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I’ve preordered the Taito version. I only have the VS home console. I couldn’t justify the EXP as it is a bit more expensive than the VS and won’t ever leave the home.
The Super Pocket is less than half the price of the VS and can fit in my pocket.
Plus as it’s a handheld it will work with the Namco carts. I would have been unsure about that but retailer FunStock has the console bundled with them.
I just bought one Namco cart separately as the bundles include other carts as well.

I never owned a mega CD but the Mega drive mini 2 comes with 12 games. They include some of the titles on this list.

Chris Scullion’s Mega Drive Encyclopaedia provides interesting context on each release. It includes Mega CD and 32X games.
I’ll look up the other games on this list.

With Baten Kaitos 1and 2 remaster releasing soon I thought they might have made the list. I never played the originals so I don’t know how they measured up compared to other hits.

I have the Mega Drive version. I think Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter were the only two 1 on 1 fighters I knew about at the time. MK was a welcome alternative just for a different flavour of the genre. I enjoy Street Fighter as well.

I recommend David L Craddock's book Arcade Perfect which covers this and other stories of arcade ports to home consoles.

I prefer playing on T.V. Especially when there are CRT / vintage filters like M2 implemented for the Sega Ages range. It’s done to great effect with the curvature at the corners.
However, due to the graphics of 8 and 16 bit games, they do work well on handheld consoles as well.

@Guru_Larry Not sure if they have region exclusives but their cabinets are availble in the UK. Including collections from Namco and Capcom. They're available from GAME.

https://www.game.co.uk/en/brands/arcade1up/?cm_sp=Nav--Tech--Brand-Arcade1up

Mortal Kombat 2 on the Mega Drive also had a cheat menu. Not sure about other platforms. The cursor needed to be on a certain option on the main menu.
Then left, down, left, right, down, right, left, left, right, right.

I got the GameBoy for Christmas in 89 or 90. I voted 90s. Bundled with Tetris. TMNT Fall of the foot clan was my additional game.

Great article. I bought all 3 volumes from Amazon. Fascinating reading doesn’t cover it. The broader picture of what the industry was like and lots of interesting stories.

I still have my collection put away somewhere. I remember various Panini sticker albums as well. Can’t remember if there were any video game related ones.

A difficult question. The N64 blew me away with the huge leap forward in technology. Jumping firmly into 3D polygon gaming with cinematic experiences like Star Fox 64 and Golden Eye. Of course the tech is nothing by itself, but the quality was there in abundance.
I also have fond memories of the NES and it did revive the console market in the west. It was a huge contribution to the industry so I voted NES.
I think NL had a similar pole and I voted N64 for that one.

Definitely a site I’d be interested in. I’d buy monthly games magazines in the 90s. I collected Switch Player for a time, but ran out of space to store them, what with physical games, books and other things.

I’d still buy one-off book-a-zines like those from Retro Gamer about past consoles.

The gameplay of Game Boy games do hold up well. New games are being released by indie developers to similar standards and generate good sales. When the games are also of popular IP like Super Mario and Metroid they hold up well as good entries in those series.

I love interviews with industry veterans. I like the idea of that creative freedom. No right or wrong, just drawing influence from various sources and going with what looks like a good fit.

Fascinating article. It’s a shame the console success couldn’t be maintained with the Saturn and beyond.

Mine has arrived. More mega drive games I didn’t play than on the previous mini, like After Burner 2 and Desert Strike. I never owned a Mega CD so will start with those games.

I saw the presentation. I haven’t got an Evercade yet. Some games can be found in the arcade archives range on the switch.
Still on the fence for now then. The new hardware looks awesome though. Would be tough to choose between the new handheld or the home console.

The Hanabi festival was a highlight of Wii virtual console service. It was cool to play this rare title with the Japanese text still present. I’d buy it for the Switch if released, with translation.

I may never get one of these, but I’ll be interested to see how well this does. It looks like an amazing piece of hardware. Especially the crank. I’ll be keeping an eye on it.
It reminds of the idea of the Gameboy. A minimal low budget console succeeding where the technically advanced handheld failed.

There were so many games during the 8 / 16-bit era with brutal difficulty. Without save files as well. Maybe that explains the sales figures. A helping hand to finally see those end credits.
I was familiar with the product at the time. It’s good to know the story behind it. Very interesting.

I loved Game master so hope this does well. I wonder if this will trigger any other revivals. Not that there have been that many but there was CITVs Bad Influence, and on channel 4, Bits(N64 era) and then Thumb Bandits which only ran for one season. Probably not as Games Master was the only one with the game show aspect.

You could say what’s the point of magazines when there’s the internet, but they have also seen a... come back with Switch Player and Ninty Fresh. Although I’m not sure how successful they have been.

Using the 2 controller setup enabled you to shoot during end level cutscenes using the second controller. Meaning you could shoot guards or Natalia. If you placed remote mines you could detonate them.

I still have my original cartridges for my retro consoles. Using tech that wasn't intended for the console sounds like a bad idea as it is. I'd never try it. I prefer to own legal copies of games. The virtual console service doesn't have all games but it has a lot to offer. Hopefully Nintendo can release some of gems that haven't been available yet. Terranigma on the SNES.

My favourite title in the series was Micro Machines 96 for the Sega Megadrive. It had 2 controller ports on the cartridge (called a j-cart) for 4 player. It also had a track creator. A really long code was required to load a built track to race on.

Turok 2 was one of my favourites. I liked the varied weapons. The cerebral bore and the laser that bounced off walls. I think it was called the shredder.