THINGS THAT JUST DIDNT CATCH ON
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Things in gaming that people just didnt care about and faded into obscurity
I'll start
Oh man was pic related awkward. Pretty sure people didnt even notice when it was removed from the WiiU with an update
Project Spark for the Xbox One
The infamous game where conker told you that if you wanted to see him in another game so bad you should make it yourself
People didnt even know when it came out and just recently it stopped receiving support
RIP
Microsofts Kinect
The E3 they unveiled it at was so awkward.
>>340123127
To this day, I still have no idea how the fuck this was supposed to work.
Still use my Wii U gamepad as a TV remote, though.
>>340124228
that was such a handy feature
probably one of the best features of the WiiU
>>340124228
>>340124352
Or you could just use your smartphone.
The wire that allowed you to connect your GBA to a Gamecube
Great idea, terrible execution. The games that used it FORCED you to use it for mutilplayer. That meant having a wire for each gameboy. Theres alot of great games people would never experience to the fullest
RIP FF Crystal Chronicles and Four Swords for gamecube
>>340124497
But it's always missing, the WIIU gamepad never leaves it's room
>>340124497
My cable doesn't have a thing for using your phone
>>340124112
Kinect sold millions though, casuals ate it up.
>>340123508
This came out?
>>340125131
Not for long
I used the wormlight so much as a kid and recently found my old one and tried it out again
Im just gonna say it now though
How the hell did I use this as a kid? All it does is create a huge glare on my screen
>>340123127
Xbone's TV thing failed too.
Gameboy Printer
Wonderbook
The hololens will most likely fail with the 3000$ pricetag.
THQ's uDraw failed so bad it killed the company
>>340125461
pic related
>>340125243
Over 2 years ago
>>340125461
>How the hell did I use this as a kid?
Because nobody knew any better, maybe?
>>340125461
I had one of these too. I have no idea how I didn't go blind from playing my gameboy. I also never owned a GBA with a backlight either.
>>340125461
>>340125614
Anon, we played the cards we were dealt, and we were goddamn happy to have them.
>>340125507
>hololens
Holy shit i just looked and, why the fuck is that so expensive, it doesn't even seem so impressive when you can get a vr headset instead
Steam streaming
Steam music
Have you ever wanted to play all your awesome big motion control games on your wii, BUT IN THE CAR?!
well you could endanger your own and everybody elses lives with the wii car adaptor!
>>340125461
it was before we knew about backlights
BEHOLD
THE MOST NECESSARY CONTROLLER ADD ON YOU WILL EVER NEED
THE VITALITY SENSOR
https://youtu.be/TRwarxMTxZg
Did you know Intel made their own controller for PC games?
did you know the base station that made it work was sold seperately and it looked like a double ended dildo?
>>340123508
PS died because it was overpriced as fuck while being extremely limited and came with very few free features.
Imagine if Super Mario maker only has solid ground, bricks, coins, and koopas free and then every other asset you wanted was $5 and each theme was $10.
And then if you wanted to play anyone elses levels you needed to have purchased everything used in their level.
Now drop the quality of the game by 2/10 points and you have project spark.
>>340126969
>And then if you wanted to play anyone elses levels you needed to have purchased everything used in their level.
Holy fuck, is it loke this in PS? What the fuck.
>>340124671
>four swords adventure will never get a re release on the wii u that utilizes multiple game pads or 3ds's for multiplayer
I DESPISE this fucking mess.
It's not just the stupid Zelda or Mario games, those don't matter. Its everything else about this trainwreck of a console that pisses me off.
This thing had 7 YEARS of development time put into it. The people behind it saw the rise of Nintendo and Sega first hand, and had a clear example to follow on How to make a game console RIGHT.
BUT THEN YOU ADVERTISE IT LIKE THIS
https://youtu.be/9ZIbnZuqUuo
AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOU MAKE IT COST 700 DOLLARS
AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOU MAKE 20 FUCKING MODELS OF THE CONSOLE, WITH NONE OF THEM ACTUALLY LOOKING LIKE A GAME SYSTEM.
AND YOU MAKE 20 DIFFERENT FUCKING CONTROLLERS WITH ONLY 2 THAT LOOK LIKE ACTUAL CONTROLLERS.
AND YOU MAKE THE "GAMING VERSION" OF THE SYSTEM ONLY HAVE 1 CONTROLLER PORT
AND IT HAS NO GOOD GAMES
FUCK THIS THING
>>340124112
Holy fuck, this. It was such a disaster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgJqliVWSSg
>>340123127
Huh. Who knew.
http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/15017/~/nintendo-tvii-end-of-service-faq
>yfw you got tricked into buying an eReader
Im sorry you wasted so much money buying me shitty videogame things mom
>>340123127
Things the first time I've ever even heard of this.
>>340127653
I don't think the WII U is made to be used with multiple game pads
>>340128042
I bought it just for the Animal Crossing cards.
I regret nothing.
>>340124112
The Kinect itself is good for anything outside of its intended purpose
>>340127653
>re-released with online support to find buddies as well
Nintendo will never do this
>>340123127
PlayStation Home
Vita's Near feature
Wii Speak
Phantom Dust remake
>>340124112
>>340128569
Ironically this so much. There are so many uses for the damn thing outside gaming, it's kinda silly to be honest.
>>340126969
Wow I knew it would be bad but that's borderline corporate sabotage
>>340128664
PS Home had over 40 million users tho.
>>340128056
*This is
>>340125614
>>340125461
I think this is somewhere in the closet in my old room at my parent's house.
>>340126969
Any good will that game had was killed when Conker showed up. I guess they didn't want it to have a sliver of a chance at redemption.
you want to play all the newest and hottest games like Skyrim and the new CoD but dont want to buy an EXPENSIVE new console?
Ouya can (probably) play all your favorite games from any console!catch usoutsideE3
>>340125614
>Parents suggest to buy one for me cause I played it in the dark and would have to wait to drive by street lights to be able to see
>Say no for whatever reason
>Later regret it because playing at night sucked
It's a relief that it wasn't good then
>>340129926
I still don't see how it got a big as it did initially. Wonder how backers felt about it
>>340123508
>Fuck you make your own fucking game.
God I remember that e3. Like every company was just in full fuck you mode. Sony was like fuck vib ribbon and fuck you for liking it. Nintendo was just fuck you for wanting good games.
What a fucking shit show.
that thing u plug into the super nintendo to play gameboy games
>>340123508
This came out? I thought it was in development for ages until it was cancelled, and that it was never released.
The problem is that people stopped watching TV. And they already have TV channel management anyway in the decoder. It served no real purpose.
as hilarious as miiverse can be, I dont think it really became the huge social media platform that Nintendo wanted it to be
>>340130784
On top of that, all of the consoles support stuff like Netflix.
>>340130665
Fuck you, I love and still use my Super GameBoy.
>>340128042
I had one of those, but I don't think I ever used it
>>340123127
I surprised no one has mentioned this.
>>340130978
It still sees a lot of use. I think Splatoon helped in that regard.
>>340128385
Remember how when the Wii U was announced, they said that it would support up to two gamepads and you'd be able to buy them separately soon after launch?
I wonder what happened to that
>>340123127
Didn't support my STB.
Bullshit.
>>340131371
Virtual Reality and shit.
>>340123127
The N64DD
I was totally prepared to get it as soon as possible.
It's cancellation meant it would lead me to get a Playstation, and become an idort for the first time.
>>340131428
They dropped all progress on dual gamepad support
probably due to low sales for the WiiU because Shiggy was quoted blaming the rapid popularity of tablets in the marker
Was the Gameboy Micro even successful enough to have Sony follow?
>>340123127
I legitimately really liked the idea behind this service but never used it since I don't have cable.
>>340128495
Animal Crossing cards had a code at the bottom so you didn't need the reader.
>>340125131
As someone who works at a not-gamestop-but-basically-gamestop store, I can tell you casuals dropped this thing as quickly as they bought it. All the casuals sold them and now we're fucking swimming in the things and no one wants them
>>340131364
I had fun playing House of the Dead 4 and RE:UC with PS Move tBh.
tho I'm like one of the three persons in the world that did it.
