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i'm in a similar situation.
i think it depends mostly on where you are going to take it.
i'm starting my 3rd / final year of uni this year, and i'm looking at a 1000h netbook. my friend had one last semester and it was good for him, browsed the net during lectures and took down notes and stuff easily. battery life was good too (~4-6 hours, my sister got a [full size] laptop and the default battery only lasts 3 hours max).
i think i will end up getting a 1000h.
wp is quite useful (http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-threads.cfm?f=130), especially this thread (http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1085942)
i think it depends mostly on where you are going to take it.
i'm starting my 3rd / final year of uni this year, and i'm looking at a 1000h netbook. my friend had one last semester and it was good for him, browsed the net during lectures and took down notes and stuff easily. battery life was good too (~4-6 hours, my sister got a [full size] laptop and the default battery only lasts 3 hours max).
i think i will end up getting a 1000h.
wp is quite useful (http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-threads.cfm?f=130), especially this thread (http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1085942)
Spyro the Dragon was never released on any PAL store.CryptiK said:
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! was released on July 26, 2007 in PAL regions. It was later pulled from the store along with MediEvil and Crash Bandicoot 2 because of game-breaking bugs.
PS1 backwards compatibility is present in all PS3 consoles. PS1 discs are region-locked, but PS Classics from the PSN store are not.
If you had a US account and method of adding funds, you could just purchase Spyro the Dragon from the US PSN store. Sadly Entropay can no longer be added to new US accounts.CryptiK said:Thanks I'm gunna drop by a game shop tomorrow see if they have the Spyro Games. One of my Favorite PS gamesThey better not cost to much.
If this is in relation to the previous PS Classic discussions, you should know that Europe/Australia have more PS Classics than the US store. It's also easier for people in Europe to add funds to Japanese and US accounts than vice versa. So yeah, we kind of win that one.2DMention said:
Fix The Scientist
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How can i get Fallout 3 cheap? Will JB take PS2 games?
I wonder if many people on AusGAF still check out the ol' HYPER Magazine. I haven't read it regularly in awhile now but I came across this while browsing Kotaku which is really interesting.
http://www.hyper.com.au/forums/showthread.php?t=17348
http://www.hyper.com.au/forums/showthread.php?t=17348
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caromelo said:
use to read it a shitload back in the days.
Back when it was Mean Machines Sega.
Hyper was never Mean Machines Sega... there was Megazone and Hyper which were the main ones I read (although, only had a handful of MZ) and Hyper was its own mag on Next Publishing. I have pretty much all the early Hyper mags from #1 to (I think) #200. The early days of that mag were fucking fantastic. I miss it terribly
Allan Holdsworth
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I'm going to Australia (Melbourne/Sydney/Cairns) and NZ in a week.
I may buy a DS Lite (I'm still with the Phat) since it costs pretty much the same as in the US and have some questions...
Is it cheaper in Aus or NZ? I know it's AUD200, but have no idea of the price in NZ.
Where should I buy it? Most important thing is they let me exchange it if it has dead pixels.
Any good deals?
Soul Bubbles & Chibi Robo Park Patrol -> Are these games easy to find?
Fat cases (EU) or normal (NA/JP)?
Thanks in advance.
I may buy a DS Lite (I'm still with the Phat) since it costs pretty much the same as in the US and have some questions...
Is it cheaper in Aus or NZ? I know it's AUD200, but have no idea of the price in NZ.
Where should I buy it? Most important thing is they let me exchange it if it has dead pixels.
Any good deals?
Soul Bubbles & Chibi Robo Park Patrol -> Are these games easy to find?
Fat cases (EU) or normal (NA/JP)?
Thanks in advance.
Not sure, but I do know that Nintendo distribution in NZ is notoriously poor, so it may be harder to find. I don't know if the situation has improved. The DS is fairly ubiquitous in Aus.Allan Holdsworth said:
JB Hi-Fi is considered to be the best retailer for gaming in general, but keep an eye on http://www.ecogamer.com/ for catalog deals. $188 + a game is the standard sort of deal. Toys R Us often have the best bundles, but you usually have to go to a store to find out what they areAllan Holdsworth said:
I'd be fairly suprised if any retailer knocked you back on a replacement for dead pixels, but I've had no first hand experience of that.
Soul Bubbles no. I don't even think it's out here yet. If it is I haven't seen it and I visit game retailers far more often than is healthy. Chibi Robo, yes. If you get anywhere near a KMart, which if you're here for a holiday you probably won't, they have it on their clearance list. You should pay about $30AU. Otherwise JB or EB should have it for around the $50AU mark.Allan Holdsworth said:
We actually get both, but the normal ones are more common.Allan Holdsworth said:
where are you flying into?Allan Holdsworth said:
I picked up a DS lite at Sydney airport duty free shop for AU$170 about a month ago on the way back from holidays. It came with nintendogs, which is still in its plastic wrap haha.
I didnt get dead pixels but if so i dont think i could have exchanged it, risk i was willing to take. Im not familiar with Soul Bubbles but have seen copies of Chibi Robo Park Patrol on store shelves (before christmas) in Melbourne.
check out ecogamer.com -> they always have links to the latest aus catalogues and deals
enjoy your stay! NZ is a beautiful country too
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well colour me beatenFredescu said:
Allan Holdsworth
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I'm flying into Melbourne.
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the info.
the androgyne
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Picked this up the other day so now i'm safe to post for the masses
DVD Crave - Virtua Fighter 5 for 360 - $26.28
DVD Crave - Virtua Fighter 5 for 360 - $26.28
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
does anyone know if that Sanity PS3 $10 controller deal is still going? i assume it's finished but double checking.. can't finda nything about it on their site
Uh oh:
http://www.ecogamer.com/content/view/1187/6/
JB have upped most of their prices, not much of a bargain anymore...
http://www.ecogamer.com/content/view/1187/6/
JB have upped most of their prices, not much of a bargain anymore...
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
-Winnie- said:
sanity/hmv have (had?) a deal where if you buy a chart game for ps3, you can get a dualshock 3 controller for $10.
i stupidly ignored it for a while and now i fear it's over... dammit!
Ollie Pooch
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-Winnie- said:
theyre pretty pricey, though seeing the new JB prices they don't seem so bad anymore, that deal was killer, i'll check this week to see if its still on, just in case
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Damn, and they were just going to open a JB here.
I wanted the good prices. :'(
I wanted the good prices. :'(
They haven't hit times any more or less hard than other retailers though. Their stock price has been very stubborn. I think they were just running very tight margins on games and able to do so because they were selling a certain volume. That volume has probably dried up so they need higher margins.
Also, I seem to remember that JB initially had only new releases at $79 and after the first shipment sold the next ones sold for $99. I'll wait and see what brand new releases sell for before passing total judgement, but it's not looking great.
Also, I seem to remember that JB initially had only new releases at $79 and after the first shipment sold the next ones sold for $99. I'll wait and see what brand new releases sell for before passing total judgement, but it's not looking great.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
markot said:
even with the aussie dollar whre it is atm, its cheaper to get stuff from play-asia, which wasnt normally the case... (well, for region free ps3 stuff
)there's always cdwow and dvdcrave now
markot said:
:lol :lol
I asked Nintendo, they won't email me back again after I asked last year.
Infact I had about 15 question for them in an Interview, ones that they could actually answer not dumb shit like "can has moar zelda". But nope nothing back on that either.
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