Controversial gaming opinions you have

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Originally Posted by MaxWar

I have a Tandy 1000 Tx and its pretty cool.
The tandy 1000 family of computer is arguably the best choice to play most PC/XT generation games.

It has Upgraded CGA ( Tandy video mode ) which is perfectly CGA compatible but has some enhancements that some games could take advantage of.
It has that classic 3 voice tandy sound that is actually pretty nice to have as its what some game music were designed for.
Gaming wise, it can do all a regular PC/XT could do plus some more.

You also need a CGA device to play alot of old games properly as EGA and VGA do not have so good retro compatibility.
Not only the palette can be wrong but there were alot of twists that the CGA programmers used that could not be reproduced in EGA/VGA.

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Tandy had one of the most popular PC clones of the time. There were PC games that had a Tandy version available.


I did a network installation at the home office of good old Tandy Leather Company a couple of year ago. They are still producing leather products to this day.

A lot of the good stuff in VGA (scrolling, "kinda sorta blitting", page flipping, etc...) are all actually EGA capabilities, Mode X essentially just abuses EGA stuff in VGA mode. So yeah EGA was a pretty huge leap, the big problem was the master palette. 16 colors are ok if you can choose good ones which was not the case.

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Originally Posted by FuturePrimitive

1. I like many Castlevania games: NES releases (since I haven't played the Famicom games), Castlevania Dracula X, Castlevania Bloodlines, Castlevania SotN, Castlevania Harmony of Despair...

2. Skyrim is old school RPG design through and through. It's an acquired taste. I'm surprised it gained so much popularity with people that don't play RPGs. I like it a lot and I don't even own a copy!

3. No.

4. It depends.

You sure are pretty jaded for being younger than most of us here! I don't think you've earned the right to be cynical yet.

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Pretty much agree here . . . and you did it much more concisely than I would have. :p (and repped)

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Originally Posted by Barone

Yes, but there's a lot of masochists in this world. I should have included Chakan too (actually, I updated the list to include it ;)), which is overrated and overhyped around here.

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Quite true . . . or if not masochists, obsessive people who feel a compulsion for the challenge to play though a frustratingly bad game. If not for that, my brother wouldn't have played through Sonic and the Secret Rings to the end. :p

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Originally Posted by sheath

* Inverted controls means up is up and down is down, regular controls are like a flight stick.

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Or, with ANY analog stick of any type, there is no "up" or "down" but only "forwards" and "backwards" ie push forward on the stick or pull backwards (more often "pull back").

And yes, it sucks that there's inconsistency in what "inverted" controls are. TBH, I'd be fine with "forward=tilt down" being "inverted" if they'd at least standardize on that across the board. (or not use the term "inverted" at all, and just physically depict what direction the input relates to)

The issue is stickier if you add mice to the equation, though I don't think a shared standard for "inverted" controls should apply to mouse AND joystick. (inverted on mouse should be back is up and forward is down)

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* A mouse and keyboard are not legitimate gaming devices no matter how good some gamers are with them.

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I'll take that and raise you a "keyboard alone is a legitimate gaming device" . . . for that matter: "mouse alone can very well be a legitimate gaming device" not only that, but certain genres only work well with those interfaces, more so for keyboard than mouse. (particularly games with significant use of typed commands)

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Originally Posted by MaxWar

2. I never played Skyrim. It is a Steamwork game. Ive been boycotting everything Steam for years ( and no i wont play it on a console ). I dont really feel like im missing out.

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What? Skyrim isn't a Steam exclusive . . . you can purchase and install the physical disk totally independently of a steam license AFIK. The Steam version is a separate distro.

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Originally Posted by Kamahl

Mouse and Keyboard (separately too), Touchscreens, Gamepads, Joysticks, Paddles, etc... Are all valid gaming controls. They just work better for different kinds of games.
Cannon Fodder for example is fully playable with just a mouse and absolutely painful to play with a Pad or Joystick, so I really don't share sheath's opinion on this.

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repped for this. ;)

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

You might not get into the series but I recommend trying Morrowind first. What makes the variety of stuff to do compelling is that many of them are survival choices. You're constantly presented with areas too dangerous to go in so the fun is in exploring the world to find ways of advancing your character. Skyrim, by contrast, has a similar big world to explore but with enemies scaling in difficulty and fast travelling anywhere, it's not as challenging or rewarding to explore and gain levels. The combat is flashier and more satisfying in Skyrim, though.

