--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 170 VIDEO GAMES Ref: F3400008 Date: 03/02/98 From: CHRIS MCCULLOUGH Time: 07:41pm \/To: SAM EVANS (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Snes/N64 -> Actually i saw a whole list of games that are coming out for SNES.. -> -> do you know any of the games??????? Not off-hand...but it was in a videogame mag.... it was right there under Upcoming Games.... Imagine that!!??? --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0462 * Origin: Christian Fellowship | Audubon, NJ 609-546-6404 (1:266/512) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 170 VIDEO GAMES Ref: F3400009 Date: 03/02/98 From: SAM EVANS Time: 07:45pm \/To: CHRIS MCCULLOUGH (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Snes/N64 -> Imagine that!!??? yeah i really thought that super nes was dead --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0462 * Origin: Christian Fellowship | Audubon, NJ 609-546-6404 (1:266/512) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 170 VIDEO GAMES Ref: F3400010 Date: 03/03/98 From: STEVE IGREJAS Time: 03:01pm \/To: TOM ARKHIT (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: PSX or N64 TA> The N64 has 9 the PS has 8 No, both have 10. Which includes SELECT and START on PSX and Start on N64. --- QuickBBS 2.85 GoldBase * Origin: >>>Xanadu BBS<<< New Bedford Ma. (508)995-9876 (FIDONET 1:329/889) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 170 VIDEO GAMES Ref: F3400011 Date: 03/03/98 From: STEVE IGREJAS Time: 03:09pm \/To: TOM ARKHIT (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Test Drive 4 In a message to Jonathan Fingas <02-22-98 05:42> Tom Arkhit wrote: TA> No a PC actually works out cheaper..: TA> TV: #850uk pounds (Sony 29 inch dolby surround.. The TA> ONLY choice) Console: #130uk pounds for PS #100uk pounds for SAT TA> #100uk pounds for N64 TA> Total #1180uk pounds Yes, ut everyody already has a TV. Not everybody has a PC. Who says you need a 29" especially with Surround sound. I have a GXTV (13" screen with Stereo Suround Sound) for $200. PSX is $140 (where I shop) and N64 $150. Games for PSX are from $30 to $50. N64 $60 to $80. FYI I shop at FuncoLand for my games. that's a lot cheaper than a computer that can actually run Tomb Raider just like PSX. Which might cost $700 or $800. --- QuickBBS 2.85 GoldBase * Origin: >>>Xanadu BBS<<< New Bedford Ma. (508)995-9876 (FIDONET 1:329/889) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 170 VIDEO GAMES Ref: F3400012 Date: 03/03/98 From: TROY H. CHEEK Time: 09:58am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Top Posters Statistics compiled at 09:58:04 on 03/03/98 on the last 895 messages, dating from 25 JAN 98 to 26 FEB 98, received in the VID_GAME echo at 1:362/708.4 Comments and bug reports: *Netmail* Troy H. Cheek on 1:362/708.4 catfish@wingnet.net or http://www.wingnet.net/~catfish *!!!* flags highest ranking entry which has not been flagged before. Top senders Avg. New Rank Name Number Size Mat. ========================================== _ 1 Steve Igrejas 182 831 76% 1:329/889 _ 2 Patrick Carroll 113 1282 59% 1:167/133 *!!!