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Originally Posted by Flay
For anyone that's interested, my review of Galaga: http://www.videogametalk.com/read.php?ID=435
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Originally Posted by Obey The D
I'd say your review pretty much sums up how I feel about it. It's fun for nostalgia's sake, but I can't see myself playing it too often.
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Originally Posted by Liver&Onions
If I remember correctly, there's some sort of logic built in that only two missles can be onscreen at once. So even the rapid fire mode allows only two on screen. I seem to remember it being this way in the arcades growing up too. I'm sure that in other ways of playing this title that shouldn't be mentioned, that you can override that making rapid fire more like we'd expect as modern day gamers.
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Originally Posted by Obey The D
I don't know if it was a newer build, but a local bar had a Galaga/Ms. Pac-Man machine a few months back and the missles would shoot out as fast as you could tap the fire button.
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Originally Posted by jon-w9
That is what I am used to, I was totally unaware of the two-missile logic. :shrug:
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Originally Posted by Liver&Onions
What? Perhaps all those gummy coke bottles and blue whales I ate at the arcades clouded my judgement. Disregard my blathering until it's proven :)
"A "rapid fire" chip is available, replacing chip 3J on the original Galaga CPU board. It allows for a continuous stream of fire, as opposed to the stuttered firing limitation of the stock 3J chip." Looks like the machine at my local bar had a machine with the newer chip. |
Yep. Two missles is the only way I've seen it. Probably why I never got into that game. Similar thing with Ms. Pac. There is a speed chip available that makes the game more fun, IMO, and I cringe whenever I play one without it.
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
Yep. Two missles is the only way I've seen it. Probably why I never got into that game. Similar thing with Ms. Pac. There is a speed chip available that makes the game more fun, IMO, and I cringe whenever I play one without it.
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Originally Posted by Obey The D
Here's what Wiki says regarding the firing speed:
"A "rapid fire" chip is available, replacing chip 3J on the original Galaga CPU board. It allows for a continuous stream of fire, as opposed to the stuttered firing limitation of the stock 3J chip." Looks like the machine at my local bar had a machine with the newer chip. |
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=18540
Microsoft targets one new Live Arcade title every week Paul Loughrey 12:09 26/07/2006 Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays just the beginning Microsoft wants to deliver a new game to Xbox Live Arcade every week - and believes it's possible, too. "I can say we've certainly put enough games into the pipeline and it's certainly our target," Xbox Live Arcade worldwide games portfolio manager Ross Erickson told gaming blog Joystiq this week. "I'm glad [Xbox Live Arcade] Wednesdays have kicked off. Barring unforeseen development issues from the developers themselves - our issue was to fill the pipeline with a lot of titles on the upfront because of the inevitable schedule delays we'll have - we'll still have enough queued up in our certification process we'll always be able to have something coming out once a week." Microsoft has previously said it aims to have 160 games available for Xbox 360 by Christmas, and a significant number of those are likely to appear on Xbox Live Arcade - as many as 30 by the end of autumn. "We certainly have enough games in the pipeline - more than enough, in fact - to achieve that goal on a weekly basis," Erickson told Joystiq. One thing Microsoft won't be doing - at least not immediately - is allowing developers to make games that occupy more than 50MB of hard disk or memory-card space. "That's pillar number one," according to Erickson. The idea is to allow Xbox 360 owners who do not own hard disks to store downloaded Live Arcade games on memory units, which allow for 64MB of data. However, with PlayStation 3 in particular likely to allow for much larger downloadable games, Microsoft runs the risk of losing out on bigger releases despite the impressive momentum Live Arcade has already built up. Erickson admits that the company is already considering the possibilities of larger memory units, but there's no word on hard-disk-only Live Arcade games or other digitally distributed titles - although it's important to note that the latter, which Microsoft is certainly considering, would fall outside his remit. "Certainly those memory units are not available yet. And when they become available we'll re-evaluate," he says of Live Arcade's position. "We're constantly evaluating this not on just the size of the memory unit available, but in terms of what the quality bar is that we're asking for from developers." "At this time and for the foreseeable future we're sticking to our position that 50MBs is what defines an Arcade title so that portability between system and system can work and so that those users who do not have a hard drive, don't think there's many of them, but for those that don't have a storage solution for getting their games onto their system." The Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays schedule consists of Frogger, Cloning Clyde and Galaga (the latter released worldwide today), along with Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting (August 2) and Pac-Man (August 9). Other games on the horizon include Texas Hold 'Em Poker, Sonic the Hedgehog from SEGA, Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers from The Behemoth and various others from the likes of Midway, Namco, Capcom and Microsoft's independent publishing and development partners. Live Arcade games typically go on sale for 400 or 800 Microsoft points (GBP 3.40 / 6.80), although some - notably Bankshot Billiards - cost 1200 points (GBP 10.20). Free demo versions are available for all of them. Chris |
I've always played the two-missiles version of Galaga. When I had it for the NES, I had one of those turbo controllers and the missiles would launch one right after each other.
