NEXT GEN CONSOLES

[Purple Monkey]

Played Mario Kart 64 on the VC last night. Man, that game really has not aged as well as I thought it did. One strange thing on the Virtual Console version is that some of the graphics don't "work".

There's a lot of pop-in and fog which I don't remember through my rose-tinted glasses, but in this day of being spoilled with graphics it was a total shock to see the item boxes pop in from 20 feet away. Also, on Luigi Circuit, the big TV above the track which, on the N64, was animated to show the action on track, doesn't work, it's frozen with a render of the starting line (I'd assume the script to run that animation just refuses to emulate). Also, the way the N64 blurred everything in sight helped the fact the characters and other 2D elements looked like shit. On the Wii they're crisp, and they look even worse.

These sorts of games really need to be played on the lo-res TV's they were built for because they look like absolute turd on a big screen, with the only possible exception being the original Super Mario Bros. which somehow benefits from a clearer display and it looks even more like a retro work of art, with the giant pixels perfectly renderred with clean brightness. NES games somehow look better while N64 games look like poop.

After playing the DS Mario Kart for so long, the 64 one was rather shit in comparison in the gameplay department.

ARGH I want the Wii version so badly!

Edited April 2, 2008 by Purple Monkey

[Lithium05]

ARGH I want the Wii version so badly!

[modey]

New COD4 Maps!! Woo hoo, any link??

[minute5072]

I usually get into them on my first play which would usually be a couple of hours at least. After that though I struggle to find the drive to even put the game on again. Seems to be the case with most games at the moment for some reason.

[windy_miller]

Leaked GTA IV map here

http://kotaku.com/372415/gta-iv-street-map-leaked

I pre-ordered my copy t'other day. I really am quite excited by it and the multiplayer sounds pretty cool too. I may have to renew my Gold membership for it.

[Steako]

They are not out until friday: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/callofdu...tml?sid=6187656

Edited April 2, 2008 by Steako

[t8yman]

Just read this. Looks like the COD4 maps will be a week late.

[Huevos y Bacon]

Anyone else playing GT 5 Prologue? Did you manage to get past the 'overtake all 15 cars in one lap' thingy in B class and if so, how?

[dockie2]

Anyone else playing GT 5 Prologue? Did you manage to get past the 'overtake all 15 cars in one lap' thingy in B class and if so, how?

[steveo]

Anyone else playing GT 5 Prologue? Did you manage to get past the 'overtake all 15 cars in one lap' thingy in B class and if so, how?

[Huevos y Bacon]

if its the b class one in the honda integra then you need to do a lot of drafting

plus at the very end try taking the pit lane bit its slightly quicker that the full coner and gave me the edge to pip fist by about a 1/10 second

[dockie2]

Erm, what's drafting?

[steveo]

tailgating as much as possible get behind every car you can and you can slingshot past them

[dan666]

3 new Halo maps out April 15th.. They look brill.

[Huevos y Bacon]

yeah what he said

with out doing that youve got no chance... gives to significant speed boost when doen correctly and you can get past a few cars quickly

[Paul ™]

Mario Kart Wii US Site

[dockie2]

Still can't do it. I miss the option to make it piss easy by making the car twice as fast as all the others.

[Steako]

forunately, you are a bit wrong steako. thank god

maps more or less definitely coming late tonight/early tomorrow

I cant f**king wait.

[Huevos y Bacon]

i just made it onto the A Class events last night and its fooking tough... not getting anywhere near the front

[Greeny_Musicchild]

just got my new Samsung HDTV...going out to get my PS3....happy days...

[Purple Monkey]

Woah, Wii version of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 in "not shit" shocker.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=130163

[Paul ™]

Woah, Wii version of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 in "not shit" shocker.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=130163

[steveo]

Looks like GT5 could finally be ready to incorporate damage as well now

which is long over due, could even come to prolouge in a patch

GT5 Damage !

[Purple Monkey]

Looks like GT5 could finally be ready to incorporate damage as well now

which is long over due, could even come to prolouge in a patch

GT5 Damage !

[Huevos y Bacon]

At long last...........

I might actually be intersted now, providing it removes wall-riding and actually makes a real difference to how the cars interact.