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@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.

I am sick of Unreal and Unity indie games that feel similar to each other. (I think gen ai might get me more stuff like VVVVV but with it looking a bit nicer.) The people using frameworks tend to produce stuff that doesn’t just feel exactly the same as everything else so I have started trying to pick up more of those games.

@Axelay71 How can it be at 50hz ?

I am pretty sure I had this on bbc micro. I don’t remember the cover though (Definitely do remember the game though looking at YouTube)

If a person or group of people puts any amount of effort into showing how elite they are then they are usually not anything of the sort.

The people who really are elite don’t try to show it (And sometimes actively try to hide it.)

Maybe it’s a good way to make money though appealing to some people like that. (As long as they don’t actually believe it.)

Did this use a paddle in the Arcades ?

I think Hamster should collaborate with someone on a range of suitable controllers for some of these games. (Getting a £300 wheel for ridge racer is not worth it to me. Sucks there is not first party wheels anymore. I had the DC and 360 first party ones but they were at the upper end of what I would pay. I would pay quite a bit for an aes joystick because it looks like it doesn’t need a table but I might be wrong on that.)

What was the attach rate of the various consoles that is far more important than the amount of consoles sold. (I guess the DS attach rate was lower than it could have been due to the R4 but it it wasn’t sold at a loss like the PSP).

The art quality of a game doesn’t really bother me. (I appreciate really good pixel art like Metal Slug but I have yet to find an indie game up to that level.) If the mechanics are interesting then I like it. I think that overall before long I will get a load of stuff that I wouldn’t otherwise have got.

The big difference between what has happened to the working class forever and this is that it affects the middle classes (Who I have zero sympathy for despite being part of them.)

It will probably affect my source of income but I don’t mind that much. There will always be something interesting to do.

I had this and Shadow Dancer on sms but I don’t think either was really all that great. (I enjoyed both MD Shinobi games and MD Shadow Dancer). Master System Ninja Gaiden looks good but I never bought it due to my experiences with those two.

I would be much more interested in the hamster driving games if there was a standard wheel that was recommended for them. (Most of the wheels seem to be designed for sim racing and an overkill in terms of cost for me.)

There are many things there I don’t consider playing properly. Especially the respawning bits. As a child I would have used those sort of things but I don’t consider doing that learning the game.

@shgamer I never really liked fable but previously to that he either made new genres or significantly raised the bar in them. Populous (Especially) / Magic Carpet and Black or White stand out much more more to me probably Theme Park as well. (Dungeon Keeper ?). Those are the reason he became hot property (I think fable was not good and how he got his more recent reputation for over promising and under delivering.)

I am always on the look out for new controllers but I prefer single platform (or a switch not button combinations). I wish there was a proper switch version of the m30 (With all the buttons like the wired Xbox version of it). That controller really is a game changer for certain types of games.

Are the ININ releases better on Xbox (or PS5 ? ) I have a few on Switch and they really are bad. (I expect them to be poor everywhere due to just how bad they are but I could be wrong).