Listening to RPG music on PC | Choice of 1 or 2 Xbox 360 games

I’m listening to PSF (portable sound format) for Winamp via Highly Experimental plugin. It’s brilliant. I download PS2 and PS1 rips of my favorite videogame music and play it in Winamp w/o any lost of sound.

I got these music rips from Zophar

PS1

Chrono Cross
Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 8
Final Fantasy 9
Vagrant Story
Lunar 1
Lunar 2
Valkyrie Profile
Xenogears

PS2

Dragon Quest VIII
Final Fantasy 10 (the best of all)
Final Fantasy 10-2
Growlancer 2
Phantasy Star Generations 1



Less than 21 hours to Xbox 360 launch. Mom’s getting Project Gotham 3 for me when she comes home from work on Tuesday. I have a choice to either buy a game with my Xbox 360 or not at all. The choice of game would be Dragon Quest 8 or Perfect Dark Zero. Dragon Quest is the latest Square-Enix RPG and has some old school RPG elements. It’s hard to decide. I see that 64 MB memory cards are $40, but I won’t need them. I know I much rather have the external HDD.

Random thoughts including 2 days 11 hours till Xbox 360 launch, Xbox 360 at Thanksgiving, silly dance music

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In 2 days, 11 hours, 8 minutes I believe I’ll get the Xbox 360 + detachable HDD + Project Gotham Racing 3 than I come home extremely excited to play my new toy I might not get to the next blog entry until 10 hours later.

My 1st first person shooter looks to be Perfect Dark Zero. The N64 game was really, really good. Amongst the best games actually. Could well be the best first person shooter on N64. In fact, today, I was listening to Perfect Dark USFs (Ultra 64 Sound Format) on the computer and it sounds excellent. That’s the track music. Better than any commodore music. Those are free too.

I completed Resident Evil 4 yesterday. It was extremely fun. Shooting zombies /w a shotgun was fun especially when I used the invincible cheat so I didn’t turn into one. I got bitten 100 times and died a few time with the swinging butcher blades and that blasted iron maiden when I fail to get out. The hardest part I thought was that room with machine guns on every corner. Every once in a while a mad monk would shoot me in this room with one of those machine guns. I was really frustrated I couldn’t get outta there alive.

This Thanksgiving Thursday I’ll bring over both my Xbox 360 and Xbox over. My cousin, Brian signed into the USMC and he’s shipped out. Master Chief must’ve gotten to him because Halo happens to be one of his favorite games. He’s doing it for his country so I believe he’s not there. We’ll have turkey, stuffing, egg salad, pumpkin pie, Mountain Dew, Coke, and cheap beer (legally finally). I’ll try a can of Coolers Genuine Draft. There is usually an American Football game on folk like to watch. It’s probably Detroit vs. Dallas and the Cowboys are going to win!

Right now I’m listening to dance music yet again including ATB – 9PM Till I Come, Don’t Stop, Underwater World, Ocean Trance, Ayla Part 1, Hold you, Marrakech mostly, then Armin - Galaxia, Blue Fear, Chicane – Offshore, overtune, Don’t Gift Up etc. I’ve had been listening to these songs since December 2001 from the file dates in file properties.

Country List | Build new Webpage | Xbox 360 backwards compatible list out-of-the-box

Here’s my American Country playlist right now.

1. Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (4:27)
2. Alabama - Born Country (3:17)
3. Big & Rich - Love Train (3:47)
4. Confederate Railroad - Bill's Laundromat, Bar and Grill (3:41)
5. Sawyer Brown - Six Days On The Road (2:50)
6. Tracy Byrd - Lifestyples of the Not So Rich and Famous (2:51)
7. confederate railroad - Queen of Memphis (Club Mix) (3:50)
8. George Jones - The Race Is On (2:30)
9. Sawyer Brown - Shaken' (3:05)
10. George Jones - Hi Tech Redneck (2:59)
11. Randy Travis - Forever Amen (3:35)
12. Sawyer Brown - The Race Is On (2:47)
13. Sawyer Brown - Some Girls Do (3:05)
14. Garth Brooks - American Honky-Tonk Bar (3:32)
15. Roger Miller - King of the Road (2:27)
16. Sawyer Brown - They Don't Understand (4:08)
17. Tim Mc Graw - Don't take the girl (4:10)
18. Clint Black - A Good Run Of Bad Luck (2:43)
19. Alabama - Cheap Seats (3:53)
20. Tim McGraw - Ilike it, I love it (3:26)
21. George Jones - I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chai (3:28)
22. Garth Brooks - The Dance (3:40)
23. Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs (3:05)
24. Johnny Cash - Big Bad John (2:57)
25. Blackhawk - Every Once In A While (3:28)

I am signed up for college courses in January so I won’t have much time to play the videogames especially Xbox 360. First game may be Project Gotham 3. What else is new? More shelved games of course! Although, I was trying to play two yesterday. Again, I’ve stopped collecting for 30 days so I could get a new console. According to an internet polls Xbox 360 is leading popularity.

