Microsoft Official Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel

Advantages: Very robust and firm wheel. wireless
Disadvantages: MAY STRIKE SOME AS "CHEAP" LOOKING

...This wheel comes extremely well packaged and may take you a few mintues to actually get into it but atleast this lends assurance that it will transport well when it was shipped. The packages comes in 3 separate parts: >Wheel >Pedals >Table attachement WHEEL: The wheel itself is covered in a highly durable rubber covering making it very easy to keep a grip on it, which is an important feature if like me yours hands can sweat in the middle of an intense race. The wheel also has all the buttons you would find on a normal controller and they are all intuitively placed. The X,Y, A,B buttons are placed in easy reach of the thumb so when driving they are easy reachablt. The trigger buttons are also present as large levers placed directly behind the wheel so as you can easily use them but with enough room between them and the wheel...

James.Egginton 25.12.2006 · Read review
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Kingston USB 2GB Flash Drive

Advantages: Speed of small transfers
Disadvantages: No ReadyBoost, feels cheap

...Hi today I will be reviewing a Kingston DataTravler 2GB USB Flash Drive. I bought this a few months ago after losing my other flash drive. It cost me 9.97 from PC World but I believe you can get them cheaper in other places. Speed For the data that I transfer to it i.e. pictures and some small visual basic programs it transfers them extremely quick compared to some cheap flash drives I have used in the past. Problems So far I have had no major problems other than in windows vista it is not capable of running ReadyBoost which a free flash drive I had a while ago could. Size The overall size of the flash drive is quiet good the USB connector slides in and out with a rather flimsy press and slide switch. Feel The Kingston feels rather cheap and plastic considering the price I paid for it anyway. Over all this is not a bad...

coolguymcd 11.02.2009 · Read review
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Golden Axe II (Mega Drive)

Advantages: A classic game with simple but effective storylines and actions
Disadvantages: Some claim it was too easy

...This game was released back in 91 and was a sequel to the highly rated Golden Axe. Having not played the previous version i was bought this version as a youngster and for a while was probably my favourite game on the mega drive. The story is very basic, you are tasked with retaining the golden axe from the dark guld, who you will meet at the end of the game. The game is quite a simple side scrolling hack em up beat em up set in fantasy medieval times where at the end of each level you met an end boss and battled til the death. Simple but effective! You could take control of one of three characters, a dwarf wielding a massive axe (well for his size anyway) called Gilius Thunderhead, a male barbarian type who used a sword but was named Ax Battler and a female character called Tyris Flare who also used a sword. Each one had their...

Capodon 02.03.2009 · Read review
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Feel the bumps as you drive over curbes with this wheel

Advantages: Great steering range and FFB feel. Probably the best you can get for under £100
Disadvantages: Smallish wheel, mostly plastic, gear shifter feels cheap

...it easier and faster as you try to correct the slide. Then as you regain grip there is a jerk of the wheel and once again you are back in control. This means you can actually feel what your car is doing, rather than just visual cues you had to rely on before. It's wonderful and takes you just that bit closer to the real thing. The wheel itself is well made, the clamps can be firmly secured for an extra enthusiastic play, and all the buttons and materials are well made and work well. Now this wheel is designed for the PS2, but as it uses USB it can be plugged into the PC and there is software available to make it work perfectly. You can set it up differently for everyone of your driving games, with setting such as steering range, FFB strength and centring spring strength. This is all controlled in the Logitech Profiler which is easy to...

RossUK1 23.02.2009 · Read review
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All hail Sonic the 2nd

Advantages: Length, Gameplay, A magical factor, Tails, Multiplayer
Disadvantages: Sonic 3 was prettier, The final boss was a pain in the backside

...After the great Sonic The Hedgehog Sega released Sonic 2, a game many fans in the series still view as the best game out their. Returning was Sonic and Dr Robotnik (the evil mad scientist bad antagonist) and joining the crew was Sonic's best friend Miles ?Tails? Prower, a two tailed fox. With the excellent first game Sonic had become Sega's mascot the one to rival Nintendo's great plumber Mario in the steaks of platforming games. Released originally on the Sega Mega Drive the game has been released on a host of compilation disks from Sega. A little known fact is that this wasn't the first Sonic 2, the Sonic 2 on the Mega Drive was an entirely different game as the one on the Game Gear and Master System. Sadly having never played that version this is all about the Mega Drive one. Sonic lands on an Island for a vacation, sadly it's also...

iamasadlittleboy 07.09.2009 · Read review
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Sony Micro Vault Tiny - USB flash drive - 2 GB

Advantages: Stylish design. Available in a variety of colours.
Disadvantages: Too small and easy to lose. Flimsy carrying pouch.

