@PZT I have my PC and Xbox 360 side-by-side for capture purposes, and Xenia is definitely slower in regards to input lag feel. I can feel it in racing games, at least, most definitely. I've tried many controllers, configurations native and adapters. It is especially felt in any of the 30fps racers. I don't play shmups. EDIT: I do have Radiant Silvergun, though, I might see how that works out? Thanks for the video link
@mjparker77 It's not. It's merely OK, and lots of things don't work well. There's also a tonne of input lag right now, owing to the fact it's emulation. And just in general, it uses more power than those games should reasonably demand. Native ports mean lower system requirements, and much less power consumption.
MY ROG Ally X can run the 360 library on Xenia at the native res /frame rate of each Xbox title, and pretty much no more. But with the Sonic Unleased Port, it can do 1440p/60 without even breaking a sweat, uses less power and input lag is non-existent.
Also, city folk may not care, but I live in the country and rely on solar, so lowered power requirements are always something I like to see and always welcome.
This is AWESOME stuff. Automatically, it brings PC requirements for Xbox 360 down, down DOWN - which is amazing stuff. Of course it relies on interest in certain titles, but I'm super excitedat the prospect of being able to play stuff like PGR 4 on PC natively, at much, much higher framerates and resolutions without the hassle of emulation, which still has a ways to go.
That era has some of the best games out there, and there's now a chance that many of those amazing games locked to the Xbox 360 will be available to play in a form that could stomp out all of the performance issues and limitations that the generation was known for.
@Hairlesswookiee I was one of the few too. I ended up selling mine copy completely sealed off in COVID... I didn't even play it. By that time, I was kinda over it, and sold it at basically what I purchased it for. Whoever bought it I'm SURE enjoyed it. Or sold it off for a higher price, haha, who knows
@ChromaticDracula @MARl0 Yup, Mega Cat Studios is really bad like that. I'll definitely grab this on Steam, but not having a ROM option for sale is poor form for 2025.
Even if they delayed the ROM release a while to give the physicals a chance would be A-OK with me.
It kinda irks me when these indie publishing houses act like a bigger companies; it feels like it goes against the indie spirit vibe entirely. But the middle-man has to justify his existence, and is always gonna middle-man his way around town
Stunning stuff! I saw this on X, and the same demo with Cave Dave instead of the Beast is pretty hilarious too.
I did a mini review of NITRO for the GBC, and also FASTER for the Atari STE on my YouTube Channel if anybody is interested in these raster racers! https://youtu.be/N6yQZGyP2ps
@Razieluigi I got the red mClassic during the pandemic for my Switch. Most Switch games need all the help they can get in regards to image quality on a monitor, and mine is docked 100% of the time, and it worked as an AA/Sharpening/Saturation pass for it, and worked well.
It didn't work on ANYTHING else I had. My Xbox 360 for example never looked any different - and I sat at my monitor and scrutinized the hell out of it.
Anyways, it broke last year and shows nothing at all, so that is that, haha.
@lorentiobrodesco Super sorry to hear that. I'd hug you if I could!
Yeah, there's plenty of room for things you enjoy. I'm definitely not saying not to do things you like. I also think when you find absolute happiness, there's still room for those things, it just takes a different form. We've got to give our life meaning.
The difference is when people do it out of FOMO and to chase trends. That's disingenuous, and not real. There's a thrill of the chase, the thrill of millions of parcels arriving - all that stuff is a band-aid, and I guarantee those people make it look like they're enjoying stuff by posting about how much they enjoy the things they buy, but it's all for show, and most of that stuff just sits there looking pretty, taking up space, just to be shown off on social media.
Also, when you've got people buying and acquiring building stuff up without actually balancing that out with a bit of giving to their fellow man, then that's what grinds my gears a lot!
And your project isn't meaningless - like I said, it's important for actual repairs and legit preservation. It's not at all like somebody just collecting for approval, likes and out of FOMO.
Keep up the good work, and really sorry to hear about your troubles. All the best to you
@Porco You can emulate on anything, basically, so I get the whole FOMO thing in regards to all those emulation handhelds, trust me, haha. You sound very much like me, and you're preaching to the choir, for sure!
