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Yeah well, that's not gonna work out very well. When I save my scans as BMPs for instance they end up being around 8MB per page compared to 1MB for a JPG. There is indeed a tiny bit of detail that gets lost in the JPG compression, but if you keep the JPG compression to a minimum then all you'll lose is a tiny bit of detail in the fiber of the paper and such. Certainly nothing that would make it worth it to upload a 100 page cbz file that is 800MB large. After all, bandwidth still costs a lot of money. Not just for the people downloading the files but also when you want to host them. Not to mention the kind of stress we would be putting on the server if the magazines were all of a sudden 8 times as big as they are today. Also the rapidshare files would have to be at least split into 4 files of 200MB each, and that's for a medium sized magazine. So for a big EGM issue of over 400 pages it would come down to downloading a full DVD. In the end it's just not worth it.

Now we're starting to get into some really awesome things from here on out. Features on games like Grandia, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Burning Rangers, Shining Force 3. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Official Sega Saturn Magazine 029 - march 1998 (UK) Download page here. Rapidshare link

The only thing about that I can find is that some sites say it's 0.001 msec and others say it's 1ms. Sounds awfully fast to be accurate. :-/ *Edit* Manual states 0.001 msec as well. Weird that I find it does have a game mode but I can't seem to find anything about it on the European official sites, unlike the American one. I'm wondering if the European sites who talk about the game mode in this TV are just copy& pasting the features from an American press release. :-/ Anyone know if there's a special button on the remote or something to activate the game mode? I can't find anything about it in the manual as well. Damn.

I downloaded the Dutch manual for the Tv from the Panasonic site and there's nothing about a game mode that I could find. There are however several image enhancement options in the various menus which when turned of will probably have the same result. Well, that's what I hope anyway. It's a bit of a calculated guess at this point. Thinking of how this fixed the input lag on the Samsung one I calibrated last year. I've become a bit of a movie freak these last couple of years so my choice went to a plasma display as it has quite a few advantaged compared to current LCD displays when it comes to recreating an authentic cinema experience. Or at least that's what I read on various sites that specialize in this kind of stuff. The new LCD are apparently catching up and could get even better than plasma in a couple of years time. Again, from what I read on those sites. Hehe, yeah I know. Never even did that back in the day as far as I can remember. I was just using it as an example of what I mean by wanting the real thing, even if that means the negative points as well. When I buy my set and it ends up still having unacceptable levels of input lag, I will just have to hunt down a XRGB-2 since that would take care of the problem it seems. and since all my systems are Japanese import, they all support RGB out of the box or have been modified to do so. Hopefully it doesn't come to that as it doesn't seem to be very easy to locate such a device... :( Oh and I already ordered the Blu-ray version of John Carpenter's The Thing. Couldn't pass it up for €20 delivered.

Emulation really isn't an option for me. I crave the authentic experience. Blowing into carts and everything that comes with it.

Aw, I thought it a sequel to be this: :(

I hear you about the size issue. Right now I have a 80cm Panasonic widescreen CRT and I've seen a 106cm (42") set at a friends house as well as a 90cm (32"?) one at another friends house. The 42" one will probably be pushing it when it comes to size vs room structure so I certainly won't go bigger than that. Might even hang the TV on the wall if it ends up looking to big. This is the one I'm looking at btw http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/televisions/0,39...49300454,00.htm I've always read that these Plasma's have a life of about 60.000 hours which shouldn't be problem I think. The weirdest past is that nomatter how hard you look for a definitive answer online about input lag when it comes to playing retro systems on one of these TVs, you always get mixed results and never a conclusive answer. It really worries me that I might buy one and then discover once I get it home that I can't play my Japanese systems on it due to input lag or the picture scrolling over the screen or something like that. Especially when such a tv costs quite a bit of money... :-/

In my defense the N64 version of Animal Crossing never made it outside Japan. So unless you're Japanese, I think my choice is still valid. And in case you ARE actually Japanese.....then I'm changing my vote to Recca! Love that one. So crazy for a NES shmup. Or better yet the Famicom only Super Xevious: GAMP no Nazo which is probably less known.

Mine are actually already in the first post. I'm gonna get Night Game as well as I just saw a trailer of it on gonintendo and had no idea that it was along the lines of a 2D platformer. Looks very good.

Aw geesh, what a way to start! How am I gonna be able to top that? Power Blade is also taken already, damn. I'll pick Wario’s Woods. Most would probably dismiss this as another puzzle game with Nintendo characters thrown in to make it sell. But that would be a huge mistake. Came out at the end of the NES era. If I remember correctly the Snes was already out as it also had a version of this game, but an inferior one at that. it's been a while since I last played them, but it had something to do with the combo's being done differently or something. Anyway the NES one is soooooooooooo addictive it's actually mind boggling. Not sure if it's been released on the VC yet. I'm gonna dig up my copy tomorrow morning since I actually want to play it again now. It's been so many years....

