@James-Bond I never really understood if developers care so much on creating cinema why bother animating cutscenes when you can just do FMV? If you're going to make a movie go the entire way like FMV.
I always found his channel overrated. His research is detailed and in-depth but he covers the same topics that have been covered endlessly by everyone else. Norman will put out a video on Super Mario Kart and then everyone will think this is the first time it's been covered. That channel could have done a lot more interesting stuff.
@X68000 The irony of course is Norman started as a sort of early AVGN copy. Laid back, no nonsense with arms folded and slightly arrogant. Then he stopped making videos for a few years and when he came back he became the more natural "well that's just swell" persona he's been since. ๐
@Banjo- Try to widen your search. There are more channels out there covering more variety of topics. I'd hate to think you think this is as informative as retro gaming content gets.
@Sketcz I had no idea about this. I'm somehow not surprised as my comment above shows his audience believe his topics are new only when he's covered them. It's very frustrating. His sources could easily be put into his videos but then creating an ignorance might be unintentionally beneficial to him I guess? ๐ค
@Sketcz Well if you want to add reviews or get achievements it's really the only option and it's not very good. It's worth noting as well not all of GOG's games are DRM free.
I don't think it takes a total genius to see they'll burn through the N64 library pretty quickly when taking into account what Nintendo owns and what are licenced properties that will take money to grab. For PS1 games however they have a good catalogue to work with.
My favourite game of all time is coming back!!! Again! Wasn't too keen on the changes made to the console ports but the Amiga original is terrific fun. ๐
@Fallingshadow The version they ported was the Mega Drive version so here's hoping they have access to the original Amiga version this time and can get the Chupa Chups licencing.
I very much remember this game coming out. I remember it doing pretty well. The impression I get was that it was well made and it had some models doing the voices I think like Jennifer Walcott.
She's not actually wrong when considering the multimedia capabilities of the PSP. The people in the comments of the tweet are the ones who don't seem to know what they're talking about which I find funny. ๐
Portugal is a lovely country folks. Most of the time the weather is nice and the building architecture is not what you'd find in the UK or US. But I think there's room for Portugal and getting Spider-Man & the X-Men : Arcade's Revenge completed on time. ๐
One of the main problems as we all know is Japan just was very toxic to the American branch. That's ultimately why Sonic X-treme was never completed. What still baffles me to this day is they were clearly capable of doing a 3D Sonic game as Sonic Jam shows so why not just do more of that? ๐ค
@Sketcz Yes it does look like Bug! which is great as a Bug! as that's a classic platformer game for Saturn but it doesn't fit Sonic well.
@KingMike I mean it was a technically worse console than SMS. I'm not trying to negate the popularity of the NES but it was very overrated compared to what the SMS could do. SMS had more potential but as you've stated was let down by not enough big third party support. What we got however was still incredible.
To be clear I'm also not putting 100% of the ignorance on North America. Nintendo made sure all gamers knew there about their console and nothing else. They created a drone loyalty that still exists today. Japan is guilty of this as well.
My position of being in Europe is actually beneficial because I was able to expose myself to many different regions of gaming, unlike NA and Japan.
@-wc- You know the saying "in America people didn't play video games, they played Nintendo". The success of the NES in America prevented people there experiencing of acknowledging other gaming formats. What's worse is since history is written mostly by Americans the importance of the NES is overrated.
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Re: Move Over, Alex Kidd! Here's Super Mario Bros. On The Sega Master System
@ihaveallthecoins It certainly could. Master System had superior technology.
Re: New 'Hang-On' Patch For The Sega Master System Brings The 8-Bit Racer Closer To The Arcade
Really good work all things considered.
Re: Limited Run Games Announces Widespread Delays, Concedes Delivery Dates Were "Too Aggressive" & "Overly Optimistic"
I really wish they didn't live up to their name. ๐ช
Re: The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess Is Getting A Native PC Port
@AndyVGR I think it's still up.
