35 replies to this topic

[Willard]

im not trying to make you feel guilty... just trying to point out (for the benefit of everyone who still makes their games available for sale), that downloading their games instead of buying them is not an attitude that we want to encourage (unless the developers make them available for free, which is cool, but totally up to them).

What I did not anticipate is the fact that you were unaware that IS2 was no longer being offered for sale. However, I still needed to point out that it is in order to let you know. And doing so automatically suggests that you did something wrong. Judging by your response, I don't think I could have worded it in a good way...

As for telling me that I'm putting myself up on a pedistol, well... you need to be on a soapbox yourself to make such accusations, especially if they're as strongly worded as yours

Edited by Willard, Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:17 AM.

[Official Ninja]

Yeah OK, you weren't a dick at all.... you tried to say I was telling him to steal things and not support vendors. I should give instructions on backing up games or something like this?? Go back and read your own posts. Then STFU.

[Willard]

I read your posts before I responded to them. And I read my posts before I posted them... but our posts are nothing more than our own opinions. I guess our opinions differ in this case I'd say we both acted a little like dicks tho

Edited by Willard, Fri Sep 16, 2011 1:02 PM.

[nonner242]

DCUltrapro, on Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:20 AM, said:

nonner242, on Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:26 PM, said:

DCUltrapro, on Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:46 PM, said:

I would love to buy iron soldier 2, if i can see it for a reasonable price (and assuming i get a jag cd drive!) I definitely will, but at the moment the prices on ebay are offensive

Just go for the cart version if you come across it. I prefer not messing with the CD as much as posible.

How so? I have Iron Soldier, the first one, but I thought 2 was only on CD, like Battle morph is an improvement over cybermorph on the cd drive as well, right?

See what I mean about the Jaguar family...always hot in here.

No Iron Soldier comes both ways Cart & CD. I dont remember any difference except maybe real music or a intro on CD, but Im pretty sure the music was the same on both. I know the cart load times were faster, and its rarer. Both boxes are the same except on has a small little sticker on the front that say CD.

[DCUltrapro]

nevermind guys I was already well aware that I could, if wanted download games and burn them for the cd drive, I never normally bother unless I find it impossible to actually get hold of a game at all. Anyway its academic at the moment as I don't even have the damn cd drive lol, I spoke to Telegames and they will be stocking it again soon but the prices are ridiculous, they quoted something like £50 for the CD and £70+ for cartridge! Definitely not worth the expense unfortunately. If I can find a second hand one for half that I might bother but certainly won't spend that kind of amount on a sub par game, not when I have x360 games coming brand new for less than that!! Has anyone played IS2 by the way? IS it much better than the first?

[Official Ninja]

DCUltrapro, on Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:43 AM, said:

Has anyone played IS2 by the way? IS it much better than the first?

I never gave it a fair shot. I tried it and thought it was just more of the same.
When I was playing Jag in the 90s I used to really like IS and played it alot. I'm pretty sure I played it through if not then really close.
When I played 2 all these years later it didn't grab me, but maybe a bigger IS fan than I can point out some advantages to 2.

[DCUltrapro]

I think I've finally found a reference to why I was able to buy Atari Jaguar and Lynx consoles and games in the Game store in Lakeside back in the early 00's, if you read the article:

http://en.wikipedia....ki/Atari_Jaguar

and particularly this comment:

Under history section:

"
In the United Kingdom in 2001, a deal was struck between Telegames and retailer Game to bring the Jaguar to Game's retail outlets. The machine was initially sold for £29.99 brand new and the software was ranged between £9.99 for more common games such as Doom and Ruiner Pinball, and up to £39.99 for more sought-after releases such as Defender 2000 and Checkered Flag. The machine had a presence in the stores until 2007 when remaining consoles were sold off for £9.99 and games were sold for as low as 97p.
This deal was seen as a move to remain competitive with Game's rival at the time, Gamestation who were well known for stocking retro formats."


Very interesting to read that this was the case, while I distinctly remember speaking to a fat store clerk and him saying it was a clear out of old stocks from a massive old game warehouse the above does seem to make more sense. IT also fits in well with the time liine I remember. cool huh?

[Official Ninja]

DCUltrapro, on Fri Oct 7, 2011 4:31 AM, said:

for more sought-after releases such as Defender 2000 and Checkered Flag.

Checkered Flag is sought after? I always thought that was one of the worst games. It was a huge let down for me with the choppy frame rate.

[DCUltrapro]

Official Ninja, on Fri Oct 7, 2011 7:26 AM, said:

Checkered Flag is sought after? I always thought that was one of the worst games. It was a huge let down for me with the choppy frame rate.

lol, I guess we can just go out on a lim and assume that "Sought After" didn't necessarily translate into "quality" or "good" releases huh...

[Zerosquare]

I doubt Checkered Flag is sought after... it's not only bad, but quite common.

[DCUltrapro]

ok guys so I finally received my Atari Jaguar CD Drive and decided to upload a couple of videos, one to do with unpacking it etc and putting it together, and then 1 for Battle Morph (which I had to break into two) hope you enjoy, let me know what you think!!

unpacking it:



battlemorph 1:



battlemorph 2: