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Nice bonus. Maybe Samurai Shodown V Special is hiding something too? It would be a great opportunity to bring the so far exA-exclusive uncensored Samurai Shodown V Perfect to a few more players

Hmmm, no photos of the back? RGB Scart or just AV?

Ice Cold Beer machines are still being made/distributed by the German company KMS Handels GmbH! Sort of a mixture of elements from pinball and pachinko.

NOT trying to take it down would be the wiser move, considering the marketing push this could generate for the upcoming movie next year😉

For years fans on steam have been asking for Futari, DDP SDOJ, Ketsui Deathtiny etc.
...and now they get another version of DFK with what sounds like a new arrange.
Interesting...and strange. Cave in a nutshell I guess😉

"While Xavier clearly doesn't have the same budget as many other developers, it's fair to argue that, by using GenAI tools, he's also depriving real musicians working in the games industry of the chance to earn money and build a career."

So he's depriving musicians by not spending the money that clearly isn't there?! Logic?
Btw, what if a designer simply decides that he/she prefers to work with AI generated music?
Bottom line is, he is very much free to do whatever he wants.

Unsurprisingly, the concept sounds absolutely awesome and artwork is a stellar mix of Dark Horse comics and the Capcom style of the 90s. Would love to play this.
However, I highly doubt Capcom wants to deal with this level of licensing. Businesswise it would probably make more sense to make such a modern version more like DMC.

The first one with the ship selection is pretty dope. You will definitely stick out with that

@PKDuckman Raiden Fighters Aces can be played from disc or usb stick via the recently released Bad Update + Aurora exploit on any unmodded 360, even the European ones. Just saying.
Btw, it seems the devs at Gulti responsible for Aces have not been active since 2017.

It was absolutely obvious that this release will be compared to the excellent 360 port. They probably simply didn't give a damn since you know... everything sells on the switch.
And then they blame people for using emulators...

So they released an unfinished game and months later they're trying to bring it to the same level of quality as a properly emulated and upscaled psx version. Imagine something similar in the business of movies or books...This industry is such a joke sometimes.

I don't believe porting the excellent Xbox one "remaster" of Orta would have cost more than this. Seriously Sega, stop screwing around and listen to your paying customers!

@KraniX Lol, I have to disappoint you. Actually, there are quite a few people discussing the different versions and the fact that Exa is a proper and superior PC port. I bought it on steam and play the ROM on a real mega drive via everdrive pro. Happy customer here. Porting the Exa version would still be welcome😉

I do not believe much has changed since the last update to the Steam-Rom. Unless he magically transformed it into the superior Exa-version...

I really enjoyed it on the 3DS! It's awesome that the Megadrive version is shaping up to be it's own thing and not just a port👍

Hehe, been also playing F-Zero AX on my modded Wii for quite some time now. This game rocks. Looking forward to play it on an emulation handheld someday

@_Ex_ Imho this is a myth that resulted from the fact that some parents thought 3D would be bad for their kids. Others turned it off in order to get longer battery time.
Fact is, the stereoscopic effect made games like super mario 3d land, Luigi's mansion 2 and even the 2d based Sega 3D classics unique.
Nowadays, this effect can probably only be reproduced in vr.

3DS emulation without 3D...hmmm

Cool news but honestly, Classic Doom has been ported to so many different (portable) platforms. If it's not some sort of remixed version with new features, I'm not interested.

Fuzzy logic can be useful and is still being used. Gen AI is much more than that and already profitable and useful as a tool. This whole comparison is basically apples and oranges and a shallow one at best.
Will the bubble pop? Maybe. Will Gen AI go away then? No.

Very informative and extensive interview, thanks! Will take a while to get through the whole thing but the chapter about Seibu is already pretty interesting.

Cool article, snappy writing! Though I prefer my New 3DS XL to the 2DS "Nintendo itself is the platform, not the hardware" is definitely true.

@BulkSlash That would be more than awesome! I'd love Spike Out to receive proper M2 treatment.

All right. I get it. Sonic fans are crazy 😅
Anyway, I hereby submit my vote for a Comix Zone Animated series!

Radio drama, I mean Audio Adventure...Ok, I guess. Did anyone ask for this? Just asking.

I don't know...this youngster doesn't look or behave like Bond at all. Feels more like some Uncharted spin off.
Is this for the "modern audience"?

@KingMike When one shop closes another one opens. Hack your 3DS and enjoy...everything. Just saying

I always wished for one with all the Mr. Do! games...

