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@Blast16 https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/03/16/xbox-series-x-latency I can’t find a reason as to why hamster manages it but others don’t. But it could be that they properly optimize for each platform. (That Xbox tech certainly makes it a lot easier.)

Just read a PC Gamer article from SEGA complaining that they are not selling enough units. What stops me buying more full price day one games from them is the DLC practices. I do get them (Racing Crossworlds/ Shinobi / Sonic x Shadow (Physical and digital)).
I would have got quite a few others if I didn’t feel that they were unfair price wise. (hatsune miku (DLC seems to be copying the sims model which I think is super unfair). Puyo Puyp Tetris 2S unfair no upgrade from the 1st which I did get) I might have gone for Super Monkey Ball if it had the right controls like the original Arcade.) iPadOS seems to get much more favourable pricing. (Think the Total War games there have a suitable control scheme, fair price but I don’t like the lack of commitment to keeping stuff working there.)

Bank of America at least treat their employees decently. (I thought the award they won was worst place to work.)

@lordlad I didn’t know that. I bought a few of them for the convenience of keeping them up to date a while ago. On my iPad I have been using recently RetroArch but I would rather use lightweight medafan based emulators with a proper native port. I guess the AppStore rules prohibit GPL. (But it isn’t enforced unless someone complains which has happened in the past).

Selling a GPL licensed product is allowed and not even frowned upon but you have to make the source code available. (To people who buy the binaries from you.) You can also be really convoluted about it like MikroTik. (Only supply it on physical media and charge a fee and require the same for every update.)

The current fad of taking the test suite of a gpl program and then using that to create another compatible version with a new license I think is far worse.

Nearly all the Robert Broliga emulators are paid apps but fulfil the license I don’t see a problem with that. (You can build APK’s yourself if you want the snes 9x one is completely free due to the license of that.)

Hamster has proved that you don’t necessarily need every release to be a hit. There is not that many different SEGA Arcade Systems. If the cost of doing the lot is quite a bit less than the amount of profit overall it is worth doing. (Bare ROM’s would be fine by me.) If they play as well as hamster or SEGA Ages I am fine with it. (If they use digital eclipse I might get it on Xbox but I wouldn’t touch it on PS or Nintendo.)

I thought about trying hatsune miku until I saw the EA like DLC situation that is a complete joke in terms of its cost so I didn’t bother at all. I have not tried Yakusa because I get the impression that you need to play all of it. I prefer individual games. (And not loads in the same series in a short period of time no matter how much I like it.)

I will get it if the enhanced version is ported to anything current. Is the microcontroller just for the megadrive version ? I thought the ADPCM that the Neo can do is fine quality wise.

The really high quality translations tend to have quite a lot of revisions anyway and need lots of play testing and beta versions to get there. Release early and release often I think is the best way to get stuff done.

I don’t get why people wouldn’t release what they have as is they were going to abandon something like this but it is up to them.

I want the NoProgress DQ VI patch finished but I don’t think it is likely to happen. (I have been known to put bits of money into Open Source to get stuff I want done but I don’t really agree with putting money into stuff that only works with someone else’s copyrighted work.)

I don’t seem to have good luck with these types of t-shirts (End up with the picture all cracked after a short time.)

I did get a few Chipzel t-shirts that were good quality. (At the time I got them because of the announcer in Super Hexagon going off on how great she was and I thought that I should support whatever did the music who didn’t seem to be making a fuss and at the time could have been any gender (It is a woman but it could have been either - It didn’t affect my decision anyway).

@Zeebor15 There is already 2 that I own that hamster has released. (Raiden and Viper Phase One). What is annoying about this current situation is that all of these recent Raiden Fighters games could be done with the same emulator as Viper Phase One.

I don’t get why they didn’t either license hamsters emulator or just put them on Arcade Archives. (Viper Phase One is the same system board and I think very well emulated.)

Only thing I can think of is to force people to pay for all of them. (Maybe hamster won’t license it unless individual titles are in Arcade Archives also.)

I know people don’t like the Accuracy of dotemus versions of these but it cost me about 30 times less so I was quite happy with it for the price. (But that could have been the reason I don’t like these games much.)

I prefer Vertical shmups although I think that doing them on the NES is quite a bit harder but if something like RECCA can exist devs of the calibre implied by the article should be able to do it.

@dodgykebaab I think you are totally right about this. The work they have done is definitely a great step forward they have released it all. It’s playable if people want to. There were loads of SNES JRPG’s that had a great translated script but no working version at all at one point. I don’t understand why people are so ungrateful for something that is blatantly useful.

@The_Nintendo_Expat What about stuff like ghouls n ghosts? The Arcade / MD / Super Grafix I think don’t share any code but they are basically the same game and play very similarly. Are you saying all versions of it are remakes ? (I preferred that situation to using middleware that isn’t properly optimized for each platform.)

