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@Thad It's valid, but treating it as a rule would mean we would have never got the Princess Crown translation.

I think the idea that being first is the only thing that matters is kind of an issue that wrecks the entire scene.

If someone beats you to the punch, and you think their work is crap, keep working on your own version. Don't give up just because it wasn't the "one and only". Be confident in your own work and get it out on your own time (if possible).

This overlaps with translations that die on the vine because someone "reserved the rights to" it 15 years ago and then never does anything with it (Hi there, Mega CD Shadowrun).

Being The First, or The Only, isn't really all that important in the end, if you know you can do it better.

Sometimes I wonder how much of the arguing and infighting between SoJ and SoA was either initiated or exacerbated by Naka.

@N00BiSH This current incarnation of Atari was originally known as Infogrames.

Luxembourg, you say?

Hei Elei, Kuck Elei!

@no_donatello The most glaring one is that the enemies are invisible, and when you enter the zone that an enemy is in, your life starts draining until you either find it or run far enough away from it.

BeXide is the same company that did the previous iOS port of Last Gladiators, so this is probably going to be built off of that.

Yeah, my guess would have been Kowloon's Gate, even though that's the most predictable one.

If it's not that, then it's Robin Lloyd no Bouken.

Inexpensive enough to be worth consideration.

@mjparker77 Would be nice if there was a way to make the Egret II Mini's spinner work with it.

@PKDuckman Don't all the S-Tribute games have unbearable lag?

Or is that only Guardian Force?

I'd been waiting for Cyber Commando for a while now. That was the System 22 game I most wanted to see.

@Edd-O Enragement Equals Engagement.

@81632bit Ken Andrews wrote a song, ironically called "Sword and Shield" exactly about those types.

Though specifically about a certain old fat man who can't be mentioned here.

@Deuteros ZA/UM may be the only ethical developer/publisher by 2026 standards (and "By 2026 Standards" is doing a lot of Heavy Lifting here), as they're the only one I know of explicitly advocating for Marxism (assuming that that is the current standard of ethics).

@KingMike The Genesis/MD version of Arcus Odyssey came out in NA.

Arcus Spirits (The SNES version of the game) did not, despite the translated prototype.

Sega buying out Renovation USA from Telenet killed all the releases they had in the pipeline (Arcus Spirits, Psycho Dream, Neugier).

You have the freedom to buy what you want.

You do NOT have the freedom to not be judged for it.

Lots of people who wouldn't last 3 posts on ResetEra...

@MechaJackson Everything a person does is either supporting or opposing one side or another. Even if one does everything in their power to not step on any political toes, THAT ITSELF is stepping on political toes. Everything a person does can and will be judged.

If someone is ashamed of what political side they're on, well, that's a decision they made long ago, and they shouldn't be surprised when the good side doesn't open the door and allow them to change their mind.

You know by this point that if you come to this site, you are going to be told what is morally expected of you, and if you feel guilty because you can't live up to it, maybe go somewhere else and reflect on why you are a horrible person.

(Note : I am probably a horrible person. Most people are in one way or another.)

In the end, it all comes down how much you care about other people judging you, or associating you with certain [REDACTED] figures.

My pfp suggests that I should be one of the people judging and hectoring, but I'm too old for that.

(And owning a legal copy of Pulstar is extremely enticing >.>)

If it was anyone else, maybe I'd find a wooden case interesting.

I thought the cardboard "Box Master" case was hilarious.

But not from this guy.

Between Alejandro Martín and Hector Martín, I'm starting to develop an aversion to any tech person named Martín.

I'd still like Ibara to get a modern port.

Even though I'm total garbage at it.

I'm finally installing 0.285 after having been stuck on 0.185 for what feels like half my life now.

Time to be stuck on 0.285 until I die, lol.

Famicom Seicross when we already have Arcade Seicross.

They're hardly any different.

"Redone English Translation"

Yeah, but it's Edia, so it's still going to be a complete mess (see : their Cosmic Fantasy translations).

Official Localizations usually go for "Brave New World" as the English name of the OP Theme (I assume as a stylistic choice).

Might be worth it. I've been wanting to play the translation of Soma Bringer forever now, and if there's something out there that's not a time bomb...

@OorWullie I mostly just want the missing NeoGeo games to hit ACA NeoGeo. Viewpoint being the one I'd most want to see.

(Though I know that the latter Super Sidekicks games that were de-listed will never return because of the Taiwan issue)

OK, Hamster, since you've brought back ACA NeoGeo, now make a deal with Sega/Sammy so we can finally have Viewpoint.

Now someone will just need to patch compatibility with that controller into Devilish (aka Bad Omen).

@no_donatello Weirdly enough, it's the same soundtrack as Virtua Tennis 3.

When Propeller Arena got cancelled, they stripped the lyrics out of the songs and re-used them for VT3.

Did GULTI (the devs behind the 360 port) go out of business?

Otherwise, there's no reason that they shouldn't have been involved.

It sucks that it's shutting down, but if a ROM/ISO site is so well known that even I know about it (though I have zero moral pretentions about using one), it's inevitable that it won't be long for the world.

The more people that know about a site, the more likely it is that it's going to be shut down.

"Gambling"

That's gonna be a no from me, dawg.

1. It's a shame Console Archives are Switch 2 only.

2. I don't expect any licensees that aren't already signed to Hamster will have their games show up in Console Archives.

So, I'd expect a lot of Tecmo/Koei, Nichibutsu, Taito, and Bandai/Namco. Probably not any of the Square/Enix stuff a lot of people are dreaming about.

God made the Devil just for fun.
When he wanted the real thing
He made Aja Kong.

The 32X version has the nastiest AI, so I tend to have less fun with it than other versions.

The salaryman version of Kubikiri Basara is a mood, honestly.

If it still has the same fuel issues the Famicom version did (can't clear a flying section if you don't start it with at least 88 fuel), that's not a great sign.

On the internet, if a system wasn't the "winner" of its generation, people are going to call it a failure and trash talk anyone who enjoys its games.

"Part of me looked down on America..."

Yeah, who doesn't?

It all depends on if it's going to go through an editing phase or not.

If it's just cut-and-paste, one time only, it's going to be dicey, especially with an RPG.

If it gets a look over to have someone fix up some of the rougher translations with something closer in meaning, it might be decent.

Though I think that generally if AI is going to be a thing in translations at all, it might be better suited to obscure games that aren't super text-heavy (but still have a lot of menus) and aren't telling a story, that otherwise there isn't a lot of interest in translating (eg : Kaneko's "Zen Nihon GT Senshuken" series of racing games)

Never played one.

Feels like too much of a continual commitment, plus the idea of being forever in debt in a game doesn't appeal to me.

@Damo The true maddening part is that the game did have automap (sort of).

It was just hidden behind an item and a spell, and only showed the small part of the map that you were in, and you could only look at it once per use.

In a way, that's worse than not having it at all.

@PlatinumTour Going by the artwork, probably Langrisser. That series has artwork from the same artist behind the Growlanser series.

One might assume that this "Power Wing" would be Slap Fight MD?

A GOG release would be nice, too...

First time I've ever heard someone call it "bacon strips".

I'm used to it being "Small Waves".