The_Nintendo_Pedant

Using "Commodore Industries" and simply "Commodore" interchangably to refer to the same entity in the same article, particularly when you've also mentioned that there was litigation over the name, is a little confusing IMO.

EDIT - Wait, so we ARE talking about two entities in this article? 😵‍💫 I'll just wander back over to NintendoLife now.

@sdelfin

when I was 10 y.o. reading about the "advanced AI" of enemies in Turok, I knew "yeah, but this isn't A.I. like HAL in 2001."

To be fair, "AI" referring to large language models et al is still a bit of a colloquialism AFAIK 👍 But nevertheless one that refers to a different thing entirely, to your point.

@PZT

I heard it was for Micro...

something.

Can he really call this thing the "M64?"

Isn't that a bit like calling it a "Super Nintend0" or GameKube?

@BausRifle

I had the same thought but you beat me to it. 😅✌️

@AvatarNeo

I hope you are right! 🥹✌️

Is this not 99% likely to be targeted for litigation sometime just before release?

I really want to play this 🥲

"1995's now-largely-forgotten Michael Crichton-inspired Congo" ☹️

It's like if the PSX and PS2 were faces in Michael Jackson's 'Black or White' video, and you paused it in the middle.

@jamess

Haha 😂 I chuckled a bit to myself writing it ✌️ cheers

@hste

Yeah I will admit that the aiming was more Generation X than Time Crisis 😂✌️

Still, 20 years later, maybe it could be better? Like, a lot better?

Can anyone shed some light on what happened with IR pointer tech, a la Wii?

Considering it was almost perfect? Like, basically perfect if they could just get the speed/lag a little bit better?

Couldn't it be better by now, 20 years later?

Isn't something like the sensor bar both low tech, low cost, and also MUCH preferable to the pervasive girthy cyan border solution seen here?

This comment section did not disappoint me. 👍

I won't buy this product because I won't give my money to P.L.

plus my N64 works great.

@Deuteros
Yes, the "non portable handheld" is definitely it's own category!

Personally, I use my switch exactly like I did with my Wii u/gamepad. Long past are the days I even had a reasonable context for playing games outside the house. 👍

Another vicious criminal off the streets.

@Jamesarson

You may be correct, but everyone has their own use case, right? I have handhelds but they rarely if ever leave the house. some of them are pocketable, some aren't. Hell, my Nomad isn't even close to pocketable, is barely "portable" in the broadest sense of the word, and must be plugged into the wall to operate 😂 but it's still a handheld. ✌️

@Jamesarson

"The entire point of handhelds is to be mobile."

You are confusing the word "handheld" with "portable," "pocket," and/or "mobile." ✌️

"The 'αSNES' Could Be The Final Form Of Nintendo's Legendary 16-Bit Console"

It should be called 'ωSNES' then ✌️

EDIT - because "alpha" means "first" and "omega" means "last" (or in this case "final.") 👍

@Hexapus

The Dude abides. 😎

Hang on... y'all actually prosecute these kinds of crimes?! 😲

The 1980's tech dream that just won't die.

My Gpa had a GMC conversion van in the late 80s/early 90s that had a little CRT in the middle of the ceiling pointed towards the back, with an Audiovox VCR on one side and an NES on the other 😎

We called it grandpa's pimp van, he hated it 😂

@jamess

I don't believe in black or white thinking, but I have no problem saying that Palmer Luckey is a bad person and I'll have no part in supporting him or hesitation speaking the truth about him 👍 and, I do not consider this a political position, but a moral one. Yes, as in right and wrong.

Welcome to TE 😅✌️

(Just a quick thought, "only shades of grey" is no better than "black and white." in fact, it's worse because you don't really stand for anything, nor do you draw the line anywhere. making firm, informed decisions does not itself make you a "black and white thinker," in my opinion.)

@jamess

Whoops I edited sorry. 😖

(I re-edited my post to include the words you were actually responding to. I hate it when people switch it out on me and I did not intend to do that to you ✌️✌️)

My point is that you clearly DO want to engage, or else you wouldn't have clicked, read, commented. ✌️

Which is fine, I totally want to engage in this conversation, so long as it is happening. It's OK to be up front about that.

@jamess

"I just don’t want to engage with it."

you politicized this conversation from your very first comment, before anyone had said a thing.

OG comment before edit:

it's abundantly clear that this is not the case. Pure posturing, from the very first post.

@Blast16

Actually they are called "Boomer Shmups" because things go "boom" in them 😂

PS - I heard they are called "First Person Shooters" because you are supposed to shoot the first person that you see 🙈

@Honkshot

I tend to agree with you, "Retro" genres are either for people who have played em all and are looking for new experiences, or for interested people who "missed it the first time" but generally play "new" games on "new" consoles. IMO.

Personally I am pretty happy to just play the old faves while the world keeps on spinning. 😂 I haven't played a "boomer shooter" yet that is anywhere near as enjoyable as Doom 2, Doom 64, Blood, Hexen, or Quake. ✌️ But I'm open to it!

@Daniel36

It seems they've gone back to sleep 😂 but I appreciate you weighing in 👍

"Are these the Nazis, Walter?"

