Sympathy Please

ma71lda · Post by **ma71lda** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:48 pm

My 9 month old 360 Elite has just died of the dreaded RED RING OF DEATH syndrome. Gutted.

I know its under warranty but its an absolute ballache I could do without, and an inconvenience, of course.

itsme · Post by **itsme** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:44 am

Boo Hoo

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:13 pm

there there dear.

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:28 pm

i had four 360's in two years gulp ,,,, all rrod, sure the courier service worked with an average turnaround of 3 weeks, but when the fourth one knackered and the 5th one arrived ,i didnt even open the box, put it all on ebay, buyer confidence shattered, had everything with it aswell hd-dvd drive, webcam 20 games, gutted, but ide had enuff,
great games - shit hardware ,

got a (60gb so at least my ps2 games run) ps3 now and touch wood no probs so far

im one of them ( more money than sense) people that has to have the latest gaming systems on day one, owned everything, atari 2600 cbm 16 cbm 64 speccky, amiga megadrive snes n64 ps1 2 3 psp etc etc,

now i dont want to start a my consols better than yours argument, as a great game is a great game irrespective of system, how about we list some of our all time faves ?

kung fu master, green beret mr do, double dragon, shinobi, final fight, phoenix ,
last ninja(cbm64) and many many many more, too many to list ,
recently im enjoying drakes fortune gta4 cod4 everybody's golf, but i stil have to pull out my retro packs (taito legends 1n2, midway treasures 1,2 capcom classics etc ) for quick nostalgic blasts from the pasts ,

ma71lda · Post by **ma71lda** » Sun May 25, 2008 5:14 pm

Thank you for your kind words of condolence/sarcasm.

ma71lda · Post by **ma71lda** » Sun May 25, 2008 5:45 pm

As for games systems, I love 'em!

As an old-ish man (31) I've been playing since the days of the Speccy, the C64 and the Amstrad CPC. The NES really got me into gaming properly though, half decent graphics, great games. But then came the daddy of consoles in my opinion - the SNES.

What a machine! Yes, graphics have progressed, systems are quicker, storage is better and we now have a great, easy to ues 'Live' service, BUT this is where playability was unparalleled. Super Mario World, S M Kart, Axelay, SF 2; Turbo, Zelda, Secret of Mana, Starwing, Mortal Kombat 2 and F1 Exhaust Heat to name a few. It beat doing homework. :P

Following consoles such as N64, PS1, PS2, Xbox, Gamecube all had classic games but where never quite as enjoyable as the SNES. I've never played or owned a PS3 or a Wii but I think I will if my 360 breaks down again I will - but I really like my 360 and if it has the longevity of the SNES this could be a classic too.

Shitty hardware though and Microsoft treat their customers like tw*ts.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Mon May 26, 2008 12:23 am

firstly, soz about your 360 man.

i'm 39 and will claim to be so for a few years yet. i started playing around with micro computers on the pet and vic20,memorable games being blue meanies and hmmm a text adventure on cartridge for the vic called,adventure land,and anything by llamasoft.
i got given a mattel intellivision when i was about 12,vastly superior to the atari home console , but always wanted an atari like everybody else,this was coz there was nobody to swap games with.
good games for the intellivision were: tron deadly discs,lock'n'chase and advanced dungeons and dragons.
when i finally got a spectrum by saving up my paper round money, there was a massive ammount of games for it, i liked daley thomsons decathalon alot,those poor old speccy rubber buttons preffered me playing sabrewulf or avalon.

going forward a bit i'll admit to a bit of mario on the nes ,snes and n64 ,and a bit of zelda too.
i liked secret of mana aswell as street fighter on the snes.
n64 picks for me are goldeneye and perfect dark.

on the sony front now doom, wipeout,m.o.h.timesplitters,red faction, baldurs gate,gta,mace griffin,deus ex.resident evil 4 (what a game)

i now own a wii,

it has some rather simplistic games i suppose ,but its got its fun factor too.

some of the best games i ever played are on the classics/retro compilations,these games were a big part of my youth.

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Mon May 26, 2008 12:56 am

n64 goldeneye was probably the best fps ever made, ok the graphics look a bit ropey by todays standards but the quality of the gameplay was unbelievable

Nixxy · Post by **Nixxy** » Mon May 26, 2008 1:20 pm

I don't have a 360 - so could someone tell me what the 'Red Ring of Death' refers to?

It sounds like my arse the morning after a very heavy curry

ma71lda · Post by **ma71lda** » Mon May 26, 2008 5:59 pm

When you turn the 360 on a green L.E.D ring flashes around the 'on' button, the RROD means the ring is red and your console is knackered.

I've rang Microsoft and it will be picked up on Friday, then I have a 2-3 week wait for it to be repaired. Unfortunately, the 360 is notorious for the RROD and the liklihood of it breaking down again is pretty high and the 'Elite' model was supposed to be a better, more reliable build. Hmmm.

When I had a whinge about the inconvenience of the situation I was told I would recieve 1 month free XBL Gold Membership. When you consider a 12 month Membership costs £40, 1 month must be worth, let me see, approximately £3.40. That is their value of my loyalty and custom to them and when you compare this to what they offered me when the same thing happened to my Xbox - a controller and a game, it is appalling.

Times must be tough for Gates family.

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Mon May 26, 2008 7:31 pm

when my 4th 360 went up shit creek, i complained, they agreed that the situation was unacceptable and offered me a free game, i thought that seemed ok, but then they told me the list i could pick from hmmmm, yeah thats right the launch titles ,,,,, A i'd already got em and B you could then pick up kameo, resistance etc up town for less than £15
tight bastards.

so glad i got the ps3(60gb) runs all my ps2 and ps1 games, plays bluray, internet browser
whats not to like?

ps im typing on it now

pps lets just hope that microsoft gets it act together for the next cycle 720 or whatever its going to be called, because like the stupid glutton for punishment i am, i'll still be first in line

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:10 pm

N64! has to be golden eye but i did like perfect dark.

ma71lda · Post by **ma71lda** » Mon May 26, 2008 10:39 pm

Goldeneye was awesome back in the day and remember it was a launch title too AND it was a N64 game.

But lets be honest it hasn't aged well, has it? My biggest grumble with this game was ( and the first 2 Tmesplitter games ; same developers) the aiming retical. Rather than the retical staying in the centre of the screen like most FPS's it moved around the screen, it bounced around actually, making precise aiming tricky.

Anyone agree?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:31 pm

BUBBLE BOBBLE was my cup of tea!!...alas new zealand story and rainbow islands....gr8 memories

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:04 am

stil got all 3 of them degen m8, on taito legends ps2