@gojiguy And that's why the licences costs are probably pretty high...
The Turrican Collection is pure awesomeness - no filler here.

Man, people do love Final Fight! First the awesome mega drive port, now this superb looking Chibi Style game. Capcom should really take notice!

Well, I love my good ol' 360 but it surely wouldn't hurt to reach a "few more" on Steam and Switch😉

Looking at projects like this and comparing it to often buggy cashgrabs like the Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection, it seems that only fans have the time and passion to truly curate those classics. There are exceptions of course, like the Shottriggers series by M2 and the GOG preservation program. But all in all, most fan recreations and remasters are simply superior...and mostly free SMB 1 Remastered, AM2R, Turrican 2 AGA, UMK3 +, Mortal Kombat 2 Remix, Brutal Doom, Arcane Dimensions Mod for Quake1...just from the top of my head.

Now that's what I call a review! Thanks 👍

@N00BiSH Robot magic? Lol, that's silly. LLMs and AI-driven software solutions are no robots but tools. Operated and controlled by humans with the proper knowledge.
The artist behind Logic Moon is not lazy. He simply does not have the resources for such a massive commission, nor does he want one.
Film restoration is a question of balance and cost, not some ideological crusade. The results can be very good or bad.
https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/human-vs-ai-film-restoration-balancing-artistry-and-automation/

@N00BiSH Sure, hot shot:
AI-enhanced -> basically most of the stuff that is done digitally with the recent iterations of Photoshop. Also film restauration tools are mostly AI-driven now.
AI-genarated -> for example the beautifully dark and evocative "worlds" of the Musician/Youtuber "Logic Moon". He accompanies his digitally produced music with AI-generated images/animations. My understanding is he's using his very own LLM, trained on a very specific set of data, though it seems Midjourney is also used.

@Razieluigi That is simply not true. There is lots of AI-enhanced or even AI-generated content that can be considered very good on a purely aesthetical level. What you do is a counterproductive simplification, AI = bad.
Even in Photoshop there are several AI-based tools, so that your favourite artist is probably already using AI without you knowing it. The devolopment of these tools will continue.

Imho, the problem here is that it looks ***** and not that they used AI.
Btw, I'm pretty sure one or two Mortal Kombat Mugens have already used AI for the announcer and music with pretty good results.

@Antman1686 @hste That may be, but he's right on this one. Highly addictive arcade shooter with a killer soundtrack. It doesn't have the bells and whistles of their Cave ports but Pacifist mode is a pretty fun arrange mode.
Also using the Cyber Stick or Thrustmaster T.Flight Hotas One should make it even more arcadey

Finally spent an hour or so with it and I really like it - definitely an arcade style game, means short with lots of replayability for score and mastering. It definitely needs more options like deadzone and sensitivity. Has anyone tried to play it with a flight stick?

Youtuber Videogame Esoterica loves it apparently and he seems to have played the original quite a bit. I did play a lot of Space Harrier over the years so I'm truly looking forward to spend some time with NSG.

@JJtheTexan You clearly haven't read all the comments 😅 Btw, AI is still a tool and judging by the quality of this article TE should probably use chatgpt more often to make it sound less like a rant on some forum😉

@jojobar Googling something always produced mixed results. Especially when you just Google for pics...Guess it's back to books

Clearly a picture from an alternate timeline where WANUS ruled the Japanese arcades!
Had an awesome Amiga port too, lol.

It's s interesting how the DS and 3DS live on without the support of Nintendo. The comparison to real hardware is problematic because we talk about old used hardware that can break down any moment. Nintendo should have kept the DS line alive as an alternative to the switch and a true portable device.

@Whirlwound Your comparison is nonsense. The swastika in a nonhistorical propaganda context is simply banned by law in Germany. The Rising Sun Flag is not banned and nobody is marching with such a flag through the streets of Seoul which would be the equivalent to your silly comparison.
The message sent with my wallet is simple - screw censorship and don't butcher perfectly legal works of art/entertainment because you think someone somewhere might be offended.

@Whirlwound Everything has a context. But who gets to decide which context justifies censorship?
This is a laughable double standard masked as political correctness.

So removing the rising sun flag is ok but somehow removing swastikas from Wolfenstein was considered censorship among gamers...
Can't remember Ninty having an issue with those.

This whole AI-art hysteria is quickly turning into the next Satanic Panic...smart artists use AI as another efficiency tool.

Pleasent surprise! Hopefully the beautiful mechsuit from the second game will also be playable.

They could have ported/remastered R-type 3 or LEO but instead decided to do...this. Why?