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Those old computers 🤤
The X68000 is such a cool design.

BillyTime knows his way around a ROM. He does such good work!

Time to finally buy that Power Base Converter.

I don’t think I could bring myself to buy an MJ-associated game, had it come out. That said, the gameplay sounds like Geist turned up to 11, which would honestly be pretty rad.

I do pine for a 3rd major ecosystem. But that’s probably just a dream.

@damo The new play date pinball game Devils on the Moon is another direct nod to the Demon pinball games on the 90s. And it’s sooooo good!

@notreallyhere There was a 2600 pinball game that was better than Crüe Ball? Guess I’ve got my next pinball game lined up.

My parent brain loves this concept. A bunch of licensed games from properties my kids love AND I don’t have to get nagged about “buy me this game” because they’re all there. But $300 plus the subscription? I’m also very skeptical of the quality of control, having lived through the Kinect era.

“Is MegaWiFi compatible with the original Mega Drive game library?
No. MegaWiFi is a completely new device focused on supporting and enabling the development of new games with online functionality. It does not add online features to the original commercial catalog.” - Kickstarter FAQ

Oof. That’s gonna make this a real hard sell. Cool idea, but you need games to sell a system. Maybe there are enough homebrewers out there who can support the project AND develop games for it.

Sounds like we’re getting another feature-length advertisement for the US Military.

@pomegran - it’s the honor system and disclosure is part of the submission process. Catalog is a curated platform, so I would expect Panic to be looking for signs of genAI as they review submissions.

Please continue to inform us about these issues so we can make informed purchasing decisions. I hate that terrible people are investing in my hobby (and that terrible companies have been in my hobby for this long). If we ignore it as a community, nothing will change.

@Grackler - It’s more to prevent loss of operating costs for Commodore associated with diagnosing machines broken by 3rd party firmware. Every customer service call costs them money.

I feel like Apple Pippin support would be something they release quietly, not something you get people hyped up for before revealing. My money is on 3DO and Jaguar.

@slider1983 - This article did not read to be against the use of AI, and in fact presented the programmer as a rather sympathetic person with their use of AI. The article did state that people were in a huff about it, but allowed the programmer to present their case. As a reader (who’s not a fan of LLMs and generative AI) it provided me a good perspective from someone who’s not an AI evangelist.

@Slider2711 - Yeah, 2 spinners would be nice, but that’s a tough pill to swallow. Pretty sure it’ll cost you more on the secondary market, though.

Can someone explain why she is even tweeting about it? I only know her as a cog in the machine to destroy American democracy. Is she a known gamer? Is Sony paying US cabinet members to promote its brand?

Maybe by the time the game is done, I’ll have the time and focus to play a space trading sim game on my 32x. It looks so cool!

Maybe I lack imagination or just have very little love for Crash, but I can't imagine what a Crash movie would be like. What's his personality outside of insane?

@breach187 Amen! Get people on board with war/dying for your leader/murdering for your leader by making it feel fun, exciting, and familiar. I don't know if America will survive our current spiral, but I hope the rest of the world can move on.

I don’t think anyone has “liked” EA since the 90s.

@Thad @MARl0 I sure hope some internet sleuths dig into this and report. I would love to know a motive for this madness.

I’d love to know from translators if this approach of reviewing an automated translation is preferable to translating from scratch.

This is one of those systems that I know so little about due to its Japan-only release. Had no idea it was a failure, was a PlayStation competitor, and had a small library. What I find shocking after reviewing the games list is there is only ONE shmup released! Maybe shmups weren’t very hot at the time, but a 32-bit non-3d system would have some great shmup potential.

Wow. Second major Suiken Densetsu project in a week! Mana fans are feasting right now.

Please keep us up to date on the progress. I would love to have this on my everdrive.

Up until the subway level, it was giving off Momodora vibes. Beautiful!

@Peteykins - Gamesradar and RetroHandhelds are saying it dumps the cart to memory and emulates.
@X68000 - I’ve seen there’s option switches for displaying in 4:3 or 16:9. I agree, it feels odd to even offer 16:9. Wonder if it’s aesthetics. The glass for the screen is the width of the cartridge, which looks nice. If it’s mostly black glass, that does end up looking like wasted space.

Woohoo! More 32x stuff to add to the Everdrive. Never heard of it, but looks fun.

It definitely looks like a hack of Dark Chabers. Those sprites look extremely familiar.

Wow! Feels wrong to be on steam. A game like this should only be accessible through a BBS Door menu.

@KingMike - 6-player was a rare treat for me. I probably only saw one as a kid, but saw plenty of 4-player.

I miss when it was Peter Piper’s pizza (a Chuck E Cheese test case). I think they hit the balance of food and games when it was Peter Piper. Once they went Chuck E Cheese, it became a madhouse. Sad to see that space vacant, but I have no love for the pizza rat.

Subscribed! Big Vector fan.

I was hoping these games would run on original Sega Genesis/MegaDrive hardware, but I guess not. Been getting spoiled by some of the amazing romhacks like Mobius Evolution and Sonic Hellfire. Still awesome work for the community!

I need to go back and try it again. It gets a lot of praise from the PD community. I stalled out on the game, but I can’t remember why.

@Broosh - Definitely can’t take em at face value. Learning how to interpret aggregate internet review scores is definitely a skill one must learn or be taught. How to identify review-bombing or meme-boosting is something I’m teaching my kids.

Is it actual gold plating? Or is it just golden?

Do the creatures do anything or change? I’m really puzzled by the RPG categorization in the catalog but it makes me think there’s more to it than character creation.

Never heard of the Mega65 till now.

The handheld even emulates the NES chip shortages from the late 80s! Impressive.

"not a must-have, not a treasure, but a decent daily grind if you happen to like the genre and are looking for an entry-level experience."
I appreciate when fans of a game are able to temper new players expectations.

@StyrofoamCup 12 year old me was so frustrated by the mechanic and characters I didn’t know. But I kept my copy and now 40 year old me has the patience to learn the tether mechanic and appreciate the Chaotix.

From the description of the game, I’m getting Chibi-Robo vibes. Sounds like a real gem.

@Peteykins Janky indeed! Must be a preservationist effort if they’re not bothering to tweak the physics.

$2k, even in 90s money sounds insultingly low for the Beasty Boys.

@kitestar As long as there are nerds on the internet, there will be a workaround.

@BillyTime - I was hoping you would see this news 😁
Keep on revivin’!

The itch.io page said it was inspired some by Pinball Quest, a pinball RPG. Yet another genre mashup I didn’t know I needed!

Someone on Reddit recently asked if there was an FPGA system that could play multiple generations of Sega consoles. I opted not to joke about the SuperSega for fear of raising someone’s hope. It was an entertaining scam to watch unfold, but it needs to end; preferably without a hand popping out of the ground.

@zen-dev - Mandragora is an Armenian developer and the team’s primary language is Russian. Armenia has been aligned with Russia in the past, but has stood with Ukraine following the 2023 invasion.

As someone who cares about where their money goes, I appreciate you bringing this up.