I bought the game blind an an hour later had almost all of the achievements (and a high score about 2k less than Flay's). My only goal is to beat him, unless he plays it again and raises his score. ;) |
A trader here is offering a "12 month Xbox Live Kit" he picked up at the latest TRU sale.
Are all Xbox Live "kits" the same/equal now. Meaning can this be considered a 12-Month Live Gold Membership by Microsoft? Thanks for the info! |
Originally Posted by clappj
A trader here is offering a "12 month Xbox Live Kit" he picked up at the latest TRU sale.
Are all Xbox Live "kits" the same/equal now. Meaning can this be considered a 12-Month Live Gold Membership by Microsoft? Thanks for the info! |
Originally Posted by Liver&Onions
wait till you play xxx....
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I played the demo as soon as it was avaliable, saw that it was a way for someone to raise their gamerscore 200pts for 5 dollars.
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Originally Posted by The Bus
Wait till you play Namco's xXx: state of the union.
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firing seems a bit laggy for me too
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Originally Posted by clappj
A trader here is offering a "12 month Xbox Live Kit" he picked up at the latest TRU sale.
Are all Xbox Live "kits" the same/equal now. Meaning can this be considered a 12-Month Live Gold Membership by Microsoft? Thanks for the info!
Originally Posted by kakihara1
Yep
Kinda strange though, considering you can currently buy a 12-Month Xbox Live card from Amazon for $43, but they charge $50 for a 12-Month Xbox 360 Live Gold Membership card. Funny how they are the same thing! |
Originally Posted by clappj
Really? That's great!
Kinda strange though, considering you can currently buy a 12-Month Xbox Live card from Amazon for $43, but they charge $50 for a 12-Month Xbox 360 Live Gold Membership card. Funny how they are the same thing! |
Originally Posted by Green Smurf
I played the demo as soon as it was avaliable, saw that it was a way for someone to raise their gamerscore 200pts for 5 dollars.
PONG - Price - 8000 markeplace points ACHIEVEMENTS Turn on 360 via Controller: 2,000 points Start Game: 3,000 points Make contact with one ball: 5,000 points |
DAMN!! I lost my 360 for the second time! I had a bad drive in March, and now I turned it on and it froze up, got all staticy and when I restarted I got the three red lights on the RoL showing a hardware failure. The CSR manager was cool and said he was flagging my account since this is my second incident and hopefully we will not have another.
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I tried Galaga....it was tolerable, but I will not purchase. I noticed the OUTFIT SKirmish Map Pack is FREE now. Too bad I traded it in...oh well.
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Microsoft announced today that “Fuzion Frenzy 2” will make its way to store shelves in the United States this holiday. Published by Microsoft and developed by Hudson, “Fuzion Frenzy 2” is a party game for Xbox 360 set in space that combines futuristic arcade action, superior mini-games, tournament modes, and custom tailored games with online features such as multiplayer and customizable tournaments.
Players are able to create their own unique tournaments that can be shared on Xbox Live while building achievement points. Radical themes and characters utilize the visual HD technology of the Xbox 360. Gamers can also use tournament cards that are either won or given out to defeat their opponents in rank, select the next mini-game to be played, or choose their next destination planet. “Fuzion Frenzy 2” offers a variety of 40 mini games that a wide audience can play. Players battle new tournaments on seven different planets by competing in games such as the Collision Collusion, Turbine Jumper, and Super Slam Dunk which is a advanced slam dunk shootout played in low gravity where players try to steal the ball from their challengers to score a slam dunk. |
See, now that sounds fun.
