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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2194/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Tie between Rainbow Road and Cheese Land. Though my favourite course for seriously racing on is Ribbon Road because I simply do NOT lose. There's a huge shortcut. Slow down at the turn just before the first jump (let the AI pass you if need be), and line up with the zipper. Hit the zipper, hit the jump and pull hard to the right, and you'll land about 3/4 through the track. (Though if you turn too hard you just fall off.  ) You can also turn left; it's more fun because when you land, you have to pull a 180 and hit another jump, but that takes longer. |
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<||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2196/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours
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HAPPY BERTDAY! |
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<||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2197/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours
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I'd just like to know why it's so goddamn hard to make an appliance of some sort with a timer that ACTUALLY KEEPS TIME. I am so sick of setting my TV or stereo to turn on at a certain time only to have it happen half an hour later than it should. (Just lucky today's Inuyasha was a re-run, or I'd be throwing that stupid TV out the window. |
 Come to think of it, I think I have that one on DVD. ) We can make alarm clocks that work, why not just stick them in the damn things?
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<||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2198/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours
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Looks much better. Though it'd be better still if the window was a lighter shade of blue and moved up/right a bit. |
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<||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2201/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours
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Here's a better idea. Instead of having the top xx sites block them, just block the top xx sites, because they're all worthless. Then block all the ROM sites for the same reason. |
It's a cold day in hell that I come to a ROM site and don't see the same BS. 1) "Click all 643457536342 'vote' buttons to enter" 2) I look at the source code, it's the EXACT SAME JAVASCRIPT copied from all the other sites. Sometimes, the geniuses don't even change the code, so all the votes get registered for whatever site they copied from. 3) I enter ROMs directory, without voting. One of the following happens: -I find the system I want, bypass another script, find the game I want, bypass another script, and download it. -I find the system I want, click it, and voila, back at the main page. -I end up back at the main page. -I download it, and it's an empty zip or a zip with an EXE inside. (And yes, in all of these cases I've verified that it was not the result of a protection script designed to catch me bypassing their voting thing. In most cases I'm amazed they knew how to make hyperlinks, let alone copy and paste script code.) 4) If they actually have the ROM, I make a note of how I bypassed the script (*cough*index2.html*cough*) and post it somewhere. This has happened a grand total of zero times. There is one nice site, though. It's like an entire nation full of ROMs. *cough* They have one of those "your rom won't work unless you vote" things. I just download it without voting and it works.  Dunno if their script broke or they're just BSing, but either way. (Of course, I wouldn't dream of going there at anything less than full security - Mozilla with Proximitron with a LOT of filters turned on. I wonder how much spyware I'd get?)There was also ONE site that, despite its horrible layout, actually had a decent script. Took a bit of work to get around, but in the end all I ended up having to do was hack their script (*insert Proxomitron plug here*) to grab the proper referrer URL. Of course they only had like 28 files, not all of them ROMs, but they had what I was after. I forget what that even was. (edited by HyperHacker on 11-30-04 02:05 PM)
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<||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2202/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours
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Thanks, that helps a lot. Now if you just so happened to know what message, and how they send it... |
(Do they look for a special window, send it to all the windows, etc?)
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<||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2203/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours
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Yeah, that shouldn't be a problem. For a hook though, I was hoping somewhere further in. The AR/GS hook right at the beginning of the ROM (or close to it), because they have to be able to get their code in before any protection routines. In this case, however, I'd like my code to be as small as possible, which means it would be best to hook at a point where the game is running and preferrably displaying something, because by then the hardware is all initialized and I don't have to do it myself. |
(For example, in G/S I hook the intro code, so it appears after the first 2 screens. Then there's absolutely no intializing to do, except for sound (even though it refuses to work), for which I just kill the sound init routines. Plus I can skip the intro and actually play the game, hehe.)
