As is mandatory this time of year I'm about to break out the old Saturn and play me some Christmas NiGHTS, which got me to thinking, what other games make great use of a systems internal clock, doesn't really matter what system or how old. Discuss.
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Pokemon Gold and Silver were fantastic with it, and Pokemon Diamond and Pearl use a clock too, but I haven't played them enough to comment on them. I always loved the idea of internal clocks for some reason. Obvious one would be Animal Crossing of course, which is probably the best use of time in a game ever.Last edited by noobish hat; 30-11-2008, 20:33.
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Originally posted by noobish hat View PostPokemon Gold and Silver were fantastic with it, and Pokemon Diamond and Pearl use an clock too, but I haven't played them enough to comment on them. I always loved the idea of internal clocks for some reason. Obvious one would be Animal Crossing of course, which is probably the best use of time in a game ever.
Originally posted by Yakumo View PostWell, here's one that many people wouldn't have guessed. Dreamcast Marvel VS Capcom 2 has a big clock on one of the stages that tells the real time. In fact weren't the Saturn and the Dreamcast the 1st two systems to use an internal clock? Nice, yet another first for Sega
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Originally posted by noobish hat View PostPhantasy Star online had changes to the lobby on certain days as I recall, a giant heart on valentines day or some ****. Completely superficial though.
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Sega Touring Cars on the Saturn used an internal clock thing, as there was a Sega Challenge thing, 3 dates, cant remember them of the top of my head, there was Aprils Fools for one, were you had to race round the track the wrong way to the rest of the pack and set a fast time. Another date had you knocking over red and yellow codes, red cone was worth a second, yellows 5 seconds, you had to set another fastest lap as such. There was another date, cause it was a 3 pronged thing, but I cant remember what you did during it.
Of course M-SR on the Dreamcast used the internal clock and thus world clock incredibly well too, with certain events only open at certain times of day. Great fun, though I as I played in the evening, it was always Tokyo at night and San Francisco in the morning.
EDIT: Maybe the third was that Christmas day race then, and the cones challenge might of been Valentines day, but I cant remember.Last edited by Holio; 30-11-2008, 20:05.
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Originally posted by noobish hat View PostPokemon Gold and Silver were fantastic with it, and Pokemon Diamond and Pearl use a clock too, but I haven't played them enough to comment on them. I always loved the idea of internal clocks for some reason. Obvious one would be Animal Crossing of course, which is probably the best use of time in a game ever.
Originally posted by noobish hat View PostOh yeah, what about rogue leader on gamecube, if you played some levels at night it would be night in the game. Nice touches.
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