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Consoles owned or will own

Original NES	8 votes - 47 %
SNES	7 votes - 41 %
N64	4 votes - 23 %
Gamecube	5 votes - 29 %
Sega Genesis	4 votes - 23 %
Sega Saturn	1 vote - 5 %
Dreamcast	3 votes - 17 %
Playstation	6 votes - 35 %
Playstation 2	7 votes - 41 %
XBOX	0 votes - 0 %
Wii	5 votes - 29 %
Playstation 3	2 votes - 11 %
WIPO	1 vote - 5 %
WIPO for some old console I'm too young to have had and hence don't know the name.	5 votes - 29 %

17 Total Votes

Wiiiiiiiiiiii!!! | 31 comments (31 topical, 0 hidden)

i myself by 256 (4.00 / 1) #1 Sun Nov 19, 2006 at 09:09:17 PM EST

just returned from an a++ rated session of wii tennis!
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: haven't messed with the sports disk by R343L (2.00 / 0) #3 Sun Nov 19, 2006 at 09:44:44 PM EST

Although it seemed for a while that it would be the only game I was going to have. :)
Rachael

"There will be time, there will be time / To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet." -- Eliot
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target by garlic (4.00 / 1) #2 Sun Nov 19, 2006 at 09:22:17 PM EST

target's where we went, but they had 111 and we were number 130 in line at 6:00 AM this morning so we just went home and decided we'll pick one up in a couple weeks.

maybe only a few days by R343L (2.00 / 0) #4 Sun Nov 19, 2006 at 09:46:36 PM EST

Nintendo has in the past arranged shipments so retailers get more pretty quick. And with thanksgiving coming up (and the all important shopping), that seems even more likely.

The local gamespot people didn't now when they were getting more consoles, but they were getting more games and controllers on monday and tuesday, so....

Rachael

"There will be time, there will be time / To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet." -- Eliot

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it looks like by garlic (2.00 / 0) #10 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 04:31:06 AM EST

the people who bought them to flip them should have lined up for a ps3. The wii's are selling on ebay for between 280 and 380, and about half of those didn't meet whatever reserve these guys set to begin with.

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Wiis by ucblockhead

(2.00 / 0) #16 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 06:44:26 AM EST

You'd have to be a fool to buy a Wii for resale. There's no particular shortages expected.
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: i figure this weekend by garlic (2.00 / 0) #17 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 07:22:15 AM EST

is about the only one where you can get away with it. I'm hoping I catch one of these fools with an auction without a reserve and I get it for less than retail.
that's not working out yet, the cheapest I've seen so far has been 275, with the average somewhere around 330 or so.

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WIPO: Atari 2600 by miker2 (4.00 / 1) #5 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 02:03:33 AM EST

We had one of those and an original Nintendo when I was a kid.

I stil have working 8-bit Nintendo that I use quite frequently.

: I really need to fix mine by R343L (2.00 / 0) #13 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 05:38:29 AM EST

It sits in a box with the leads worn down (I think that's all it would take to fix it given that it turns on and sometimes plays games after much blowing). But the wii now tempts me to pay $5 for old games and not have to bother. :(
Rachael

"There will be time, there will be time / To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet." -- Eliot
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WIPO: (I'm too old to remember the name) by wumpus

(4.00 / 1) #6 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 02:13:25 AM EST

Pong. This was some sort of pong knock-off that allowed four-player play. Included most of the basic pong games (pong, hockey, jai lai, practice). Switched to computer games with the atari 400 and never went back.

Wumpus
The new consoles tempt me. Largely out of frustration with windows/directx.

: Damnit! by Cloaked User (4.00 / 1) #7 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 03:28:09 AM EST

Now that you mention it, I remember we had some sort of early pong-like console too. That's about all I can remember about it though - looks like I'm too young to remember it..!

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WIPO by ucblockhead

(4.00 / 1) #8 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 04:15:18 AM EST

\m/ PC Gamer Forever!! \m/

Now excuse me, I'm off to my second job so I can afford a new GeForce 8800.
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second jobs for you and the PS3 owners by R343L (2.00 / 0) #11 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 05:28:50 AM EST

Since the PS3 costs $500 minimum and they're sure to "obsolete" it in a couple years, the PS3 is getting crazy expensive. One could easily spend $800-900 on PS3 (with extra controllers, and games) right away (2-3 extra controllers, 2-3 games plus tax). You can't buy a new (gaming) computer for that, but you could easily upgrade one. :)

Rachael

"There will be time, there will be time / To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet." -- Eliot

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Sadly by ucblockhead

(2.00 / 0) #15 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 06:40:37 AM EST

To upgrade my current game machine, I need a new motherboard/CPU (Core 2 duo) new graphics card and new memory. I'd probably also want to get a new RAID 0 setup. I think I can save the case, though.
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That's the situation we're in by skippy (2.00 / 0) #19 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 09:13:52 AM EST

My wife and I both play computer games, but our machines are previous-era, mid-to-low spec at the time. Nearly everything would have to go: motherboard, CPU, RAM, videocard. Heck, we'd probably need new powersupplies. About the only things we could keep would be the drives and the case. At about $500/machine (and that's pretty budget right there), it's a LOT cheaper to just buy a Wii, spare controllers, a new wireless router, and a bunch of games.