"No, Donny, these men are Nihilists, there's nothing to be afraid of"

"Are they gonna hurt us, Walter?"

"No, Donny, these men are cowards."

@Quick_Man

"Gee, I really miss when people were more generally ignorant to or supportive of the genocide going on all around them."

@Sketcz

"I could not care less about beardy's actions."

I literally just don't know what to say 😬

Can we agree that opposition to genocide is a 100% apolitical position?

"it's feeling like I need to increasingly remove myself from the human element."

It's interesting you say that, because the guy you're totally OK with supporting but not ever talking about "feels the need to increasingly remove people around the globe from 'the human element.'"

(Murder. He murders them.)

"Politics?" Who cares? It's 100% about his actions. 👍

One of the very best, I can't wait to read this after work!!

Thanks, Damo!

@slider1983

Are they really opening that much? If so, where? (genuine questions, no serious arcade has opened near my area in a v long time. 😕)

@rpgaymer

See? Now I feel like I'm the only one enjoying our exchange. 😕

I wouldn't be so quick to assume the positions of others, fwiw. A person can asses correctly that something or other is ageist, or derisive, or anything else without taking personal offense or having any other kind of emotional response. Perhaps you lack objectivity in your own assessments. 🤔 In my case, I was using these points of fact among others to argue for one genre name over another.

@rpgaymer

I missed the part where I said I was offended. But, the irony of jumping out of the woodwork, pointing fingers and clutching pearls at the "offended millennial" is not lost on me. 😉

Respectfully, I think you are very wrong and that it means what I said it means. ✌️ I've never heard or seen your definition, and it makes even less sense than the nonsensical definition I was arguing against. So IDK what to say. 👍

EDIT - you broke seven straight years of lurking in silence just to say this to me 😂

I'm honored ❤️ That is some seriously motivated pedantry, and, whether ultimately correct or incorrect, I am compelled to acknowledge it! ⭐ You only get so many of these in a lifetime 👍

@Hexapus

Nice 😎

I preferred the term "Doom clone," which was established decades before "boomer shooter," doesn't have derisive (read "ageist") and also inaccurate connotations. ("Baby boomers" were largely entering their 40's and 50's when Doom came out, so clearly gen x and even older millennials 👋 were closer to the core audience)

Instead, it made inherent sense (so long as you were familiar w Doom) and also I believe subtly encouraged devs to NOT "clone Doom," something that is basically par for the "boomer shooter" course.

In short, I believe that when we make trendy genre names, we end up with oversaturation, burnout, and eventually backlash, as we may be seeing here. Thank you.

I wish there were more mainstream stories about games as an art form and legitimate past time. How many of these "the kids are just going crazy over these 'vidyagames!'" pieces have they run over the last 50 years?

@Carck

Oh, my 😅

"we expect this probably won't be the first time you will be seeing the Anberic RG 477M in the flesh"

this is an odd usage of "in the flesh" on two different levels.

1. The device is not made of flesh.
2. We are not seeing the device in person, either time. ✌️

my suggestion, omit the phrase:

"we expect this probably won't be the first time you will be seeing the Anberic RG 477M"

👍

EDIT - 👍👍

@Mario500

Personally I like it better WITH the profanity, so to each their own 👍 yum yum, give me all the profanity my ears eat it up like sweet sweet candy.

(Jokes aside: If you want to "decrease profanity on the Internet" you can install a browser extension that replaces the words. ✌️)

@slider1983

" would not play any video game if I decided based on the politics of someone involved with it."

i wasnt aware "arms dealer" was a political stance.

"As you'll probably already be aware, Cuphead never got an official release on the Wii U back in the day, with the Wii U being in a lot of people's rear view mirrors by the time the game was released on Xbox One and PC in 2017.

As a result, when its developer StudioMDHR decided to bring it to other platforms a few years later, in 2019, it made sense to port it over to the Nintendo Switch as opposed to the last-generation console, with the Switch representing Nintendo's most advanced system at the time."

this is a lot of words to say "it was ported to relevant hardware of the time (as is the custom)"

PS - can't see the point of this except as an exercise for the people involved, but cool they got it going 👍👍

I believe funding well our library systems, education systems, and various other public systems is our best shot at preserving videogames or any other kind of art. itll never be on the "business agenda" as someone above said, so it needs to be a public investment.

(private sector is sus y'all ✌️)

(maybe jeff bezos and bill gates should pay some m*therf*cking taxes so we can do some things, yeah?)

@KimRuggeri

"Dont you pirate dreamcast games?"

I think I'm supposed to ask for a lawyer before I answer such questions... 🤔

"the platformy stuff destroys my suspension of disbelief"

I'm so curious for you to expand on this as I can't imagine what exactly you mean by it 😆 ✌️

a commenter above +1'd you, but then went on to talk about MGS and pixel graphics.. 🤔

I'm not sure if "suspension of disbelief" was ever a big part of my personal enjoyment of games, per se, unless you count getting emotionally wrapped up in the story of Earthbound or Xenogears for example. 👍 its an interesting thing to ponder.

happens to be one in my town, I have already made plans with a friend to check it out, will report. 👍