* _ 3 Troy H. Cheek 86 2897 94% 1:362/708.4 _ 4 Adam Warder 59 652 70% 1:109/132 _ 5 Tom Arkhit 48 1452 64% 2:250/210 _ 6 Jonathan Fingas 47 1182 67% 1:163/215 _ 7 Josh Cender 46 1134 73% 1:153/307 _ 8 Kano Vuong 33 892 52% 1:2626/308 _ 9 Jason Lumpkin 32 1236 57% 1:3822/1 _ 10 Sam Evans 30 471 80% 1:266/512 _ 11 Stephan Weis 25 807 63% 1:153/953 _ 12 Brian Jackson Jr 22 1291 48% 1:322/746 _ 13 Shawn Spear 19 1005 69% 1:153/953 _ 14 Justin Smith 17 937 64% 1:123/119 _ 15 Chris Valdez 17 676 64% 1:382/48 _ 16 Shannon Taylor 16 1408 78% 1:106/1725 _ 17 Neil Capel 12 1581 62% 2:2503/105.4 _ 18 Martin Leduc 11 863 70% 1:163/327 _ 19 Barry Laws, Jr. 10 994 88% 1:3648/6 _ 20 Andrew Wolfe 9 1541 71% 1:270/315 _ 21 Roger Fingas 9 1249 55% 1:163/215 _ 22 Vince Woo 9 840 79% 1:153/307 _ 23 Kevin Aure 7 988 57% 1:107/634 _ 24 Gregory P. Leffler 6 1133 62% 1:2320/38.3 _ 25 Dave Morrow 6 460 88% 1:163/327 _ 26 Michael Dehls 5 1273 42% 1:2604/412 _ 27 Blood Wolf 4 1418 63% 1:167/133 _ 28 Mark Gervais 3 908 68% 1:167/133 _ 29 Asher Densmore-Lynn 2 1378 69% 1:130/115 _ 30 Shawn Spear 2 823 70% 1:153/307 _ 31 Jeff Nelson 2 498 70% 1:280/173 (list truncated for brevity - 37 total) ... /|\tari Cowboy -> Cowboy MSG Statistics v1.4 --- JetMail 0.99beta22 * Origin: When Starlings Mate - Benton, TN (1:362/708.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 170 VIDEO GAMES Ref: F3400013 Date: 03/03/98 From: TROY H. CHEEK Time: 09:58am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Top Receivers Statistics compiled at 09:58:06 on 03/03/98 on the last 895 messages, dating from 25 JAN 98 to 26 FEB 98, received in the VID_GAME echo at 1:362/708.4 Comments and bug reports: *Netmail* Troy H. Cheek on 1:362/708.4 catfish@wingnet.net or http://www.wingnet.net/~catfish *!!!* flags highest ranking entry which has not been flagged before. Top receivers Avg. New Rank Name Number Size Mat. ========================================== _ 1 Steve Igrejas 160 1043 65% _ 2 All 115 2412 95% _ 3 Josh Cender 72 1034 63% *!!!* _ 4 Patrick Carroll 71 1036 62% _ 5 Kano Vuong 53 954 68% _ 6 Tom Arkhit 45 852 68% _ 7 Shawn Spear 44 1098 65% _ 8 Jonathan Fingas 43 1157 62% _ 9 Stephan Weis 37 920 63% _ 10 Adam Warder 37 778 76% _ 11 Jason Lumpkin 27 1235 60% _ 12 Chris Valdez 21 696 71% _ 13 Martin Leduc 20 999 61% _ 14 Sam Evans 20 686 84% _ 15 Shannon Taylor 18 1561 53% _ 16 Justin Smith 14 758 64% _ 17 Troy H. Cheek 10 1150 61% _ 18 Brian Jackson Jr 10 860 64% _ 19 Neil Capel 9 1683 64% _ 20 Barry Laws, Jr. 9 1152 59% _ 21 Andrew Wolfe 9 936 58% _ 22 Blood Wolf 8 886 70% _ 23 Roger Fingas 7 960 58% _ 24 Kevin Aure 6 1172 61% _ 25 Vince Woo 6 758 73% _ 26 Gregory P. Leffler 5 1423 46% _ 27 Dave Morrow 4 3444 95% _ 28 Mark Gervais 4 1056 57% _ 29 Michael Dehls 3 805 68% _ 30 Asher Densmore-Lynn 2 919 71% _ 31 Cloud Strife 2 550 73% (list truncated for brevity - 35 total) ... /|\tari Cowboy -> Cowboy MSG Statistics v1.4 --- JetMail 0.99beta22 * Origin: When Starlings Mate - Benton, TN (1:362/708.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 170 VIDEO GAMES Ref: F3400014 Date: 03/03/98 From: TROY H. CHEEK Time: 09:58am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Top Subjects Statistics compiled at 09:58:08 on 03/03/98 on the last 895 messages, dating from 25 JAN 98 to 26 FEB 98, received in the VID_GAME echo at 1:362/708.4 Comments and bug reports: *Netmail* Troy H. Cheek on 1:362/708.4 catfish@wingnet.net or http://www.wingnet.net/~catfish *!!!* flags highest ranking entry which has not been flagged before. Top subject lines Avg. New Rank Name Number Size Mat. ========================================== _ 1 Psx Vs N6 101 1168 63% *!!!* _ 2 N64 Games 99 996 61% _ 3 Time To Buy An N64? 