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Playstation's 10 year anniversary and a retrospective
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:48 am
by +JuggerNaut+
Great article
PlayStation changed the way people played games—the way they thought about them, really. When Sony launched its console, the gaming industry was bogged down by expensive production, too many competing standards, and crippling uncertainty among the mind-share leaders. In just a few short years, PlayStation rose from that morass to become the undisputed champion of the era, not only taking the 32-bit prize but simultaneously paving the way for a comfortable lead in the following generation.
there are some some insightful tidbits i didn't know about and perhaps you may not. either way, a good read.
Nintendo fanbois will have a field day with this one.
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:52 am
by MKJ
cue OMGLOL DREAMCAST reply
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:52 am
by SOAPboy
Gameboy > Playstation
Numbers prove it
:P
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:53 am
by SOAPboy
MKJ wrote:cue OMGLOL DREAMCAST reply
DREAMCAST AGREEMENT REPLY!!!!!!!1111
Tho, Dreamcast did own, owned hard, made the PS1 its bitch in terms of hardware and what not.. its just a shame they fucked up with the game library..
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:54 am
by MKJ
troo dat
i remember getting THPS2 for dreamcast after many hours of ps1 play. what a revelation - it had hardware rendering
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:55 am
by Eraser
SOAPboy wrote:MKJ wrote:cue OMGLOL DREAMCAST reply
DREAMCAST AGREEMENT REPLY!!!!!!!1111
Tho, Dreamcast did own, owned hard, made the PS1 its bitch in terms of hardware and what not.. its just a shame they fucked up with the game library..
Without the DC we wouldn't have Super Monkey Ball and Soul Calibur.
That's enough reason to love the Dreamcast
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:56 am
by SOAPboy
Eraser wrote:SOAPboy wrote:MKJ wrote:cue OMGLOL DREAMCAST reply
DREAMCAST AGREEMENT REPLY!!!!!!!1111
Tho, Dreamcast did own, owned hard, made the PS1 its bitch in terms of hardware and what not.. its just a shame they fucked up with the game library..
Without the DC we wouldn't have Super Monkey Ball and Soul Calibur.
That's enough reason to love the Dreamcast
Wurd..
Sonic Adventure 2, Soul Calibur, Monkey Ball, Power Stone, Ikaragu, a whole grip of great games that got overlooked
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:05 pm
by Myth
Eraser wrote:
Without the DC we wouldn't have ... Soul Calibur.
Why? Soul Blade (and Calibur) were both arcade games, and Soul Blade was on PS1.. then Soul Calibur 2 (which was shit compared to SC on the DC) came out cross console.
I used to like Trick Style and RE: Code Veronica on the old DC. Shenmue was a bitter disappointment though.
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:09 pm
by SOAPboy
Myth wrote:Eraser wrote:
Without the DC we wouldn't have ... Soul Calibur.
Why? Soul Blade (and Calibur) were both arcade games, and Soul Blade was on PS1.. then Soul Calibur 2 (which was shit compared to SC on the DC) came out cross console.
I used to like Trick Style and RE: Code Veronica on the old DC. Shenmue was a bitter disappointment though.
Which was built on dreamcast hardware
if it wasent for the DC hardware, no soul calibur
it would have stopped at at soul blade..
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:25 pm
by Myth
Oh yeah I forgot about that. Although They probably would have made it using other technology if the DC option wasn't there.
I remember reading that there were plans to enable the use of Dreamcast's VMU with compatible arcade machines. Don't remember it ever happening though.
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:06 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
SOAPboy wrote:Gameboy > Playstation
Numbers prove it
:P
L.O.L.