Man we love these articles like we re all little soldiers in a pissing war .
If Sony really wants to stay "on top" and add to its sales figures they should release a retro Playstation 2 console that isn't emulation , works with real discs and digital games, and has progressive scan for every game lol. *****.
I've played plenty of fan translations that have terrible writing/phrasing lol but I'm just glad to be playing it in EN, and my brain can fill in the blanks of what the characters would be saying if it was "good".
Yeah machine translation sucks ass but it's better than not playing it at all
I guess it's tough for me to judge someone who's doing this for free for the good of others in their spare time and just doing it in whatever way will allow them to actually finish it
@mjparker77 It makes sense that if you don't like III that you like Leo , Leo is kind of the oddball of the series - I think it started out as something else as well ?
I just wanted to comment that putting in co-op for 1P shooters like this is ***** awesome
GH is Def one of the best games ever made tho. Branching paths all with well-thought-out characters and their little world and its history, all inside a beat em up with semi -infinite combos and techniques .
Oh and a 6-player fighting game with 50 characters or whatever!
Again it's cool to like or dislike whatever you want. I think Ocarina and Mario 64 are boring and really don't have much of what I like about videogames lol .
But yeah thank goodness Gamefan put GH on the cover . It's a one-in-a-million game . Games like SoR4 are popular now and all but GH is completely on another level with the execution , variety, and options you have in gameplay, let alone the ridiculous branching paths and Easter eggs of which characters know each other and stuff
And oh ***** the soundtrack ... Ah man , Guardian Heroes.
@gojiguy You don't need to take out the BIOS or use a GDEMU, you can use a boot disc like Utopia that you can burn online .
A gameshark also does the trick , which I ve found just really helpful to have in its own fight over the years.
Maybe you're aware of these easy solutions already but in case you weren't !
Also if you look into ODE options there are some very inexpensive ones that also don't require removing the disc drive, in case you haven't gotten too far into your research yet
@MikeP The Grid is ***** awesome . It s a perfect companion to the Midway sports games.
How many arcade games are PvP Arena-based shooters and give you a trackball and a joystick ?
Nothing else like the Grid. It's fast but not too fast to get into quickly as a beginner.
I guess they were porting it to DC and would have had online. Maaaaan that would have been amazing.
We play everytime we re at Galloping Ghosts in Chicago, they have 4 machines or more linked right by the entrance. It's so good!! I'm just lucky my local arcade had linked machines when it was new
Good job all who've powered through that corridor.
I tried and tried as an adult to shoot scrolls strategically at the cosmonauts , but I don't think it's possible because I found I HAD to backtrack slightly to kill them without taking damage . So then they spawn again as soon as you go right .
I hadn't played through the game since I was a kid when I got an NES again in college, and with 4 turtles max health and max scrolls I still died in that corridor lol .
If anyone knows a way you can beat the corridor WITHOUT ducking them and watching them despawn themselves please post about it, because I didn't think it was possible and I don't like looking up videos or other people's solutions.
And yeah I owe you an email! Fam was sick all break and I have been trying to get back up to speed with life since. Haven't made time for hobby stuff but am now a bit more!
I haven't seriously played any game I guess, mostly have sampled stuff. I honestly was excited for the MPEG card games like Mad Dog McCree, played it at the arcade as a kid and have never had a good way to play it at home. The PC version sucked but with a mouse at least it was functional for me lol.
I got the CDi gun and the tech is impressive for what it is, like a Wii remote but better . Looking forward to playing more of these when I get my system back fixed
If you don't have time for this kind of RPG but just want to experience it, there is no shame in cheating .
I just disabled most random battles and made my team strong and beat it in two half-days with an Everdrive ( I do own a copy but will prob never touch it again ;/)
The music and art are awesome if you like Shining Force and are worth playing!
I cheated my way through Koudelka , Lufia 1 & 2 , and idk a few more in the past few years. It's a great way to experience an RPG when you just really don't have time anymore.
You're just saving yourself time, it's not like you re bypassing some major test of your gamer skill or something with most RPGs
I used to be a hardass about game purity and challenges and ***** , and I didn't realize what life was like for other people who had like their own businesses and kids lol . It's better to experience a game that not play it at all cos you know you don't have time
@JJtheTexan NG2 is easy as hell man ... Shadow Doubles , more invincibility , much more forgiving level design , and you aren't kneecapped for losing to one of the last-stage bosses
I'm not like trying to be a jerk but it's objectively much easier
Stage 3 is a joke compared to the rest of the game after that .