...Sony's Microvault Tiny flash drives have been available for some time now and like other USB pen drives they are coming down in price and are available in increasing capacities. The pen drive itself is very easy to use. It works fine on Windows machines and Apple Macs. A small green light shows when data is being transferred. Like other pen drives they offer a highly durable way to store and transport files. What sets these pen drives apart from the rest are their looks. The design is very stylish and futuristic and in my view these are some of the nicest looking pen drives out there. They are available in a variety of colours, depending on the capacity of the drive. They are also the smallest and thinnest pen drives I have seen - smaller in real life than in the picture. It's amazing how much information can be stored on such...

Itstar77 29.07.2008 · Read review
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Verbatim Store 'n' Go 2Gb U3 Smart Drive

Advantages: Capacity, speed, looks good, nice blue LED, U3 feature
Disadvantages: cap could be tighter, not Vista friendly until you update it.

...My current USB drive is old & slow and packs a humungous 128Mb so I figured it was time to upgrade. I decided to look at this Verbatim because the price premium was small over a no-name equivalent with the 2Gb version clocking in at just £14.99. The device comes in a nice looking display package which contains the USB stick itself plus a good quality black lanyard for hanging it around your neck, assuming you like wearing USB sticks. The package is the sort that usually results in blood loss when you crack it open so use scissors and take your time. If there is an established technique for getting in to these tough plastic bubble packs, I'm not aware of it! In the flesh it's a nice looking thing in matt silver with chrome edging. The cap is fairly tight, unlike many and can be fitted to the opposite end when in use so you don...

ilaskey 05.06.2007 · Read review
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This Small Wheel Is A Big Deal

Advantages: Looks great, Great grip, Very responsive, Cheap
Disadvantages: Quite small, Can become uncomfortable if rested on knees

...---------------- LOOK & FEEL ---------------- I always used to wonder what it would be like to play a racing game without using a regular console controller, so one day I did my usual search through ebay for random rubbish that I'll never use and found this Mad Catz MC2 Xbox 360 Steering Wheel for just over £20, so naturally I bought it. The first thing that struck me about this MC2 wheel is that it's rather small (wheel circumference), I was expecting something a little bigger but then again I've never used another wheel so perhaps this is the standard size. Ignoring the size, the wheel looks very nice with its sleek white design and has great grip thanks to the rubber around it so you wont find your hands slipping from the wheel which is always helpful when you're driving. Due to the wheel being fairly small, when I play...

Xbox_Tipster 01.02.2009 · Read review
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The wheels on the Wii go round and round

Advantages: cheap
Disadvantages: see review

...This is a funny old product because, of course, it's not really much more than a circular piece of plastic, yet it feels so good! The Wii Wheel is a driving wheel for use with Wii games that, erm, require you to drive. The way it works is you insert the Wii remote into it (it fits very snug), and then use the whole thing to drive. The Wii remote is not included in the purchase. There is a 'B' button on the back of the wheel, operatable with your left pointy finger. The wheel cost me £6.99 on sopto.net and is the same price in Game stores around the country. Although the price seems very reasonable, it should be pointed out that standard Wii remotes are not at all practical for driving games, and really it's an additional cost that you pretty much HAVE to spend to be able to play racing games and the like, so it would have been...

bruffyboy 24.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of NINTENDO Wii Wheel - wheel

The best driving simulator on PS2

Advantages: 99.9% of it
Disadvantages: The other 0.1% of it

...a pair of leather trousers or something was going to be thrown in for free, given the price. But no - just a few more Nectar points to go with my thimble full of petrol. **As an added note to this little tale, my girlfriend tells me that 95.9 pence per litre is one of the cheaper prices at the moment. Thank God for my bus pass. So how does all this fit in with Gran Turismo 4? Well, more of that later. First, I'll cut to the chase. Quite simply, this is the best track-based driving game on the planet. It gets a 9.9 out of 10, 99.9% out of 100% etc. etc. Do I really need to go on? Can I end the review here? I suppose not. On loading the game for the first time and watching the usual high quality intro, you're struck by how much easier to use the revamped menu system is. It's never been easier to get where you want to go, nor has...

xtincol 27.05.2006 · Read review
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