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Re: Review: Turbo EverDrive Core And Pro - An Excellent PC Engine Flash Cart With Some Caveats

cyxceven

"digging into the settings on Analogue's console, I located a 'HuCard Audio' option, and, once this was selected, I could hear the full spectrum of sounds from PC Engine CD titles."

So does that mean STEREO CD audio? There's only one available audio channel pin on HuCards for CD audio, and to my knowledge Analogue doesn't implement anything like Krikzz's EDFX tech inside their Duo product.

Re: Here's How To "Fix" Knuckles' Chaotix, One Of The Most Divisive Sonic Games Of All Time

cyxceven

I thought the link system was big fun, and the music was deliciously sublime. I still whistle and bang my head to the special stage tube music. As a teen, I loved slingshotting myself all over the levels. And the final boss is the kind of horrifying that can only be matched by Metroid Fusion's Nightmare.

This game really ought to have been included in Sonic Origins, along with a few others that I know SEGA wants to bury.

Oh, yeah... The romhack. Not playing this because it removes the game's identity. Not a "fix" by any definition.

Re: Basic Fun Has Acquired "Select Assets" Of Arcade1Up

cyxceven

All BF has to do is keep the A1UP manufacturing as-is. EZ. One job. Virtually unbiffable.

I'm not really invested in A1UP, don't own a single thing of theirs. It's not the size, cost or build quality--I think they're all fine, but...

LCDs do not work for arcade games. They just don't. CRT or go home.

Re: Infinos 1 & 2 Are A Pair Of Gradius-Style Shmups That Pay Tribute To "The Golden Age Of Arcade Shooters"

cyxceven

Picorinne Soft makes great SHMUPs.

The first Infinos is on PC, and still available for free (along with some other freebies) from Picorinne Soft's website.
And the original PC version of Infinos 2 was available through the Playism store before it was closed. I hope they get re-released on PC at some point in the future, because they still run great on Windows 10.

Re: The G'AIM'E AI-Powered Time Crisis Light Gun Is Up For Pre-Order

cyxceven

@Bod2019 Sure do!

The idea I realize is to cut down on waste and expense, which is laudable, but...

With specs on these USB cables and adapters never being universal, you never know if the brick and cable you've fished out of your drawers will even work for the new device. I realize they should be labelled, but often, they aren't. Or if they are, the specs have rubbed off the brick, or the USB cable is stamped with the wrong spec!

My kingdom for companies that properly inform consumers.

Re: Here Are The Next Two PC-88 Titles Getting EGGCONSOLE Reissues On Nintendo Switch

cyxceven

These are useless without giving customers options to do their own translations. Being locked into a locked ecosystem and asking for money might be preservative, but it still appears dickish looking at it from the outside.

It's like the Hamster releases with meager sidebar options. Clearly there's space for the end user to make their own, and have it appear behind that "glass reflection" apparent on the sidebars they give you. But they always half-ass the implementation unless you jailbreak the platform and software. It's bafflingly lazy for the cost.