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Anyone here bringing a game system to college...I was thinking about Xbox...Top Spin is one awesome game...but then that Jet Li game for PS2 looks awesome as well.

By Inopa (Inopa) on Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 12:03 am: Edit

Halo is a must...link play is unstoppable on that, Crimson Skies, or Ghost Recon Island Thunder... do you have LIVE? Dang that is tight u should...I will bring my 'cube as well with double dash for some LAN fun... haha just thinking do more than like 30% of the people on this site get our terminology? how many of you guys "game" ? In my opinion, it has helped relax me, get my valedictorianship and ace all honor/AP classes. for sure ill bring em.

By Excusememixed (Excusememixed) on Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 12:05 am: Edit

I'm not a serious gamer. I have a PS2, but I haven't had much time playing this year. The last game I beat was Max Payne...lol.

By Inopa (Inopa) on Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 12:17 am: Edit

Lol i just beat Max Payne 2 the film noir love one...bullet time is great in that...

To think, i play a lot of games, IMO, which is like 4 hrs a week... not A LOT but more than the zero all other smart, ambitious people do. hehe well eh its been proven that it increased hand eye coordination so its cool...good for sports...

Another question...anybody who is my level gamer with a few hours a week, buys and gets into the good games, likes most genres,... have any of you gotten into any ivy leagues or really good schools?

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 12:55 am: Edit

is gaming popular in top schools even? thats pretty awesome. I would bring a system, but I'm not planning on bringing a tv so unless I somehow know beforehand if my dorm buddy has one, I'm not bringing one.

By Terpfan101 (Terpfan101) on Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 06:27 pm: Edit

my cousin is at umd cp and has an xbox and a tv in his room to share with his roommate (a friend) he uses the xbox as a dvd player as well.

By Draqon (Draqon) on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 02:08 am: Edit

Halo owns all when you link xboxs. I was playing it at my friends house with two xbox with 8 people its so fun!!!!

By Clickspring (Clickspring) on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 03:05 pm: Edit

i love having my SNES in my dorm

By Calkidd (Calkidd) on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 03:10 pm: Edit

The truly hardcore gamer can download Nesticle or similar emulator programs and play old school NES games on the computer.

By Excusememixed (Excusememixed) on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 06:34 pm: Edit

I have a sega emulator on my comp. (Sonic!) But, I've found that an NES emulator along with roms are more convenient. Download twice as many, and take up so little space.

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 10:15 pm: Edit

Meh, I have all the Emulators (snes, nes, genesis, ps1...) and the whole load of illegal stuff like Roms, etc.

By Inopa (Inopa) on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 06:49 pm: Edit

why are the oldschool games popular? new ones that are linkable or online are incredible with their awesome graphics, mindblowing action and perfect control...only duck hunt can beat them...

By Excusememixed (Excusememixed) on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 07:39 pm: Edit

It's their sentimental value. At least for me, it brings back memories.

By Abz1986 (Abz1986) on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 09:18 pm: Edit

I have an N64 I don't even play anymore

haha should I bring it?

By Gammon (Gammon) on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 09:29 pm: Edit

"why are the oldschool games popular? new ones that are linkable or online are incredible with their awesome graphics, mindblowing action and perfect control...only duck hunt can beat them... "

Because some games are just fun regardless of graphics. And some are fun simply because of crappy graphics. Good for a laugh sometimes.

Super Mario RPG, Street Fighter II Turbo, GoldenEye...games that will never die, among many others.

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 10:08 pm: Edit

well, old school games ARE better than new games, in every aspect except graphics (duh) and muliplayer capabilities for some games. If you're going to play in college, you want to get damn good multiplayer games and unless you want to bring your n64 (for goldeneye or perfect dark), you need a next-gen system.

By Inopa (Inopa) on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 - 08:35 pm: Edit

are next gen systems popular at most top schools then? and outside the "nerds" i mean in relatively popular circles? like at my HS the basketballers, AP students and swimmers, as well as some footballers got together some weekends in groups 20+ to play link...good old days

By Cally (Cally) on Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 12:47 am: Edit

where do u guys download your emulators and roms? Any PG sites?