Re: The DNA Of Hideo Kojima, Video Gaming's Greatest Auteur
@James-Bond I never really understood if developers care so much on creating cinema why bother animating cutscenes when you can just do FMV? If you're going to make a movie go the entire way like FMV.
Re: "Pond Versus Bond" - James Bond's IP Owner Opposes Trademark For Cult UK Video Game Character
@Guru_Larry Eon owned James Bond but Danjaq was also involved. I'm guessing since Amazon own Bond Danjaq still are involved in their duties.
Re: "Pond Versus Bond" - James Bond's IP Owner Opposes Trademark For Cult UK Video Game Character
@AtomB D'oh, missed it! Honestly though, I don't see what the problem is. One is a fishy parody.
Re: "I Will Always Cherish That Chapter Of My Life" - A Million Subs Later, One Of Retro Gaming's Most Famous YouTubers Calls It Quits
I always found his channel overrated. His research is detailed and in-depth but he covers the same topics that have been covered endlessly by everyone else. Norman will put out a video on Super Mario Kart and then everyone will think this is the first time it's been covered. That channel could have done a lot more interesting stuff.
@X68000 The irony of course is Norman started as a sort of early AVGN copy. Laid back, no nonsense with arms folded and slightly arrogant. Then he stopped making videos for a few years and when he came back he became the more natural "well that's just swell" persona he's been since. ๐
@Banjo- Try to widen your search. There are more channels out there covering more variety of topics. I'd hate to think you think this is as informative as retro gaming content gets.
@Sketcz I had no idea about this. I'm somehow not surprised as my comment above shows his audience believe his topics are new only when he's covered them. It's very frustrating. His sources could easily be put into his videos but then creating an ignorance might be unintentionally beneficial to him I guess? ๐ค
Re: "Pond Versus Bond" - James Bond's IP Owner Opposes Trademark For Cult UK Video Game Character
Wait...isn't Danjaq the owners of James Bond? ๐ค
Re: One Of The Most Famous Commodore 64 Series Is Set To Get A Sequel, Almost 38 Years Later
Oh cool, they made a sequel! ๐
Re: "I Know Some People Don't Like This" - Final Fight MD's Latest Project Uses GenAI
@Relikk Yeah I don't see the real issue here.
Re: One Of The Sega Genesis's Worst-Reviewed RPGs Is Making A Comeback On Modern Consoles
@KingMike We had a very good amount actually.
Re: Double Dragon Creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto Has Passed Away
@MontyCircus Not quite but close.
Re: The DNA Of Hideo Kojima, Video Gaming's Greatest Auteur
@James-Bond Yeah, the main complaint seems to be he favours making movies over video games.
Re: More Classic Capcom Titles Have Arrived On Steam, But, Of Course, There's A Catch
@Sketcz And mods. Steam is terrific for offering mods and guides.
@Right_Said_Brett I probably got confused because reviews through Galaxy end up on GOG. Thanks for that clarification.
Re: More Classic Capcom Titles Have Arrived On Steam, But, Of Course, There's A Catch
@Sketcz Well if you want to add reviews or get achievements it's really the only option and it's not very good. It's worth noting as well not all of GOG's games are DRM free.
Re: More Classic Capcom Titles Have Arrived On Steam, But, Of Course, There's A Catch
@Sketcz GOG is incredibly faulty when it comes to Galaxy and achievements. Steam is a lot more stable.
Re: Evercade Nexus Has A Better Screen, Dual Analog, Banjo, And Nintendo's Most Consumer-Friendly Feature
I don't think it takes a total genius to see they'll burn through the N64 library pretty quickly when taking into account what Nintendo owns and what are licenced properties that will take money to grab. For PS1 games however they have a good catalogue to work with.
Also, they need to sort out their Discord. ๐ค
Re: The Making Of: The Wizard - "I Couldn't Get A Job For 7 Months After That" - An Oral History Of Nintendo's Hollywood Debut
I'm still waiting for a UK blu-ray release. Long overdue.
