation 2 and Dreamcast have taken over the market - unable to get $20 in a trade-in store. I personally hope not as the graphics and sound quality of the 64 should ensure that it lives on a while after the newer models have taken over the market. Also, as an afterthought, should Perfect Dark (without meaning to be disloyal to the 64) have been released on the Dolphin where the greater graphics, sound and memory could have made better use of the spectacular gameplay and perhaps got rid of that annoying bad frame rate in Co-op missions? I also have heard that Nintendo have just bought the domain names of www.afterdark.com and www.velvetdark.com (Velvet Dark is your partner in Co-op missions). Could there be a sequel, or perhaps even a trilogy in the future?
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Several years ago I decided to get a Nintendo64. Rather than keep my old Sega Megadrive with my vast collection of games, I decided to sell it. First I went to Cash Converters (kind of a pawn shop here in Australia) expecting to get maybe A$20-30 for the megadrive and A$3-5 for each game. I was rather shocked when I went in and the guy offered me 5 bucks for the machine and 30c each game. For those of you who don't know, one pound is worth about $2.50 Australian money. When I complained the guy went to his boss and said the most he could offer was $7 for the platform and 50c a game I got really annoyed, especially because I knew that they would sell it for $40 and $10 each respectively. I left the store and went to a games shop and traded the Megadrive and games in for a $50 discount on the 64. Anyway, my point is: will this be the fate of the Nintendo 64 when the Dolphin, Playstation 2 and Dreamcast have taken over the market - unable to get $20 in a trade-in store. I personally hope not as the graphics and sound quality of the 64 should ensure that it lives on a while after the newer models have taken over the market. Also, as an afterthought, should Perfect Dark (without meaning to be disloyal to the 64) have been released on the Dolphin where the greater graphics, sound and memory could have made better use of the spectacular gameplay and perhaps got rid of that annoying bad frame rate in Co-op missions? I also have heard that Nintendo have just bought the domain names of www.afterdark.com and www.velvetdark.com (Velvet Dark is your partner in Co-op missions). Could there be a sequel, or perhaps even a trilogy in the future?