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Ah what a game, what a memorable cover, certainly caught the eye in WHSmith going through the C64 tapes. It's still fun to play and that C64 music was great too. My school friend had the Atari ST version and we played the game for hours.

Why, how does this improve art, it doesn't. Artless is more accurate, to me, its diffuse plagiarism facilitied by technology for profit and little else.

I can just imagine Sid James and Bernard Bresslaw playing this with Kenneth Williams over their shoulders! Cor, Blimey!

I used to go there every Friday after College, remember the escalator leading up, funny to see it somewhere other than my memory. The Trocadero was great, sad what happened to it in the later years.

@sdelfin Makes sense, the Saturn controler just feels better quality to me. The detachable wire also always makes me think, what were SEGA planning.

I prefer the Saturn 3D Controller to the Dreamcast, which always felt a bit light and cheap. The triggers could use most improvment in my opinion, playing Crazy Taxi for a long session was literally a pain.

Last year I bought a RAD 2X for my Saturn and my Mega Drive, I have both consoles region and 60Hz modded, but I'd fallen off playing them as my current TV doesn't have a SCART. So this year, plan to get back into proper retro gaming on real hardware and pick up more games for both systems.

@Damo Cheers! Will give that a read. They've republished some recently and I went back to read The Forrest of Doom. Freeway Fighter and Robot Commando were also favourites of mine branching into other fantasy genres. The cover art of those books in the 80s captured my attention like nothing else. Top Trumps in the playground also really takes me back.

I had a pack and and played it in school in the 80s, but was all Lorries! My fantasy interests were catered with the brilliant Fighting Fantasy books. I would have liked this pack for certain though if I'd known it existed at the time.

Even 20 years ago on dial up most pages wouldn't load. I did like that you could download save games direct to the VMU on GameFAQs though. How else would you get Green Hill Zone in Sonic Adventure 2, those Chao races were infuriating. Getting any pictures you liked off the internet to use as graffiti in Jet Set Radio was also very cool.

@Gerald I have that disc, the digital controis aren't great and it doesn't properly support the annalog controller sadly. I've heard it's better with the wheel but I don't have one. I do like the 'criminals hear' arrow though ha.

The lack of chase H.Q. must be licensing at this point, maybe as the cars resemble real life vehicles too closely, which is a real shame if so.

I still frequently play SEGA Rally on my Saturn and Daytona on the PS3, just all time classic games and tunes at this point. Not heard of this VF2 vocal album though, so will look that up.

If Switch didn't have the excellent two anthology collections with their outstanding extra features, I'd be more interested. I really like Turrican but even if they'd included the C64 versions of 1 and 2 would give me more reason to buy it. As is, I'm sure these will be the straight Amiga versions adapted for 60Hz, so wont compare to the Switch versions on the TV or how great they look on the OLED portable. Still, great games and always happy to see a new release. Also be interesting if they could include Universal Soldier on the Mega Drive as its a pretty good Turrican 2 port with some rearranged elements, though of course licensing means we never will, at least I still have my original cart.

Oh dear this is a shame to see, I still enjoy the Dizzy games to this day. I really don't like 'AI' being used like this at all. For me, creative work including video games require talented people and artists.

I remember RE2 had ammo and health on the screen which was good, except for that I gave up feeding my VMUs CR2032 batteries as it seemed to burn through them. Not played the Dreamcast in years, though I do play the Master System, Mega Drive and Saturn. Once I do get back to the console, these look like a great modern accessory.

My aging retro gamer vision would struggle to see the screen. I need my reading glasses for the Super Pocket as it is, though overall I like those units as they are robust and take carts. These seem more like novelty items, not for me.

I have the Japanese Dreamcast version of Garou, it's where I first played it. For me with Evercade it's the more weird and UK centric collections that have interested me, Dizzy, Codemasters, Bitmap Brothers, Gremlin. I do like the NeoGeo and first had the chance to play SNK games when I imported various ports back on the Saturn, but probably not something I'll buy for Evercade.

@HammerGalladeBro and @Tropicallo.
I was one of the people who had to chase a refund! I had to contact Commodore gaming directly as Nintendo pretty much said it was 'not their problem'. I think they had to buy Wii points and send me a code.
That was the C64 version, it was impossible to leave the first stage, but the high score table didn't feature these graphics like the Amiga, to my recollection of playing a working version on an emulator.

