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@slider1983 Turrican 3 for the Amiga is listed in the article, but it comes after Super Turrican, so it is out of place.

I've been wanting to mod mine for a while, just adding simple stuff. It's just such a high barrier of entry.

@MarkyVigoroth the person who did the level editing on Reborn is the one who put out Plus, so he could certainly merge the two. Reborn looks to be adding in cut content, whereas Plus is adding new content. Those are different focuses, so it will probably mean that Plus would come out with an update incorporating Reborn's content.

Just a reminder that gender ambiguity is a trope in Japanese media, and has very little do to with western concepts of gender. Translators have been having difficulty with it since games and anime started being brought to the west. Using "they" in a translation isn't a statement of a political leaning; it's problem-solving.

@Peteykins they're not hard to find, but from what I understand, as a person who is not a Sonic fan, is that these ports contain extra content.

Cool stuff! What does it get the player beyond the emulated version?

This is great! I also played on my Wii through Nintendont, and who doesn't love more F-Zero and Mario Kart?

I would love to see a cup/course list for this!

@GeneJacket Let us not forget XF - Extreme Formula. It's more of an F-Zero GX inspired game, but it's an impressive project.

Well that's an interesting factoid. Thanks for sharing!

Hey, this is incredible! This is the only game from the original run of Ys (I through V) that hasn't gotten a canon remake. I know that this isn't quite the quality of the Napishtim engine, but from what I've heard it beats the SNES version. I'll definitely play this soon!

@Llamageton as a US resident, and especially a Minnesota resident, I can't help but agree. But there are many parts of our country that the federal government hasn't screwed up yet, and the Video Game History Foundation has laid a lot of groundwork for preservation and digital archival that GPS will get to piggyback on and hopefully help advance.

@Ruka The archival of games from before that law has largely been because of the GPS, which is why they were given government funding. They've been trying to walk a very tight rope, and I think this gives them the freedom they need to accomplish their goal.

@Por-E-Gone Oh I'm not trying to defend it. I'm glad the workers are being rehired. If I could go back to "no AI" I would. But saying that AI has no return on investment is also not accurate.

@Exerion76 But I bought my Retroid Pocket 4+ TWO YEARS AGO! I must immediately drop another $250 to buy a new device that can do the exact same thing, slightly better, before the RAM is gone!

While I agree with the sentiment of this article, in that tech giants are plowing forward with little regard to the impact they are causing, it is simply bad journalism to say that there's zero return on investment yet. My company is slowly and carefully rolling out AI tools, and it's actually resulting in quite a bit of cost savings. In 5 years, it's going to change the way business is done, in some good ways and some bad ways. But there IS a reason so many people are on the bandwagon.

@rosscjr I was looking in the wrong place. I was checking romhack websites, but it was released for free to his personal website.
https://www.marcrobledo.com/game-boy/ninja-gaiden-shadow-dx/

He clarified in the comments of a Youtube video that his patrons do NOT get early access. The beta testing process is not handled through patreon.

@Serpenterror everyone has their one game that they'd like. There are a few that I think really need colorization. Kid Icarus is one of them. Operation C (Contra) is another. I have been waiting a couple of years for "The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls DX", but the creator of that keeps getting hired to do official colorizations. It's truly a good time to be a GB fan.

I don't think the main problem with Knuckles Chaotix is the banding system. I actually think that added a unique gameplay mode. The main problem is the character selection with 2 dud characters, and the random level selection.

That being said, it's always fun to see levels in a new light, and this will be appreciated by many.

@PopetheRev28 People who "only play the originals" have such a limited understanding of how projects are managed and products are released. I don't know of a single author, musician, artist, or game designer who thinks that the version that was released is the best possible version. It was simply the version that existed on the release date.

I personally LOVE hacks like this, and have been waiting for a MM1 hack that brings it more in line with the rest of the series for a long time.

@Fighting_Game_Loser It's more that Capcom took the approach of "Let's throw 100 games against the wall and see if any of them stick." So there are simply more Capcom games to FIND.

I think there's plenty of room left for Megaman. It's an extremely flexible franchise, moreso than even Zelda. Roguelike or Mario Maker style? 30XX and Mega Maker have proven those work. 2p simultaneous puzzle like Portal 2 Multiplayer? Could be great. Multiplayer co-op real-time open-world city defense game (how's that for a word salad)? Megaman could make it work. Traditional JRPG based on the storyline of Megaman 1-3? Fans would jump at it. I've long thought of the Megaman franchise as never fully reaching its potential.