You guys know what ***** killed my heart? BT was the last NES game I was bought, and I could get to stage 7 or 8. I sold all my NES games and stuff for a Genesis a month later.
When BT came out on Genesis , i rented it and beat it.
About 15 years later I was talking about BT with a friend and he said "oh the Genesis ver is easier acrually ." and it is actually :/. More lives and some gameplay tweaks. Gamer pride damaged.
But if you hate NES BT try the Genesis version . BT is really only fun if you're in the mood for a game where you to just die everytime the screen scrolls, and you have to memorize what cruel obstacle or enemy placement is there that couldn't be predicted.
When handheld Sonic games do that everyone says it sucks. Idk why BT was and remains popular , lol .
I just got one last year and of course I had to get the time keeper fixed cos it stopped working after like 2 months .
It's a fun library to mess with it. With the passage of time , a lot of the games are just interesting. It was a more interesting time for games period with less set genres. Games could still just be a mishmash of weird ideas and mechanics .
I can't say I've beaten a CDi game yet but most games I've tried (maybe 20-30) are interesting and worth exploring.
Once I can ***** save in looking forward to actually getting into them
@gojiguy Have you tried the official JP SEGA ones?
I don't like then as much as the stunner but they're good enough to play through HOTD2 and only get pissed off if you're an insane perfectionist and vividly remember the feel of the deluxe version of the arcade machine.
I even use them on my Blast City with just the DC version, it's pretty solid
You have to literally hate videogames to complain about the English translation.
It gets to a point where if you need to experience everything exactly as a Japanese person would, in the most literal sense, you just must learn Japanese.
Translation differences have existed since the Bible lol . They're worth talking about, not yelling about.
Also, it makes sense that EN PW was done by one guy. I really like Jeremy Balusteins thought that it's hard to get a lot of character and heart into a game translated and localized by committee. And the PW translation is unique and amazing. I'm very happy to still have my game from the original run! I remember going they'd print more so easy more people could play it!
While everyone is trying to remake stuff we ve already played with a new skin, Onion is still at least putting out creativity . Very excited they have a new RPG coming out in English !
Popful already has a pretty silly and fun script in Japanese . I hope it's not super literal
... Like what the heck does "Material Horun" mean to an English speaker vs "Muttonhead"?
But whatever , they're doing the work so they can make it how they like. It'll be really cool for fans to play this since the SEGA CD version is really the outlier , gameplay wise .
If you haven't played the PC or PCE ver of Popful , it's a little more like Legacy of the Wizard and those Falcom games than the reprogrammed SCD ver .
@Sketcz I think the biggest difference now online is that when people used to argue online, they were more being facetious than actually angry, or maybe debating about stuff online in part cos we were just bored.
Now people are actually serious about like "If you wear a Harry Potter shirt you are a piece of ***** in real life." Regardless if that person with that HP shirt hates trans people for real, or if they just like a fairy tale that will get their kids to enjoy reading. Like my mom has no idea what a TERF is or what JK has said on this issue.
I think it's good we were all passionate about our causes and stuff but yeah, you're right that we're tossing actual discourse out the window.
We don't do a very good job of "I care about this issue, so my choice to support XYZ product should extend to EVERYone else and I need to tell everyone else about it AND they should do what I do, or they're dumb/ignorant/*****."
I wish we could be more comfortable with "yeah, I don't like this guy, I'm not buying this game" or whatever and just leave it at that. We are not going to convince everyone else to match our buying decisions.
I was a diehard Cleveland Browns fan, until the owner broke up a good team, is MOVING the team, conned our state out of $1 billion for his new stadium, and gave a known rapsist $230 million and got more sexual assault cases than TD passes out of it.
If I lived my life telling everyone with a Browns shirt that they are woman-hating dumbfucks I'd be ***** miserable and no one would want to talk to me lol. But I'm fine to tell people why I don't support the team, and maybe people will think for themselves why I feel that way, even if they probably won't.
I think there are better ways to make change in the world than "don't buy this entertainment product" and like yell at people over it.