I see this replication motherboard as a bit different, in that it will aid in repairing broken systems. Spare parts isn't the same as an emulation handheld though, although they could very well be used in the creating of yet MORE devices, I totally see that happening.
People lack purpose and meaning, and will collect just about ANYTHING to fill a void. There's a large echo chamber around it these days too, so it's easy to find a million others out there who will seemingly justify one's lack of self control in just constantly consuming; I know, it used to be me, haha! I thought I was happy, but it started to go WELL beyond nostalgia and warm and fuzzy feelings and into territory I wasn't comfortable in.
Sold it all off and stick to emulation on mostly PC. I will get an FPGA solution for my Saturn games eventually, though!
@Porco Does it? How does one more option hurt? It's one more win for preservation, as far as I'm concerned. It also allows for repairs of older units, so it's only a good thing.
Here's to an upward trajectory for the racing genre in general. It has been sad to watch the genre be distilled down to just Kart Racers, Open World stuff and Sim games.
Bravo to Genki, I'll be jumping on the wagon as soon as I can. I hope it outsells EVERYTHING
Yeah, this will be my first foray into FPGA gaming. I'm going with the black, so match my recent neGcon acquisition!
I've been wanting a, small dedicated PSX/SAT machine that looks good and this is it. It'll take my DualShocks, neGcon AND my Retro-Bit Saturn controllers
@UtopiaNemo The Mega Drive FM synth has aged better I think, thanks in no small part due to the abundance of Electronic Music out there. The crisp synth sounds of the YM2612 are easy to listen to, because those very particular sounds are not only out there in 90s music, but also in Synthwave, House.
I really, really dig some SNES music too, but it's gotta be as crisp as the SNES can do for me to still listen to - not all of them sound like Dracula X, CastleVania IV, Super Turrican and PLOK!
I also prefer SR's Theme of Simon - it sounds so arcadey, boomy and meaty
@Slobbert You don't have to mess about with a 'PC Handheld' with Steam OS. It just works. Hence the competition
Every empire falls. Once somebody does the handheld thing just as well as Nintendo, without their *****, then they will fall again too.
Nintendo have the hubris right now that Sony does. Because they are popular, they will feel the need to not have to work as hard because everybody worships the ground they walk on. They all do it, unfortunately.
I grew up with the console, but have since sold my Japanese unit and collection. I kept my OG PAL Saturn unit though, and I plan on fixing it up and modding it for 60hz so I can play my back-ups on it. Until then, Mednafen and the Retro-Bit line of Saturn Controllers are the perfect replacement
I did a video recently playing some originally 30fps Saturn racing games at 60fps on PC via Emulation, if anybody is interested at all! It's mostly just a celebration of Saturn racers in general !!! https://youtu.be/Q1gUTCxaFjQ
@KitsuneNight "VF has always been a bit bare bones in both story and its characters."
That's what makes it awesome for me, though. It's pure gameplay. The characters have a lot of personality without a lot of really generic and average exposition.
I still can't play story-heavy fighting games to this day. They feel slow and super-pretentious to me.
I mean, it's a fighting game, how much preamble do we really need???
@Chadbury The actual wildest thing is actually watching a comment section balloon to 48 comments because people are still arguing whether the Genesis or Mega Drive is a better name in 2024.
@TJSpyke If gaming was all done by-the-book, this site wouldn't exist today, and most retro games would have been lost to time. Video game preservation hasn't happened by sticking to the rules, it's happened by breaking them.
@KitsuneNight Thanks for that! Yeah, I've looked into getting an old laptop for these older games! I unfortunately missed the boat on them when they were dirt cheap, haha!
@KitsuneNight I second this. It's a lot tighter and more forgiving in Over Drivin', and a really great way to re-experience NFS if you're looking for a quirkier way to celebrate the anniversary.
Road & Track Presents The Need For Speed: Special Edition on PC was one of the first PC games I ever purchased myself. I had a Pentium 133mhz it ran awesome! I could even go the SVGA route!
Unfortunately, it's not too easy to play that version these days unless you have a PC from the time, which I don't. I will have to dedicate some time to getting it up and running again, because although I owned both the PAL NFS:SE and Nissan Presents: Over Drivin' GT-R on the Saturn, my favourite version is still that PC Special Edition.
