by taoski on November 4, 2005
In a shock "billionaire tries to make more money" scandal, it appears that the US launch day stock of the XBOX360 will be limited to meagre amounts per store.
As detailled over at the XBOX Forums already, stock for some major retail stores in the US like WalMart will only be able to sell between 10-50 units on a first come first serve basis with only one purchase per person. The dedicated gamer outlets like Electonics Boutique may only receive 16 units per store which will piss off the 60 odd people who have already pre-ordered - over 30 of which were promised a console.
Some other stores worldwide have also been told that they must sell out on the launch date and that they must sell at least two games per console.
The spin on this is possibly two fold.
- Has Microsoft had issues making the consoles in time for the launch date? If so then the low stock estimates could be valid.
- However, predicting a sell out on launch date, creating a high demand for the "must have" next gen console could also work in their favour, creating a shopping frenzy. Hell, they are already on eBay for over ?300!
What ever the reason, if I don't get one on December the 25th… i will stamp my feet and cry.
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by taoski on November 3, 2005
Cripes!
Mr Postman delivered my GBA Flash Cart this morning before 9am! Hows that for eBay service! Ordered yesterday afternoon - delivered today!
I unboxed my new toy and slapped it into the USB port on my XP box and installed the drivers, briefly read the instructions (ignored most of it) and launched the program from the included CD to upload some **ahem** backups of my games I already own.
ERROR: NOT ENOUGH ROOM
The Cart stated that it had 256mb free… but only 256MB RAM - not ROM…. Hmm…
I tried to format the card using the same program - but it just crashed every time.
Thoughts of negative eBay feedback entered my mind as I re-read the instructions.
I went off to the manufacturers website and began to download the latest version of the upload client and was a small part way through downloading it over my 2Meg ADSL line at 3.2kb a second when I found a slightly older version on another site. Downloaded that - unRARed it and tested… it worked!!!
I was able to pick my ROM images and load them into the application ready for uploading.
So why did’nt Mr eBay supply the latest version of the client too? He did supply his own CD with the drivers on, but they were obviously the old version!
So I now have …er… some ROMs on the cart. And for the record.. it works - perfectly!
It boots to a loader screen (with wallpaper you can change) and you arrow up and down the list of games and press the A Button to load them.
I don’t know why I did’nt get one years ago!
Now, i’m off for another “pretend poo” to play.
And tonight, I will be mostly searching the internet for ROMs and Emulators.
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by taoski on November 2, 2005
I just logged onto the webmail portion of my "other" main email account with BTInternet that I have had for over 8 years to check the latest on my eBay/PayPal purchase. Only to remember that I had changed the email addresses ages ago.
They have an automatic spam killing feature on there that moves the offending messages direct to the Trash folder and then deletes them after a month on a rolling process. At the moment, the count of the last 31 days worth of spam is 1373 emails! Not to mention the ones that slip past the filters to be captured by my Thunderbird spam filters.
That's about 44 pieces of crap per day! Or 16,500 per year!
Then again, the email address has been used on newsgroups and a various array of other "dodgy" sites over the years - so 44 per day is probably not that bad! The actual amount of proper emails I get to that address is minimal - i might as well delete it really.
On a side note… here is my first ever newsgroup posting from over 10 years ago. Thanks Google! Oh - and sorry Terry. I know your boss wasn't pleased…
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by taoski on November 2, 2005
by taoski on November 1, 2005
A little help please…
Years after finding an original Gameboy Advance on the train a few days after they have been released in the shops, my love affair with portable gaming has not ceased.
I upgraded the old unit for a nice new spanky Gameboy Advance SP when that came out and we have spent many a happy hour together.
The problem is, I only have 3 games!
I have recently won 29 fights on "Survival Mode" on the "Hard" setting of Tekken Advance, so I think I might have done it to death. I have also completed Tony Hawk with nearly all the characters (much to the delight of my fellow train commuters). Advance Wars is a different matter. I have not even completed the basic training games! Why? Because it takes too long!
I only like to play games that are not too deep and do not take too long. Ones that I can pick up and play for 5 mins at a time. Something I can play whilst on the toilet without running the risk of getting arse-sores.
Has anyone got a suggestion for a new Gameboy Advance game that fits this criteria?
Or has anyone got any good experiences to share regarding the GBA Flash Memory Carts?
Or does anyone want to do swapsies with my copy of Advance Wars?
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In a shock "billionaire tries to make more money" scandal, it appears that the US launch day stock of the XBOX360 will be limited to meagre amounts per store.
Well, it's not a giant lizard slaying robot and its not a new religion.
