MontyCircus

I remember Miner 2049er on ColecoVision.

Weird when they make sequels and change the name up so much that it's unrecognizable.

The highest speed limit in America is 85mph.

I'm sure a Ferrari off the lot can do 85 yes?

So why would you bother going through the effort and cost to make your car faster when you can't drive it anywhere at that speed?

(if you can't tell, I'm not a "car guy")

It's Air Duel not Air Dual.

@PKDuckman

I didn't even need to know that it goes bonkers. Just seeing that it was a shooting gallery game, where you can shoot to the background and, towards the screen in the FOREGROUND!?

So cool! Also, the cutscenes look badass.

Coming soon to a VHS tape near you:

"Pikachu, from the 'Pokemon' games, is a small and cute mouse-like creature, yellow, with sharp pointy ears, a tail shaped like a lightning bolt with a brown tip, and no weapons."

"Sparkit, from the 'Palworld' game, is a bipedal cat-like pal resembling a tiger or a tabby. Its body is covered with light yellow fur with a white muzzle. It has a bushy tail, and a big ****ing gun."

This animal stuff all makes more sense than when McDonald's freaked out that Ronald was collecting hamburgers "on the ground".

"Gaming magazines are no more. But don't worry...they'll come back as books!"

I'll get this. Looking forward to hearing that it is on the market.

Yeah, I think both things can be true. Like for example, Dragon's Lair was a phenomenon at the time. I remember first seeing it in a convenience store, a bunch of older teens crowded around it, but I got the full view from the 2nd monitor on top. "They're playing a cartoon?!?" The creator, Don Bluth, thought it was the future of video games. He was wrong of course, because the gameplay is very limited. But I'll be damned if it wasn't incredible at the time.

As for movie examples, Star Wars: Episode I has a consensus negative opinion now in retrospect. But it was all theatres PACKED with cheering crowds at the time. We were just happy to have a new Star Wars film for the first time after such a long wait since Jedi. That was when having more Star Wars movies to look forward to was not guaranteed!

Another one is Star Trek: Generations. Now it's looked at as "one of the odd numbered Trek movies to 'skip' ". But at the time? Picard and Kirk together? It was incredible. Also, that was the first time I downloaded a movie script from the Internet, BEFORE it hit theatres!

So, now I can intellectually accept criticisms of those things, but no one can take away the rush, the thrills, the happy memories that they gave me at the time, and still do nostalgically.

One day my friend called me and said "I got a Genesis!"

I biked right over and marveled at what I saw on the screen.
It was Altered Beast. "It looks just like the arcade!" I exclaimed. The sprites were so massive compared to the NES that the quality of gameplay didn't matter. Actually it wasn't until years later that the Internet taught me that "Altered Beast sucks".

I run a weekly retro video game poll on Reddit.
For the NES/Master System Era, "International Karate +" ended up #74.

@Teksetter

Ah, you're right. The Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade collection has the 2-screen version.

The Taito Milestones 2 collection, like the Arcade Archives individual release, has the 3-screen version.

Japan-exclusive! Yeah!

@Teksetter

Darius II is also in the Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade and Taito Milestones 2 collections.

Former Japan exclusives for the TurboGrafx-16 Super CD-ROM²
First time released in the West, so they will be mine!

@DestructoDisk

Yup. Namco Museum.

They sound a lot like Slick Rick.

I've been hoping for Bally/Midway/Williams games to come to Switch for so long.....

@Moochy

I haven't read it, but I got the sense that Reggie's book was a "pep talk" book.

"How I became CEO of Nintendo and how you can too!"

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII GLOBAL MATCH is also 20% off, on sale for the first time on Switch.

I think this is an example of: "WOW! I remember that game!"

And not so much: "That was a great game!"

The game should begin with a non-playable scene, your character Simon walking into a room, a big build-up of Dracula appearing (flashy effects, doomy music), and then Simon throws a single bottle of holy water at him, defeating him instantly.

Then you just walk on, and start the actual gameplay.

How much Japanese is required to play them?

Are either recommended for English speakers?

