IT Is revealed.....

SimonB · Post by **SimonB** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 3:43 pm 0

Mini CD-Rs are in the new Argos catalogue that came out on Saturday, plus assorted players and stuff so they might prove useful in more ways than one!

Simon

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polygon_monkey · Post by **polygon_monkey** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 3:45 pm 0

Is Edge out on Friday?

After 7 years of reading you would think I would have a subscription by now.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 4:36 pm 0

Shop wise yes, but the subs issues hit the mat yesterday...

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 4:50 pm 0

piku · Post by **piku** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 4:59 pm 0

Yak wrote:I hope I end up having tea with Shigeru Miyamoto rather than BillG .

You'd cause serious confusion in the Microsoft camp if you visited. After all, according to their vision of the world, you can't exist.

But to that we say...

(yes, I am aware that actually means "victory", but I think that applies too)

dtj · Post by **dtj** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 5:37 pm 0

Fuzzle wrote:The mini-CDR idea somebody mentioned would be quite cool... but considering no other GC game has anything close, it might be a bit far-fetched.

Far-fetched? I burn CDRs every day. So do a lot of other people.

How far-fetched is it to pop a CDR in your Gamecube? Boot Unity, start the VLM, open your GC and drop in a CDR... far-fetched?

It has been done before, by the way - look at the Jag-VLM: you drop CDs in. Same goes for Baby Universe on Sony's PS1 - boot it up, pop the lid, and jam your own music CD in.

dtj · Post by **dtj** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 5:42 pm 0

Dave wrote:Urge to buy a GameCube... Rising...

Dump the wretched *-box and get a 'Cube.

dtj · Post by **dtj** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 5:47 pm 0

mightyzim wrote:just hope that Unity doesn't just stay on the GC but gets crossed to all formats.

I hope its a GC exclusive - but with M$ waving their $2 billion dollar flag all around, I'm very terrified the "superior" *-box version with added features and true VLM functionality will force me to kill myself (analysts expect M$ to spend $2 billion on *-box over the next five years - which means greed wins in all cases; that is, developers will flock to M$'s shitty machine like moths to a light with that kind of backing).

dtj · Post by **dtj** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 5:48 pm 0

mamemeister wrote:Just dont forget your mates when you're sipping tea with Bill Gates

We have a new candidate for "Most Horrifying Thing Said in the Forum"...

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 5:53 pm 0

dtj wrote:How far-fetched is it to pop a CDR in your Gamecube? Boot Unity, start the VLM, open your GC and drop in a CDR... far-fetched?

No, but impossible currently. Besides obviously needing the mini CDRs to burn on, you'll need a burner that does the disc from the outside inwards (because that's how the Gamecube laser reads things). That was just another of Nintendo's little tricks to try and reduce possible piracy. So far I've only heard of copied discs on standard (ie. Q) size...

Max M · Post by **Max M** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 5:54 pm 0

Need... scans!

I can not wait until Friday!

Rambozo · Post by **Rambozo** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 6:46 pm 0

MayhemUK wrote:
dtj wrote:How far-fetched is it to pop a CDR in your Gamecube? Boot Unity, start the VLM, open your GC and drop in a CDR... far-fetched?
No, but impossible currently. Besides obviously needing the mini CDRs to burn on, you'll need a burner that does the disc from the outside inwards (because that's how the Gamecube laser reads things). That was just another of Nintendo's little tricks to try and reduce possible piracy. So far I've only heard of copied discs on standard (ie. Q) size...

The Panasonic Q thing was a hoax. The Gamecube has not been cracked.
The Gamecube laser is completely incapable of reading CD-Rs or RWs, it will only read the proprietary disc format that official GCN games use. Gamecube has not been hacked and likely will never be until someone figures out how to remove the drive and get it to read from a standard DVD drive instead.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 6:51 pm 0

Post by **Muttley** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 6:56 pm 0

Dave wrote:
dtj wrote:
Dave wrote:Urge to buy a GameCube... Rising...
Dump the wretched *-box and get a 'Cube.
I think I need a permit to throw it out.

You could always donate it to charity as a homeless shelter!

Muttley

M · Post by M » Wed Jan 22, 2003 7:06 pm 0

Pant-wetting stuff! And does anyone else share my enthusiasm for the CubeÂ´s controller - it just sort of feels "right", you know? Methinks Unity has the perfect home!

Anyway, (belated) congratulations all round!