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Sunday, July 02, 2006

Street Fighter Alpha Anthology


I picked this up last week and had little time with it so far. From what I seen, this game is a flawless home version of awesome arcade games. It takes advantage of the hard drive and the loading is non existent. The only beef I have with it so far is that the D-pad in the Dual Shock is killing my thumb. I had to dig out a controller I got from Gamestop a year ago. I hate to open it, but I have no choice.
I am actually surprised these controllers did not sell as well as they did. Gamestop is giving these away at about $10 now. There are different character themes too. Everything looks right about it. The buttons are in a good spot and it looks curvy enough to be comfortable. The pic is kinda dark, but the d-pad looks great. Sigh...guess I'll have to crack it open. Was hoping it was gonna be a collectible.
Speaking of unique controllers, I have to give props to the companies that take risks to release controllers that are out of the ordinary. My top ten list of unique controllers (in no order whatsoever) is as follows.
DDR dance pad
Dragonquest Slime controller
Konami's Beatmania controller
Namco's Taiko Drum Master
Steel Battalion the 40 button monstrosity
Logitech's Gran Turismo deluxe wheel
Power Glove...its so bad.
Err. I guess I can't come up with 10 good unique controllers =(

I used to drool over this in the old EGMs, but something tells me its a good thing I never bought it. The UForce for NES
http://cgi.ebay.com/NES-NINTENDO-UFORCE-U-FORCE-GAME-CONTROLLER-POWER-FIELD_W0QQitemZ300002605821QQihZ020QQcategoryZ41047QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hey wait. I can own it with 50 nes games for only $10! Naw. just kidding. My prediction is that this auction will go for about $80-100.
http://cgi.ebay.com/49-Nintendo-Games-Zapper-3-Controllers-UFORCE_W0QQitemZ190004439575QQihZ009QQcategoryZ4315QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Oh yeah. The Prey demo is out for XBOX Live now. I played half of it so far and its pretty.

I know its old news, but my buddy sent me the link to the Angry Nintendo Nerd's review of TMNT for NES. Be careful, this review is rated M for mature content. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjUz8IT0CYg

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