Nobody likes being told what to do or what to think lol.
I don't blame you for seeking connection over games online but man I can't do it anymore :/ I have a few email penpals and that's mostly it
I also think it's good when you have to interact with people with different views than your own, but only in real life, haha, cos people are way less mean to each other's faces.
Personally I think Luckey is a rich soulless dick who seems like they never had to become an adult and think critically about how their actions might affect other people. I also think people like this tend to MAKE terrible things because they ATTRACT terrible people, so I'm wary of the quality of product people like this produce in the first place. I think that's reason alone to stay away from him. I feel bad for WayForward getting themselves embroiled in indirectly being involved with him. I'm sure they just want to manufacture some ***** gameboy carts.
@Aloe if there are in bed with LRG I don't think it's any secret why some nebulous "coming 2026" change has occurred. It's basically "coming someday" as well with LRG.
My friend who is a sucker for these things said it's been a year since his Sonic X Shadow statue was supposed to be here, they said they wouldn't refund him because "parts have started shipping" whatever that means, and then announced a formal delay a few weeks after his request. But he's now like oh I'll just wait, lol.
The FOMO is so strong with this ***** people have no issues giving them money. To each their own.
I feel like if people gave more of a ***** what they're willing to spend top dollar on the gaming industry would be very different
Everyone knows Nintendo games had custom chips that did the "heavy lifting" since the Famicom, but putting a Pi inside a cart to essentially provide a new console configuration just seems silly in this day and age.
Much more interesting is Doom Resurrection, a new version of Doom for 32X that runs on real hardware, has optional SEGA CD sound, and is a free passion project that is ongoing
SEGA's constant innovation and focus on fun still leaves a glaring hole in theindustry.
Nintendo does a nice job with their core properties, but SEGA in the '90s was ridiculous with making "weird" or even "boring" ideas into AAA game experiences.
I don't think that time can ever be returned to but if SEGA is at least updating their old ideas, it's something
The 64 Switch emu has a lot of problems , right ? (I've not used it myself ).
It could be a technical problem .
For all the ***** Nintendo gets about things like this , they've never had my passwords get hacked by pirates , try to kill/cheapen 2D gaming , make exploring batteries and electronics that catch on fire , make hardware they know will break in that console's lifetime , etc
@slider1983 MK2 and UMK3 are legit great, competitive games, esp UMK3. Different than SF but great in a totally different way , and def has its advantages over SF .
I set up both at my events and MK2 gets both asked for and played way way way more than any SF games . It nailed being a good competitive game with just being easy for anyone to put up and do cool ***** that looks cool and hits hard , with less skill needed at a base level .
Esp now that I've played a lot other competitive games from the era I really appreciate MK from a design perspective
I hope some folks who didn't play these initially try them and really enjoy them ! Good writing and characters are timeless.
I do wish the SEGA CD versions were included. I've read some Japanese publications declared TSS the best RPG yet made when it came out , and EB is peak 16-bit RPGing.
The remakes add much but lose plenty as well, and really weren't as impressive next to their peers comparatively when they finally came out in the West.
Regardless , if you like RPGs and good characters and dialog , give Lunar a go! TSS and EB are still my fav games ever along with MGS1 lol.
@slider1983 Are you a hacker yourself and specifically know this would be an easy project to transfer the text into the game ?
I'm guessing not till but I try never to assume .
If you aren't , I guess you might not know that the "simplest" of script transfers can range from dozens of hours to hundreds of hours to nearly impossible .
@RupeeClock @slider1983 Sony just made all that ***** about Lik-Sang. Sony employees used Lik-Sang themselves until they decided they just wanted to shut them down by burying them in legal fees , just like they did with bleem . They knew they weren't legally in the right .
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Re: Sorry Nintendo, But It Doesn't Look Like Switch Will Overtake PS2 As The Best-Selling Console Of All Time
Man we love these articles like we re all little soldiers in a pissing war .
If Sony really wants to stay "on top" and add to its sales figures they should release a retro Playstation 2 console that isn't emulation , works with real discs and digital games, and has progressive scan for every game lol. *****.
