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I think I would be more interested in a rerelease of the game with a high frame rate and the new music replacing the old licensed tracks. (It’s not that I don’t like techno but just not this type.)

Some of these would be really pointless if there was no English translation for a full remaster or remake.

For me I decided to stick to Arcade Archives due to the great consistency of emulation quality but the price increase of more than double has made me far more picky. I think hamster might end up with the same problem that affected later VC services after the Wii. (Despite loving x58000 Cotton I have played the Arcade Archives version much more than 100% due to the hassle of finding and changing the cart). I would pay the Arcade Archives 2 price for more games than I would like to think about. (Definitely Metal Slug 6 / Raiden DX for example). I just don’t think it will stay financially viable like this which would be a shame (I hate the feeling of being ripped off more than the worry of missing out at this point).

The fact that it’s £4 (Not sure about on other currencies). Makes it maybe worth buying now as opposed to waiting for it to leave early access (Especially if you commonly use Steam). I have played it more than ufo50. (Despite buying ufo50 twice because I don’t have a pc connected to my tv).

I am not sure how well maintained gcc is for sh3. (The way it’s written in incredibly difficult to understand).. It is almost deliberately obfuscated. Its purpose is to support free software not help other compiler writers. If it’s got a good maintainer (Ideally from the company making the target). Any patches to make it easier to see what it’s doing with always be refused. Someone seems to be actively working on an llvm / clang port for sh3. (I could probably get a Dreamcast to spin a few polygons but nearly always use the vendor toolchain for most stuff). If the gcc has been patched to fix sh3 (But broken other targets in the process). But how useful it is depends on how it can be used on a proper project like the recent gta port.. I wish I still had my Dreamcast I think it’s one of about 3 consoles Inever bought day 1.

@cyxceven I think I will put the effort in give it a shot then thanks.

@Guru_Larry I didn’t have the stick think that only was available with a proper Japan import.

I don’t think that the amount of people with the skills to do anything worthwhile with this who lack Linux skills is as high as the article makes out. Plus good look getting anything fixed in gcc using something like this.

@KingMike There is no reason they couldn’t use the Neo Geo CD original if they wanted. (The Wii is a different situation and Neo Geo games are the worst in terms of storage as it is. I had both PAL and NTSC-U Wii’s but I never managed to get the NTSC-U one outputting through the official RGB Scart cable (For VC anyway). It’s a shame because Metal Slug looked perfect but playing at 50hz basically broke the game for me. (UK Arcades were 60hz). Settling for svideo was a real shame and component wasn’t an option on the crt I was using. (Which was much better than what I ever had as a kid and still 4:3 - I couldn’t find one with component that wasn’t widescreen). Also running in AES mode I think was an improvement. (The 5 credit system anyway I prefer difficulty 4 I.e MVS because that’s what I played on holiday. It doesn’t usually affect much more than how much damage bosses take I think in Metal Slug. (Not sure about the fighting games). I get no satisfaction from finishing a game with unlimited credits at all I would much prefer AES mode by default maybe a cheat code for MVS. (You probably know most of thi but I think playing tg16/pc engine over rgb scart on a 4:3 crt is beautiful and I don’t think I would have even given them a shot had they not all been 60hz)

I just prefer Rondo of Blood. I don’t like the 8 way whip it makes it much less enjoyable for me. I prefer either the nes or famicom version of 3 to it even though it is older.

There is a modern outrun port called Cannonball or something (Needs the Arcade ROM’s) has anyone here tried it ?

I have Ninja Gaiden on series x and it seems fine. (Days of getting disappointed by ports on Nintendo are long since passed).

@Damo None of these Arcade focused articles seem to address my two main priorities. (Which I think when they are located in parts of the country that require significant travel I think is quite important.

1. Whether the machines are in top quality condition. (Primarily the controls. The parts are still available brand new - if they want to put the effort in to make them match the machine so be it but that is a minor concern for me.)

2. Amount of imports/rarities that people are unlikely to have experienced back in the day. (G-Loc is a good example of something I never played until recently even though it’s not super rare I think places offering more unique offerings deserve more attention.

Also I think it’s a bit disingenuous that a reader thinks something and an article is generated about it without Time Extension staff verifying it for themselves.

(I have given up almost entirely on Nintendo Life because of how terribly they treat things I really am bothered about like framerate/slowdown. The reason I always loved the Arcades so much in the first place as if not perfect there was generally much more effort put in).

