@kayefabe I went to the police about this earlier this morning. The desk sergeant said that since the advertised delivery date for Utopia is sometime next month, then they can't begin a fraud investigation for obtaining money by deception at the moment.
I bought Utopia and a Hyperkin SNES Mouse from 33 Games on pre-order. Considering that I'll probably never get them now or my money back, I wonder whether it would be worth contacting the police about Gauntley and his prior history?
@-wc- The first time I played on a NeoGeo MVS was in a Riyadh McDonalds probably a day after Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda bombed the nearby American army base back in mid-November 1995. The McDonalds' staff were kind enough to give my sister and I infinite credits without us even asking on Fatal Fury: King Of Fighters.
@Van_Helsing I had to return a copy of Skyrim on Switch 2 at a local Argos because it was just a game code in a box, not a game card as they had advertised. Fortunately I was able to swap it at the same Argos for a physical game card of Splatoon Raiders instead.
Super Gamer is an underrated Nintendo magazine that positioned itself as the anti-Super Play and anti-NMS alternative by focusing primarily on UK release and the use of this then-new thing called "Photoshop". I believe even the future political strategist Matthew Elliott (who later founded both the anti-EU think tank Business for Britain and the TaxPayers' Alliance) even wrote into the magazine a couple of times (much to the annoyance of many other readers).
The mag went downhill just over a year after its launch when Keith, Imagine Publishing founder Damian Butt and crew left and Mark Smith took over. It wasn't Mark's fault, the transition just happened at a very awkward time and it died before the end of 1995. There was a reunion of sorts with some of the original staff on 64 Magazine, but it just wasn't the same as before. Shame.
In the unlikely off-chance that the culprit/s of this crime are reading this; I appeal to the better part of your nature/s to please return all that you stole from the Holler family. No one should have to experience the crime that you have committed, and if you do have a prang of guilt and regret for what you have done then act on it by returning what you have wrongly taken. Otherwise, you deserve every bit of bad karma coming to you. Make it right!
@jygsaw it got quite high reviews scores back in the day, and it certainly has a minor following. It is more memorable and it got 5-10% higher marks than Aero The Acrobat 1&2. Thing is that the 16-bit consoles were drowning in even better side scrolling platformers than this. Mr. Nutz is worth getting, just don't expect Mario, Sonic, DKC, Cool Spot or Dynamite Headdy.
@bring_on_branstons Actually the PAL version should be able to run on a NTSC SNES since the PAL original contained no addition region locking beyond the CIC.
That doesn't mean that SLG won't add it in these re-releases like iam8bit are claiming they are to the Sonic 1&2 one (although why anyone would do that is beyond all reason).
@KainXavier There's nothing wrong with ModRetro. Only feral communists hate ModRetro. The ModRetro M64 is very high quality and only the current lack of an internal horizontal upscaler prevents it from surpassing the Analogue 3D.
@KingMike When I was on a family holiday in Saudi Arabia back in November 1995, I visited the home of an American ex-pat family, and the children had a loose official North American NES cartridge of Final Fantasy I & II. It had the same artwork as a standard FF1 cart, but with "Final Fantasy I & II" on the label. Judging by the condition of the cart, I reckon that it had come no early than Q4 1993 (possibly to coincide with the launch of the NES top loader). The kids also had a dog bone NES controller and the Q1 1994 FF I & II Famicom release was based on the North American revision of FF1.
I'm interested, but if the rumours are true, I'd be more interested in getting the Banjo Double Pack cartridge for the Modretro M64. Still playing a cart with those two on go is still a USP.
@Martin_H SoA wanted what would later be both the PlayStation and Nintendo 64. If they had had their way, they would have copied Nintendo and waited until late-1996 to release a Genesis successor.
I'm looking forward to GF1. It should fill the niche left behind following the discontinuation of the Analogue Mega Sg. I do wonder how difficult it will be to get one outside of Brazil though.
@WaveBoy depends on whether you use a CRT, or what kind of HDTV you use. I don't think it'll be too big of an issue though, since the ASIC chips are based on reversed engineered components and the MiSTER core.