Re: "I Was Always Very Against AI..." - Cyberpunk Saturn JRPG 'Cyber Doll' Is Getting A Fan Translation, But There's A Catch
I've played plenty of fan translations that have terrible writing/phrasing lol but I'm just glad to be playing it in EN, and my brain can fill in the blanks of what the characters would be saying if it was "good".
Yeah machine translation sucks ass but it's better than not playing it at all
I guess it's tough for me to judge someone who's doing this for free for the good of others in their spare time and just doing it in whatever way will allow them to actually finish it
Re: ININ's 'R-Type III: The Third Lightning' Remake Has Got A New Trailer Ahead Of Its Release Later This Year
@mjparker77 It makes sense that if you don't like III that you like Leo , Leo is kind of the oddball of the series - I think it started out as something else as well ?
I just wanted to comment that putting in co-op for 1P shooters like this is ***** awesome
Re: Treasure's Sublime Guardian Heroes Turns 30 Today, Which Makes Us Sad We Never Got A Proper Sequel
@WileyDragonfly Do you like...videogames ?
It's ok to not like whatever you want for sure!
GH is Def one of the best games ever made tho. Branching paths all with well-thought-out characters and their little world and its history, all inside a beat em up with semi -infinite combos and techniques .
Oh and a 6-player fighting game with 50 characters or whatever!
Again it's cool to like or dislike whatever you want. I think Ocarina and Mario 64 are boring and really don't have much of what I like about videogames lol .
But yeah thank goodness Gamefan put GH on the cover . It's a one-in-a-million game . Games like SoR4 are popular now and all but GH is completely on another level with the execution , variety, and options you have in gameplay, let alone the ridiculous branching paths and Easter eggs of which characters know each other and stuff
And oh ***** the soundtrack ... Ah man , Guardian Heroes.
Re: Native PC Ports Of PS2 Games Could Be On The Way Thanks To New Recompilation "Experiment"
With things like this , like with the N64 one, could you run a 30 fps game at 60 frames ? Or is that not what these projects do?
Re: LightConn, The World's First Wireless Dreamcast Light Gun, Is Getting A Laser-Guided Overhaul
@gojiguy You don't need to take out the BIOS or use a GDEMU, you can use a boot disc like Utopia that you can burn online .
A gameshark also does the trick , which I ve found just really helpful to have in its own fight over the years.
Maybe you're aware of these easy solutions already but in case you weren't !
Also if you look into ODE options there are some very inexpensive ones that also don't require removing the disc drive, in case you haven't gotten too far into your research yet
Re: Interview: "Everything Was Turned Up To Eleven" - Uncovering The Epic Story Behind Mortal Kombat's Unforgettable Audio
@MikeP The Grid is ***** awesome . It s a perfect companion to the Midway sports games.
How many arcade games are PvP Arena-based shooters and give you a trackball and a joystick ?
Nothing else like the Grid. It's fast but not too fast to get into quickly as a beginner.
I guess they were porting it to DC and would have had online. Maaaaan that would have been amazing.
We play everytime we re at Galloping Ghosts in Chicago, they have 4 machines or more linked right by the entrance. It's so good!! I'm just lucky my local arcade had linked machines when it was new
Re: Community Challenge: Can You Overcome Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Deadly Technodrome Level?
@Sketcz Yeah the dam is like NES 101.
Re: Community Challenge: Can You Overcome Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Deadly Technodrome Level?
Good job all who've powered through that corridor.
I tried and tried as an adult to shoot scrolls strategically at the cosmonauts , but I don't think it's possible because I found I HAD to backtrack slightly to kill them without taking damage . So then they spawn again as soon as you go right .
I hadn't played through the game since I was a kid when I got an NES again in college, and with 4 turtles max health and max scrolls I still died in that corridor lol .
If anyone knows a way you can beat the corridor WITHOUT ducking them and watching them despawn themselves please post about it, because I didn't think it was possible and I don't like looking up videos or other people's solutions.
Re: The Zelda Adventure Nintendo Would Rather Forget Is Getting A Fan-Made Remaster
@Sketcz Totally. That's the kind of think I don't get out of today's games.
I got the bug to play Sewer Shark again last night for instance, Ghost is pribably one of my favorite Videogame characters ever lol .
Re: The Zelda Adventure Nintendo Would Rather Forget Is Getting A Fan-Made Remaster
@Sketcz I will ! I'll get ahold of Laser lords.