This looks super cute. The art-style is fantastic, and looks pretty great, despite the fact that there's technically nothing crazy going on. Just well-executed design all-round, it seems.
I'll definitely grab the digital ROM releases when they're up... dev on itch.io says the middle of next month
Well it definitely worked some! The skittish timing of the floating platforms still drag it down, but at least you've got half a chance of landing on one now!
Pretty great work all round, I'd say! I never thought I'd ever be driven to touch Fantasia again
@DeciderVT Haha, indeed! The good thing is, my comments sections will be a bit quieter after this; I plan on sifting through it and hitting 'ignore' on the pushy drama llama's
I'd kinda love to have one, but 6 hours of battery life is pretty short... definitely not enough to avoid the 'battery anxiety' which the kids talk about these days.
@Zenszulu A shrewd business person it seems; knowing people will rush to buy it before it gets delisted/taken down. Dev seems to know what they are doing
Agree with above - WipEout was already the grown-up kart game of the time - it was directly inspired by playing Mario Kart after a night of clubbing. Although I really dug the opportunity to turn off weapons, since the racing was always what I loved about it.
@Deuteros That's amazing to hear! I'm glad that R U Overdrive helped you out in that way! I know it's been adopted into some EVO circles and I've even seen it modded into Dreamcast SF II and a version of Smash Bros too at certain points in time!
And to answer your question, I think I'm a worse musician these days, but a better producer, haha! I've just been getting back into music the last couple of years, but I'm not entirely set up for it yet, so it'll be a while before I can jump back in and do anything too substantial.
But I will definitely let you know when I'm set up again for music production
Crazy to see this come up in conversation, haha! I wish my track could have ended up in the game, but there were stipulations at the time from Capcom on creating different versions of the track with different BPMS at the time (along with some general changes to the BPM) and with a Eurobeat track, it wasn't so flexible!
Also, my mixdown at the time was terrible, I was learning on the fly, and was never entirely with the final outcome.
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Re: New Xbox 360 Recompilation Tool Will Give Lost Classics Another Chance To Shine
@PZT I have my PC and Xbox 360 side-by-side for capture purposes, and Xenia is definitely slower in regards to input lag feel. I can feel it in racing games, at least, most definitely. I've tried many controllers, configurations native and adapters. It is especially felt in any of the 30fps racers. I don't play shmups. EDIT: I do have Radiant Silvergun, though, I might see how that works out? Thanks for the video link
Re: New Xbox 360 Recompilation Tool Will Give Lost Classics Another Chance To Shine
@mjparker77 It's not. It's merely OK, and lots of things don't work well. There's also a tonne of input lag right now, owing to the fact it's emulation. And just in general, it uses more power than those games should reasonably demand. Native ports mean lower system requirements, and much less power consumption.
MY ROG Ally X can run the 360 library on Xenia at the native res /frame rate of each Xbox title, and pretty much no more. But with the Sonic Unleased Port, it can do 1440p/60 without even breaking a sweat, uses less power and input lag is non-existent.
Also, city folk may not care, but I live in the country and rely on solar, so lowered power requirements are always something I like to see and always welcome.
Re: This New Unofficial PC Port Of Sonic Unleashed Could Be The Best Version Of The Game Yet
@smoreon Yeah, 100%!!! That's exactly it. I'm so pumped for the future of these systems on PC
Re: This New Unofficial PC Port Of Sonic Unleashed Could Be The Best Version Of The Game Yet
This is AWESOME stuff. Automatically, it brings PC requirements for Xbox 360 down, down DOWN - which is amazing stuff. Of course it relies on interest in certain titles, but I'm super excitedat the prospect of being able to play stuff like PGR 4 on PC natively, at much, much higher framerates and resolutions without the hassle of emulation, which still has a ways to go.
That era has some of the best games out there, and there's now a chance that many of those amazing games locked to the Xbox 360 will be available to play in a form that could stomp out all of the performance issues and limitations that the generation was known for.
Amazing work!
