BenSkywalker
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Haven't had one of these in a while, and it seems like it would be a good time to list out anything you might have acquired in the last week.
For myself, I was given the JSRF/SGT2K2 disk that I wanted(that's it for gaming, although I've been wanting it badly). Loving 2K2, played JSRF for about an hour and I have to ask, wtf are you supposed to do?
My oldest son was raving about Kingdom Hearts which he played quite a bit at one of his friends houses, so I figured he'd want a PS2(since we have a Box and a Cube already)- he said he'd rather have a Cube for his room because Kingdom Hearts was the only good game he'd seen for the PS2(his words). So he landed a platinum Cube with MP4 and SMB2(along with mem card, and Wavebird). Grandma picked up Sonic Mega Collection for him along with MetoidPrime(a few days prior discussing the kids gifts- 'Mom.... we already have that'- 'But this one can be all his'- damn thing is she was right, he was psyched to have his own copy < shrug >).
I picked up my middle son a PSOne. Currently he only has a N64 and the games are too hard to find and too expensive to buy given his current gaming habits(he's four) and he is always asking for PSX titles when we are in the store. Picked him up GT2, Spyro and MegaMan8 along with extra controller and mem card along with EB's two year extended warranty($8, money well spent IMO). Take the thing out hook it up and the light for the system comes on and..... nothing.
Actually, at the time it happened I laughed, shrugged my shoulders and said 'Sony'(my wife was telling me 'I told you so' about buying Sony). The drive was spinning up and and the light was on so I was lost as to what was wrong. Just for the hell of it, I popped in a universal MadCatz AV cable I have lying around and it worked....? WTF? A dead AV cable? Apparently so. Brand new unit, unopened still sealed box, dead AV cable.
For the PSX I made the mistake of playing GT2K2 for a while and then firing up GT2... Did we really ever think that looked good? I imagine that it would seem just fine on a small TV, unfortunately the smalles TV in the house is the one in my bed room so GT2 is out for me(although he is having a blast with Spyro, far more then the Skeletor action figure I spent hours and hours upon searching for in store after store ).
Really liking GT2K2, best new racer I've played in a long time. SMB2 looks a lot better then SMB in terms of visuals with the same gameplay, should be great from what I have seen. MarioParty4 hasn't done it for me yet, have to wait until we can get some four player action going though. JSRF I honestly have no clue what I am supposed to do(I did the part in the park, made it out to the city and painted everything I could find..... now what?).
So, what are you all playing? How did your holiday go?
For myself, I was given the JSRF/SGT2K2 disk that I wanted(that's it for gaming, although I've been wanting it badly). Loving 2K2, played JSRF for about an hour and I have to ask, wtf are you supposed to do?
My oldest son was raving about Kingdom Hearts which he played quite a bit at one of his friends houses, so I figured he'd want a PS2(since we have a Box and a Cube already)- he said he'd rather have a Cube for his room because Kingdom Hearts was the only good game he'd seen for the PS2(his words). So he landed a platinum Cube with MP4 and SMB2(along with mem card, and Wavebird). Grandma picked up Sonic Mega Collection for him along with MetoidPrime(a few days prior discussing the kids gifts- 'Mom.... we already have that'- 'But this one can be all his'- damn thing is she was right, he was psyched to have his own copy < shrug >).
I picked up my middle son a PSOne. Currently he only has a N64 and the games are too hard to find and too expensive to buy given his current gaming habits(he's four) and he is always asking for PSX titles when we are in the store. Picked him up GT2, Spyro and MegaMan8 along with extra controller and mem card along with EB's two year extended warranty($8, money well spent IMO). Take the thing out hook it up and the light for the system comes on and..... nothing.
Actually, at the time it happened I laughed, shrugged my shoulders and said 'Sony'(my wife was telling me 'I told you so' about buying Sony). The drive was spinning up and and the light was on so I was lost as to what was wrong. Just for the hell of it, I popped in a universal MadCatz AV cable I have lying around and it worked....? WTF? A dead AV cable? Apparently so. Brand new unit, unopened still sealed box, dead AV cable. For the PSX I made the mistake of playing GT2K2 for a while and then firing up GT2...
Did we really ever think that looked good? I imagine that it would seem just fine on a small TV, unfortunately the smalles TV in the house is the one in my bed room so GT2 is out for me(although he is having a blast with Spyro, far more then the Skeletor action figure I spent hours and hours upon searching for in store after store ).Really liking GT2K2, best new racer I've played in a long time. SMB2 looks a lot better then SMB in terms of visuals with the same gameplay, should be great from what I have seen. MarioParty4 hasn't done it for me yet, have to wait until we can get some four player action going though. JSRF I honestly have no clue what I am supposed to do(I did the part in the park, made it out to the city and painted everything I could find..... now what?).
So, what are you all playing? How did your holiday go?
