The Computer/Console Gaming Thread

[Gutsman Heavy]

nope, not illegal at all, hence why DVD, Blu-Ray and most consoles do it

[Autocon]

hmm i thought i read that on here. if u ask they have to unlock the machine?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Did you get your Saturn at the launch price? I think that was $799 or $899 during it's initial very scarce release.

Mine was $25 bucks 10 years later and then someone gave me another for free Both of their backup batteries are however, of course, dead!

Negatory on the Saturn front. I bought mine a couple of years after release I think and paid around $300 for it. The Batteries are easy enough to change though, but they are the CRC32 size which are the same ones used in the Dreamcast VMUs and so don't last all that long. It's just a shame that when I last loaded up SOnic Jam, ALL my save data had vanished.... Not sure if I can be bothered collecting all those chaos emeralds yet again.

hmm i thought i read that on here. if u ask they have to unlock the machine?

That would be nice, but unlikely methinks. It would be nice, as the region coding is usually the only reason I go to the effort of getting consoles chipped/hacked.

They are shooting themselves in their own foot on the region front. It was the main reason I chose PS3 over Xbox and the reason why I set my Wii up for Homebrew.

[i_amtrunks]

It's a shame now because the DS is region free.

Just means we need to get European releases of games... plenty of decent on-line stores and other methods that are far cheaper than AU retail.

[Autocon]

Talking of prices, we're closer to getting an Australian 3DS price - apparently February 8th. Yesterday they announced the US price of $250... probably meaning upwards of $300-$350 over here.

That's pretty high but not unheard of, PSP was about that i think.

Note that Amazon is for whatever reason allowing international shipping of 3DS to select countries, so you could get one for around AU$280 all up - but have to keep in mind they have apparently region locked it down good this time

And finally, PSP2 announcement next week! Pretty excited to see what they come up with.

will 3ds be backwards compatable?

[Sleeve]

It's a shame now because the DS is region free.

Just means we need to get European releases of games... plenty of decent on-line stores and other methods that are far cheaper than AU retail.

Really? Someone left behind a US copy of Pokemon HeartGold at my photo lab, and when it went unclaimed I kept it. Doesn't work in either my DS Lite or DSi.

[i_amtrunks]

Really? Someone left behind a US copy of Pokemon HeartGold at my photo lab, and when it went unclaimed I kept it. Doesn't work in either my DS Lite or DSi.

Huh, guess not then. Funny that US roms work fine though...

[5FDP]

Box art has been released for the new Mortal Kombat game due to be released in April.

There is also a leaked image of the Mortal Kombat Kollectors Edition which at this stage is an exclusive to Nth America. I sooooo want that statue *drools*



Kollectors Edition

[Hursticon]

Box art has been released for the new Mortal Kombat game due to be released in April.

There is also a leaked image of the Mortal Kombat Kollectors Edition which at this stage is an exclusive to Nth America. I sooooo want that statue *drools*

*snip*

Kollectors Edition
*snip*

Must... Own... Statue!!!

[Hursticon]

Hail to the King Baby!

Oh how I cannot wait for this, well any longer.