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The stuff in General ain't my problem, tell it to the MOdwin. So you view what you are doing as the same as backwards compatability on the PS2, PS3, Wii, DS, GBA, GBC etc? Despite the fact that in order to do it you need to illegally rip the game files off the PS1 disk, then illegally convert those ISOs to a format that the PSP can play and finally copy these files across to your PSP running illegal (see the EULA) firmware? You also don't find a shred of immorality in doing all that so you don't have to pay to play the game on the PSP, thus cheating the developer, the publisher and Sony out of money that is rightfully theirs? Fair enough, now i know why the "ignore user" button was invented.

So you're ripping PS1 games and loading them on to your PSP instead of buying them on the PSN store. Your justification for this is that you aren't cheating the developer out of any money Surely it's up to the developer/publisher if they want to re-release one of their titles on a new format (even if it is played by emulation)? The methods that the PSP uses to play the games are irrelevant, it's the tools that Sony have laid down and the developer/publisher can't do much about that. What you're doing is not only illegal it's also immoral. I agree, that law is daft. The law is still the law though, if you live somewhere then you abide by the local laws rather than doing what the hell you like because you don't agree with those laws. That's how people end up serving 2 years in a Dubai jail for having sex in public :p Also, you don't own a game. You own a lisence to the game. When you bought a PS1 game you bought a liscence to play that game on the PS1, you didn't buy the rights to the game. It is illegal and you are talking about partaking in illegal activity. The fact that the legal ramifications of illegally creating copies of software are pretty much zilch doesn't change that. N-E have had complaints from people in the industry in the past with regards to similar discussion, hence you are to zip it before you get yourself an infraction. OK?

Sheikah, no illegal talk on the boards please. And yes, playing PS1 games on your PSP using custom firmware is illegal. It is illegal to rip, reproduce or distribute PS1 bios files (found in emulators) without permission. Further to this, by the law of this land it is also illegal to make back-ups of UMDs and it is also illegal to tamper with the contents of these back-ups (i.e. shrinking the size by cutting stuff out). You are wrong. End. Of. Story. Go into the Gamespot Street Fighter forums and ask how to pull off a Hadouken. I dare you :p Seen someone ask something similar once and it turned in to 10 pages of spamming, flaming and just generally ripping on the guy! He was a gay paedophile who's dad is also his Grandpa by the end of it

Are there any drivers on Packard Bell's website? System builders usually host the correct drivers for their machines. Also, check Control Panel -> Sound and make sure you have the right device set for playback.

Put the disk in as soon as you switch the PC on (if not then before and reset). What does the computer do? If it's the same thing as without the disk then it's ignoring it and booting from the HDD. You'll need to change the boot order in the bios set-up menu ("press Del. to enter set-up").

Would they really up it to 1080p while keeping the sucky framerate of the N64 version though? I'm hoping not.

I'm thinking it won't recognise what the object is, but it would recognise what your hand is and that it's holding something (they already demo'd the ability to tell the difference between an open and closed hand). You could play Natal Golf with a Katana if you felt like it. Might loose a toe or two though

Think this could be it to be honest, maybe he's already dead? Dead people go to Heaven or Hell, right? God is in Heaven. He's dead. Something that's dead can't die. If he can't die then he can't commit suicide (without resurrecting himself and comitting suicide, but then he'd go to hell, battle it out with the Devil and the whole of existance would cease to exist).

While nobody outside the informed know the exact spec sheets for these devices it's easy to speculate. We know how the camera thing work but it's also fair to say that pitch and yaw and roll can't be as accurately mapped via that method. To get the kind of accuracy demoed in the press conference you'd need to have gyros (or a similar tech) built inside the wand. It's then fair to assume that if these gyros are inside the PS3 Wand that Sony wouldn't miss out on using them in the same way the Wii does, allowing them to reinforce the coordinate data obtained by the camera as well as providing yaw, pitch and roll data. Essentially you could expect similar (though likely not as good) results to WM+ by turning the camera off. It's only informed speculation, Sony's system might not use gyros at all or might only use pitch, yaw and roll data to calculate pitch, roll and yaw rather than attempting to calculate relative position with it. However if the speculation is correct then you could turn the PSEye off and get near (or equal) performace to WM+. With the camera on the accuracy should be better. This isn't a pro-Sony or anti-Nintendo post btw, it's more of a "Holy smokes, Batman! Your tech rules!" kind of post. I'm more impressed that someone saw the Wiimote and thought "hmm, i wonder what this would be like if we strapped a light bulb to the top, filmed it with a camera and used some clever software to track it's position in 3D?". That kind of innovation is the best, a nice, simple improvement of an existing idea that *should* yield very impressive results. AKA i really couldn't care less what console it's on it's still impressive and I now look forward to seeing what developers can do with it (followed finally by me getting my hands on it, realising it's shite and selling it on :p).

