@smoreon well Omega Collection is on PS4, so that's something at least. I would imagine that the music in the PS1 games might be a source of contention (when is it ever not?) — and it'd be a real shame if they had to change it; the music in WipEout is iconic and synonymous with the series
@mjparker77 yeah, it wasn't until years after that I realised Sonic 1 was playing at 5/6ths speed. When Sonic 2 came around, I just assumed they'd sped up the main theme.
@Gamecuber yeah, my parents picked up Thunder Force III from Toys R Us and for whatever reason, they had the Genesis version in stock. Worked absolutely fine on our UK Mega Drive though; we never really considered that it might be an issue.
@jesse_dylan Yeah, I felt there was more of a clean, characteristic diversity to the individual levels in SOR1. SOR2 was a little more chaotic in how the levels (and thus, the music tracks) would chop up the flow of it — if SOR1 was listening to a full album, SOR2 was more like having someone with ADHD fiddle around with the playlist control.
And SOR3 was like someone dropped the speaker into a food mixer.
@MysticWangForce Yeah, same — it was such a formative series for the original PlayStation (wasn't it a pack-in game for a long time?). I'd love to see a WipEout trilogy remaster (in the vein of Crash/Spyro) at some point as well (although I imagine music/licensing would make a tough ask)
@BionicDodo Yeah that's literally what I'd love to see as well — maybe like four thick volumes with six issues in each one. EMAP Publishing are still around — I wonder if they still have the master copies backed up somewhere?
@bring_on_branstons Oh yeah, those are great and all, I just meant like a digitally-remastered, curated reprint of the mags (maybe it's too niche an idea!)
Man, if they release the original 24 issues in some sort of remastered volume binding/format I will be an extremely happy bunny. Hell I'll take a PDF of them
Absolutely love that late 80s/early 90s anime style - what a talent. Incidentally I was looking to finally play the Phantasy Star games the other day - had the first one sat on my Switch for a while. Apparently M2 have gone out of their way to make the game a lot more accessible and sprinkled a hefty dose of QoL updates to it.
@Deuteros Yeah I've got all of them from 8-24 inclusive, and a few odd ones from between 1-7. I forget what the last issue of Mean Machines Sega I picked up was, would have been pretty much right near the end...
@Deuteros D'you know Gary Harrod now works for Square Enix? His name popped up during the credits of Nier Automata and I pointed at the screen like Leo DiCaprio — I'm sure they could drag him away for a few weeks to whip up some art for it!
It would probably wouldn't have mass appeal to be financially feasible, but if they did like a remastered/reprint of the 24 issues of OG Mean Machines in a prestigue binding format or something I'd snap it up in an instant.
That image is 100% Guile about to tell us to not do drugs, or he is about to walk up to a couple of bullies and instead of sonic boom their behinds will kindly tell them it is not okay and they immediately understand.
In today's episode, M. Bison tried to hypnotise Ken Masters by directly channeling his Psycho Power into Ken's brain, but he learned a valuable lesson in that you can only achieve your goals with hard work, discipline, and determination. Remember kids, the right way, is the best way. Sonic Boom!
I was a pretty solid Street Fighter fan back when the movie (live action and anime) came out, but it wasn't until years later that I learned of this show's existence. Does anyone recall it airing in the UK?
@cakeashi Yeah I'm pretty sure I picked up the same one — a single cable which splits into four SCART sockets, runs my Mega Drive and PS2 perfectly with no discernible lag.
I'll let slide people of a certain generation continue calling it the Genesis, but anyone who still says Final Fantasy III when they're talking about VI should be banned from every game.
@smoreon Yeah i just got an email from MS saying that they're ceasing Win10 support as of 14 October 2025, and my current PC (which works perfectly well) doesn't pass the Win11 upgrade test. Think it's time to accept the inevitable and go with a Mac.
@NinChocolate I'd never played the original Mega Man games, but I did notice a perceivable delay when turning around, which I'd always assumed was a design choice.
@ludotaku Came here to say exactly this — the World Tour mode in the PS1 version was awesome, and it's so unfortunate that no subsequent port, to my knowledge, ever included it.