Re: "A Flood Of Happy Memories" - This Fanmade LEGO PSP Needs Your Help To Become The Real Deal
If I could play my UMDs on it that would be cool.
Re: Feature: It's Tough Out There, So Check Out These Amazing Websites
The ones I recognise here are pretty good. The Retro Hour Podcast are nice people.
@PopetheRev28 Ooooo cheeky. ๐
@Hexapus I agree with most of these choices but not Rose Tinted Spectrum. I find his whole channel annoying.
Re: This N64 Flash Cart Has A Built-In Screen That Shows Which Game Is Running
April Fools right?
Re: Learning From The End Of i-mode, The "Life Infrastructure" That Revolutionised Japanese 'Keitai' Gaming
@romanista Awesome.
Re: New Analogue 3D Update Is Great News For People Who Use N64 Flash Carts
@N64-ROX Are we not allowed to talk about it I wonder? ๐ค
Re: "My Way Of Giving Back" - Final Fight MD Is Going Open-Source
@PinballBuzzbro Learn how to port a game? That doesn't make sense, he created a game from scratch. ๐ค
Re: This Game Boy Cart Uses ChatGPT To Create "Personalised Scenarios Tailored To Each Player"
Sustainability is the issue, the idea is frankly awesome! ๐
Re: This Classic Konami Racing Game Just Got A New Lease On Life, Thanks To The Sega Master System
@DanijoEX It was always awesome. Ignorance is mostly because of the NES.
Re: Learning From The End Of i-mode, The "Life Infrastructure" That Revolutionised Japanese 'Keitai' Gaming
Please someone save those games, especially Final Fantasy's.
Re: New Analogue 3D Update Is Great News For People Who Use N64 Flash Carts
I wonder how good the Mod Retro M64 is in comparison? ๐ค
Re: After A Decade Of Attempts, One Of The Hardest PlayStation Platinums Has Finally Been Achieved
@Thad Like getting 100% retro achievements for Lemmings SNES. ๐
Re: "I Decided To Complete It As A Tribute To Him" - 'Alone In The Dark' Creator's New Genesis Game Comes With Its Own Controller
This is awesome! Here's hoping it takes advantage of the Mega Drive's capabilities. ๐
Re: Looks Like Zool Is The Latest '90s Mascot To Get A Revival
My favourite game of all time is coming back!!! Again! Wasn't too keen on the changes made to the console ports but the Amiga original is terrific fun. ๐
@Fallingshadow The version they ported was the Mega Drive version so here's hoping they have access to the original Amiga version this time and can get the Chupa Chups licencing.
Re: This Cybernator-Inspired Amiga Title Could Be Coming To Genesis And Neo Geo
I think this could be ported as it doesn't look that, that demanding. It's great that a quality Amiga game can be developed though.
Re: The ZX Spectrum Classic 'Jetpac' Has Been (Unofficially) Remade
Wow, this looks pretty good!
Re: Classic Cute 'Em Up Series 'Cotton' To Celebrate Its 35th Anniversary With New Japan-Themed Entry
I'm still waiting for the spin-off Polyester universe. ๐
Re: "Playboy Bunnies Could Never Take Their Shoes Off"
I very much remember this game coming out. I remember it doing pretty well. The impression I get was that it was well made and it had some models doing the voices I think like Jennifer Walcott.
Re: The Company Behind Evercade Just Teased A New Console
Hopefully they won't accidently send me the reveal in an email like with the VS. Also Blaze sort out your Discord! ๐
Re: Random: The Internet Dunks On Ex-WWE CEO For Claiming PSP Was "The Beginning Of Life On The Go"
She's not actually wrong when considering the multimedia capabilities of the PSP. The people in the comments of the tweet are the ones who don't seem to know what they're talking about which I find funny. ๐
Re: 'Dragon Quest' And 'Shining' Legend Is Creating A Famicom RPG With Characters "Left Behind" By The Late Yoshitaka Tamaki
There will never be another great tactical RPG like Shining Force. The game perfected the genre (chef's kiss).
