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Celine
Joined: 23 Nov 2009 Posts: 95
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Kid Fenris wrote: |
IGN64.com: The Magazine
-The first and possibly only issue
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This issue ?
What is there about Quest 2 ?
22 RPGs for N64 ???
That can't be right |
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Deadguy2322
Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 130 Location: Inside your mind...
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Celine wrote: | Kid Fenris wrote: |
IGN64.com: The Magazine
-The first and possibly only issue
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22 RPGs for N64 ???
That can't be right |
They were being a bit, shall we say, generous in their definition of RPG. |
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KingMike
Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 898
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know if you'd even be able to stretch the definition of an RPG far enough to list 22 released N64 games. :P |
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Kid Fenris
Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 300
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:15 am Post subject: |
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I'm pretty sure Frank has that issue now, so he's the one to ask about it. From what I remember, there wasn't much information on Quest 2.
One thing it does have is a sidebar about canceled Nintendo 64 games. I think it quotes someone as saying Freak Boy is "the best game you'll never play." |
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Deadguy2322
Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 130 Location: Inside your mind...
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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KingMike wrote: | I don't know if you'd even be able to stretch the definition of an RPG far enough to list 22 released N64 games. |
Well, it doesn't fit the way it used to, for sure! |
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mrdomino
Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 167
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:29 am Post subject: |
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on a sort-of related note, does anyone happen to have or know of any magazine that mentions the Color Gamate system? Supposedly it was exhibited at CES or some other trade show, and reported in a US magazine at the time.
Some sources mention it being shown alongside the TurboExpress, so 1990ish .. which is kinda weird, considering the B&W model was only released in 1990, but the Gamate is a weird console in general. EGM 9 has something about the TurboExpress on its cover, so it could be that one I guess (or something else from around the same time). |
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kap Minister of Paranoia
Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 2103 Location: I hate you.
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:04 am Post subject: |
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I'm pretty sure VG&CE had a review of the system and games in an issue, along with wondering if it would really have any success.
edit: Actually, I don't think it was color. So, not what you're asking for. Oops.
edit 2: I'm starting to think it was a different system they reviewed.. wish I had scans of VG&CE.
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mrdomino
Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 167
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:23 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, I'm just trying to find out if there's any truth in the rumours of a colour version. I'd still be interested in any coverage of the B&W one though - all I've seen so far is this and one article that's considerably more in-depth but also in Chinese. |
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TheRedEye The Internet's Frank Cifaldi
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 4192 Location: Oakland, CA
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 5:07 am Post subject: |
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I can 100% confirm that it was not shown at either CES in 1990 (both of which had the TurboExpress), I have studied both shows to an insane degree! Either that or no magazine in the U.S. or U.K. picked up on it for some reason, which is kind of impossible. |
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mrdomino
Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 167
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, that's a shame. I did think it was pretty unlikely that they'd show it either before or so soon after the release of the B&W version .. I wonder if it was a different show, or if someone just made it up. |
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The Green Meanie
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 218 Location: The New Wave
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Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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(From HughesJohnson.com)
Check out the screen shots for Jaws, Karate Kid, and Bionic Commando from this Sears flyer:
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KingMike
Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 898
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:23 am Post subject: |
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Bionic Commando is probably an arcade screenshot.
Karate Kid and Jaws are probably mockups.
Zelda is an FDS version shot (different font). |
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ICEknight
Joined: 15 Dec 2003 Posts: 569
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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I think the Karate Kid screen was actually confirmed to be a mockup by somebody involved with it, please correct me if I'm wrong. |
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Deadguy2322
Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 130 Location: Inside your mind...
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:20 am Post subject: |
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KingMike wrote: | Bionic Commando is probably an arcade screenshot.
Karate Kid and Jaws are probably mockups.
Zelda is an FDS version shot (different font). |
Bionic Commando is not an arcade shot. It actually looks like Turrican on Amiga. |
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Kid Fenris
Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 300
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:27 am Post subject: |
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Deadguy2322 wrote: | KingMike wrote: | Bionic Commando is probably an arcade screenshot.
Karate Kid and Jaws are probably mockups.
Zelda is an FDS version shot (different font). |
Bionic Commando is not an arcade shot. It actually looks like Turrican on Amiga. |
That's what I thought at first, but then I checked around and realized that there's a huge armored robot-thing in the background of one level in the arcade Bionic Commando. That screen fits it closely.
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bioniccommando/bioniccommando.htm
There's a shot of the level in question halfway through the writeup about the arcade game. |
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Kid Fenris
Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 300
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 4:58 am Post subject: |
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I have another round of game magazines to ditch. I'll use the same rules as before: You pay only for shipping, and a $10.70 flat-rate box from the USPS holds 10 to 20 magazines. So you can pick what you want and pay $11 per box.
Edit: All Gone! |
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releasethedogs
Joined: 07 Jul 2016 Posts: 7
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 4:18 am Post subject: |
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Does anyone have either/both of:
Game Informer #12 September/October 1993
Game Informer #18 September/October 1994
Inside one of them is a Game Genie code for "Werewolf the Last Warrior" that is not online. I remember from my childhood that it had a bunch of X,W or Zs in it. If you'd pot it here id be eternally grateful. I'm been hunting for it for years. |
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