This is begging for a Mario Kart edit

@ChaosEngine

Everything @newtboy said. I think you're exaggerating just a tad. You're not going to build a PC that runs newly released games at 1080p at 60fps and also includes a blu-ray drive , 500 GB HD, and wireless motion sensitive controller for under $400 US (current price of PS4 on US Amazon). Plus, you're almost certainly going to have to buy a 1080p monitor (since most people don't do their computing on their TV or keep their tower case in the living room), which will set you back $200 minimum even for a cheap one that's likely to ghost.

As far as games go, nearly EVERY major release will be on all platforms and in fact will likely come out on console first (GTA V). Sure, some kickstarter stuff like Pillars of Eternity won't be available but it works both ways--you won't get some awesome console exclusives on the PC (Mario Kart, Little Big Planet, etc.) either.

Plus as newtboy mentioned, you can rent and sell console games. Yeah, PC games drop to much lower price points as they get older (I usually pick up all the good stuff I missed at $3-5 during Steam sales) but reselling isn't an option for most stuff (yet). You can mod most PC games, though, so that's a plus for them.

Look, I play 90% of my games on my gaming PC. That's because I have the time and money to do so. I don't understand the attitude of looking down on people who don't have those luxuries or who don't want to spend the prerequisite time required pouring over tech forums, price comparing at hardware vendors websites like Newegg, and downloading proper drivers just to build a gaming PC on the cheap when they can just go to a store down the road and pick up something comparable with virtually no effort.

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I warned him what would happen if he beat me at Mario Kart.

In the Mario Kart segment you had Mario racing Bowser so having the last boss music from Super Mario World is not a far leap. Using so much from the Super Nintendo age of Mario and not including Yoshi is a travesty..Travesty!

No? For instance, I liked when they used the last boss music from Super Mario World in the Mario Kart segment, and I think it was an appropriate choice. To me it shows that the people who made this video are connoisseurs of all things Mario, and thus they are entitled to take artistic license.

This made me really nostalgic. Not just the pixel art, but the music too.

Playing the SNES in a video game haze to a background of melancholic 90's rock, buoyant punk and grunge apathy; smoking too much; drinking cheap beer and vodka (and whatever else we could get our hands on).

Waking up on an old sofa chair bathed in dimly flashing colours and quiet, looping chip music.

Super Metroid; Prince of Persia; A Link to the Past; Secret of Mana; Mortal Kombat and Super Mario Kart.

Spider-Man and Wolverine comics, and Kerrang! on the floor.

And an otherwise, abject poverty.


Seems like another life now.

Go Kart? Chocolate Mountains? o___o

Mario Kart 64

Counter Strike
Battlefield 2 +
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare +
Team Fortress 2
Halo
Mass Effect
GoldenEye 007
Half-Life 2
Mario Kart 64 +>> ^sixshot:

I recognize all but one. Can someone help me fill in the missing info?
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2/3
Team Fortress 2
Halo
Mass Effect
(a James Bond game)
Killzone
Mario Kart (64?)
Which iteration of Mario Kart did they introduced the blue shell? Was it on the N64?

I recognize all but one. Can someone help me fill in the missing info?

Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2/3
Team Fortress 2
Halo
Mass Effect
(a James Bond game)
Killzone
Mario Kart (64?)

Which iteration of Mario Kart did they introduced the blue shell? Was it on the N64?

Real life mario kart power-up.

It went from Mario Kart Racing to Super Smash Bros.

sorry dude i just came off 12 hrs of mario kart

Yeah, the original Mario Kart is/has been one of the most crazy expensive SNES games for awhile now.

If you want value, I'd go with the GBA version, Super Circuit. It has all the tracks from the SNES version (Retro Cup) plus 16 new ones, plays and looks near identically (mode 7 goodness), and has one or two of the newer items introduced in the 64 version (the jump Feather has been removed though). Also, portable!

A pre-owned Gameboy Advance SP or Micro is dirt cheap. You could grab one and 15-20ish (couple bucks a pop, depending on the property) GBA games for the price of one copy of Mario Kart SNES.

One Better
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http://www.amazon.com/Super-Mario-Kart-Nintendo/dp/B00002SVFR