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Poor guy! Shocking, but not surprising. I rather liked him. I hope he gets the extended tribute that he deserves in the next issue (or the one following that) of Retro Gamer. His love of gaming (and Sonic in particular) was infectious. My thoughts go out to all his family, especially his parents who are going through the pain of outliving one of their children.

@turboxray I find the home console ports of both Forgotten Worlds and Ghouls 'n Ghosts/Daimakaimura rather interesting.

Forgotten Worlds bombed in the arcades, so Capcom were happy to license them out to both NEC and Sega for them to develop and release home ports on capable hardware.

I am of the belief that Capcom originally intended Ghouls 'n Ghosts/Daimakaimura as a launch window port to the Super Famicom in 1989. When the SFC got delayed, Capcom must have realised that a direct port would have missed the boat, so they repurposed the project into Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts/Choumakimura instead. When Sega (and later NEC) came knocking for the rights to home ports of Arthur's second adventure, Capcom were happy to grant them to keep the brand fresh for the future SFC title and earn some royalties in the process.

I would take this with a huge pinch of salt because TTI said the same thing about Mortal Kombat, despite the fact that the only Midway game on the TG16 was Hit The Ice via Taito. Acclaim also had first refusal on all Midway home console ports and never released a game on the TG16 anyway.

Capcom and NEC/Hudson might have had some conversations about a SF2 port to the TG16 in late 1990-early 1991 due to the fact that SF1 had been a launch title for the CD-ROM2. Yet I doubt Capcom were interested in licensing a TG16 release at the time. Capcom licensed SF1 to NEC/Hudson for development and publishing because the NES wasn't powerful enough to do it justice, while Sega were still also-rans focusing on the Mega Drive's launch. By 1991, the situation had changed. The SNES had launched and was powerful enough to port SF2 to the machine. Capcom enjoyed a good relationship with Nintendo and Sega were picking up steam in the West, whereas the TG16 had bombed stateside. SF2 was always heading to the SNES first.

When SF2 became more successful than Capcom's wildest dreams, combined with greater competition in the console space leading to more favourable terms for third parties, it then made good business sense to port SF2 to the TG16 and MD.

@Damo I imagine that this will be resolved in one of two ways; a firmware update from Analogue for the console (along with a corresponding jailbreak version) or a final run Rev 3-and-Doom-themed limited edition of the Super Nt.

Kiaidan 00 is worth the price of this alone on the basis of its theme music.

Needs more Rene Abuberjonois.

The original Edgelord. I'm surprised he didn't sue Vince McMahon and Adam Copeland too.

Looking forward to Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.

I might pick up this since the prices for the Retro-Bit and original versions are crazy.

I love the PSP. It's the closet thing to a portable Dreamcast and I started collecting for it back in 2011. A unfairly underrated little handheld. If only I could get my hands on Outrun 2006 for it?

That's actually really good. Well done and keep it up I would say.

Waiting for my Game Boy copy.

If I had one early, I would choose to go along with RGL's request as an act of courtesy and sign of respect.

I'm more interested in the story that one DQ fanboy stabbed another DQ fanboy because the latter claimed that VII or VIII was better than VI.

Stunning! What format is this for?

I have these on my Mega Sg. I hope we got a Life on Earth/Legend of the Four Winds dual cart next.

We also all know another certain influrence on the original F-Zero, especially Captain Falcon and his Falcon Punch in particular. A certain dead man (no, not THAT one) that has countless 'issues', notably with costumed vigilantes and deadly ETs.

@JonathanChapman Why do you assume that he's being a jerk? He's already doing us all a favour by creating DuckStation and allowing other to contribute towards it. If anything, it's others behaving like jerks that have forced him into this stance. This is why we can't have nice things and why the world is in the absolute state that it is currently in.

About time that Analogue had some competition.

This could be a Mega Sg killer in the making, especially as Analogue no longer manufactures them. Definitely a machine to keep an eye on.

I've received no word yet on the copy I pre-ordered from Strictly Limited Games.

Finally! I'm looking forward to this.

What a stupid name. This will only confuse people and harm the FPGA niche and sour people on Pis.

This WILL backfire on Nintendo eventually.

Why was there no version for the TurboGrafx/PC Engine back in the day? This would have been a perfect fit for the console and likely one of it's best Hu Cards. Someone needs to do a homebrew port of Rod Land for the TG16/PCE. Combine the 6502 code from the NES version with the graphics of the Amiga release and have it run at 7MHz instead or 1.80Mhz mode.

Yes, I realise it's easier said than done...

Yet more proof that video game giants like Microsoft do not have the best interests of their customer base and gamers in general at heart. No wondering the industry is currently crashing.

No wonder Bret "Hit Man" Hart was so randy behing his first wife Juile's back!

I prefer FPGA hardware emulation, but there is definitely a firm place for software emulation. If anything the growth of FPGA usage will only compel greater (cycle) accuracy from software emulators.

@Przemyslaw How do you know that Kana-chan (Asuka) hasn't already made a significant donation of one kind or another? Don't be a twit.

I'm looking forward to receiving this soon.

I'm sticking with the original EXP.

