The 360 thread!

Wolf2010 · Post by **Wolf2010** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:33 pm 0

Spirit wrote:Has anyone noticed you can shove things in the zombies mouths?

And once you have done this photograph the offending zombie to get a laugh and an outtake.

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:45 pm 0

Handbags at ten paces

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:51 pm 0

skweek wrote:
PVB wrote:
Spirit wrote:Quick on the subject of composit and SDTVs, if your TV supports it get the RGB scart cable, the display is hugely improved over the standard cable included. I know this first hand
I do have the [Turkish - Snatch] "Tip-top" RGB Scart cable, but the text is still very difficult/impossible to read in DR.
Are you actually plugged in to an RGB scart socket though? Sometimes the telly has more than one scart but not all of them are RGB.

Nope, it's only got the one socket.

It's very small text, even on my enormous 32" TV. Fuck knows how you read it on a smaller (non-HD) set.

Not had any problems with other games before this one. Hope it's just a demo problem.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:12 pm 0

There's no way my 360 is getting plugged back into the TV after using it on my monitor. Trying to play is SD (even on my 28inch TV) is just pants compared to playing it on my lowly 19inch Iiyama CRT.

Wolf2010 · Post by **Wolf2010** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:16 pm 0

Ok, new favourite weapon in Dead Rising, just stumbled across the Katana, much gory killing fun!

Al · Post by Al » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:15 pm 0

Enough of the zombies - new XBL Arcade dates!

August 9: Pac Man
August 16: Texas Hold 'em
August 23: Time Pilot
August 30: Scramble
September 6: Lumines Live!

(from Ars Technica)

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:18 pm 0

Time Pilot and Scramble? Looks like there's finally something for me to play on Live Arcade again. Cloning Clyde was fun while it lasted, but once it's beaten it's beaten forever.

I'm willing to bet it's only a matter of time before Namco get around to bringing Bosconian to Live Arcade. It looks to me like they're taking their $20 Namco Museum and turning it into $5 per game. I can't say I mind that much, honestly.

James

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:24 pm 0

HGFB wrote:There's no way my 360 is getting plugged back into the TV after using it on my monitor. Trying to play is SD (even on my 28inch TV) is just pants compared to playing it on my lowly 19inch Iiyama CRT.

Well, if I switch Scart channels (AV2 is what the 360 auto switches to, so once it's on I now just change to AV1) I get better text (that I can actually read), but the colours are a bit washed out, so it looks like I'm sorted.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:36 pm 0

Your 360 is on AV2? How does it manage that when you only have one scart hole?

skweek · Post by **skweek** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:37 pm 0

HGFB wrote:Your 360 is on AV2? How does it manage that when you only have one scart hole?

That what I was thinkin'.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:49 pm 0

HGFB wrote:Your 360 is on AV2? How does it manage that when you only have one scart hole?

My 'hole' has two AV channels, dunno what they represent as the manual didn't have any details.

All I know is that depending what you plug into it, you need either AV1 or AV2 to show picture/sound, but some things, such as the 360, show on both.

Maybe AV1 is the RGB channel, which is why the text is easier to read?

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:50 pm 0

If your TV is RGB capable it'll be AV1.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:01 pm 0

HGFB wrote:If your TV is RGB capable it'll be AV1.

I got it arse about face; it switches to AV1 when the 360 comes on, then if I switch to AV2 the text in Dead Rising is readable.

Here's a rough guide to what the images look like:

AV1: Good colours, but shite text:

AV2: Washed out colours, but readable text:

Don't really care which is RGB, at least I can now read the text in-game.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:31 pm 0

Major Nelson.com wrote:Meet the executive producer of 'Dead Rising'

Did you like the demo? Do you live in the Northwest?

If so and you are planning on picking up the full version of 'Dead Rising' when it releases tomorrow...you may want to head over to the EB Games in Redmond Town Center (yes, the same Redmond (WA) where Microsoft is located) tomorrow, Tuesday August 8 from 4pm-6pm PT.

During this time 'Dead Rising' Executive Producer Keiji Inafune will be on hand to personally sign your copy of the game.

Hmmm...this event is at a Mall, and the game takes place in a Zombie infested mall. Maybe Keiji will bring some Zombies with him

[Details on Xbox.com]

The 'I don't want to read all the text, just gimme the details' facts:

Dead Rising Signing Event with Keiji Inafune
Tuesday, August 8, 2006
4:00pm â€“ 6:00pm

EB Games at Redmond Town Center
16495 NE 74th Street
Redmond , Washington 98052
425-895-8331

P.S. I'll be down there as well, so I'll look for any MN.com readers.

TwistedScrote · Post by **TwistedScrote** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:56 pm 0

Tut tut PVB!

You of all people shouldnt be posting pics about Dead Rising in two different threads!

I agree about the text size tho... I'm now sitting 3 feet from my bloody tv trying to read the tiny char set!

getting a slightly worrying 'is this it?'feeling from the game tho!

Seems to be so much of the same it's kinda running out of steam in the demo alone!

*crosses fingers the whole game is much better*