I would blame TimeExtension, but apparently City Connection and Clear River Games also don't know the genre of the game they are making and announcing.

The original 3 games (and this one) are beat 'em ups. They are not fighters.

And Tron, Discs of Tron, Spy Hunter, Rampage...

720° and Defender still not on Switch.
Don't the rights holders know that we want these Midway/Williams/etc. games?

Interesting theme. But without solid gameplay mechanics, it would just be a gimmick...which is unfortunately what I assume it is.

Are the designers familiar with all the latest in modern "German-style" board and card games? And they made a wonderfully fun game that just happens to have this theme?

Or did they just say "Hey, let's create a video game brand-themed card game!" And then slapped some UNO-like game together?

@jesse_dylan

Yes, I am always intrigued by the former Japan-exclusives. I like to hope that they are all "lost classics" just waiting for me to discover.

Even if they are just weird curios, that's fun too!

@jesse_dylan

Yeah, the people that throw a fit over $8 Arcade Archives prices are annoying, acting like it's some great injustice.

I don't mind people not thinking that's a good value for them though. Especially because there are 10 releases planned. For me that would be $100 CAD total. I'd rather wait 6 months (or whatever) to get them each for half off.

Because they aren't "A-tier" games, I think it would have been a better value and make more sense in a Jaleco curio bundle, like the Taito Milestones collections.

Got it on Steam and I'll get it on Switch.

I remember it in arcades. But it seemed like EVERYONE either had Jackal for NES, or lived next to someone that did.

I've hoped this would hit Switch for a while now!

I initially skipped the articles of the "Limited Run Games Showcase" because I'm not interested in their physical releases (because of the horror stories).

But I wasn't remembering that all of those are also released digitally too.

Learned my lesson: read. every. article.

I think non-glitch speedrunning is more interesting.
Beating the game as intended.

Glitch speedrunning reminds me of the famous marathoner who took a taxi cab to the finish line.

It's funny, it's interesting...but you didn't actually win the race dear.

Ideally, if they create a sequel, package it with the original.
Then I will buy the new one, just to get the old one.

@Moroboshi876

Yeah, I'm very wary about lack of English in EGGCONSOLE releases. Action games seem the safest bets. I don't know if it was here or NintendoLife that has an ongoing article about which ones are recommended.

I missed the chance of buying the Beatles Rock Band for the Wii for my parents. That would have been fun. I would get it for Switch now.

I think you should judge a console based on its ORIGINAL game library (otherwise, the "Switch 2" will automatically be "better" than "Switch 1", and "Switch 3" will be better than "2", etc.)

You shouldn't give Switch points for A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time.

But having Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom is compelling on its own.

@Gerald

It was never released in arcades.

@PKDuckman

Wikipedia says it never got a Western release because it tanked in Japan, they say because younger gamers couldn't figure it out.

Also, it sounds like the title of the lost Leisure Suit Larry game.

Did someone say....former Japan exclusive!

All the EGGCONSOLE games are in Japanese.
Is the text in the game important? Or is it mostly just action?

@KitsuneNight

Last year they similarly destroyed $30 million worth of Funko Pops.

I also do not see the appeal. Surely an actual realistic statue or figure would look a lot better on a shelf.

Rygar, now Rastan. Those were good barbarian times.

For non-Brits (like me), "The Breakfast Show" is the #1 morning news show in Britain.

It's the equivalent of "Good Morning America".

And 4-player simultaneous multiplayer, vs. Track & Field's 2-player simultaneous.

Yeah, same here. Unless someone can explain why Legacy of the Wizard is inferior in some way?

I believe it was never released outside of Japan?
Oh...it will be mine!

I miss when arcades were dark, like movie theatres.

@shouryuuken

Yes, that's the game I was thinking of, Rolling Thunder.

Looking at the gameplay of Surprise Attack, I think I might have played it back in the day. Just a vague possible remembrance...

@happydeathman

I think you'd probably enjoy that fan translation more than this, because all the "EGGCONSOLE" games are in Japanese. All Japanese. No English in game, just English menus.

I am interested in the action games (I owned Thexder back in the day), but no, I'm not going to play an RPG in Japanese...