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scaught · Nov 12, 2004, 12:55 PM

http://planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?action=item&id=5818

muwa hahahaha

d4nth3m4n · Nov 12, 2004, 01:18 PM

stellar.

mdc · Nov 12, 2004, 02:26 PM

that has got to be one of the craziest video game peripherals i have ever seen. over the samba de amigo maracas.

turtle777 · Nov 12, 2004, 02:40 PM

Dunno what to say...

-t

Xeo · Nov 12, 2004, 02:43 PM

I know what to say. Fscking stupid.

turtle777 · Nov 12, 2004, 02:45 PM

Originally posted by Xeo:
I know what to say. Fscking stupid.

The next thing you'll see is some kiddy taking apart a real chainsaw and putting controllers on it.

-t

angelmb · Nov 12, 2004, 03:08 PM

As a loyal Nintendo customer I find it really sad. Just my opinion.

Luca Rescigno · Nov 12, 2004, 03:12 PM

Retarded. Not to mention the entire Resident Evil series sucks ass.

KP* · Nov 12, 2004, 10:42 PM

I find the regular controller to be difficult to use, I can't even imagine having a chainsaw attached!

BasketofPuppies · Nov 12, 2004, 10:50 PM

I'll take your Resident Evil chainsaw controller and raise you an M-rated Mortal Kombat: Deception controller.

scaught · Nov 13, 2004, 02:44 AM

Originally posted by BasketofPuppies:
I'll take your Resident Evil chainsaw controller and raise you an M-rated Mortal Kombat: Deception controller.

ya. but this is a chainsaw. inherently, it rules.

Lancer409 · Nov 13, 2004, 04:42 AM

the peripheral isnt kiddy but the system still is .. kinda sad really .. because i grew up with nintendo (nes, original gameboy, supernintendo, gba, gba-sp ...) .. but .. it seems like they are going to go downhill unless they make some changes .. let's hope the next system, the ds, and the next game boy brings them back to prominance...

oh .. and the ceo should put in wireless .. i will not buy the next gen system, but feel that if they dont put it in .. their sales are going to take a big hit (since broadband is getting reeeeally cheap in many areas)

Link · Nov 13, 2004, 06:46 AM

Let's see, this is what I think nintendo should do:

Step 1: new console? Do what microsoft does!

1. Make a BIG console, hype the @*(#$& out of it, say it's going to cost a fortune and that you're still going to lose money (you are)

2. Leak out details 1 by 1.

3. Make it do everything from playing games to mowing the lawn, after all a REAL game system mows the lawn with 5.1 surround sound!

4. Make EVERY game have blood and violence, even super monkey ball. Blood and violence is good!

5. Only offer it in shades of black or green.

6. Look for small FPS developers who have a promising project and buy them out, release said project and act like it was all your idea, and then when 2.0 comes out watch everyone get all dissapointed because it's only a graphic update.

7. Include a 20 page long EULA and Software Licensing agreement with every game sold -- dictate that you must own a license for each person who intends to play the game in multiplayer mode, and observers can't watch unless they own it, too.

Cubeoid · Nov 13, 2004, 07:08 AM

Children like chainsaws?

ryju · Nov 13, 2004, 11:39 AM

It's a hell of a lot better than those shitty Donkey Kong bongos I bought. God I wish I could get my money back on those. I've played that game maybe three times.

angelmb · Nov 14, 2004, 03:09 PM

Originally posted by ryju:
It's a hell of a lot better than those shitty Donkey Kong bongos I bought. God I wish I could get my money back on those. I've played that game maybe three times.

I am really surprised, I do love Donkey Konga, and I am not a music guy.

nredman · Nov 14, 2004, 04:08 PM

CreepingDeth · Nov 14, 2004, 04:11 PM

Originally posted by scaught:

muwa hahahaha

That's ****ing awesome!!
Scarface?

BasketofPuppies · Nov 14, 2004, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by nredman:

CreepingDeth · Nov 14, 2004, 11:33 PM

Originally posted by BasketofPuppies:

Retro!

Oh yeah, awesome signature.

Rev-O · Nov 14, 2004, 11:36 PM

...and we wonder why people get ostracized...

"Dude! I got a chainsaw controller for my Nintendo! It fncking rocks! It's so fncking awesome!"

...and the females run away, and the reproductive cycle is (hopefully) broken.

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Nov 15, 2004, 12:49 AM

Long before Dean Kamen used gyroscopes to create the most idiotic looking method of transportation this planet has ever seen, Nintendo was using them to create video games. R.O.B. the robot had eyes that would detect your commands that were flashed up on the TV screen. He would then pick up a spinning gyroscope and lay it down on whichever platform you chose, and the weight of it would push a button on the controller #2. Without a doubt, it was a unique concept... but it just didn't fly with the kids.

There weren't many games for R.O.B. as it was, and "Gyromite" (the game R.O.B. came with) was pretty much near impossible to win when using him. Besides, we all enjoyed squashing the Gyromite guy way too much, so there wasn't much motivation to "win" the game anyway. It was pretty fun to make rob pick up the gyroscopes and then spin them on the floor though... that is, until they rolled off the table and the plastic pieces cracked into pieces.

The only thing R.O.B. was useful for besides that, was to be the leader of the almighty Robo Force during huge pretend battles. He faired pretty well against the other robots, until I squirted him with Blazer's water cannon.