A disclaimer seems like a sensible option to me, I feel it's better to contextualise the past and seek to understand it, rather than alter or delete it.

I recently tried getting back into Dungeon Master Nexus on my Saturn, just holding my phone up to the screen to translate, ha. Nice we have these, shame the Saturn missed so many releases in the west.

SEGA Rally on Saturn is one of my favourite games of all time, I think the US also has the 'plus' edition release which adds support for the analog contoller. I have the Japanese version so I play that at 60Hz on my modded Saturn as also supports the controller.

SEGA Rally 2 on Dreamcast did slightly disappoint me on release, as the PAL 50Hz version was not optimised unlike the Saturn game, and the frame rate drops were really noticable with the slower refresh rate. I prefer the US version and lock it to 30fps with the code which I find much better to play.

Both great games either way.

R4 and SEGA Rally on the Saturn, honestly I think nothing since has touched how perfectly those games play as arcade racers, and I've played a lot since. I still find myself coming back to these two games.

I'm probably more a fan of their unusual choices like Codemasters, Gremlin and the Bitmap Brothers. While I certainly like a few of these games, I've got them on Arcade Achives on Switch.

For me was an Atari 2600, a friend of my sisters brought one over and in my memory I believe I played Moon Patrol, which would put the date at '82 a least. I was quite young but I still feel I was amazed that I could control something on the TV, I think this was before we even had a video recorder. I suppose my enjoyment of video games started right there though I never got my own Atari and then C64 until a few years later. I did have a few Grandstand hand held games in the 80s (UK based company which was really popular here), still have my BMX Flyer and it still works. I do remember playing Game and Watches at friends houses, Donkey Kong, Mario's Cement Factory and Spitball Sparky to name a few.

I have an original Evercade, Capcom Super Pocket and the black VS-R. I have found their games and hardware a bit unreliable, my first VS didn't work and I've had one cart stop working. I usually buy them second hand from CEX these days as you get the warranty.

I only buy the ones I want, just Piko 2 from these. I get the older ones from CEX as I can trade in, they are fairly competitively priced at the moment, and come with a warranty. Evercade carts are not the most reliable in my experience, so being able to take one back to a shop on the high street if they stop working is preferable.

I never owned a Nintendo console until the GameCube, and mainly then as I though SEGA would put stuff on there after the Dreamcast failed. I went from Atari 2600 to C64 to Master System, to Mega Drive then to Saturn...

In late 80s early 90s in the UK the home micros were still big, three quid for a game on tape was much easier to get your parents to buy for you than super expensive cartridges. Also, when we did get consoles we had to put up with slowed down and squished 50Hz versions, I guess we knew no better at the time.

Was thinking of getting on Evercade but might wait for Switch, am sure will look very nice on the OLED.

I only first played this game on the Wii VC. It since became of of my favourites of the 16-Bit era. I like to play through the game October and I own an original Japanese SNES cart these days. I even have the Mondo release of the soundtrack on vinyl. What a game.

@Exerion76 Sadly my C64 got lost somewhere in the intervening years. I think the tapes and the data cassette are still in my Mum's loft. I have one game to hand weirdly, which is my boxed version of Bart Vs. the Space Mutants. Not a good version of an average game. One day maybe I'll get an actual C64 and try them out again.

Could have been a great Saturn port we never got. Shame was all about 3D at the time.

Thd Ultimate looks good, but it was a pre-existing product. I'm not pre-ordering myself, though if was a standard product available to buy via retailers, I'd consider it. Having said that, RetroGames C64 did meet a lot of the nostalgia I had for the machine, and playing games on emulation is probably enough for me. If I did dig out my tapes and Data Cassette, would be amazed if they still worked!

Looks interesting, one thing I've heard mention of via Crazy Burger's preview on YouTube is, no save states? Probably better for longevity, but worth a mention. I've not played the game but did play the C64 version that's unlocked on the VS-R. Really like the graphics, will consider a purchase.

Nice, I still have my Japanese Saturn copy of Symphony, it's a fun game.

@MontyMole ... and now I have to put my headphones on and Listen to the Cities of Gold theme, then Willy Fog.

