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I actually like Steam in a way because it prevents me from being that stupid again.

I quite like that too.

My 360 died a while back, I bought a new one and managed to just recover my whole account, and I was given a list of all the stuff I'd downloaded, and could re-download it whenever I wanted- that was very handy!

Shadows of the Empire was a Glide title when 3dfx were struggling to get games to support it. It required a 3D accelerator. No software rendering at all. I found it late, as games go, so couldn't ever find more than the demo. I wanted to play the full game, but could never find it.

I had that one on N64. I rather liked it, though everyone else seemed to agree that only the first level was any good (The Battle of Hoth) and the rest was mindless FPS action that wasn't up to Quake's standards.

It also had a "cinematic" camera feature that pulled the camera out so that it showed the action at all kinds of crazy angles, sort of like a cross between Resident Evil and God of War. It looked really cool. And it made it pretty much impossible to actually play the game.

I never sell my games anyway. :oops: I've still got Desert Strike PCCD somewhere if I look. :oops:

I never sell my games anyway. :oops: I've still got Desert Strike PCCD somewhere if I look. :oops:

I don't anymore, unless they're games I never bothered playing to begin with (such as a bunch of rubbish console games I'm selling on ebay at the moment!)

Nice!

I've got an Amiga version of that :)

'Twas the first game I ever bought. It was £9.

Wow... haven't games gotten pricy? ;)

I remember when Ultima VII cost $80 - and that was just for the first part. The second part was sold separately, and both parts had an expansion pack, also sold separately.

A lot of cartridge games on consoles were $70-80 as well, and a lot of FMV games like Under a Killing Moon were more expensive.

Games are actually cheaper now than they were, and mostly fall in price quicker. One of the few benefits of being more mainstream.

That's true actually. I just sold a bunch of N64 games on ebay, and the South Park game had a price tag of £64.99 on it! I certainly didn't pay that price, but it shows how expensive games were.

In retrospect though, the N64 did have some of the most expensive games ever on it because of the ridiculous decision to use cartridges.

In retrospect though, the N64 did have some of the most expensive games ever on it because of the ridiculous decision to use cartridges.

Nintendo thought it could do no wrong, if they kept carts the industry would accept it, as they were the industry leader. Sony did the same thing with the $600 PS3 and Blu-Ray... once these companies rule the roost for any amount of time, they act like they no longer need to follow industry trends or use previous strategies, they can just do whatever they want and consumers will follow.

Can't wait to see what BS Microsoft try in the future that gets people away from them.

[quote]Can't wait to see what BS Microsoft try in the future that gets people away from them.

Well considering the 360 is still considered "successful" despite the huge no. of rrods...

They'd have to do something tragic... like console DRM, charge for internet, charge for free mods, and charge developers for releasing patches via their services...

Oh wait....