@Johnny_Arthur Playtonic are nothing like Rare. Just because a few people from Rare's glory days are working there doesn't make it Rare 2.0. Their games are third-rate slop parodying Rare's late 90s output. I'll also never forgive them for what they did to JonTron and how they treated people who wanted refunds when they canned him. I go out of my way to boycott them. Rare had more class.
This article reminds me of the one Gawker did where they justified invading Hulk Hogan's privacy, but not Jennifer Lawrence's private photo collection on her compromised cloud account. This piece is already aging like sour milk.
While I appreciate that there is a difference between how ModRetro and SNK conduct their PR, this is Hookshot once again playing favourites for ideological purposes. The disinfo about Gaza in this article has me spitting blood with fury.
P.S. While what happened to Jamal Khashoggi was horrific, the man had some 'dodgy' attitudes and politics himself.
@Amm Speaking of Time Extension getting brown paper bags full of cash, I don't think that it's a coincidence that just days after Time Extension blacklist Luckey Palmer and ModRetro (and wrongfully so) that the Chinese Communist Party impose sanctions against Mr. Palmer for selling defence technology to Taiwan in order for that democratic island nation to protect themselves from their tyrannical neighbour on the mainland. Does the name Kai-Fu Lee mean anything to you Mr. McFerran? It does to me.
Like the song goes; 'I see your true colours shining through...' Checkmate!
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Re: 'He Has Taken Advantage of Extremely Talented, Kind and Professional People' - All Is Not Well with Boutique Retro Publisher 33 Games
@kayefabe I went to the police about this earlier this morning. The desk sergeant said that since the advertised delivery date for Utopia is sometime next month, then they can't begin a fraud investigation for obtaining money by deception at the moment.
Re: 'He Has Taken Advantage of Extremely Talented, Kind and Professional People' - All Is Not Well with Boutique Retro Publisher 33 Games
@Damo This auction on eBay was closed not long after your reply. Hmmm...
Re: 'He Has Taken Advantage of Extremely Talented, Kind and Professional People' - All Is Not Well with Boutique Retro Publisher 33 Games
The plot thickens...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/366731694482?_skw=utopia+snes&itmmeta=01M4XQN4EGFMR2DCBAR59FRH4K&hash=item5562e99192:g:bA8AAeSwznNqzlgr&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA0CHNgUiiE%2FjQhlDTaMiAde%2FxW4rsVxP59q2WdtbS57DwH1E9WsvXAYMg817RCX2L2bN1EciEKU3vF%2F4dooDm5PILYyYN%2FT3kXQnMkhieU5KxhNpNsp%2BDohC%2FVNBxWHV8k90hcY9qjSWrS5UGJIWOFe8XOPXm7gYFts8xwGMym6MPlU5%2Bl%2Bf%2Fh%2BbA0%2B6kmmnuie%2FsZ2pMPilluo00QF7SnPOCMSPQbQiKzHzmZL%2BGBStunBIczC3pNKfug%2BRqVYKZ0Iov771fTilDd5mWbywxfHU%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9jH1LenaA
Re: 'He Has Taken Advantage of Extremely Talented, Kind and Professional People' - All Is Not Well with Boutique Retro Publisher 33 Games
I bought Utopia and a Hyperkin SNES Mouse from 33 Games on pre-order. Considering that I'll probably never get them now or my money back, I wonder whether it would be worth contacting the police about Gauntley and his prior history?
Re: SuperStation Creator Taki Udon Just Teased An FPGA SNES Console
A 4K Analogue Super Nt killer?
Re: Amazing GoldenEye 007 Third-Person Mod Brings A New View (To A Kill) To Rare's N64 Classic
GoldenEye 007: Substance
Re: Four More Neo Geo AES+ Games Have Been Confirmed
@-wc- The first time I played on a NeoGeo MVS was in a Riyadh McDonalds probably a day after Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda bombed the nearby American army base back in mid-November 1995. The McDonalds' staff were kind enough to give my sister and I infinite credits without us even asking on Fatal Fury: King Of Fighters.
