Hmm. if I did get into consoles, yeah the psp maybe or even the we, its tactile remote and actual action things means that I would know what was going on. I mostly concerntrate on pc mainstream, although you are right ofcause, I don't have that cash currently but I will one of these days get a console. At 04:23 p.m. 23/06/2008, you wrote: >Hi Shaun. > >If you are serious about getting into mainstream games then you are >going to have to invest something in one of the consoles, emulators are >fine to a point but they will only take you so far and they will always >lack something that the dedicated consoles have and in my experience >they will usually come up short. I chose the psp because I wanted >something I could both play at home and take with me and I heard good >things about it but that is certainly not the only choice although I am >very happy with it and don't regret spending the money a bit. You could >do very well with a ps2 for instance from what I understand however I >have not found a really good deal on one yet that is why I don't have >one. > >Best of luck. >Tom > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of shaun everiss >Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 12:09 PM >To: Gamers Discussion list >Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Possible option for testing games > > >sounds interesting. >For me I have a friend that buys games, downloads games and gets games >by other means. I mostly get them for sounds, I sometimes play. My main >issue is I don't have an adaquit system to play these games well >sertainly not a desktop to play these on without mangling the entire >things. I suppose I do now with my old half dead laptop. If I took all >the software and data off it, maybe, just maybe I could play games, but >there is not much space on there, and i have no 3d card. I may have a >733 desktop at some point that with a bit of deleting and formatting >could be used although I have to change oses from the systems and only >have win98 well I have xp but I have to transfer keys and such to the >new box my dad has and well I have no idea. The box crashes every so >often and I'm not sure about stability. But if someone gave me something >that I didn't have to manage, ie if I wreck the system it doesn't >matter, then I probably would test. In theory I could use this one but >its my main box pluss the recovery disk is hard to use. Unlike my old >system I can't just reformat with a few keys. At 06:28 a.m. 23/06/2008, >you wrote: >>Hi all. >> >>As you know I am still looking into convenient places to rent >>mainstream games to test them for accessibility. One of my nephews who > >>is a big gamer told me about a service that he said might actually save > >>some money and would definitely be easier to deal with. The service is > >>called gamefly and it basically works like the netflix service if any >>of you are familiar with that. For those who aren't, you basically pay > >>a monthly fee and for that you can be mailed a number of games, I think > >>it is something like 22 or 23 bucks a month if you want two games at a >>time. There is no return date or late fees you can keep them pretty >>much as long as you want, in fact there is a way to buy them outright >>for a pretty good discount if you want to. One game at a time is >>something like 16 or 17 dollars I believe so it is not that much less >>so two at a time is probably a better deal. When you are done with >>them you just put them in the mailer and send them back and if you have > >>another one in what they call your game queue they will go ahead and >>send it to you. I have not quite decided whether or not I can spend >>that much extra a month to try this service out for psp games. >>According to my nephew you will go through that amount of money real >>quick if you try to rent games from a video store or whatnot plus the >>inconvenience of having to be sure they are back by a certain date. >>The good thing is, there is no contract or anything, if you want to >>quit you just quit. I am not sure if this is just available in the >>U.S. and perhaps Canada, but I suspect so. If I decide to try it out I > >>will let you guys know. >> >>Best regards, >>Tom >> >>-- >> >> If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of >>servitude >> greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us > >>in >> peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and > >>lick the >> hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our >> countrymen. >> Samuel Adams: >> >> >>--- >>Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your >>subscription via the web, at >>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >list, >>please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your >subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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