Has anyone else used Virtual Console yet?

[Warlock]

I just downloaded Golden Axe last night.. holy crap that game is fun. It's been so long since I played it The Genesis emulation seems a bit off though.. I have a plasma and I definately noticed color bleeding which was odd (maybe the fact that it's a stupid composite hookup right now? Which incidentally *should* be solved by tonight if Nintendo actually shipped two-day like I requested ) and the sound didn't sound quite accurate (but it's been awhile since I've heard the real thing). The little "voice" sounds for the deaths were funny though.. ahh the days of grainny, crappy digital speech

[Modus Ponens]

I find the notion that the VC is secretly a massive statistics gathering program for the next Smash Bros game very humorous.

Well, I'm not saying that I think it's secretly anything, and I certainly don't mean to imply that its primary function is a stats gatherer, but I do think that it can provide valuable insight in that manner. This is a great way for current developers to see which old games people will spend money on, and there's nothing else out there right now that can do that.

[Beldaran]

I agree with Riverman. Anything that a company sells, they monitor closely and to some extent view as a barometer of public opinion.

[MottZilla]

Warlock, that color bleeding would be a result of crappy composite video. Nintendo says, "You're welcome". =) and they also say "Muhahaha! We have all the Component Video cables!" Some people are already building their own and selling them.

[Dechipher]

I would suggest that when it comes out, everyone here purchase Battle of Olympus.

Maybe I'm just a crackhead, but I throughly enjoy the game.
I have no Wii yet. A fraternity at my college is doing this thing called Sock Wars, where you get someone's name on a card and have to hit them with a sock, and then you get their card and you have to hit that person, and so on. This goes on until the last two people have each other's cards and then whoever wins gets a Wii.

[Warlock]

Warlock, that color bleeding would be a result of crappy composite video. Nintendo says, "You're welcome". =) and they also say "Muhahaha! We have all the Component Video cables!" Some people are already building their own and selling them.

Well my component cable finally shipped. But Nintendo *has* to use gay UPS, so despite the fact that I payed for 2 day air, and the fact that Nintendo had "shipped" listed since really, really early yesterday morning (with the UPS tracking number so I know this is not Nintendo lying), the UPS tracking number didn't work until very late last night. I go on there to see they didn't even scan the billing information until 10pm and thus I won't get it for *three* days. Which is BS because I payed extra for 2 day shipping (I have waited long enough just for them to get more in!). If it isn't here when I get home today I'll be pissed.

[Kingboo30]

Send a complaint. Honestly, Nintendo has been very greedy and too much business just before the Wii came out. They weren't like this before. But then again, NOA is screwed up anyways.

[AtmaWeapon]

I just downloaded Golden Axe last night.. holy crap that game is fun. It's been so long since I played it The Genesis emulation seems a bit off though.. I have a plasma and I definately noticed color bleeding which was odd (maybe the fact that it's a stupid composite hookup right now? Which incidentally *should* be solved by tonight if Nintendo actually shipped two-day like I requested ) and the sound didn't sound quite accurate (but it's been awhile since I've heard the real thing). The little "voice" sounds for the deaths were funny though.. ahh the days of grainny, crappy digital speech

Warlock it's funny you say that; I think maybe Sega just isn't good at Genesis emulation. My friend has a Dreamcast and some kind of Sega Classic games collection for it (an actual retail disc, not a burned emulator + roms) and the sound seemed a little off on that too.

It's either that or maybe Sega really did do what Nintendon't, making emulation on a Nintendo system impossible (doesn't explain the DC emulation issue though).

[vegeta1215]

The games in the Sonic Mega Collection play perfectly - they're exactly like they were on the Genesis. I'm pretty sure they're using emulation there, so they must have some idea as to what they're doing.

[Tygore]

It's either that or maybe Sega really did do what Nintendon't, making emulation on a Nintendo system impossible (doesn't explain the DC emulation issue though).

The Wii CLEARLY lacks Blast Processing.