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Btw, you'll have access to SNES, NES, N64 and Gamecube games, free of charge. Some people seem to think this is cool. I don't care
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edit: Wait...are you sure they're free of charge?"I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
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That's what I read recently, on Gamespot irc...Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
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edit: Wait...are you sure they're free of charge?Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – LessingComment
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I don't remember reading free of charge, just that the entire library would be available for download.
I did read that Nintendo Online would be free, though."I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
^ The Poly equivalent of:
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Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
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edit: Wait...are you sure they're free of charge?
that would be amazing
Considering my game taste and attention span, I would take that in a heartbeat over shiny graphics.Comment
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I get a new SNES ROM every couple of days
"I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
^ The Poly equivalent of:
"I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the MooniniteComment
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Even if there is decompression and initialization, a menu requires litte CPU/GPU and memory bandwidth, so you could do both at the same time.Originally posted by Asher
You do know that virtually nothing is stored uncompressed on the discs, right? How do they get decompressed? Do decompression algorithms take up additional memory? Do they take up CPU/GPU cycles?
When the levels are being loaded, they're also be initialized. When you have only 32MB/64MB of RAM, you can't be lazy and just store and load. If that was the case you could fill up the Xbox's memory @ 5MB/s = 13s max. This is assuming they're contiguous in memory and there's no seek delays... (PS2 is 2.5MB/s, but 32MB...so also 13s)I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Are you sure they are putting up Gamecube games for download also? I only read that it only went up to N64.I changed my signatureComment
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No, I'm not sure. I may be wrong. Google it, you're bound to find the info.Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – LessingComment
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Here's what I read. No, you can't download Gamecube games. Irc, you will be able to put Gamecube disks in the Revolution. I'm not a retro gamer myself. Unlike tabletop games like Monopoly, for example, I can't help but feel that videogames, like any other technological product, become obsolete with time.
Wow. Good move. When we spoke with Nintendo about the price of their classic “emulated” games on the Revolution, they were coy and left the pricing up to our imaginations. I assumed they’d follow the GBA model — 10-12 bucks for a classic would be fair. But George Harrison of Nintendo just sprung a surprise. Classic Nintendo titles will be free. Buy the console, take it home, plug it in and start playing your old faves. They’ll have to be careful not to offer too much out of the gate. After all, you want people to spend money on the software. But as far as exciting services to offer with their new hardware, it’s hard to come up with a better idea.Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – LessingComment
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This is how it's supposed to will work:
The Revolution will have DVD sized discs for its own games
The Revolution will be able to load and play Gamecube games from Gamecube discs (so, presumably, only if you own the gamecube game)
The Revolution will be able to download N64, SNES, and NES games from a Nintendo server, free of charge.
Just the thought of that is so awesome.meet the new boss, same as the old bossComment
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The Revolution will not support HD.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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The Revolution will not be televised.Only feebs vote.Comment
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If I hear that joke one more time, I'm going to shoot the next person who makes it."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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