Why anybody would spend money on this thing when they could get a NES Advantage controller instead is beyond me. All this box did was give your regular NES controllers turbo-fire. It ran for $15 - $20 in stores, so why not spend the extra $5-$10 on a REAL controller? I may be part Scottish, but even I'm not that ****ing cheap.

I'd like to say more about these, but come on... all they do is give you turbo-fire. Yay.

BasketofPuppies · 08:50 AM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
but it just didn't fly with the kids.

Well, that and the fact that Nintendo of American only brought R.O.B. to the United States in order to fool retailers into thinking that the Nintendo Entertainment System was a toy and not a video game console. (R.O.B was long dead in Japan before Nintendo had even thought of releasing its hardware in the rest of the world.

And while we're on the subject of ridiculous, useless video game peripherals that didn't work...

LaserScope from Konami. A Zapper Light Gun alternative that "shot" the part of the screen your eye was focused on whenever you spoke a preprogrammed word. (Except it didn't work.)

Roll & Rocker from LJN (company later bought out by Acclaim). Stand on it and tilt it in the direction you want to move your character. A standard NES controller plugs into the side of the unit in order to use A, B, Select, and Start buttons.

Activator from Sega. Move your arms and legs in various directions and something might happen.

Sega VR. The Activator was supposed to be paired with the Sega VR display goggles, but even Sega had the sense not to release this product.

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Nov 15, 2004, 01:35 AM

Not a peripheral but the king of video game crap (I own one).

torsoboy · Nov 15, 2004, 04:04 AM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
Not a peripheral but the king of video game crap (I own one).

a year later toys r us was liquidating their stock of these things for $20! it was an awsome deal, even if the system wasn't that awsome.

torsoboy · Nov 15, 2004, 04:13 AM

now here is an accessory that rocked! we played on this thing for hours at a time.

it worked with "Track and Field", and other running games. we had so much fun on this thing.....

Hawkeye_a · Nov 15, 2004, 04:59 AM

The chainsaw is friggon hilarious

But i just had to add this one...

im_noahselby · Nov 15, 2004, 05:08 AM

Originally posted by Luca Rescigno:
Retarded. Not to mention the entire Resident Evil series sucks ass.

Wait till you play Resident Evil 4. It is supposed to be a turn-around for the series. A lot of people seem optimistic about the changes that have taken place. Soon, we'll see if the wait was worth it...

Noah

KP* · Nov 15, 2004, 07:45 AM

We have a GameCube at my job, and recently bought Donkey Konga for it (Toys R Us was having a sale, OK?). It gets kind of repetitive and I wish there were more songs for it, but it's still fun. The 2-player game is more fun than I would have thought (we don't have two drum sets for it, the other person has to use the controller). Anyway, it's kind of pointless and childish, but I have fun with it, and I'm always looking to improve my rhythm.

BasketofPuppies · Nov 15, 2004, 08:10 AM

Originally posted by Hawkeye_a:

Whoever designed this thing should be shot.

BasketofPuppies · 08:51 AM

Sega, if you're gonna blatantly steal ideas from Nintendo, make sure they're good ones first.

Apple Pro Underwear · Nov 15, 2004, 08:26 AM

thx for the memories guys

sideus · Nov 15, 2004, 08:42 AM

Bandwidth stealer!

sideus · Nov 15, 2004, 08:43 AM

Originally posted by BasketofPuppies:

BasketofPuppies · Nov 15, 2004, 08:52 AM

Originally posted by sideus:

Bandwidth stealer!

Fixed?

Randman · Nov 15, 2004, 09:40 AM

BasketofPuppies · Nov 15, 2004, 02:15 PM

External and internal.

BasketofPuppies · Nov 15, 2004, 02:19 PM

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Nov 15, 2004, 02:20 PM

Originally posted by Randman:

Actually that wasn't such a bad idea. Then again anyone who plays fishing video games got problems of their own.

MindFad · Nov 15, 2004, 02:21 PM

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Nov 15, 2004, 02:25 PM

Originally posted by MindFad:

You might want to rethink that one. At least it shipped and wasn't half bad. This on the other hand.

BasketofPuppies · Nov 15, 2004, 02:26 PM

Hey, publishers released over a hundred games for the Sega CD. It wasn't close to the failure people these days claim it was.

voodoo · Nov 15, 2004, 02:45 PM

Best controller I've ever tried.

Millennium · Nov 15, 2004, 03:00 PM

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
You might want to rethink that one. At least it shipped and wasn't half bad. This on the other hand.

Actually, the system was released, sort of. After Nintendo canned it, the company they'd been working with retooled the system as an independent console and released it on their own. This system was called the PlayStation.

No, I am not making this up.

MindFad · Nov 15, 2004, 03:07 PM

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
You might want to rethink that one. At least it shipped and wasn't half bad. This on the other hand.

See Millennium's post. I remember way back in the day when the SNES CD rumors were abound. Good times. Bad times for Nintendo.

And the SEGA CD was lame.

BasketofPuppies · Nov 15, 2004, 03:07 PM

Wrong one. Read the article. That's the CD-ROM drive Nintendo was working on with Philips.

And the standalone PlayStation was a bit more powerful than the Nintendo PlayStation add-on for the Super NES.

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Nov 15, 2004, 03:10 PM

So how many Nintendo systems have shipped now with a port on the bottom for future expansion yet never get used.

I count 3.

BasketofPuppies · Nov 15, 2004, 03:14 PM

BasketofPuppies · Nov 15, 2004, 03:16 PM

Unlike Sega VR, the Sega 3D Glasses were released.

sideus · Nov 15, 2004, 08:16 PM

First video game system I ever played.