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<||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2204/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours
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My school had a bear scare once. |
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<||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2205/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours
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Cell phones == expensive. |
 My VCR can do that but you need to use one of them stupid cable boxes, so there's not much point to it. Sometime I should try to build a VCR into something that can be computer-controlled, so it'd be like having a big external VHS drive. Then get a DVD player, TV tuner, and tape drive, and I'll be able to play just about any media on the computer. Muahaha.For now I should set up some kinda alarm. Problem is my alarm clock is already set for another show, my watch (which I don't even wear because the crappy cheap band broke) is set for Inuyasha on Fridays (different time, and new episodes), my TV's clock apparently doesn't work, and my stereo's SUCKS - not only does it lose time both forward and backward, but occasionally it decides to just ignore it altogether. And when it does turn on, the volume level is completely randomized and sometimes it starts up in a different mode (like trying to play a tape instead of a CD). Entirely useless. I'm running out of alarms! (My mom wakes me up, and if that doesn't work the cat finishes the job.  )
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<||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2206/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours
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I'm going to assume this is for the Zelda Oracle games? |
Anyway, sounds like a crazy combination of two different types of LZ77 compression. One type, which I often refer to as MIO0 (since the first time I saw it was in N64 games, which have that in the compression header), has 3 elements. Raw data, compressed data, and bit flags. For each byte, if the flag is a 1, it reads a length/position pair from the compressed data, and outputs the raw data. (Ex: Length = 4, position = 2, means output 4 bytes from raw data starting at #2.) If the flag is a zero, it simply outputs a byte from the raw data. (Of course, these can be reversed.) The second type is the more traditional LZ77 seen in GBA games, in which the raw and compressed data are mixed together. It simply copies the raw data, but if it finds a certain byte, that means there's a length/position pair after it. (Though this means you have to do extra coding to be able to use that byte.) Now what it sounds like this game is doing is mixing those methods together. The raw and compressed data are mixed, but all of it is considered compressed. If the flag bit is a 1, it's assumed that whatever is at the current position is a length/position pair, otherwise it's a single tile number. (I assume that for the actual LZ77 part, it uses the already-decompressed data as the raw data. It doesn't make a lot of sense to reference forward anyway. A lot of normal LZ77 implementations do this too.))So I hope that makes it even clearer (not that your post was unclear, but best to have as much info from as many sources as possible) for anyone who intends to work on this. (The only thing I don't get is only having one flag byte.  )
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<||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2207/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours
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Gamecube is my favourite. I also have a PS2 (I wasn't really expecting it, just got it for Christmas |
), which I only have a few boring games for and hence never use, but still enjoy having around for the DVD playing and potential of actually finding some good games for it. (I know there's plenty, just nobody has them around here. ) And I'm not a big Xbox fan but I'd buy one for 50 bucks or so. Even if it is just a computer in a heavy box, it does have some nice features like custom soundtracks and those special connectors on the controllers that come out instead of the cord breaking. (Of course, Nintendo's just plain don't break, but this is M$. ) There's just not enough games that I care about. Shooters and beach volleyball pretty much make up its library. (And yes, I do hate the controller, but I generally don't mention that since you can get better ones.)Initially, I wouldn't have touched a PS2 or Xbox due to hardware issues and lack of decent games, but both have mostly fixed that up. There's more good games and you rarely hear of PS2s burning out or Xboxes overheating anymore. Still, Gamecube has the best games IMO, which is what counts.Originally posted by Cheveyo Chowilawu I hear you there. They made some good games but also got a lot of dumb ideas. Hey, let's take the BEST GAME OF THE YEAR and completely change its looks, physics, and plot. With two games. Don't get me wrong, Wind Waker was kinda nice (the graphics kinda sucked but the special effects and music were actually really cool), but it was so frustrating! And Mario Sunshine just sucked, then add the fact that controlling Mario was like trying to make a sharp turn in a loaded semi on an icy road. You have to rotate the joystick just right to spin-jump, what genius thought of that?
 ...Oh wait, you weren't kidding. Nintendo may not be able to do a lot on their own, but what they can do kicks every ass combined, when they're not experimenting with crazy changes to things that didn't need changing. There's also plenty of third-party support. (And why shouldn't there be, with such a good anti-piracy system? No piracy == no money lost. Not that it'd be that significant, but they're always pinching the pennies.  ) The only problem is the huge lack of mature games. I'm not saying games with a < M rating suck. Indeed, I LOVE Mario Kart DD. But as a 17-year-old guy I need to be able to just shoot someone's head off and watch it splatter virtually every now and then.
There are a total of three problems with the controller. 1) Bad placement of D-pad. 2) Bad placement of Z button. 3) Joysticks get messed up quick. I imagine there's probably a third-party controller that fixes all those, if you're willing to trade durability.