@JJtheTexan Yuji Hori probably played it in Japanese.

Even still, that scene is a great example of the perfection. Such a beautiful scene, full of character depth.

Now the second fight against Seymour and the fight against Yunalesca... those could use a little more work.

Such a hidden gem of a series. Sabata's Counterattack is an excellent game too. The best of the GBA ones.

This interview was such a treat. All of the retro collections we have these days... so much of that is owed to ZSKnight making emulation possible on crappy computers. This brought emulation to the next level, and spawned the fan translation community, keeping a console's game library alive and relevant long after the next console generation had been launched.

Knowing Kojima's flair, he'd have probably pushed for players needing a neural implant in order to play.

I have fond memories of the first one. I didn't know that BAT4 existed until today, but it seems a REALLY odd exclusion, particularly since it is also a PS1 game. Even if it's not a great game, a series that has 4 games shouldn't have only 3 in the collection (Looking at you, Mario 3D All-Stars).

As someone who creates US box art for games that were only released in Japan, I have been hands-on with this design aesthetic, and how strong it is. By the time you get to SNES/GB/GBA, you can slap almost anything on the box and it will look more or less official. But the other touches... what's allowed to break the frame... where the icons for things like Super FX go... it's such a strong design language that it just flows out of you.

Also, that Key Art was so good I thought was official!

As basic as these minigames seem to be, it's cool to get them in English.

it looks like the Captain N version of Mega Man. Also, Rush is a bulldog?

Red Viper on the 3DS feels like the perfect way to play the games, and I can't imagine any other way to play these, including original hardware, even coming close to the experience. My only hope for the Nintendo Switch Online version is that we'll finally get the games that were finished, but never printed.

I always thought the perfect followup to the Super Mario and Zelda Game & Watches would be a pair of Pokemon Minis, one with Red/Gold and one with Blue/Silver. Maybe both of them could have 1 or 2 actual Pokemini Games in place of "Ball".

I love Megaman, and I have an appreciation for oldschool Castlevania, but a game named "Spine Lasher" communicates to me 100% that the designer doesn't have an ounce of tastefulness in their body.

Wasn't the version of Nemesis/Gradius 2 included in Salamander Portable on the PSP the '90 Kai version? Or did it have some differences?

That's quite the collection of titles! I highly doubt we'll get a localized release, but I'm glad that some of these titles will be available for future generations.

Wow, that particular swatch of blue on the menu makes it look like a Wonderswan Color game. This is a great idea for a hack.

i think people don't realize how important these collections are. So many of the older games faces distribution issues, or issues where the price of the physical chips outweighed the perceived value of the game. Things may have come out for a console that nobody owned, or didn't have access to. Or their region may have skipped a game. These collections are a way to respond to all of that, and to offer official ways to play through history.

On that note, Panzer Dragoon Saga (plus its on-rails siblings) would be a great collection to have. The non-tactics entries of the Ogre Battle series are another. I am glad people are passionate about these.

To find this of all places at Pink Gorilla. Kelsey is one of the game store owners most likely to recognize this for what it is.

That last stretch before release is brutal for any mod, and I myself have been tempted to quit. The key is to get a community of people behind you. People don't want to pick up your project, but they ARE willing to find and fix one or two bugs for you.

Virtua Fighter games are fantastic. That would be a great collection.

I played through Azaran: The Demon Bottle, and it is a great bite-sized (or byte-sized) adventure. 3 Zelda-style dungeons, and about a 1-hour playthrough. Thanks for the recommendation.

@PKDuckman I was wondering if that was it. Thanks for confirming!

As a child of the 90s and a retro gaming enthusiast, I can assure you that the most I've ever heard about James Pond has been this news cycle. I don't think he's the classic character people think he is.

This is actually really cool. He nailed the vibe on both games.

Very cool! For a system that gave exactly 1 player a different controller, Wii U was always surprisingly good for couch co-op. This fits the library perfectly.

Yeah, I played this game a ton as a kid. Never got beyond level 3, so I never questioned it.

This is a surprisingly natural new game mode. It's almost like arcade racers, where each checkpoint adds x seconds to your timer.

This is great news. Thanks for your great work, Infidelity.

Both of them are legendary. It's been cool to see the reconciliation between Mistwalker and Square Enix in the past few years.