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04-30-2002, 12:40 PM

Well, I've been doing some ebaying to pick up some games I wanted. So far I've ordered

World Series Baseball 2K2 (Dreamcast)
Shenmue (Dreamcast)
Dead or Alive 2 (Dreamcast)
DOA2: Hardcore (PlayStation 2)

DOA2: Hardcore just came today and the others should be shipping today or tomorrow. Neat! I also got a mouse and a keyboard for the Dreamcast for 99 cents each - I might get the broadband adaptor and actually play some games online. There are still people that do that.

I'm still on Espresso-2-Go on GTA3, but I haven't tried it again since the other night. I think what I've been doing is taking Paul's save and trying to beat the game. So far I'm having no luck, but I only tried three time I think. I've got the route to the dam pretty well down, so I'll be prepared for when I get there. Thoughts of re-starting the game and going through to 100% it are running through my head - I know so much more now than I did a few weeks ago when I started it again. I think that would be much more satisfying for me.

I'm thinking about re-working the TV/console area to make better use of space. I have two levels - the consoles are on top and the games are down below, but there's still room down below. The TV is up on another level but that's just there by it's self, so no big deal. Anyway, from left to right, I have the Dreamcast, the PS2 with an N64 on top of it, and a DVD player with the Xbox on top of that (and the video switch for all the systems on top of that). I'm thinking about putting the PS2 down below with the games. I'm also considering sticking the PS2 vertical - but I've heard it can have problems with some games this way. Any truth to this? Do I need to worry about it? Once I get it set up, I'm not going to want to move it just to play a game. I'd rather get it right the first time. Basically, I want to have room to put a GameCube once I get one.

Also - how did the Dreamcast get so many great games and then fail? Sega's upper management must have <b>really</b> sucked. I know Saturn got creamed by the PlayStation - that's understandable. But <b>HOW THE HELL DID THE DREAMCAST FAIL?</b> Man, that still just amazes me. Shit, I still don't think the PS2 is a better console than Dreamcast, save for the controllers, where the PS2 easily whips the Dreamcast (in my opinion). Shit, even the VMUs are better than the damn memory cards. And you can put TWO in each controller! Damn. I still don't understand it. I love my Dreamcast. Jenni likes it to play Q*bert. Hehe.

Anyway, basically I'm just looking forward to beating GTA3 pretty thoroughly and then taking on some of these other games that I've got. What's going on in your gaming world?

04-30-2002, 12:40 PM	#11
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Well, I've been doing some ebaying to pick up some games I wanted. So far I've ordered World Series Baseball 2K2 (Dreamcast) Shenmue (Dreamcast) Dead or Alive 2 (Dreamcast) DOA2: Hardcore (PlayStation 2) DOA2: Hardcore just came today and the others should be shipping today or tomorrow. Neat! I also got a mouse and a keyboard for the Dreamcast for 99 cents each - I might get the broadband adaptor and actually play some games online. There are still people that do that. I'm still on Espresso-2-Go on GTA3, but I haven't tried it again since the other night. I think what I've been doing is taking Paul's save and trying to beat the game. So far I'm having no luck, but I only tried three time I think. I've got the route to the dam pretty well down, so I'll be prepared for when I get there. Thoughts of re-starting the game and going through to 100% it are running through my head - I know so much more now than I did a few weeks ago when I started it again. I think that would be much more satisfying for me. I'm thinking about re-working the TV/console area to make better use of space. I have two levels - the consoles are on top and the games are down below, but there's still room down below. The TV is up on another level but that's just there by it's self, so no big deal. Anyway, from left to right, I have the Dreamcast, the PS2 with an N64 on top of it, and a DVD player with the Xbox on top of that (and the video switch for all the systems on top of that). I'm thinking about putting the PS2 down below with the games. I'm also considering sticking the PS2 vertical - but I've heard it can have problems with some games this way. Any truth to this? Do I need to worry about it? Once I get it set up, I'm not going to want to move it just to play a game. I'd rather get it right the first time. Basically, I want to have room to put a GameCube once I get one. Also - how did the Dreamcast get so many great games and then fail? Sega's upper management must have <b>really</b> sucked. I know Saturn got creamed by the PlayStation - that's understandable. But <b>HOW THE HELL DID THE DREAMCAST FAIL?</b> Man, that still just amazes me. Shit, I still don't think the PS2 is a better console than Dreamcast, save for the controllers, where the PS2 easily whips the Dreamcast (in my opinion). Shit, even the VMUs are better than the damn memory cards. And you can put TWO in each controller! Damn. I still don't understand it. I love my Dreamcast. Jenni likes it to play Q*bert. Hehe. Anyway, basically I'm just looking forward to beating GTA3 pretty thoroughly and then taking on some of these other games that I've got. What's going on in your gaming world?