Well, I wasn\'t going to pick up THAT beefy of a system from Alienware. Maybe a good $1,400 dollar model that I can tweak myself. I just don\'t have the time to build two PC\'s right now. (Still going to turn my vintage 80\'s 386 Monolith into a PIII 800 mhz) And yeah, I\'ve seen their prices.. they\'re insane once you go over a certain power threashhold. (Which just happens to be their bare bones model)
Oh, and I picked up my GBA today. (Yay!) I got the purple one, cause f*ck it.. purple is a cool color. I only had the cash to get one game tho. At first I picked up Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 (Sonic Advance and CotM were out : ( ) . It was an alright game.. but not something that could last me 2 weeks until I get my first paycheck. So I took it back and, being the Abandonware nut I am, picked up Wolfenstein3D. I beat the first scenario and half of the other one tonight at work durring my downtime. Figure by the time I get through the entire thing on "Death Incarnate" I\'ll have the cash to buy more games. I\'m damned impressed with it.. mainly the for the fact that they did an almost perfect PC conversion. Sure the graphics are a bit limited due to the resolution.. but everything from the PC-13 logo to the ending screens which just scream early 90\'s shareware is there. Awesome.
Oh.. and JOY.. the lighting in my factory is perfect for the GBA. Didn\'t have any problems seeing the screen. (as long a it\'s tilted just right
) One complaint tho.. I\'m having trouble with the controls. The damned thing is so small.. at least with the GameGear I had plenty of room to grab onto it and arange my fingers comfortably. Is there some kind of cover or case I can put it in which will be a little more comfortable?
I wonder if there\'s going to be a lot of old PC games being ported over? I\'d love to see ROTT, DukeNukem3D, Some Sierra & LucasArts adventures, Raptor:CotS, Solar Winds, and a ton other games on this lil bastard. To hell with SNES ports.. if all their old PC game ports are going to be as well done as Wolf3D.. then I might just change my opinion of the GBA.