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Wii Nintendo Channel Unlimited Games.

EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
edited March 2007 in Games and Technology
I think Nintendo should give the option of paying a fee every month and have some type of huge downloadable database of games and gaming news. Just like Sega Channel.

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  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Thank you for sharing.

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  • ArcibiArcibi Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I guess that would be rad but did it really need its own thread

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Don't worry, I'm with you on this, these other guys are probably Segatards anyway

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  • VeganVegan Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    EliteLamer....

    I see...

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  • DesertBoxDesertBox Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Nintendo copies Sega's idea from 10 years ago. Impending doom

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  • RitchmeisterRitchmeister Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    If only Nintendo was a business that didn't want your money. Then this would happen.

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  • EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2007
    I guess that would be rad but did it really need its own thread

    Yes it does.

    Anyways... I rather pay 9.99 a month and 'rent' the games instead of paying 10 bucks for a game I can get for 2 on a cart. I also feel the whole idea sega channel brought forth was very innovative

    Sega Channel was a project developed by Sega for the 16-bit Sega Genesis console. Starting in 1994, Sega Channel service was provided to the public by Time Warner Cable and TCI, which later was acquired by the old AT&T during its cable acquisition spree that formed AT&T Broadband.

    For a monthly subscription fee (usually $14.95 depending on where you were located), along with a $25 activation fee, the subscriber would get an adapter, which plugged into the Genesis cartridge slot, and was connected to their cable television connection. The service would provide them with unlimited access to 50 games, selectable through an on-screen menu, with new games appearing every month and later every 2 weeks. The games would be downloaded in about 1 minute and play just like the retail versions. These games were organized by genre, such as Action, Fighting, Adventure, and Family. Each month, there was a special theme with originally composed music, artwork and game categories.

    Sega also ran several promotions through the service:

    * Special "test drives" for up-and-coming titles were provided. In some, after a certain time limit (15 minutes), gameplay was terminated, and the player was returned to the menu. Other games had limited content; for example, Primal Rage had only two characters playable, and Sonic 3D Blast ended after completing the first stage.
    * Special modifications of existing retail games were made for Sega Channel, the most popular of which was a special version of Earthworm Jim by Shiny Entertainment.
    * Some games not released in the United States were exclusive to the service.
    * Cheats and tips could be accessed on the service and appeared while the games were downloading.
    * Throughout the service's life, contests were held, where players could win Arcade machines, projection TVs, BMX bikes, etc.

    The service was also available in Canada, in some parts of the United Kingdom on certain cable services, in Chile on the defunct Metropolis cable company, and in Argentina on a national TCI branch, Cablevisión TCI.

    To provide Sega Channel, a cable company would need to install new equipment into their headend, integrate service authorization into their sales center, and purchase the game adapters. Game adapters were manufactured by Scientific Atlanta and General Instruments, with a cost to the cable operators of approximately $100 per unit. Additionally, many cable operators had to clean their broadcast signal in the head-end and all the way to "the pole" to ensure that the signal could be received. Sega, a gaming company, thus played a major role in improving infrastructure for future digital cable services, as well as broadband Internet access and digital telephone services. At its peak, Sega Channel was available to one-third of the United States and had 250,000 subscribers.

    Sega Channel ultimately failed due to the retirement of the Sega Genesis game platform and the difficult economics for the cable operators. The service ended in June of 1997. Unfortunately, as it ended, so did access to English translations of otherwise unreleased games, notable ones including Alien Soldier, Golden Axe III, Mega Man: The Wily Wars and Pulseman; some received European releases, while others were lost forever, leaving behind only the original Japanese versions.

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  • JJJJ DailyStormer Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Did you ever get Battlefield What'sitsyear working for you?

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  • EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2007
    JJ wrote: »
    Did you ever get Battlefield What'sitsyear working for you?


    Yeah, I had to fucking HACK my legit version of the game to make it work.

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  • KaputaKaputa Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    EliteLamer wrote: »
    JJ wrote: »
    Did you ever get Battlefield What'sitsyear working for you?


    Yeah, I had to fucking HACK my legit version of the game to make it work.
    He had to get past mainframes and protocols and shit.

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  • ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    EliteLamer wrote: »
    JJ wrote: »
    Did you ever get Battlefield What'sitsyear working for you?


    Yeah, I had to fucking HACK my legit version of the game to make it work.
    Even after making like 30 threads on the same subject?

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Get Gametap.

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  • EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2007
    He had to get past mainframes and protocols and shit.

    No, you fucking jackass. I had to download a fucking crack and use that.

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  • APZonerunnerAPZonerunner Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Well fuck. I guess that's fucking okay then. Fuck.

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  • AHH!AHH! Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Hahahah

    I like this guy

    He's hostile

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  • GarthorGarthor Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    EliteLamer wrote: »
    He had to get past mainframes and protocols and shit.
    No, you fucking jackass. I had to download a fucking crack and use that.

    He was explaining that downloading a crack is not hacking.

    [edit]Oh, right: fuck ass damn shit butt whore

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  • EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2007
    Clearly...

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  • ThreepioThreepio New Westminster, BCRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Fuck it guys, I'm at fucking work. Can we keep the fucking chat a little more fucking civil in here? I mean, fuck.

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  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Fuck the fucking fuckers.

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  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2007
    So what kind of game news would you pay for?