I'm gonna be buying my first HD TV in a couple of months time so I don't have a lot of experience with this stuff. From what I've read online, I have pretty much decided that I'll be getting the Panasonic Viera TH-42PZ800 Plasma TV. Now my biggest worry is with gaming lag. Not for the current set of systems, but for retro systems. NES, MegaDrive, NeoGeo, Saturn, Dreamcast, you name it. I know that they won't look as good on a flat-screen as they do on a CRT, but I've played around with a friends 42" set and I can live with it. Like I said, my main concern is gaming lag for retro systems. The last time I did a bit of research I found out that Panasonic only included a "gaming mode" in their US HD-TVs and not in the European models for some very strange reason. Has this changed by now? Or had the technology progressed so that something like that isn't a concern anymore? Would switching of the image improvement options be enough to make sure that there's no delay between pressing a button and the action happening on screen? I know that with a nice Blu-ray player all the movie stuff will be taken care of so the retro games part is the deal breaker here.

You didn't mention Crazy Chicken Star Karts. For shame.

NINTENDO'S VIDEO GAME LINEUP DEMONSTRATES GAMING DIVERSITY New Games Announced for Nintendo Systems REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 26, 2009 – While everyone is still buzzing about the upcoming April 5 launch of the Nintendo DSi™ system, video game fans will have plenty of great games and experiences to keep them busy. Nintendo has an extensive, diverse library of about 120 games on the way for both the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems. Upcoming Nintendo-published video games for Wii include: Excitebots™: Trick Racing has elements that make it one of the more unique racing games on the market. It launches April 20 and lets everyone in the family use the Wii Wheel™ accessory in unique and changing environments, play fun minigames and perform crazy tricks in a game that builds on the Excitebike™ and Excite Truck™ franchises. Donkey Kong® Jungle Beat™, originally made for the Nintendo GameCube™ system, launches May 4 with newly added motion controls. It's the latest in Nintendo's New Play Control! series of games. Punch-Out!!™ launches May 18 and brings back all of the fun of the beloved, classic NES® game that thrilled players in the early 1990s. Boxers battle as iconic hero Little Mac as they fight their way through a cast of new and familiar boxing opponents on their quest to win the coveted WVBA (World Video Boxing Association) Championship Belt. Nintendo's downloadable WiiWare service continues to be a showcase for new games, new concepts and new ideas. A selection of upcoming titles includes: • BIT.TRIP BEAT, developed by Gaijin Games and published by Aksys Games: BIT.TRIP BEAT is what you get when you mix classic video gaming with modern gaming sensibilities. What may seem like a simple "paddle" game turns into a psychedelic trip down memory lane which has you hitting "beats" in rhythm to Chiptune style music. While the game can be difficult, if you crank up the tunes and get in the zone, you'll have a great time. Performing perfectly isn't required to experience all the game's content, but the extra challenge will keep score-hunters coming back in search of each level's elusive "PERFECT" score. • Eduardo the Samurai Toaster, developed and published by Semnat Studios LLC: Fight your way through 13 diverse locations on your own or with up to three friends in this frenetic and stylish side-scrolling action game. Play as Eduardo and his fellow toaster buddies as you fire an assortment of pastries at all kinds of dastardly food products. Hop onto laser-mounted scooters and fly across the screen in rocket packs, and learn to cooperate with your teammates or simply annoy each other in an awesomely fun way by throwing each other around the screen. The choice is up to you. • Night Game, developed and published by Nicalis: Exclusively for WiiWare, Night Game (working title) is part action game and part puzzler. It invites players into a beautifully atmospheric world, where they must use real physics to maneuver a mysterious, glowing sphere through vastly different locales. Night Game pushes the boundaries of design with its unique art style, and professionally produced music score. This title is a 2009 Independent Games Festival Seumas McNally Award nominee and from the same developers responsible for Cave Story on Wii. • Swords & Soldiers, developed and published by Ronimo Games: Swords & Soldiers is a side-scrolling real-time strategy game, in which three distinct factions battle for the powers of the gods. The goal is to destroy the enemies' castle on the other end of the level, while protecting your own. This can be done by training powerful units or casting devastating spells. The game will feature a single-player campaign and a competitive split-screen multiplayer mode as well as several other game modes. Great titles are also on the way for the portable Nintendo DS system. 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DanceDanceRevolution® Disney Grooves - April 2 Yu-Gi-Oh! ™ 5D's Wheelie Breakers - May 19 LucasArts Indiana Jones® and the Staff of Kings™ - Late Spring NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc Klonoa® - Q2 Nintendo New Play Control! Pikmin™ - March 9 New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis™ - March 9 Excitebots: Trick Racing - April 20 New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat - May 4 Punch-Out!! - May 18 SEGA of America Virtua Tennis™ 2009 - May The Conduit™ - June Let's Tap™ - June Southpeak Interactive Roogoo Twisted Towers™ - April 7 Pirates vs Ninjas Dodgeball™ - April 21 Zoo Games, Inc. 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TrackMania® DS - March 17 Tokyo Beat Down™ - March 31 The Dark Spire™ - April 14 Dokapon Journey™ - April 14 Steal Princess™ - April 21 101 in 1 Explosive Megamix - April 21 Super Robot Taisen® OG Saga:Endless Frontier™ - April 28 Knights in the Nightmare™ - June 2 Shin Megami Tensei®: Devil Survivor™ - June 23 Capcom Mega Man Starforce 3 Black Ace - June Mega Man Starforce 3 Red Joker - June Codemasters Inc Overlord Minions - Summer Deep Silver, Inc. 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Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times™ - May 5 Yu-Gi-Oh!™ 5D's Stardust Accelerators World Championship 2009 - May 19 LucasArts Indiana Jones® and the Staff of Kings™ - Late Spring Majesco Entertainment Puffins: Island Adventure - April 14 Powerbike - April 28 Drama Queens - May Marker Man Adventures - May Hot 'n' Cold - May Dawn of Heroes - June MumboJumbo Crazy Chicken Star Karts - March 31 Crazy Chicken Atlantis Quest - April 28 Crazy Chicken The Pharaoh's Treasure - June 2 7 Wonders II - June 30 Nintendo Rhythm Heaven - April 5 Personal Trainer: Walking - May 25 The Legendary Starfy - June 8 PopCap Games, Inc. Peggle™ Dual Shot - March 3 Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars - March 17 Southpeak Interactive Roogoo Attack™ - April 7 THQ Desktop Tower Defense - April 29 Ubisoft Imagine® Makeup Artist - May 5 Imagine® Music Fest - May 5 Imagine® Boutique Owner - May 26 My Healthy Cooking Coach - June 2 Petz® Fashion: Dogz and Catz - June 9 Jake Power Soccer Club - June 16 Valcon Games History Channel: Great Empires: Rome - March 17 Zoo Games, Inc. Yamaha Supercross - March 10 Hands On!: Tangrams - March 24 Puzzle Kingdoms - March 31 Garfield Gets Real - April 7 Jelly Belly Ballistic Beans - April 21 Smiley World Island Challenge - April 28 Garfield's Pet Force - June 9 For more information about Nintendo games and hardware, visit www.Nintendo.com. About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 2.8 billion video games and more than 485 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii and Nintendo DS, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's Web site at www.nintendo.com.