Re: WaterMelon Insists Its Terminally Delayed Brawler Paprium Isn't Dead
@Hairlesswookiee I was one of the few too. I ended up selling mine copy completely sealed off in COVID... I didn't even play it. By that time, I was kinda over it, and sold it at basically what I purchased it for. Whoever bought it I'm SURE enjoyed it. Or sold it off for a higher price, haha, who knows
Re: Hands On: Tokyo Xtreme Racer - The Welcome Return Of An Arcade Racing Classic
TXR is the best game out in an age, not just in the racing genre.
@gingerbeardman Agree 100% on Supermini Festa. The Wii version is the one I've put the most time into, it emulates almost perfectly too!
Re: The Mega Drive / Genesis Shmup 'ZPF' Gets New Lore Trailer & Release Date
@ChromaticDracula @MARl0 Yup, Mega Cat Studios is really bad like that. I'll definitely grab this on Steam, but not having a ROM option for sale is poor form for 2025.
Even if they delayed the ROM release a while to give the physicals a chance would be A-OK with me.
It kinda irks me when these indie publishing houses act like a bigger companies; it feels like it goes against the indie spirit vibe entirely. But the middle-man has to justify his existence, and is always gonna middle-man his way around town
Re: The PlayStation Version Of Ultima Underworld Is Now Playable In English
@Grawlixter Thanks for that!
Re: Random: This Fun New Video Shows What A Game Boy Color Port Of Shadow Of The Beast Could Look Like
Stunning stuff! I saw this on X, and the same demo with Cave Dave instead of the Beast is pretty hilarious too.
I did a mini review of NITRO for the GBC, and also FASTER for the Atari STE on my YouTube Channel if anybody is interested in these raster racers! https://youtu.be/N6yQZGyP2ps
Re: Random: The Gloriously Unhinged SuperSega Saga Now Has Its Own Song
There's people out there doing amazing things, who get zero attention and have to work hard for it.
This douche gets all the attention for zero work.
Man, my uBlock filter on my browser is getting a workout blocking every image and article of this guy that goes up, same as my BlockTube filter ...
Re: "The Most Bafflingly Poor Products We Have Ever Reviewed" - Marseille's mClassic RGB Collection Fails To Impress The Experts
@Razieluigi I got the red mClassic during the pandemic for my Switch. Most Switch games need all the help they can get in regards to image quality on a monitor, and mine is docked 100% of the time, and it worked as an AA/Sharpening/Saturation pass for it, and worked well.
It didn't work on ANYTHING else I had. My Xbox 360 for example never looked any different - and I sat at my monitor and scrutinized the hell out of it.
Anyways, it broke last year and shows nothing at all, so that is that, haha.
Re: Almost 20 Years After It Ended Production, A Brand-New PS1 Motherboard Is In Development
@lorentiobrodesco Super sorry to hear that. I'd hug you if I could!
Yeah, there's plenty of room for things you enjoy. I'm definitely not saying not to do things you like. I also think when you find absolute happiness, there's still room for those things, it just takes a different form. We've got to give our life meaning.
The difference is when people do it out of FOMO and to chase trends. That's disingenuous, and not real. There's a thrill of the chase, the thrill of millions of parcels arriving - all that stuff is a band-aid, and I guarantee those people make it look like they're enjoying stuff by posting about how much they enjoy the things they buy, but it's all for show, and most of that stuff just sits there looking pretty, taking up space, just to be shown off on social media.
Also, when you've got people buying and acquiring building stuff up without actually balancing that out with a bit of giving to their fellow man, then that's what grinds my gears a lot!
And your project isn't meaningless - like I said, it's important for actual repairs and legit preservation. It's not at all like somebody just collecting for approval, likes and out of FOMO.
Keep up the good work, and really sorry to hear about your troubles. All the best to you
Re: Almost 20 Years After It Ended Production, A Brand-New PS1 Motherboard Is In Development
@Porco You can emulate on anything, basically, so I get the whole FOMO thing in regards to all those emulation handhelds, trust me, haha. You sound very much like me, and you're preaching to the choir, for sure!
I see this replication motherboard as a bit different, in that it will aid in repairing broken systems. Spare parts isn't the same as an emulation handheld though, although they could very well be used in the creating of yet MORE devices, I totally see that happening.