Xbox games compatible with Xbox 360 out-of-the-box.

* AirForce Delta Storm
* Alias™
* Aliens versus Predator™ Extinction
* All-Star Baseball™ 2003
* Amped®: Freestyle Snowboarding
* Army Men®: Sarge's War™
* Atari® Anthology™
* ATV: Quad Power Racing 2™
* Baldur's Gate™: Dark Alliance™ II
* Barbarian
* Barbie™ Horse Adventures™ Wild Horse Rescue™
* Batman Begins™
* Battle Engine Aquila
* Battlestar Galactica™
* BMX XXX™
* Brute Force™
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer™: Chaos Bleeds
* Cabela’s® Dangerous Hunts™
* Cabela’s® Outdoor Adventures™ 06
* Cabela's® Deer Hunt™ 2005 Season
* Cabela's® Deer Hunt™ 2004 Season
* Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth™
* Call of Duty™: Finest Hour™
* Casino
* Catwoman™
* Chicago Enforcer
* Circus Maximus
* Close Combat: First to Fight
* Codename: Kids Next Door™
* Colin McRae Rally 4
* Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers™
* Commandos 2: Men of Courage™
* Conflict: Desert Storm
* Constantine™
* Crash Twinsanity™
* Crash Nitro Kart™
* Crimson Skies®: High Road to Revenge™
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon™
* Curse: The Eye of Isis
* Dark Angel
* Darkwatch™
* Dead or Alive® 3
* Deathrow
* Digimon® Rumble Arena®
* Dinotopia
* Drake™
* Egg Mania™: Eggstreme Madness
* ESPN MLS ExtraTime 2002
* Euro 2004
* F1 2001
* Fable®
* Fable®: The Lost Chapters™
* Fairly Odd Parents: Breakin' da Rules
* FIFA Soccer 2003
* FIFA Soccer 2004
* FIFA STREET
* Fight Night 2004
* Fight Night Round 2
* Ford Mustang
* Ford vs. Chevy
* Forza Motorsport™
* Freedom Fighters™
* Frogger Beyond™
* Futurama™
* Fuzion Frenzy®
* Genma Onimusha
* Goblin Commander™: Unleash the Horde
* Grand Theft Auto 3
* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
* Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas™
* Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt.
* Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder
* Half-Life® 2
* Halo®
* Halo® 2
* Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™
* Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone™
* He-Man: Defender of Grayskull
* Hitman: Contracts™
* House of the Dead 3
* IHRA Drag Racing Sportsman Edition
* IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005™
* Jade Empire™
* James Bond 007™: NightFire™
* Judge Dredd®: Dredd vs. Death™
* Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis
* Kabuki™ Warriors
* Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
* kill.switch
* Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events™
* LOONS—The Fight for Fame
* Manhunt
* Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ 2
* Max Payne
* Max Payne® 2
* Medal of Honor European Assault™
* Medal of Honor™ Frontline
* Medal of Honor™ Rising Sun
* Mega Man® Anniversary Collection
* Metal Arms™: Glitch in the System
* MicroMachines
* Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing
* Monster Garage™
* Mortal Kombat®: Deception™
* MTV Music Generator™ 3
* Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit
* MX World Tour™: Featuring Jamie Little
* Namco Museum™
* NBA LIVE 2003
* NBA LIVE 2004
* Need For Speed™ Underground 2
* NFL Blitz 2002
* NFL Blitz 2003
* NFL Blitz 2004
* NHL® 2004
* NHL Hitz™ 2003
* Ninja Gaiden®
* Ninja Gaiden® Black
* Outlaw Golf 2
* Outlaw Volleyball
* Pariah™
* Phantom Crash™
* Pinball Hall of Fame™
* Pitfall®: The Lost Expedition™
* Predator Concrete Jungle™
* Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™
* Pro Evolution Soccer 5
* Pro Race Driver™
* Pump It Up™: Exceed
* Pure Pinball
* Puyo Pop Fever
* Quantum Redshift®
* Rayman Arena
* Raze's Hell™
* Red Dead Revolver
* Red Faction® II
* RedCard™ 2003
* Robotech: Battlecry
* Rocky™ Legends
* Rogue Ops
* Samurai Jack
* Samurai Warriors™
* Scooby Doo!™ Night of 100 Frights
* Scrapland
* SEGA GT™ 2002
* Shadow The Hedgehog™
* Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures
* ShellShock: Nam '67™
* Sid Meier's Pirates!®
* Sneakers™
* Sniper Elite
* Soccer Slam
* Sonic Heroes™
* Sonic Mega Collection™ Plus
* Speed Kings™
* Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy™
* Splat Magazine Renegade Paintball
* SpongeBob SquarePants™: Battle for Bikini Bottom
* SpyHunter® 2
* Spyro™ A Hero's Tail
* SSX 3
* Stake™
* Star Trek: Shattered Universe
* Star Wars®: Episode III Revenge of the Sith™
* Star Wars®: The Clone Wars™
* Star Wars® Jedi Knight®: Jedi Academy™
* Star Wars: Starfighter™ Special Edition
* Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™
* Star Wars® Knights of the Old Republic® II: The Sith Lords™
* Street Racing Syndicate™
* Stubbs the Zombie™ in Rebel without a Pulse™
* Super Bubble Pop
* Super Monkey Ball™ Deluxe
* SX Superstar™
* Tecmo Classic Arcade
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™
* Test Drive®: Eve of Destruction
* Tetris Worlds™
* The Great Escape
* The Hulk™
* The Incredible Hulk™: Ultimate Destruction
* The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
* The Lord of the Rings™: The Return of the King™
* The Simpsons™ Hit and Run™
* The Simpsons™ Road Rage
* The Terminator™ Dawn of Fate
* The Thing™
* Thief: Deadly Shadows™
* Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
* Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3
* Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
* Tony Hawk's Pro Skater™ 4
* Tony Hawk's Underground 2
* Tork™: Prehistoric Punk™
* Toxic Grind
* Ty The Tasmanian Tiger™
* Ty the Tasmanian Tiger™ 2: Bush Rescue™
* Ty the Tasmanian Tiger™ 3: Night of the Quinkan
* Urban Freestyle Soccer
* Vexx™
* Volvo: Drive for Life
* World Series® Baseball 2K3
* Worms 4 Mayhem
* Worms™ Forts: Under Siege
* WWE™ Raw™ 2
* XIII
* Yourself!Fitness™



