RE: [OT] Games Consoles

[Keith Doxey <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Stuart,

thanks for that.

I was thinking of the older stuff with the cartridge games etc rather than
something as recent as PS or Dreamcast but I might well consider those now.

I dont think I will be getting addicted t  any driving games.....the last
thing I will want to d  after spending upto 2 hours getting home because of
the summer traffic is t  play a driving simulation !!!!

Too busy building KAT5 stuff anyway :-)

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Grimshaw [mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 August 2001 09:21
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Games Consoles


You only have two choices really Keith, either a Playstation or Dreamcast,
both have their good points & their bad points.

DC's have been discontinued, but there are still games being developed for
them, you don't have to get it chipped t  play backup games and it's
graphics
& sound are better. You can even get an MP3 player for it & run
Linux on
it!!

If you go for a playstation go for one of the older ones, not the newer
&
smaller PS1's, these are hard to chip. However the fact that PS1's are
still
in production means that there are more games coming out for the
Playstation.
On the downside you need to get it chipped (a mere trifle for a man of your
talents, the chip weighs in at about 5 quid) & it's graphics aren't as
good
as the Dreamcast. The playstation should be slightly cheaper as well.

Make sure whichever you buy that it comes with at least 2 joypads & a
memory
card (the bigger the better). I know you say it's not for you, but when you
play games like Bust-a-Move & Crash Team Racing you'll soon get
addicted :-)

On Wednesday 01 August 2001 08:30 am, Keith Doxey wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I need suggestions for buying a games console (possibley secondhand as
I
> dont need/want state of the art).
>
> It isnt for me, its for Sharon and Amber t  play games on.
>
> I dont need anything fancy as the kind of games Sharon likes are the
games
> on Open eg Beehive Bedlum and Tetris etc.
>
> I was thinking of looking round the local car boot sales at the
weekend to
> see what I could pick up but as I know absolutely nothing about games
> consoles I wouldnt know if I was looking at a good on or not !!!!
>
> Keith (not a gamer !!!)
>
>
>
>
>
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