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General Discussion / Re: Perfect Dark Cancellation ...
Last post by targetrasp - July 28, 2026, 11:23:25 PMEarly Rare was ok, I remember a bunch of jet pack games. They started hitting their stride during the nes era with games like RC Pro Am and Battle toads and became amazing by N64. It's hard to think of a bad (subject to interpretation, let's change that to poor performing) rare game until Microsoft crapped it up for the 360. Kameo and Perfect Dark were early (maybe even launch) titles that for the 360 that were completely missable. Viva Pinata was the one great 360 game by Rare I recall. I even bought the Rare Replay and pretty much used it to relive some Battle Toads frustrations and play Viva Pinata again. Now the only thing keeping the name alive is Sea of Thieves. Fantastic game but it lost me quick because of the shared world. I absolutely could not stand trying to learn a game with a bunch of other just wrecking my guts. I could see the fun having a good crew going around giving new groups and solo players grief, so I get it.
They've since made it where you can create a private realm, but I moved on long before that option was available. I heard tale of another ambitions project that eventually got shuttered and with that failure so went most of Rare's left-over talent.
Holy crap, completely forgot to mention Donkey Kong Country and Banjo-Kazooie - so they did well for themselves during the snes era too!
They've since made it where you can create a private realm, but I moved on long before that option was available. I heard tale of another ambitions project that eventually got shuttered and with that failure so went most of Rare's left-over talent.
Holy crap, completely forgot to mention Donkey Kong Country and Banjo-Kazooie - so they did well for themselves during the snes era too!
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Sony - PlayStation 5 (PS5), PlayStation 4 (PS4), PS Vita, and PlayStation 3 (PS3) / Re: Update on PlayStation Stor...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - July 28, 2026, 03:26:21 PMI have so many PS3 games... it's pretty crazy. The PS3 sales back in the day were really good. You could also get buy 2 get 1 free many times with the Wii and PS3 (not sure about Xbox). My PS3 received a ton of play... especially with PS1 and PS2 games. I still have the PS3 ready to go in the center as my son and I are finishing a few Lego games and platinum trophying them.
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General Discussion / Re: Perfect Dark Cancellation ...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - July 28, 2026, 01:25:52 PMWhen my buddy from Germany came to town, we ended up playing Perfect Dark a lot. Those were good times. I have a lot of good memories playing Perfect Dark. I remember when Microsoft bought Rare... I was like "NOOOOOoooooo" as Darth Vader Said in Revenge of the Sith LOL 
Once the buyout happened and several other titles fell out on the 360, I figured Rare's days were numbered. There was always SO much hype behind their games and their games were always behind it seemed or took too long to release. I had a feeling that would happen... and it seems that is the case these days.
However, does Rare even matter these days? This is a HARD question to ask if you grew up during those days. This might need a topic of its own.
Once the buyout happened and several other titles fell out on the 360, I figured Rare's days were numbered. There was always SO much hype behind their games and their games were always behind it seemed or took too long to release. I had a feeling that would happen... and it seems that is the case these days.
However, does Rare even matter these days? This is a HARD question to ask if you grew up during those days. This might need a topic of its own.
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Microsoft - Xbox Series X, Xbox One and Xbox 360 / Re: Xbox Live has been Down
Last post by retro junkie - July 28, 2026, 09:18:53 AMMy Xbox 360 and Xbox one has been stored away for a while now. Long enough that I have forgotten what games I have for them. Nope it hasn't effected me. 
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Microsoft - Xbox Series X, Xbox One and Xbox 360 / Xbox Live has been Down
Last post by BLUEVOODU - July 27, 2026, 08:19:31 PMXbox Live has been down for a decent amount of time. Looks like they are looking for a fix. I'm off Xbox Live and haven't used it for a while. Has this affected you? @mastermario mentioned this earlier today.
Maybe they shouldn't have laid so many people off lol
Thoughts, comments, post it up!
Maybe they shouldn't have laid so many people off lol
Thoughts, comments, post it up!
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General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday Grindspine ...
Last post by retro junkie - July 27, 2026, 12:37:36 PMHappy Birthday!!!!! 
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General Discussion / Happy Birthday Grindspine - 20...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - July 27, 2026, 09:05:51 AMHappy Birthday @Grindspine ! We hope it's a great day. Enjoy your digital cake! We actually got a little sushi, Chocolate at DeBrands and breakfast the next day! It was a great time.
If you get the gift of gaming, post it up! Also - you will have to share the awesome cake you made lol
If you get the gift of gaming, post it up! Also - you will have to share the awesome cake you made lol
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General Discussion / Re: What are you currently usi...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - July 27, 2026, 08:59:38 AMYeah... I feel many of the old Game FAQs have been absorbed into AI. MANY websites have gone down in use and views over the last few years due to AI. This kind of sucks... I get it's more efficient... but there's a lot that gets lost in the translation.
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General Discussion / Re: Perfect Dark Cancellation ...
Last post by retro junkie - July 26, 2026, 08:41:43 AMI have it on the N64. I tried to get into the game back during the N64 glory years but motion sickness won. I just can't play any first person shooters. The closest that I came to being able was that first Metroid game on the Gamecube.
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General Discussion / Re: Perfect Dark Cancellation ...
Last post by targetrasp - July 26, 2026, 02:31:48 AMI'm not surprised, N64 perfect dark was amazing, it took everything that was great about 007 and turned it up to 11. The Xbox 360 flavor was mid-tier at best. Perfect Dark really burned out after its first iteration.