It sounds like a bit of a Mario Party type game with online multiplayer. That is one thing I wish mario party had. I love to play the game, but I don't always have 3 other people to play it with. |
I think FF2 will sell really well as long as it doesn't come with a $59 price tag. I can't imagine many people paying that much for a party game like that...although it has happened with games like Donkey Konga so who knows. The first one was a blast.
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FF2 does sound like a good deal of fun. Does 40 mini-games sound like a decent amount though? How many did games like Mario Party 7 have?
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Originally Posted by Liver&Onions
“Fuzion Frenzy 2” is a party game for Xbox 360 set in space that combines futuristic arcade action, superior mini-games, tournament modes, and custom tailored games with online features such as multiplayer and customizable tournaments.
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Originally Posted by kakihara1
Superior to what exactly?
The real answer? Not sure. Superior to the original FF? |
Originally Posted by Cusm
DAMN!! I lost my 360 for the second time! I had a bad drive in March, and now I turned it on and it froze up, got all staticy and when I restarted I got the three red lights on the RoL showing a hardware failure. The CSR manager was cool and said he was flagging my account since this is my second incident and hopefully we will not have another.
Looks like I'll be calling (again) as well. |
Originally Posted by achau9598
the screen locks and goes all pixelated and blocky. I can only power off and back on again.
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Originally Posted by xmiyux
Hrm, this has happened to mine twice now. Should i be concerned or just wait for the red ring?
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Originally Posted by Liver&Onions
The easy answer would be: You.
The real answer? Not sure. Superior to the original FF? You'd think with that moderator tag under your name you might not be completely useless ;) |
I remember Fusion Frenzy on the Playstation. I liked it, but I didn't like the controls on it. So I didn't play much.
But between FF2 and Bomberman coming soon, this should be a good 2nd half of 4 player games. Chris |
Originally Posted by kakihara1
-1/5....................you suck again!
You'd think with that moderator tag under your name you might not be completely useless ;) Chris |
Originally Posted by mrpayroll
Why do you think they made him a mod? One of the pre requisites is that you cannot be funny!
Chris |
DOUBLE BAN!
Oh come on, if it wasn't me saying it it would have been some dirty hippy or pixy or something. |
See, I for one, enjoy our Liver&Onions Mod. even if I wouldn't eat the dish he gets his username from.
I think its that dirty Martini that doesn't have a sense of humor. ;) Ok.. not really. But its fun to say. Try it. You may like it. |
Originally Posted by Vryce
See, I for one, enjoy our Liver&Onions Mod. even if I wouldn't eat the dish he gets his username from.
I think its that dirty Martini that doesn't have a sense of humor. ;) Ok.. not really. But its fun to say. Try it. You may like it. But yeah, that kaka/martini guy is a little odd. |
Originally Posted by Liver&Onions
Microsoft announced today that “Fuzion Frenzy 2” will make its way to store shelves in the United States this holiday. Published by Microsoft and developed by Hudson, “Fuzion Frenzy 2” is a party game for Xbox 360 set in space that combines futuristic arcade action, superior mini-games, tournament modes, and custom tailored games with online features such as multiplayer and customizable tournaments.
Players are able to create their own unique tournaments that can be shared on Xbox Live while building achievement points. Radical themes and characters utilize the visual HD technology of the Xbox 360. Gamers can also use tournament cards that are either won or given out to defeat their opponents in rank, select the next mini-game to be played, or choose their next destination planet. “Fuzion Frenzy 2” offers a variety of 40 mini games that a wide audience can play. Players battle new tournaments on seven different planets by competing in games such as the Collision Collusion, Turbine Jumper, and Super Slam Dunk which is a advanced slam dunk shootout played in low gravity where players try to steal the ball from their challengers to score a slam dunk. This is GREAT news, myself and a ton of my friends still to this day love the original fuzion frenzy (although it plays horribly on my 360) Thanks for the info!!!! |
Originally Posted by Liver&Onions
DOUBLE BAN!
Oh come on, if it wasn't me saying it it would have been some dirty hippy or pixy or something. And i can't believe you would call goLucky a dirty hippy like that. :lol: |
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