And yeah I owe you an email! Fam was sick all break and I have been trying to get back up to speed with life since. Haven't made time for hobby stuff but am now a bit more!
I haven't seriously played any game I guess, mostly have sampled stuff. I honestly was excited for the MPEG card games like Mad Dog McCree, played it at the arcade as a kid and have never had a good way to play it at home. The PC version sucked but with a mouse at least it was functional for me lol.
I got the CDi gun and the tech is impressive for what it is, like a Wii remote but better . Looking forward to playing more of these when I get my system back fixed
Re: LightConn, The World's First Wireless Dreamcast Light Gun, Is Getting A Laser-Guided Overhaul
@RejectedAng3L thx for the info!
Re: Community Challenge: Can You Beat Battletoads' Most Notorious Level?
@Moroboshi876 oh really? No way, I had no idea! Thanks !
I had the GB one that was different than the NES version, with Robo Manus as a huge last boss, and I really liked it. Thanks for educating me!
I can't picture playing NES BT but on that ghosty little screen omg
Re: Game Changer: Shining In The Darkness - My Bumpy But Brilliant Introduction To JRPGs
If you don't have time for this kind of RPG but just want to experience it, there is no shame in cheating .
I just disabled most random battles and made my team strong and beat it in two half-days with an Everdrive ( I do own a copy but will prob never touch it again ;/)
The music and art are awesome if you like Shining Force and are worth playing!
I cheated my way through Koudelka , Lufia 1 & 2 , and idk a few more in the past few years. It's a great way to experience an RPG when you just really don't have time anymore.
You're just saving yourself time, it's not like you re bypassing some major test of your gamer skill or something with most RPGs
I used to be a hardass about game purity and challenges and ***** , and I didn't realize what life was like for other people who had like their own businesses and kids lol . It's better to experience a game that not play it at all cos you know you don't have time
Re: Community Challenge: Can You Beat Battletoads' Most Notorious Level?
@Moroboshi876 GB poet of BT is completely different and much easier. Still not what I'd call easy tho so nice job!
Re: Community Challenge: Can You Beat Battletoads' Most Notorious Level?
@MeloMan I beat TMNT once as a kid and as an adult could not get past that Technodrome final corridor.
After trying the game twice in 20 years and dying there with all 4 full-health turtles and max scrolls, I had to look it up
YOU JUST DUCK. I cannot believe that ***** .
Re: Community Challenge: Can You Beat Battletoads' Most Notorious Level?
@JJtheTexan NG2 is easy as hell man ... Shadow Doubles , more invincibility , much more forgiving level design , and you aren't kneecapped for losing to one of the last-stage bosses
I'm not like trying to be a jerk but it's objectively much easier
Re: Community Challenge: Can You Beat Battletoads' Most Notorious Level?
@Right_Said_Brett Now that ***** is hard
Re: Community Challenge: Can You Beat Battletoads' Most Notorious Level?
Your guys aren't serious are you?
Stage 3 is a joke compared to the rest of the game after that .
You guys know what ***** killed my heart? BT was the last NES game I was bought, and I could get to stage 7 or 8. I sold all my NES games and stuff for a Genesis a month later.
When BT came out on Genesis , i rented it and beat it.
About 15 years later I was talking about BT with a friend and he said "oh the Genesis ver is easier acrually ." and it is actually :/. More lives and some gameplay tweaks. Gamer pride damaged.
But if you hate NES BT try the Genesis version . BT is really only fun if you're in the mood for a game where you to just die everytime the screen scrolls, and you have to memorize what cruel obstacle or enemy placement is there that couldn't be predicted.
When handheld Sonic games do that everyone says it sucks. Idk why BT was and remains popular , lol .
Re: Huge Eyes? Big Head? Lara Croft Almost Looked Very Different For Her Japanese Debut
These designs were featured in Gamefan ! I was like oh I recognize these.
They made me want to play Tomb Raider way more than those breasts that would poke your eye out .
Re: Earthworm Jim Was Based On This Legendary (And Elusive) Game Journalist
I did not know this but for some reason am not surprised.
Earthworm Jim is such a completely random universe it totally makes sense to be based off one really weird dude.
I almost literally worship Gamefan so I'm very grateful to Dave's contributions to gaming despite the uh by-products of his regimes.