>>340131371
It's a half decent 3D scanner that's superb for it's price.
>>340131674
>make a system variation specifically to combat the rampant piracy on previous models
>before long it ends up being the go-to model for pirates
How do you fuck up THAT bad?
>>340126268
This can't be official.
>>340131371
It's a fantastic microphone, webcam and mocap camera.
>>340126719
So you just bought a paper weight until you found the base? I hope it was at least comfortable, but it doesn't look so.
These were absolutely terrible.
I owned several of them
>>340130784
>>340131036
IIRC, TVii also showed you what was on any streaming service you had on your WiiU. It would probably be handy for someone who was subscribed to a lot of different streaming services. I never used it though because I don't use any of those.
>>340132642
im retarded
pic related
>>340131532
Living in Japan when the DD came out I can safely say outside of the F-Zero X x-pansion kit, and naturally doshin the giant 1 and 2, it was pretty much worthless. mario paint was lame and buggy.
If they'd actually pushed out half the games they had that were like 80% completed at the time (I'm sure someone has the link to that video of the guy with like 800 videos on youtube of a bunch of old beta carts he played on his n64dd dev kit, including paper mario that was well over 75% complete, just missing a few animations and some textural issues), it would have been a much bigger success.
The time was a factor in it's failure but the DD could have still been a useful addition, just like the famicom disk drive. There were tons of things they could have done with the internet capabilities of the n64DD, I mean, doshin the giant 2 was DLC, essentially. It had a disk version but you could download the entire thing if you had the original game.
Fuck so much potential wasted.
>>340131674
the GO was an attempt by sony to test the market for their later phone model the Xperia Play. they're pretty much the same thing, except the analog nub and start/select buttons are replaced by digital trackpads.
>>340132727
in the same vein,
I never understood why you would want to buy UMD movies for your PSP
>>340131428
>>340131613
might also have to do with the fact that the wii u was too underpowered to make them actually run well
>>340131371
I remember when I went to expo in Italy last year there was some kind of futuristic super market where there were Kinects close to every food and if you held your hand near them (or made some kind of gesture, don't remember) they'd give you information about the food.
>>340133028
Movies were fine on PSP. Some companies thought UMD might be a big thing, so they ran with it. GBA shit ran at like 10 FPS and in very muted colors.
I had hackers and advent children on my PSP, I think.
>>340133028
10 for $2 would be a much fairer deal for UMD movies.
>DUDE LET'S RELEASE MOVIES FOR A SYSTEM WITH A 480 x 270 SCREEN LMAO
>>340133321
this was around the same time shitty portable dvd players with built in screens were a thing
>>340133446
Holy shit, I completely forgot about those. I'm pretty sure I still have one sitting in my basement.
>>340133564
I think I have at least two somewhere. I remember if a kid had one on the bus on the way to a field trip they were the hottest shit around
>>340124671
>>340127653
Why didn't we just get a Four Swords Adventures re-release/remake for 3DS instead of the shitfest that was Triforce Heroes?
Who else was tricked into thinking they'd use the Wii Speak with Animal Crossing?
>>340123508
An absolute piece of shit that deserved to fail.
>>340124112
I only bought a used kinect for an achievement in a game, then promptly ditched it.
>>340133674
because nintendo hates money
>>340132198
>make a system variation specifically to combat the rampant piracy on previous models
Was that really what it was for?
>>340132727
I thought it was cool.
Watch a pokemon episode as a break from vidya on a plane or car ride. Bare in mind this was before iPods. So your best bet was a fucking 15 pound portable dvd player otherwise
>>340133028
These i didn't get. I mean the fucking thing supported downloading, expandable memory and supported fucking MP4s.
>>340133753
Did it even work?
I remember debating so hard on whether I wanted the AC game on wii anyway. I hated it on DS, like I hated the shit out of that game but I still played it to death.
After I while I started actively sabotaging other people's worlds and dropping corrupted seeds that had stores in them, and blocking pathways.
I was an asshole.
>>340130665
iunno i thought it was pretty good fampai
>>340133753
i used this shit two times while playing endless ocean blue world
never again
>>340133797
>Achievement whoring
>>340133836
the battery wasn't removable, I think, and at the time having a hacked battery was the most common way of hacking a PSP.
eventually it got hacked proper and now it's the best handheld out
>>340133674
>Why didn't we just get a Four Swords Adventures re-release/remake for 3DS
They did. Four Sowrds Anniversary edition got a 3DS port (and DSiware, but lets ignore that)
>>340133851
Oh my god I forgot there was a time when people would watch videos on fucking ipods. Like not even touch or anything just the tiny fucking ipod screen and people would watch episodes of tv shows on it what the fuuccckkk
>>340133753
Did any Wii game ever actually use this thing? I think The Conduit used it but I don't know since I didn't own this.
>>340133875
>>340133753
It worked and it was pretty good.
Only problem for me is that the game was a total rehash of Wild World and I ended up selling it off
>>340133753
Shoutout to all the abandoned Wii peripherals we all have, collecting dust. Jesus fuck, there's so many.
>>340134038
I did thisi downloaded them from limewire
>>340133564
i remember when my dad got one for our car and it came with one of those bootleg plug n play controllers. Ironically i spent more time playing games than watching videos on it if i didn't get motion sick on the trip.
>>340123127
Wait, when did this shit even finally become available? I never heard anything.
>>340134043
Speaking of things that never catched on, wasn't The Conduit advertised as a Halo/Call of Duty killer? Poor delusional bastards.
>>340134014
FSA is an entirely different game from regular Four Swords. And man, fuck that DSi port.
>let's release a multiplayer-focused game for a limited time only!
At least it added single-player.
>>340134169
>tfw downloading porn from limewire to watch on my iPod
Those were the days I'll tell ya
>>340132727
A cash grab that proved to be unsuccessful
>>340133958
>the battery wasn't removable
I think that was just incidental. Doubt it had much to do with piracy, and more just a design choice considering I never needed a hacked battery to get cfw on my 1000 model though this was before the 2000 model even came out, so maybe I just wasn't keeping up with piracy at the time.
>>340134581
That hurts my skin.
>>340131364
It was the best motion controller device out there but it had like 2 good games. At least they built this shit into the ps4 controller instead of making another dildo controller
>>340123127
I don't think I've even heard of this. Perhaps it was so unused that I had completely forgotten about it.
>>340133851
>and supported fucking MP4s.
For the first few years of it's life the PSP was fucking retarded to get video to play on it. You had to format the video correctly and make sure they were named right and other stupid shit.
>>340134581
Holy shit.
>>340124671
I've wanted Four Swords Adventures and Crystal Chronicles on 3DS for years now. It seems like such an obvious move but oh well.
>>340134332
it was available in America like 3 weeks after the console launched and closed about a year ago
If you lived in Europeyou never got it becayse they never released it
>>340134737
I heard there was a port of VLC or something for CFW now.
>>340131371
excellent bludgeon, easy to clean, and if it's not plugged in, microsoft can't rat you out
Did we ever figure out what the hole on the backside of the Wii U gamepad was for?
>>340132727
Reminded me of this shit. Got this for Christmas one year after I specifically asked for a GBA.
>>340134896Benis
>>340134893
why the fuck am i laughing
>>340134332
Linkin Park has a music video that used Project Spark. I shit you not.
>>340134850
There probably is. CFW made everything easier. Games, music, videos, emulation, and even turn your psp into a universal remote. That homebrew scene was godly.
>>340133321
Nintendo did it first and worse
>>340124671
It was neat to play the Gameboy Player with a proper d-pad.
The original Vita has a custom port on it that was apparently meant to be used as an AV output. Some modders confirmed it's just a modified HDMI port that's been made proprietary, I think they even got it working.
I guess it was dropped after the system was underselling and the Vita TV was announced.
>>340134896
it looks like something screws into it so i honestly wound't be surprised if they had some dumb peripherals planned to gimmick the shit out of this already-gimmick
>>340124352
>>340124228
Never figured out how to make that thing work.
