Other then my time playing Space Invaders Extreme, I haven’t been gaming all that much.  While I have played to much I have picked up a couple of games on Steam.  With all the news of Beyond Good and Evil 2 from Ubidays I decided I should probably go back and finish the first one.  Since, I lost my copy for Xbox long ago Steam was the obvious place to get it.  Of course, I haven’t made it past the point Jade recieves the mission to take pictures yet.

I also picked up a copy of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One.  The longest video game name that I can think of is a pretty decent game.  It is a point and click adventure role playing game.  Which almost makes me wish there was a version on the DS as well, since I would love to play on the train.  I’m actually a bit glad I’m not just playing through in one sitting since, it seems to have fallen into the “kill x number of y” game play mechanic pretty early in the game – Steam reports that I’ve played for about 1.3 hours.  I have faith that it will break free of that as the time goes on – I hope.

Other games I’ve played for more then ten minutes include: Metal Gear Soild (ePSXe), Resident Evil 4 (Wii) and Shadow of the Colossus (PS2).

The funniest part of the whole thing is – yes, I left the store without one. After all this time, I don’t want one any longer. I’m just not excited by the system anymore, the novelty of it has worn off I guess…

So, it was great to hear that Kid Icarus was going to be released in the Wii’s Virtual Console!  Well, this morning I find out via Go Nintendo that the game is out – and so are the secret passwords!    How lame is that?  Will they remove the Konami code next???  If I could manage to find a Wii I might (but probably not since I can just load the rom and know that my childhood memory is safe) spend five dollars to see if that code still works…

After carefully unpacking and hooking up the Wii to the TV – it came time to place a CD in drive – and much to her horror (and anyone else nearby I’m guessing) the drive accepted the disc with the most horrible grinding you have ever heard…  With the short supply of Wii’s still plaguing the states it’s not like she can just exchange it at the store she will have to get it fixed through Nintendo.

Look at it this way – at least you got a Wii. 

Anyway, I’m sad to report that this EB only had 11 preorder slots. Two of which were taken by store employees before the store opened – I hate when they do that. I’m not overly concerned bases on the Wii production numbers. I may not get one on launch day but I’ll get one eventually. I called the six stores in my area just to verify that yes they are all out a preorder slots. So, yeah it looks like the Wii will do just fine…

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And after the cut we’ve got some of the screen shots that were released…

I don’t have the bandwidth to host all of them unfortunately. So, here’s ten to get you started. Maybe IGN will update soon.

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For streaming video of the event go here! I wish I had taken those Japanese classes…

*update* Opps! Posted the wrong link. Anyway, this comes from the interweb so we'll have to wait and see if its coming on…

*update 2* GWN has on-going coverage and the site hasn't crashed yet… I'm off to the bar…

*update 3* Back from a short trip to the bar.  GWN was using the wrong streaming link.  The interweb can't figure out how time zones work.  I'm off to bed see you all in the morning.

I may be just jaded but, do these classics really need to be updated? Maybe I'll just pull out the C64…

Via QJ::Gamespot

Check it out here.

*Update*

It seems 'TheGuy' was upset so many people were claiming this was fake that he sent MaxConsole some more information.  The new info gives details of the Broadway CPU, Hollywood GPU and the MEM2 (external main memory).

Sony and Microsoft have made it nearly impossible for me to continue playing into the new generation. I just don’t have the income to put down on these new Mr. Fancy-Pants video game systems and an HDTV – not to mention $60 a game. It will be quite sometime before I have enough extra cash on hand to drop on this stuff. So where does that leave me during the next generation? Well, for the most part it looks like I’ll be sticking to the retro gaming. I will also be picking up a DS Lite (with a protection plan so when Navy is released I can “break” mine for a quick exchange). I had a DS for a short time a while back but after the touch screen started coming up with dead pixels I quickly got rid of it. Along with the DS I’ll be getting the Datel MAX Media Launcher and the M3 Perfect mini-SD so I don’t have to carry around a bunch of GBA carts.

I’ve been sitting quietly by this week watching the next generation unfold and I’m not really all that excited. Sony has an awful price point and no games that I am looking forward to. Microsoft has Live Anywhere (and Vista) which sounds interesting but who knows if they can actually pull it off. And then there is Nintendo’s Wii – which, I admit, I am looking forward to. If it shapes up well I may even buy one on launch day. The virtual console for retro games does not interest me however, the idea of using it to show case small developers (ala Xbox Live) is good and might land us some very fun games. I might need to brush up on my Gamecube coding.

I’ve got a few more E3 reports and some videos to watch so…