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Morrowind can be very hit and miss too. I've got one friend in particular who just got fed up with the combat system's "roll the dice" style damage mechanics. (random hit probability regardless of how/where you hit . . . which I can totally see being stupid for an otherwise relatively modern 3D action-RPG, and it does detract from the experience IMO --actually he specifically said that mechanic would be fine in a more primitive game, especially one in 2D or semi-turn-based like Runescape, but it's out of place there) Hell, even Redguard's clunky battle system is at least consistent for what it is. :p

There's mods that work around some of those faults too though.

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Originally Posted by gamevet

Have you ever played on a PC that was made in the early to mid 80's?

My old man had a Tandy 1000 in 1986. The thing had a crappy built in speaker, ugly ass CGA graphics (Magenta anyone?) and most of the games weren't on-par with what was available on the C-64. I was kind of excited when he'd bought the computer, and was looking forward to playing the highly touted PC title Gunship. Man, was I disappointment.

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PC GAMES were more a problem than the hardware . . . well if you include the Tandy 1000 (for pre-VGA/EGA games) at least. That was the only (lasting) PC-compatible platform with decent game-meriting sound/graphics capabilities prior to EGA/VGA+Adlib/Soundblaster appearing and gaining support between 1988 and the early 90s (when VGA+SB became standard). Normal PCs/clones got crappy CGA+PC speaker at best (and EGA+PC speaker for many late 80s/early 90s games too), but for any Tandy-specific games you got 320x200 16 colors and the 4-channel PSG (basically the same as the SMS/CV/etc SN76489) plus the PC beeper. Not great (and worse than the Atari ST, granted) but at least decent enough to be gaming worthy and technically better for a number of things compared to most 8-bit home computers. (even compared to the C64, the higher res and CPU grunt could come in handy, and the color palette even had advantages over the C64 for some things . . . more varied and colorful at least and certainly better suited to getting more colors from dithering -the higher res helps there too)
Well . . . color and graphics wise it was pretty much identical to EGA visually, but chunky pixels would be significantly faster to render with. (given equal CPU grunt and code quality -a fast 286 EGA PC clone would obviously be faster than a 8088/86 Tandy)

The Tandy 1000 was basically the best PC game platform (for games supporting the standard) prior to EGA+Adlib becoming common (even then it was close), and not until VGA+Adlib/SB did PC gaming really move beyond what the Tandy 1000 had hack in '84.

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Originally Posted by miru

I actually like most of Sonic's friends.


I think the Werehog is fun.

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Hmm, actually that's one thing my my brother and I are kind of controversial with: both of us like the werehog stages more than the day stages in Unleashed . . . and generally dislike Colors for the same reason. :p

Oh, and I don't really care for either Super Mario Galaxy game, but I like Sunshine a lot. (one of my favorite 3D platformers . . . Sonic Adventure 2 is up there too though ;))

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Originally Posted by Kamahl

A lot of the good stuff in VGA (scrolling, "kinda sorta blitting", page flipping, etc...) are all actually EGA capabilities, Mode X essentially just abuses EGA stuff in VGA mode. So yeah EGA was a pretty huge leap, the big problem was the master palette. 16 colors are ok if you can choose good ones which was not the case.

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I wasn't aware that EGA had any hardware acceleration capabilities (block/line fill, copy, etc) or scrolling like VGA did. Most scrolling EGA games seem to be softscroll . . . like their Atari ST and CGA (and TGA) counterparts.

Also, the bigger issue with EGA color was that in 320x200 and 640x200 modes (the only common game modes) you couldn't use the EGA palette (6-bit RGB) and got stuck with the CGA palette alone, so games looked the same as Tandy 1000 fare. (technically, Tandy 1000 graphics were better for games since they were 4-bit packed and not planar) Few if any EGA games ever used the 640x352 24 kHz mode, and others had to use the CGA RGBI-ish palette. (so, again, itentical color-wise to Tandy's TGA . . . though there's a few odd cases like Thexder where the Tandy mode got a nice recolored 320x200 display while EGA mode directly ported over the ugly column-dithered 640x200 4-color RGB of the PC-8801 original :p -and lacked the sound quality of the Tandy version, of course- actually, the CGA version looks better optimized too and even used the better palette with yellow/green/red/black rather than the ugly overused cyan/magenta/white/black)

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Originally Posted by kool kitty89

I wasn't aware that EGA had any hardware acceleration capabilities (block/line fill, copy, etc) or scrolling like VGA did. Most scrolling EGA games seem to be softscroll . . . like their Atari ST and CGA (and TGA) counterparts.

