Exerion76

I share the reactions from SEGA.
That was a terrible idea.

This was the result of the old "plastic wrap and thick cream" metod, which even could case problems from the beginning, if not done correctly. There are way better methods now.
I even experimented, with just letting the shell of my yellowed Amiga 500, lay in sunlight for about two weeks, without any added chemicals, which also worked. Not perfect but it was way brighter after the sun treatment.
So give it a try next summer. It's just a way slower process.

RIP Cary!

He always delivered the goods, playing bad guy's in action movies. Watching "Showdown in Little Tokyo" tonight.

Looking forward to getting a physical copy.

"While floppy disks may not have been the best storage medium when it comes to longevity"

All my old C64 floppys, still work fine. 😁👍

@Shiryu
That would have been amazing to own 👍😁

@Shiryu
I used to own a Super Hang-On cabinet, that I bought cheap from a local shutdown arcade.
Wish I didn't sell it 15 years ago 😫

Both Hang-On games are amazing. 👍👍

Maybe he has a modded NES, that plays arcade PCB's instead 😜

Seriously, who cares? (Except for nerdy internet dwellers) 😉
It's a show set in an alternate 1987, where dark dimensions and monsters exist. In that world, maybe the NES was more powerful?

It's fantasy, so make up your own reason why he can play an arcade perfect NES port 😂

Inspired by the classics, sure, but looks too much like a clone to me. It's like they took the enemies from Mega Man, and just did some small changes to them.

They could at least admit, that it was inspired by Mega Man, instead of saying "the classics" 🤣

Well, this was a surprise to... no one.

Every time, something like this is announced, I'm already prepared for it to be dead, within the next couple of years.

That's really smooth and impressive.
Imagine if this was a launch title, for the GBA.

Compared to Thunderforce IV, MUSHA, Gleylancer, Gaiares, and now Earthion, ZDF is pretty mediocre.

The choice of colors, makes my eyes bleed, and hard to see some bullets and what is actually parts of the background or not.
They never listened to the critique of those backgrounds, as it could have been fixed, by reducing the brightness of them , making bullets and enemies more visible at ALL times.

And yes, there is youtube channels, that praise ALL homebrew games, no matter how bad they are.

Like this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/@RetroGamerBoy
"Wow, look at that, that's AMAZING!".
But if you wanna keep getting those games for free, I guess you have to keep being "amazed", by everything, including turds

This even blows away the Mega CD version.
Superb port with fun extra modes, which includes more moves.

I'm so burned out by these things.
It was fun in the beginning, before these companies started to flood the market, with endless re-releases of the same titles, in different forms.
I love Space Invaders, but enough already.
Wonder how long they can keep milking this, before the cow is dead. 🤣

It's too small.
Should at least have a 12 inch screen.
I would gladly pay for a full size cabinet, like the ones from Arcade1up.
Evercade could take over that market, as Arcade1up never improved their hardware, and kept releasing mediocre products, with terrible screens, controls, and input lag.

Windows handheld...
No thanks. Been there, done that. Never again.

@Zeebor15
Plaion still releases a lot of cool blu ray and 4K editions of movies etc.
You can check out the store over here:
https://shop.plaionpictures.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopkAwGDybTUfldkIgshuEePHURTybGZAWCWl_UXMQ1JLpI0ZTHC

@PopetheRev28

"Cry harder"?
What are you? Twelve?

The screen is too small for me. 7-8 inch would be better. The bullets in games like Minestorm is already tiny on the full size screen, so can't imagine how hard it will be to see on 5 inches.
But I hope it becomes a success, so they might make a fill size version, in the future. Hope my original, survives for another 2-3 decades 😁👍

@slider1983
Yeah, you're right mate 😁

@slider1983
Hehe, I kinda expected you would 😉

That's impressive work, with the animation of Belmont and the overall look of the sprites. Can't wait to see how this turns out 😃

I just couldn't get into the 16 bit euro platformers, due to often mediocre level designs and controls.
Not sure I would change my mind, if I revisit them today.

@slider1983
Yeah, I bought GZT at the same time as I got the Mega CD. So I have huge nostalgia for the game. I'm a fan of Dwight H. Little's action films, from that era, so it felt cool to play the "hero", in one of his "movies". 😁

If we only knew, back then, how rare this game would become. Should have bought 10 copies 😂

@slider1983

Yeah, looking at the remaster, it's definitely shot on film.
https://youtu.be/8xysB9ON0d0?si=I9lrn8TL7Omi0ZM-
It was common to edit on tape, back then, and sadly I guess they just trashed the negatives afterwards 😞

@slider1983

Found this:
"Cinematographic Process
Cinepack TruVideo"

But I'll take another look.

