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@Jarend This sir, is when i bid you goodbye!

Yeah agree with the above comments. Viewtiful Joe, Dino Crisis and Darkstalkers spring to mind.

Strider would be fantastic. Side Arms. Power Stone. I'm sure there's more that i can't think of right now.

Ant & Dec always annoyed, and continue to annoy, the absolute ***** out of me too 😅

Great article. Love these retrospectives from the golden age of my life 😊

@CookieByte Indeed!

Yeah i'm getting one

@Deway You might not want to search for "TinyTV 2" 😅

Oof that looks like an NES game

I loved my Micro. I made sure it was always in my work bag along with a charge cable for my commute. I mostly played Zelda (can't remember which one - one of the Capcom ones) and Mario VS Donkey Kong (that game gets brutal).

Ah memories... 🫠

I always find it amusing how ***** games become classics when they're deemed "retro" (and i'm all about retro otherwise i wouldn't be here). This game was *****. Probe had no idea what they were doing.

Super high-speed racing with super sensitive, twitchy controls on super narrow tracks with tight turns that you can't see coming 😂

Compare it to F-Zero for example, where you have super high-speed vehicles, smooth controls, the tracks are wide and you can see the bends coming. Class.

I mean look how much railing the player is doing in the demo above.

Imagine if Atari took the reins on Microsoft's Xbox console business.

It's a good time to step in and promise physical media.

Looks like a lot of effort has gone into this and it's clearly not finished so saying it looks "hilariously bad" is just mean and entitled.

3DS should be able to handle the action aspect perfectly well. Monster Hunter had great action and huge monsters on 3DS.

@JJtheTexan You're right that soundtrack is amazing! He must have been wearing his cape when he made that 😅

@Fighting_Game_Loser I was about to reply along the same lines including using the term "nothing burger" 😅

Shinobi AOV is a great game. I loved it, as i did the original arcade and console games. I also love retro arcade game styles. It's what i was raised on. However i would certainly 100% expect for them to modernise the gameplay for a new Shinobi game and what we got was great!

Here's the thing, these so called "modern players" will happily spend hours playing primitive Roblox games. If suddenly they decide that they don't like "primitive retro arcade style gameplay" then that's just doesn't make sense.

I think they're looking in the wrong direction for why it didn't sell as well as they hoped.

@AlienX My mate had his contract terminated recently because the business decided they can use one dev to type prompts into Claude. This is only going to happen more. I think our days are numbered buddy 😢

Personally i would just LOVE to see HD-2D remakes of the Final Fantasy instalments, including 7.

I found part 1 of the 7 remake to be a bit of a slog. Aspects of the game were drawn out so much and adding voice acting really took away a lot of the charm.

I really enjoyed the Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remake and can't wait to settle into the 1 & 2 remakes.

More of that please!

I spent large amount of my childhood in arcades. The Trocadero was a highlight. Recently i got to experience Arcade Club in Leeds where you pay a single price on entry and all arcade machines are free. And do you know what? It was packed. Not with old gen x'ers like me but with gen z's too. They were playing mostly multi-player games but there were smiles all around.

It shows you that there is still an appetite for this type of entertainment. Stick an arcade in every town centre and they will come and they will spend.

"3DO", "Classic EA Racer", "Atari Jaguar"...

Nothing about this sounds appealing 😂

Fantastic news and great work. For me the greatest console of all time. Wish i could get my hands on a Super NT but until then MiSTer and Pocket will continue doing a great job.

PS. Shame that he put the link in the reply which means registering for an X account, which ain't happening, so thanks for sharing the link in the article @damo

Really nice looking hardware. I thought this was supposed to be FPGA. Or am i confusing this with another project they're working on?

Edit: I'm confusing Retroid with The Retro Collective. So many retro so little time... 😅

Microsoft has been a destructive force on my beloved games industry 🤬😤

@ThisIsPete 💯 At the very least they need to be categorised as AI generated so that we can filter then out. Christ it’s everything AI from here on out…

If it had a wallet and a solid camera i’d be 100% in even with the price tag.

