PURCHASE! PUUUUUUURCHAAAAAASE!

Lex · Post by **Lex** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 2:34 am

Today I wollowed in my own 30% discount; and one of Nintendo's new color-GBA Systems:

Behold, the Flamingly-Gay Rouge GBA-SP!!!

I deserve your pity.

Worm · Post by **Worm** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 2:12 pm

So, I heard Advanced Wars is real great. Should I pick one of those things up simply for the few good games? When is the next price drop upcoming?

milker · Post by **milker** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 11:48 pm

That is a nice little unit Lex. It is blood red. Good color choice. Did you have an SP before?

Right now on my 256 flash cart I am playing the following:

Aria of the Sword Castlevania - AWESOME FRICKEN GAME
Ghouls and Ghost - Hard as hell, but a classic in the spirit of Halloween

Road Rash - Pretty decent game with good graphics

Sonic 2 - Has anyone beat it yet?

I would have to say that I fricken love my damn SP. I bought the 256 flash cart and the nice joystick handle and I take it to work and everywhere everyday to sneak in a little gaming action.

Advance Wars is addicting and should be tried at home. I would highly recommend this game. Pretty cool game concept and extremely easy and functional controls. The replay value is definetly a 10 in my book.

I have had a lot of success getting roms on ultrafeed lately. I am getting really excited for the new Rtype 3 to come out.

Lex · Post by **Lex** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 3:20 pm

My dad is seriously into bags. I mean, seriously into bags. We cannot pass anywhere selling holders of any sort without having a peak inside.

I always thought this was really weird, but just now realised I have inherited it, in a very specific way; It is blatantly obvious to me that what you keep your GBA in says a lot more about you than what system you use. Because, y'know, there ain't much choice.

I love the "Gamester" hardwallet series; this baby suits my GBA SP to the sexay sexay ground; though usually all for Official products, the Nintendo line of holders look like shit. Made out of fishing net. And faeces.

[Gamester]

FAECES FAECES FAECES
[Nintendo]

So, Milker, what do you keep your GBA SP in?

As for my games; in my measly 128Mb cart I am holding, via PogoShell, The Lost Vikings, which I am addicted to, and Donkey Kong Country, which really sucks right now. Classic it may be, but I can't be assed with those pixel-perfect jumps on such a small screen.

I have also a NES folder, in which are some classics, none of which are working right now; and I'm getting really pissed off I can't get the link-feature to work. Theoretically Linking up two machines should allow dual-NES playability, but it hates me. Tried everything in the book, from official wires to voodoo, but nuddah. Ah, well.

What's your favourite kind of tree?

Jack Straw · Post by **Jack Straw** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 3:45 pm

What do you put it in? It folds up so that the screen doesn't get scratched and you can put it in your pocket. Why would you need a case?

Oh, and my favorite tree is mimosa hostilis.

Worm · Post by **Worm** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 5:22 pm

The SP could fit reasonably well into my wallet could it not? Buying the damn thing just for Advanced Wars seems dumb. I have a SNES, NES(A few actually), and I can play all of those in the comfort of my own home. I mean I'm going to buy the Hamtaro, Yu Gi Oh, and Pokemon games but I was wondering if there were any really rocking new titles.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:35 am

In between making an ass out of myself at the Milker's house, I managed to take a look at his new Gameboy for a few minutes. The Ghouls n' Ghosts game looked really solid. I had no idea that the colors would be that crisp and vivid.

"The very first condom was the jellyfish." -- Vitriola, 10/26/03

I can't justify getting one or anything, but it was nice to see that they did sort of live up to the hype. How's the battery life on them, anyway?

Jack Straw · Post by **Jack Straw** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 10:11 am

Wario Ware kicks ass. It's the perfect "pocket" game.
Having ALL of the Super Marios, from NES to SNES kicks ass too. Contra, all of the Castlevania games, and hell the Zeldas too. If you're into the RPG's Golden Sun 1 and 2 are supposed to be piece.

I charge every two weeks or so. I've played it almost a whole weekend before and not needed to charge..

Souffle of Pain · Post by **Souffle of Pain** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 11:09 am

Jack Straw wrote:Wario Ware kicks ass. It's the perfect "pocket" game.

What's the deal with that one? Is it a whole bunch of games 'in one' or something else?

milker · Post by **milker** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 12:19 pm

It is funny to hear there are others with a bag fixation. I to have more fricken bags around my house then closet space.

