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@Slider2711 turns out the initial GI newsbit wasn't accurate, and why Sega contacted GI for clarification.

This entire thing is a nothingburger. They're using it the same way the Expedition 33 devs used it

@FR4M3 i'll only cry if i get a crap Crazy Taxi after all these years. I only care about the game being good

Only thing that matters is if the game is good.

The game looks great in the trailer.
Whether it ends up good or trash comes down to how much care they put into it, not if they used AI.

AI is being used by most (if not all) big companies, from code review to drafting assets, from meeting transcription to play testing. The floodgates are open.

10am on a monday and we're screaming at clouds. Again.

"His personal life, however, has been the source of constant scrutiny (...) with public accusations (...)"
Very relevant to the story, thanks.

As for the game itself, sounds like a really cool concept! Too bad it never came to fruition. Luckily we did get several other games with MJ involvement in the early 2000s

In the world of timepieces it's not that expensive.
I like how it looks with the black strap

For a while these little games were great on old S40 Nokias and such.
I remember a very cool (for the time) SpiderMan 2 game as well

@Deuteros iirc they didn't have the resources to suddenly shift ongoing developments to multiplatfom. So they had to pick and choose which game went where.
Sega games could've built a much wider audience at the time, they only got it straight by the end of the gen when it was a bit too late. It really is a miracle how Sega is still a big player today despite all adversities

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Cock would've certainly made an impact!

@Damo is the alternative to complain about AI until the end of our days?

AI is one component of these challenging times. It's awkward how it is a constant daily discussion in this retro-themed blog, which is otherwise very high quality.
It reads very personal, and your defensiveness on the topic is just bizarre.

Do whatever you want with this feedback, it's your blog

@Damo the reason is companies buying all the chips. Genie's out of the box, AI will always exist now. You can blame the companies responsible, but blaming AI for everything is reductive and yes, sounds like a personal vendetta

looks cool, what's ai about it tho (besides the marketing)

no.........not ai generated twitter promotional images...........................
i can't play games like this........................................

@WileyDragonfly if it's stupid and it works, then it ain't stupid

"rather than downloading them off some shady website"
Wouldn't call the Internet Archive shady, they're all there. All in the name of videogame preservation.

Don't play Mars Matrix?
What the hell is the matter with you?

@slider1983 thing is Sega doesn't really promises anything here, besides recognizing these franchises exist.
It's not the first time people go wild over some random low budget merch marketing Japan only effort. In this case it's because Sega announced all those games a while back, and people want to know what's going on (Shinobi was great)

intern running the twitter having a rough day

@Razieluigi the thing is: if it's exactly like the original chip, there's no "problems" to arise. And the Neogeo used the 68000 and Z80, two of the most popular and produced chips of all time.
It's a rather safe bet that there won't be any issues.

The concept of a chip needing "updating" when it comes to an FPGA, is down to the fact that the FPGA is essentially simulating the original chip's logic using a much more powerful processor. Similar in concept to how software emulation works, but on hardware. So some small bugs can show up.

Your concern is valid, they could mess up the ASIC, even if unlikely. But even if there are some very specific little bugs, they could just release a newer revision of the hardware later. This is how things were back in the day too. Consoles had internal revisions all the time (see MegaDrive sound chips fluctuating in quality over time).

"anyone that sits around playing video games for four hours"
...unlike watching your tripe for hours?

What a pompous nut

@RossoftheRobots probably the AA releases when they go on sale, 4 bucks per game

TE found an easy engagement bait, expect it to be used any and every time there's an article related to SNK.

It will die out, but i do enjoy the flurry of SNK related news. I love NeoGeo