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Game Cube
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GC + SM Sunshine + memory 51 = 89.90�
Virtua Striker 3 = 6�
Super Monkey Ball = 6�
Wave Race: Blue Storm = 18�
Blody Roar Primal Fury = 11.40�
Pack RRumble: mando + memory = 5�
GC bag = 4�
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Total = 140.30 �
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PS2
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PS2 + WRC = 300�
Memory card = 30�
Final Fantasy X (Platinum) = 30�
GT3 A-spec (Platinum) = 21�
Kingdom Hearts (Platinum) = 21�
Formula1 2002 EA = 21�
Burnout2 (Platinum) = 21�
Speedster 3 steering wheel = 72�
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Total = 516 �
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Not is many

What about yours????

HP Pavilion!!! best gaming console IMO hahaha

my own custom built pc + "free" games

$1200 for top of the line custom built PC that will demolish any console, and $0 for all the newest games.

lol, I'm not even going to begin trying to calculate everything. I'll do PS2...

Playstation 2
Console - $300
3 PS2 Memory Cards - $70
1 PSone Memory Card - $15
TV Adapter - $30
Extra Dual Shock Controller - $30
DVD Remote - $30
Vertical Stand - $15
23 Games - approx $50 a pop

Total = $1,640


Holy fuck! That's like a good full exhaust system for my car (header, cat convertor, and catback exhaust) plus like a carbon fiber hood and some other shit. Some of that stuff was a gift but still...

Plus I've owned N64, Genesis, SNES, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance too.

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Originally posted by nchs09 HP Pavilion!!! best gaming console IMO hahaha

If you only had an idea of what a custom built system is like...

I do believe the creator of this thread was looking for console system totals. PC does not = console. Well, maybe Xbox.

x-box= $200
controller = $25
4 games(new) = $200(total)

N64= $250
controler = $30
4 games(new)=200
7 or 8 games(don't own it anymore and not sure)=$200-250

total = $1100+

boo

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Originally posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 I do believe the creator of this thread was looking for console system totals. PC does not = console. Well, maybe Xbox.

Well i was looking for PS2, Xbox and GC...

heres an outline of a custom parts that i want to get and build myself a new PC :

prices in canadian money!

AMD XP 3200+ - 295.00
Mobo MSI KT600 LSR - 105.00
2X512 DDR RAM OCZ/CORSAIR PC400 - 338.00
Seagate 160GB SATA150 7200RPM - 185.00
19" LCD Panel, either Viewsonic, NEC or Samsung - starting from 800
Logitech MX700 Duo Kit - 100.00
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Gamer - 175.00
Logitech or Antec Lansing speaker system - 200.00
MSI Geforce FX5600 - bought it! (250.00)
Lian-Li PC65 Aluminum Case - bought it (260.00)

so in total with the taxes my precious computa will cost...$2527.70 canandian dollars, thats not including the video card and the case
prices are subject to change! which is always better
oh yea and the selection of free games that i get from our friendly neighbourhood internet lol

Nocturne
Bloodrayne
Medal Of Honour (all versions)
Star Wars - Knights Of The Old Republic
Max Payne 2
Fifa 2003, 2004
NBA 2003, 2004
Soldier Of Fortune 2
Hidden & Dangerous 2
Call Of Duty
Beyond Good & Evil
Commandos 3 - Destination Berlin
Prince of Persia - The Sands Of Time

oh shove it...you do realize this spans back to SNES when i prolly paid $120+ to buy it, not to mention the $70 they were charging per cart back then!



as of recent/now its:

PS2:
$300 with
9 games @ $50 with two slightly discounted

GC:
$100 with
Star Wars RS2 included above, and
NFS:U $50
F0 $50
Metroid Prime $35 (worth every penny, system included)

its quite worse than it looks|

It depends on what kinda games you play. FPS rule the PC. I prefer 3rd person action / adeventure games. Legacy of Kain, Tenchu, CastleVania....those are console type games. Fighting games on the PC? Forget it. I bet Prince of Persia controls much better on the PS2 than your PC. Yeah the money is a point but 2 years from now you have to upgrade your Pc too- and that cost a hella lot more than a new console evry 4-5 years. I like games for both formats, but for different reasons. The cosole industry DWARFS the PC industry too. But more popular dosen't always mean better.

my god this is gonna be a huge bill

ive had N64 with around 25 games at �50 a game, 3 controllers and 3 mem cards, 3 rumble packs

DC with about 10 games at �40 a game, 4 controllers, 2 mem cards, 1 rumble pack

psone with about 5 (real) games , at about �40 a game, 2 controllers and 4 mem cards

ps2 with around 20 games at �40 a game, 4 controllers, 1 mem card, multitap

GC with 5 games at �40 a game, 4 controllers, 1 mem card

wont even start with the pc

and ive got SNES,GBC and GBA lying about somewhere

alot of the stuff was sold tho, sold all my DC and N64 stuff and a lot of my ps2 games.

I just plopped down $150 for a copy of Radiant Silvergun for Saturn offa ebay...

