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I just got 386 lines, in 28:04 minutes, at level 14. This is in the normal/default mode of play. My fingers are numb, and my arms are tired. Over...

Out of my league! Is worlds eaisier than the GB version, or are you just a tetris maniac?

Probably both!

It must be easier because on ClassicGB Tetris 386 lines would be level 38... which is completely impossible. My best was around 140-160 and when it got that fast (level 14-16) it was pretty much unposseball.

But on any version 386 lines is very impressive. All bow to teh TerisWorlds Mastar.

Shonuff!

It's a little easier, just because of some much needed features. Like when a piece lands, you can juggle it around until you stop pressing the rotate and direction buttons. It also gives you the next 3 pieces in the queue. I can 160-180 on standard GB Tetris, mostly because of the practice from TW. I used to be able to get between 130-150. The pieces are pretty much just falling straight down when you get up to level 11-14, but since you can juggle them a bit at the bottom, you have that extra .5 second to strategize. I've gotten really good though, so McNevin you guess of both, was correct.

I just hit 432 lines at level 15 in 30:38 minutes. Woooooo!!!

Hard day at work eh?

Actually, yes. I got that score late last night.

Now I'm not having such a hard day at work. If only it was appropriate for me to have my GBA here. I don't think I've ever had a job that required as much attention, and actual work as this one. It's actually not a bad thing. If I'm working, I'm not noticing the time go by. If I don't have much to do, the day drags on for-freaking-ever.

Just hit 475 lines and it stopped. I guess that's the limit for the first mode of play in Tetris Worlds. So I guess you could almost say that I "beat" Tetris Worlds. If I could read Japanese, I could figure out what the other modes do, and what the rules are.

How about you download the USA Version then.

I'll do that as soon as I get home. But then I have to reflash, and I just got my flash cart organized the way I want it. Oh well. Have you tried Tron2.0 yet? Quite a fun game.

not yet, i think im going to buy a flash cart tho...

I know you'll probably go for something else, since I recommend it, but GO XG2Turbo at www.linker4u.com. They sent it FedEx, and it even shipped over the weekend. Definitely order from them though, whichever card you get.

The only one that would compare to the XG2 Turbo would be the Flash2Advance, but it costs a lot more for no additional functionality or reliability. The XG2Turbo also comes with extra screen crystals for your GBA in case you come down with a case of the scratchies. The software works very well too.

Not to mention the fact that it's a pulse modulated donovan craft...

Why would I do that... why would you think that I don’t value your hardware opinion? I have bought many a piece of hardware on your recommendation.

I won’t hold the fact that you bought a tardo linker without doing any research against you. The new one sounds perfect.

That was meant to be a bit sillier. I should have added a

You used to do that once in a while. Hey McNevin get this one it's cool, "Nah, Imna get this one. That one's tire's kinda flat."

Yeah, that first one was a piece of crap. I got it purely because of the price, and didn't realize that the XG2Turbo was only $30 more, with better features, its own software (instead of beta 3rd party,) and all that.

The post XROM research definitely paid off. I actually want to get another flash cart, though maybe just a 256Mb one. I want GBA games on the 512, and emulators on the 256. Actually though, the emulators for the DS will be better, but I don't think they will run off of the GBA cart. Reason being, is that I think the DS only accesses that cart-slot in GBA mode. When it's in DS mode, it accesses the other. I don't know if cross-mojonation is supported. I'll probably still use PocketNES and DrSMS though anyway, since they already work perfectly. I'm hoping for a DS C64 emu. With the keyboard laid out on the touch-screen. Ahh yeah!

The thing that comes to mind is the Monster Sound 3D, and I had valid reasons. I wanted support for A3D! Once you convinced me that A3D was dead, and that the Live was far superior, I finally saw the light!

Generally I think we have pretty similar taste in hardware!

That would be really cool to have a C64, with a touchpad keyboard...

Yeah. It might even have enough power to do an Amiga emulation, though the screen would have to be scaled. I also don't know how much dedicated graphics hardware it has, so maybe not. It does have N64 style 3D abilities, but that doesn't necessarily translate to 2D that's fast enough to emulate an Amiga. I'll be happy with a portable C64. They'll finally be able to do Genesis emulation properly though. I imagine the PCEngine emu will run full speed too. It runs really really well on the GBA, but not 100%. The DS is a lot faster, so that should solve it.

The Sony PSP looks pretty cool, but I don't like that they're using discs and moving parts. I also don't like the battery life (even after they announced that it will last longer than initially thought.) It's got a nice screen though. Wouldn't be any emulators or flash carts though, and for me, that has become what portable games are all about. (Extra bits, lots of games installed at once, emulators, etc.)

No flash carts, F that noise! I think the PSP is ugly too!

I need to hurry up and get me a flash cart, so I can get in on the fun.

Oh what fun it is too! I've got all the Mario Advance games on it, Tron 2.0, Castlevania AoS and HoD (took CoM off until I'm ready to play it,) Tetris Worlds, Revenge of Shinobi, an another game or two I can't remember off-hand. Tons of save slots too, so for the important games, I have several backups.

Did you download the US tetris yet?

Not yet. Perhaps I'll do that now, and email it to myself.

42% That site is kinda pokey, but it's going.

pokey eh? I just downloaded it in like 20 seconds from work...

I'm getting 3Mbps in Newsbin. Nothing else was transferring when I downloaded it. It was pokey as frig. Oh well. I have it now.