Re: "I'd Never Seen My Boss So Angry" - How A Family Holiday Cost A Studio Mortal Kombat & "$40 Million In Royalties"
Portugal is a lovely country folks. Most of the time the weather is nice and the building architecture is not what you'd find in the UK or US. But I think there's room for Portugal and getting Spider-Man & the X-Men : Arcade's Revenge completed on time. ๐
Re: "This Is Going To Be The Slowest Sonic Game Ever" - Inside The Tortured Development Of Sonic Boom
Having seen the game it looks absolutely fine but it just suffers from being very boring. The co-op element just was explored enough.
@Digglerdig That's a huge generalisation and completely undeserved I feel. It's poor management in places that gave Sega an iffy history.
Re: "This Is A Regret In My Life" - Sonic X-treme Designer On The "Fork In The Road" That Killed Saturn's Most Famous Unreleased Game
One of the main problems as we all know is Japan just was very toxic to the American branch. That's ultimately why Sonic X-treme was never completed. What still baffles me to this day is they were clearly capable of doing a 3D Sonic game as Sonic Jam shows so why not just do more of that? ๐ค
@Sketcz Yes it does look like Bug! which is great as a Bug! as that's a classic platformer game for Saturn but it doesn't fit Sonic well.
Re: "The [NES] Is Not Gonna Go On Forever" - Forget GDC 2026, Take A Trip Back In Time With Recordings From The 1989 Event
@KingMike I mean it was a technically worse console than SMS. I'm not trying to negate the popularity of the NES but it was very overrated compared to what the SMS could do. SMS had more potential but as you've stated was let down by not enough big third party support. What we got however was still incredible.
To be clear I'm also not putting 100% of the ignorance on North America. Nintendo made sure all gamers knew there about their console and nothing else. They created a drone loyalty that still exists today. Japan is guilty of this as well.
My position of being in Europe is actually beneficial because I was able to expose myself to many different regions of gaming, unlike NA and Japan.
Re: "The [NES] Is Not Gonna Go On Forever" - Forget GDC 2026, Take A Trip Back In Time With Recordings From The 1989 Event
@metaphysician That's funny, thanks for the comedy. ๐คฃ
Re: "The [NES] Is Not Gonna Go On Forever" - Forget GDC 2026, Take A Trip Back In Time With Recordings From The 1989 Event
@-wc- You know the saying "in America people didn't play video games, they played Nintendo". The success of the NES in America prevented people there experiencing of acknowledging other gaming formats. What's worse is since history is written mostly by Americans the importance of the NES is overrated.
Re: "The [NES] Is Not Gonna Go On Forever" - Forget GDC 2026, Take A Trip Back In Time With Recordings From The 1989 Event
@-wc- Master System, Mega Drive, SNES, Dreamcast, take your pick.
Re: "This Is A Full Circle Moment For Me" - Retro Gamer Veteran Returns To The Mag Full Time, More Than 20 Years After Launching It
I still don't understand why Martyn Carroll was replaced when the magazine was relaunched. ๐ค
Re: "๏ปฟThe Wii Has Been An Incredibly Important System To The History Of Video Games" - RetroAchievements Adds Wii Support
@sbeng135 It does get a bit annoying at times and they certainly have achievements that need to be removed because they're impossible.
Re: "I Still Dream Of This Becoming A Reality" - This Alien Vs. Predator Concept Could Have Resurrected Capcom's Coin-Op Classic
It looks really good actually and hopefully gets picked up one day.
Re: Sega 32X Is Getting An Ambitious Elite-Style Space Exploration Game Called 'SignalFall'
No one appreciates 32X more than Jenovi. I wish him all the best. ๐