"perhaps the ease of hacking the console has made it a must-have purchase for retro gamers?" Maybe, but the 3ds has been hackable for years... And the Switch (at least the first series) is easily hackable too and its price doesn't reach those heights (or maybe yes, I didn't check). There must be another reason for those spikes...
I remember having talked to a deer and pushed a cupboard (found an item) in "Soul Blader". I don't remember anything of "Terranigma". Some games are like dreams...
@RetroGames I agree and understand your point of view. Imamura's work is subtle for sure. Maybe, back in the days, Nintendo chose to hire an american artist for a genuine "US comic look". Whatever, that cover will remain in memories.
How this cover made me fantasize when I was a child, along with the box of "Super Mario World", as I was staring at the shelves of an imported games shop in Paris ! I could only play F-Zero (the PAL version...) a few years later. F**k cancer ! F**k death ! Viva la vida !
It looks Sega Saturn (30 years old !) is the real nightmare of emulation. Not sure a modded Switch gets Saturn games to work. It seems that the recent re-release on Switch of a shoot'em up ("Cotton " ?) has opened a breach for Saturn emulation...
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Re: Retro Recap: All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (January 11th 2026)
I believed Leonard Cohen had passed away a few years ago.
Re: Prices Of Second-Hand Nintendo 3DS Consoles Spike Online
"perhaps the ease of hacking the console has made it a must-have purchase for retro gamers?"
Maybe, but the 3ds has been hackable for years...
And the Switch (at least the first series) is easily hackable too and its price doesn't reach those heights (or maybe yes, I didn't check).
There must be another reason for those spikes...
Re: Star Fox 64 Gets Another PC Recompilation Just In Time For Christmas
I think Starship has been ported on (modded) Switch, too.
Re: A Final Build Of The Cancelled Star Fox-Esque N64 Shmup 'Viewpoint 2064' Has Been Dumped Online
Starfox ooooooh ! Viewpoint aaaaaah ! (even though I never played the latter)
And then I launched the video...and understood why that one was cancelled.
Re: Sega's After Burner Gets A Coin-Op Successor In The Form Of Top Gun: Maverick
"It grossed a staggering $1.496 billion at the global box office."
Could I get my 12€ back, please ?
Re: Did You Know That Dreamcast Has A Hidden Menu System?
So the Dreamcast passed away because of that Puyo puyo fever...
Re: Jean Reno's Agent Says He "Would Be Pleased" To Return To Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
Take a look at his filmography : he says "yes" to everything unless it's terrible.
Re: Streets Of Rage Composer Yuzo Koshiro Worked On SNES RPG Terranigma, He Just Forgot About It Until 28 Years Later
I remember having talked to a deer and pushed a cupboard (found an item) in "Soul Blader".
I don't remember anything of "Terranigma".
Some games are like dreams...
Re: What's Happening With Forever Entertainment's 'Panzer Dragoon II Zwei' Remake?
Ach ! Panzer Dragoon Zwei ist lost somewhere in Poland! Grosse Katastrof !
Re: VARYZNEX Is A New Thunder Force-Style Shmup, Available Now On Steam
"Zakestaz", "Varyznex"... I thought it was an article about anxiolytics and sleeping pills.
Re: The Artist Behind F-Zero's Legendary Japanese Cover Has Passed Away
@RetroGames I agree and understand your point of view. Imamura's work is subtle for sure.
Maybe, back in the days, Nintendo chose to hire an american artist for a genuine "US comic look".
Whatever, that cover will remain in memories.
Re: The Artist Behind F-Zero's Legendary Japanese Cover Has Passed Away
How this cover made me fantasize when I was a child, along with the box of "Super Mario World", as I was staring at the shelves of an imported games shop in Paris !
I could only play F-Zero (the PAL version...) a few years later.
F**k cancer ! F**k death ! Viva la vida !
Re: Why Is N64 So Hard To Emulate In 2025? Modern Vintage Gamer Investigates
It looks Sega Saturn (30 years old !) is the real nightmare of emulation.
Not sure a modded Switch gets Saturn games to work.
It seems that the recent re-release on Switch of a shoot'em up ("Cotton " ?) has opened a breach for Saturn emulation...