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It continues to look incredible! Can't wait for this one.

Been following this one for a long time. The developer posts updates daily on Twitter. He definitely gets stressed out a lot, but his heart is in the right place with this one. Hope it turns out well (and hope it runs great on Steam Deck)!

Also tried the SNES demo, and the first thing I immediately noticed is that the attack and jumps buttons are mapped wrong. On SNES, those are always the Y and B buttons. But they're mapped to B and A here, which is absolutely bizarre and awkward.

I just wish that the map view wasn't so limited! You can barely see anything when looking at the map, and as far as I can tell, you can't scroll the map to see other parts of it that you've traversed. It's practically useless as it is.

I got my 3DS on launch day, and in all the years since, I never once received a legitimate random street pass. The only street pass I ever received was one that was intentional from a store kiosk I visited! I understand why the feature was removed since it was mostly only useful if you lived in a busy city area.

What are those giant button looking things? Are they spinners?

This is one of the few infamously bad games that actually deserves its reputation. It really is that bad!

Interesting, I've never heard of this one. I'll have to check it out!

This game is incredible! Bought it as soon as it went live on Steam. I've done 7 runs through the game so far, and I've loved every minute of it.

I remember playing the demo for this game on my 3DO back in the day. I was really looking forward to it at the time, but once I played it, my interest died almost immediately. It just didn't feel good to play. The jump physics in particular feel so busted!

I saw this movie in the theater when I was a kid, and I looooved it at the time. Video games were my life back then, so seeing a movie all about them, and then seeing SMB3 at the end blew my mind!

The Saturn is my favorite console of its generation. I still have my original Saturn console and some of my favorite games of the generation on it (Dragon Force)!

If you have the money to spend on it, FPGA is absolutely the way to go for systems that are supported by it. If I want to play SNES games, my MiSTer or Analogue Pocket are always going to be my go–to devices for it. I will never play those games on Nintendo Switch Online for example.

But for later consoles like the Gamecube and PS2, software emulation is not only the way to go, but really the only option outside of original hardware! That said, it's not perfect either. I was trying to play Ace Combat 4 for example last year on software emulation, and while the game was playable, it had severe issues. But then you have stuff like F-Zero GX on the Gamecube that played perfectly on software emulation! It really all depends on the game.

I was worried for a moment there that it wasn't compatible with Switch! Should probably add that to the title!

I tried this out yesterday, and while it is very cool to see a translation for this game, I have to admit that in practice, much of it feels pointless. I can't read the translated subtitles when I need to focus on the notes at the bottom of the screen. The only real way to translate a game like this is to provide translated voice acting/music as well. It reminds me of the story mode DLC in Sol Cresta. It's entirely voiced in japanese, so you can't even read the subtitles when you're focused on actually playing a shmup.

The first arcade machine that they need to boot up and play when they reopen should be Altered Beast. Rise from your grave!

All I'll say is that I love all FPGA platforms, and that I love the work everyone is doing on them to preserve classic games and hardware. Love it!

I also just worked directly with srg320 to get Shining Force III working properly on the MiSTer Saturn core, and he was an absolute pleasure to work with. Amazing job by him and everyone else in the community who help make these platforms what they are.

@RetroGames Honestly, I think it's more that the game is already available on so many other retro platforms that it's been covered enough by now. It's just not that exciting that there's a SNES version of Xenocrisis at this point. Great game, but it's been covered plenty of times already.

Seems really petty to not bring it to MiSTer. I have an Analogue Pocket, but I'd rather play this on my MiSTer for easy multiplayer.

Huge mistake on their part to not release digital versions. I was more than happy to buy my copy of Astebros to play on my MiSTer. Will not be supporting this effort at all. Bad move Neofid!

I wonder if the core will use the Pocket's variable refresh display to run the games at 55hz, which is what M72 games run at. My MiSTer runs them at 55hz on my LG C3 OLED, so it would be cool to have that on my Pocket as well!

The Turbografx-16 version is definitely the superior version, but the Genesis version still a fun time, and is quite different, so it's kind of its own thing as well.

@BionicDodo I got it working yesterday. For Model 2, you need to put the roms into the second "roms" folder that is inside the Model 2 folder. As far as I'm aware, that is the only emulator in emudeck that does that.

Also, if you want to change dip switches for Model 3, press "6" on the virtual keyboard. For Model 2, press "F2".

Kind of wish they didn't go the green screen route. Every PC-98 game I've played was in full color.

Dang, it seems to be bugged right now. Steam ROM Manager doesn't recognize any Model 2 or 3 games. Hopefully they fix it soon.

They need to fix the collision/hit detection for the game. It is horrendous. I really wanted to like it, but that killed the game for me. There are times when your bullets will pass right through enemies, and then other times when your bullets will hit an enemy that isn't even in their path.

Genesis it is then. XD

The Saturn core is really improving a lot recently. I've also been testing each release, and srg320 has been updating it a couple times a week lately. Some big games have had critical improvements, like Shinging Force III no longer crashing when casting a healing spell.

Dang, no Dragon Force!? That's the best game on Saturn!

I thought Tekken 5 was considered one of the best in the series, so I'm surprised to see it ranked so low here.

Damn, no love for Killer Instinct? That game is incredible.

What is a boy to do!?

WTF, both stores that sell it in North America don't accept Mastercard. That's like, the number one credit card in the nation? Guess I won't be giving it a try.

VideoGameEsoterica is a super nice guy. Check out his Youtube channel if you love obscure video game history.

If they can get this thing working with MiSTer, I'll buy one in an instant.

You should intend those puns! Embrace them!

@WhiteTrashGuy No doubt. They had major problems between their Japanese and western branches at the time. Really makes you wonder what today's gaming landscape would be like if they went all in on the Saturn at the time worldwide.

I would say the Dreamcast, but if you include the Japanese library, it is unquestionably the Saturn. It bombed outside of Japan, but in Japan it had an absolutely stellar library of games that stomps the Dreamcast and Genesis.

I would say yes. It takes Metroid into 3D better than Mario and Zelda's attempts in my opinion. While I love the 3D Mario games, I also can't deny that taking a platforming game into 3D makes for a much less precise experience. There are countless times when judging depth and distance causes problems in 3D platformers, which just doesn't happen in Metroid Prime. Zelda did a better job than Mario, but I still think Prime is a significantly better game than the 3D Zelda games.

Wish there was a blue tooth version of this controller. I don't have any available USB ports on my Switch.

Sadly, it doesn't seem to work on a MiSTer. The game boots up fine, but the fan translated text is all glitched and unreadable.

I'm in group one! Hopefully I'll get mine soon.

Not surprising at all consider Naka's gross history. He also forbid the Sonic X-treme team from using the Nights engine for no damn reason. Naka is one of the industry's most over rated figures.

@Scrubicius I said new 2D game. I played that game nearly a decade ago...

@Scrubicius I never said it wasn't?

@Specter_of-the_OLED You mean the Genesis/Mega Drive.

sigh I just wish Konami would allow a quality developer to make a new 2D Castlevania game. And for the love of Belmont, please release another collection that contains the rest of the 2D entries in the series (the GBA, DS, and ReBirth games).

One of the worst games Nintendo has ever published. And one of only two Nintendo published games I've ever sold in my entire life because I hated it that much (the other being Donkey Kong 64).