@-wc- What i want to know is, will the wired black Neogeo+ arcade stick included with the console have zero latency, or next to zero, vs the White Anniversary Arcade Stick using it's detachable wired cable? I'd like to get it in white but not if I'm getting smacked with more laggies'
@Sketcz
RF was all I knew growing up with the Genesis back in the early 90's, and it did the trick. It wasn't until Saturn, or possibly SNES when i finally started using composite.
@Sketcz
I was rocking RF back in the late 80's & earlier 90's with NES. And I gotta say, even though Composite and especially Component typically are the way to go for SD consoles(First time i experienced component was finally with Wii on my FullScreen 32" Sony WEGA Trinitron CRT from 2005, before that I eventually found out about S-Video on my GameCube with the same TV and wow, what a difference it made vs composite.), when it comes to NES titles, RF does wonders over composite simply because it does a much better job at blending those chunky brick'd sprites into art work, almost like minature cartoons.
But RF suffers from noise/static, worse colours, and lighter black levels and contrast. But RF was what most people used in NA & Japan grew up with. The Famicom didn't have a composite port until the revision(Top Loader) dropped in 93-ish. Composite was almost like a luxury on the NA Nintendo.
For me personally, composite is my favourite way to play SNES games on CRT only because of the softer looking sprites, nostalgia aside. I've also tried RF and S-Video, but S-Video made the sprites look artifiically crisper(Which some people love of course, it's all personal preference) but for me it almost tarnished the more cartoony organic look that composite provided. Belting down the sharpness is the only work around.
But I'm sure you and i can both agree, that it would be way more interesting to hook up the NeoGeo+ to a Sony WEGA 27 - 32" CRT(Be it through SCART, composite or component) than with HDMI on something like a 55 or 65" Modern QD-OLED display. Gotta have that amazing blur-free CRT motion clarity(1ms motion persistence) that we all grew up with in the 80's, 90's and even 2000's before those pesky LCD & LED Tv's crept in. And of course zero latency. All HDTV's typically fall at around 10ms by comparison, plus wireless controller lag.
@Titntin
That's exactly what threw me off. The game prices. 90's arcade games being sold physically, brand new for $89(US, which translates to $123.99 CAD) is just crazy to me...Would I drop just over a $100 for modern titles like Resident Evil 9: Requiem or the next big Zelda or Mario? Absolutely. But for Metal Slug 1? Especially when it's still stuck at a measily 30fps with some pretty wild slow down that creeps up in what seems like every 15 seconds, for just over $130(cad) after taxes is absurd.
Sure, Negeo+ has an overclock mode, but i highly doubt it will bump these 30fps titles up to 60. It can only do so much, just like with Analogue's latest A3D.
You can spend just $9.99(Cad) for a digital copy of Metal Slug 1 Neogeo Archives on NS1/NS2. But you have to deal with Emulation lag, then more latency from the NS2 Pro controller(It has less lag when wired btw, 8ms to be exact.) and you don't have the option of playing Neogeo AA games on a CRT through NS2 since there's no composite or component ports. So you won't get that blur free pristine motion clarity that we all grew up with back on CRT's in the 80's, 90's and even 2000's.
I wish these new Negeo+ games were priced at like $29 - $39(Cad). But $123.99? You've got to have some serious mega nostalgia to be throwing down that much cash. Luckily I do, at least twith NG back at my local elemetry school's corner store, The Arcades at the mall etc. My neogeo nostalgia is limited to Metal Slug 1&2, Samurai Showdown, Fatal Fury 1&2, King of Monsters, Bust a Move 2, along with the underrated World of heroes 1&2. I've probably dipped into more, but i just can't remember.
@Dr_Fresh
Not a huge fan of Neogeo Arcade Archives on NS1. Simply because of the additional 1 frame/17ms+ of emulation latency makes the games feel less responsive and heavier to play.
Plus I'd rather play these on a 27 or 32" Sony WEGA CRT with composite cables not only to cut down 10ms of lag that you'd get from a QD-OLED TV, but because of that prestine perfect blur free crt motion clarity. Which will replicate the at home Neogeo console 90's experience, or how most of us remember these games looking and playing on NeoGeo Arcade Cabinets.
With Overclock mode, AV connection for CRT compatibility, zero emulation game lag, and incredible 1:1 replica of the console & arcade stick/controller itself makes this super appealing. Arcade Archives Neogeo may be affordable and convenient, but they're definitely not the best way to get the true neogeo experience.
