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@MontyMole "doesn't get the credit it deserves."

Bubbalah, please. Curse is pretty much the "Thousand-Year Door" of Monkey Island - the game in the series almost everyone loves and no one shuts up about loving(for better and for worse).

Really amazing how much effort people are putting in to preserving these games in the long-term - certainly more than most official studios. I can only imagine the possibilities and all of them involve Viva Piñata.

@Banjo- Red Viper really is the best.

up there in infamy with the likes of

"WHAT AM I FIGHTING FORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

@smoreon maybe I just have a terrible computer. Wouldn't be surprised, though.

@smoreon I know Generations has a PC port, but it has some immense slowdown issues and they add up. They can be fixed with a mod, but I feel having to mod a 2011 PC game for it to run isn't exactly ideal. And yes, I'm aware that the ShadGens port runs better but I'm not keen on the changes in that version. I know. Nitpicky.

As for the Series X version, it still has some hiccups here and there. Nothing too bad but it sometimes has trouble with keeping a consistent frame rate - like in Adabat as you mentioned.

@X68000 no, but you can turn off the battle theme that plays.

Looking at the footage, this is very impressive. Seeing technology finally catch up to Sonic Unleashed is truly wild. Not even the Series X could run this thing smoothly.

Best thing is that this probably won't run into any legal trouble given that SEGA is kinda ashamed of this title.

Looking forward to when someone recompiles Generations.

@-wc- I mean, you gotta sucker people into buying expensive controllers again somehow

Doesn't seem like it's compatible with the Switch... Might mean they're gearing up for the Switch 2?

Finally, a laptop for ME!

Cool. The world needs more text adventure games(sans the BS puzzle design, of course).

THAT is a very cool design.

It's still missing those weird PET ASCII symbols the OG keyboard had. Otherwise I'd snatch one up in a New York minute.

YEAH

I played the first Dino Crisis last year for the first time and really enjoyed it. A big jank but a nice little survival horror with a bunch of dinos.

@slider1983 It probably would've KILLED on Nicktoons back in the day.

I'm still surprised at this being a film. A TV show I feel would suit them better.

@Daniel36 Mind if I contribute to the pointlessness?

Good grief, the Evercade's still a thing? I mean I'm glad it has an audience, but still - I'm surprised it lasted this long.

@axelhander I mean, it was discounted to twenty when it became a Nintendo Select, so there's that at least.

If Antonblast didn't come out this year, UFO 50 definitely would've been my GotY for 2024.

Feels like they're running on fumes at this point

@KitsuneNight yeah, but unless you're Capcom, why make lawyers cooler than they actually are?

Why do people call them "ninjas," anyway? They're not cool dudes that strike from the shadows, they're just a bunch of overprotective lawyers.

@axelhander
[X] Comment mentioning Playdate's price
[_] Comment about how the crank doesn't power the thing
[_] Comment about the lack of backlight
_{just gonna tick that box right there...}

Not much to say, really.

Do like how they're fully committed to making everything around the system yellow.

@axelhander very well. you do you.

@axelhander everything you've said here gives off the impression that you've never truly created anything before to understand why artists would be frustrated over this. You should try it sometime - put effort into making something, without the use of machine learning.

Wish they'd do an updated version of the 3D Control Pad instead.

Man, I just got into Mega64 this year and they've been a riot. Makes it hard to hear that they might have to deal with closure. Just when I was just starting to get to know them...

@Blast16 you got the right idea my guy. We should all heed this wonderful advice

@RetroGames Mrs. Tallirico, is that you? I know you're proud of your son, but you can't defend him every time people call him out. He needs to be able to stand up for himself in situations like this.

@slider1983 The point is that there is no "point", it's very niche and Panic is very aware of that. As is, the 'date just exists to be a weird little handheld with a weird little crank and weirder little games and for some people(like me) that can be enough.

I want 50 of them. One for each game.

@NeonPizza I actually liked what they had going with the Super Nt, which at least had the decency of offering color schemes reminiscent of the system's inspiration, and a transparent one to boot. Not really sure what happened that caused them to change course after that.

@nocdaes I suppose that makes sense, but I do wish there was still some extra color on these.

Kinda wish there was more color to it. The all black/white finish makes it feel sterile, and for a console design like the N64 I feel like that's the last thing you want from it.

I'm not as excited as I'd like to be - chalk it up to Analogue's inability to keep their products in good supply - but this is still pretty neat. Hope they can get to the Dreamcast at some point.

Finally, Zelda is good again

I wish more official remakes were like this, honestly. Improving a flawed game with misused potential is automatically going to get my attention than a remake of a successful game that still holds up.

@nocdaes don't forget pins and shot glasses and comically oversized pillows

Most surprising thing about this is how tiny it is. Thought it'd be bigger than that.

Pass the bleach please

@slider1983 my frustration lies with the fact that you see the art direction as a failing on the development side, to assume it needs "fixing," because of your own personal disdain.

I'm only defensive because I really enjoyed Return and what it had to say and the art direction was a major factor in that. I don't think it's perfect or above criticism, but I can't change how I personally felt. And after two years of seeing a large amount of people online continue to dog on it without much challenge - especially given the ridiculously vitriolic response upon its reveal - I can't really let it slide. You don't have to have to like it. I'm fine if you don't honestly, but I don't think you have to be like this either.

That's all the time I'm going to give this.

@retrogamer1 a weak explanation is still an explanation, and given the controversy around Bosco's original actor, I didn't blame them for not wanting to open that up any further. There isn't really a way for them to appease everyone; it's a damned if they do, damned if they don't situation.

Personally speaking, I don't think this whole thing is worth bringing up almost four years Season 1's rerelease. It just keeps going in circles with no real point of agreement and I think there are more better examples of pointless remaster/remake revisionism worth discussing.

If you disagree that's fine, it's no skin off my back, but that's all I have to say on the subject. You do you.

@slider1983 yeah and you're not the first to say it like that. Have something new to say or say nothing at all.

Been waiting nine years for this sucker. Can't wait to give a whirl.

@NatiaAdamo eh, I dunno. Outside of the low quality audio clips, there isn't really much to remaster with SBCG4AP.

@retrogamer1 It's probably because there isn't really much to grill them on at this point? They've already explained their reasoning for recasting long ago and offered the OGs for free as a compromise. I don't really think there's anything they can add without further invoking ire.

@slider1983 wow. a basic and boring "Return to Monkey Island art style bad" comment. never seen one of those before.

Yeah, that'd be neat.

Tales was my introduction to the series, so that means I'm probably nicer to it than most. It definitely had some issues that hold it in terms of presentation(the more egregious asset reuse and mostly MIDI soundtrack come to mind).