He could potentially could commit suicide but he'd just be reincarnated as himself again anyway rendering it pointless.

I really, really can't wait! My favourite n64 game! Wasted so many hours on it it's unbelievable

The thing with Natal though is just because there's no requirement for a controller doesn't mean you can't use one. It's completely up to the game developer, the system could work in conjunction with the Xbox 360 pad or maybe with some form of one handed controller. If devs choose to make it EyeToy 2.0 it'll suck donkey balls but I don't really see it. Most will cross develop for PS3 and 360 like they are at the moment and work around the differences between the two techs. Not to say there won't be EyeToy style games for it, it's just that the system has the flexibility to do both (just as the PS3 has, although not in such an advanced way).

Thread unlocked. Loads of posts deleted. I'll start banning people from threads if you carry on, it's cutting in to my Left 4 Dead playing time :p

Crying shame. Wonder what caused him to top himself? Either a sick joke or you didn't read the thread. I'm hoping the latter. Are you gonna delete it or shall i?

Zechs, shush. You're spouting drivel now. Only warning you're getting. Oh, and less of the F-word please guys. Is there any point in the idle name calling?

I don't think attitude towards motion control has changed at all. Personally my problem wasn't the concept, it was the Wii's lame implementation of that concept. I expect Motion+ will have changed that but it's a bit late now, i've lost interest in the Wii.

It uses a bog standard camera, yes. Now what happens if we move an object of set size closer to the camera? It looks bigger. What happens if we move it away from the camera? It looks smaller. Unless i'm mistaken this is how Sony's system judges distance. Combine that with vertical and horizontal position and we have full 3D mapping of the unit's position. It's a fool-proof system that has one single downside; you need line of sight between the camera and the wands. This is where the Wiimote wins out (barring pointer functionality, which has the same disadvantage).

Not seen Sony's conference yet but from what i've read it was very impressive. If they do a PS3 price drop soon i'll pick one up. Failing that i expect the lure of MAG will be too much and i'll get one when that comes out. If I didn't already own a Blu-Ray player i'd have caved by now, nearly bought a PS3 at Xmas!

There is a difference between the two. Motion Plus tracks the change in location of the Wiimote whereas Sony's system tracks the location of the two sticks. Basically the PS3 will know where these controllers actually are in the room whereas the Wii only knows where Motion Plus is relative to where it was. That and Sony have two sticks to Nintendo's one. I see a 'Nunchuck+' coming

Meh, send as many as you like. I never bothered to install Steam on my new PC.

What Sky package were you on before? The free one is a 2GB/month limit, the £5/month one is 40GB/month and the £10/month one is unlimited. The terms might not be any different. Anyway, 40GB is quite a lot, web browsing and online gaming will use hardly any of it. You'll have to clock up at least 35GB of other downloads to go over your limit. At the end of the day just be glad you're not on AOL. 10GB/month limit

If you're going to use canned air then remove the card from the PC and disconnect the fan. Blowing air on to a fan will make it spin, generating electricity. You can fry the components. The best way tends to be to actually remove the cooler and give it a thorough cleaning then reapply (though you'll need some thermal paste).

Dunno why, but the guy in the suit looks a bit like Tim Roth to me. Pretty awesome looking cast, though i can see the suit guy being the most popular (just like Bill is in the first one).

I'm not going to pass judgement on the sensor itself, it's not for me but i'm sure it has it's audience. However, these ideas of yours are impossible. The developer would be asking the player to control their own heartbeat, which is not a skill your average person has. It could be useful for making your character's actions mimic your emotions though. In horror games the higher your heartbeat climbs the more nervous and scared your character could become. Not so much a gameplay feature, more of an aesthetic one. Making it a gameplay feature would, again, result in the player needing to control their own heartbeat.

I'd assume was originally intended to be DLC. I can't really fault Valve for turning it in to a retail game though after all the free content they've churned out for their games over the years. Maybe HL2 EP3 isn't coming along as fast as expected and they need a cash boost? Or maybe they figure heavily supporting TF2 and L4D with free updates at the same time just wasn't financially viable. I know i'd rather have a L4D sequel than TF3, there'd be little point or value in the latter.