I still think the game pricing is pretty bogus...$89 a pop for old Neogeo carts? Eh.
I want the white one, but only if i can use it's white arcade stick with a detachable wired cable that has no additional latency or the same latency as the Black wired arcade stick that comes packed with the none anniversary edition.
@Sketcz
I think composite only as far analogue goes, which should perfectly replicate how these games looked in the Arcades on a CRT. Component was never a thing back then in the 90's for 8-32 bit gaming, and that's a good thing.
Don't get me wrong, components great and all, in terms of the advantage you grain from color, shadow detail, black levels, brightness(etc) but the crisper/sharper image imo goes against 90's based sprite based titles and takes away the softer cartoonier look. I guess you could always drop the sharpness down on your CRT to compensate.
yet once you get to the Dreamcast, GameCube, PS2, XBOX & Wii, than it's absolutely component all the way. Then again, i thought DC looked incredible back in 99' with Composite on my 32" JVC D-series CRT we had in our living room. I didn't find out about S-Video until a few years after the GameCube. The difference it made vs Composite on my 32" Sony WEGA CRT was night and day. It sounds hysterical, but the jump in picture quality felt transformative. Sharper/clearer, no color bleeding etc. Component is a smaller jump from composite to S-Video, but there's still a difference.
@Tasuki
Haha. Same exact situation for me man. The hobbie just keeps getting more expensive, especially when you're dipping into past consoles & software, or revised retro consoles like this. I hope this company does the exact same thing for the NES, SNES & Genesis(Model 1) getting brand new replica OG consoles, with brand new wired controllers and physical media would be too hard to pass up. Combined with AV/analogue connections for CRT compatibility & an overclock mode? I'm down! Another reason why I'm really intersted in Mod Retro's upcoming M64.
I typically get smacked by the initial fomo, but overtime that fades simply because something else always comes up and just because money is extremely tight these days. It's already going to cost me 2 grand(cad) for a Steam Frame + Steam Machine, and i don't even have the NS2 yet. An NS2, Pro 2 Controller and a few or so games is already trickling over a thousand. Sigh*
Then there's the Mod Retro 'Chromatic', the upcoming M64. I still haven't rebought another NES, SNES & Genesis, other than most of their controllers & cables. I'm even tempting to rebuy the DS Lite & 3DS, purely for some of the games i missed out on. Some times i wish i just held on to it all and put it away in storage. But like most people, with the passage of time, you get tired of it, hit a fork in the road and want change. Only to rewant it a decade+ later after not seeing for so long. XD
As of now I have NS1, PS5, PSVR2, Quest 3, and in terms of semi-retro i have the Wii(But no component cables or Controllers) and an indigo GameCube and a small handful of NES & SNES games put away. What can I say, I was never a collector, I usually always just rolled with whatever was currently in the now, including retro gaming on modern consoles like Wii with it's virutal console. NSO is a different beast since it's subscription based, and it piles on more noticeable lag since we're now playing emulations which have at least on frame of lag best case scenario combined with HDTV lag vs CRT TV's, where as CRT's had no lag.
Modern tv's pack on 10ms, teetering close to a frame, and yes it does make a difference in terms of how responsive and light your character should feel. Winds up feeling heavier.
Man, i wish this company would do the exact same thing for the NES, Genesis(Model 1) & SNES. To have brand new OG replica consoles & Controllers, with built in overclock modes and brand new CIB physical media would be too tempting to pass up.
I'll mostly likely be getting one of these with Metal Slug, Magician Lord & Shock Troopers. I hope they release King of Monsters, Fatal Furty 1&2, along with Metal Slug 2&3. If overclock mode can get the metal slug games running closer to 60fps than that's quite the feat, or at the very least eliminate all slow down than that's quite the feat.
It's always a drag jumping back into them on new modern hardware and having to deal the excess slow down and 30fps cap. These games could of ran at a locked 60fps with no slow down on a frikkin Wii for jeebs sake.
@ValentineMeikin
I have loads of Neogeo Arcade Archive games on NS1, and they're laggy compared to the real deal. Games just feel heavier to play, and that's not shocking at all, when you factor in the emulation lag at play, which is most likely over 1 frame(17ms) combined with HDTV lag(10ms) and the latency coming from whatever wireless controller you're using.
But if you buy this revised NeoGeo which is a full on imitation of the real thing, with actual cartridges, with it's wired-in Arcade Stick or Controller you're getting zero lag period, maybe 1ms from the controllers but that's about it. And it has AV connection for a CRT which will give you blur-free perfect motion clarity(Just like you remember playing neogeo back in the arcades) vs OLED, and it has an overclock mode.