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 01:28 am: Edit

just do a google search. Not that hard to find. And I'm assuming that posting these would be okay seeing as how emulators ARE legal, whereas ROMS or not. Do a google search for "Zsnes" (best snes emulator).

By Calkidd (Calkidd) on Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 02:17 am: Edit

U can't really list sites because the links die very often. I guess part of the fun of emulators is searching for the ROMs and the emulators. I must have spent upwards of 15 hours looking (unsuccessfully) for the english translation file for Final Fantasy 3 (for Famicon/Japanese Nintendo).

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 03:37 am: Edit

is there one? I had a partially translated patch for it about a year back. Never could find a full english one.

By Allena (Allena) on Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 12:35 pm: Edit

As far as bringing a gaming system, I can almost promise you that you'll never be playing games alone. Bring some fun multiplayer games, and you'll be set...

If you want to have fun and stay cheap, go to Ebay and buy a 64, and a copy of Perfect Dark. Keep in mind that that game has several of the Goldeneye levals in it.

:-) Nothing more fun then shooting your friends on the TV!

By Inopa (Inopa) on Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 10:29 pm: Edit

already got PD and love it...ah elvis and joanna...but next gens are cool at Ivies and top schools right?

By Gabushida (Gabushida) on Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 10:46 pm: Edit

Im thinking the Internet compatibility would make PS2/XBOX more noticable in college, but Gamecube has some AWESOME games, especially in the multiplayer end. Super Smash Brothers Melee and Super Monkey Ball are EXTREMELY fun when you get 4 people to play.

By Inopa (Inopa) on Monday, April 26, 2004 - 06:38 pm: Edit

where u going to school tho?

By Gabushida (Gabushida) on Monday, April 26, 2004 - 10:49 pm: Edit

Cornell

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Monday, April 26, 2004 - 10:52 pm: Edit

UCSD here

By Haithman (Haithman) on Monday, April 26, 2004 - 11:57 pm: Edit

I wonder if any people at HYP like Madden or Fifa. If so, my dorm is gonna be ass woopin central...

By Perintastic (Perintastic) on Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 11:06 am: Edit

i still have a working genesis that i play sonic 2 on whenever i can (which is a lot).

i'm not bringing it to college though. i'd never get anything done.

By Sabinscabin (Sabinscabin) on Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 10:39 pm: Edit

wait is ff3 nes still copyrighted?

cuz I have a completely translated version

By Calkidd (Calkidd) on Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 11:57 pm: Edit

Holy $!%?! Where'd u find translated FF3 NES?!

By Excusememixed (Excusememixed) on Monday, May 10, 2004 - 12:21 am: Edit

My Sega Genesis keeps turning on/off. Red light flash...red light gone...lol. I even had that six button controller. I don't know if any of you remember it, but it had ABC XYZ. That broke for some reason. My Nintendo smokes for some reason...but I still have the games. My PSOne has been laid to rest.

By Gabushida (Gabushida) on Monday, May 10, 2004 - 05:40 pm: Edit

My NES works when it wants to :b

And yeah, I def. remember that controller. Even better, know the Nomad? I have one of those :b

By 08pride (08pride) on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 12:55 am: Edit

Im bringing my XBOX and PS2 to Stanford.

By Sovereign (Sovereign) on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 02:35 am: Edit

Here...

www.xbox-scene.com

The xbox can do the following things:

Watch .avi .mpeg .mov etc. video files on the TV screen

Play emulators for SNES, N64, PSX, MAME, NES, Gameboy , etc.

Play xbox games (and you can store them onto the harddrive)

Load Linux onto your xbox and you have a new computer that would be good to host a website or host a lan party (counter strike server)

Did I mention you can save xbox games DIRECTLY onto the harddrive?

Oh ya, it's only $130 used.

By Maryville (Maryville) on Sunday, July 11, 2004 - 05:46 am: Edit

Bringing my XBox. However, I need to get multiplayer games like Halo and learn how to connect to online play. Can anyone help me out on that?

By Thuff30 (Thuff30) on Sunday, July 11, 2004 - 10:00 am: Edit

X-Box is overrated. Halo is a VERY generic First Person Shooter (besides vehicles, which aren't that impressive). Its highly over-rated and the only thing that keep M$ from losing more money on it is the ego factor of "I have my power in my console, so I must have a bigger •••••."