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EGA doesn't have block/line or anything like that, the kinda sorta blitting (plotting 4 pixels at once) is just an abuse of the EGA compatibility (planar memory). Hardware smoothscrolling can't be used in the standard mode 13h, you need to access more video memory than the fixed 64k available in mode 13h, EGA already had smoothscrolling.

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Originally Posted by MrSega

You should read his posts. Just about all of them are personal attacks against me. Threats,flamebaits, personal user attacks,topic derailing, you name it.

He's one of the most prolific trolls I've ever come across.

If he weren't stalking me and constantly threatening me, I wouldn't give a crap about him, but since he makes everything about me, I do.

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Never seen him do any of that; link me to where he's threaten you, pls.

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Originally Posted by KitsuneNight

on topic : i hate chronotrigger
a bloody jrpg with grinding and so called art direction by that toriyama hack ?
just kill me now !

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What do you mean by hack? I've not seen anyone else use a similar style to Toriyama's.

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Originally Posted by FuturePrimitive

http://www.tmfgaming.com/forum/index...;in=79;preview

You know what? You are a crap factory! :D

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Yup, I've had him on ignore for quite a while now.

" Quote Originally Posted by Segadream View Post
You are just upset someone who's opinion ACTUALLY matters doesn't agree with you.
I'm sorry if I offended your beloved crap console.
But you on the other hand I feel no sympathy you for at all. Moron Mormon retard.
Is that you in the picnic table cloth dress?
Jeez no wonder you're upset, wearing the string panties too huh?
The game systems that matter are on that list.
And if you don't find yours on there they should not EXSIST.
End of discussion."

Segadream is one of the few people I can really truly say "I feel no sympathy for".

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Originally Posted by MrSega

You should read his posts. Just about all of them are personal attacks against me. Threats,flamebaits, personal user attacks,topic derailing, you name it.

He's one of the most prolific trolls I've ever come across.

If he weren't stalking me and constantly threatening me, I wouldn't give a crap about him, but since he makes everything about me, I do.

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Did you try reporting his troll posts?

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Originally Posted by KitsuneNight

on topic : i hate chronotrigger
a bloody jrpg with grinding and so called art direction by that toriyama hack ?
just kill me now !

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My respect for you as a person couldn't be higher. My respect for your tastes in games however.....

You don't need to grind in chrono trigger if you know what you're doing. I only do a little grinding at the beginning then the rest of the game is grind free. The art isn't final fantasy 6 sure, but I really enjoy the story.

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Originally Posted by The Jackal

What do you mean by hack? I've not seen anyone else use a similar style to Toriyama's.

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all his characters are exactly the same
down tot he weird eyes the spiky hair and the lack of ankles

and i generally dont like toriyama's art ( or dragon ball for that matter )

Chrono Trigger is almost completely grind free, only right at the start when you don't have many abilities does a little grind help. After that it's just using skills smartly.

^ thats nice
i still dont like chronotrigger and i doubt i ever will
the game never clicked for me and i dont see what all the hype is about

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Originally Posted by MrSega

Ban stu as well. He's like a stalker fanboy of mine following me everywhere all of the GOTDAMN internet.

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Originally Posted by MrSega

You should read his posts. Just about all of them are personal attacks against me. Threats,flamebaits, personal user attacks,topic derailing, you name it.

He's one of the most prolific trolls I've ever come across.

If he weren't stalking me and constantly threatening me, I wouldn't give a crap about him, but since he makes everything about me, I do.

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Originally Posted by stu

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Case in point.

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Originally Posted by Kamahl

Chrono Trigger is almost completely grind free, only right at the start when you don't have many abilities does a little grind help. After that it's just using skills smartly.

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I dunno about that. The first time I played Chrono Trigger, I got stuck at a boss fight.

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Originally Posted by j_factor

I dunno about that. The first time I played Chrono Trigger, I got stuck at a boss fight.

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Which one?