I have never touched a port of this but enjoyed it in the Arcades (And who shot Johnny rock).

I don’t usually have much luck with the pi picos that don’t have traces or pins on them. (The breadboard version works but I wouldn’t use it for something like this).

I have nearly all the 8bitdo controllers (Xbox and Bluetooth). A few genuine series X controllers an Xbox elite 2 core a switch pro controller 2 the luna controller and the Switch real arcade pro Hori stick. I only play on TV 99% of the time I think the only one that can easily change parts (the elite 2 core) is the least well made because of it. And the part that is starting to wear out is the face buttons (I have only had it 3 months).

I think overall just a decent ifixit repair score and available parts is good enough for me.

(I need a better quality myoo mini dpad already after hardly any usage but the postage costs are astronomical for the only real upgrade I have found.)

The only good emulation I have seen of a vector screen requires a 240hz oled. (It’s much better than the standard mame one.) Think it is called shader beam. It’s the only one I have seen that looks right. (I highly doubt that the Polymega uses that technique however.)

@metaphysician For sure the original Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night do but the remake Rondo of Blood I assumed was a proper native remake. (A limited amount of research seemed to confirm this.) I have issues with the sound and video becoming unsynced or cutting out both in game and cutscenes. (Or did perhaps I should try it again it was very early I bought PSPSPP Gold compared to when it first arrived.) It was happening frequently enough that I got annoyed with it. (I think I ended up playing the extracted PC Engine version in RetroArch instead. I know that is known for sound issues even on a real PSP). Dunno how popular it is.

I wonder if the bugs I had with Dracula X Chronicles are fixed yet. (I bought PSPSPP Gold on m2 iPad for that and the rebalanced Ultimate Ghosts n Goblins (That is JPN only).

There are quite a few decent Neo Geo games that are only on the Super Pocket. (Hopefully we get an exp or vs with them or failing that extra carts.)

There is also stuff like Rayforce/Raycrisis/Raystorm from Taito.

If it works and is complete it’s certainly better than what existed before. The transition itself and the work getting it into the game are two quite different things. (I am much less bothered about stuff like this than stuff of dubious legality being locked behind Patreon (If it’s something someone has full rights to I have no issues with whatever)).

@pocketmoon I think that isn’t true I don’t know the specifics (As I am not into it.) but in the UK some forms of hentai are very illegal. (If I was into it I would be extremely careful because of what the crimes fall under.) Personally I would allow anything that on balance caused less harm than not existing but the British like authoritarian laws unfortunately.

@YANDMAN Not available anywhere in the UK from a proper distributor new. (I want the exp with built in Capcom). I might get something else but definitely not Tomb Raider.

Last time I was looking for something I got a full mame Romset from the internet archive.maybe that isn’t possible anymore I certainly wouldn’t have the patience to get that bit by bit. I have found trying to use individual titles with mame a big pain. (I am actually reasonably pleased with Arcade Archives so I haven’t bothered recently.)

I have the Neo Geo super pocket and the 3 Neo Geo Carts but it’s too small for me. I would go for the proper Evercade I could get the same roms as the pocket on it. I guess there will be an update with Analog Sticks based on the new pad. I don’t want to get one bundled with games I don’t want though. If the Capcom one was still available I would probably go for that.

I am hoping that some good pc engine stuff gets added to console archives. I can understand the price because of the translation not sure I want this enough to pay it though.

6502 assembler is very unpleasant.

The Cex near me is the only store selling games. (Used to be Gamestation (After it was acquired by game and it wasn’t really that good anymore.) / Grainger Games / Blockbuster (Which was actually pretty good I managed to get all the DS Dragon Quests from there 4 and 5 were used.) I sometimes get games from Argos (Trying to avoid Amazon because it is flooded with garbage when I look for tech stuff and it is annoying me. They make it too difficult to find sold by Amazon.co.uk. I have been sold imports from random 3rd party sellers too many times.)

I think Cex is now a franchise that is run much differently to what it used to be. The original Gamestation was like what Cex used to be. (The SNES RPG’s like ff3 / Chrono Trigger were like £30 used when to import them it was more like at least £70) I have never found any weird and wonderful stuff in my local Cex. You can’t even order online and pick up at the local shop which is something I probably would do.

I wish it worked with iPadOS I use a series x controller or a Bluetooth m30 at the moment. I have other controllers that work but they are often a pita and come with significant drawbacks. (Like show PlayStation button types.)

The CeX near me won’t touch imports at all for the most part. (It once had some jpg virtual boy stuff however.). I think the way they currently operate is like a parasite I think their existence causes real harm and they share quite a big responsibility for the increased price of e.g Nintendo games. (I shudder to think how much money has been leeched by them from developers and publishers.)

I bet they stop working under a future iOS update. I am quite happy with the Netflix version of Mania for Sonic on iPad (Or the 3d one on Apple Arcade). But after what happened with Hades I don’t trust Netflix Games at all. (I think it was a brilliant version much better than the Switch one. It was really annoying starting again on Xbox.)