By Ejpowers87 (Ejpowers87) on Sunday, July 11, 2004 - 07:02 pm: Edit

XBOX and PS2 are both really good, but XBOX may be better because you can system link. Don't use a cube though because they don't have online play.

By Wonduhbread (Wonduhbread) on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 01:03 am: Edit

i won an xbox at my diabetes camp, so i am mos def going to take it to northwestern with me. even if i only have tetris worlds so far

By Welshie (Welshie) on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 02:40 am: Edit

I'm personally bringing my PS2 and Gamecube (and computer). As per a TV, I have a small one I might as well bring. I have no clue who my roommate is (or if I even have one) so I'm not sure what the situation will be with him. I don't have an X-box as of now but I can say that 16-man Halo is a joy. As of right now, RPGs are my niche and I'm especially getting excited about Tales of Symphonia (for Gamecube).

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 03:26 am: Edit

Who cares about online play? If I care about online gaming, I'll play PC games. I'm just bringing the Cube due to its AWESOME multiplayer games (Mario Kart, Smash Bros, etc) and the fact that its actually starting to come out with good games (Tales of Symphonia). I'm leaving the PS2 at home. Looks like my days as a hardcore RPG gamer is now limited to Morrowind on my laptop, which is not disappointing in the least.

By Welshie (Welshie) on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 04:25 am: Edit

Amen brotha. Online gaming, although a nice feature, doesn't really appeal to me, especially on consoles. The joy of 16-man Halo is the ability to taunt your buddies face-to-face. With online play, that ability just isn't there.

Jason817-- Just out of curiosity, have you pre-ordered Tales of Symphonia? I know I have . Also, about PS2, if I were you I'd definitely take a gander at Star Ocean 3 (comes out at the end of August)-- after ToS, this is definitely going to occupy my time up in college.

By Subtrunks (Subtrunks) on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 06:23 am: Edit

I'am brining my xbox to amherst. Also my future lap top. thats about it.

By Muppetcoat (Muppetcoat) on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 08:15 am: Edit

I've found that the best social aid to college is to bring an old school, original NES. It's not a game system unless you have to smack it around and blow into it to make it work! Plus, the boys drool over it. Nothing's better that Duckhunt at 3AM

Actually... in my apt this year, we have an NES, 3 N64s & a Game Cube... No PS2, but at least we have a DVD player.

By Thuff30 (Thuff30) on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:00 am: Edit

Welshie, I'm very excited about Tales as well. I'm picking it up tomorrow.

Baten Kaitos looks like its going to be great as well, a lot is coming out in November.

I assume you've played Skies of Arcadia: Legends for GCN, if not check it out!

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:29 am: Edit

I have preordered Tales and I cant wait to pick it up. Can't wait. I hope its as good as their last awesome RPG, Skies of Arcadia. And yes, I am DEFINATELY getting Star Ocean 3. Its my most awaited game this year.

By Maryville (Maryville) on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 02:07 pm: Edit

I'll need to buy Halo, NCAA football 2005 and Madden to fulfill my gaming needs....


I'd like to start a football gaming tournament for $$$ during the weekends.

By Welshie (Welshie) on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 03:06 pm: Edit

I haven't played Skies of Arcadia yet but I might get it for my birthday (the 17th). As per Baten Kaitos, I was initially unexcited about it (REALLY turned off by any mention of cards) but looking more into it, I've come to understand the "card" system is just a replacement of menus so I should be able to stomach it. Anywho, EB Games better have my copy (and artbook hopefully) waiting for me tomorrow or there will be Hell to pay.

By Welshie (Welshie) on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 12:15 am: Edit

Ok, Tales of Symphonia is bloody good. I've already clocked 5 hours on it today and will be playing a lot more tonight. That battle system is crazy good and the voice acting is a huge plus (very well done).

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 01:04 am: Edit

what's the battle system like? Turn based like the FF games or more action/RPG oriented like Dark Cloud or Kingdom Hearts?