Arcade Archives Neogeo games may be miles more affordable and convient, but you have to deal with noticeable lag which makes the games feel that much less enjoyable and responsive to play, OLED motion blur and you don't have access to an overclock mode. It always sucks going back to Metal Slug 1-3 for ex. Wish they could run at a locked 60fps instead of 30.
Anyways! I only have Arcade Neogeo nostalgia, back in the very early 90's with King of Monsters, Fatal Fury 1&2, Metal Slug 1&2, Samurai Showdown just to name a few. Only the rich kids had a Neogeo console. None of my friends or any of the kids at my school that i knew had one. Same thing goes for TurboGrafx.
@PXAbstracftion
Any 3rd party company that takes several months to ship a physical version of a game when the digital version is already out is a no go for me moving forward.
it feels so ridiculous and artifical to keep following this pratice for the physical die-hards. I don't know the ins and outs and time or money that's involved in getting it done, but it just sucks. It's a bummer, because i really like the Cover Art for the Maximum Collection. Buying it purely for X-Men Arcade, digitally that is.
I mean, It's available in less than 2 weeks digital to play. Or you can pre-order and wait 7 months to a year to get it, and while you wait chances are you'll lose patience and just double 'digital' dip, spending 2x the amount on the same game.
Once the physical version arrives when you're 89 years old with a beetlejuice complexion, you'll look at that shiny beautiful plastic n' cardboard and cool cover art in all of it's glory, get a bit excited, only for it to rot on a shelf while the digital version continues to get played due to sheer convenience.
@PopetheRev28
I'd buy from them if i could get my physical preorder in less than a month, rather than several months to over a year when the digital version is already out.
I like Switch physical media, depending, but I'm not attached to it, or care enough to wait several months to own plastic and cardboard. It's about the experience first and formost. Digital wins, and I won't waste money and double dip anymore. That's how LRG gets ya too. Pre-orderers will wind up double dipping and getting the digital copy as well due to losing patience.
@Sketcz
Once the late 2000's kicked in i wasn't 100% rolling with the times, aside from gaming with the brilliant launch of the DS Lite which reinvigerated my love for gaming, the Wii+VC, followed up with the first 1-2 years of the Aqua Blue 3DS which imo was the last magical feeling Nintendo launch ever
By 2010 or 2011, I was reintroducing a lot of stuff back into my life from the 80's & early to mid 90's, stuff that I'd even missed out on(80's pop music, horror movies etc), my appartment was like stepping into an 80's/90's time portal haven(Interior decor was on point. lol).
And as far as entertainment goes, as they say there's nothing like your first time experience, even if the music, movie or video games are decades old. When it clicks, it lands and it inspires. Once the mystery/unknown is unraveled, your second go is never the same, or you just wind up getting tired of it over time. With a lot of people, more repetition just leads to less entertainment.
Sigh. I was in full on 80's-mode back in 2011/2012. The fashion, the music, the cartoons, the music, retro NES/SNES/Genesis gamiing through the Wii's Virtual Console on my big brand new 2006 32" Sony WEGA CRT Trintiron etc. 26 & 27 were the happiest years of my adult life, but then by 28 for whatever reason that happy bubble bursted.
And haha. By 2006, i don't think i knew what FB was either. I was using YouTube here and there, when it was in it's infant stage, where people would just generally post stupid whacky videos and whatever for fun, but FB and Smart phones were completely foreign to me. I didn't get a smart phone until 2016, before that i had a Motorolla flip(early 2000's) and then a blackberry. My current phone just sits in my kitchen, I only use it for calls. Hell, i don't even have it in me text anymore. lol
And in regards to Streaming. Total oversaturation. Having access to housands opon thousands of movies at the press of a button, through multiple monthly subcriptions in all honestly peels away that dedication and value. It makes whatever your watching almsot feel like a throwaway. At least in the 2000's, and very early 2010's buying DVD's felt special because streaming didn't exist(Or it was severely limtied) and it was the best current way to watch stuff.
I miss having 28 channels of mostly quality content, amazing 90's/80's commercials and channel 29 if you paid more for MTV back in the late 80's/early to mid 90's. That simplicty and having all of that displayed live on everybodies TV's with less than 30 channels was awesome. We could all easily share what we saw on TV and relate to what we experienced.