People lack purpose and meaning, and will collect just about ANYTHING to fill a void. There's a large echo chamber around it these days too, so it's easy to find a million others out there who will seemingly justify one's lack of self control in just constantly consuming; I know, it used to be me, haha! I thought I was happy, but it started to go WELL beyond nostalgia and warm and fuzzy feelings and into territory I wasn't comfortable in.
Sold it all off and stick to emulation on mostly PC. I will get an FPGA solution for my Saturn games eventually, though!
Re: Almost 20 Years After It Ended Production, A Brand-New PS1 Motherboard Is In Development
@Porco Does it? How does one more option hurt? It's one more win for preservation, as far as I'm concerned. It also allows for repairs of older units, so it's only a good thing.
Re: Almost 20 Years After It Ended Production, A Brand-New PS1 Motherboard Is In Development
@ChromaticDracula I literally dreamed about getting another Discman for all my CD's last night.
WonderMega-style PSX Discman is a briiiiiiiilliant idea <3
Re: "Nobody Wants To Fund A New Racing Game" But Tokyo Xtreme Racer Is Off To A Flying Start On Steam
Here's to an upward trajectory for the racing genre in general. It has been sad to watch the genre be distilled down to just Kart Racers, Open World stuff and Sim games.
Bravo to Genki, I'll be jumping on the wagon as soon as I can. I hope it outsells EVERYTHING
Re: Taki Udon Teases FPGA PS1's "SuperDock"
Yeah, this will be my first foray into FPGA gaming. I'm going with the black, so match my recent neGcon acquisition!
I've been wanting a, small dedicated PSX/SAT machine that looks good and this is it. It'll take my DualShocks, neGcon AND my Retro-Bit Saturn controllers
Re: Talking Point: Is There A Home Port You Prefer To The Arcade Original?
SEGA Rally Championship, for SURE! It plays better, sounds better, and it might not exactly look or run the same, it still looks gorgeous to this day.
Re: The Genesis Just "Broke Another Myth" By Replicating Classic Castlevania Tunes
@UtopiaNemo The Mega Drive FM synth has aged better I think, thanks in no small part due to the abundance of Electronic Music out there. The crisp synth sounds of the YM2612 are easy to listen to, because those very particular sounds are not only out there in 90s music, but also in Synthwave, House.
I really, really dig some SNES music too, but it's gotta be as crisp as the SNES can do for me to still listen to - not all of them sound like Dracula X, CastleVania IV, Super Turrican and PLOK!
I also prefer SR's Theme of Simon - it sounds so arcadey, boomy and meaty
Re: Tokyo Xtreme Racer Hits Steam Early Access Later This Month, Costs $30
I will be jumping STRAIGHT ON THIS. It'll take over my gaming life for a while.
I'll have to ready my Eurobeat Playlist that I've been refining since TXR1 <3
Re: Valve's Unshackling Of SteamOS Could Give Switch 2 Some Welcome Competition
@Slobbert You don't have to mess about with a 'PC Handheld' with Steam OS. It just works. Hence the competition
Every empire falls. Once somebody does the handheld thing just as well as Nintendo, without their *****, then they will fall again too.
Nintendo have the hubris right now that Sony does. Because they are popular, they will feel the need to not have to work as hard because everybody worships the ground they walk on. They all do it, unfortunately.
Re: The PlayStation Version Of Ultima Underworld Is Now Playable In English
@Grawlixter Yeah, that's fine, it's just the fiddling you've got to do with modern mouse sensitivities that I meant
Re: Best Of 2024: Is It Time To Change The Narrative On The Sega Saturn?
I'm still playing Saturn in 2025
I grew up with the console, but have since sold my Japanese unit and collection. I kept my OG PAL Saturn unit though, and I plan on fixing it up and modding it for 60hz so I can play my back-ups on it. Until then, Mednafen and the Retro-Bit line of Saturn Controllers are the perfect replacement
I did a video recently playing some originally 30fps Saturn racing games at 60fps on PC via Emulation, if anybody is interested at all! It's mostly just a celebration of Saturn racers in general !!! https://youtu.be/Q1gUTCxaFjQ
Re: Sega's Western CEO Isn't Interested In Saturn And Dreamcast Mini Consoles
@KitsuneNight I mean, they could yank games off if they're connected to the internet, right?
