I used to love this game and my buddy loved to be my wingman in the rebel strike co-op mode, but for some reason one of the early missions - an escort mission - always dogs me and makes it hard for me to remember it fondly and come back to it.
I still fondly remember being so scared by the 'bathtub' scene that I shot back across my entire bed and shrieked so loud my ears popped - haven't laughed that hard in years.
As a huge fan of physical media, carts especially, and also as a huge fan of my Ouya console (r.i.p), this thing will never be a successful console. It's a cool thing, sure, but the market for a dedicated machine to play physical versions of games you can get on steam for sales as low as .99 cents is just not feasible.
I am also dubious about the specs of the console. We know that with today's technology we can get great looking 3D visuals from cartridges the size of a small cracker as the 3DS has shown us, but it's the hardware that limits what cartridges can do since all a cart is is a storage medium for the program. N64 had a memory limit of 64MB and those games looked more complex than any in the pitch video.
From what the pitch shows, I'm still not sold based on just the collecting aspect of physical media, it needs to also push limits on what we conceive cartridge based systems to be capable of. I picked up in the pitch that the cartridge has the hardware to run the game, and that just confused me further, and brings to mind the Super FX chip and the like which will add to the issue of pricey media.
It's a very cool idea and if I had any reason to believe that it would stand a chance in today's gaming market, I'd be all over this, but I am not going to pony up the price of a Wii U for a RetroN 5 that may or may not be capable of having 3 year old indie games released for it I've already played elsewhere. If it was like the Ouya and sold for a safe price point - $99 - I may have pitched them a bone.
Amazing! I've been playing games for almost 25 years and I've learned in one year two video game consoles I had never knew existed. This, and the Nuon.
I will always love Nintendo and Sony the most, but me and my Genesis had (and still have) some very good times together. It is just different enough from the SNES that it was pretty much required to get both systems at some point. I had both as a kid, luckily, and I admit I played Sega a lot more then because it was set up in the living room, while I only had fleeting glimpses of our SNES which was in my sisters room.
Years later, my action fixes usually come from Genesis, while my slower paced RPG's are all on my SNES. Also, Star fox. Nuff said.
@ACK ...Are you kidding? These guys solved one of the biggest gaming mysteries in the history of the industry. Many people were certain that the story of burying the carts was an urban legend. The fact that they were found is amazing, and it's extremely important to the history of the gaming industry.
I am frothing at the mouth to watch this. Now we just need the Blockbuster Atari and Console Wars movies.
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Re: The Making Of Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
I used to love this game and my buddy loved to be my wingman in the rebel strike co-op mode, but for some reason one of the early missions - an escort mission - always dogs me and makes it hard for me to remember it fondly and come back to it.
Re: Feature: The Making Of Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
I still fondly remember being so scared by the 'bathtub' scene that I shot back across my entire bed and shrieked so loud my ears popped - haven't laughed that hard in years.
Re: The Retro VGS Wants To Revive The Glory Days Of Cartridge-Based Home Consoles
As a huge fan of physical media, carts especially, and also as a huge fan of my Ouya console (r.i.p), this thing will never be a successful console. It's a cool thing, sure, but the market for a dedicated machine to play physical versions of games you can get on steam for sales as low as .99 cents is just not feasible.
I am also dubious about the specs of the console. We know that with today's technology we can get great looking 3D visuals from cartridges the size of a small cracker as the 3DS has shown us, but it's the hardware that limits what cartridges can do since all a cart is is a storage medium for the program. N64 had a memory limit of 64MB and those games looked more complex than any in the pitch video.
From what the pitch shows, I'm still not sold based on just the collecting aspect of physical media, it needs to also push limits on what we conceive cartridge based systems to be capable of. I picked up in the pitch that the cartridge has the hardware to run the game, and that just confused me further, and brings to mind the Super FX chip and the like which will add to the issue of pricey media.
It's a very cool idea and if I had any reason to believe that it would stand a chance in today's gaming market, I'd be all over this, but I am not going to pony up the price of a Wii U for a RetroN 5 that may or may not be capable of having 3 year old indie games released for it I've already played elsewhere. If it was like the Ouya and sold for a safe price point - $99 - I may have pitched them a bone.
Good luck guys, I really hope I am wrong.
Re: Feature: Say Hello To The CPS Changer, Capcom's First And Only Attempt At A Home Console
Amazing! I've been playing games for almost 25 years and I've learned in one year two video game consoles I had never knew existed. This, and the Nuon.
Re: Book Review: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works
I will always love Nintendo and Sony the most, but me and my Genesis had (and still have) some very good times together. It is just different enough from the SNES that it was pretty much required to get both systems at some point. I had both as a kid, luckily, and I admit I played Sega a lot more then because it was set up in the living room, while I only had fleeting glimpses of our SNES which was in my sisters room.
Years later, my action fixes usually come from Genesis, while my slower paced RPG's are all on my SNES. Also, Star fox. Nuff said.
Re: Video: The Trailer For E.T. Documentary Atari: Game Over Emerges From Landfill
@ogo79 Your trolling astounds me...
Re: Video: The Trailer For E.T. Documentary Atari: Game Over Emerges From Landfill
@ACK ...Are you kidding? These guys solved one of the biggest gaming mysteries in the history of the industry. Many people were certain that the story of burying the carts was an urban legend. The fact that they were found is amazing, and it's extremely important to the history of the gaming industry.
I am frothing at the mouth to watch this. Now we just need the Blockbuster Atari and Console Wars movies.