NINTENDO'S VIDEO GAME LINEUP DEMONSTRATES GAMING DIVERSITY A couple of highlights: -Excitebots: Trick Racing for Wii announced: Sequel to ExciteTruck. April 20 -Starfy for the DS finally comming to the west. June 8 -Rhythm Paradise on DS launches on April 5th. -Punch-Out!! on Wii release date: May 18 -Donkey Kong Jungle Bea for Wii: May 4 -BOOM BLOX Bash Party - Spring -Klonoa - Q2 -Virtua Tennis 2009 - May -The Conduit - June -Let's Tap - June For the full press release see the second post.

I would chip in with a couple of posts that happened in the 1999 rule thread, but those were deleted (by myself btw) for a good reason. Same old thing, take a dump on the site as a whole and try to get people on his side to break up the community and settle an old score. Payback for what he wanted to happen back in the day but didn't. Karma is a b!tch.

Eum http://www.retromags.com/forums/Nintendo-P...de-file984.html

I'm sure that that was bias free! Comparing it on multimedia features and overall hardware I see. Loved how they danced around the games issue, even though it's "by far the most important feature of a handheld".

Well I'd compare the difference between an original style DS and either the Lite or the new DSi to the difference between the original GBA and the GBASP+ myself. Not to mention that the new DSi has a much better dpad and improved shoulder buttons over the Lite, the screen is a bit larger and has an additional brightness setting. Combine that with a bit of extra power and memory added to accommodate the DSWare shop and the inevitable Virtual Portable releases, (Game&Watch downloads yay! ) as well as the possibility of DSi exclusive retail games, this is more of an evolution of the DS system than just a simple minor update. Getting mine April 3rd btw. A black on this time I think.

DSi US launch April 5th $169.99 European launch April 3rd £150 http://www.nintendodsi.com/ European announcement In the US you'll have the choice between a black and an ice blue edition. Europe will have a black and a white edition available at launch.

