RE: XBox 360 stuff

2005-06-09 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 3:58 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: XBox 360 stuff > > He has a version of Tempest 2000 on the site for the PC, but I can't > get it to run :( It&#

Re: XBox 360 stuff

2005-06-09 Thread Wayne Putterill
t; To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: XBox 360 stuff > > > > Jeff Minter is a legend, the fact that he is associated with the new > > Xbox would swing me to buying it over the PlayStation or Revolution. > > Well, "associated" may be a bit strong - he's pr

RE: XBox 360 stuff

2005-06-08 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 4:27 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: XBox 360 stuff > > Jeff Minter is a legend, the fact that he is associated with the new > Xbox would swing me to buying

Re: XBox 360 stuff

2005-06-08 Thread Wayne Putterill
Jeff Minter is a legend, the fact that he is associated with the new Xbox would swing me to buying it over the PlayStation or Revolution. I Hope he is going to write some games as well as the lightsynth, I remember the first game of his I tried - at first it seemed impossible there was so much hap

RE: XBox 360 stuff

2005-06-07 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 11:24 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: XBox 360 stuff > > Did you ever play "Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver" on the PSX? It's a > fantastic gam

Re: XBox 360 stuff

2005-06-07 Thread Jim Campbell
sing given the "limitations" of the system. The Crystal Dynamics developers really hit it out of the park. - Jim Jim Davis wrote: >>-Original Message- >>From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:14 AM >>To: CF-Community &

RE: XBox 360 stuff

2005-06-07 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:14 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: XBox 360 stuff > > This looks good. > > I also saw an article online that questions the benefits of the Xbox > 360 for de

Re: XBox 360 stuff

2005-06-07 Thread Vivec
This looks good. I also saw an article online that questions the benefits of the Xbox 360 for developers, since they are going to have a hard time writing new code because of the Out of order parellelism that the Xbox 360 requires, or words to that effect. It also mentions that perhaps Microsoft

Re: XBox 360 stuff

2005-06-07 Thread Jim Campbell
I got the "Official Xbox Magazine" a couple of days ago in the mail and there was some info on the topography of the new 360 - there's a small panel on the face of the unit that opens up and lets you plug in a USB cord to the wireless controller, allowing you to play and recharge the controller

RE: XBox 360 stuff

2005-06-07 Thread James Smith
> +) Considering that I've just mentioned two "always on" > components it's > +very > disappointing that there's only one USB port on the rear of > the unit (although there are two up front behind the little door). They will probably try to flog you a USB hub :) > +) I thought the little dark

XBox 360 stuff

2005-06-06 Thread Jim Davis
So, my PlayStation Monthly this month came with a 16 page over-cover declaring of the Xbox 360 "Your Next Console is HERE!" It doesn't actually seem to be an advertising section. Anyway there's a lot of information in there: +) I was under the impression that (like the PS3 and Revolution, report