Didn't try for more than 2 minutes, though.
>>340135086
>Vita TV
Holy fuck, thanks for mentioning that. Perfect candidate for the thread. I picked up one of these with a dualshock 3 controller for 20 bucks last year.
>>340134896
They showed a Zapper in the first trailers. That hole there is probably to put a screw in so it won't fall off.
I'm more intrigued by the port in the bottom. What is it even for? Probably some form of video output for the gamepad.
>>340134896
isn't it so floor models can be securely attached to the console and not stolen?
>>340134896
Nintendo have gamepad capture cards that attack in the port at the bottom, it probably screws in the back for stability.
>Kids love mobil phones AND video games - what can go wrong?!
>>340134896
Demo models at stores have the holding thing screw into it.
>>340127856
We're never an E3 this beautifully awful again, are we?
..Maybe the VR stuff this year will come close.
>>340134896
I own a 3rd party battery pack that fits into those holes. Don't know about anything official though.
>>340135280
I saw someone using this to make a phone call in public once. He had to hold it sideways or some shit, otherwise the shitty microphone wouldn't pick up his voice.
>>340135217
Video output for the gamepad seems kinda weird. Maybe an abandoned port for accessories?
>>340135372
It's because the mic and speaker were at the top.
>>340134581
>>340134692
Post more, I'm fucking dying over here.
>>340135423
Yeah, that's it. Looked weird as fuck.
>>340135181
>mfw I bought a PSTV for the cheap controller and got a free way to play Vita games too
>>340133028
>tfw i was watching ghost in a shell from a umd on my silver psp 2000
>>340135541
>Tfw bought a refurbished 1000 model from EB Games
>Fucking dirt caught under the screen makes small bubbles
>Too late to return it and have it fixed
>Don't know how to disassemble and fix the damn thing
FUCKING EB GAMES
>>340135280
The N-Gage and pic related are two of the dumbest things I ever asked for when I was a kid and thankfully never received.
>>340135271
Link? I've been looking for cheap capture cards, especially for wiiu.
>>340135541
>vita tv sits in my closet for months
>decide to pull it out to test out a psp hack considering I haven't updated it in forever
>is a great little emulation machine with access to the entire psp library and some good vita games too
If this thing didn't fail so horribly I probably never would have gotten one.
>>340134896
I've wondered this.
>>340135729
What am I looking at?
Cool concept, but only for one game. Not sure how many of these things actually sold.
>>340135754
Just capture cards for internal use.
>>340135729
What is that?
>>340135775
>>340135835
Looks like a pen with a recorder
>>340123127
Nintendo pretty much wrote the book on things that didn't catch on.
I own this stupid thing and the only reason I haven't gotten rid of it is because I might want to play Mario Party Super Shuffle again someday.
>>340135775
>>340135835
IIRC it was a leapfrog thing that read words as you tapped the pen to it.
>>340135768
Can you do anything other than PSP and Vita games yet? Curious to see how SNES games play on it.
>>340135826
explain "internal use"
I am not a very smart man
>>340135775
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_(pentop_computer)
Anybody remember Tiger's Game.com? fucking 8-bit portable with touch screen and some internet capabilities. I remember hearing it had a port of Resident Evil 2 as well, and considering that futuristic as fuckfor the timetouch screen I assumed it's hardware was cutting edge. Tried a demo unit at a Toys R Us and I was laughing all the way home.
>>340135954
They don't sell them to the public.
>>340135803
>only for one game
It's the only game you need. It got a limited run because they knew it would be niche. It sold well enough. The controllers still go for a lot of money on ebay. They're solid as fuck, and you can mod them to work with your PC.
>>340136000
that's gay as shit, I want a capture card so I can make fast racing neo webms but with the twitch streamer/youtuber career fad all capture cards are like 200$+ in my country and I just cannot bring myself to spend that much
>>340135969
>The Fly only works on its own proprietary digital paper
>require the use of a small cartridge that can be inserted into a port built into the rear of the pen
wew lad, how did this shitfly?
>>340135983
Don't forget Duke 3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V72P9-6S7qM
Hey guys, remember me?
>>340135941
The PSP emulator on the Vita was hacked. It can do absolutely everything a PSP can do. That's why I mentioned it's a great emulation machine, since it runs all the emulators available for PSP.
>>340135835
The Fly Pentop computer. It would read what you drew using a camera at the tip but had extremely limited use and need specialized paper to work. I remember the commercial mentioned "draw a drum set and actually play it!" And solve math problems because it was meant to be a learning tool. I think it had some sort of drawing games with the little batman cartridge at the opposite end.
>tfw I actually had this piece of shit as a kid
>>340125614
Fuck you Nintendo for not putting backlights in gameboys sooner.
>>340136132
i really dont?
i thought i was looking at the ouya for a second?
what the hell is this?
>>340136221
The eye camera for ps3 is a decent camera that I use on my pc for headtracking in flight simulators.
>>340136221
Get FUCKED the EyeToy was the best shit out.
You can even use it on PC's because it's just a shitty USB 1.0 camera.
EyeToy was the shit and I'm salty you didn't like it.
>>340129926
>Things that were never said and yet everyone believed
I still don't understand this. People really expected to play something other than cell phone games on a cell phone operating system on cell phone hardware. Not only this, they expected to play popular AAA titles? Baffling.
People thought this shit would catch on? lmao
>>340136221
Anti-grav was a cool game for it though. Other than that it was trash.
>>340135729
Why would a little boy want a pregnancy test?
>>340132568
I remember playing with it at a store once. It was comfortable enough but the design made it feel like I could break it.
>>340136142
I should have phrased my question better, does it do a better job running games that ran poorly on the PSP, like Astro Boy: Omega Factor on the GBA, or does it play EXACTLY like a PSP?
>>340134896
https://youtu.be/mZvlpA7knsQ?t=2m45s
Whatever "new accessories" the devs at Nintendo had planned got quickly scrapped when they realized the system itself wouldn't even sell.
Remember how they talked about having games ready that used multiple gamepads too?
>>340132982
>(I'm sure someone has the link to that video of the guy with like 800 videos on youtube of a bunch of old beta carts he played on his n64dd dev kit, including paper mario that was well over 75% complete, just missing a few animations and some textural issues), it would have been a much bigger success.
Anyone got a link to this dude's channel?
>>340124671
Only usage of this i ever got was crystal chronicles, and that was fuckin perfect. It's actually really fun with 3/4 player co-op, and the second screen for inventory works quite well.
>>340136221
>had an Eye toy
>actually had fun with friends in the "playroom" with visual effects
>made up fake skits like The Tooth Fairy vs The Sandman with the sparkling sand filter
The games were okay. I even remember one of them swearing in an E rated game. Some Chef said "Damn" when I beat his score or something. Also, Antigravity was neat at first but got old pretty fast.
>>340135919
Quite ironic that Amiibo cards are just E-Reader 2.0.
And amiibos too.
>>340136265
It's the OnLive. You bought the console and then paid for a subscription to stream games over the Internet.
Was kinda neat as a concept but it didn't work out because of lag and shitty exposure.
>>340136132
For the longest time I seriously had no idea what the fuck this was. I'm still not 100% sure.
>>340136362
It plays exactly like a PSP. If Vita gets some native hacks though that could change, but who knows how long that will take.
>>340127835
Burn Cycle was pretty cool
>>340135064
>literally the exact same d-pads on the gba as on the gamecube controller
incorrect
>>340136498
>Tfw the Vita will never be as hackable as the PSP
fucking sony, just admit defeat and leak the damn keygen so we can play our free vidya already
>>340124671
>Had a friend back in the day who hosted Pokemon tournaments with the kids from school at his place
>Basically a bunch of kids gathered around the TV because all the matches were done in Coliseum with GBA's hooked up
It was hype as fuck
>>340136591
I had an SP.
thing was actually pretty based. the sonic game was good too
>>340136471
At least Nintendo doesn't make you buy a separate device for them, though. The E-reader was a massive thing almost as big as the GBA itself, and support for it was quickly abandoned because no-one had one. There were extra levels in Mario 3, pokemon card bonuses and those shitty NES and arcade ports that you had to swipe a dozen cards just to play, but beyond those the only reason that ever made me feel justified in owning one is that the Mario Party card game was kind of fun. It was a neat way to have a group play a game using one gameboy, and back then I was always fascinated with games that mixed traditional gaming with video games and movies.
