Nintendo Gamecube

[001]

heres a pic of the box.

nothing too interesting.

 

[Josh]

Damn Angelfire.

Try this instead.

 

[speg]

<< nothing too interesting. >>



Please don't say you'd rather an X-Box over a Gamecube.

 

[Sir_Pent]

<< heres a pic of the box.

nothing too interesting. >>




really.. I think being able to play a console beyond the standard 640x480 or 800x600 ad all the way up to HDTV resolutions is BIG NEWS !!!

 

[001]

i mean the box is nothing too interesting... first time seeing it tho.

i have a ps2 and other consoles... they are just collecting dust.
i play GT3 every now and then, waiting for devil may cry, but doubt i will put time to play it.

 

[Pepsi90919]

adjectives that come to mind are... &quot;wtf&quot;, &quot;huge&quot;, and &quot;boxy&quot;

 

[A5]

Kinda big...probably the size of an XBox console

Edit:
This was a crack at the size of the XBox, err...XTable

 

[PCResources]

Forget the X-box, it is nothing else than an old PC with a high price...

Patrick

 

[psteng19]

wtf, i can't see any angelfire pics?!?!?!

 

[Maverick2002]

All the Gamecube pics you'll ever want ..... hey, it's a review!

 

[Warblad13]

gamecube rules!!!

 

[PCResources]

The comparison is actually quite stupid, the X-box is an old PC system and the game cube is high tech specialized hardware designed to do one thing, play games well...

Parrick

 

[Wallydraigle]

It looks like a wash machine.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

<< X-box is an old PC system >>


...that is the most powerful of the consoles this generation. Your point?

And explain to me how is the Xbox basically a PC? Because it has PC compatible components?

 

[konichiwa]

I still don't see how everyone can be pimping one system over the other. Neither of them are out yet, how the hell do you know which will be better? (Other than the games you READ about, or the fact that you hate &quot;the evil empire&quot

 

[PCResources]

<< ...that is the most powerful of the consoles this generation. Your point? >>



And yeah knightbreed let's discuss this... the hardware of the X-box is generalized hardware, the hardware of the game cube is specialized hardware.. i doubt that ANYONE who knows anything about hardware would disagree when i say that the X-box hardware is crappy compared to the Game cubes for games...

About OS, the X-Box will use the EXTREMELY BIG kernel, same as NT 3.1, 3.5, NT4.0 W2K, XP... this kernel is not only HUGE, it is also very old... yeah, great for gameplay huh, but it was not developed for that, it has only been made compatible...

The OS of the Game cube is swift, small and only intended for the purpose of playing games...

You can compare them as many times as you like, the X-box looses every time...

Patrick

 

[PCResources]

<< I still don't see how everyone can be pimping one system over the other. Neither of them are out yet, how the hell do you know which will be better? >>



I have to agree, even though the hardware of the gamecube is vastly superior it has to do with the games....

BUT, let's not forget, Nintendo has always been able to make the most out of their systems for the lowest cost...

Patrick

 

[bigredguy]

anyone got a pic of the controller or even specs on it. like built in rumble pak or save thingy or does have a memory card like the psx? i hate a console with a crappy controller.

 

[StageLeft]

I just hope that gaymecube can come up with something more adult-oriented than Zelda and mario. That was great when I was a kid, but I don't know if it can attract me now... I do like the $200 price tho.

bigredguy

Pics
Go to the bottom of page where u see pic of PS2 (or maybe 2/3 down), and you can see stats and pics of dreamcast, xbox, gcube

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

<< And yeah knightbreed let's discuss this... the hardware of the X-box is generalized hardware, the hardware of the game cube is specialized hardware.. i doubt that ANYONE who knows anything about hardware would disagree when i say that the X-box hardware is crappy compared to the Game cubes for games... >>


Tell me. How the hell does the GC having &quot;specialized&quot; hardware make it superior to the Xbox? The only advantage the GC has over the Xbox is the embedded ram on Flipper gives it more real world fill rate. The Xbox has a more powerful and feature filled GPU, a better sound processor, 22 more megs of RAM, and a hard drive which will help load times if the data is chached onto the HDD when the game loads.
[/i] >>

About OS, the X-Box will use the EXTREMELY BIG kernel, same as NT 3.1, 3.5, NT4.0 W2K, XP... this kernel is not only HUGE, it is also very old... yeah, great for gameplay huh, but it was not developed for that, it has only been made compatible...[/i] >>


Besides the fact that the kernal will be stripped to bare bones features needed in the console environment, you'd be amazed how efficient the NT kernal is when it doesn't have to pump out a GUI and run 20+ processes simultaneously like it does on a desktop.


<< The OS of the Game cube is swift, small and only intended for the purpose of playing games... >>


Great, so the GC's kernal will take up .01% CPU utilization instead of the .02% on the Xbox. C'mon be realistic.


<< You can compare them as many times as you like, the X-box looses every time... >>


Take the blinders off.

Of course whenever dealing with consoles, the mandatory disclaimer:

I have no zealotry toward any console, past, present, or future. I have a PS2 right now because my brother purchased it from blind faith of Sony. I have no intention of purchasing either a GC or Xbox on account of not being a console gamer. I do, however, love hardware and any way you slice it as far as consoles are concerned, the Xbox is very powerful.

 

[PCResources]

<< I just hope that gaymecube can come up with something more adult-oriented than Zelda and mario >>



I agree, now, think game cube and Doom3, Diablo 3 with first person options and Q4, specialized for the game cube...

Patrick

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

<< I just hope that gaymecube can come up with something more adult-oriented than Zelda and mario. That was great when I was a kid, but I don't know if it can attract me now... I do like the $200 price tho. >>



Define &quot;adult-oriented.&quot; Are you looking for sports games or 3rd person shooters (like Resident Evil) or what? The GameCube will have a varied launch lineup. They seem to have something for everybody.

Edit: Have you seen Eternal Darkness? Its very mature and looks really cool. Not to mention Too Human, Duke Nukem Forever, Batman: Dark Tomorrow, Turok Evolution, Resident Evil 0, and Metroid. Then there are the mature-ish Rogue Squadron, Wave Race, SSX, etc.

 

[StageLeft]

Well that review linked below confirms my fears - only one &quot;mature&quot; title for gamecube so far. And they probably stretched that just to keep people happy.

When I say mature I mean I don't want little happy creatures running around and making bonking sounds and basically acting like little kids. No doubt about it Nintendo caters to a younger audience than Sony and MS will be. Call it immature or short sighted but I like blood and violence in some of my games. When I don't want blood and violence its generally a racing game and I have yet to see a good racing sim out by NS since the SNES days (top gear).

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Um, read my above post. And go here.

 

[bigdog1218]

super monkey ball, what is that, it sounds sweet, i'm either gonna get a ps2 or gamecube, waiting for the gamecube to come out to make final decision, xbox is suck, microsoft is gonna hurt bad