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If anything, I absolutely love hearing everyone’s experiences of their own history in gaming. There’s so much to appreciate about another’s experience, and I personally find it fascinating to learn of these differences.

Also, OF COURSE we all have had different opportunities and preferences 😃

Good luck to the developer.

Sonic 2: Special Casino Edition II Turbo was my favorite game level for many months as a kid, then a little while later I gave it to my younger siblings and the whole cycle started again. In fact, I’m humming the iconic tune now!

RAIDEN WINS. FATALITY.

I’ll be honest, and I can’t believe I’m admitting, but I’ve never played a MGS besides the prequel to MGSV: The Phantom Menace 😅 (Yes, I know it’s The Phantom Pain). I need to give it a go but the backlog…it’s real.

I’ve been to a few local arcades, but don’t usually feel compelled to return, except to one location. It’s a cozy one-room arcade with a bar along the back wall. The food is decent, drinks excellent, you buy tokens for the cabs, and there isn’t a single space waster game in there. Games line the walls in an U shape and tables are in the center, with some comfy stools along the bar. It’s all very cozy and just big enough but not cramped. For more hardcore customers, they hold tournaments, showcase new local talent in some kind of game development meetings, and other weekly activities so there’s a small community there. They rent out for parties, etc. They have made it viable and have been open for almost a decade. I hope to return later this year or early next. Their equipment is well maintained and cabinets are swapped now and then. If you’re not a super hardcore retro fan it’s still a fully functional bar so the games could just be seen as a cool perk. I hope they’ll stay open forever!!

Another day, another emulation device. I’m not in the market, but hopefully it will turn out good so someone can enjoy!

But…thumbsticks below the d-pad is bad policy, lol.

@WaveBoy I got my everdrives for home consoles many years ago now, basically as soon as I knew they existed, lol. I think I thought at the time that a lack of interest or legal pushback would end their production.

At my college job, someone brought in a self-booting Dreamcast disc with every NES game. We had so much fun with that thing that when I realized you could do that with original hardware, a decade later, my mind was just completely blown! 😄

Mine are very early versions and look much more bootleg than the newest ones. I like the charm!

@Exerion76 I believe they lauded the 3D as running in 4K and seemed very confident, even arrogant in one of their social media posts, that it was no doubt by far the end all be all of FPGA.

The whole thing is very esoteric 😃

@Tom_Gamer keep telling the rest of the story, please! That is one hell of a text trailer, lol.

@WaveBoy lol, very nice!

I like a mv now and then, and this looks like an interesting run ‘n gun take with a setting we haven’t seen over and over. I’m interested! Put it on a switch cart and if it runs okay I’ll get it 😎

I’d love to check this out, but these are twice the price of the old ones. I’ll put it on the wishlist.

Also, never know about an eventual potential physical copy, so not knowing makes me hold off even more for a better value buy. This is way out of impulse buy territory for me.

Looking at you, ACA NeoGeo Selections vol. 1-8 (luckily I had only bought one of them on the eShop). Either way, cool to see a unique game I didn’t know existed!

@WaveBoy I had the pirate sets! And the Robin Hood one, among others.

Edit: that Genesis ornament looks about 300 times better than this Lego controller.

@mjparker77 I don’t know if I agree or not, but for some reason I’ve never finished this game even though I’ve set out to do so a handful of times.

I get pretty far in and then just move on for some reason!

My favorites are CV1, CV3, Rondo, SotN, Aria.

@Martin_H I had a similar SotN experience. A buddy loaned it to me soon after it came out and I just fell in love with it. I returned the game to him, bought my own copy, then sold it off to buy Dreamcast a little while after. Then I bought a green Greatest Hits copy, but hated the look, so I sold that one and got my current black label copy in mint condition. It’s a common game, sure, but one of my all time favorites. I play through about once a year.

Does it suck?

-SuperSega kid

@The_Nintendo_Pedant whoa, that’s some testimonial! Mine is still boxed, lol. How are you using it,? NSO, PC emulation? I’ll have to give it a go before the 3D is out although that’s why I bought it. I’m glad to hear it’s outstanding!

I’m looking forward to getting mine, but oooooh. What an exciting sizzle reel.

This isn’t pumping me up.

@Scollurio i suppose SEGA's 16-Bit High Definition Graphics (1988) is sort of a retro era of new 🤔 but it'll be a while before we get next gen blast processing!

@The_Nintendo_Pedant heck yeah! there's literally no point in being a jerk to someone online. i come here to enjoy myself, and the new era of retro 😂

that was my way of agreeing 😀👍

@The_Nintendo_Pedant new era of comments replies…not just a blank stare, but a legacy of filler 😅

Didn’t grow up with this one. On the list it goes!

Other methods, lol.

Like breaking and entering into someone’s home that has an Xbox and hard copy of the game? 😁

@sixrings and animate the In The Air Tonight drum fill as part of a special 😄

The famous SEGA scream seen in ads was actually hidden recordings of the development teams 😅

@WaveBoy great ideas for improvements 👍 I would put them on my everdrive 😃

Home sick as a kid = watch The Karate Kid 1984 on the VHS you taped from TV, attempt to beat TMNT, Bob Ross The Joy of Painting, reading comics, Cracked or Mad, and Nintendo Power, drawing my favorite comic and cartoon characters. Incredible healing abilities.