Re: Another Classic Dreamcast Title Has Just Come Back Online
OMFG I can't believe the JP version had online!!!
Geeeez i wish they brought that to the West! Whyyyyyyy SEGA.
If you like the DC and/or arcade games and have never played VT, just play it like right now.
SEGA arcade games just FEEL incredible to play. I could play VT every day against an opponent and never get sick of it .
The only thing it needs to be one of the best 1v1 fighting games ever is a timer!
Also there is no stupid ***** or gimmicks in SEGA arcade games ,lol, they're just so fun to play as they are.
Even if you ve played VT3 or 4 the ones made by SEGA's actual arcade team and no Sumo feel different , and much better id argue
Re: "I'd Hoped I Would Become The Next Elton John" - Remembering The Vaporwave Bliss Of Tetris CD-i
This is a great article , and Tetris CDi really does has an amazing soundtrack experience.
Also I'm sorry to be a ***** weenie but I have to point out that Who Framed Roger Rabbit actually has no question mark on the title.
IT SHOULD
But does not. On the commentary they talk about how journalists each asked over and over why there was no question mark in the title lol.
Fun Faxx
Re: The Zelda Adventure Nintendo Would Rather Forget Is Getting A Fan-Made Remaster
I was confused from the article, is this a hack of the CDi version or another Windows port?
I'm glad some CDi games have been reworked so people can play them but I'm always most excited for a hack that works on real hardware!
Re: The Zelda Adventure Nintendo Would Rather Forget Is Getting A Fan-Made Remaster
@Sketcz Haha didn't know you were a CDi fan!
I just got one last year and of course I had to get the time keeper fixed cos it stopped working after like 2 months .
It's a fun library to mess with it. With the passage of time , a lot of the games are just interesting. It was a more interesting time for games period with less set genres. Games could still just be a mishmash of weird ideas and mechanics .
I can't say I've beaten a CDi game yet but most games I've tried (maybe 20-30) are interesting and worth exploring.
Once I can ***** save in looking forward to actually getting into them
Re: LightConn, The World's First Wireless Dreamcast Light Gun, Is Getting A Laser-Guided Overhaul
Doesn't Bluetooth have inherent lag ? Every Bluetooth headset I've used for sound has a little lag.
I was really skeptical of new lightgun solutions but Sindens really blow me away. I only wish I could use them with real Saturn/DC.
Re: LightConn, The World's First Wireless Dreamcast Light Gun, Is Getting A Laser-Guided Overhaul
@gojiguy Have you tried the official JP SEGA ones?
I don't like then as much as the stunner but they're good enough to play through HOTD2 and only get pissed off if you're an insane perfectionist and vividly remember the feel of the deluxe version of the arcade machine.
I even use them on my Blast City with just the DC version, it's pretty solid
Re: "They Were Pretty Sure It Was Not Going To Do Well" - How Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Was Brought To The West
You have to literally hate videogames to complain about the English translation.
It gets to a point where if you need to experience everything exactly as a Japanese person would, in the most literal sense, you just must learn Japanese.
Translation differences have existed since the Bible lol . They're worth talking about, not yelling about.
Also, it makes sense that EN PW was done by one guy. I really like Jeremy Balusteins thought that it's hard to get a lot of character and heart into a game translated and localized by committee. And the PW translation is unique and amazing. I'm very happy to still have my game from the original run! I remember going they'd print more so easy more people could play it!
Re: Onion Games' New Moon-Esque RPG 'Stray Children' Is Releasing Later This Month
@Poodlestargenerica Have you played Moon?
While everyone is trying to remake stuff we ve already played with a new skin, Onion is still at least putting out creativity . Very excited they have a new RPG coming out in English !
Re: The PC Engine Super CD-ROM² Version Of Popful Mail Is Getting An English Dub & Fan Translation
This is great news!
Popful already has a pretty silly and fun script in Japanese . I hope it's not super literal
... Like what the heck does "Material Horun" mean to an English speaker vs "Muttonhead"?
But whatever , they're doing the work so they can make it how they like. It'll be really cool for fans to play this since the SEGA CD version is really the outlier , gameplay wise .
If you haven't played the PC or PCE ver of Popful , it's a little more like Legacy of the Wizard and those Falcom games than the reprogrammed SCD ver .
