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Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:08:58

As much as I like the Saturn the libraries just don't compare.

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Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:10:07

I'll say this for the Dreamcast, it was the last console that made me go "whoah" when I looked at its graphics. First time saw Sonic Adventure at a kiosk I was shocked at how good it looked.

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Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:23:56
Iga_Bobovic said:

Dreamcast is exremely overrated.

Saturn > Dreamcast. Search your feeling, you know it to be true.

Nope, had both. Dreamcast was clearly superior.

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Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:53:14
Iga_Bobovic said:

Dreamcast is exremely overrated.

Argh!

Iga_Bobovic said:

Saturn > Dreamcast. Search your feeling, you know it to be true.

That part is true, though. Loved the Saturn. I even had over 50 games for it at one point.

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Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:06:05

If any of you have a specific time you'd like me to take the Hot Tub Time Machine to I'm more than happy to pull out that month's EGM and tell you what was going on back then.

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Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:21:41

My favourite DC memories are Headhunter, it's better than MGS 1 if you ask me. And of course, the two shenmue games, the sequel especially was incredible.

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Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:40:44
gamingeek said:

My favourite DC memories are Headhunter, it's better than MGS 1 if you ask me. And of course, the two shenmue games, the sequel especially was incredible.

Oh come on. Yes Headhunter was a great game but its no MGS1.

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Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:41:29
aspro said:

If any of you have a specific time you'd like me to take the Hot Tub Time Machine to I'm more than happy to pull out that month's EGM and tell you what was going on back then.

Lets go with 2003.

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Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:15:29

June 2003.

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Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:23:17
SteelAttack said:

June 2003.



Okidoki.

June 2003.

Cover: Rogue Squadron 3: Rebel Strike "The most amazing Star Wars game yet!"

Game of the Month: Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow.  Also reviewed, Marvel vs. Capcom 2(XB), Midnight Club 2, Lost Kingdoms 2, Splinter Cell (GC), Magic Pengel (PS2), Sonic Adventure DX (GC), Burnout 2, .hack, Part 2, Auto Modelista, Wario Ware Inc: Mega Microgame$.

Cardboard insert from retailer Target with Pro Tips.

An article describing what PDA's are, including the Dell Axim Pocket PC which costs $350.

"GameCube's future in terms of online is completely undefined as is the PS2's.  It's right on the edge now, and if Sony doesn't do something quick, I think online will fall off completely.  The only platform really for online right now is Xbox" - Julian Eggebrecht, president of Factor 5.

An ... interview... with the lizard from Brute Force. Yes. A whole page.

Speculation: 100: The number of Pentium 4 chips it would take to equal the reported processing power of [the] Playstation 3.

Inteview with Aonuma about Wind Waker.  Will the next Zelda use the same cartoon art style? Well, WW only features Link as a child. If we were to make a Zelda game where Link appears as an adult again, we'd probably have to rethink the graphical style.

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Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:28:11

Fuuu. How far back can you go?

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Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:32:49

November 1991. There are some holes though, so I can't vouch the Hot Tub Time Machine works for every month.

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Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:34:16

November 1991. That's 20 fucking years right there. What was hip at that time in gaming?

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Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:44:05

November 1991: (250 pages)

What was cool? The cover:

"The ultimate 16-bt sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 3"

"Exclusive look at first SEGA CD-Rom system and Games"

Games reviewed: Toejam and Earl (6,8,7,Cool, El Viento, Vapor Trail, Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego (NES), Ninja Gaiden 3, Batman 2, GI Joe 2, Battletoads (GB), Wanderers from Y's (TurboGrafx CD).

An ad for the Atari Lynx ($99).

This is before computer layouts and art, so there are many ads that look like this:

Picture of Thor Aackerlund the Nintendo World Champion.

Game Genie ads.

The magazine is a pile of shit.  It's unreadable.  But it is very colorful.

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Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:45:47

This is another ad (one of the better ones)

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Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:52:11

Combat Basketball? LOL Never heard of that game before.

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Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:08:11

That basketball game sucked.  I know a few people who owned it because the SNES library was so small at the time.

lol ar RS3 being the best Star Wars game yet.

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Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:28:37
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That basketball game sucked.  I know a few people who owned it because the SNES library was so small at the time.

lol ar RS3 being the best Star Wars game yet.

Yeah the game pretty much sucked BTW the full name was  Bill Laimbeer's Combat basketball anyone remember that asshole?

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Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:14:43

Amazing stuff, Toe Jam got such a crazy range of scores. I have a huge collection of old magazines too, lots of gamefans. I will check a few out for you guys.

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Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:41:18

Did Aspro "revision" my post? Sad

EDIT:

No, it's in the wrong thread. That's even better. LOL

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