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@Damo When I remember correctly both the Metal Slug Anthology for PSP and the steam version of Metal Slug 3 are also emulation based and introduced autofire for the standard pistol. The reason for this was a known problem - hammering the buttons of an arcade machine might be fun but trying the same with your thumb on a pad is not, especially on a handheld. This is one of the many reasons why people love M2 - they don't ignore such details and put a lot of thought into how the player will play the game on the targeted platform.

@Damo Was a paid licence also needed for autofire in something like Metal Slug?
Seems they also managed to skip the one game suited best for quick rounds on the go - Turf Masters.

Autofire? Save states? Dip switch menus?

Yup, Rom or it didn't happen.
Honestly, these videos suggest that the MD version is pretty much finished...and yet it got pushed to the end of the line☹️
Btw, ZPF rocks on a real MD! Just saying.

Yeah, I also wish the tide to turn so TE can start publishing their AI-rants in a less shallow and childish way...

"It's a middle finger to everybody."
We will see...it's Netflix.

Dig Dug: Digging Strike for the NDS was a cool extension of the classic arcade formula and is still very playable.
Kinda strange that they never attempted to do a modern take on Mr. Do! which is the best one of all the onescreen maze arcade games imho.

@romanista And they realised that now? Come on
Btw, production time for cartridges is not a problem and I highly doubt there will be much patching outside of the PC side.
They know people are impatient and are going to double dip.

Considering that it started out as an MD oldschool shmup the massive delay is disappointing.

@Scollurio I highly doubt this. The game has been from the ground developed for the MD. If they would develop it for a modern system it'd look (and play) completely different. More likely for financial reasons - they want MD owners to double dip, which they wouldn't if they'd release the original version first. All other versions are simply ports of a MD game.

ChatGPT simply has some respect for the elderly...unlike many humans

All of their videos are high quality and very informative, even for non-gamers. These documentaries should be shown in videogame museums.

Does "HD Boosted" mean that they simply Upscaled the emulated PS1 version with a 16:9 hack on top? This classic deserves the full M2 treatment. Anything less is a waste of resources imho.

@Sketcz Thanks for the info. I'll give it a shot!
The spiritual successor Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is also highly recommended

I would rather like to celebrate with a Jet Set Radio Future remaster. The industry sucks.

I would love to see a Bartop Arcade with all 4 classic Mortal Kombat arcade games.

And once the game is on exA it will disappear again because 99% of gamers don't have access to their releases and exA will make sure it's arcade only...

What? No Balatro?!...seriously, every one of them a timeless classic.
Btw, seems Goldeneye will break out of Nintendo's prison fortress soon. Recompiled PC port incoming...

@ilovetrump Nah, won't do. I'll wait till it's on sale.

It's a licence you can do pretty much anything with as long as there's a red Ferrari in it driving really fast...so it should be easy to work with 😉 The much more interesting question is - does this mean Sega is gearing up for a new game?! Let's hope so.

@Robotoboy The US market is the biggest and most profitable market for China. They need access to this market otherwise they will take serious damage. A lot of their factories already have a hard time.
I also don't see how the Trump administration is supposed to be outnumbered in this - Japan, Korea, Europe are allies and dependent on the US. The uncomfortable truth is, it's already working and the CCP is feeling it.

It was a big mistake to let China imitate, steal and then outsource the production to them. This has to be rectified.
Btw, this is not a US-only thing. Brazil tried to force the production of electronics to their territory by imposing massive tax on game consoles. They were kind of succesful because after a while Microsoft started producing X-Box 360s and Ones in and for Brazil which reduced the prices for this region significantly. It seems they stopped doing this for Series X.
I think this tariffs will be successful in the end. China must come to the table and negotiate.

How many people reading this have access to exA-Arcadia? Just curious 😉

So the goofy stuff no fan asked for is sold via the base game and the fan favourites will be sold via Season Pass...what a d**k move.

"stealing that style"
You mean like imitating the style of another artist? I'm sure this has never happend before...
Only because you can now create a picture that looks similar to a Screenshot from a Studio Ghibli Film does not mean that suddenly "Millions of artists are being violated...". The theft analogy is overdramatised *****. Stop whining and start using it as a concept tool.

Some people are never satisfied. Console and computer versions of Gradius are nice and interesting but considering the 8 and 16bit era the arcade versions are the real deal. Heck, I grew up playing the solid c64 versions of Gradius and Salamander but would never expect them on this compilation. The origins of Gradius and Salamander are the arcade titles. IV and V marked the end of an era and belong in a separate compilation that will hopefully do them justice because V is basically the pinnacle of the franchise.

@Jimgamer8
Pretty sure it will be on the next compilation together with IV and Gaiden
Awesome news btw. I absolutely love Salamander 2. M2 sure knows how to handle these classics.

