XBrick, PS2 Or gamecube

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[Sam]

I like XBrick the best and second for me would be PS2 and gamecube in last

[savage727]

Well I only have had a PS, N64, and a PS2 so my vote goes to the PS2 for the variety of games available.  The X-Brick does have nice graphics but I could not justify buying it when I have a PS2 that has served me so well and given me untold hours of gaming fun.  

[Roz]

You had an N64 and DIDN'T OWN ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME?

PAH call yourself a LOTR fan!

(yep I am almost as exciteable as Mark is about Zelda)

Well I am a Gamecube girl myself... the PS2 only ever gets switched on to play multi region DVDs to be honest...

[savage727]

Gee I can see that Roz!!    The only games I ever owned for the N64 was a James Bond game that was outstanding, and a few other first person shooters - Doom & Quake come to mind.  I was not into role playing games at the time.  

[samwise16]

Defiently the N64  because of james bond and perfect dark  

[ferdinand_the_yak]

Only ever owned an X box, so I'm kinda biased but from what I have played of the PS2 and GC, I still prefer it - better graphics and sound

[Sam]

and it has so much memory and a hardrive

which means you can  play and save music on the x box


why does it censor X- BOX


Bbox = brick?

[savage727]

I remember when the X-Brick was first being talked about.  It was to be a platform where you could play PC games on your TV!  Something happened along the way in development and this did not happen crushing my hopes and desires because I was fed up having to constantly upgrade my computer to play games.

This is why I went the console route first with the Playstation, then the N64, and finally the PS2.  Unfortunately they have not been making the kind of games I enjoy for these systems and I have gone back to purchasing the most current Dell PC for gaming as I enjoy realistic flight simulations, military war games, and strategy games.  My last purchase for the PS2 was The Return of the King and Medal of Honor Rising Sun.  

I enjoyed the fact that I did not have to purchase a DVD player because the PS2 gave you that capability to watch movies.    That is what I have been using it now for.    

[Sam]

I guess PS2 is good for that but it needs annoying Memory cards and you have to buy more of them because of  the amount of saved games you have

[savage727]

Yea you are correct there, I do have a bunch of memory cards and it would have been nice to have a hard drive instead!

[MakTheYak]

But hard drives fail - So do memory cards but if a memory card fails it's a lot easier to replace and you lose a lot less data than when a hard drive fails...

[Sam]

yeah, a whole hardrive being wiped would be devastating but if you just buy one XBrick memory card for backup it would be alot safer

[Nicole1999]

I have to say Gamecube just because my kids get such a kick out of Mario .   Plus I love the Zelda games. I have always liked Nintendo more for some reason I just dont know why.

[Roz]

Yay - welcome to the board nicole - now you have my double support mario and zelda rock

have you played this gamecube game just out in the usa? four swords?

there's a new zelda coming soon and from the preview vid he seems like a short legolas, he even fights a beast of shadow and flame... balrog anyone?

[Nicole1999]

Hey Roz thanks for the welcome.

I really liked the Mario game for the N64 and for some reason my favorite Zelda game has to be the second one they ever made for the first Nintendo.

I have not yet Played the Four Swords game for the Gamecube. I still haven't beat the Wind Walker one that they came out with. My kids don't often let me play games in the living room on thier TV. Well they do its just really hard to see the TV at times so I gave up playing for now. We will be getting another TV soon that way we can play games on one so they can watch TV on the other.  Plus most of the new games make me sick when I play.

[savage727]

Welcome Nicole!  We can't have any sick gameplayers!    You must be one of the people who get motion sickness from the games.  Have you spoken to your Doctor about this?  I am sure there is a work around so you can play games.

[Nicole1999]

Thank you Savage for the welcome also.

Yes I get the motion sickness really bad on some of these newer better graphic games out there. I have not talked to a doctor about it but when I used to play a lot of Nintendo (before I was married and had kids) I used to take some of those motion sickness pills you can buy at the drugstore. They seemed to work. I guess I dont play enough to make it worth buying anything to help the motion sickness. Most of the games I really like don't make me sick or if they do it takes a while and then I just take a brake and play again later.

[savage727]

Yea that's the key - taking breaks!  How many of us have played for so many hours that you lost track of time?  When you finally realized what time it is and how long you have been playing your hand or hands start to freeze up on you not to mention other parts of the body!  

[ferdinand_the_yak]

And your eyes go woozy and you sway as you stand up, your legs, weakened by the lack of activity/blood flow develop pins and needles... causing you to unbalance and fall spectacularly onto the adjacent bean bag?

Yeah, i know that feeling

Though not so much now as I am at uni and my XBrick is at home

[savage727]

You are wise indeed young Jedi Master to leave your pain machine at home!