There was also a mystique to every thing. Actors weren't on podcasts or doing home tours showing you what was in their fridge etc. They were either in movies or TV, voiceing cartoon characters, or the rare/odd late night interview with Johnny carson or whomever. I miss the innocence and wonderment, of those times and just being a kid.
Feels like the veil has been lifted these days, entertainment leans more towards realism more than full on escapsim. We don't get a lot of fantsastical theatrical larger than life movie experiences anymore. Even the commercials back then were incredible.
@Sketcz
Everything is fragmented and no longer unified. The 90's truly was the last of the great decades before computers ruined the world(As Vanilla ice put it. Referring to social media & Smart phones) Pop culture back then, especially in the earlier 90's was magical.
The 2020's don't really feel all that different from the 2010's either. Pop culture died imo during the mid to late 2000's. I feel out of place in the world today, it can be pretty grim. I wish the world as we know it today could be more like the 80's & 90's. But alas, we've gone backwards in many many ways.
We're living in a far more corporate less optimisitic colorless world, where having a difference of opinion can potentially have you ousted. Ego's and entitlement are at an all time high too thanks to SM. If i had to 100% roll with the current times I'd be in a state of depression. lol I mean really, the only thing that i truly enjoy about the now is gaming(Flat, VR, MR etc) Everything else is mostly disappointing from the music, fashion, commercials, most movies etc.
@8bit-Man
Nothing in the 2000's and onwards will ever feel Retro in my eyes. The mighty glorious Sega Dreamcast is the last retro-ish console and the final console to be released during the tail end of the late 90's.
Ultimately, when i think retro, i think bleeps and bloops. I think of the 8-16 bit generations. But these days, i also welcome Saturn, PS1 & even N64 in the mix these days as well.
But I also don't want to take away anything from some 25 year old who grew up playing Wii(Which is one of my favourite nitnendo consoles btw.) etc as their first console, which is 'their' retro, their nostalgia/haven and a video game console that designed their childhood. For me personally, pop culture has been grim since the mid to late 2000's.
The 80's & 90's were so incredible and unique pop culture wise, including the video game console, controller designs, physical media, commercials, etc, just everything felt so imaginative, NEW, different and substantial. It's like you were entering a whole new world of gaming with each and every console, unlike today where a lot of it usually feels safe, bland and corporate. Diminishing returns aside. Heck, what has changed all that much since 2010? The last 20 years don't have any legit stand out defining qualites that differentiates itself from the prior decade.
I wouldn't mind picking up the White one, and getting an original N64 Console Logo decal(With the classic Blue/green/red N64 logo with black surrounding it) and plunking it on the top bottom area below the cartridge slot. Needs something to give it some character and make it look fun.
pairing this with a 55" QD-OLED, until smaller 42" models arrive maybe this year, while using the A3D's CRT setting and overclock mode is the way to go!
@FR4M3
Same. I always get a kick out of hearing about older games getting polished opitmized ports for higher end consoles that do away with the niggles or drawbacks due to the original less powerful consoles they originally released on.
With Mega Man 1 >
Remove all Slow down
Remove all Sprite Flicker
Add Rumble
As far as adding extra content goes to make it feel more complete >
An Opening Cut scene aken to MM9 & MM10.
Needs an original Get Weapon screen/animation with original top tier quality MM beats.
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Re: "No Emulation, No Compromise, No Comparison" - The $250 Neo Geo+ AES Aims To Be A 1:1 Replica Of SNK's Classic Console
@-wc-
What i want to know is, will the wired black Neogeo+ arcade stick included with the console have zero latency, or next to zero, vs the White Anniversary Arcade Stick using it's detachable wired cable? I'd like to get it in white but not if I'm getting smacked with more laggies'
Re: "No Emulation, No Compromise, No Comparison" - The $250 Neo Geo+ AES Aims To Be A 1:1 Replica Of SNK's Classic Console
@Sketcz
RF was all I knew growing up with the Genesis back in the early 90's, and it did the trick. It wasn't until Saturn, or possibly SNES when i finally started using composite.
Re: "No Emulation, No Compromise, No Comparison" - The $250 Neo Geo+ AES Aims To Be A 1:1 Replica Of SNK's Classic Console
@X68000
So are these exact replica/re-issues of actual Neogeo games without any additional latency compared to emulation?
