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xRock · August 9th, 2005

Turner Broadcasting is launching a service which will allow users to download games from previous consoles and play them on the computer. The service will also include PC Games, Arcade games and more. Though it comes at a price of $14.95 /month. Full article .

I found this one part real interesting

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though due to the difficulty in emulating games powered solely by discreet circuitry, it will instead be an accurate simulation of the original, rather than a pure emulation.

....Are they going to be using the open source emulators to make $$ for themselves while denying that they are "emulating" the consoles?

On the other hand i dont see why anyone would pay that kind of money for games that can be simply found all over the net...

Nevermore · August 9th, 2005

Blah! Who needs Gametap when you can play LAN with Blood,SW,Duke and redneck rampage or use IC... or even dukesterX?.. or even the upcoming OpenGLSW which will feature netplay eh?

I'm too greedy to buy anything that has monthly fees so I'll pretty much forget about it.

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Silenus · August 10th, 2005

Are they crazy or what?
Do they think they would get any money out of this?

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Sampah · August 11th, 2005

they are targeting stupid people for sure. 14.95 dollar/month? kiss my ass!6

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Vanit · August 21st, 2005

Bit of a revive? I'm not sure because it was still on page 1.

Has anyone seen the SuperJoy? Its a console I see trying to be sold through talk shows a lot recently. The case looks exactly like a Nintendo 64, and it comes preloaded with about 1000 retro games. What annoys me most is that the company is saying something like this, "Most regular games cost $100, but we are selling this console prebundled for $120 with 1000 games! Thats way better value (not)". They completely ignore the difference of quality between recent and retro.

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August 9th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
Nevermore Psychotic Robot Master Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Angelgrove Posts: 1,404	Blah! Who needs Gametap when you can play LAN with Blood,SW,Duke and redneck rampage or use IC... or even dukesterX?.. or even the upcoming OpenGLSW which will feature netplay eh? I'm too greedy to buy anything that has monthly fees so I'll pretty much forget about it. __________________ [23:02:11] <HC_Rikki> i have a list of webcomic here, you really might like. mustsee references [23:03:07] <Neverm0re> hmm, I can always look at them but references is far to be a thing that I need. [23:03:39] <Neverm0re> and I do believe representing the members the way I think they are is quite cool because they are stars [23:04:15] <Neverm0re> of course, some are over exagerated like miretank who has an afro [23:05:30] <HC_Rikki> were the herpes and other discutable features necessary ? [23:05:52] <Neverm0re> XD

August 10th, 2005	#3 (permalink)
Silenus Pilgrim Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hyperion Posts: 3,376	Are they crazy or what? Do they think they would get any money out of this? __________________ --ASUS G50VT-X1 - P8400 2.5GHZ - Geforce 9800GS 512MB - HDD 320GB - 4GB DDR2 800MHZ - WINDOWS 7 64 BIT - ZALMAN NC2000-- ...Mis sueños son mentiras que algun día dejarán de serlo...

August 11th, 2005	#4 (permalink)
Sampah The Handsome Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Unlucky Place Posts: 886	they are targeting stupid people for sure. 14.95 dollar/month? kiss my ass!6 __________________ PROCESSOR: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @1.8Ghz RAM: Kingstone 512MB PC3200 MOBO: ECS Nforce4 A939 VGA: Pixelview Geforce 6600GT (Golden Limited Edition) 128MB OS: WinXP pro Service pack 2

August 21st, 2005	#5 (permalink)
Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,761	Bit of a revive? I'm not sure because it was still on page 1. Has anyone seen the SuperJoy? Its a console I see trying to be sold through talk shows a lot recently. The case looks exactly like a Nintendo 64, and it comes preloaded with about 1000 retro games. What annoys me most is that the company is saying something like this, "Most regular games cost $100, but we are selling this console prebundled for $120 with 1000 games! Thats way better value (not)". They completely ignore the difference of quality between recent and retro. __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.