@Medic_alert Also I learned recently that "decadent" has a much bleaker original meaning — that you were so absorbed and lost in the pleasurable thing you were doing, that you would forget to pay attention to your own wellbeing and start to literally "decay"
I think it's somewhat subjective saying that early, low-poly models look bad; like with earlier, pre 16-bit sprites there is definitely a charm in seeing how developers worked with the limitations of the tech at the time
I would rather physical & digital to co-exist. So we can have the best of both worlds.
Yeah, same — while there are obvious benefits to both, and I probably won't lose too much sleep over an eventual all-digital universe, I will always choose physical if the option is there, particularly for bigger, AAA games.
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Re: The Sega Classic OutRun Is Coming To The Big Screen, With Michael Bay Attached To Direct
I wonder if it'll make a big splash wave at the box office?
Re: Netflix Users Can Now Grab Street Fighter IV Champion Edition As Part Of Their Subscription
I couldn't imagine a worse game to play with any degree of skill on a mobile device.
Re: Looks Like 3DO Might Be Getting An Unofficial Port Of PS1 Classic WipEout
@smoreon well Omega Collection is on PS4, so that's something at least. I would imagine that the music in the PS1 games might be a source of contention (when is it ever not?) — and it'd be a real shame if they had to change it; the music in WipEout is iconic and synonymous with the series
Re: 34 Years Ago, Nintendo Begged Fans Not To "Risk" Importing SNES Consoles From Japan
@mjparker77 yeah, it wasn't until years after that I realised Sonic 1 was playing at 5/6ths speed. When Sonic 2 came around, I just assumed they'd sped up the main theme.
Re: Looks Like 3DO Might Be Getting An Unofficial Port Of PS1 Classic WipEout
In a browser, on Dreamcast, and now on 3DO — can we now get the WipEout PS1 trilogy on modern consoles please?
Re: 34 Years Ago, Nintendo Begged Fans Not To "Risk" Importing SNES Consoles From Japan
@Gamecuber bah, pesky normal sized suitcases — what d'you need to pack clothes for? You're already wearing clothes!
Re: 34 Years Ago, Nintendo Begged Fans Not To "Risk" Importing SNES Consoles From Japan
@Gamecuber yeah, my parents picked up Thunder Force III from Toys R Us and for whatever reason, they had the Genesis version in stock. Worked absolutely fine on our UK Mega Drive though; we never really considered that it might be an issue.
Re: Yuzo Koshiro Explains What Inspired Him When Creating Streets Of Rage's Iconic Soundtrack
Gamecuber wrote:
omg, you're right! I never knew the lyrics (or even the title) to that song, and I always referred to it "I'm an oooh, oooh, oooh baby Bounty"
Re: Yuzo Koshiro Explains What Inspired Him When Creating Streets Of Rage's Iconic Soundtrack
@jesse_dylan Yeah, I felt there was more of a clean, characteristic diversity to the individual levels in SOR1. SOR2 was a little more chaotic in how the levels (and thus, the music tracks) would chop up the flow of it — if SOR1 was listening to a full album, SOR2 was more like having someone with ADHD fiddle around with the playlist control.
And SOR3 was like someone dropped the speaker into a food mixer.
Re: Namco's 'Ridge Racer' Is Coming To Nintendo Switch 2 At Launch
@MysticWangForce Yeah, same — it was such a formative series for the original PlayStation (wasn't it a pack-in game for a long time?). I'd love to see a WipEout trilogy remaster (in the vein of Crash/Spyro) at some point as well (although I imagine music/licensing would make a tough ask)
Re: Namco's 'Ridge Racer' Is Coming To Nintendo Switch 2 At Launch
@rjc-32 I'd like to see Tekken 1 and 3 made available in some capacity
Re: Namco's 'Ridge Racer' Is Coming To Nintendo Switch 2 At Launch
@N00BiSH You can get R4 on PS5 — the pixelation is a bit smeary but it still plays great
Re: Namco's 'Ridge Racer' Is Coming To Nintendo Switch 2 At Launch
Oh nice! I was just saying the other day that it's weird that OG Ridge Racer (or even the PS1 port) isn't available on modern systems
Re: Mean Machines Magazine Turns 35 This Year, And It Sounds Like Jaz Rignall Has Some Plans
@BionicDodo Yeah that's literally what I'd love to see as well — maybe like four thick volumes with six issues in each one. EMAP Publishing are still around — I wonder if they still have the master copies backed up somewhere?