>>340125614
>didn't catch on
Literally everyone with a game boy had one of these
>>340124112
>kinect
>didn't catch on
Maybe not in the overweight manchild audience here on 4chan but the kinect literally was a huge success for microsoft.
>>340136647
>even smaller
incorrect
only one that works is either getting a SNES->gamecube converter or that 200 dollar hori controller
>>340126569
Why don't they hire someone that can speak English for their presentations? Its so cringy listening to Jap. people speak English. Who actually cares if the developer himself presents his game?
>>340136786
It's probably an honor thing. You have to present the stuff you're responsible for yourself, or something.
>>340135541
>bought it just to play P4G and some of the PS1 games on my PSN account after my brother broke my PS3
Shit's actually pretty neat
>>340128042
>Super Mario Advance 4
>Requires two gbas just to use the level cards
So glad a romhack lets you play the e-reader levels
http://www.mediafire.com/download/48olwpzok4h20kl/Super_Mario_Advance_4_-_Ereader_Levels.zipAt least Amiibos require one system
>>340136105
It was a great idea but the technology just isn't up to par yet and is widely useless these days because everyone has phones that can do whatever this thing does. I would have killed to have a pen that can automatically translate what you write/calculate math you write down when I was younger
>>340136721
>At least Nintendo doesn't make you buy a separate device for them, though
Old 3DS users have to buy an adapter to use them.
>Mario Party card game
I've always wanted to play that shit. I thought a physical Mario Party game would be amazing. How was it?
>>340136930
It's got a decent amount of PS2 ports as well. Jak, Sly and Ratchet all have HD collections on it.I'm salty over Deadlocked being locked out, though.
>>340136965
The eShop release also has the e-reader levels.
>>340128042
The mom thing hit home for me. I still feel regret, knowing that my mom worked so hard to provide for me and my siblings on minimum wage and all that she got in return was me being a little shit and asking for more vidya junk. I think about stuff like that more than I really should, even though there's no way for me to undo the damage. I try to retain a healthy connection with her, even if it is partially driven by selfish guilt. Am I a bad person for being motivated by regret?
>>340136471
Holy fuck, I never thought about it like that before. This revelation has left me reeling, I'm gonna have to sleep on this.
>>340136482
Yeah was a great idea. Sony made it work correctly with PS now but it still can't stream at full resolution/fps.
>>340137087
You might as well just play the PS3 versions of those though.
>>340137107
Forgot about that
This romhack functions like the VC version
>>340137147
This ain't you blog and it ain't yo hugbox senpai. Go to reddit
>>340137176
it's portable though.
and if you like weeb games the Vita's pretty rad
>>340137032
The card game is fun. It's kind of like a card game / board game hybrid because you play with a big foldout mat. And of course, they spice it up by adding the video game element. Once in a while each player will scan a card hand have to do some little mini game that determines what happens next. It's a real neat way to get a whole room playing a game together using a single gameboy.
These days it's kind of obscure, so if you can find a complete set at a reasonable price definitely pick it up. The E-reader itself only goes for about $7 these days because no-one wants one.
good thread boys
>>340137147
No, just fucked in the head if you're really saying that guilt over bad vidya purchases is a more compelling motivator than love when it comes to maintaining your relationship with your mom.
>>340123127
And the e-reader
And the gba thing that let you watch tv
and the 3DS app that did the same
and the Satellaiview
And the 64DD
And thegba micro
Why won;t they just stop?
>>340137271
Sorry, man. I don't know where else to put my thoughts on that. Thank you for giving me your opinion and honesty, though.
>>340137427
Kill yourself
>>340137401
Sorry, should've been more clear. It's little stuff like that adds together and makes me feel guilty.
>>340137147
you should fug your mother in the pooper
>>340137373
We're talking about the PSTV anon
>>340130645
>Sony was like fuck vib ribbon and fuck you for liking it.
I still can't believe that happened.
>Vib Ribbon comes up on all screens
>Hey guys we heard you liked PS1 classics, so here's some exclusive MKX footage
It was pretty heartwarming to see everyone ripping into Sony after that. Still no PS4 version though.
>>340137491
kek
>>340137547
Then yeah, that's normal.
Does anyone has the PS4 Camera? How is it? I will have to get one for PSVR, but I want to know if it's nice as an extra accessory.
>>340133028
For the time, the video quality was incredible. After I bought my first three though (Spider-Man, The Matrix and Napoleon Dynamite) I realized what a huge waste of money they were, even before I started ripping my DVDs to watch on the system. It just plain didn't make any kind of money sense to buy a second copy of a movie just to watch it on the PSP, and it wasn't like Blu-Ray where they'd include the DVD and UMD movie in the same package.
Again, the picture quality was incredible at the time, but the tradeoff in picture quality for ripped movies was worth it just to not have to buy the discs or carry them around. It was an expensive novelty that ultimately was nade obsolete by a far more convinient and affordable alternative.
You could watch UMD on your TV if you had one of the later PSP models, but the picture quality wasn't actually as good as DVD so there really wasn't any point.
>>340137579
>>340130645
>vib ribbon
What happened? I was probably too distracted by all the other shitty stuff happening at that E3.
>>340137423
>GBA micro
A failure of course but definitely not obscure. It's the absolute best way to play GBA games because the screen is superior to even the SP and it's extremely portable. They sell for an obscene amount these days because of how little sold though. It's a real shame
>>340137641
Lel
>>340133446
A godsend for all the camping trips my dad forced us to go on.
>>340137846
http://www.wired.com/2014/11/shawn-layden-vib-ribbon-playstation-4/
>>340126268
Nigga, there's nothing wrong with having a car adapter for consoles.
I remember driving all the way across the country every summer, as a kid, and having fun playing my console on a small-as-fuck tv.
I have a morbid wanting to buy all these failed gimmick consoles and display them in my home.
As if it was a monument of suck.
The hell is wrong with me?
>>340136482
>You bought the console
You could just use it on your PC too. I remember they had a bunch of timed trials for free, so I used to use it for demos all the time.
>>340123127
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nULp0pGKCS8
>>340137271
>newfag tries to fit in
>>340137852
>the screen is superior to even the SP
Isn't it really tiny though?
>>340138781
Nothing. Failed consoles make a great conversation starter.
>>340139149
It's .9 inches smaller but it has a superior backlight and superior screen clarity.
>>340138749
Speaking of...
>>340138982
How's bluray doing these days? Do people use it or does no one give a shit?
>>340139853
I Still use it. Most people download shitty yiffy transcodes or shit quality itunes crap if they aren't streaming i imagine though. 4k blu ray comes out this year.
>>340124112
Kinect sells in weird niches like interactive educational stuff, and research.
>>340135280
So ahead of its time
>>340138209
>it trended
holy fuck I feel bad for everyone
>>340139853
Most people just do streaming on netflix or hulu and torrents. Only enthusiasts buy physical media these days.
>>340138982
I want one for collectors reason. Same as laserdiscsand betamax
>>340136221
IF YOU CAN CLEAN WHAT I CAN CLEAN, WHEN IM CLEANING WINDOWS
>>340132727
not like there was any option in the days. People are aware tablets are a really recent thing, right?
>>340140204
If I remember correctly, you can use the HD-DVD drive as a regular drive in the event your normal one shits the bed.
>>340136363
I know nobody here would give a shit. But if they ever allowed two gamepads, madden would finally work locally.
>>340139853
I buy movies on blu-ray if I really like them. This is rare though. I imagine once 4k gets more prevalent, blu-ray will be the predominant method of actually watching movies in it.
>>340140241
I doubt it. They were really tight about drives due to flashing them being the main way of piracy.