72 916 65% _ 4 Jeo 01/46 46 3629 94% _ 5 Fav Console Ever 38 1071 63% _ 6 Resident Evil 37 1194 61% _ 7 64Dd 34 884 69% _ 8 Final Fantasy 26 1473 61% _ 9 Parappa The Rapper 23 596 78% _ 10 Video Game For Would 22 1267 62% _ 11 Yaroze 21 892 66% _ 12 Everyone Reply To Th 18 1009 69% _ 13 Test Drive 4 16 1356 66% _ 14 Virtua Fighter 15 1056 64% _ 15 Ff7 15 756 72% _ 16 Psx Or N64 15 727 85% _ 17 State Of The N64 13 1149 62% _ 18 Help Me! Ff7 11 1246 69% _ 19 Stuff 11 962 69% _ 20 Blood 11 793 67% _ 21 Wcwvsnwo:World Tour 9 1791 94% _ 22 Welcome To The Echo! 9 1509 92% _ 23 N64 "Games Makers" 9 1039 59% _ 24 Tomorow Never Dies O 9 709 76% _ 25 Psx: Yarozee 8 915 72% _ 26 Sega Saturn 7 1229 58% _ 27 Ff7 For Win 95 7 1010 72% _ 28 Echo Suggestion 7 849 80% _ 29 Tomorrow Never Dies 7 795 76% _ 30 Zelda 64 6 1389 71% _ 31 Yoshi's Story 6 1188 74% _ 32 Everyone's Favorite 6 1056 81% _ 33 Rule 5 6 988 71% _ 34 Princess Or Lara 6 864 69% _ 35 Top Posters 5 1531 61% _ 36 64Dd Vs Psx 5 984 60% _ 37 Ff7: Help 5 862 79% _ 38 Goldeneye 5 759 76% _ 39 Vote 5 635 73% _ 40 Speakers! 4 1160 59% _ 41 Age Groups 4 954 61% _ 42 N 4 744 67% _ 43 Failures 4 723 77% _ 44 True Lihtin 4 644 80% _ 45 ... 4 357 95% _ 46 Psx Cd Vs N64 Carts 3 1525 65% _ 47 N64 Games Cheap? Hah 3 1223 48% _ 48 Ff7 Loading Time 3 1165 61% _ 49 Why? 3 1151 52% _ 50 Mystical Ninja-N64 3 993 74% _ 51 Duke 3D 3 950 79% _ 52 Megabits And Bytes 3 885 69% _ 53 A Question 3 795 79% _ 54 Poll 3 747 72% _ 55 Psx: Parappa The Rap 3 632 74% _ 56 Psygnosis Prepares T 2 3685 99% _ 57 Consoles Vs. Pcs - P 2 3566 48% _ 58 Top Subjects 2 2605 91% _ 59 Playstation Worldwid 2 1787 79% _ 60 64Dd Features 2 1591 94% _ 61 Psx Will Always Be O 2 1228 67% _ 62 Vandal Hearts 2 1215 89% _ 63 Ea's Bonding With Mg 2 1087 94% _ 64 Help 2 965 86% _ 65 Sound Systems 2 907 87% _ 66 Rpgs 2 838 68% _ 67 Psx Owner's Age.. 2 820 67% _ 68 Wipeout Xl 2 740 94% _ 69 Jaguar Codes 2 631 84% _ 70 Console Ads 2 544 86% _ 71 Hockey 2 541 99% _ 72 Future Owners Of Zel 2 499 83% _ 73 Psx Controller.. 2 439 87% _ 74 Rise Of The Robots.. 2 431 95% (list truncated for brevity - 106 total) ... /|\tari Cowboy -> Cowboy MSG Statistics v1.4 --- JetMail 0.99beta22 * Origin: When Starlings Mate - Benton, TN (1:362/708.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 170 VIDEO GAMES Ref: F3400015 Date: 03/03/98 From: TROY H. CHEEK Time: 09:59am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Midway Home Entertainment Holds Position09:59:5803/03/98 Midway Home Entertainment Holds Position as Third Party Leader CORSICANA, TEXAS (Feb. 12) BUSINESS WIRE - Feb. 12, 1998 - Midway Home Entertainment confirmed today that the company sold more Nintendo(R) 64 games than any other third party publisher in 1997 based on NPD's TRSTS 1997 video game data. Furthermore, the industry report reveals that the company has maintained the lead life-to-date for total third party units sold since the debut of the Nintendo 64 console. The announcement was made by Paula Cook, director of Marketing for Midway Home Entertainment. Widely recognized as the leading third party publisher for the Nintendo 64 since the game system's retail debut in 1996, Midway released a total of five N64 titles this past holiday season; the popular racers San Francisco Rush Extreme Racing(TM) and Top Gear(R) Rally(TM), the sequel to 1996's best selling N64 sports game The NHL(R) & NHLPA(TM) present Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98, the fighter Mace: The Dark Age(TM), and Mortal Kombat(R) Mythologies: Sub-Zero(TM), the latest offering from the strongest franchise in video game history. All totaled, Midway has released ten titles for the Nintendo 64 with plans for many more. Among the eagerly awaited titles scheduled for release for the Nintendo 64 from Midway this year are Olympic Hockey Nagano(TM) '98 in February, Quake(R) 64 and Rampage(TM) World Tour in March. Mortal Kombat(R) 4, Bio FREAKS(TM), Gex(TM) Enter