Why not re-release Road Avenger and Cobra Command instead. The remaster from the filmelements, for the iphone ports, back in 2009/2010, looked amazing.
And they feel more like actual games (though still limited), and the animation is epic 😁

@slider1983
Sadly Ground Zero Texas, was shot on video.

Great...the two worst FMV games in history.
There's barely any interaction.

Yes!! Exactly what I wanted. A new Intellivision.

Edit: Though disappointing, that it doesn't have a cartridge port...

@Quick_Man

SEGA did an amazing Choplifter remake, for the arcades and Master System.
We had Vic 20 games, getting enhanced remakes on C64, and then for the Amiga etc. Some were better, some were worse, like those horrible 16 bit versions of The Last Ninja.

So, yeah, this is nothing new.

I hope it's a Intellivision+, or a 5200+.

Hope it's not Jaguar, one of the worst systems I've ever owned. Only Tempest2000 and Iron Soldier was worth playing.
Alien vs Predator was overrated.

@FR4M3
That will never happen.
It would be incredibly expensive, to build a factory and starting to produce CRT's again.
They would never be able to make their money back.

@Blast16
Go for it!
You can also play 7800 games on the 2600+.
Recommend checking out the Activision and Imagic catalogue of games. The games are dirt cheap now

Definitely picking this up, for my 2600.
Imagine, if someone told me, back in 1982, that in 2025, I would still be able to buy brand new games for the console. 😱😁

Even the Taito logo on the cabinet, looks different.
The kid is looking at the camera, in the original picture, but AI makes him stare into the distance.

AI is just making ***** up, to fill in the gaps, in missing information...

Just preserve the original image, no matter how low res it is.

Loved the artwork. The boxes looked amazing.
Wish I had kept them all. The only one I have left, is their Barbarian game.

It's just insane, that people have to start a gofundme, to be able to afford an operation, in the US.

Best wishes Heineman.

Damn that's a brutal nostalgic flashback!
I've been trying to find this game for decades. Played it around 1981-1982, in a local videostore. But back then, I was only 5-6 years old, so I never knew the name or who made the game. For a while there I thought that I might have remembered it wrong or mixed it up with another game. Mystery solved, almost 45 years later 😂👍

@wizzgamer

People find new things to be "offended" by, every day now. 😂

@Sketcz
Thanks for the info.

Yeah this whole situation is just stupid.

Interesting that nazi flags in games, are fine, but not this?
Is the rising sun symbol worse than the Swastika??

Just put a warning on the box.

That looks mediocre though.

Looks interesting.
Found the demo here:
https://incube8games.com/products/infinity-gbc-digital-edition-demo

@The_Nintendo_Pedant
Yeah, it's insane how time flew by.
First time I tried Playstation, was in one of those demo units, that had Battle Arena Toshinden running.
I miss generational leaps like that. Going from 8 bit to 16Bit and 32 bit. Good times

@rob7979
That's correct. We played that same track for hours
Got lots of playtime from that Demo disc.

First time I played Wipeout, was on that Demo1 disc. I was blown away.
I was 19 back then, and now I turn 50, in three months. So, Yes, I feel old 😱😭🤣

Still got a big collection, inkl my very first one, that I got back in 1982 "Parachute". 43 years later, still works like new.

Sold a few, back in the early 2000:s, which I have regretted for over 20 years now, since some of them are very rare now, like the Crystal Screen games.
But this week, I finally found both a Climber and Balloon Fight, so now only Super Mario Bros, is missing, in the Crystal Screen trilogy

I love how they succeeded to make such fun and addictive gameplay, with such limited hardware. Just compare this to the crappy Tiger handhelds, which was just confusing as hell, to play.

Recommend this site, if you wanna try the Game & Watch games ( and many other handhelds as well), though some of them aren't perfectly emulated (timing is a bit off), compared to MAME.
https://itizso.itch.io/retrofab

@w1p3out
Yep, and some have even stopped working after updates etc. Sure Blaze is sending replacements, if this happens. But who knows if Blaze still are around to handle that, 10 years from now?
It's why I didn't continue to collect more carts. Only got 4 of them.