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Post by Ari » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:49 pm

Question- What is your opinion of console homebrew? I know you said in one of your Zencasts (my word!) that you don't support software hacking, just the hardware. Did you just mean ISOs/ROMs or all homebrew software?
dj-spuddy wrote:Offcourse I know the Wii is not emulating the games (I think they're being ported) but would't this give people more reason to download Emulators.
Why would they spend the time and money to port games? They're not microsoft (game-to-game backwards compatibility on 360)! Emulation is wwwwaaaaayyyyyy easier. And if they don't bother making more powerful hardware, why would they bother porting games? (sorry, I had to get that in)
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Post by Turbo Tax 1.0 » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:08 pm

when are we gonna see a GCp from the man himself
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Post by CronoTriggerfan » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:10 pm

Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:when are we gonna see a GCp from the man himself
I second that one! :lol:

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Post by jedi knight » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:12 pm

question-How hard would you say it was to make your first portable?

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Post by Klefmung » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:49 pm

Have you ever played the atari 2600 game "Freeway?" If so, what are your opinions on it?
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Post by dj-spuddy » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:53 pm

Ari wrote:Question- What is your opinion of console homebrew? I know you said in one of your Zencasts (my word!) that you don't support software hacking, just the hardware. Did you just mean ISOs/ROMs or all homebrew software?
dj-spuddy wrote:Offcourse I know the Wii is not emulating the games (I think they're being ported) but would't this give people more reason to download Emulators.
Why would they spend the time and money to port games? They're not microsoft (game-to-game backwards compatibility on 360)! Emulation is wwwwaaaaayyyyyy easier. And if they don't bother making more powerful hardware, why would they bother porting games? (sorry, I had to get that in)
Fair Point. I just think that would be the way Nintendo would work. I hope they do port them though, Becuase then atleast you'd get new features like a online score board (ala 360) and other things. I'm sure not many people would pay again to play the exact same game. But maybe they would, For convineince.
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Post by Sparkfist » Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:38 pm

Squalid wrote:Question: Whats the best thing about Wisconsin?
I already know Ben's answer for that, first is the beer (if under 18 milk), colse second is the Midwest Classic Gaming [Convension].
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Post by ganonbanned » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:06 pm

Sparkfist wrote:
Squalid wrote:Question: Whats the best thing about Wisconsin?
I already know Ben's answer for that, first is the beer (if under 18 milk), colse second is the Midwest Classic Gaming [Convension].
kind of degrades the whole state that someone of my likings lives there :shock:

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Post by Extreme_Jesus » Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:48 pm

Do Fanboys really make up the majority of console/games sales?

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Post by Reploid Ayla » Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:18 pm

Will your next podcast be un-biased and informative?
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Post by benheck » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:50 pm

Ayla: No.

There's a lot of questions here so I'll collect them all later today and delete this topic to lock it. Jones and I will answer all questions during Podcast Episode 6.

So get in any last Q's within the next 3 or 4 hours!

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Post by paul4990 » Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:48 am

What did you think of the Sega Nomad?

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Post by *o* » Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:09 am

what console game have you enjoyed most over the years?
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Post by benheck » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:17 am

OK I have, sigh, 3 solid pages of questions for this new podcast. I may edit them down, but will try and give a short answer to each.

Topic closed til next time! Podcast should be up this coming Wednesday. (We record on Mondays)

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