>>340140239
They were shit quality even for the time.
Sorry this isn't gaming but seriously, does anyone remember iGoogle? I used to have a customized homepage with a space background and embedded news and blog feeds - shit was great. Then they silently removed it - did it just never catch on?
>>340127835
Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam is pretty cool though
would love to see an IDW adaptation
>>340140512
Okay what device in the same ballpark of gba form factor was a better quality video player?
>>340140597
It was around until 2013. Nearly 9 years. Also Google+ being a thing they wanted to push.
>>340140597
everyone used this back in HS
Anyone remember how the Guitar Hero Les Paul controllers had a phone jack at the bottom for some reason? They never ended up using it, but I think the intention was to create a sort of Star Power pedal so you wouldn't have to tilt the controller every time. Shame, because that would have been really useful for me - I always fuck up the more complicated sections when I have to tilt or press the little SP button in the middle of it.
>>340141013
The GH2 Xplorer had a phone jack, too.
The Rock Band controllers also had a 3.5mm jack where you could plug in a drum pedal and activate Overdrive with it.
>>340140745
Being king of shit mountain doesn't mean a goddamn thing.
>>340141114
Yeah, I knew Rock Band managed it - and even though I prefer Rock Band as a series, the guitar controllers feel awful compared to even the Les Paul, imo.
Let's go to the next level and get old and niche. Did anyone else besides me have this as a kid and glimpse the fucking future?
I had great service. Almost never any problems. Now a days they can't manage to stream jack shit game wise.
I actually kinda wanted one. Mainly cause i enjoyed all those arcade skateboard/motorbike/ski things back in the day
>>340141196
>it was shit even for the time.
Well what was better?
>being the best at the time doesn't matter cause everything was shit.
LOGIC
>>340141289
BACK THE FUCK UP, IS THAT A FUCKING SEGA CHANNEL?
My family was the only one I knew of that even had the fucking thing. Waiting for new games to download every month, or however often they updated the thing, was cool as fuck. Plus you had access to games that weren't released in North America, like Mega Man: The Wily Wars and Alien Soldier. Great times.
>Now a days they can't manage to stream jack shit game wise.
It wasn't streaming anything, it would download the games into memory.
>>340124671
>Transferring Pokemon to console games and back
>Moving Chao between Sonic Aventure 1/2 and playing on the go with the tiny Chao garden.
>Downloading games from Animal Crossing and Billy Hatcher
>Crystal Chronicles is one of the best multiplayer games of all time.
FUCK YOU this thing was great. And all the "but you had to buy 4!" people are just lonely because most other kids had their own GBA and cable and you only needed one for yourself.
>>340141510
>being the best at the time doesn't matter cause everything was shit
That's exactly the case. Do you think the Virtual Boy was good simply because it was the "best of the time?" The technology wasn't there yet, and the GBA video was godawful.
>>340139356
One of the first times I saw a Gamecube it was a picture like this. I thought the screen was included. Was so disappointed that it wasn't.
>>340141441
Forgot to ask if its anygood.
>>340133753
Got it in the Treasure Edition of MH Tri. I never plugged it in or downloaded the Wii Speak program that you needed for it. It's collecting dust in a drawer with all the other Wii shit.
Any other JP anons remember this? Was a pretty decent console, wouldn't have minded an WonderSwan Advance.
>>340141568
Virtual boy offered no real function.
It's very appearant people want to watch media on the go. It wasn't that bad at all considering...
>>340140597
Google hates individuality since quite some time, remember when they removed custom backgrounds from the homepage?
>>340141289
Any good exclusive shit for this besides Pulseman?
>>340128385
It is, but no game uses it. It supports 2 gamePads right now
Source: I have a devkit
>>340139356
I still want one of these. They make one for the PS1 as well
>>340141720
>Virtual boy offered no real function.
It was 3D video games, just it gave you a fucking migraine if you used it for more than 20 minutes and there was no color pallet to speak of.Teleroboxer was legit a good game, like a Punch Out spinoff with more creative characters.
>>340141810
It isn't exclusive to Sega Channel (got released in EU too) but
Alien fucking Soldier
>>340124671
I was so fucking pissed when I got crystal chronicles from a friend and found out you have to use this bullshit instead of a regular controller for multiplayer. Fuck you nintendo
Also: every other wii peripheral
it got posted earlier but deserves being posted again
Square-Enix wanted this to be their big all encompassing web portal, it would connect to all their online games sort of like Steam and give you friends lists and email chatting, additionally it would contain it's own communities and forums for S-E's huge catalog of single-player titles.
In reality it was just annoying second thing you had to log into before launching Final Fantasy XI because they never figured out how to unfuck it from that game. Oh and the chat rooms were just people ERPing.
>>340142153
addendum: it has now been posted twice before
>>340123127
N64, Gamecube, Wii U
lel
>>340142196
>the chat rooms were just people ERPing.
sounds pretty ahead of its time desu
>>340139356
I actually had one of these and used it a fuckload. For various stupid reasons, my family ended up taking seriously long road trips so I'd always have this mofo hooked up in the car.
Wasn't allowed a TV in my room either but my dad didn't realise that the screen worked with AC power (thought it was car cigarette lighter only) so I played a shit ton of games after I "went to bed".
>>340142285
OP here
wow genuinely impressed. This is the first actual consolewar/shitpost in the whole thread since it started
congrats
>>340130978
Miiverse hasn't faded into obscurity yet.
>>340131364
It's coming back with Morpheus though, isn't it?
To my knowledge this is the only Gamecube games that has LAN support (well, you had to buy the adapter, but I'm surprised more GC games didn't include the feature)
>>340142674
This, but I wished that it would had become a fully developed social gaming platform similar to Steam.
GameCube microphone. It was only used for 1 (maybe 2, I forget) Mario Party games and the super obscure game Odama
>This piece of crap
I thought you could use the thing like a regular link cable but nope only a handful of games supported it. Don't think I ever used it for anything other than Pokemon
>>340142751
Kirby Air Ride did
>>340142849
It came for free with FR/LG at least.
>>340142834
still have mine
mario party 5 and 6 had some ok mic games
>>340142849
It came WITH the FireRed and LeagGreen when they were new, so I didnt feel completely ripped off....but still
>>340142861
Fuck that game just gets better and better.
>>340142849
At least it was free
>>340124671
I used it for Four Swords Adventures and Pokemon all the time.
>>340136094
Even if it was sold to the public, it would not be cheap at all.
>>340125461
I would lift it up in the car so that the headlights of the car behind us would shine on the screen
>>340142539
its not a shitpost because it's true
>>340123127
Ctrl-f 32x
> 0 results
Are you even trying /v/?
>>340142497
>Wasn't allowed a TV in my room
I'll never understand how some parents can be so shit.
>>340142132
>>340142153
Did this ever even come out?
>>340143161
I bought one with a Sega CD for like 10 bucks when stores were desperate to get rid of stock.
>>340143191
Maybe they don't want their son to grow up to be a useless waste of space like most of /v/
>>340135181
I got one for 8€, beat me. Also, once you learn to live witg the limitations it's not as bad
>>340143161
lets talk about the Sega Saturn
It was released in 94(JP)-95(everywhere else)
and replaced just 4 years later by the dreamcast
The poor thing was doomed from the start
>>340143313
Unfortunately, not allowing your child to have a TV in their room won't help that.
>>340141289
Amazing service, played so many games this way. Found Pulseman and fell in love with it. Such an amazing piece of hardware that doesn't get enough love.
>>340143475
It could be one of many factors that helps establish boundaries and enforce good behavior.
The GameCube had a network adapter only for Phantasy Star Online, but there were actually 2 different adapters you could buy: one for broadband internet, and one to connect to a dial up modem. Dial up internet was already starting to phase out in 2003 and the thing is especially useless now.
>>340143456
Both were equally doomed. Saturn was just prolonged since it was flagship. It was a slow painful death.
>>340143542
>>340141289
It was released pretty late into the life of the Genesis, so it kind of faded into obscurity along with the 32x. Damn shame, because it was a really solid platform for renting games. Maybe too expensive for the time though.