Re: The Neo Geo AES+ Was Almost Cancelled Thanks To The RAMpocalypse
I miss Mask ROMs. Does anyone even make them anymore for things like medical equipment?
Re: "Let's Get The Last Beautiful Things Hiding On Our Hard Drives Out There" - Project Dream, Rare's Unreleased Banjo-Kazooie Predecessor, Leaks Online
@jygsaw yes, there's at least one prototype that's 80% complete.
Re: "Let's Get The Last Beautiful Things Hiding On Our Hard Drives Out There" - Project Dream, Rare's Unreleased Banjo-Kazooie Predecessor, Leaks Online
@Van_Helsing I had to return a copy of Skyrim on Switch 2 at a local Argos because it was just a game code in a box, not a game card as they had advertised. Fortunately I was able to swap it at the same Argos for a physical game card of Splatoon Raiders instead.
Re: "Let's Get The Last Beautiful Things Hiding On Our Hard Drives Out There" - Project Dream, Rare's Unreleased Banjo-Kazooie Predecessor, Leaks Online
Great stuff, now where's the unreleased and undumped Killer Instinct 2 ROM for the SNES?
Re: 21 Years Later, Utada's Hit Song 'Letters' Is Found Buried Within Mario Superstar Baseball's Code
Hikaru Utada's song "This is Love" was also the opening theme of the excellent OVA mini-series "Freedom".
Re: "Ant & Dec Annoyed The Absolute S**t Out Of Me" - The Complete History Of The Nintendo UK Hotline
Super Gamer is an underrated Nintendo magazine that positioned itself as the anti-Super Play and anti-NMS alternative by focusing primarily on UK release and the use of this then-new thing called "Photoshop". I believe even the future political strategist Matthew Elliott (who later founded both the anti-EU think tank Business for Britain and the TaxPayers' Alliance) even wrote into the magazine a couple of times (much to the annoyance of many other readers).
The mag went downhill just over a year after its launch when Keith, Imagine Publishing founder Damian Butt and crew left and Mark Smith took over. It wasn't Mark's fault, the transition just happened at a very awkward time and it died before the end of 1995. There was a reunion of sorts with some of the original staff on 64 Magazine, but it just wasn't the same as before. Shame.
Re: "We Take Copyright Infringement Very Seriously" - The Tetris Company Responds To White House Retro Game Rip-Offs
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Re: "A Pathetic And Shameful Moment In American History" - Trump Turns Human Suffering Into Retro Games To The Tune Of Sonic The Hedgehog
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Re: "A Pathetic And Shameful Moment In American History" - Trump Turns Human Suffering Into Retro Games To The Tune Of Sonic The Hedgehog
@mjparker77 And leftists haven't done the same with slop like the "Not Tonight" games?!?
Re: "I Don't Think I'll Collect Another Thing Again" - Prized NES Collection Of Over 860+ NES Games Stolen In Heartbreaking Burglary
In the unlikely off-chance that the culprit/s of this crime are reading this; I appeal to the better part of your nature/s to please return all that you stole from the Holler family. No one should have to experience the crime that you have committed, and if you do have a prang of guilt and regret for what you have done then act on it by returning what you have wrongly taken. Otherwise, you deserve every bit of bad karma coming to you. Make it right!
Re: Mr. Nutz Is The Next 16-Bit Character To Get A Physical Resurrection On SNES And Genesis
@KingMike I'm surprised it never got rebooted or a spin-off / second sequel with a name like "Ms. Deez Nutz".
Re: Mr. Nutz Is The Next 16-Bit Character To Get A Physical Resurrection On SNES And Genesis
Apparently the SNES original was made by just two Frenchmen at Ocean France.
Re: Mr. Nutz Is The Next 16-Bit Character To Get A Physical Resurrection On SNES And Genesis
@jygsaw it got quite high reviews scores back in the day, and it certainly has a minor following. It is more memorable and it got 5-10% higher marks than Aero The Acrobat 1&2. Thing is that the 16-bit consoles were drowning in even better side scrolling platformers than this. Mr. Nutz is worth getting, just don't expect Mario, Sonic, DKC, Cool Spot or Dynamite Headdy.