I currently carry my Gameboy SP in the tight fitting case from Nintendo. Oh, but it doesnt stop there. I then put that in a camera bag I got at Circuit City so I can carry all the accessories when traveling :)

One of the best things I have purchase ever for my SP is the joystick handle. It definetly helps hand fatigue while playing Castlevania all night.

I showed Robb all the features of my setup and hope I might have him talked in to getting one.

We also covered while he was down this weekend him changing up his Halloween costume to Tron.

Should be cool, stay tuned to Jolt Country for more breaking news.

Jack Straw · Post by **Jack Straw** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 2:14 pm

Ah, fuck. Network went down and I'm not typing that out again.

"It's good. Damn good"

Lex · Post by **Lex** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 2:50 pm

It is a lovley little game; but you could get bored of it after a week or so. Nintendophiles love it, though, because they are psychotic little children from ages 8-27, all of whom watch the Telly Tubbies.

Advance Wars is something pretty special, but it doesn't beat LSN (cough).

I recently went on a 'classics spree; Just completed my C&C Collection - Minus Red Alert 2 (getting it later) & Generals (because I will not force my machine upon that lovely game).

Kelly, that is, Keza, is a genious. She was also a Nintendophile, but through knowing me and her own dissolutions, she is beginning to Lose the Faith. When Kelly, Kelly begins to lose faith in Nintendo, things are bad.

Kelly can speak fluent German, and Nintendo's headquarters are in Germany. The people who live across the road from me are "family friends" with the head of Marketing at Nintendo UK.

It's like it was meant to be; if this chick can be published in "Edge" Magazine, who's tagline is "At last: A video games magazine for adults" at the age of 14, getting her into Nintendo will be no problem.

Free GBA's of every color, everyone?

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 3:22 pm

Lex wrote:Kelly can speak fluent German, and Nintendo's headquarters are in Germany.

????

If we can't trust the last statement, Lex.... how can we trust the first?

(Discuss!! Is there anything better than a chick speaking a foreign language to you? The simple act of reading a menu becomes an event in keeping the Marginot Line in my pants from getting shelled, chudded and shredded.)

C.P.S.G · Post by **C.P.S.G** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 3:44 pm

Oh Lex, whatever will we do with you?

- Council for the proper spelling of "genius"

Lex wrote:Kelly, that is, Keza, is a genious.

Lex · Post by **Lex** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 4:13 pm

I'm British, we invented the language, get out.

Nintendo's "European Headquarters" are in Germany.

Vitriola · Post by **Vitriola** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 5:22 pm

I misspelled genius in a spelling bee once. The next year, I misspelled brilliant. Course, one year I misspelled wrapped, and it came out raped. I was wondering why everyone laughed. My mother had to tell me that night.

The 80s weren't all wine and roses, you know :(

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 5:27 pm

Ya know, It's so weird that I get paranoid about spelling here and Groucho. I have a pocket spell checker on the desk right in front of me and a copy of Funk and Wagnall's desk reference. Drives me nuts when I want juuuust the right word and I have to look it up.

THE
VOCABULARIC
AARDVARK

Lex · Post by **Lex** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 5:45 pm

Shouldn't that be "Vocabulerific"?

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 6:06 pm

yeh, dat white!

THE
VOCABULCOHOLIC
AARDVARK

Kezaaaaaaa · Post by **Kezaaaaaaa** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 6:57 am

For the benefit of irony, I shall conduct this entire post in phonetics (fonetiks).

I am not reely a jeeneeyus, I just happen to bee able to speek Jurman throo the inordinut amownts of Jurman mewsik and shit that I lissen too. Nintendo's headkworters r indeed in Burlin, wich is kewl.

I actually am physically incapable of continuing in this fashion because it's making my brain hurt - a lot - and setting off my AAAAGH BAD SPELLING sensors. Lex should not be given *full* credit for my desertion of Nintendo, however I admit that his mild Xbox fanpersonism helped tip me over the edge.

I was always told that I'd be the last person to desert Nintendo. I have. THAT is a mark of how low the company have sunk. However, the garbled emails and useless PR people of Nintendo's UK press company Cake Media, which I have been forced to respond to on far too many an occasion, may have helped somewhat...

PURCHASE! PUUUUUUURCHAAAAAASE!

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