The Loaded games did not age well. They're ugly, and there are many, many better top-down shooters available - such as Out Zone and FixEight on the Toaplan carts. Buggy was crap 30 years ago. The whole Evercade thing started well, but, arcade carts aside, it's lost all traction for me. These Giga carts in particular, are poor.
Still my GOAT, and gets plenty of play between 3DS and Switch. I can hit the final stages pretty regularly but traffic plays a big part in whether I finish or not.
I'm a massive Inty fan, and was initially on board. But seriously, a week on AtariAge and I knew it was just another retro scam. That still continues.
And Tallarico himself may be the most narcissistic liar ever. You sent his interview as a backgammon 'world champion' also printed in a magazine that lasted two whole issues? Waste of skin. Used his dead sister and dad to self promote.
@drypaphmrbro Tommy Tallarico, responsible for the Intellivision Amico scam that is still shuffling along in a near death state, while putting out garbage like Evil Kenevil and Cornhole on the eShop at 14.99 a throw.
I slept on these originally, but was given a pretty knackered 3DS, which led to me being impressed enough to pick up a 3DS XL (free, thanks yo Yodel's incompetence), and after a bit of hackery, I think it's possibly my favourite handheld ever. The Sega classics in 3D alone are worth the cost of a system, Nintendo's output on it is incredible, and it's seriously cutting into my switch portable time. Amazing.
Sold most mine, the EXP LTD, most of the home carts. Kept VS founders, a couple of home, computer, and all Arcade carts. The random cart bugged me, I'm actually much less cluttered just having a decent little arcade emulator there, without the thousands of games issues.
@slider1983 It didn't at the time, but I was recently given a PAL SNES, and after the Mini, though it obviously looked better, it was painful. Ended up sprinting for a region free machine.
I've just picked up a recapped universal SNES to go with my CRT. The TV is absolutely nothing special, but through RGB, it's incredible how much better it looks than the mini.
@slider1983 'Stalking' you massively overestimate your importance. I will continue to call out the fraud present throughout this entire escapade. Simple questions, if that's not 'harrassment'.
Why did Teets announce partnership and licence agreements, over and over again, when it's now been proved to be outright lies?
Why did he claim a crowdfunded console wasn't?
Why are the games that were 'finished' three years ago still not finished.
Why has Alvarado continued to lie about the controller and console? They aren't coming and we both know it.
Why doesn't the same guy update the people he took money from?
@slider1983 I called you out as a weird shill. And I maintain it. Simple question, why buy a game on Amico Home? Don't insult my intelligence by suggesting you don't have another console. So what's the point if paying more, and jumping through more hoops, to play throwaway crap? I just want one person to make it make sense.
You think that was abuse?
THIS is abuse...... joking.
I'm just puzzled over the whole thing, it seems a lot of messing around to play bang-average games that are already available on every other console, and it's the very opposite of the entire SAFE ethos.
And it's not abusive to point out there is no money to licence anything.
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Re: Review: Gremlin Collection 2 (Evercade) - We Wanna Get Loaded And Have A Good Time
The Loaded games did not age well. They're ugly, and there are many, many better top-down shooters available - such as Out Zone and FixEight on the Toaplan carts. Buggy was crap 30 years ago.
The whole Evercade thing started well, but, arcade carts aside, it's lost all traction for me. These Giga carts in particular, are poor.
Re: Konami's NES Shmup Life Force / Salamander Has Been Ported To The SNES
@h3s
The arcade version has some horrible collision detection issues - the PC Engine fixes this and is the best version of the game IMO.
Also Life Force - Geadius-style power up bar
Salamander - instant power up's like R-Type
Re: Dizzy Spin-Off Fast Food Is Getting An Unofficial Sequel On The Amiga
This was completely different on C64 - played like a top-down version of Sega's 'Flicky' rather than Pac-Man and was really good fun.
Re: The BBC Has Republished One Of The Most Infamous Video Game Documentaries Ever Made
@JJtheTexan
And pay about a 20th of the price you guys did.
Re: IGS Classic Arcade Collection Makes The Jump From Switch To Steam Later This Year
@DaGoldenBoo
It's for that reason I'm still waiting for a sale.
Re: The BBC Has Republished One Of The Most Infamous Video Game Documentaries Ever Made
@Martin_H
Ah, that was a grand time. Stu Campbell and a few others comprehensively had his trousers down.
Re: Digital Eclipse Sounds Keen On Doing A Sega Saturn Fighting Game Collection
Most of them are in Yakuza now though? If you're gonna do a Sega 3D collection, why base then on the mostly inferior Saturn versions?
Re: Can Top Gear's Former Stig Beat The (Unofficial) OutRun World Record?
