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@KingMike The SwanCrystal is a huge improvement over the WSC when it comes to the screen.

@-wc- It feels like less than that when you watch the film tbh; fighting isn't really the focus! An open-world RPG would have been a really cool idea, but they kinda tried that with Final Fight Streetwise and it didn't really work

@gingerbeardman We'll definitely be keeping tabs on developments 👍

@NinChocolate @ThomasHobbes Yeah, it used to get me every time!

@Frmknst What a bizarre comment to make on a site devoted to retro gaming.

@gingerbeardman Thanks, I've updated the piece!

@Sketcz I think it's probably my favourite console of that gen, too. While PS1 and N64 are home to some of my favourite games, the Saturn was, pound for pound, utterly tuned into what I wanted as a gamer back then.

@-wc- I love my DC stick, but it's big and bulky, and sometimes you just want a pad, you know?

@GuyIncognito2k25 You're perfectly entitled to your opinion, but I have to say you couldn't be more wrong. Lee and all of his staff are friendly, knowledgeable, and keen to please, and the stock they have is brilliant - certainly a cut above what many other similar stores sell in the UK.

@Arcticpandapopz I've literally never been in there and had a bad customer service experience (and I visit multiple times a year) so I can only guess you must have caught someone on an off day.

@MysticWangForce I understood that reference.gif

@gingerbeardman You'd hope the ROM will be dumped soon!

@gingerbeardman Hence the word "new" in front of "footage" at the start of the piece

The lead image is taken from that attract mode video. Such a cool intro! Hope we get to play this one day soon.

@mashk You're 100% right, PC games of that era even felt different from those of the 2000s, 2010s and today. Something really unique about them which is hard to revisit today, I find

@gingerbeardman https://github.com/LRG-CarbonEngine/PCSX-ReARMed

I've seen the video you mention and will be asking Josh / LRG about it.

@jesse_dylan Same! I love them all, but the first one was mind-blowingly good.

@Bod2019 This is what I get for rushing. Thanks for the save!

@Guru_Larry There are a few games which suffer from slowdown and sluggish frame rates (like Road Rash, Abrams Battle Tank, F22, etc). These are apparently smoother with the overclock.

@NewBond I wasn't aware of the L and R thing, have added that in! Thanks!

@Bod2019 Good question, not heard anything as yet.

@Sketcz I really didn't need to recall that ending! XD

@Ryu_Niiyama It's definitely robust enough. It's built like a tank, honestly.

@Lordplops According to the Indiegogo page they've got almost 300 backers and have raised almost £300,000. Their entire business model is based around small production runs, so I guess the high price is part of that. Now, 300 units obviously isn't going to trouble the Switch 2 or Steam Deck, but there is an audience for these devices, even if it's a small one.

@-wc- I thought the same thing and tbh, it takes seconds to adjust to it. Like you say, the six-button arrangement on pads like the Saturn and Genesis six-button controller isn't 'perfect' anyway.

@-wc- I've edited out what I think you're talking about... apologies!

@DanijoEX-the-Pierrot It can handle them, just not the entire library, and not all running at full speed.

@gingerbeardman Yeah, sorry, I didn't make that clear, you have to set your sound to 'mono' in the game's settings.

@RetroGames People can be angry about both of those things at the same time.

@KingMike It's pulling them from the web.

@gingerbeardman If you could link me to that, I will update the story.

@drypaphmrbro The original poster of that skeet has deleted it. I've located a screenshot of the email and added it to this piece.

@RetroGames The point being made here is that Retro-Bit has always claimed that it doesn't use existing translations. If it had given credit then you could be more understanding, but to claim this is original work makes it a bit worse in my book.

Anyway, I've reached out to them and will see what they say. The people I've dealt with there have all been really decent over the years, but clearly, someone has dropped the ball pretty badly here.

@bring_on_branstons My personal fave was the fake VR console that was featured in CVG

@X68000 That name rings a bell - I might have to have a look in some old issues for an advert!

@X68000 Oh wow, what shop did you own? PC Engine Supplies?

@sdelfin I feel the NGCD pad is really good for fighting games because the pad acts more like a stick, if that makes sense.

@NinChocolate I can only speak from my own experience but I've been playing 2D fighters since the days of the original Street Fighter and IMO this D-pad just isn't all that great. It's serviceable, but is leagues behind the Saturn D-pad, which is the best ever, if you ask me.

@-wc- To be fair I had no idea Agetec distributed the stick in North America, so I learned something today too!

@-wc- Agetec released the stick in North America, but it was made by Sega: https://segaretro.org/Dreamcast_Arcade_Stick

@Angelus3K My only experience with this kind of thing is the SAROO Saturn cart, which is using the console's expansion port, and that loads things super-fast. I couldn't say for sure but it wouldn't shock me if loading from this thing is just as fast, if not faster, than loading from optical media.

@RootsGenoa I think you're right!

@jimmytodgers I might be wrong, but I think both of those cores are now (mostly) playable on single-RAM MiSTer FPGA units?

@Daggot Some of the appeal is the hardware itself, though. I got my first Nomad around 1999 when they were dirt cheap, so I've got a nostalgic connection with it, bulk and all. Plus the D-pad is incredible!

@RetroGames We use both Twitter and Bluesky links. We link to the source where we first witnessed the news.

@Guru_Larry System 3?

@Bod2019 Yep, apologies, fixed!

@ruiner9 Quite right, I've added that! I assumed it was just for the Pocket. Apologies!

@Ristar24 The music in the Mega Drive version absolutely slaps, you're right!

@O_Ilusionista Done!

@slider1983 London floods too, you know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b95MIFk2kMM