I'm sure back in the 80s I would have been a total boss with one of these on the playground, but today I'll probably have a hard time even seeing the ball in Breakout
I would however be a total boss on the train to work if it could project a hologram version of the game above my wrist Make it happen Atari!

@Starless My guess is that some sort of AI-component is used to calculate and store information on distance, position and room lighting. It may also be used for a "run-ahead"-feature in order to reduce lag, modern emulators already do this.
Looks ace, very promising! This should be the next step for mini consoles.

Taito can f themselves. All the games I bought on Android are now gone and unavailable for the newest version of Android. I will not switch to Apple just for Apple Arcade.
Also, Google should seriously address this problem. I don't buy from Play Store anymore because games you paid for can be delisted at any time.

A recompiled native PC version of Panzer Dragoon Orta would be very awesome since it doesn't look like Sega is interested in porting it.

Dante's Inferno
Asura's Wrath
Afterburner Climax
...
Oh the potential!

Instead of simply porting Scarlet Dawn to Steam and current consoles they waste money on this...why?

Brand new high quality arcade crt monitors! Wow. 500 is a bargain...if you have the space.

Awesome remix of a timeless classic! There's also a more modern take in the form of Wizard of Walls, available on Steam. Both versions are great in their own ways!

I'm sure Ian Fleming and Sean Connery find Barbara's ignorance positively amusing.

"later on"? Like in 5 years?!
This message is ridiculous and just shows how they completely don't give a damn.
The business tactics of WaterMelon are fraudulent.
Imo, news sites should refuse to give them any attention until WM publicaly announces a release date AND starts shipping the cartridge to the people who paid them but received nothing yet.

What has been stolen here? From which artist? From which image? I would certainly be more interested in an article about this magazine than another pointless AI-rant. Didn't know there was an italian version of Zzap!

@MARl0 If you prefer arcade accurate, yes. But if you don't mind significantly improved graphics and some gameplay enhancements inspired by UMK3, then the Mugen "port" MK 2 Remix is still the best way to play oldschool MK2 imho.

"...3D Streets of Rage 2 is no longer available via the 3DS eShop..."
It is available, but not on the official one. I recommend installing a Custom Firmware since Nintendo abandoned the system.

Rough translation: We heard that Supercell is making tons of money so we decided to do something similar. A casual fighting/shooting game with lots of characters...and yes, of course it'll be a service game. LOL, Cave.

How about a collection of classic Sega light gun games loaded onto a box with a usb-gun that connects to a tv like the minis?
That would be collection I'd buy.

"Sadly, all of these games are now unavailable digitally, as Nintendo has closed down the 3DS eShop."

The second part is partially true. The first part is definitely wrong;-)

Due to the stereoscopic effect a unique series with probably the best Space Harrier version to date.

Let's see which of these get actually finished and released...

Nothing beats The Goonies Never Say Die Pinball table for VPX! Best Goonies experience since the film

@PKDuckman Thanks for the recommendation! Looks wild. Loved Cabal back in the days.

Let's see what these "additional elements unique to arcades" will be. If it's less slowdown and better sound due to technical limitations of the MD, I'm fine with it. However, if this means new ship or arrange mode, I will not buy the MD version anymore.
The original concept behind Earthion is (was?) creating a supreme MD shooter - oldschool in gameplay, but made with modern tools and design sensibilities. If this original version is inferior to its ports, I'm not interested.

@Damo If you accuse somebody or a process of a crime or wrong doing but cannot name the victims, you will loose in any court of law of the western world.
Your fears are understandable and should be debated. However your point remains vague at best.

@Damo Imitation is not theft. If you cook your own chocolate by imitating and mixing different recipes your not automatically stealing from the supermarket. Even if the owner of the supermarket thinks that you are ruining his business. He should stop complaining and stock better chocolate.
The printing presses freed people from the monopoly of reproduction of texts, mostly held and controlled by church and monarchy. It was a technical process. Rewarding the author was a separate process. Not every author was rewarded or credited. Tell me, who is the original author of the picture that is the subject of this article? Name the individual the AI module "stole" from.

AI models are not stealing, they are learning. Learning always involves analyzing and imitating. Every human painter or musician learned by imitation, combination and repetition. The difference is the speed of the learning process and the number of sources. Printing presses made scribes obsolete but not writing. AI tools can and already are used for editing and processing of human created content. For small development teams it can save time, costs and provide additional layers to experiment with.

AI tools for visuals, music, voice work, translations are here to stay and help lower costs. In many cases using AI in the concept stage speeds up development considerably. In some cases it allows very small teams to get a game done even if they can't afford a professional graphic artist or musician.
The hate is a knee jerk reaction and will soon die out.