Re: Mr. Nutz Is The Next 16-Bit Character To Get A Physical Resurrection On SNES And Genesis
@GauBan I'm still waiting for Steel Empire.
Re: Mr. Nutz Is The Next 16-Bit Character To Get A Physical Resurrection On SNES And Genesis
@bring_on_branstons Actually the PAL version should be able to run on a NTSC SNES since the PAL original contained no addition region locking beyond the CIC.
That doesn't mean that SLG won't add it in these re-releases like iam8bit are claiming they are to the Sonic 1&2 one (although why anyone would do that is beyond all reason).
Re: This New Analogue Pocket Variant Is Designed To Give You Serious FOMO
@KainXavier There's nothing wrong with ModRetro. Only feral communists hate ModRetro. The ModRetro M64 is very high quality and only the current lack of an internal horizontal upscaler prevents it from surpassing the Analogue 3D.
Re: "The Blood Drained From My Face" - 97 Copies Of Never-Before-Seen Super Mario Bros. Variant Found In Wisconsin Retro Store
@KingMike When I was on a family holiday in Saudi Arabia back in November 1995, I visited the home of an American ex-pat family, and the children had a loose official North American NES cartridge of Final Fantasy I & II. It had the same artwork as a standard FF1 cart, but with "Final Fantasy I & II" on the label. Judging by the condition of the cart, I reckon that it had come no early than Q4 1993 (possibly to coincide with the launch of the NES top loader). The kids also had a dog bone NES controller and the Q1 1994 FF I & II Famicom release was based on the North American revision of FF1.
Re: The Dev Behind Super Mario's 3DO Port Is Working On An "Insane" Sega Saturn Version
Super Mario 64 is the new DOOM. I can't wait for the FM Towns Marty, Philips CDi, Neo Geo and Atari Jaguar ports.
Re: Here's The Evercade Nexus In The Flesh
I'm interested, but if the rumours are true, I'd be more interested in getting the Banjo Double Pack cartridge for the Modretro M64. Still playing a cart with those two on go is still a USP.
Re: Exclusive: "It's Not About Putting An Old Game In A Nice Box For The Sake Of It" - Utopia Is Getting A New Physical Release On SNES
I hope this release will be region-free. I don't recall the 1993 port having extra region checks over and above the CIC chip.
Re: "The Most Miserable Person I Have Ever Worked With" - This Former Sega Exec Has A Dim View Of Yuji Naka
@Gravyc don't worry, I get it.
Re: "The Most Miserable Person I Have Ever Worked With" - This Former Sega Exec Has A Dim View Of Yuji Naka
@Gravyc Dark side? Serial killers have a dark side, Naka-san is just a-hole at worst.
Re: "Greetings Straight From The 32-bit Era" - FPGA GF1 Neptune Console Shown Running Sega 32X Core
@Martin_H SoA wanted what would later be both the PlayStation and Nintendo 64. If they had had their way, they would have copied Nintendo and waited until late-1996 to release a Genesis successor.
I'm looking forward to GF1. It should fill the niche left behind following the discontinuation of the Analogue Mega Sg. I do wonder how difficult it will be to get one outside of Brazil though.
Re: "An Unparalleled Experience No FPGA Console Could Come Close To" - SuperSega Is Back, And It's Even Crazier Than Last Time
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@Damo The same could be said about ModRetro.
Either cover SNK, ModRetro and SuperSega or don't cover any of them at all. This double standard can no longer be ignored.
Re: "An Unparalleled Experience No FPGA Console Could Come Close To" - SuperSega Is Back, And It's Even Crazier Than Last Time
He's not even a good grifter, that's the worst thing about all this.
Re: The C64 And ZX Spectrum Are Being Reimagined As Nintendo-Style Clamshell Handhelds
I shall definitely be getting both of these and selling my C64 Maxi.