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  • ZimmydoomZimmydoom Accept no substitutes Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I would like a Wii Pie Channel. I would pay a monthly fee for all the pie I could eat.

    I don't really like pie, but it would be a nice service.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Fuck you, you fucking fuck
    Fuck!

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  • SurikoSuriko AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I'M SICK OF THIS MOTHERFUCKING SWEARING IN MY MOTHERFUCKING... Ah, woops.

    I like this idea. It'd give a nice incentive to try older classic games.

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  • ZimmydoomZimmydoom Accept no substitutes Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    LewieP wrote: »
    Fuck you, you fucking fuck
    Fuck!

    You, sir, are a boor.

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    Gim wrote: »
    Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
    Flew away in a balloon
    Had sex with polar bears
    While sitting in a reclining chair
    Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
    Running around and clawing eyelids
    Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Zimmydoom wrote: »
    I would like a Wii Pie Channel. I would pay a monthly fee for all the pie I could eat.

    I don't really like pie, but it would be a nice service.

    Okay now that would be cool.

    They could use the Everybody Votes Channel in tangent to vote on the pie.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Zimmydoom wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    Fuck you, you fucking fuck
    Fuck!

    You, sir, are a boor.

    as in "a peasant or uncultured person"?

    surely not, not me guvnor?
    Rehab wrote: »
    Zimmydoom wrote: »
    I would like a Wii Pie Channel. I would pay a monthly fee for all the pie I could eat.

    I don't really like pie, but it would be a nice service.

    Okay now that would be cool.

    They could use the Everybody Votes Channel in tangent to vote on the pie.

    and show the results in bar graphs.

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  • ZimmydoomZimmydoom Accept no substitutes Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    LewieP wrote: »
    Zimmydoom wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    Fuck you, you fucking fuck
    Fuck!

    You, sir, are a boor.

    as in "a peasant or uncultured person"?

    surely not, not me guvnor?
    Rehab wrote: »
    Zimmydoom wrote: »
    I would like a Wii Pie Channel. I would pay a monthly fee for all the pie I could eat.

    I don't really like pie, but it would be a nice service.

    Okay now that would be cool.

    They could use the Everybody Votes Channel in tangent to vote on the pie.

    and show the results in bar graphs.

    Wait... there's a joke here... ahhh...

    Yeah!

    Wait...

    No, I... Hmmm...

    Wait! Wait! Is it...

    Umm...

    Nope, nothing.

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    Gim wrote: »
    Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
    Flew away in a balloon
    Had sex with polar bears
    While sitting in a reclining chair
    Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
    Running around and clawing eyelids
    Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
  • JJJJ DailyStormer Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Shoofly pie is one of my favorites.

    Amish bake a fine fucking pie.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    It was an anti-joke. The joke would have been to say "Pie Charts"

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  • ZimmydoomZimmydoom Accept no substitutes Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    JJ wrote: »
    Shoofly pie is one of my favorites.

    Amish bake a fine fucking pie.

    Would that be a pie for fucking?

    Am I going to Hell now?

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    Gim wrote: »
    Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
    Flew away in a balloon
    Had sex with polar bears
    While sitting in a reclining chair
    Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
    Running around and clawing eyelids
    Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2007
    Like, news today is everywhere. People would just post it anyway, so it really wouldn't be worth paying for.

    You know?

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    LewieP wrote: »
    Fuck you, you fucking fuck
    Fuck!

    Always naysaying! Everything I, I create!

    You piece of shit!

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  • hamburger helperhamburger helper Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    LewieP wrote: »
    Rehab wrote: »
    Zimmydoom wrote: »
    I would like a Wii Pie Channel. I would pay a monthly fee for all the pie I could eat.

    I don't really like pie, but it would be a nice service.

    Okay now that would be cool.

    They could use the Everybody Votes Channel in tangent to vote on the pie.

    and show the results in bar graphs.

    no you idiot!
    show the results in line graphs.

    EDIT:
    LewieP wrote: »
    It was an anti-joke. The joke would have been to say "Pie Charts"

    Son of a fuck! you ruined it! Fuckity foofoo

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  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Reeses Peanut Butter pie is really good.

    That would get my vote.

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  • ZimmydoomZimmydoom Accept no substitutes Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    hamburger helper wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    Zimmydoom wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    Fuck you, you fucking fuck
    Fuck!

    You, sir, are a boor.

    as in "a peasant or uncultured person"?

    surely not, not me guvnor?
    Rehab wrote: »
    Zimmydoom wrote: »
    I would like a Wii Pie Channel. I would pay a monthly fee for all the pie I could eat.

    I don't really like pie, but it would be a nice service.

    Okay now that would be cool.

    They could use the Everybody Votes Channel in tangent to vote on the pie.

    and show the results in bar graphs.

    no you idiot!
    show the results in line graphs.
    Venn Diagrams!

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    Gim wrote: »
    Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
    Flew away in a balloon
    Had sex with polar bears
    While sitting in a reclining chair
    Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
    Running around and clawing eyelids
    Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2007
    This thread is really not funny at all and I still don't get why anyone would pay for news.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    This thread derailed faster than half the topics over at SE++ do

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  • AHH!AHH! Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    That's because the OP guy doesn't care about it, so you shouldn't either.

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  • EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2007
    I care about it.

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  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2007
    So, again I ask you, why would you pay for news?

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