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These games were always fine. Not amazing, not terrible.

Bums me out when collections like this forget other versions. I love trying as many versions as I can but collections rarely do that, at best alternate regions of the same version.

This makes me feel better knowing I'm not the only person who's eyesight has gone downhill.

Wife was given one and barely used it. I thought it was cool but not as good as the SP or DS so it just collected dust really. Ended up selling it in the middle of covid which seemed like a decent time. Didn't even need the money, just wife wanted to get rid of some stuff and since it was never mine anyway off it went.

Now I have much more space and multiple shelves devoted to my game collection so I'd have a spot for it if we kept it, but honestly it would just be collecting dust in a well displayed spot then.

This was one of my all-time favorites as a kid. That music will live in my brain as long as I still breathe.

Maybe other versions are better, but I am only interested in the NES version because that's the one I beat many times the proper way.

I absolutely love Lumines and was even playing this last week.

Don't think I'd want to play it on a phone but I barely play anything on my phone so I'm not exactly the target.

Hope it gets an audience.

@Damo I know it's a massive topic, it's just exhausting to hear about it nonstop.

I was studying audio engineering when Napster came out and for years, every event, every conference, the topic of filesharing/piracy was discussed nonstop. It feels like that but with AI. I just don't want to hear about it anymore.

I used to really like Time Extension but now it's just nonstop articles about AI.

I understand people's perspectives and how AI intersects with retro gaming but can we just talk about something else?

Is there a way I can filter out AI focused articles please?

Can we talk about video compression while we're at it? When there's any movement this becomes a pixelated mess.

I can't be the only one bothered by this right?

This makes me sad. This is the first game in a very long time that I recommend a friend check out. I love the PS1 Densha de Go games and it would be nice to play something similar natively in English.

Using AI for temporary assets is something I see both sides of the argument for if you're developing yourself.

Using actual train lines and trains without considering copyrights says the creator is probably pretty niave.

But the core concept and execution seems fantastic. Sure it's a rip off, but so many great games are. If Taito had these old games available on Steam then it would be pointless, but it seems like a fun little game.

Good for them!

It's been probably a decade but when Aki-Oka opened up, I thought it was a cool space in need of an audience. But it's close enough to Akihabara to get spill-over but far enough to not be "in it".

I hope this location suits them well.

@HammerGalladeBro No clue but I know it's more than worth the trouble. I've got a buddy who runs a restaurant and they are planning on tearing down his building and he said it's more than enough to set up shop somewhere else.

Been there a few times, they've got better prices than Super Potato but still Akihabara prices. Still wish them the best.

If you aren't aware, when you rent in Japan and get kicked out because they tear down the building you get PAID. It still sucks to have to move or set up shop again, but financially they'll be fine.

I wonder if this could be game collecting's version of Death of Superman. This is a very niche product and I have to wonder how many people are buying it specifically to sell at a higher price later.

If it's popular enough where scarcity isn't a purchasing factor, that would be great for people who actually want to play it, not so much for people who want to stick it on a shelf for 3 years and throw it up on ebay.

I got a NGPC when they were sold in a blister pack with I think 4 games and you could buy a set of 6 more? I don't totally remember but they were blowing them out and I snagged one and a total of 10 games.

It was such a pleasure to play, the clicky d-pad was fantastic and I really felt the games were designed for the system, not just trimmed down ports. Movement was slower and more precise to match the console.

I also got a WonderSwan for cheap but never really got into it.