Re: "No Emulation, No Compromise, No Comparison" - The $250 Neo Geo+ AES Aims To Be A 1:1 Replica Of SNK's Classic Console
@Sketcz
I was rocking RF back in the late 80's & earlier 90's with NES. And I gotta say, even though Composite and especially Component typically are the way to go for SD consoles(First time i experienced component was finally with Wii on my FullScreen 32" Sony WEGA Trinitron CRT from 2005, before that I eventually found out about S-Video on my GameCube with the same TV and wow, what a difference it made vs composite.), when it comes to NES titles, RF does wonders over composite simply because it does a much better job at blending those chunky brick'd sprites into art work, almost like minature cartoons.
But RF suffers from noise/static, worse colours, and lighter black levels and contrast. But RF was what most people used in NA & Japan grew up with. The Famicom didn't have a composite port until the revision(Top Loader) dropped in 93-ish. Composite was almost like a luxury on the NA Nintendo.
For me personally, composite is my favourite way to play SNES games on CRT only because of the softer looking sprites, nostalgia aside. I've also tried RF and S-Video, but S-Video made the sprites look artifiically crisper(Which some people love of course, it's all personal preference) but for me it almost tarnished the more cartoony organic look that composite provided. Belting down the sharpness is the only work around.
But I'm sure you and i can both agree, that it would be way more interesting to hook up the NeoGeo+ to a Sony WEGA 27 - 32" CRT(Be it through SCART, composite or component) than with HDMI on something like a 55 or 65" Modern QD-OLED display. Gotta have that amazing blur-free CRT motion clarity(1ms motion persistence) that we all grew up with in the 80's, 90's and even 2000's before those pesky LCD & LED Tv's crept in. And of course zero latency. All HDTV's typically fall at around 10ms by comparison, plus wireless controller lag.
Re: "No Emulation, No Compromise, No Comparison" - The $250 Neo Geo+ AES Aims To Be A 1:1 Replica Of SNK's Classic Console
@Titntin
That's exactly what threw me off. The game prices. 90's arcade games being sold physically, brand new for $89(US, which translates to $123.99 CAD) is just crazy to me...Would I drop just over a $100 for modern titles like Resident Evil 9: Requiem or the next big Zelda or Mario? Absolutely. But for Metal Slug 1? Especially when it's still stuck at a measily 30fps with some pretty wild slow down that creeps up in what seems like every 15 seconds, for just over $130(cad) after taxes is absurd.
Sure, Negeo+ has an overclock mode, but i highly doubt it will bump these 30fps titles up to 60. It can only do so much, just like with Analogue's latest A3D.
You can spend just $9.99(Cad) for a digital copy of Metal Slug 1 Neogeo Archives on NS1/NS2. But you have to deal with Emulation lag, then more latency from the NS2 Pro controller(It has less lag when wired btw, 8ms to be exact.) and you don't have the option of playing Neogeo AA games on a CRT through NS2 since there's no composite or component ports. So you won't get that blur free pristine motion clarity that we all grew up with back on CRT's in the 80's, 90's and even 2000's.
I wish these new Negeo+ games were priced at like $29 - $39(Cad). But $123.99? You've got to have some serious mega nostalgia to be throwing down that much cash. Luckily I do, at least twith NG back at my local elemetry school's corner store, The Arcades at the mall etc. My neogeo nostalgia is limited to Metal Slug 1&2, Samurai Showdown, Fatal Fury 1&2, King of Monsters, Bust a Move 2, along with the underrated World of heroes 1&2. I've probably dipped into more, but i just can't remember.
Re: "No Emulation, No Compromise, No Comparison" - The $250 Neo Geo+ AES Aims To Be A 1:1 Replica Of SNK's Classic Console
@Dr_Fresh
Not a huge fan of Neogeo Arcade Archives on NS1. Simply because of the additional 1 frame/17ms+ of emulation latency makes the games feel less responsive and heavier to play.
Plus I'd rather play these on a 27 or 32" Sony WEGA CRT with composite cables not only to cut down 10ms of lag that you'd get from a QD-OLED TV, but because of that prestine perfect blur free crt motion clarity. Which will replicate the at home Neogeo console 90's experience, or how most of us remember these games looking and playing on NeoGeo Arcade Cabinets.
With Overclock mode, AV connection for CRT compatibility, zero emulation game lag, and incredible 1:1 replica of the console & arcade stick/controller itself makes this super appealing. Arcade Archives Neogeo may be affordable and convenient, but they're definitely not the best way to get the true neogeo experience.
I still think the game pricing is pretty bogus...$89 a pop for old Neogeo carts? Eh.