By Welshie (Welshie) on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 03:43 am: Edit

It's almost like Super Smash Brothers. You are on a 3-D battlefield but are targetted to one enemy. When you are targeting the one enemy, you move on a 2-D plane (toward the enemy, away from the enemy and jump-- just like SSB). In addition, you have regular attacks (A) that cost not TP (Technical Points [just like MP]) and then you have Techs that are triggered with B. However, to add flair, different techs can be toggled to different combination of directions and B (Left + B, for example)-- just like Super Smash Brothers. The fighting is completely real-time with the only presence of a menu when you bring it up to use an item (Y). Lastly, as far as battles go, you can also guard with X which is a nifty, and necessary, feature. On paper the game must seem really complicated (and it is in the beginning) but after a while it is awesome, fluid, natural and, most importantly, killer fun.

By Thuff30 (Thuff30) on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 10:48 am: Edit

Yeah, its pretty complex as well. I'm about 4 hours in and its a lot of fun so far.

There's so much this year to buy.

I wish the skits were voice-acted, I think those would've been the best use of voice-acting for the game.

[The reason that so many great 'Cube games don't sell is retail stores (GameStop, EB Games) don't advertise at all for them. When I went to pick up Tales yesterday, the two behind the counter didn't even know what it was, yet they were pushing Halo 2, NCAA Football, etc like they were the second coming. With only internet ads for Tales, its destined to not break 300k in sales here. It only sold about 350k in Japan and for such a big RPG, in a well-renowned series, 650k just doesn't cut it. I hope Namco doesn't think twice about changing Baten Kaitos' 'Cube exclusivity.]

By Welshie (Welshie) on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 02:16 pm: Edit

I ended up clocking in 7 hours yesterday and the more I play the cooler battles get (more advanced techs, etc). About selling, I went to my EB Games right when it opened (they were calling those that pre-ordered and stocking the shelves) but when I came in to "pick up a pre-order" they automatically knew I was talking about Tales of Symphonia (too bad they didn't have any artbooks and didn't know what the heck I was talking about). I do hope it sells well-- I'd love for Namco to keep producing RPGs for the Cube.

By Jersey220 (Jersey220) on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 08:12 pm: Edit

I'm bringing my X-Box with me to Maryland. I got NCAA 2005 and it's gameplay is not great. It's too slow and the passing game sucks. Everything else is amazing, and it's a fun game, single or multiplayer. It is now on X-Box live, too. I'll probably only bring a couple of my games (I don't have too many to begin with). Probably NCAA 2005, Need for Speed: Underground, NCAA Basketball 2k4, Halo, Tiger Woods 2003 (Awesome Game), Fusion Frenzy, and I'm probably gonna get Fifa 2005 and maybe a Rainbow Six or Ghost Recon type game. All at least decent for multiplayer.

By Maryville (Maryville) on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 10:08 pm: Edit

What's wrong with the gameplay? I plan to get NCAA football 2005.

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 11:06 pm: Edit

ewww...sports games

By Roh (Roh) on Friday, July 16, 2004 - 12:09 am: Edit

i'm only bringing my pc games.
(gta3, gtavc, max payne, max payne 2, medal of honor, call of duty, nfs underground)
and old school SNES games! =)

woot!

By Maryville (Maryville) on Friday, July 16, 2004 - 12:14 am: Edit

What's wrong with sports games, Jason? Are you not a sportsfan?


I'd like to get Halo 1/2 and a few other multi player action games.

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Friday, July 16, 2004 - 02:11 am: Edit

no actually I'm not. Nonetheless, sports games are easily the worst type of games. They get boring so fast. The only good one was NBA Jam Tournament edition that was on the Snes back in 95(?).

By Astro85 (Astro85) on Friday, July 16, 2004 - 02:29 am: Edit

RPGs bore me. Give me NFL2k5!

By Welshie (Welshie) on Friday, July 16, 2004 - 05:06 am: Edit

Tales of Symphonia is a good blend of real-time action, turn-based strategy and story-rich goodness. It seriously is one of the better games I've ever played.

By Mrbesch (Mrbesch) on Friday, July 16, 2004 - 01:40 pm: Edit

PC rules all consoles.

By Imahoya (Imahoya) on Friday, July 16, 2004 - 03:16 pm: Edit

" I've found that the best social aid to college is to bring an old school, original NES. It's not a game system unless you have to smack it around and blow into it to make it work! Plus, the boys drool over it. Nothing's better that Duckhunt at 3AM "


AMEN TO THAT.