Re: WayForward And ModRetro Release Joint Statement Regarding Sabrina: Zapped! Re-Release
@Sketcz I think the biggest difference now online is that when people used to argue online, they were more being facetious than actually angry, or maybe debating about stuff online in part cos we were just bored.
Now people are actually serious about like "If you wear a Harry Potter shirt you are a piece of ***** in real life." Regardless if that person with that HP shirt hates trans people for real, or if they just like a fairy tale that will get their kids to enjoy reading. Like my mom has no idea what a TERF is or what JK has said on this issue.
I think it's good we were all passionate about our causes and stuff but yeah, you're right that we're tossing actual discourse out the window.
We don't do a very good job of "I care about this issue, so my choice to support XYZ product should extend to EVERYone else and I need to tell everyone else about it AND they should do what I do, or they're dumb/ignorant/*****."
I wish we could be more comfortable with "yeah, I don't like this guy, I'm not buying this game" or whatever and just leave it at that. We are not going to convince everyone else to match our buying decisions.
I was a diehard Cleveland Browns fan, until the owner broke up a good team, is MOVING the team, conned our state out of $1 billion for his new stadium, and gave a known rapsist $230 million and got more sexual assault cases than TD passes out of it.
If I lived my life telling everyone with a Browns shirt that they are woman-hating dumbfucks I'd be ***** miserable and no one would want to talk to me lol. But I'm fine to tell people why I don't support the team, and maybe people will think for themselves why I feel that way, even if they probably won't.
I think there are better ways to make change in the world than "don't buy this entertainment product" and like yell at people over it.
Nobody likes being told what to do or what to think lol.
I don't blame you for seeking connection over games online but man I can't do it anymore :/ I have a few email penpals and that's mostly it
I also think it's good when you have to interact with people with different views than your own, but only in real life, haha, cos people are way less mean to each other's faces.
Personally I think Luckey is a rich soulless dick who seems like they never had to become an adult and think critically about how their actions might affect other people. I also think people like this tend to MAKE terrible things because they ATTRACT terrible people, so I'm wary of the quality of product people like this produce in the first place. I think that's reason alone to stay away from him. I feel bad for WayForward getting themselves embroiled in indirectly being involved with him. I'm sure they just want to manufacture some ***** gameboy carts.
Re: Earthion Launches Next Month, Mega Drive Version Pushed Into 2026
@Aloe if there are in bed with LRG I don't think it's any secret why some nebulous "coming 2026" change has occurred. It's basically "coming someday" as well with LRG.
My friend who is a sucker for these things said it's been a year since his Sonic X Shadow statue was supposed to be here, they said they wouldn't refund him because "parts have started shipping" whatever that means, and then announced a formal delay a few weeks after his request. But he's now like oh I'll just wait, lol.
The FOMO is so strong with this ***** people have no issues giving them money. To each their own.
I feel like if people gave more of a ***** what they're willing to spend top dollar on the gaming industry would be very different
Re: Earthion Launches Next Month, Mega Drive Version Pushed Into 2026
I'll also ask, has anyone seen how to pre-order a JP version Mega Drive cart?
I know Super deluxe is minority owned by LRG but for me at least it's not wholly owned. The SDG nor Amazon.jp don't seem to have a mega drive link
Re: BBC Recently Covered The Rise Of Retro Gaming - See If You Can Spot The Problem
Idk, even if I were on live TV I might have to do something about that or else everyone would assume I'm an idiot too
Re: Developer Of SNES DOOM Defends The Tech Behind Limited Run's 2025 Update
So what is the point of this project then?
Everyone knows Nintendo games had custom chips that did the "heavy lifting" since the Famicom, but putting a Pi inside a cart to essentially provide a new console configuration just seems silly in this day and age.
Much more interesting is Doom Resurrection, a new version of Doom for 32X that runs on real hardware, has optional SEGA CD sound, and is a free passion project that is ongoing
Re: "Reviving Sega Will Be The Greatest Achievement In My Career", Says Company's Western Boss
SEGA's constant innovation and focus on fun still leaves a glaring hole in theindustry.
Nintendo does a nice job with their core properties, but SEGA in the '90s was ridiculous with making "weird" or even "boring" ideas into AAA game experiences.