But from a preservation point, yeah, I definitely see your point - respect.
I just think of the housing as really nice looking e-waste these days, with the multitudes of ways to play. So personally, I'll stick with Emulation.
Even when that rumoured subscription service rears it's ugly head
Re: Sega's Western CEO Isn't Interested In Saturn And Dreamcast Mini Consoles
@Elitepatriot Yep!
Just release the damned games on the bazillion options we've already got to play them on, no separate hardware is needed any more
Re: Virtua Fighter 2 Is Getting A Physical Release On Xbox
@KitsuneNight "VF has always been a bit bare bones in both story and its characters."
That's what makes it awesome for me, though. It's pure gameplay. The characters have a lot of personality without a lot of really generic and average exposition.
I still can't play story-heavy fighting games to this day. They feel slow and super-pretentious to me.
I mean, it's a fighting game, how much preamble do we really need???
Re: 'Faster' Is A Seriously Smooth New Racing Game For The Atari STE
Yeah, it's super fun!
I just wish it was more than an endless racer. There's a lot of potential for expanding the game out to a full game - the tech is solid as hell
Re: This New Patch Allows You To Restore Cyber Speedway's Missing Japanese Soundtrack
Hayama's OST is amazing.
Also, although clearly unfinished, Cyber Speedway is legitimately one of my favourite games of all-time, no joke.
Re: This Christmas, You'll Be Able To Play SNES Batman Returns On Your Genesis, For Free
@Blast16 Indeed, haha!
Re: This Christmas, You'll Be Able To Play SNES Batman Returns On Your Genesis, For Free
@Chadbury The actual wildest thing is actually watching a comment section balloon to 48 comments because people are still arguing whether the Genesis or Mega Drive is a better name in 2024.
Re: This Christmas, You'll Be Able To Play SNES Batman Returns On Your Genesis, For Free
@TJSpyke If gaming was all done by-the-book, this site wouldn't exist today, and most retro games would have been lost to time. Video game preservation hasn't happened by sticking to the rules, it's happened by breaking them.
Re: Anti Gravity Tournament Is A New Six-Track Album Inspired By WipEout
Insta-purchased, thanks for the heads-up! It'll fit nicely into my Ballistic NG custom playlist!
Re: Anniversary: Need For Speed Turns 30 This Month
@KitsuneNight Thanks for that! Yeah, I've looked into getting an old laptop for these older games! I unfortunately missed the boat on them when they were dirt cheap, haha!
One day, most definitely!
Re: Anniversary: Need For Speed Turns 30 This Month
@KitsuneNight I second this. It's a lot tighter and more forgiving in Over Drivin', and a really great way to re-experience NFS if you're looking for a quirkier way to celebrate the anniversary.
Road & Track Presents The Need For Speed: Special Edition on PC was one of the first PC games I ever purchased myself. I had a Pentium 133mhz it ran awesome! I could even go the SVGA route!
Unfortunately, it's not too easy to play that version these days unless you have a PC from the time, which I don't. I will have to dedicate some time to getting it up and running again, because although I owned both the PAL NFS:SE and Nissan Presents: Over Drivin' GT-R on the Saturn, my favourite version is still that PC Special Edition.
Re: Yuzo Koshiro's Genesis Shmup Earthion Is Getting An Upgraded Arcade Release
I'm not even all that into shmups, but I'm hanging for this!
Re: 'Captain Barrel' Is A New Arcade-Style Platformer For Mega Drive / Genesis, Dreamcast, & Neo Geo
This looks super cute. The art-style is fantastic, and looks pretty great, despite the fact that there's technically nothing crazy going on. Just well-executed design all-round, it seems.
I'll definitely grab the digital ROM releases when they're up... dev on itch.io says the middle of next month
Re: You Can Join The Creators Of WipEout In A Special Event At London's Loading Bar
@Jawessome I'm in Australia too. I remember getting the OG Wipeout: The Music album at HMV when I was in High School, and I still have it today!