Re: "No Emulation, No Compromise, No Comparison" - The $250 Neo Geo+ AES Aims To Be A 1:1 Replica Of SNK's Classic Console
I want the white one, but only if i can use it's white arcade stick with a detachable wired cable that has no additional latency or the same latency as the Black wired arcade stick that comes packed with the none anniversary edition.
Re: "No Emulation, No Compromise, No Comparison" - The $250 Neo Geo+ AES Aims To Be A 1:1 Replica Of SNK's Classic Console
@Sketcz
I think composite only as far analogue goes, which should perfectly replicate how these games looked in the Arcades on a CRT. Component was never a thing back then in the 90's for 8-32 bit gaming, and that's a good thing.
Don't get me wrong, components great and all, in terms of the advantage you grain from color, shadow detail, black levels, brightness(etc) but the crisper/sharper image imo goes against 90's based sprite based titles and takes away the softer cartoonier look. I guess you could always drop the sharpness down on your CRT to compensate.
yet once you get to the Dreamcast, GameCube, PS2, XBOX & Wii, than it's absolutely component all the way. Then again, i thought DC looked incredible back in 99' with Composite on my 32" JVC D-series CRT we had in our living room. I didn't find out about S-Video until a few years after the GameCube. The difference it made vs Composite on my 32" Sony WEGA CRT was night and day. It sounds hysterical, but the jump in picture quality felt transformative. Sharper/clearer, no color bleeding etc. Component is a smaller jump from composite to S-Video, but there's still a difference.
Re: "No Emulation, No Compromise, No Comparison" - The $250 Neo Geo+ AES Aims To Be A 1:1 Replica Of SNK's Classic Console
@Tasuki
Haha. Same exact situation for me man. The hobbie just keeps getting more expensive, especially when you're dipping into past consoles & software, or revised retro consoles like this. I hope this company does the exact same thing for the NES, SNES & Genesis(Model 1) getting brand new replica OG consoles, with brand new wired controllers and physical media would be too hard to pass up. Combined with AV/analogue connections for CRT compatibility & an overclock mode? I'm down! Another reason why I'm really intersted in Mod Retro's upcoming M64.
I typically get smacked by the initial fomo, but overtime that fades simply because something else always comes up and just because money is extremely tight these days. It's already going to cost me 2 grand(cad) for a Steam Frame + Steam Machine, and i don't even have the NS2 yet. An NS2, Pro 2 Controller and a few or so games is already trickling over a thousand. Sigh*
Then there's the Mod Retro 'Chromatic', the upcoming M64. I still haven't rebought another NES, SNES & Genesis, other than most of their controllers & cables. I'm even tempting to rebuy the DS Lite & 3DS, purely for some of the games i missed out on. Some times i wish i just held on to it all and put it away in storage. But like most people, with the passage of time, you get tired of it, hit a fork in the road and want change. Only to rewant it a decade+ later after not seeing for so long. XD
As of now I have NS1, PS5, PSVR2, Quest 3, and in terms of semi-retro i have the Wii(But no component cables or Controllers) and an indigo GameCube and a small handful of NES & SNES games put away. What can I say, I was never a collector, I usually always just rolled with whatever was currently in the now, including retro gaming on modern consoles like Wii with it's virutal console. NSO is a different beast since it's subscription based, and it piles on more noticeable lag since we're now playing emulations which have at least on frame of lag best case scenario combined with HDTV lag vs CRT TV's, where as CRT's had no lag.
Modern tv's pack on 10ms, teetering close to a frame, and yes it does make a difference in terms of how responsive and light your character should feel. Winds up feeling heavier.
Re: "No Emulation, No Compromise, No Comparison" - The $250 Neo Geo+ AES Aims To Be A 1:1 Replica Of SNK's Classic Console
Man, i wish this company would do the exact same thing for the NES, Genesis(Model 1) & SNES. To have brand new OG replica consoles & Controllers, with built in overclock modes and brand new CIB physical media would be too tempting to pass up.
I'll mostly likely be getting one of these with Metal Slug, Magician Lord & Shock Troopers. I hope they release King of Monsters, Fatal Furty 1&2, along with Metal Slug 2&3. If overclock mode can get the metal slug games running closer to 60fps than that's quite the feat, or at the very least eliminate all slow down than that's quite the feat.
It's always a drag jumping back into them on new modern hardware and having to deal the excess slow down and 30fps cap. These games could of ran at a locked 60fps with no slow down on a frikkin Wii for jeebs sake.