Re: Mean Machines Magazine Turns 35 This Year, And It Sounds Like Jaz Rignall Has Some Plans
@slider1983 don't forget "exclamation point" (Genuinely curious — why does he do that?)
Re: Mean Machines Magazine Turns 35 This Year, And It Sounds Like Jaz Rignall Has Some Plans
@bring_on_branstons Oh yeah, those are great and all, I just meant like a digitally-remastered, curated reprint of the mags (maybe it's too niche an idea!)
Re: Mean Machines Magazine Turns 35 This Year, And It Sounds Like Jaz Rignall Has Some Plans
Man, if they release the original 24 issues in some sort of remastered volume binding/format I will be an extremely happy bunny. Hell I'll take a PDF of them
Re: Paying Tribute To Phantasy Star Artist Toyonaka Ozaki, Who Passed Away Last Year
Absolutely love that late 80s/early 90s anime style - what a talent. Incidentally I was looking to finally play the Phantasy Star games the other day - had the first one sat on my Switch for a while. Apparently M2 have gone out of their way to make the game a lot more accessible and sprinkled a hefty dose of QoL updates to it.
Re: A Full Set Of Street Fighter II Toys From The '90s Has Just Been Preserved
@KingMike I believe they're meant to be Joe and Mike from Street Fighter 1, although I could be way off
Re: A Full Set Of Street Fighter II Toys From The '90s Has Just Been Preserved
Top marks for that intro reenactment.
Re: Random: A Giant Telephone Keypad Is Causing Confusion In Tomb Raider's Remaster
@Kushan Lara Croft: Tomb Redialer.
Re: James Bond Producer Didn't Want Guns In 2010's GoldenEye Wii Reboot
What the hell are we supposed to use, man, harsh language?
Re: "I Don't Think I’d Ever Have Been Able To Guess My Life Path" - Julian Rignall On Five Decades In Gaming
@Deuteros Yeah I've got all of them from 8-24 inclusive, and a few odd ones from between 1-7. I forget what the last issue of Mean Machines Sega I picked up was, would have been pretty much right near the end...
Re: "I Don't Think I’d Ever Have Been Able To Guess My Life Path" - Julian Rignall On Five Decades In Gaming
@Deuteros D'you know Gary Harrod now works for Square Enix? His name popped up during the credits of Nier Automata and I pointed at the screen like Leo DiCaprio — I'm sure they could drag him away for a few weeks to whip up some art for it!
It would probably wouldn't have mass appeal to be financially feasible, but if they did like a remastered/reprint of the 24 issues of OG Mean Machines in a prestigue binding format or something I'd snap it up in an instant.
Re: Review: The Games Of A Lifetime - Jaz Rignall Charts The Evolution Of An Industry
Kick monkey ass!
Re: Street Fighter's Critically-Panned Animated TV Series Is Getting A Blu-Ray Release
Daniel36 wrote:
In today's episode, M. Bison tried to hypnotise Ken Masters by directly channeling his Psycho Power into Ken's brain, but he learned a valuable lesson in that you can only achieve your goals with hard work, discipline, and determination. Remember kids, the right way, is the best way. Sonic Boom!
Re: Street Fighter's Critically-Panned Animated TV Series Is Getting A Blu-Ray Release
I was a pretty solid Street Fighter fan back when the movie (live action and anime) came out, but it wasn't until years later that I learned of this show's existence. Does anyone recall it airing in the UK?
Re: If PS2 Launched In 2024, This Is What Its Reveal Trailer Would Look Like
Ah I wish my DualShock 2 was in that condition.
Re: The Scalable Video Switch Might Be The Ultimate AV Solution For Retro Gaming Fans
@cakeashi Yeah I'm pretty sure I picked up the same one — a single cable which splits into four SCART sockets, runs my Mega Drive and PS2 perfectly with no discernible lag.
Re: This Christmas, You'll Be Able To Play SNES Batman Returns On Your Genesis, For Free
I'll let slide people of a certain generation continue calling it the Genesis, but anyone who still says Final Fantasy III when they're talking about VI should be banned from every game.