I'd kill to go to this, soooo baaad.
Re: Kazuhiro Ikeda, The Artist Behind Sega Rally 2's Beautiful Cover, Has Passed Away
Yeah, that was one of the most beautiful covers on a game EVER.
It's a real shame that port was so mangled, but we'll always have the OST and the art! <3
Re: Review: AYANEO Pocket DMG - This Pricey Emulation Monster Thinks It's A Game Boy
@WileyDragonfly Nobody is stopping you from doing that.
It's all about the form-factor with this one. That OLED 8:7 screen is mighty impressive. SNES and PCE stuff would look AMAZING on that
Re: One Of The Worst Mickey Mouse Platformers Has Just Got A Fan Upgrade
Well it definitely worked some! The skittish timing of the floating platforms still drag it down, but at least you've got half a chance of landing on one now!
Pretty great work all round, I'd say! I never thought I'd ever be driven to touch Fantasia again
Re: Review: ModRetro Chromatic Is So Close To The Real Thing You'd Think Nintendo Made It
@DeciderVT Haha, indeed! The good thing is, my comments sections will be a bit quieter after this; I plan on sifting through it and hitting 'ignore' on the pushy drama llama's
Re: Review: ModRetro Chromatic Is So Close To The Real Thing You'd Think Nintendo Made It
I'd kinda love to have one, but 6 hours of battery life is pretty short... definitely not enough to avoid the 'battery anxiety' which the kids talk about these days.
Re: The ZX Spectrum Just Got An Amazing New Donkey Kong Port, But Don't Expect It To Be Around Long
@Zenszulu A shrewd business person it seems; knowing people will rush to buy it before it gets delisted/taken down. Dev seems to know what they are doing
Re: We Now Have Our First Images Of M2's New 'Night Striker' Game
This looks soooooooooo good. Those screens have me ridiculously excited. It's an actual scalar - love it!
Re: We Didn't Get 'WipEout Kart' Because Phil Harrison Thinks "Kart Games Are Where Franchises Go To Die"
Agree with above - WipEout was already the grown-up kart game of the time - it was directly inspired by playing Mario Kart after a night of clubbing. Although I really dug the opportunity to turn off weapons, since the racing was always what I loved about it.
Re: Atari ST Shoot 'Em Up 'Wings Of Death' Is Getting A Jaguar Port
@gingerbeardman Yeah, great game!!! Try them in an emulator with faster clocks, it's pretty transformative!
Re: Atari ST Shoot 'Em Up 'Wings Of Death' Is Getting A Jaguar Port
VROOM (F1) on Jaguar would be AMAZING! Still one of the best playing racers from that era. It's so great on Amiga, ST AND Meg Drive!!!
Re: The Genesis Just "Broke Another Myth" With This Amazing Rendition Of A Classic Castlevania Tune
@Deuteros That's amazing to hear! I'm glad that R U Overdrive helped you out in that way! I know it's been adopted into some EVO circles and I've even seen it modded into Dreamcast SF II and a version of Smash Bros too at certain points in time!
And to answer your question, I think I'm a worse musician these days, but a better producer, haha! I've just been getting back into music the last couple of years, but I'm not entirely set up for it yet, so it'll be a while before I can jump back in and do anything too substantial.
But I will definitely let you know when I'm set up again for music production
Re: Bitmap Brothers Legend Dan Malone "Had No Input Whatsoever" In The Speedball Reboot
@GlamorousAlpaca Yeah, the visual style of Speedball is a significant part of the appeal.
Though if you dig the Fortnite look, then all the power to you...
Re: The Genesis Just "Broke Another Myth" With This Amazing Rendition Of A Classic Castlevania Tune
@Deuteros I created the Eurobeat version of the Ryu theme for that album waaaaaay back in 2005 with Braincells on guitar, haha! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw9FUN-D9so
Crazy to see this come up in conversation, haha! I wish my track could have ended up in the game, but there were stipulations at the time from Capcom on creating different versions of the track with different BPMS at the time (along with some general changes to the BPM) and with a Eurobeat track, it wasn't so flexible!
Also, my mixdown at the time was terrible, I was learning on the fly, and was never entirely with the final outcome.