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   From: weaponx013@yahoo.com   
      
   dos-man 64 wrote:   
   > On Feb 4, 11:52 pm, Scott H  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> This explains why you haven't liked SMS games.  Nearly every SMS sequel   
   >> is a totally unique game.  The old Sega could be defined as a company   
   >> that absolutely would not rest on their laurels.  A Sega sequel could be   
   >> guaranteed to have totally new graphics and sound, and at least   
   >> significantly modified gameplay.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > What is really killing me is just the lack of an SMS console!  They   
   > aren't anywhere near as easy to get as Genesis machines are. I have   
   > miracle warriors and Rastan carts, with no way to test them out to see   
   > if they work. Would LOVE to get the first Phantasy Star even without   
   > having the system. I was at a small store last year, the guy had a   
   > second edition SMS. It had games built in like a friggin plug 'n play   
   > unit. Blew my mind, but I just couldn't justify spending so much   
   > (don't recall the price.)  Even the SMS converter is not easy to get   
   > anymore.   
      
   They're available for less than $40 on E-bay all the time.  That's where   
   I got mine.   
      
   >   
   >>> I'm assuming you're talking about the NES Zeldas. I have both. I do   
   >>> not find the second one to be the least bit fun.   
   >>> Good collector piece, but that's about it.   
   >> Zelda 2 is an acquired taste.  It was difficult to understand for the   
   >> first map, maybe not even that.  By the time you start making real   
   >> progress it has every bit as good of a hook as any game you can name.   
   >   
   > It just seemed like Link joined his brother Mario in jumping over all   
   > of his enemies. Lame. Rygar did it better :D   
      
   You can't jump over the enemies in the castles until you've powered   
   *way* up.  Even then in the corridors you have to get them to lower   
   their shields before you can hit them.  That's where the game is very   
   cool, the shield and sword combat with the knights.   
      
   >> Whoa there, Voyager was kind of weak I agree, but Enterprise has a   
   >> surprisingly bad reputation.  What episodes have you actually watched?   
   >>   
   >   
   > I actually liked Voyager at first. Tuvok was kind of cool. A black   
   > vulcan; why not? And the doctor was great. The blond was good looking.   
   > Janeway was just OK. The problem was with the storyline gaps and   
   > terrible aliens like the quezons. OMG They were so pathetic. A race of   
   > bucwheats. Great!  And they seemed to be in every single episode. And   
   > chicotti was a disaster.   
      
   Yeah, I didn't care for Voyager very much, but I didn't like DS9 either.   
      
   > OK, I have to admit I never actually watched Enterprise. I never saw   
   > anything that made me want to check it out. It's almost like the   
   > producers had the attitude that it is trek so trekkies WILL watch.   
   > Not quite. You have to give people a reason to want to try something   
   > new (cough Windows Vista cough). I guess by that time the whole   
   > mystique had worn off thanks to Voyager and Bayblon 5. And Enterprise   
   > was cancelled for low ratings.   
      
       So was Babylon 5 Crusade, Firefly and countless others, but   
   Enterprise has three very good seasons.  On the topic of it being before   
   Kirk's time and more advanced, you really have to see the show.  They   
   don't have shields for the ship, they don't have phasers for the ship   
   until the end of the first season.  The crew has to develop almost   
   everything from scratch on the mission, and the way they fit that into   
   the storyline is very well done.   
      
     Trek has been around a very long time. I'm 37. I remember watching the   
   > cartoons when I was a kid. Had the acual voices of spock, kirk, and   
   > the rest of the gang. The cartoons were actually quite good (although   
   > my memory is quite foggy.)  My fear all along is that they simply   
   > don't know when to quit. Or worse, that new shows continue to be   
   > brought along for the sake of paying homage to the brand name and the   
   > old shows. That doesn't make much sense really. But it looks like that   
   > is where they are heading.   
      
   I feel like somehow the turn of the 21st century stripped all creativity   
   from the human race.  Now, what's popular has to be so recycled that I   
   can't watch it without jeering at its simplicity and repetition.  I   
   think that I actually thrived for twenty years watching and playing   
   obscure experiments that nobody else watched or played, and now I'm just   
   starved for entertainment.   
      
   -   
   Scott   
      
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