For these if buying from Ali Express apparently the max ones are the ones with a proper injection molded shell. (I would still wait until they specifically state 0.9 compatibility though with open hardware you never know how closely the specs have been followed. With the clones of other stuff like ode’s it’s very difficult to tell .)

@metaphysician I I don’t mind games having a story but I really don’t like the story being just a load of boring cutscenes. (There again if there is a bad story I think that is much worse than no story at all. I can’t get on with modern jrpgs I was only interested in the stories but the old ones used to engage me like reading a book but I just don’t seem to get into them properly in the modern format. )
If the game mechanics are not that good. (But the story is great but all cutscene I would rather it be a film / tvshow or anime.)

I am getting a bit burnt out by procedural generation. I think it is good as an option to keep replayability but I prefer the first play through to be manually designed.

@ludotaku Thanks

I think a complete new Saturn port. (The existing one is a lost cause.) Would be the only retro port of this I would be interested in.
(I play the iOS port on an m2 iPad and it is genuinely great and so cheap at £2.99 the 360 port was quite disappointing and £18 or something.)

It’s very hard to get a game in this genre I like. (I don’t like excessive backtracking. Repetition, Having to use the map all the time (Due to everywhere looking almost identical.) I think I just don’t care for what other people must want.

The most important thing is that it plays like a good action platformer. (I think infernax is probably my favourite recent one it’s not perfect like SoTN or Super Metroid but it isn’t boring and samey.)

It’s not really a Metroidvania but at least something like the messenger you actually have to use the upgrades. (In lots of Metroidvanias you don’t really need to master the new techniques that you get or even need them more than a handful of times.)

@NoirConceit It is not that they don’t work but they are not in perfect condition. The joysticks feel loose. Namco Station never had that problem. (It would have been easier for them to get the exact parts). I don’t know what it is but it is common to lots of machines there. How well they play should be the most important thing.

I like the idea of everything being in tip top shape. (I don’t get why Arcade Club is so bothered about what the cabs look like more than how they play).

They could easily replace the joysticks on e.g the Astro City cabs and in doing so the games would play much better. (Even if the boards were just in Generic Cabs that wouldn’t bother me. Arcade Club is the first time I have come across a Neo Geo cab with the red MVS artwork.) Some of the shmups are really difficult to play with a duff joystick.

I don’t really like achievements I usually do them in Super Giant games because I tend to like them enough to want to keep playing at harder settings (Can’t understand why there is no achievement for doing the last Skelly statue (Heat 32) in Hades though.) I don’t like collectibles at all and that seems all too common. (Much rather have to complete a speedrun like Super Meat Boy as an alternative.) I have all the achievements for All Stars Racing Transformed as well. (There was only the time trials left and if I am going to play something online I might as well learn the tracks properly. I don’t think many people did the burning rangers one judging by how much better I did on that track online.)
For Neo Geo Games I go for 5 credit clear and then one credit clear. (I would probably prefer to start with AES mode but recently I have been just using MVS mode because it’s the default on ACA Neo Geo)

I don’t think most of the achievements should exist at all as they are anything but.

I don’t think I will be going for any retro hardware without open source software. (Open Hardware matters less to me). I am willing to accept accept a higher initial cost or less initial features in exchange for the possibility of improvements later. (I have had good experience so far.) From what I have seen any DRM the closers can break anyway )

That screen is the one that is in the revision of the Miyoo mini (I think v4). There are some onion is problems still with that screen.The original was 640x480

I don’t like the NES version at all. I didn’t play it until 3DS (I had the Arcade version on my Wii).

Still need a wheel to play this. Which ones have they tested it with ? I might try one of the cheap hori switch ones. (I don’t want to play it with a pad). I want pedals. (Force feedback takes the price to £300 which is too much for the use it will likely get.)

Still looking for a half decent Wheel setup for either Xbox or Switch 2 before I will consider any of these driving games. (I have found something for about £300 but is not worth that to me.)

Bring back first party wheel setups.

The article makes it sound as if fuzzy logic is not actually useful for anything anymore. A washing machine being able to estimate roughly how full it is and adjust the cycle accordingly is pretty useful. (If I had a combination washer/ dryer I would want it to refuse to start drying if it is too full- which is normally at 50% of the load for washing.) I don’t know why he would rather have a washer that operates identically with a tiny quantity of stuff compared to a full load.

@MarkyVigoroth The situation with that is significantly different to this in that you can buy it for £9 on current Xboxes. They have done a really good job with the upscaling on series x but if you just want to play it then an Xbox one is really dirt cheap. I am not sure a PC re compilation will ever be as good as it is on series X going by the other games I have tried that have gone that route. (This might be better than current Saturn emulation).

I am sure I had to get some DLC for the original version on the Switch version of special.