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Bigbadbikernerd
07/16/09

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I wasted a lot of time with one of those...
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quayzar
07/15/09

In reply to Mattel Football: 1979's King of Timewasters
They also featured it on Seinfeld when Jerry started drugging the woman with the toy collection so he could play with the Scuba GI Joe, George could play with this game, and Elaine could play with the Easy Bake Oven and get the Gum Balls for the "Sideler".

Yeah I watched TV in the 90's. I was product of the late 80's and 90's but I remember the game from friends who still played with one until he was able to get a Game Boy.
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ZuluWave
07/15/09

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I remembering finding this game in my Uncle's attic a few years back. I took it out of the box and appreciated its awesomeness.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
07/15/09

In reply to Mattel Football: 1979's King of Timewasters
I also had one of these beauties..
click the pic for more info

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92BuickLeSabre
07/15/09

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Oh yes. Played it nonstop. Best of them all. Loved the little switch control. *click* *click*
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
07/15/09

In reply to Mattel Football: 1979's King of Timewasters
I had Coleco's version, which as i recall was much more popular than Mattel's. It seemed like everyone had one.

Touchdown! 'Dah-dee-dee-dee-dee' I can still hear that tune..
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dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
07/15/09

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Now that I think about it, the one I played most was football II

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FurySamurai72
07/16/09

@dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!: oh wow, I had every one of these at one point. And i was born in '86! i never bought one. i usually found them in my parents friends' basements, eventually someone just gave them to me cause i loved playing them so much.
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dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
07/15/09

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Such a simple game, but it was so fun. And I didn't even like football that much, but I loved playing it. They also had baseball, but the best one was the basketball one.

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tucker
07/15/09

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Timewaster? Hardly. This game was pure fun, and still is thirty years later.
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92BuickLeSabre
07/15/09

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It's not quite the same, but there's an App for that.

And it's not half-bad.
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peetah
07/15/09

@92BuickLeSabre:

first app that I bought, worth all 99 cents!
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noamjamski
05/04/09

In reply to New PSP to Get Memory Stick HG-Micro Slot in Addition to On-Board Storage?
If Sony is really looking to make a leap forward can we PLEASE get a second analog stick?

Pretty pretty pretty please? I don't see why a second stick moving forward would hurt backwards compatibility of older games.
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Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!
05/04/09

@noamjamski: we don't need a second nub if we get a touch screen. I never understood the logic of people crying about a second nub. I thought it was a great idea at first too until I thought about it. With a second numb on the current PSP models gamers would only have access to two buttons...the L and R shoulders. It would be an awkward mess to try and play a PSP game using two analog nubs AND try to use the face buttons in any way.

Nintendo has already set the stage. Put a touch screen on that bitch and you don't need a second nub. FPS games on PSP become a viable option instead of the clumsy mess they are now. Socom on PSP could be played with m/kb like accuracy. Original, unique titles using the touch screen would be a godsend because we'd get better graphics to go with the innovation. Instead of looking at games like CoD4 on DS and thinking "damn that would be great if it didn't look like a PS1 game."

Last but not least, the PSP screen is far bigger than the DS screen. There's more you can do with it the real estate that's just not possible on DS. Sony has to see this. Why would they copy Wii motion controls and not the DS touch screen? The touch screen is THE reason the DS was such a novelty. They'd be dumbasses if they release the PSP-G without one.
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EtrnL_Frost
05/04/09

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Seriously, I was so hyped up about this until I heard about the media format for the expandable storage.

SD or fail, Sony. SD or fail.
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Xjep
05/04/09

@EtrnL_Frost: What is the big deal about a sd card; so what if it doesnt have one if you have a sony psp you probably already have many of there formats. Plus this format will probably have more than 2 gb's of space so using sd is not important.
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roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony
05/04/09

@Xjep:

Because they are more expensive and less common then SD cards, and work in less devices.
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Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!
05/04/09

@roflwaffles learned to update his screen name: But memsticks are more common than many people give credit for. Also if Sony was going to move to SD card (which I think would be a retarded move) then they should support Micro SDHC cards. They have a smaller form factor and higher capacity similar to memstick duo cards. But then the question again is...if Sony already makes similar cards why not just use those.

Naw, Sony should stick with memstick duos. it would be nice if you could use either/or but whatever. As long as I can max out my PSP-G to at least 32 GBs I'm happy. Then I can load up on PSN/PS1 games, PSN TV shows and movies and lots and lots of smut...it's unamerican to have such a device and no smut.
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ceilingFANBOY
05/04/09

@EtrnL_Frost: I'm no member of Sony's board or anything, but the fact that Memory Stick HG-Micro is their own card could be a big factor as to why they chose the card...that and the 60 MB/S transfer speeds.
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SeithsOwn
05/04/09

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hmmm no touch screen?

how is this to compete with the ipod touch and the ds without touch?
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roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony
05/04/09

@SeithsOwn:

Because it has buttons?
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SeithsOwn
05/04/09

@roflwaffles learned to update his screen name: as does the ds. Im just saying that it would make an almost seamless portable gaming experience. sorta like an ipod touch meets ds.
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ceilingFANBOY
05/04/09

@SeithsOwn: Maybe they don't want it to be an iPod meets DS. The type of games that the PSP has would be difficult to play if you had to jump back and forth between using buttons and the touch screen. I can't imagine how hard it would be to play God of War if I had to find some way of hitting the screen every once in a while.
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SS
05/04/09

In reply to New PSP to Get Memory Stick HG-Micro Slot in Addition to On-Board Storage?
"you'd also have a slot for a proprietary card that could hold more games or games" or games or games or games ?

great :) what else can it hold ?
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ceilingFANBOY
05/04/09

@SS: fun...LAUGHS...fun...LAUGHS
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switchblade saints
05/04/09

In reply to New PSP to Get Memory Stick HG-Micro Slot in Addition to On-Board Storage?
i think this is a bad move. They need to try and take a bite out of Nintendo's market and this is a step back.

When a huge demographic is younger kids, having to download/save game data on the device might me a bit to complex for billy and Suzie the soccer mom. umd/cartridges are a must when its a "hey kids get in the van we are going into town" kind of day.

But that's just my opinion
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Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!
05/04/09

@switchblade saints: I disagree. There are kids that are more tech savvy than adults. But as was stated, the demographic isn't the same. Personally, I'm looking forward to the PSP-G. I'd rather have my games on memstick anyways. The 7or 8 I have on memstick now are so much more convenient than carrying four or five UMDs in my carrying case.
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ceilingFANBOY
05/04/09

@switchblade saints: Removing UMDs from the system and having a physical media are not mutually exclusive. It is possible to release games on these Memory Stick HG Micro cards. Also, there are rumors of game kiosks being deployed, which could make it easy to add games to your own memory cards.
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P3nnst8r
04/29/09

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8GB and 16GB doesn't sound that big if you have an extensive collection of games...

Wait, it's PSP, what am I talking about?
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