>>340143191
my mother was a complete control freak of the most insane variety.
my room looked identical to the guest bedroom and I wasn't allowed any toys, or anything like that
>>340129316
Why is this in this thread? Everybody I knew with a gameboy had one. I used mine until it developed a mechanical fault and bought another.
>>340143601
That's because you couldn't find the damn things anywhere.people still play PSO on the GC today.
>>340143456
>4 years
That was the average console cycle for the generations, though.
>>340143596
It clearly didn't work, because the kid snuck, and used a screen for the Gamecube.
So, he lied to his parents about going to bed, and not only was he lying to them, he was disobeying them as well.
>>340143740
They still play it on the Dreamcast as well.
>>340143740
You can still use the Broadband adapter for LAN and to connect to private PSO servers, but I'm talking about the Dial-up Modem adapter, that thing has no one today. And if you bought it back then you just had to replace it with the Broadband adapter once you upgraded your service
>>340143758
That doesn't mean the decision is inherently right or wrong. It could be done for any number of reasons, but to say it's shit is pretty short sighted. Kids need boundaries. Otherwise they grow up to be shitbags.
The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connector would be entirely useless now if it weren't just a rebranded Buffalo stick you can get drivers for
>>340143901
I actually had one of those, it would fuck up if you didn't jiggle it into the USB port just right, and it always dropped the connection.
>>340136058
they are also badass a fuck
best $50 i ever spent
>>340142196
the background music was pretty nice though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZkVv4pJqNc
>>340123508
I feel like everything Microsoft tries with the Xbox these days is a massive failure
>>340144001
You got one for $50? That's a great price.
>>340143886
>>340143758
>>340143191
My parents never allowed me to either reasoning was A) i played vidya all day (there was a time i had some horse this 1 hout limit) and it would make me play more, and my family would never see me secluded in my room.
B) id stay up all night on it.
C) i had a small as fuck room and only crt existed at the time
D) NO cable output in my room
Sidenote im 27 and still never hsd a tv or computer in my room. But it's different when you live on your own.
>>340142930
>Tfw it didnt come with my copy
What the fuck
Bought it new in box at Walmart
No adaptor. I was too young to realize and return it though but wtf
>>340143886
So, placing pointless boundaries on children to force them to find loopholes around, or just straight up lie to their parents over, and do whatever they're told not to anyway is somehow better than just letting them do it?
Sounds like a good way to encourage rebellious behavior.
Of course, this is a case-by-case thing. Telling your kid not to do drugs is obviously different than not letting them have a TV in their room, but my point is that it's a useless "boundary" that doesn't do anything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VIrFTJdL5I
>>340131771
Oh the e-reader. I so wanted one, being really into collecting nintendo junk like this when I was little. Kind of glad I didn't blow money on this though.
>>340144218
Make you anti social senpai.
>>340144281
RIP
>>340144218
>placing pointless boundaries on children
Nothing pointless about it. I had some friends that couldn't have tv's in their room because otherwise they would stay up all night playing vidya or shit. Yeah, they still tried to sneak around sometimes and play games in the living room anyway, but they couldn't do that every night. It really limited their access to games and shit after hours. At least they got to sleep at a regular hour. I was always drowsy and shit in school because I would spend all night playing games or watching tv.
>Sounds like a good way to encourage rebellious behavior.
Sounds like you have no idea how kids work. Kids need boundaries man. You'll learn someday.
>>340144413
All kids do today are sit on their phones, or laptops and browse Facebook while watching TV if they're not out with friends.
It doesn't make you antisocial at all.
>>340124671
I liked this. I played Pokemon with some dudes, like >>340136625 mentioned, and also used it to make long, painful trades from Emerald to Fire Red using XD as a middleground since I only had one GBA and didn't own Pokemon Box.
>>340144281
You know you've released a shit product when it literally kills the company
>>340144509
Who do you think they talk to on facebook and their phones you fucking retard?
This is a tragedy because I fucking LOVED it.
I don't understand what happened with HGSS. Those games were the best looking Pokemon games, they nailed the 3D-with-sprites-look, they had a permanent sprint button, you had your fucking Pokemon following you in the world, and the PokeWalker.
I was never a fan of the second generation, but HGSS was probably the best mainline Pokemon game they ever made, from a technical standpoint. No other games had that many innovations, especially for a remake. Most of them didn't even catch on for the later games.
Also, as a kad, I used to build Pokewalker waggle machines out of Lego.
>>340136132
I remember the Penny Arcade guys were frothing over this. Gabe was instantly infatuated and was convinced to go full time OnLive for all of 2 weeks
>>340144497
>I was always drowsy and shit in school because I would spend all night playing games or watching tv.
Sounds like you had no self control, that's not your parents fault, not vidyas fault, nor TVs fault.
It was your own.
>Sounds like you have no idea how kids work. Kids need boundaries man. You'll learn someday.
Yes, because you know so much more about children, and how to raise one.
>>340144685
Their friends, you dumbass.
Your statement said it makes them antisocial, which it doesn't.
>>340144281
>tobacco references
>>340144706
>As a kid
HGSS came out when I was in my last year of college, anon. Stop making me feel old.
>>340144706
holy shit this
>>340144706
Wasn't the Pokewalker even one of the most accurate pedometers at the time?
>>340144745
>Sounds like you had no self control, that's not your parents fault, not vidyas fault, nor TVs fault.
And parents could help mitigate that by establishing boundaries. Kids need discipline and boundaries.
Yes, because you know so much more about children
Much more than you. You can't just let kids have whatever they want, otherwise they turn into smarmy little shits like you.
>>340144509
I grew up before social media,i imagine other guy in thread is the same way...
Also
>>340144685
Wasnt me
>>340140204
I needed an external DVD drive and bought this hunk of crap for £7
It's never been attached to my 360.
>>340144745
>had no self control
>own fault
Were you never a child retard? Chilren lack the self control and many other things well raised adults have. Theres a reason you are raised by your parents, and don't just peace it after breadt feeding. Shitty kids are the products of shitty parents. Self control is taught.
>>340145079
>x shorty x
>they print your "gamertag" on a card for you to carry around
Holy shit I would die of shame of someone were to hand me something like that.
>>340145239
Xbox has gone through so many goddamned blunders of the millenium how the fuck have they survived
>>340145296
The first kinect actually sold pretty well, and as others have pointed out, it's great for just about everything but gaming.
>>340145296
>>340124112
I don't care what anyone says, I'm forever grateful the Kinect exists because otherwise we would not have some of the funniest E3 presentations of all time
Online passes (not to be confused with season passes)
>>340145296
How the hell do you even start to charge for your online service? Thinking back I don't understand how that ever managed to catch on.
>>340145395
"Here Skittles!"
>>340145239
it's like a AAA card, it was only good for discounts and stuff it's not a credit card
>>340145395
NOIGEL
>>340141289
>>340141810
>>340143542
>>340143698
Sega channel was my fucking jam
I remember it had the first two levels of comix zone as like a special demo/timed exclusive thing, a game I wouldn't play the full version of until decades later. Way ahead of its time
>>340145460
didn't xbox live launch as a paid service?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeHjN4oWVfk
>>340145395
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPIbGnBQcJY
I remember watching this exact presentation and I was actually hype as fuck, thinking this might actually be something great for vidya
heh
>>340145395
"Wanna see what the bottom of an avatars shoe looks like?"
>BAM!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JFDVVrqphI
>>340145460
>Thinking back I don't understand how that ever managed to catch on.
For MMO's and stuff, I can kind of understand a monthly subscription, because they have to maintain all their servers and shit. Pretty sure it's all not that expensive to maintain, but STILL, I understand the concept of why it might be needed. With shit like xbox Live and PSN, where most multiplayer is fucking peer to peer, how in the ever living fuck did it get off the ground? Microsoft tried to migrate this cancer to PC and most pc users told them to fuck off. I wish console friends could do the same.
i have a box filled with failed shit that never caught on
e-reader
3DS "AR" cards
Gamecube broadband adapter
the list goes on
almost every gimmick that stemmed from guitar hero
I still fucking laugh when I remember the DS and Wii U have blowing detection.