Hope this sells really well so Capcom starts getting serious again about putting out fighting games, preferably 2D ones.

Oh what the hell.... ExciteTruck: Don't underestimate this one. It's one of the best arcade racers to come out in almost 10 years time. Mario Kart Super Mario Galaxy: Super Mario 64 perfected and so much more New Play Control Pikmin 1 & 2 if you haven't played them before. New PLay control Metroid Prime: I figure that these will be worth it even if you did play them seeing as how incredibly well MP3 controls. Metroid Prime 3. Absolutely fantastic. Control is spot on. Geomitry Wars Galaxies: Great arcade like shooter. Takes a bit to "get" the controls, but after you do it's incredible. House of the Dead Overkill: Just WOW! House of the Dead 2&3 if you don't have the DC version of 2. Still a great game. 3 is different and pretty good but not the same. Ghost Squad: It's a tossup between this and HOTD Overkill which is better. fire Emblem: Strategy games at it's finest. Zelda: Twilight Princess: People bitch about this one, but I have no idea why. Loved it to bits. New Play control Donkey Kong Jungle Beats: One of the best, most unique games on the GC. Changed around a bit for Wii. Not sure how the new control affects this atm. Resident Evil 4 Wii edition: All the best parts from both the GC and PS2 version (Bonus content) in one package with controls that seemed to be made just for this game. Flawless, absolutely flawless. Super Smash Bros Brawl: Multiplayer mayhem fun fun fun. Boom Blox: Don't miss out on this one! The multiplayer mode is where it's at. Soooooooooo much fun. and you can build your own levels. Sequel on it's way. No More Heroes: A bit flawed in the graphical presentation, especially in the overworld as the framerate drops quite a bit for some reason. But besides that an incredibly fun game. Very unique style and great atmosphere. Sequel on the way as well. Trauma Center 1 or 2: As fun as the DS game and then some. Very hard. De Blob: Hard to explain again but so much fun. Best to look up a trailer although it doesn't get the point across how much fun this is. Okami: Bit in the same line as Zelda and oh so gorgeous! Wonderful game, one of a kind and certainly essential if you haven't played the PS2 version. Shaun White Snowboarding: Supports the balance board and is so much fun to play using it. Even though Ubisoft isn't very well known for it's top games on Wii or even DS, this one is certainly one to get. Madworld: coming soon, sure to be something very sweet. Secondary games: Animal Crossing: not sure if you're into this type of game... Puzzle Quest: If you don't have the DS version Link Crossbow Training: Short, but a great game if you like score based challenge. The gun shell comes in handy for the other shooters as well. Heard the Nyko Perfect shot is better though. Just ordered a couple. Wii Play: I looooooooooooooove the billiard game in here as well as the Laser Hockey game. But only in 2 player mode. The other games are meh though. But comes free with a controller so certainly choose this package Kororinpa or Marble something something in the US I think. If you love thing like Marble Madness, but much better and with motion control, this is essential. Better than the Monkey Ball game on Wii. a sequel is on it's way though. Super Paper Mario: Bit like the other Paper Mario's but not as good for me personally. Still a very good game though. Need to get back to this one. SSX Blur: Controls are very hard to get to grips with at first, but ones mastered it's a blast! Uber tricks are hard to pull of but everything else is spot on. Gotlieb Pinball Classics. If you're into pinball you can't go wrong with this one. The Williams Collection should be much better though, but it still isn't out in Europe. I want to play Pin.Bot again. :'( Eledees: Very unique and fun game, hard to explain though. If found cheap it's certainly worth a look. Fun to experiment with the controls and different gravities. Pangya Golf: Flawed, but still great golf game. Bit too complicated for it's own good at first. We Love Golf: Great as well. Actually prefer this one to the one above. Zack&Wiki: If you love point and click adventure with puzzle solving as the main goal, this is essential.

You might be surprised how friendly they actually are. In every instance that I have needed their services they have as the article states gone above and beyond. Broken NES controllers when I was 12? Got 2 new ones without any questions asked. Asked if there was any way to buy older Club Nintendo issues from them back in the day (early 90s), instead of sending me a letter with the info how I could order back issues, I got 2 thick envelopes instead with about 10 issues for free, just like that. DS snapped in 2 (broken hinge) for which the warranty had run out by several months, got a brand new one within the week. Trouble with my Wii, again out of warranty. Got a replacement one within a week, no questions asked, with a replacement bill stating that it would cost me €0 for the service.

You should really get one of these: They are just perfect if you prefer a D-pad to an arcade stick. Got 2 of these myself last week and they are very close to the originals, a tiny bit stiffer, but that might change once they are played in. The only problem is that they don't work with the 360, but they do with the PS3.