It’s only 9 days until the launch. I’m worried about the line at mid-night. Sure, Hudson, WI isn’t a real city, but it has massive surrounding population supporting videogames too. If reading videogame news on the internet is so addicting, it might be hard to get around to playing something. Right now I’m playing Resident Evil 4 for Gamecube for the 2nd time. I am at the part where I met this colossus for the first time after running through a haunted village. Yeah, I got that normal difficulty. The PS2 version is significantly more popular at the moment. I got that special “Only for Gamecube” version.

I developed a new webpage at AtSpace which gives me 50 MB free to use without banners. I upgraded my game list, added more pictures since I borrowed the graphics off TeamXbox, owned by IGN, but a spin off of Xbox.IGN.com.

Last videogame I completed was Half-life 2 for PC. Half-life 2 was entertaining because it got #1 on my favorite videogames. I must of killed 60 combine near the end. The game industry’s # almost overwhelms me. I have a long list of what to get first and I’m constantly choosing what ones are the most important.

There is a rumor that Nintendo Revolution’s real name is Futurna, but that’s a lot of bullshit.

12 Saturn games emulated on PC including Virtua Fighter, Nights into Dreams, Daytona USA, Rayman, Panzer Dragoon.

It took more than 10 yrs, but Saturn emulation is finally conquered! About a year ago I used Daytona USA and the sky was missing and wasn’t playable. SSF 0.07 Beta however allows me to play Daytona USA! I can play all the games with USB Sidewinder, USB analog game pad or keyboard. The emulator seems to require a fast DVD-ROM, because Saturn’s 2x CD-ROM requires near perfect emulation. I own all the games so it’s legal. SSF may be the only emulator besides its commercial counterpart, GuriGuri, which plays games. SSF compatible with most of the Saturn software. I recommend Direct X 9 installed before using this version of SSF. Audio (usually AD-PCM encoded) is perfectly emulated. I never got audio before, it’s a real treat!