I think basing an article on the opinion of a single person is a bad idea as well. (Don’t see why the whole site staff can’t put the effort into even giving a 30 minute mini opinion like used to happen because people do disagree).

This site seems to be really anti AI but it is at least good at offering multiple perspectives. (Even in the styles of preferred reviewers) and working out which version/versions are the ones to avoid. (I don’t deny that there are things AI is doing that are personally making my working life harder than before but for some of the slop coming from real writers I am not sure how much is being lost)

@Guru_Larry I couldn’t tolerate the input lag so sold it really cheap to a friend of a friend but I think you are right. (Not sure whether what I got from funstock differed from the LRG release either. (Wish I had kept the control pads they are worth more even at Cex than I paid for them).

@Guru_Larry I got an English one fairly easily. In the UK.

@RZ-Atom Yeah I don’t even know if it’s the best thing to do what is happening here in terms of Google but linking to primary sources is 101 in decent journalism.

I really like Final Vendetta. (Got to the level 3 boss on the default hard mode first try (you only get one credit). I can’t understand why Nintendo Life prefer another beat em up I got very close to it for switch that was scored. I was bored completely the whole t I was playing that one. Noway it’s worth $650 however.

Does it have a proper gdm driver that is the most performant way to run Linux for emulation.

I used to read SEGA Pro (I don’t think it was as popular as Mean Machines). I liked the fact that every game from every system had a star rating (I tried to get all the. games had a star rating- I wish there was an Arcade Archives one with all of them in it somewhere).

I had the link cable (Think it was bundled in the UK) but I don't think I used it once (Think my much younger brother did use it with Pokemon years later).

I don’t like people taking the easy route and just slapping Android on everything.. (Native Linux or a BSD would be preferable for me). If they want to fight the other people cloning their work a bad is a good choice (Sony uses it for example obviously it’s more engineering work and it would have to be really good.)

it should have a more suitable screen to be worth buying. (Maybe an oscilloscope one ?)

@retrosumus The features listed for the Neo Geo for me are much more desirable. (It is implied that they don’t carry over to the DC version to me but I might be wrong). I might consider it if it is cleared up. Can’t see why a ported DC version shouldn’t be able to do anything that the Neo Geo can. (But it seems like a deliberately gated feature which I am totally against).

I don’t see why the Dreamcast version has to be inferior. I don’t think this has been an issue before. I am not in the market for £300 neo geo games. I think I will either get it on modern consoles if that ever happens or not at all. I guess if it uses some tricks that still can’t be emulated that could be a problem but I thought Neo Geo emulation was pretty much a done thing. (If it comes to modern consoles a few years later I will be fine with that but I have been known to buy Dreamcast homebrew games..)

I would much prefer Astro City/Atomiswave/Naomi/Model 2/Model 3 Sega stuf.

For me I am not really bothered about Arcade games like this without the correct controls. Not sure how much I would be willing to drop on a wheel and pedals either. (If there was a gun that supported house of the dead and Time Crisis on Switch I would probably get it for up to about £100. (Think my Arcade Stick was £150 but it is too heavy to go on my lap. (It is a good comparison to how the controls should be at Arcade Club though they always feel too loose for me).

@KingMike archive.org with the Mame CHD full set is pretty easy to get. I can’t imagine once this is completed it will be not available in the same way. (Or is there something that makes these different to the Arcade Laserdisc titles Mame already has ?). Personally I find things much easier than they used to be generally because getting a known good set (Regardless of emulator) is that much easier.

I would buy a Tate mode optimized device but I don’t want Android.

@Auto2112 I have only been to the Leeds Arcade Cub but I don’t find the machines are well maintained. (They seem to care more about the aesthetics than how well the games play. I would much rather play something with brand new joysticks. Most games in the UK were in generic cabinets when they were a current thing). There is not that many weird imports. It’s definitely better than most but I don’t know whether it is the best.

Hopefully there is some way of using a proper Saturn pad.

This is much worse value than Arcade Club or Heart of Gaming. (Adult pricing of £18 or £20 for all day - Children £10 or £15) loads more machines in both locations.

(I didn’t know Heart of Gaming had moved from Acton to Croydon but intend to go with my cousins daughter (Not sure what that makes her in relation to me) soon.)

