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Old February 27th, 2003, 03:49 PM
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A game system in nothing without the games.

PS2 - They pay some of our bills Good game system but dated.
It needs a hard drive and faster graphics with greater detail for higher resolution TVs (or computer monitor).

XBOX - Microsoft NEED I SAY MORE???? Great hardware crippled by software.
Have you learned nothing about parasites? Kill it before it can burrow under your skin.

Nintendo Game Cube - Just OK for small kids.

Game Boy - It defines the handheld game market.
Game Boy dominated the market by having a large number of popular game titles and a lower cost of ownership (cheaper games and the batteries Lasted longer).
Cell Phones with games are seen as a growing competition now. How will Nintendo respond?

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Wardad, so did you need that address??

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Old February 27th, 2003, 06:58 PM
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Old February 27th, 2003, 09:18 PM
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Advise: Don't fart in front of your wife.

this could happen to you too:

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A man woke up every morning and passed gas. After about eight or nine years of marriage, his wife finally said, if you fart any more, you'll fart your guts out. The wife decided to put pig scraps in his pants so he would wake up scared, and not do it anymore. She put the scraps in his pants that night.

He woke up in the morning and went across the hall to the bathroom. Two long hours later, he came out and stated, honey, you were right about me farting my guts out BUT WITH THE GRACE OF THE DEAR LORD AND THESE TWO FINGERS. I GOT THEM BACK IN THERE.
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Wardad, got it. Thanks!

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Game Boy - It defines the handheld game market.
Game Boy dominated the market by having a large number of popular game titles and a lower cost of ownership (cheaper games and the batteries Lasted longer).
[rant]Personally I am pretty peeved at the Gameboy people right now. My ten year old son scrimped and saved his pennies for months cause he wanted a Gameboy, so he got an Advance. A bigger P.O.S. I have never seen produced by what is supposed to be a reputable company. I can't understand how anybody buys these things. Actually I do know. People are stupid like me and plunk their money down assuming since it's from Nintendo it will be useable and then Nintendo won't give you your money back and wont let the stores give you your money back if the box has been opened. Cause they know if they do they won't make a damn cent off these things.

The screen is absolutly not viewable unless you are in very bright light conditions, and then you get a glare from the reflection off the screen. The various add on lights are just a way to get another ten bucks form you and are just as worthless.

All the money they spent on the 32 bit processing and graphic power is useless without a freaking backlight Nintendo. So what if the batteries Last longer? Of course the batteries Last longer if you can only play the game for 30 minutes a day when the sunlight is the brightest.

Shame on them. Battery life shmatery life. Put a backlight in the damn thing and make the game take 4 AA's instead of 2. Why is that so hard to figure out?

Fortunatly there is a company that sells an aftermarket kit to add a backlight to the game. It's another 25 bucks, but since Nintendo won't give me my money back and the stupid game boy is useless without it I will buy it. I'll tell you this though if I had to buy the kit from Nitendo I'd sooner chop the damn thing up into little pieces and mail it to them postage due then give them another dime.[/rant]

Phew, I feel better.

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Geo,

Ouch.... That stinks.
At least in AZ, I have three days to take it back to the store and exchange it.

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Geo,
I can believe there are a few lemons. Maybe that will change if and when they start using our parts. I do not believe they make any money off the GameBoy unit, they do make money off the game titles.

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