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Submission + - What Do I Do with My Nintendo Gamecube? 2

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eldavojohn

on Saturday October 31, 2009 @11:46AM

eldavojohn writes: "I can't imagine I'm alone with this dilemma. I own a Wii and — for many years — a Gamecube. The Gamecube, while small, is taking up space in my storage bins and the other day I decided it was time to take it into a local game shop specializing in very old hardware. They would give me $16 for it IF I brought them a genuine Nintendo Gamecube controller. Now, my controllers are fully employed for use with my Wii as are my old Gamecube games (and yes, they all work flawlessly unlike other manufacturers' attempts at backwards compatibility). So I wondered what Slashdotters have done with their Gamecubes. I mean, there is some homebrew on it but wouldn't it work just as well on a Wii? I'm interested if anyone has had any luck with ScummVM or Linux but what do I do with it if I get Linux running on it? If it helps your imagination, I did splurge for the ethernet port add-on in college to play Phantasy Star Online with. Failing all else, I could use it as a testing platform for homebrew development which would keep potentially harmful code off my Wii. I'm more of a software guy than a hardware guy so who has any ideas or stories for Gamecube life after the advent of the Wii? Right now it's about one week away from being donated."

Comment move along (Score 1) 280

by HaymarketRiot on Monday June 22, 2009 @09:07AM (#28420495) Attached to: Siemens, Nokia Helped Provide Iran's Censoring Tech

People, in general, don't know or care enough about the situation in Iran to warrant any kind of significant response to this.

Submission + - Indie Dev Begins 100 Day Sit-In Against Nintendo (wordpress.com)

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HaymarketRiot

on Monday December 22, 2008 @04:57AM

HaymarketRiot writes: "Independent game developer Robert Pelloni has recently started a 100 day long sit-down protest against Nintendo. Despite filling all the requirements, Nintendo is refusing to grant Pelloni an officail Nintendo DS development license. Having spent years working on this game, Pelloni has barricaded himself inside his office and is protesting, via webcam, Nintendo's behavior."

Submission + - Germany Demands Changes to The Darkness (gamesindustry.biz) 1

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HaymarketRiot

on Friday June 29, 2007 @09:18PM

HaymarketRiot writes: "GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that German officials have demanded several changes to Take-Two's new dark shooter. 'Nazi symbols, a finishing move and several mechanics relating to "Darklings" have had to be removed in order to satisfy the board's demands. The finishing move — a CGI sequence showing a human heart being ripped out — must be replaced by a yellowish-green-fog "soul absorption" instead.' Are these warranted changes, or just another instance of authorities overstepping their bounds?"

Submission + - Brian Fargo Confirms Wasteland Successor (duckandcover.cx)

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HaymarketRiot

on Thursday June 28, 2007 @11:00AM

HaymarketRiot writes: "From Duck and Cover, Brian Fargo, the founder of Interplay, and producer of the original Wasteland, "I am indeed looking into bringing back the game that spawned the Fallout series. Stay tuned...." With all the buzz about Fallout 3, could Fargo's studio, inXile, steal the post-apocalyptic thunder?"

Submission + - The Scoop on Nintendo's Downloadable Content (newsweek.com)

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HaymarketRiot

on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @08:57AM

HaymarketRiot writes: "N'Gai Croal from Newsweek has given us a indirect confirmation and broad outline of Nintendo's plans for downloadable content. Unfortunately, we won't be seeing a finished product until 2008."

Submission + - Church of England Demands Cash from Sony (cnn.com)

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HaymarketRiot

on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @08:35AM

HaymarketRiot writes: "CNN reports today that the Church of England is seeking financial compensation from Sony for having used the Manchester Cathedral in their game, "Resistance: Fall of Man". The reason is not greed, the church claims, but because of the high amount of gun violence that occurs in the Manchester area."

Submission + - Exclusive Crysis Interview

Submitted by

Warbringer87

on Wednesday March 07, 2007 @01:19AM

Warbringer87 writes: "Crytek has given an exclusive interview to one of teams that modded Far Cry and that will be modding Crysis.

With Far Cry we didn't reinvent the wheel and that wasn't our intention at all, but with its paradisiacal graphics, the open and long-range gameplay that allowed nearly every possible tactic (from stealth to action gameplay) and the very smart AI we created something that will be kept in mind by many players out there. So yes, we can say that we achieved our goal so far and we even want to extend that in Crysis.
The coolest thing is how much Crytek is committed to helping out the modding community, to the point that they have released the pre-SDK to the team making the Obsidian Edge 2 mod."

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