@BulkSlash lol, the game definitely has some cryptic stuff and it’s a tough as nails adventure. There’s a really excellent “U Can Beat Video Games “ episode on it.

Same exact experiences for me too! I think I only got to the base area a handful of times as a kid—that gap above the water shouldn’t be there! The dam stage was not difficult for me. I didn’t ever beat it until the collection a few years ago, though. If you don’t know where to go and which manholes to enter, forget about it! @bring_on_branstons

I wish SEGA would just release the game on consoles, in a SEGA arcade/console beat ‘em up collection. All they’d have to do is reference Capcom’s collections, as they’re a perfect template. Unbelievable that we don’t already have anything like that.

Also, I would consider backing a MD version.

@Peteykins That's a bummer. I was considering picking up BB4F since I’ve been enjoying the arcade port on Taito Milestones 3. How is the gameplay in BB4F?

I bought Arkanoid: Eternal Battle and it was just okay, too. It made me return to my NES with Taito Vaus paddle controller and the SNES sequel.

A similar case was Lode Runner Legacy. I enjoyed but it just made me return to the NES for the original experience. Both fun games, either way!

@Martin_H you and me both, lol. Just opened up my Marvel Capcom Fighting Collection and it’s so well done. Love these games but I need a lot of practice!! No online for me, though I forgot there are spectating modes so I may try it out.. the collection is so well done that I’m probably going to buy their other ones. I was not expecting this quality of gameplay, display options, game settings, and depth of historical documentation.

SEGA, you’re late!! Release comprehensive Golden Axe and Streets of Rage collections, please. The 3D fighters would be cool too. Just do anything with the gigantic back catalog and make it a retail release ffs.

Edit: if it’s priced well and emulated well, I’m in!

I’m interested to see the official game announcement.

In the meantime I’ve made some popcorn and will be watching the comments section. They’re both a bit salty 😅✌️

Wow, that looks excellent. Impressive!

Super Sega v2 without sports cars and demo videos. Stir in some 2 Tsp of Paprium and bake at 420 for the better part of a year. Serve icy cold.

Now that was esoteric.

Rerouted to X for that? Sadness. Shadow looks good, I guess. Was just playing some USFII:TFC on Switch!

I’ve been debating getting their Tomb Raider remasters, but if they’re just cheaping out and not paying people then my decision is made. Glad to know I don’t need these now, lol.

Fighting over plastic toys in the comments. Go to your room!

@Martin_H Red Faction was rad!! I really enjoyed that one and its destructible levels, and later played Red Faction 2 competitive multiplayer with friends for years. That was so much fun!! I’ve not played this particular game though.

I love that there are just so many options for playing and enjoying retro games.

Between this, Mr. Pi, MiSTer, Analogue Pocket and other one-off consoles, there are a bunch of FPGA options out there.

For those with original hardware, there’s also upscalers with impressive CRT shaders: Framemeister, OSSC, Retrotink line of products.

For software emulation there’s tons of PC options and dedicated portable hardware.

I wish all of the developers doing this hard work lots of luck and hope they enjoy great success!

I’d consider this if it could support flash carts but even then, a huge chunk of the library is composed of CD games, and anyone that has a big library of original cards has probably gotten themselves a Duo or plays on CRTs and original hardware. I got the Duo and am very happy with it.

Might be a nice little device for traveling.

I also immediately thought of MD/Genesis when I saw the color scheme and 6 buttons.

I do wonder if the now standard 4 face buttons would be easier to use for most titles than the 6 (3+3 configuration).

Back on topic, Earthion looks fantastic. Thanks for the review!

@cawley1 years ago I bought the Xeno Crisis ROM direct from bitmap bureau. I wish everyone making games on old hardware would sell them to us, but I respect if they don’t want to. I’d think it’d bring them extra revenue. In fact, I like XC so much I’m likely going to pick up the BB Collection also containing Battle Axe and Final Vendetta, and I already have the standalones of those. I’d never risk if I didn’t know I really liked XC.

@NicolausCamp Good to know, thanks! I like my M30 and think I’ll like the new N64 controller they make too. I’ll have to look into the ultimate 2 👍

@NicolausCamp I’ve been considering a retro brawlers pad for some time. Any reason you say this looks better? I have an order in for the 8bitdo but now I’m wondering if I should have held off. For a while the black one has been unavailable.

What a cool piece of VG history!

I’ll trade you my yellow broken SNES shell and a filthy copy of Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet, untested. The jagged cracked piece of the SNES is a one-of-a-kind custom artifact, and I hear that NES game is very rare 😄

Btw, this comment is for fun. Good luck on the sale!

Had Stinger on the NES, by Konami I believe.

Guess I’ll keep my pre-order. If it’s not up to snuff I can probably sell it. But I’m not worried about it.

Edit: Oh, and major props to Analogue for not raising the price in this mess. I won’t forget.