I don't think that time can ever be returned to but if SEGA is at least updating their old ideas, it's something
Re: The X68000 Z's Next Double Pack Combines Two Classics From Telenet Japan
I for one am glad to see Sol-Feace hailed as a classic! The OST is really great at least
I didn't even know an X68K ver existed till I tried it on Mister last year. Even better, and the chip tune OST is different but still ready great!
Re: Final Fantasy Tactics Writer Yasumi Matsuno Just Found Out About The Game's Most Famous False Quote
@Gryffin I've never understood anything that happened in FFT at all. I really enjoyed playing it though lol
Re: Nintendo Locking A Screen Filter Behind A Console Upgrade Hasn't Gone Down Well With Everyone
The 64 Switch emu has a lot of problems , right ? (I've not used it myself ).
It could be a technical problem .
For all the ***** Nintendo gets about things like this , they've never had my passwords get hacked by pirates , try to kill/cheapen 2D gaming , make exploring batteries and electronics that catch on fire , make hardware they know will break in that console's lifetime , etc
Re: Have You Checked On Your Wii U GamePad Battery Recently?
@EarthboundBenjy it used to be very bad, not I'm not sure about modern ones. With checking into
Re: Ex-Acclaim Dev Gives Closer Look At The Cancelled SNES Title 'Mortal Kombat Nitro'
@slider1983 MK2 and UMK3 are legit great, competitive games, esp UMK3. Different than SF but great in a totally different way , and def has its advantages over SF .
I set up both at my events and MK2 gets both asked for and played way way way more than any SF games . It nailed being a good competitive game with just being easy for anyone to put up and do cool ***** that looks cool and hits hard , with less skill needed at a base level .
Esp now that I've played a lot other competitive games from the era I really appreciate MK from a design perspective
Re: Review: Lunar Remastered Collection (Switch) - Two Must-Play JRPG Classics Get A Second Chance
I hope some folks who didn't play these initially try them and really enjoy them ! Good writing and characters are timeless.
I do wish the SEGA CD versions were included. I've read some Japanese publications declared TSS the best RPG yet made when it came out , and EB is peak 16-bit RPGing.
The remakes add much but lose plenty as well, and really weren't as impressive next to their peers comparatively when they finally came out in the West.
Regardless , if you like RPGs and good characters and dialog , give Lunar a go! TSS and EB are still my fav games ever along with MGS1 lol.
Re: Strikers 1945 And Bases Loaded Collections Come To Polymega
@Futureshark oh I guess so , last I read about these III never got ported. I guess pretty much every shooter is on PSN/steam/switch now
Re: Yuzo Koshiro's Earthion Confirmed For Switch, PS4, PS5 And Xbox Series X/S
@NicolausCamp thx very much!
Re: Strikers 1945 And Bases Loaded Collections Come To Polymega
Nice, Strikers III has never been ported so unless you owned the board there was no legal way to play it .
Re: Yuzo Koshiro's Earthion Confirmed For Switch, PS4, PS5 And Xbox Series X/S
Does anyone know if a physical release for Genesis/MD can be bought bypassing LRG? Like maybe a Japanese copy or something ?
Re: Dark Seed's Japan-Exclusive Sega Saturn Port Is Finally Available In English, Thanks To Fans
@slider1983 Are you a hacker yourself and specifically know this would be an easy project to transfer the text into the game ?
I'm guessing not till but I try never to assume .
If you aren't , I guess you might not know that the "simplest" of script transfers can range from dozens of hours to hundreds of hours to nearly impossible .
Re: 34 Years Ago, Nintendo Begged Fans Not To "Risk" Importing SNES Consoles From Japan
@slider1983 no idea, I just hit reply . Apologies !
Re: Dark Seed's Japan-Exclusive Sega Saturn Port Is Finally Available In English, Thanks To Fans
@slider1983 Are you saying that as an experienced Saturn hacker?
Re: 34 Years Ago, Nintendo Begged Fans Not To "Risk" Importing SNES Consoles From Japan
@RupeeClock @slider1983 Sony just made all that ***** about Lik-Sang. Sony employees used Lik-Sang themselves until they decided they just wanted to shut them down by burying them in legal fees , just like they did with bleem . They knew they weren't legally in the right .