I feel like the Analogue Pocket covers the handheld base. Although i’m curious to see the form factor they settle on that will satisfy vertical and horizontal games.

Ah man, i can’t wait to have 3rd Strike running on my arcade machine. I never really played the game as much as SF2 so it’ll be good to go deep and finally master it!

@SP1SCM Yeah don’t worry, i had a response lined up but just couldn’t be bothered to engage… 😅 He seems to be getting the upvotes so he’s got a mob too 👀

@BTS From the article:

“…thanks to worsening and continuing computer problems and health concerns which I have had during these past three years - and some even before then - limiting the frequency with which I have been able to read and respond to e-mail…”

You can’t always respond to ALL the emails ALL of the time. But i suppose you can. Regardless of what else is going on in your life. Well bravo 👏

I can’t tell you how much i want a rerelease of the Analogue Super NT. Not enough to pay the extortionate ebay prices. I just want a brand new one from Analogue. It’s frustrating…

On a side note, i always hated the cover art for RE1 in the UK. The guy looked like Anthony Perkins (from Psycho) with a funny eye.

Seriously what’s the point?

Yay 🙌 Non-AI for the win!

@PKDuckman Ooh Continental Circus, i loved that game. It was one of the games i used to look for when we arrived at a new arcade.

Damien, probably worth noting that there is a distinction between remake and remaster. Remasters usually fine tune existing assets (making them HD etc). Remakes will usually involve new assets.

The recently released FF7 games have been remade. They’re remakes not remasters 🤓

Perhaps they were just weak ideas? Miyamoto himself has proven credentials in the field of ideas 🤷

Interesting read 😊

One of favourite arcade games! Never seen or played any sequels. Looking forward to getting my mitts on this!

I love my PlayDate. It’s a great device to take when travelling. Particularly because i go off-grid when i travel and avoid using my phone. This little retro device, when offline and when there are no distractions, takes me right back to those days when games were simple but sometimes needed a little patience (which is something i lack in everyday life).

Personally i don’t see the need for this. It’s a gimmick. When it comes to gaming hardware, particularly retro gaming, i don’t want gimmicks, just results.

Would love to see some love for Viewtiful Joe 😊

@Peteykins Truth

splinter-cell-pandora-tomorrow? Great now i’ll have to change my password. Seriously though the title of that game feels like 4 unrelated words.

Come to London. We have cookies

It always amazes me how powerful nostalgia can be. The Jaguar was one of the worst consoles ever. Why would anyone want to put energy into this toilet seat?

@The_Nintendo_Pedant Yeah definitely get the case with it. It’s a fantastic little device and feels really good in the hands. A real throwback to those good ol’ days 😊

I love my Playdate. It’s a great console to take away on trips or holidays if you (like me) go “offline”. The games are really enjoyable and it’s a reminder of how simple and fun they used to be 😊

@1040STF Fantastic tips! Thanks for taking the time to note it all down, really appreciate it! 😊

Hmm this game looks really familiar. I know i’ve never played it but i’m pretty sure the art style caught my eye way back when.

It sounds like a game i’d enjoy too. Hope i get to play it someday!

@1040STF That’s really interesting. What sort of meditation do you do? And what’s your routine?

I had a similar experience with physical exercise. Since i started regularly exercising and stretching i’m much more flexible and have very little back pain (stretching in particular is so underrated, especially in our mostly-sitting lifestyles).

Pocket Air Mini? Feels like overkill on the name 😂 Could have settled for any one of those words to get the message across

“Brandish Renewal Is Next Week's EGGCONSOLE Release On Switch, Complete With Mouse Support”

That’s a hard to read title…

“C64 OS support coming soon” 🤔

So what does it ship with? And how soon is soon?

Except it’s locked away in the twitter vault… why are people still using this closed platform?