>>340128601
>>340127653
nintendo would never do this because it makes too much sense. they only do ideas that are batshit retarded or incredibly homogenized now, its the neo nintendo gurantee
>>340146003
I think I still have all this plastic shit somewhere.
>>340146003
DJ Hero was too good for this world ;_;
>>340146398
my nigger
>mfw still listening to the soundtrack
>>340133028
Sony sent me a spiderman 2 UMD through the post.
I don't know why, I don't even know how they knew my address
>>340146398
>tfw kids around me were connecting to the Internet away from computers and there was nothing I could do
>>340146096
It's called a microphone.
Traded this shit for candy in middle school
>>340125507
>THQ's uDraw failed so bad it killed the company
Only when they ported it to PS3 and x360, because the Wii version did well.
>>340146704
Man those extreme load times were something to behold.
>>340146096
>blowing detection
It just used the built-in mic, Einstein.
>>340126969
That's horrendous, please say that at least the game was free.
>>340145971
I can still hear the printer sound.
RAAAAAAAAA-UU
RAAAAAAAAA-UU
it was just a till receipt printer marketed as a kids toy, the devilish devils.
>>340137423
>got the micro for xmas one year
>dropped it in a toilet the same day
Didn't even miss it desu
>>340146003
I thought it would be a good idea to buy the full Beatles Rock Band packIt fucking was, worth the £100 just for McCartney's Hofner
>>340145971
What's that Pikmin card pack? I want it.
>>340144706
>HGSS
>as a kid
What the fuck am I reading?
>>340145818
> Wii Controls
There's the problem.
>>340148065
HGSS came out seven years ago anon
>>340131364
this thing was great for the house of the dead and time crisis, fuck you
>>340138781
I want to buy an NGage and a Tiger Com.
>>340148121
>you're right
I guess I was a kid then too, kind of.
What the fuck happened? Memes aside, I'm genuinely upset right now.
>>340144616
Explain
>>340145770
>With shit like xbox Live and PSN, where most multiplayer is fucking peer to peer
Multiplayer is. And not even all multiplayer. These days, fucking EVERYTHING runs on centralized servers to prevent hackers and stuff.
Also storefronts and friendslists and stuff.
>>340144616
pants with a keyboard built-in that also used bluetooth I think
>>340144020
Because they suck ass at advertising and delivering messages. For instance, I had no idea Rise of the Tomb Raider had released until the game awards in december. Another example was using conker in project spark and telling people to make their own conker game. That's just spitting on every conker fan's face.
>>340148251
It's pretty easy, you're starting to get too old for this place.
>>340146704
For YEARS
Literally
More than one
My family was strict as shit, and this was the only way I could connect to the internet.
I updated my Livejournal from that bastard.
The bottom screen of my black DS Lite got scratch marks in the pattern of the on-screen keyboard.
Truly, they were dark times.
>>340136221
Before kinect and the move controller the PS2 with this thing was the biggest rival for the wii
>>340145486
Isnt she legal now?
>>340148121
>seven years ago
>I was 21
Jesus christ what have I become
You can chat on your DS! It's like Pictochat except it costs money.
It's also like text messaging! Nobody had a cell phone in 2004.
>>340148121
>Oh yeah, I was also a kid 7 years ago
>do the math
>I was 19
>>340148417
Microsoft don't seem to know or understand what the audience wants. Or even worse, they know what people want but try to convince them to buy their shit the way THEY want it. Their Xbox One annoucement was basically this and it was a god damn disater. They tried to shove their price tag, the kinect, the always online, etc. down people's throats for like a year and it just didn't work. It seems Microsoft hasn't learned the less yet (or have they?) and will keep acting like this.
>>340148424
No, it's not that.
2009 feels like yesterday because I've done nothing with my life since then. Everything else could be a dream for what little difference it makes. I haven't realized it until just now.
Thank you anon.
>>340148861
The fuck is that? smellovision?
>>340148805
Thanks I guess, I think you've been watching a bit too much Bebop lately though.
>>340148121
WHAT
>>340148805
>2009 feels like yesterday
Even 2015 feels like forever ago for me and I don't do shit. Feels good
>>340148903
Putting terminally ill kids down, but they can play a game passing away instead of seeing an ugly hospiral bed
>>340148903
its called PediSedate.
it sedates your kids while the play gameboy if they're getting surgery or at the dentist or some shit.
>>340148987
Damn I want one of those things.
>>340148251
>>340148805
>>340148945
Friendly reminder.
>>340148617
>tfw you got this when you were 10 because of Ragnarok and Maplestory avatar dressup sites
I expected more
>>340148903
If they don't get a high score in Tetris they don't get to breath
>>340148987
>>340149007
That's disturbing
>>340124671
I had one of these but I didn't know anybody else who did. I never got a chance to play Crystal Chronicles multiplayer.
>>340130978
That's because it's fucking shit
>>340133321
480x272, actually
>>340148903
If you die in the game you die for real
>>340148903
It gases your kid if they're a scrub.
NOBODY ever gave a fuck about this, not even the people who demo'd it on stage at e3
>>340148903
An accessory that helps you get stoned while you play
>>340144706
I don't think it was meant to be something to "catch on". It was a game exclusive gimmick that GameFreak keeps adding and removing all the time.
>>340149383
holy fuck this was like at 2 or 3 e3s and it was always the worst part of the shows. what goes through corporations minds when they put money into shit like this, no one cares about even the presenters, and then they launch it?
>>340149383
>Fire-Nazi spell
Sounds fucking great.
>>340140597
i used it
it was a sad day when they announced it'd be removed
>>340140597
Shit I remember putting a Christmas countdown on that thing. It was pretty hype.
Every "innovative" peripheral or gimmick-heavy game shown at E3.
>>340149873
>Wii Music
Don't.
>>340130978
It's a really good idea.
Problem is that the Wii U is just so slow and plodding to load that it's just a pain to use.
This trash
>>340142285
>N64
I'm sorry you didn't have any friends anon.
>>340127835
>phil hartman
no joke would've bought that piece of shit just because of him
>>340150218
(You)
>>340149873
Miyamoto always seems to happy though, as if nothing will go wrong. He makes awkward moments look fun
Such a shame Konami had to cancel this because nobody was interested
Id only it had guaranteed success and an all-star lineup
>>340150291
>Miyamoto always seems to happy though, as if nothing will go wrong
Miyamoto is senile.
>>340146704
The only way I could get hentai back then was via the dsi web browser. I always had to steal my brothers dsi and put it back in his room after I was done. I wonder if he knows how many anime tiddies that thing processed. Half the time it wouldn't even load them though. Sometimes I'll fap with the 3DS browser for nostalgia purposes.
>>340146398
>>340146523
Feel Good Inc. vs Heard it Through the Grapevine is still one of the best mixes I have ever heard in my life. War vs. Superstitious and ABC vs. Informer are also pretty sweet.
>>340150359
Happy seniles still make me smile
this
Literally nobody likes it and it has maybe like 2 games lol
>>340144706
>nintendo will never make some kind of pokemon companion app for mobile
>pokemon go keeps looking worse all the time
>>340137491
kek
>>340146756
I still have mine. The only thing I even used it for was that Final Fantasy 8 chocobo game.
This piece of crap was fucking terrible. The detection was shit and it was erratic as fuck if you had an irregular ceiling, fan or bright ceiling. It didn't support pressing 2 'buttons' simultaneously either. Was around 90$. Needed its own power supply. And there was maybe 4 games playable with such a setup.
But it was advertised as a general purpose controller. Good luck playing sonic or castlevania with this shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-UZv3AS-E
>>340148903
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G68G8xFJZAU
>>340150309
It got cancelled because Kojima left and Del Toro wanted to work with him.
>>340150712
I see understanding sarcasm is your forte
>>340150668
How.... Just how did they think this wouldn't be used for more nefarious purposes?