Hear, hear. This was a hell of an idea. But it sucks that there's a bunch of bugs that make certain games unplayable.
Agreed. But their labelling sucks. X, circle, triangle, square, L2, R2? Come on. Use letters like the rest of the world. You give someone a controller with 4 buttons on the front and tell them to press X, Y, A, B, they knows where all of those are. Where the hell is circle and square? Additionally the L/L2 and R/R2 buttons are too close together.
People care more that the game looks good than that it's fun, I'm afraid.  (Not me of course, but I do enjoy being able to read the font and see WTF is going on, which a few PS2 games do have problems with.)
Don't exaggerate. Bricks are way smaller.
Bubble Bobble has 8-bit, 4-colour graphics and repetitive two-tone square-wave sound. Bubble Bobble pwns everything, especially music-wise.
Uh, no, YOU call it a brick. I just call it a big heavy thing.
A valid point, but try to fit a big console into a small space, or take it with you.
And yet...
You complain about the controller, after saying that you shouldn't complain about the controller because you can get better ones. Though I agree, that design sucks, and how about labelling the damn things? So what it comes down to... GCN: +5 points for quality and selection of games. +5 points for durability. -3 points for lack of mature games. -2 points for lack of DVD/CD-playing ability. Sure it's nice that they're cheap as a result, but for those who are willing to spend a little more it'd be nice to have the option. (One type of system that plays them and one that doesn't.) +3 points for design. Compact, lightweight, easy to carry. +1 point for having such huge memory cards available. (Only one, because a lot of games aren't compatible. )+1 point for the good job of preventing piracy. (Only one again, because it may keep prices down but it also keeps me from playing decent homebrews/emulators. )-2 points for crappy joysticks. +1 point for being the cheapest. Total: 9 points PS2: +3 points for quality and selection of games. +2 points for durability. -1 point for inability to play burned DVDs. +1 point for design. Good, but needs work. (Power switch at the back, wtf?) -1 point for only having 2 controller ports. Get with the times! +1 point for upgradeable drivers. +3 points for backward-compatibility. -1 point for bugs in said compatibility. (Only one, since as a programmer I understand how freaking hard debugging can be sometimes, plus they're pretty minor in most cases.) Total: 7 points Xbox: (keep in mind I don't actually own one.) +1 point for quality and selection of games. +2 points for durability. -2 points for inability to play DVDs without a remote. +2 points for built-in hard drive, specifically the ability to play music (sometimes even in-game) from it. +1 point for built-in network support. (Only one because you're forced to use their service, so there can't be any free games.) +1 point for design. It may be bulky but it looks good. Still could stand to lose some weight though. And the A/V cables suck, you can't split the plugs apart to do stuff like plug the video into a TV and the sound into a stereo. -1 point for crappy anti-piracy system. It gets the inverse of what Gamecube got for having a good one, for the opposite reasons. (As in, I can play my own stuff but the prices go up.)+1 point for the anti-cord-breaking mechanism in the controllers. (Only one because the controllers themselves suck. Yes you can get others, but they're not designed by M$.) Total: 5 points Feel free to correct me on any of this. I'm not exactly educated on Xbox or PS2. (Yes, I know about the Q, but that's really not a DVD-playing Gamecube so much as a DVD player and a Gamecube with their cicrcuits both put in one box and wired to the same inputs and outputs. Plus, it's only in Japan, like everything good in video games. )[edit] Added Xbox's total wrong, twice. See, I do play fair, I'm giving it the extra point I forgot instead of leaving you all to not notice. Then I realized I accidentally included the '-1 for microsoft' joke in the real total.  (edited by HyperHacker on 11-30-04 03:24 PM) (edited by HyperHacker on 11-30-04 03:25 PM) (edited by HyperHacker on 11-30-04 03:32 PM) (edited by HyperHacker on 11-30-04 03:32 PM)
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Maybe it has trouble with Wavebirds? I was using one, and the batteries were weak (died after about 6 hours), but in that time I played SSBM a lot and it was fine. And it wasn't much better with a normal controller. |
As far as the rubber, that's annoying, but what I meant was they actually stop working properly.
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Mario Kart. |
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Nope, he was in Paper Mario. |
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Horse shoes and cow shoes don't look like sneakers, though. Bright red with white on them. |
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