The Gecko, Blitz(TM) and others are slated for release later in the year. As part of today's announcement, the company also revealed that it is offering new, low, value prices on five of its titles for the Nintendo 64 - the Gamer's(TM) Select Value Price program. Mortal Kombat(R) Trilogy, DOOM(TM) 64, War Gods(R), NBA HangTime(TM), and Mace: The Dark Age(TM). Under the terms of the program, these games will carry a $39.95 MAP. In making the announcement Ms. Cook stated, "We are proud of our long-standing position as the leading third party publisher for the Nintendo 64 and are committed to continue our support for the system through the release of many more great games and the Gamer's Select(TM) Value Price program." From: Silicon Times Report / February 13, 1998 / No.1406 ... This isn't going to help my quote ratio. --- JetMail 0.99beta22 * Origin: When Starlings Mate - Benton, TN (1:362/708.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 170 VIDEO GAMES Ref: F3400016 Date: 03/03/98 From: TROY H. CHEEK Time: 10:00am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: GT Interactive Signs All-Star Catcher Mi10:00:0003/03/98 GT Interactive Signs All-Star Catcher Mike Piazza NEW YORK (Feb. 12) BUSINESS WIRE - February 12, 1998 - Driven by winning major league power, GT Interactive Software Corp. has signed Mike Piazza, the Los Angeles Dodgers' All-Star catcher, to headline its first baseball video game, Mike Piazza's StrikeZone. Debuting on the N64 this spring, Mike Piazza's StrikeZone combines realistic simulation and arcade-style game play. "We are thrilled to have Mike Piazza on our team for the company's first baseball title, and believe that the game will appeal to both die-hard baseball fans and sports gamers alike," says Richard Burns, executive vice president of Domestic Publishing for GT Interactive. "Mike Piazza's StrikeZone combines the authenticity of Major League Baseball with arcade-style game play, resulting in the most fast-paced and fun way to experience baseball on the N64." GT Interactive is world-renowned for their special brand of interactive entertainment software, and I am excited to lend my baseball expertise to their premiere sports video game," says Mike Piazza. "Whether stepping up to the plate or protecting it, StrikeZone will provide players with hours of big-league fun." Developed by Devil's Thumb Entertainment, Mike Piazza's StrikeZone is an easy-to-learn, fun-to-play combination baseball simulation and arcade-style game that will immerse players in a 3D environment steeped in the subtle nuances and traditions of America's favorite pastime. Mike Piazza's StrikeZone will be available this spring for the N64 at a suggested retail price of $69.95. In addition, a Windows 95 version of the game is planned for this fall. From: Silicon Times Report / February 13, 1998 / No.1406 ... "This is only a test. Should this have been an actual tag line, you would have been instructed to stand on your head and bark like a bagel." -KBP --- JetMail 0.99beta22 * Origin: When Starlings Mate - Benton, TN (1:362/708.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 170 VIDEO GAMES Ref: F3400017 Date: 03/03/98 From: DAN DECKER Time: 04:45pm \/To: TOM ARKHIT (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Resident Evil Violence in video games does not affect people. It might scare them a bit but it will not make them more violent. In fact, I find video game violence is great stress relief that might even make people LESS violent. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Willy's Wild & Wacky World (1:2604/412.0)