Re: "No Emulation, No Compromise, No Comparison" - The $250 Neo Geo+ AES Aims To Be A 1:1 Replica Of SNK's Classic Console
@ValentineMeikin
I have loads of Neogeo Arcade Archive games on NS1, and they're laggy compared to the real deal. Games just feel heavier to play, and that's not shocking at all, when you factor in the emulation lag at play, which is most likely over 1 frame(17ms) combined with HDTV lag(10ms) and the latency coming from whatever wireless controller you're using.
But if you buy this revised NeoGeo which is a full on imitation of the real thing, with actual cartridges, with it's wired-in Arcade Stick or Controller you're getting zero lag period, maybe 1ms from the controllers but that's about it. And it has AV connection for a CRT which will give you blur-free perfect motion clarity(Just like you remember playing neogeo back in the arcades) vs OLED, and it has an overclock mode.
Arcade Archives Neogeo games may be miles more affordable and convient, but you have to deal with noticeable lag which makes the games feel that much less enjoyable and responsive to play, OLED motion blur and you don't have access to an overclock mode. It always sucks going back to Metal Slug 1-3 for ex. Wish they could run at a locked 60fps instead of 30.
Anyways! I only have Arcade Neogeo nostalgia, back in the very early 90's with King of Monsters, Fatal Fury 1&2, Metal Slug 1&2, Samurai Showdown just to name a few. Only the rich kids had a Neogeo console. None of my friends or any of the kids at my school that i knew had one. Same thing goes for TurboGrafx.
Re: "We Know Trust Is Something You Earn Over Time" - Limited Run Games Reveals "Renewed Fan-First Focus"
@PXAbstracftion
Any 3rd party company that takes several months to ship a physical version of a game when the digital version is already out is a no go for me moving forward.
it feels so ridiculous and artifical to keep following this pratice for the physical die-hards. I don't know the ins and outs and time or money that's involved in getting it done, but it just sucks. It's a bummer, because i really like the Cover Art for the Maximum Collection. Buying it purely for X-Men Arcade, digitally that is.
I mean, It's available in less than 2 weeks digital to play. Or you can pre-order and wait 7 months to a year to get it, and while you wait chances are you'll lose patience and just double 'digital' dip, spending 2x the amount on the same game.
Once the physical version arrives when you're 89 years old with a beetlejuice complexion, you'll look at that shiny beautiful plastic n' cardboard and cool cover art in all of it's glory, get a bit excited, only for it to rot on a shelf while the digital version continues to get played due to sheer convenience.
Re: "We Know Trust Is Something You Earn Over Time" - Limited Run Games Reveals "Renewed Fan-First Focus"
@PopetheRev28
I'd buy from them if i could get my physical preorder in less than a month, rather than several months to over a year when the digital version is already out.
I like Switch physical media, depending, but I'm not attached to it, or care enough to wait several months to own plastic and cardboard. It's about the experience first and formost. Digital wins, and I won't waste money and double dip anymore. That's how LRG gets ya too. Pre-orderers will wind up double dipping and getting the digital copy as well due to losing patience.
Re: Xbox 360, PS3 And Nintendo Wii U Are "Officially Retro", Says GameStop
@Sketcz
Once the late 2000's kicked in i wasn't 100% rolling with the times, aside from gaming with the brilliant launch of the DS Lite which reinvigerated my love for gaming, the Wii+VC, followed up with the first 1-2 years of the Aqua Blue 3DS which imo was the last magical feeling Nintendo launch ever
By 2010 or 2011, I was reintroducing a lot of stuff back into my life from the 80's & early to mid 90's, stuff that I'd even missed out on(80's pop music, horror movies etc), my appartment was like stepping into an 80's/90's time portal haven(Interior decor was on point. lol).
And as far as entertainment goes, as they say there's nothing like your first time experience, even if the music, movie or video games are decades old. When it clicks, it lands and it inspires. Once the mystery/unknown is unraveled, your second go is never the same, or you just wind up getting tired of it over time. With a lot of people, more repetition just leads to less entertainment.
Sigh. I was in full on 80's-mode back in 2011/2012. The fashion, the music, the cartoons, the music, retro NES/SNES/Genesis gamiing through the Wii's Virtual Console on my big brand new 2006 32" Sony WEGA CRT Trintiron etc. 26 & 27 were the happiest years of my adult life, but then by 28 for whatever reason that happy bubble bursted.