Re: GOG Plans To Preserve "At Least 500 Games" Through Its New Program By The End Of 2025
@smoreon Yeah i just got an email from MS saying that they're ceasing Win10 support as of 14 October 2025, and my current PC (which works perfectly well) doesn't pass the Win11 upgrade test. Think it's time to accept the inevitable and go with a Mac.
Re: GOG Plans To Preserve "At Least 500 Games" Through Its New Program By The End Of 2025
@-wc- Yeah, I'd buy a GoG Deck in a heartbeat.
Re: "We Believe That Games Should Live Forever" - GOG's New Preservation Program To Protect Delisted Games
Good ol' GOG.
Apparently my comment is too short. Doop de doot de doo....
Re: "Absolutely Horrid" - Is Nintendo Switch Online's Emulation Really That Bad?
@NinChocolate I'd never played the original Mega Man games, but I did notice a perceivable delay when turning around, which I'd always assumed was a design choice.
Re: How Do You Improve Street Fighter II? By Adding RPG-Style Experience Points, Of Course
@ludotaku Ah really? Well they're bringing SFA3 Upper to that new Capcom Fighting collection, so fingers crossed it'll be on there
Re: Sega Saturn Finally Gets Its Own Version Of Shenmue (Kinda)
@-wc- How dare you instruct others on how to properly operate a comment section without having created said comment section yourself.
Re: Master System Versions Of Power Rangers, Toe Jam & Earl And Beavis & Butthead All Were All Canned
@KitsuneNight That Resident Evil port on the Game Boy Colour was some dark sorcery.
Re: How Do You Improve Street Fighter II? By Adding RPG-Style Experience Points, Of Course
@ludotaku Came here to say exactly this — the World Tour mode in the PS1 version was awesome, and it's so unfortunate that no subsequent port, to my knowledge, ever included it.
Re: Yes, Final Fight MD Will Include The Level Removed From The SNES Version
@Moroboshi876 Do we know how big the ROM size is of Final Fight MD?
Re: Talking Point: Is There Such A Thing As "Bad" Nostalgia?
@Medic_alert Also I learned recently that "decadent" has a much bleaker original meaning — that you were so absorbed and lost in the pleasurable thing you were doing, that you would forget to pay attention to your own wellbeing and start to literally "decay"
Re: Talking Point: Is There Such A Thing As "Bad" Nostalgia?
@Medic_alert Yeah, the commercialisation of nostalgia has been sucking the fun out of entertainment for well over a decade now.
Re: Sega's OutRun Gets Fan-Made Lego Kit, And It Could Become A Reality
Man, can Sega pull whatever strings need to be pulled and get OutRun 2 back on modern consoles please?
Re: Don't Hold Your Breath For A Tekken Collection
I think it's somewhat subjective saying that early, low-poly models look bad; like with earlier, pre 16-bit sprites there is definitely a charm in seeing how developers worked with the limitations of the tech at the time
Re: Random: Iconic OutRun Song Was Retitled Because It Sounded Like A Fart
@slider1983 could be worse — you don't want the OutRuns.
Re: Random: Iconic OutRun Song Was Retitled Because It Sounded Like A Fart
That's odd, I've always called them "magical sound showers" — although don't force it or you might induce a splash wave.
Re: Double Dragon Artist Says Double Dragon Revive Is "Cheap" And "Shows No Respect" To The Series
Yikes, don't hold back mate.
Re: Sega Rally 30th Anniversary Soundtrack CD Is Coming Next Month
Could we get a rerelease of the actual game as well, please? And a port of Daytona would be pretty sweet as well
Re: This In-Car PS2 Entertainment System Is Giving Us Serious FOMO Vibes, 14 Years Too Late
@Bizzy I think that's probably the least of this particular driver's worries if she can't keep her eye on the road
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Re: "Sometimes The Only Way To Preserve A Game Is To Own It" - Japanese Publisher Superdeluxe Gets Physical
DanijoEX-the-Pierrot wrote:
Yeah, same — while there are obvious benefits to both, and I probably won't lose too much sleep over an eventual all-digital universe, I will always choose physical if the option is there, particularly for bigger, AAA games.
Re: You'll Be Able To Secure Your SuperSega FPGA Console For Just Three Bucks
@845H it looks like the concept rendering of a designer loft apartment.