Still my GOAT, and gets plenty of play between 3DS and Switch. I can hit the final stages pretty regularly but traffic plays a big part in whether I finish or not.
Re: Digital Eclipse's Next Collection Focuses On The "Iconic" Golden Tee Arcade Series
Never played any of these, any good?
As already mentioned, I doubt they'll top Neo Turf Masters, but I'll have a bash.
Re: For Over 35 Years, A Sequel To Head Over Heels Has Been Developed By One Man In Secret, And It's Coming To Amiga And ST This Year
Oh nice, reminds me that I need to pick up the re-remake of the original - long as it has saves this time around?
Re: "I Am Petrified" - Retro Gaming YouTube Channel Slope's Game Room Is At Risk Of Deletion
@MegaManFan
I'm a massive Inty fan, and was initially on board. But seriously, a week on AtariAge and I knew it was just another retro scam. That still continues.
And Tallarico himself may be the most narcissistic liar ever. You sent his interview as a backgammon 'world champion' also printed in a magazine that lasted two whole issues? Waste of skin. Used his dead sister and dad to self promote.
Re: "I Am Petrified" - Retro Gaming YouTube Channel Slope's Game Room Is At Risk Of Deletion
@drypaphmrbro
Tommy Tallarico, responsible for the Intellivision Amico scam that is still shuffling along in a near death state, while putting out garbage like Evil Kenevil and Cornhole on the eShop at 14.99 a throw.
Re: "I Am Petrified" - Retro Gaming YouTube Channel Slope's Game Room Is At Risk Of Deletion
Hmmm was a decent channel until he hopped into bed with Tallarico. Oh well.
Re: Random: This Decade-Old Nintendo Handheld Is Now Worth Almost As Much As A Switch 2
I slept on these originally, but was given a pretty knackered 3DS, which led to me being impressed enough to pick up a 3DS XL (free, thanks yo Yodel's incompetence), and after a bit of hackery, I think it's possibly my favourite handheld ever. The Sega classics in 3D alone are worth the cost of a system, Nintendo's output on it is incredible, and it's seriously cutting into my switch portable time. Amazing.
Re: Random: You Won't Believe How Perfect Ridge Racer's Working Title Was
I said I wasn't going to...... But I did.
Re: Two Classic SNES & NES Jaleco Football Games Are Coming To PC
They were utter crap!
Re: Sega Does What Nintendon't, Again - The Megaswitch HD Brings Digital-To-Digital HDMI To The Genesis
Same as those above, I dropped on a beast of a CRT a while back and can't ever see me going back.
Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game
Loved it, fantastic game.
Re: Evercade's Fourth Showcase Will Celebrate The System's Fifth Birthday
Sold most mine, the EXP LTD, most of the home carts. Kept VS founders, a couple of home, computer, and all Arcade carts. The random cart bugged me, I'm actually much less cluttered just having a decent little arcade emulator there, without the thousands of games issues.
Re: Hands On: This Super Mario World Vinyl Soundtrack Takes You Right Back To 1990
Great soundtrack, not one I'd listen to outside the game itself though.
Re: Even More Toaplan Reissues Are On The Way To Consoles, And Are Now Confirmed For The West
I presume the M2 collections are done then?
Re: Namco's Unported Arcade Classic 'NebulasRay' Gets Its Console Debut And A Steep Price Point
This game is UGLY.
Re: Footage Of Taito's Cancelled F-Zero-Style Racer 'Vertexer' Appears Online
@Guru_Larry
Was there one? I can't remember the reason for it being console/computer only, but I'm sure it was a weird one.
Re: Namco's Unported Arcade Classic 'NebulasRay' Gets Its Console Debut Later This Month
Sega, if you aren't gonna do it yourself, let Hamster do it for you. This is great news
Re: Arcade Archives' 'Ridge Racer' Rerelease Won't Be A Switch 2 Exclusive After All
@JayJ
They can do..... Both?
Still a LOT of 2D goodness to be converted.
Re: Dreamcast Ports Of GTA Classics Surpass The PS2 Originals Thanks To Mods
This is actually stupidly impressive now.
Re: 34 Years Ago, Nintendo Begged Fans Not To "Risk" Importing SNES Consoles From Japan
@slider1983
I wasn't suggesting everyone does, merely saying it's the way to go if life permits
Re: 34 Years Ago, Nintendo Begged Fans Not To "Risk" Importing SNES Consoles From Japan
@slider1983
It didn't at the time, but I was recently given a PAL SNES, and after the Mini, though it obviously looked better, it was painful. Ended up sprinting for a region free machine.