Sega Saturn is a little more powerful than Playstation capable of more 2D sprites. The most famous game was Nights into Dreams. Saturn “died” in 1997, but it wasn’t official until 1998.

SSF 0.07 Beta
BIOS

CPU: Two 32-bit SH-2 (28.6MHz) RISC processors
RAM: 2MB, Video RAM: 1.5MB
Colors: 16.7 million
Polygons: 200,000 texture-mapped, 500,000 flat-shaded per second
Game Media: CD-ROM
Resolution: 704x480
Sound: 32-channel PCM, 8-channel FM stereo

My own tested and playable games

- Nights into Dreams
- Rayman
- Sonic 3D Blast
- Darius Gaiden
- Panzer Dragoon
- Daytona USA
- Sega Rally Championship
- Virtua Fighter
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Fighter Megamix
- Gex
- Mr. Bones




Daytona USA



Nights into Dreams



Rayman



Sega Rally Championship



Fighters MegaMix


Sonic 3D Blast

It was night. My father switched the license plates so I can now drive the 2000 Jeep. I followed Randy on the right side of the interstate focused on his Chevy Silverado and it felt like 36° Fahrenheit in some thunderstorm, and couldn’t find the auto close window button because it was dark for one thing and hydroplaning for another thing. Saturday night I put 40 miles driving to Menomonee, WI where I slept over at his house because he and I wanted to play Playstation 2 longer. When I got there, we played Winning Eleven Soccer 7. I won both times. He has a friend that lives upstairs in this kind of small house that he and his girlfriend rent. His girlfriend is a lot younger and we kept talking about how her dad wanted a new Jaguar or Volvo sports car? Those things are expensive. Randy and she sleep in same bed. I slept on a sort of comfortable coach in the living room. I went to sleep at 2 am, and woke up at 6 am. I decided to leave at 7 am because Randy didn’t waking up in that point of time. I found Interstate 94 West right away. The on ramp was actually outta Menomonee. I listened to my burnt trance mp3 cd coming home to Warren township.

He works in St. Paul six days a week where his 2000 Saab 9-5 is his primary transportation. He bargained it at a few grand ($1K) off the original dealer price and bought a Saab because he hated when his ’93 Cadillac DeVille did a burnie at random intersections.

I got SUSE 10 and Knoppix 4.0.2! | Desktop Pictures

Gnoppix 2.12 LIVE CD


- Gnome 2.11.92
- Gimp 2.2.8
- kernal 3.6.x
- Epiphany 1.8
- Firefox 1.0.6

Knoppix 4.02 Live DVD





- KDE 3.4.1
- Open office 1.9
- Amarok 1.2
- Firefox 1.06
- kernal 2.6.x
- Open Office.org 2.0
- Kine
- Gimp 2.2.8
- KOffice 1.4.2

SUSE 10.0 LIVE-DVD



- SUSE modified KDE 3.4.2 beta 2
- SUSE Yast2
- Amarak 1.3
- Gimp 2.2.8
- Firefox 1.07
- kernal 2.6.x
- Open Office.org 2.0
- Kine
- support for Wireless NICs via Yast2 setup

DELL Dimension XPS Generation 2



- 7-Zip 0.49
- Alcohol 120%
- Counter Strike Source
- Daemon Tools
- DivX Player
- Dreamweaver 8
- Firefox 1.5
- GoldWave 5.1
- Half-life 2
- Kazaa Lite Rev
- Limewire 3.9
- MS Office 2003 Pro
- Namo Webeditor 2006
- Nero Burning Rom 6.6.0.16
- Notepad++ 3.2
- OpenOffice.org 2.0
- Opera 8.5
- Paint Shop Pro X
- Quintessential Player (latest version)
- Trillian 3.1
- Unreal Tournament 2004
- Video LAN 0.8.2
- Weatherbug
- Winamp 5.111
- Winrar 3.51
- WinXP Service Pack 1

Athlon XP 1.8 GHz , 386 MB of RAM, 40 GB HDD



- WinXP Service Pack 0
- Firefox 1.0.6
- Winamp 5.094
- Ripcast Free
- WinRAR
- DivX Player

Athlon XP 2.1 GHz, 786 MB of RAM, Radeon 9250, 200 GB HDD



- WinXP Service Pack 0
- Firefox 1.0.6
- Winamp 5.094
- Nero 6.6.0.16
- MS Office 2003 Pro
- WinRAR 3.5
- 7-ZIP .46
- DivX Player
- Video LAN