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Originally posted by RaistlinRahl It depends on what kinda games you play. FPS rule the PC. I prefer 3rd person action / adeventure games. Legacy of Kain, Tenchu, CastleVania....those are console type games. Fighting games on the PC? Forget it. I bet Prince of Persia controls much better on the PS2 than your PC. Yeah the money is a point but 2 years from now you have to upgrade your Pc too- and that cost a hella lot more than a new console evry 4-5 years. I like games for both formats, but for different reasons. The cosole industry DWARFS the PC industry too. But more popular dosen't always mean better.

you can get a PS2 side-winger for the PC it doesn't really matter if its a PC or PS2, its just your own personal preference. upgrading is a bitch, because you can never catch up with the technology, especially since AMD came out with the 64-bit cpu's. but until they actually are beign bought in huge quantities by people and they make all the programs/games in 64bit mode, its gonna be around 3-4 years or more!

Yeah I know there's emulators for just about everything if you look hard enough. I'm as much a gamer as a collector though. I like having first editons of my favorite books. I like having the limited editon CD's with bonus stuff. Guess that goes for all my media collecting- if I enjoy the movie - cd - game I want the REAL game, and case with it. It's a bit of respect for the artist who created it. And I download MP3's like everyone. It helps me find a lot of DJ's / bands I wouldn't have other wise known about. But I will buy their CD if I enjoy it.

(Console vs. PC)Some people can play games sittng on a chair, 2 feet from their computer monitor. I am not one of them. Give me my couch and home theatre (HDTV,6.1 surround,etc.) any day over that.

Consoles and PCs are very different markets... Japan never really took to the PC market, and so a lot of their games are exclusive to consoles... I'm a fan of Japanese console RPGs and shooters, 2 genres that you don't find at all on PCs... There are definite advantages to PC, but more often than not, gaming at my PC is usually emulation or me playing novice games other people made with RPG Maker 2000.

PCs are good for:
First Person Shooters (no matter what you say, these are horrible on console)
Real Time Strategy (ditto)
Strategy/Simulation i.e. The Sims
American RPGs i.e. Baldur's Gate, Divine Divinity
Anything with a lot of customization in it
Emulation (once you get a gamepad)

Consoles are good for:
Shooters
Action games
Platformers (Jazz Jackrabbit was fun back in the day)
Fighting Games (with the exception of One Must Fall 2097, there hasn't ever been a good one on PC, ever)
Japanese RPGs

If you're interested..

My Game Collection

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Originally posted by RaistlinRahl Yeah I know there's emulators for just about everything if you look hard enough. I'm as much a gamer as a collector though. I like having first editons of my favorite books. I like having the limited editon CD's with bonus stuff. Guess that goes for all my media collecting- if I enjoy the movie - cd - game I want the REAL game, and case with it. It's a bit of respect for the artist who created it. And I download MP3's like everyone. It helps me find a lot of DJ's / bands I wouldn't have other wise known about. But I will buy their CD if I enjoy it.

i feel really bad about downloading games off the internet and not paying 1 cent for it. i know how hard it is to form a game, beign myself in the computer programming field, it takes a lot time and effort. for me people that create games, their genius and i really respect that i understand why games are expensive but i dont have 80 bux in my pocket everyday but then again, there is the internet and right now the net is just too powerful! some gain and some lose off the internet, thats the way it is...

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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch Consoles are good for: Shooters Action games Platformers (Jazz Jackrabbit was fun back in the day) Fighting Games (with the exception of One Must Fall 2097, there hasn't ever been a good one on PC, ever) Japanese RPGs

Wow...would have never thought anyone else remembered 'jazz jackrabbit' and 'one must fall 2097'...those were awesome games back in the day.

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Originally posted by tranceDJ Wow...would have never thought anyone else remembered 'jazz jackrabbit' and 'one must fall 2097'...those were awesome games back in the day.

Hells yeah, I remember getting those 2 games and a bunch of other shareware games back when I bought that oldskool Gravis gamepad (the one sort of shaped like the SNES controller). Epic Megagames has always been one of my favorite PC companies...

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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch If you're interested.. My Game Collection

WOW
impresive collection

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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch .... PCs are good for: First Person Shooters (no matter what you say, these are horrible on console) ...

Well Metroid Prime is console only, and an FPS if a non traditional one and it mixes in the best aspects of traditional console games and is an excellent game. So as it may be different I wouldnt call it horrible in any sense of the word just because it doesnt have a keyboard and a mouse|

I have just started to get all my favourite games from the past for a few systems. I have SNES, PS2 (and PS1 obviously), N64, and a gameboy. in total I have about 64 games right now for all systems together, and growing.

This is nothing compared to what a friend of mine is undertaking. He is in the process of building up an enormous collection of games across all systems (and I mean all, even systems you may have forgotten about) and on top of it he is also playing all of them as he goes. Currently he has about 150 NES (yes NES) games and still need about another 150 more to finish that system, then he moves on to the next one and so on. He has many other games as well right now for all his other systems. Now that will be a huge bill!

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Originally posted by biznology Well Metroid Prime is console only, and an FPS if a non traditional one and it mixes in the best aspects of traditional console games and is an excellent game. So as it may be different I wouldnt call it horrible in any sense of the word just because it doesnt have a keyboard and a mouse|

Yeah, Metroid Prime is an excellent game, honestly I'm much more of a 2D fan, and hate when 2D games go 3D, but Metroid Prime blew every one of my expectations away... Though it's much different from the traditional FPSs, it's more of a "First Person Adventure".

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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch Yeah, Metroid Prime is an excellent game, honestly I'm much more of a 2D fan, and hate when 2D games go 3D, but Metroid Prime blew every one of my expectations away... Though it's much different from the traditional FPSs, it's more of a "First Person Adventure".

Yah it was just a bit of digress. The mechanics of the game allowed it to solve the problems of FPS games on console|

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