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Yeah by ucblockhead

(2.00 / 0) #22 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 11:19:21 AM EST

Unfortunately, I tend to like PC games better.
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There have been by skippy (2.00 / 0) #23 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 11:48:29 AM EST

a number of GC games that I missed out on this last generation, but I couldn't justify buying one because I already had a PC with enough games. I tend to enjoy PC games quite a bit, but having not owned a console since the Sega Genesis, I imagine that having any console will be quite the novelty.

This way, I can also play games in the living room, while bunnies cavort across the carpet and frolic at my feet.

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: Consoles by ucblockhead (2.00 / 0) #24 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 12:27:39 PM EST

I did get a PSP, and I do enjoy the novelty, but no games for that have the depth of my favorite PC games (things like Civ4, Rise of Nations, Counterstrike etc.) I also find FPS-type games hard to control without a full keyboard.
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Nintedo Game & Watch by stark (4.00 / 1) #9 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 04:22:47 AM EST

Specifically saving people jumping from a burning building.

Since then: a DS, which I rather enjoy.

Am very tempted to buy a Wii next year when things have settled down a bit. Actually, that's a lie. Very tempted to buy one in December when they arrive in EU, but my rational brain is overriding me for the moment...
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: kind of left out the handhelds by R343L (2.00 / 0) #12 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 05:35:22 AM EST

Oh well.
As for the wii: Muhahahahaha. When there's a new news story about "OMG Zelda is sooo coool!!!!!", your rational brain well lose.
This is of course assuming you give a flying monkey for zelda games.
Rachael

"There will be time, there will be time / To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet." -- Eliot
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You are such a Wii-nii by theboz (2.00 / 0) #14 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 06:14:00 AM EST

Let us know how the games are. I'm considering buying one as well, but I'd be more interested in Wii Sports (particularly golf and boxing) and Super Monkey Ball.

This is strange as normally I would have preferred a PS3, but I don't have time anymore for all the long drawn out games that require learning how to play via tutorials. Lately, I've mostly used my PS2 as a SNES emulator for Super Mario World, Actraiser, Final Fight, and Chrono Trigger.
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: nii-niir (wii-spelling of neener) by R343L (4.00 / 1) #18 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 08:06:14 AM EST

Haven't touched wii sports yet. Sports games were never my thing.
Excepting Zelda, I'm pretty much limited to games I can just pick up and play. Level-based games or "party" games, etc. After playing some of the party games on SMB, I'm thinking that when they put out a Mario Party it out to be pretty fun.
Rachael

"There will be time, there will be time / To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet." -- Eliot
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I've never owned a console by The Fool (2.00 / 0) #20 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 09:54:19 AM EST

Probably has something to do with my parents' refusal to buy me an Atari 2600. They got me a TI99/4A instead, which was far superior as a gaming platform, and also had a built-in BASIC interpreter.

This made gaming MUCH easier than typing source code from BYTE magazine into my Sinclair ZX-80 (and saving it to audio cassette).

i had some kind of game / programmy thing by R343L (2.00 / 0) #26 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 05:37:20 PM EST

When I was like 5 or 6. But it was mostly my Dad's. Some Tandy/RadioShack thing that we put BASIC programs on (or played cartridge games). I have no idea what it was called.

Rachael

"There will be time, there will be time / To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet." -- Eliot

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My guess: by The Fool (2.00 / 0) #29 Tue Nov 21, 2006 at 06:33:17 AM EST

TRS-80, fondly known as the "Trash-80" to its owners. Yeah, I got one of those, eventually, as well. But no good games. I spent all my games money on the TI.

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: Next guess by wumpus (2.00 / 0) #31 Sat Nov 25, 2006 at 03:55:01 AM EST

CoCo (Color computer). I doubt the TRS-80s had cartridge slots (but didn't have one to be sure). If it connected to a TV or had color (and came from a Radio Shack) it was a CoCo.
Wumpus

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You forgot none of the above. by Tonatiuh (2.00 / 0) #21 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 11:12:35 AM EST

How undemocratic is that?

this is not a democracy (nt) by R343L (2.00 / 0) #27 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 05:38:13 PM EST

Course, I'm not in charge either.

"There will be time, there will be time / To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet." -- Eliot

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: The terrorists have won! by Tonatiuh (2.00 / 0) #30 Tue Nov 21, 2006 at 03:28:50 PM EST

Really.

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None in Austin by blixco (2.00 / 0) #25 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 05:33:08 PM EST

unless you liked lines. Austin was one of Nintendos "premier party" cities, so there was a lot of knowledge. Even Sears had a line at 7am, apparently.

I'll wait a month or so...or less, as the guy at Sears (I was there to buy compressor parts and, if they had one, a Wii) indicated they'd get a hundred or so in in the next couple of weeks.

I'm really looking forward to it. Especially once they port Animal Crossing to it.
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: sucks by R343L (4.00 / 1) #28 Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 05:39:02 PM EST

But then, my fears of lines from way to early was why I pre-ordered (and of course had to stand in a line for that, too).
Rachael

"There will be time, there will be time / To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet." -- Eliot
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