>>340128042
Mine came with my gameboy I only ever learned how to use it years later I wasn't a smart kid
>>340151097
>I wasn't a smart kid
>came with instructions
>looks like any other scanner
that's an understatement
>>340134469
It was never advertised as a CoD or Halo killer, but it was advertised as a "next gen" Wii game, and not just from that old copypasta. They bragged about the engine they made from the ground up specifically for the Wii and all it could do. Honestly, it did end up looking good for a Wii game. Fun multiplayer too.
>>340150557
Nice deflection, Wii U user.
>>340150592
i don't know why they're doing the pokemon go thing. it's so big and unneeded. a companion app where you can level up your team or ones in your boxes through some tedious repetition like walking would be pretty easy to do. fuck, even just earning an item from that would be great.
just being able to see your current team from all of the 3ds games you own would be enough, or the ones in pokemon bank. but now we've got this huge separate thing from the games which looks like crap. why can't nintendo get fucking anything right these days.
>>340129316
these things were pretty good, from what i remember
>>340127835
wasn't this the console where the manufacturing how-to was licensed out to different companies to build their own?
that would explain all the shit versions of it. i think there was even a Korean version under the GoldStar name
>>340133851
>Bare in mind this was before iPods
ipods with video capability came out the same year that the PSP was launched.
>>340150242
Same
>>340148861
BANE?
>>340134581
>posting a photo of your pc screen
>>340150884
cool idea but extremely poor in execution
>>340130978
It's not a bad idea, the problem is that it takes FOREVER to load on the 3DS and Wii U, and the fact that you're forced to use it on 3DS to get screenshots outside of have CFW is the worst thing ever, especially when you can't do it on any games that use AR codes or the camera in general.
>>340151698
He's talking about the GBA.
does anyone even use that anime channel on the 3ds?
>>340152801
No because it's just Nintendo liscenced stuff.
>>340149383
>Spend what feels like an hour advertising it
>Doesn't even look good or enjoyable
>Somehow got J. K. Rowling on board.
>Flops
Thank God.
>>340143191
I wasn't, but I don't see anything wrong with that. It kept me from staying up all night watching tv and it meant I wasn't shut up in my room alone when watching tv or playing vidya.
>>340146704
My parents got me this with my ds. It took forever to load one webpage so I never used it again.>>340146756
>>340149873
>Wii music
I'm amazed miyamoto didn't get into a "car accident" over that
>>340149873
I saw this game for 5 bucks the other day and I had to fight my morbid curiosity.
One of these days I'll fail and get it, and when this happens I'll have to carefully trap 3 poor dudes to join me in this awkward orchestra.
>>340144816
please elaborate
Xbone
Even three years ago, everyone already knew that live TV was on the way out. Everything about the console is also so incredibly backwards to navigate. I hooked up my 360 recently and almost got angry at how much fucking better and more intuitive everything about that UI was compared to the Xbone.
>But normies still watch TV
They have all the apps they need built right into their TV sets, like they've had for the past 5 years! Why would they buy a ridiculous console for that?
I'm real fucking curious to see what they'll show off at E3 or if they'll continue to fuck up.
https://youtu.be/KbWgUO-Rqcw
>>340145971
>3DS AR cards
Oh man. They're gimmicky but I've had fun.
>printed out a big "?" Card this year
>decide to start placing it on people
>tfw now my 3DS camera roll is nothing but Senrans posing ontop of drunk/passed out roomies or their buddies
>>340136295
They held an official poll on their website or Facebook with shit like Skyrim and CoD listed under "What games would you like to see on Ouya".
Fucking lunatics.
>>340124671
>Wind Waker HD replaced the Tingle Tuner with twitter in a bottle instead of utilizing the fucking gamepad screen
>>340148424
If some useless wizard-aged NEET was on 4chan when it first appeared (they might have been, since it was specifically for people who wanted 2ch in english), they could be 43 by now.
Ask a guy that won Kirby and the Rainbow Curse and two Amiibos from Nintendo TVii anything.
>>340133753
I bought this thing thinking I would be able to talk with your team in public games on the conduit, little did i know it only fucking worked if you were playing with friends, what a load of shit. At least my brother used it to coordinate with people on monster hunter tri
>>340157408
Do you suck dicks?
>>340157628
No, but I can call your sister if you want to talk to someone who does.
>>340128042
>Bought e-reader because I heard e-reader cards were the only way to get Eon tickets in Pokemon.
>Apparently they didnt make said card outside of Japan. So you needed a JPN GBA, e-reader and game.
At least I got those special Super Mario Advanced 4 levels though
>>340136221
>he didn't play Harry Potter eye toy games
>>340157831
I don't have a sister m8
>>340129316
I had this one. I felt like I had a legit Pokedex with this shit.
These worked pretty well but ultimately led to nothing.
>>340158027
I really wish more games had this giimmick like Bravely Default.
I also wish I dodn't lost the set of cards that came with 3ds
>>340158027
Just like Amiibo
>>340128042
I nearly got tricked into buying those.
I remember wanting it for my birthday so bad, thinking it was so cool that you can play all the classic games on your GBA, and asking my dad and he just went and told me "y'know you can get those games for free on the internet" after looking at all those NES games i could get with the cards.
Totally shut me down and never wanted it since.
>>340158257
Amiibo have made Nintendo millions and have led to many games getting their own series of Amiibo.
But whatever, you caught me, I took the bait
>>340136485
Onlive
It was a set-top box that streamed your games to your TV so you didnt need a powerful PC. The "cloud" basically rendered your games.
>>340158545
I still remember the constant shilling threads on /v/ years ago, what happened to it?
>>340125871
I've actually developed for the hololens (we got one at work to experiment with), and while it's pretty impressive what they've accomplished with that device, I would never use one in its current state.
The tracking on it is great, if you place an object on. A surface in Windows holo, it stays right where you put it. And I can see that this tech will eventually be popular. But the field of view is like... tiny. Like the actual screen that is projected is a tiny window in the middle of your eyes. Whenever they show a stream of what it supposedly looks like, look at that and realize only the center 1/3rd is actually visible using the headset. Their mirroring software shows more than the headset does on screen, by far. It's deceptive, and until the fov is improved, the hololens is not worth using.
Also it doesn't bring anything to the table that you can't do without it. It's way more trouble than it's worth, until they significantly update it.
>>340127835
Ho shit, the daycare I used to stay at had one of these and I thought it was pretty cool back then.
>>340133958
nice to hear
I got a PSP white from japan, the first model being released so this shit is like 10 years old or something and I was thinking of copping a new PSP and a big memory card
any reason to get it?
>>340128303
The Link's Crossbow Training game it came with was a fun little game but nothing special.
But when I got Sin & Punishment: Star Successor, I found out you can use it with the game and was glad I still had it lying around. At least that bit of plastic got a bit more use, even if it was for a rather obscure game.
>>340158472
Sure, I have some too, but they don't really do anything of significance.
>>340136482
The number of tachyon jokes that came out of OnLive were great
>>340136221
EYE TOY was fun as fuck. I still remember the cleaning windows thing and hitting ninjas with my hands.
GOAT, super fun especially when family got involved
>>340158862
That's because if they did more, people would bitch about MUH PHYSICAL DEE ELL SEE
They do enough.
>Wolf Link unlocks a dungeon in TPHD and transfers some data to the new Zelda game
>Amiibos unlock bonus gameplay content such as Amiibo Party in MP10
>Most Amiibos unlock costumes and other bonuses
>two games made that are based entirely around Amiibo, one being a bunch of NES game demos and the other being a Mini Mario game
>>340158995
Are you 12?
>>340152202
WHY DOES SHE WEAR THE MASK
its got razer plastered all over it but the tech was a different companies
victim of its own success, i have one cause it was cheap; this fucker is so damm sensitive it moves your aim too far when you push the fucken trigger/buttons
>>340159229
yes, in 2004 - 12 years ago
>>340136132
>>340144718
Its the steam link now.
>>340159229
Came out ages ago, if you weren't underage you'd know that
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