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@RadioHedgeFund if you think it's the American side that was SEGA's only problem, you've got some history to read up on...

I only ask for two things:

1. Do NOT let the emulation increase input lag. This is a shmup. input lag must must must be kept to a minimum. This takes effort, but its worth it.

2. Do NOT AI upscale the animations or any assets. please please please. Its already using AI in the promo art, which is bad enough and gives me a reason to worry they'll try to AI upscale the cutscenes.

Just dont.

I'm really cautiously optimistic about this re-release...

I feel like this "energy" or "attitude" at SEGA is what killed the company, and is still prevalent to this day.

vibe coding hacks trying to make ports is insane to me.

If you're not here to do it right, why bother?

I used to think these were useless, but the more get into retrogaming the more useful these become. They often improve performance, or simplify a setup. For example, I didn't see any purpose to the system 16 ports to NEO GEO but once i got an MVS 1 slot for my candy cab with a flash cart all of a sudden I could play more games than I initially thought. I dont have a Shinobi PCB, but i can play it on my NEO GEO and thats cool!

why is there a digital foundry article promoting AI slop filter on a retro gaming website?

Conventiently one where you cant comment unless you join their patreon?

@gojiguy its not that they are bad, they just choice games like Gain Ground and Sonic 1 instead of Daytona, Panzer Dragoon or SlashOut.

@no_donatello yeah SEGA was insanely boneheaded with SEGA AGES on Switch porting some absolute trash old genesis games instead of doing model 1, 2, 3 etc.

Honestly what a BS answer. Hamster has probably already contacted them time and time again asking if they can release their games but SEGA has probably said "NO."

@Zeebor15 similar to how Treasure still exists, they are basically a holding company that licenses the IP.

@Zeebor15 All of CityConnection's Psikyo ports got delisted. They were reinstated on steam under a different publisher/developer.

@Zeebor15 they aren't. In fact, Psikyo doesnt even have a deal with them anymore.

MOSS is pretending they didn't know about these issues. They knew the whole time... It was brought up when the game was announced!

@pocketmoon Kaminari developed it. A subsidiary of MOSS.

This game is brutally hard, but fun. I played on the Egret II Mini.

I wonder if this will support mouse?

This release is a huge joke. 6 frames of input delay and a forced 60fps framerate in a world where VRR is commonplace is insane.

Add on top terrible features and no replay saving and this is just a disgusting cheap cash grab.

This is awesome. I believe some of the PC versions are generally considered definitive even for titles like Rogue Squadron.

Is time Extension going to make an article about the Raiden Fighters Remix Collection controversy?

@GodlessPreservation While you were typing this huge rant about how much you want to obey the law and simp for mega corporations, I was playing Armed Police Batrider. Its an awesome game, I recommend you check it out (though I guess you'd have to spend thousands of dollars on an original PCB so good luck).

Myrient was a legend. I only heard about it recently, but the organization was excellent. We are losing something really important here.

This is a fantastic, well-researched article.

The PCFX really is a sore spot for me. I've always been a huge fan of the PC Engine with all the shooters, arcade ports, platformers, etc... The PCFX feels like such a slap in the face, library-wise.

I do wonder what the system could have done if Hudson had released a Bonk, Star Soldier, or Bomberman title for it...

Oh wow. I'll be honest, I kinda gave up hope that they'd patch it.

While its still odd to only offer a slow down option for stage 3, I'll take what I can get.

For them putting in the effort to fix it, I will finally buy this game!

is that title screen AI generated? seems totally incongruent with the rest of the art style.

How did these guys get Nintendo to invest in them?

I've got this on the Egret II Mini. Its pretty fun!

Its AI generated art, just FYI

Interesting... when I'm in Chicago I default to Galloping ghost.

Galloping ghost is incredible, but its impossible to maintain all of their machines so I might have to check this one out if they have a good collection of STGs.

@AllieKitsune Taito is a subsidiary of SE

Also I'm glad they skipped ridge racer 2 and went straight to rave!

An obvious disconnect between studio leadership and staff. If you are forcing your workers to use a tool they hate, don't expect long term gains or stability.

@GhaleonUnlimited I've heard they are better, but I'd need to region free my DC, which I want to do (by just installing a GDEMU) but havent got around to it.

@metaphysician Even their arcade titles nowadays are locked to Yakuza titles...

It is 100% guaranteed going to need a human pass after the AI pass.

The question is: will that get done? Do enough people care?

Trapped in the hell that is "Sega's catalogue titles that weren't released on the Genesis/Megadrive"

I thought this might be a take on Custom Robo, but it looks like another Vampire Survivors-like. Nice art, but not for me.

I'd love a better lightgun for the DC (they're notoriously bad), but the price... That's a bit much.

@Sketcz Thanks for the in-depth reply. It sounds like the NY law firm doing pro bono work is a pretty darn good reason!

i definitely understand the appeal there, but Canada has very similar (and in some ways superior) laws compared to the USA for this kind of work. Its just called "Fair Dealing" instead of "Fair Use."

Given the current geopolitical climate, going to the US is... a choice.

Don't know why they wouldn't move into to Canada or a European country with better international relations.

@sdelfin those are "founders" and the crystal blue shell only. No ETA on everyone else.

I think this device is great, but it is NOT coming in Q1 2026. No chance in hell.

Early birds still dont have their units or any actual time frame for production.

We'll be lucky if we get units by end of 26.

Tiki being on there just reminds me that SE devoured Taito

It's cool, and I'm interested to see what options it will have, but I already own Space Invaders enough times.

I played this game all the time as a kid! The music is still stuck in my head.

Small nitpick, but KM Box is licensing. The actual rights holders are Psikyo (who still exist as a license business).

Zerodiv was sold by city connection earlier this year and no longer exist within that company.

How on earth are you supposed to play arkanoid, cameltry or syvalion...?

@hste why are you even here?

These are always a better deal than going with individual ACA releases but... What could be coming that isnt on the carts already? Surely we won't get 10 new original titles?

@mjparker77 Yeah I mean, assuming this already has Taito F2 stuff in it (and that Evercade runs PS1 games) I assume shmup releases aren't impossible?

Why are the taito collections allergic to shmups?? Taito invented the genre!

Never even heard of these folks (or their games) until they started dumping this slop out.

No thanks.

@PopetheRev28 if you keep playing for a clear it may start to get annoying. It did for me.

@PopetheRev28 I cleared ZPF the day I got it in the mail. Here are my main issues:

• level design is very bland, simple, repetitive, and overly long. Sometimes the game just throws empty sections at you with nothing but one or two enemies spawning at the far end of the screen. The action is pacecd horribly.
• Bullet visibility is a serious issue in multiple levels as the backgrounds are way to garish and the bullet colours dont adapt well enough to stand out.
• The shop system encourages you to simply play the game less- turn down the number of bullets? Why? this is like admitting the game isn't fun.
• bullet patterns are not exciting or fun to dodge. Enemies aren't fun to kill, and bosses are boring (and also you can just bomb the boss and kill it instantly, a huge oversight).

Overall it feels very euroshmup and amateurish. I dont absolutely hate it, but there are so many better games even on the same hardware. The worst a shmup can be is boring, and ZPF is unfortunately quite boring.

@Edd-O Tom does seem like a player with real interest in the genre, but I feel like a review of any STG should involve a full on input lag test (even if rudimentary) and a comparison of the original port. Knowing that he actually plays STGs for the clear leads me to believe he understands how important slowdown accuracy and input lag are but I dont see them in his reviews. Maybe its asking too much given the deadlines for these reviews? idk.