I only recently bought their Spectrum, which I had a lot of fun playing last weekend. I never had an Amiga, or did any of my school friends, I did buy the mini but not sure this one will be a must buy for me. I also own their full size C64, which was the computer I did have and therefore most nostalgic for me.

That's a shame. That picture of Sonic on a CRT with the 50Hz boarders does take me back, I can almost hear the slowed down music.

@HammyHavoc Thats interesting, the Mega Drive was very popular once the 8-bit Mircos started to fade in the UK, the Master System also did pretty well, I played 8-bit Sonic a lot! I've seen the Amiga game Rougecraft is getting it's own cart, but having stuff like the Mega Drive version of Midnight Resistance was one of the reasons I bought an evercade, the Oliver Twins collection too. The new Rare collection with the Spectrum games is bound to do well for them. Be one to wait and see I guess, I'd buy an evercade release certainly.

I guess no way to stop it really. I'll certainly get it on Switch digitally, the Mega Drive cart would be nice, but my Mega Drive stopped working and I'd need to source another with a 60Hz mod at least to play the game at the right speed, even if I did buy the cart. Wonder if they'd considered an Evercade release, emulation but would be a nice cart to have.

Maybe a Data Discs release of the soundtrack on vinyl would be good too, I have Streets of Rage and Revenge of Shinobi, his music is great. Im sure I wasn't the only kid plugging headphones into the Mega Drive just for the soundtracks.

Pretty cool... I'd like to see some Ocean stuff like The Great Escape or Where Time Stood Still. I like these computer collections, shame my favourite C64 game was licenced, Platoon, so would never see an official rerelease.

Last Ninja, Dizzy computer versions, Turrican and and Dungeon Master with mouse support would be my other most wanted collections.

Poor Pond, the second one was probably the best, and even that doesn't really hold up now for me now with slippery controls and sprawling levels.

So Bomb the Bass on board? Now I just want to listen to Megablast.

Beyond availability, it's the cost really, obtaining all this gear then something like The House of the Dead on the Saturn would be a lot of money if you didn't already own the game. Might as well get a CRT and play my Saturn.

The Retron5 isn't great, but I still use it for convenience for a lot of my old cartridges and it's doesn't need a bunch of modules to play different systems (except Game Gear), even if I can't play CD games.

I do like the tech trying to keep light gun games alive though.

Saved from the mists of time. I remember I'd obtained a cheats magazine for Saturn from somewhere, when it was contemporary console. Someone probably gave me it as noone else I knew had a Saturn. Never did play this one, but I guess now it I do will be a bit easier.

I liked the first one on Switch, but the second one never got a release there to my knowledge. I'd probably get this one anyway.

Outside the NES in the SNES which is quite funny plonked in the middle of the table, it's the retro gaming is 'so much cheaper' line that stood out to me. Really if you are new to buying original hardware and a CRT or an upscaler, and software, it has actually become pretty pricey sadly, depending on the game. Plus you have PAL 50Hz consoles to deal with pre Dreamcast. Guess that's were emulation and preservation come in.

I started with Atari 2600 back in the early 80s but one of the best things about retro gaming for me is not just nostalgia, but finding 'new' old games I've never played.

Would really like to have one, but I can't justify the price for how much I'd actually use it. I'd probably just use it to load up Platoon. Who knows if my cassette version or my original datasette would even work now, though the nostalgia would be great. Sadly I can no longer walk into WHSmith for shelves full of games on tape.

Ah, was hoping they'd reissue Shenmue II as I have the first one.

I like my Capcom version, though I need to use my reading glasses. I've found the d-pad OK generally for most games, I've even managed to beat Hyper Fighting using the weird shoulder buttons. Mostly, I like how robust and genuinely portable is.

My C64 was my first computer and I have a lot of nostalgia for it. Thing is, it's not really the brand, it's the unique sights and sounds of that machine and specifically the games I played on it. I'd probably be more interested in buying a remake of the machine that supported original discs and cassettes than any modern device with the logo put on it. AI, I don't like one bit.

I owned a Saturn over PS1, I do still have a copy though sadly without the cardboard slip box, was a bit cheaper to obtain that way at the time and I mainly wanted to play the game. Not played it in years since I purchased my copy, but a great game.