And haha. By 2006, i don't think i knew what FB was either. I was using YouTube here and there, when it was in it's infant stage, where people would just generally post stupid whacky videos and whatever for fun, but FB and Smart phones were completely foreign to me. I didn't get a smart phone until 2016, before that i had a Motorolla flip(early 2000's) and then a blackberry. My current phone just sits in my kitchen, I only use it for calls. Hell, i don't even have it in me text anymore. lol
And in regards to Streaming. Total oversaturation. Having access to housands opon thousands of movies at the press of a button, through multiple monthly subcriptions in all honestly peels away that dedication and value. It makes whatever your watching almsot feel like a throwaway. At least in the 2000's, and very early 2010's buying DVD's felt special because streaming didn't exist(Or it was severely limtied) and it was the best current way to watch stuff.
I miss having 28 channels of mostly quality content, amazing 90's/80's commercials and channel 29 if you paid more for MTV back in the late 80's/early to mid 90's. That simplicty and having all of that displayed live on everybodies TV's with less than 30 channels was awesome. We could all easily share what we saw on TV and relate to what we experienced.
There was also a mystique to every thing. Actors weren't on podcasts or doing home tours showing you what was in their fridge etc. They were either in movies or TV, voiceing cartoon characters, or the rare/odd late night interview with Johnny carson or whomever. I miss the innocence and wonderment, of those times and just being a kid.
Feels like the veil has been lifted these days, entertainment leans more towards realism more than full on escapsim. We don't get a lot of fantsastical theatrical larger than life movie experiences anymore. Even the commercials back then were incredible.
Re: Xbox 360, PS3 And Nintendo Wii U Are "Officially Retro", Says GameStop
@Sketcz
Everything is fragmented and no longer unified. The 90's truly was the last of the great decades before computers ruined the world(As Vanilla ice put it. Referring to social media & Smart phones) Pop culture back then, especially in the earlier 90's was magical.
The 2020's don't really feel all that different from the 2010's either. Pop culture died imo during the mid to late 2000's. I feel out of place in the world today, it can be pretty grim. I wish the world as we know it today could be more like the 80's & 90's. But alas, we've gone backwards in many many ways.
We're living in a far more corporate less optimisitic colorless world, where having a difference of opinion can potentially have you ousted. Ego's and entitlement are at an all time high too thanks to SM. If i had to 100% roll with the current times I'd be in a state of depression. lol I mean really, the only thing that i truly enjoy about the now is gaming(Flat, VR, MR etc) Everything else is mostly disappointing from the music, fashion, commercials, most movies etc.
Re: Xbox 360, PS3 And Nintendo Wii U Are "Officially Retro", Says GameStop
@8bit-Man
Nothing in the 2000's and onwards will ever feel Retro in my eyes. The mighty glorious Sega Dreamcast is the last retro-ish console and the final console to be released during the tail end of the late 90's.
Ultimately, when i think retro, i think bleeps and bloops. I think of the 8-16 bit generations. But these days, i also welcome Saturn, PS1 & even N64 in the mix these days as well.
But I also don't want to take away anything from some 25 year old who grew up playing Wii(Which is one of my favourite nitnendo consoles btw.) etc as their first console, which is 'their' retro, their nostalgia/haven and a video game console that designed their childhood. For me personally, pop culture has been grim since the mid to late 2000's.
The 80's & 90's were so incredible and unique pop culture wise, including the video game console, controller designs, physical media, commercials, etc, just everything felt so imaginative, NEW, different and substantial. It's like you were entering a whole new world of gaming with each and every console, unlike today where a lot of it usually feels safe, bland and corporate. Diminishing returns aside. Heck, what has changed all that much since 2010? The last 20 years don't have any legit stand out defining qualites that differentiates itself from the prior decade.
Re: The Analogue 3D Is The Best Retro Hardware Of 2025
I wouldn't mind picking up the White one, and getting an original N64 Console Logo decal(With the classic Blue/green/red N64 logo with black surrounding it) and plunking it on the top bottom area below the cartridge slot. Needs something to give it some character and make it look fun.
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1764802971/skin-for-nintendo-64-n64-console-system?ref=user_profile&bes=1&pro=1
pairing this with a 55" QD-OLED, until smaller 42" models arrive maybe this year, while using the A3D's CRT setting and overclock mode is the way to go!
Re: The Original NES Mega Man Has Just Got A New "Revamped" Version, Courtesy Of A Fan
@FR4M3
Same. I always get a kick out of hearing about older games getting polished opitmized ports for higher end consoles that do away with the niggles or drawbacks due to the original less powerful consoles they originally released on.
With Mega Man 1 >
As far as adding extra content goes to make it feel more complete >