Re: Sounds Like Plaion Has Another Console In The Works Following The Neo Geo AES+
@pomegran the Mega Drive 1 & 2 look more stylish than the Mega Sg. Heck the Super Nt looks like a Mega Drive designed by Nintendo.
If it is a Mega Drive+, what will the launch line up look like? I'm hoping for Strider, Gunstar Heroes and Sonic 3 Complete.
Re: Sounds Like Plaion Has Another Console In The Works Following The Neo Geo AES+
@pomegran got one already (and a Duo), but I would still like a Mega Drive + with reverse engineered ASIC chips based on FPGA cores.
Re: Sounds Like Plaion Has Another Console In The Works Following The Neo Geo AES+
PLAION, please do the Mega Drive or PC Engine next?
Re: The Revived Commodore Just Announced Its Next FPGA Recreation, "Complete With The Original 1986 Imperfections"
I've been waiting for this. Very tempting!
Re: Struggling To Pre-Order The Neo Geo AES+ In North America? Plaion Is Working On It
@WaveBoy depends on whether you use a CRT, or what kind of HDTV you use. I don't think it'll be too big of an issue though, since the ASIC chips are based on reversed engineered components and the MiSTER core.
Re: Turrican: Director's Cut Gets Another Chance To Shine, In New Cartridge Release From Columbus Circle
@Johnny_Arthur Playtonic are nothing like Rare. Just because a few people from Rare's glory days are working there doesn't make it Rare 2.0. Their games are third-rate slop parodying Rare's late 90s output. I'll also never forgive them for what they did to JonTron and how they treated people who wanted refunds when they canned him. I go out of my way to boycott them. Rare had more class.
Re: Talking Point: "We, The Consumers, Need To Vote With Our Wallets" - The Moral Dilemma Of Supporting SNK In 2026
@Edd-O Well I'm glad someone's enjoying themselves.
Re: Talking Point: "We, The Consumers, Need To Vote With Our Wallets" - The Moral Dilemma Of Supporting SNK In 2026
This article reminds me of the one Gawker did where they justified invading Hulk Hogan's privacy, but not Jennifer Lawrence's private photo collection on her compromised cloud account. This piece is already aging like sour milk.
Re: Talking Point: "We, The Consumers, Need To Vote With Our Wallets" - The Moral Dilemma Of Supporting SNK In 2026
While I appreciate that there is a difference between how ModRetro and SNK conduct their PR, this is Hookshot once again playing favourites for ideological purposes. The disinfo about Gaza in this article has me spitting blood with fury.
P.S. While what happened to Jamal Khashoggi was horrific, the man had some 'dodgy' attitudes and politics himself.
Re: "I Don't Know Who Failed Due Diligence Here" - Sigma Star Saga DX Updated After Violating GBA Emulator's License
@Guru_Larry I believe it was Hyperkin's Retron 5. That was almost ten years ago now. How time flies.
Re: "No Point In Keeping It Under Wraps Any Longer" -This New Emulator "Ports" Game Boy Titles To The GBA
I'd love to see Wario Land 1 upgraded for the GBA.
Re: Modder Picks Apart Old PlayStation Consoles To Create The Ultimate "Hybrid" PS1
Another April Fools article?
At least this year's ones are more plausible.
Re: This N64 Flash Cart Has A Built-In Screen That Shows Which Game Is Running
A bit early for an April Fools article.
Re: The Analogue 3D Is The Best Retro Hardware Of 2025
@Amm Speaking of Time Extension getting brown paper bags full of cash, I don't think that it's a coincidence that just days after Time Extension blacklist Luckey Palmer and ModRetro (and wrongfully so) that the Chinese Communist Party impose sanctions against Mr. Palmer for selling defence technology to Taiwan in order for that democratic island nation to protect themselves from their tyrannical neighbour on the mainland. Does the name Kai-Fu Lee mean anything to you Mr. McFerran? It does to me.
Like the song goes; 'I see your true colours shining through...' Checkmate!