Arcade Club you can stay for 12 hours if you want. (Heart of Gaming 7 hours). I usually stay about 4 hours at Arcade Club. (Usually because people I am with want to leave).

@smoreon Yeah but it is capable of running perfectly on modern consoles/pc. I bet it is less work getting that version working on windows/series x than the custom drm / emulator. (More work for PS due to not being Windows).

System specs:
CPU: Intel Core i3-9100F 3.60GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 with 4GB of RAM
RAM: 8GB DDR4-2400
OS: Windows 10
PSU: 350W 100-240V (autoswitching)
Security: Gemalto Sentinel
Vidéo output: DVI-D/HDMI
I/O: JVS
From
https://www.arcadebelgium.net/t5955-exa-arcadia

Intel Core i3 8100 (4 cores 4 threads, 3.6 Ghz) or 9100F (4 cores 4 threads, 3.6 Ghz (That system is destroyed by PS5/Series X cpu wise). Unknown GeForce gpu but it seems unlikely to be better than ps5/series X. (Gunlord X is a good example of how this sort of project should be undertaken).

@SlangWon Yeah I agree totally. I am not interested in any other version.

If I was to use this app I would just use the developer provided binaries.

Al lot of the people making modern Linux software don’t make it easy for packagers. Especially people using rust crates / go GitHub modules / npm for node.js etc etc. I am fine with using upstream stuff directly installed to /opt but I do feel for the maintainers for such as Debias because the work necessary for security on those type of apps seems like an absolute nightmare. (I don’t know why developers choose to use so many of the new shiny bits added to the latest and greatest. Especially if they expect it to be packaged. It would be different if they helped back porting security fixes but for the most part they leave all that work to distro security teams (Who in the case of Debian are volunteers).

It’s getting old all these anti AI articles. (Maybe it’s true but more time is spent on saying AI is bad than explaining what it does that is so undesirable). https://www.showrunner.xyz/ Is pretty impressive from my limited experience of it (But it’s only for animation).

The proportion of properly optimised I.e 50hz PAL with no black bars was far superior with the MS than I experienced with the PAL SNES. (But for me the PC Engine/TG16 these days solves all the issues I have with other 8 bit systems. They also had the best way of dealing with the PAL problem- that nobody else saw fit to use)

@Zeebor15 The current Namco Arcades are not as good as the old Namco Station that used to be near the London Eye. (Arcade Club is good for what it is but they don’t replace the sticks / buttons when I think they need to be).

The Namco Station near the London Eye had a similar selection of games (Of the age I am most interested in) but everything was always in immaculate condition.

Wonder if it could run on the Neo. Geo (Anything on that seems to get snapped up immediately at £250-300).

@MegaManFan I like to believe that Iawata or Myamoto would have rebuilt Mario Kart and DK from scratch if necessary to properly for Switch 2 (e.g using VRR / DLSS properly not FSR1). I definitely think they were more honourable in the past. (Now I find Nintendo not significantly different to anyone else). So it’s not impossible I think but I certainly agree it’s not common anymore.

@BausRifle I don’t think it is always as clear cut as that. Like for instance the DVD encryption was considered so terrible that it is treated differently to e.g the blue ray one. I think the former applies to the Wii Master Key as well which is hardcoded into Dolphin (But not the RetroArch dolphin core that is on Steam).

@BausRifle I think even Hamsters Metal Slug X bypasses the encryption board. (Same way Mame does.)

Even this site often says that they received review devices full of roms.

Gearbox took all their money and spent it on borderlands apparently. (I haven’t bought one of their games since) scummy move imo.

I really want Raiden 2 or ideally Raiden DX from these guys. Probably even begrudgingly pay £13.49 for DX. (I love the never ending war setting of DX)

I am very pleased with the native VVVVVV port to the Myoo Mini . (I have bought it in at least 2 places and got it in a Steam indie bundle in the days they were any good.)

I still think they should have delayed until they had it working with the native switch 2 upscaling tech. I perhaps think in the past that would have happened for such an important game. (They have been known to start again for some games in the pursuit of quality.)

@Daniel36 Me too I wish they would do a similar site for Arcade Archives. (It seemed to be more passionate). A lot of people seem to be against AI search but I think if it made sites like that the only ones visible it would certainly suit me. (Clickbait and Ad’s masquerading as content can rot in hell).