I sense that MARS is going the way of the Coleco Chameleon, Intellivision Amico and AEW. Not good, and I hope I'm wrong about that.

@BitmapBureau Looking forward to you taking new orders again soon.

Speaking of homebrew Mega Drive-to-SNES ports, I'd love it if Kai Magazine Software or a officially licensed third party would bring games such as Life On Earth over to the SNES.

Very sad news. We can only hope that the passage of time will sufficiently heal these wounds. I will give credit to Pixel Cherry Ninja for his attempt to set things right, but I respect Pramod Somashekar's work and his decision to walk away.

Whatever Pixel Cherry Ninja may have done, I hope he won't be bullied and cancelled by the rest of community because of this episode. Besides, I doubt it would bring Somashekar back into the fold anyway.

@Zeebor15 have you even read the full article?

Naka-san might be a narcissist, but he hasn't murdered and sexual violated anyone. Also, just because someone pleads guilty to a crime doesn't actually mean they committed a crime. Countless innocent people plead guilty because they have no faith in the corrupt "criminal justice system" and would only get a disproportionately higher sentence if they plead innocence in the dock.

As for Naka-san, I keep an open mind as to whether he actually committed crime or not. Otherwise I think Naka is a talented programmer with an arrogant, petty narcissistic streak and many racist attitudes to most (not all) non-Japanese.

Can't wait for a version of this for the Super NES Extension Port.

I have high hopes for this.

This is why we can't have nice things anymore.

CDRomance is a great resource for both ROM preservation and hacks. As I have said before on both YouTube and NintendoLife, if purchase no longer guarantees ownership (I'm looking at YOU Sony), then piracy is no longer theft. I have zero problem with the distribution (for free though, not for profit) of ROMs for discontinued gaming platforms. Pirating ACTIVE gaming platforms like Gary Bowser was involved in is obviously not okay.

I'm intrigued! Thank you for this very useful and informative article. Might be worth looking through eBay...

Thank goodness for having a few Analogue Super Nts in my possession. Perhaps another Change.org petition is needed for Analogue to release an upgraded Super Nt like they did with the Nt Mini Noir.

Any future drop-in replacements for the S-CPU and 01CHIP processors will be a mix of ASIC and FPGA. I can see alot of ASICs from clone consoles such as the Super Players being harvested for use. This might even lead to a boost of Super Players being sold.

I actually noticed this about two weeks ago when I was searching for Super Real Darwin. I suppose we should give online content creator Kim Justice the credit for helping bring this delisting of Data East games to our attention as their recent video on 1980s Data East coin-ops has created a renewed interest their back catalogue.

Atari have learnt nothing from the Infogrames days. How can they afford all these acquisitions? Weren't they in financial trouble within the last few years?

@wiiware The Analogue 3D is unlikely to be able to run a Dreamcast core. Look out for the Analogue Dc sometime in the early 2030s.

A few points I'd like to make:

1) I believe you have to install alternative firmware from the 8bitdo website to get their 2.4g and bluetooth pads to work on the Duo.

2) Some people have complained about the colour of the JPN model of the Duo not being "HuWhite" enough (racist?) compared to the mock up images on the Analogue website. I personally don't mind the cream complexion as it's still faithful to the original PC Engine console. I also suspect that Analogue also chose cream to try and mitigate against the ABS plastic yellowing in the future. It could also be a side-effect of adding a textured finish to the plastic as what happened with the transparent Super Nt. Whatever the case, the cream white unit is excellent. That being said, I would have prefer if Analogue had released an off-blue Duo unit based on the colour of the Duo-RX console.

3) 8bitdo/Christopher Taber should have based their wireless Turbo Pads on the 6-button controllers like the Avenue Pad 6 or Hori Fighting Commander PC instead of the bog standard two-button versions.

4) The Analogue Duo is definitely a deep cut hardcore system for the serious retro gamer (at least in the West). If you just want to dip your toe into the world NEC gaming, you'd be better starting off with one of the branded Mini consoles or Analogue Pocket instead. The Analogue Duo is a niche of a niche. I'm looking forward to mine (presuming there no mishap in the shipping and delivery).

I approve of this. Looking forward to getting this on release.

I have a feeling that there is even more to the Analogue 3D than even Analogue are letting on. I believe the choice of 3D rather than 64 or Ultra Nt is down to more than copyright concerns. What if the 3D contains a Trojan horse in the form of an extension port at the bottom that does more than connect to a 64DD. What if said extension port also allows the 3D to connect to a later-to-be release Analogue CD unit that plays PlayStation, Saturn and even Jaguar CD, 3DO and Amiga CD32 discs? What if Analogue also releases an top cartridge slot adaptor for Jaguar cartridges. All of this could be an FPGA f you to the Polymega.

Super Gamer is an underrated UK Nintendo magazine. I'd say it's second only to Super Play.

Since I've just added SVC Chaos to my Mega Engine RetroPie console and I've downloaded a load of ACA Neo Geo titles to my Switch Lite, I'm unlikely to be that I'll be interested in getting an Analogue Ng (especially if the Saudis are involved and profiting from it).