Re: 34 Years Ago, Nintendo Begged Fans Not To "Risk" Importing SNES Consoles From Japan
@slider1983
But borders and speed loss sucked. I remember the first time I played an import unit, it felt like it was on fast-forward to a degree
Re: Looks Like 3DO Might Be Getting An Unofficial Port Of PS1 Classic WipEout
Yeah, I'm seeing a lot of 'arcade game X ported to Neo Geo', and I don't really understand the point. This however, would be incredibly interesting
Re: 34 Years Ago, Nintendo Begged Fans Not To "Risk" Importing SNES Consoles From Japan
I've just picked up a recapped universal SNES to go with my CRT. The TV is absolutely nothing special, but through RGB, it's incredible how much better it looks than the mini.
Re: New 'Cosmi: Forbidden Forests' Revives 10 Classic Games From The C64 Era
Caverns of Kafkha was dreadful, and yet I'll buy this just for that.
Re: Konami Announces A New Gradius Collection Featuring An All-New Sequel To Salamander
Tough sell for those if us with four of the games already on ACA.
Re: One Of The Worst Games Of All Time Is Coming To Steam
@MSaturn
18 Wheeler? Got a great Dreamcast port that's very easy to emulate.
Re: GOG's Silent Hill 4: The Room Restores Missing PS2 Hauntings To The Survival Horror Classic
Was this actually worth playing? Never had much experience of this one.
Re: Sega's After Burner Gets A Coin-Op Successor In The Form Of Top Gun: Maverick
@Razieluigi
Easy to set up and runs most stuff really well.
Re: Sega's After Burner Gets A Coin-Op Successor In The Form Of Top Gun: Maverick
@Razieluigi
For anyone with even a basic mini PC, Teknoparrot is your friend.
Still got my X360 so I'm all good
Re: Here's F-Zero Running On The Sega Genesis (Kinda)
Loving the music, visuals not so much, though I do get how impressive it actually is.
Re: Ex-Acclaim Dev Gives Closer Look At The Cancelled SNES Title 'Mortal Kombat Nitro'
@RetroMasters because that was pretty much the point of its entire existence?
Re: New Xbox 360 Recompilation Tool Will Give Lost Classics Another Chance To Shine
@GhaleonUnlimited
For online play I think?
Re: New Xbox 360 Recompilation Tool Will Give Lost Classics Another Chance To Shine
@GhaleonUnlimited
It's neat, but the 360 is pretty well emulated anyway?
Re: New Xbox 360 Recompilation Tool Will Give Lost Classics Another Chance To Shine
Cool I guess?
A lot of stuff that concerned me has been taken care of by Teknoparrot.
Re: Head Over Heels To Get An Enhanced Remake From The Company Behind The Spectrum Next
Nice. Picked up the first update, but the lack of space states is a killer these days.
Re: Former Amico Exclusive 'Breakout Beyond' Comes To PC & Modern Consoles This March
@slider1983
So.... no answers. At all.
Re: Former Amico Exclusive 'Breakout Beyond' Comes To PC & Modern Consoles This March
@slider1983
'Stalking' you massively overestimate your importance.
I will continue to call out the fraud present throughout this entire escapade.
Simple questions, if that's not 'harrassment'.
Why did Teets announce partnership and licence agreements, over and over again, when it's now been proved to be outright lies?
Why did he claim a crowdfunded console wasn't?
Why are the games that were 'finished' three years ago still not finished.
Why has Alvarado continued to lie about the controller and console? They aren't coming and we both know it.
Why doesn't the same guy update the people he took money from?
But keep calling ME out by all means
Re: Former Amico Exclusive 'Breakout Beyond' Comes To PC & Modern Consoles This March
@slider1983
I called you out as a weird shill. And I maintain it.
Simple question, why buy a game on Amico Home? Don't insult my intelligence by suggesting you don't have another console. So what's the point if paying more, and jumping through more hoops, to play throwaway crap? I just want one person to make it make sense.
Re: Random: Distributor Koch Appears To Think The Intellivision Amico Is Still Coming
Hahahahahahaha. No more to say.
Re: Former Amico Exclusive 'Breakout Beyond' Comes To PC & Modern Consoles This March
@slider1983
You think that was abuse?
THIS is abuse...... joking.
I'm just puzzled over the whole thing, it seems a lot of messing around to play bang-average games that are already available on every other console, and it's the very opposite of the entire SAFE ethos.
And it's not abusive to point out there is no money to licence anything.
You do you, I'll continue to be puzzled
Re: Former Amico Exclusive 'Breakout Beyond' Comes To PC & Modern Consoles This March
@slider1983
Because they've not enough money to release the games they already have, never mind 'kicence' something!
The entire thing is a joke and it's best-selling ganes have topped out at, what, 100 downloads?
It's taking them over 12 months to squeeze out a version of a game they said was finished years ago. Let it go.
Re: Forever Entertainment's House Of The Dead 2: Remake Now Has A Steam Demo
Ready to be disappointed again.....