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I always want more brawlers on retro hardware. Let’s do this.

Okay, but can it run Crysis?

I’m always interested in more Double Dragon games. I hope this one will be a bit more gritty than Neon or Gaiden, just to see what they do with it. Either way, I’m down!

I haven’t heard of this game, but apparently have played the sequel, Piss Pot 😜 There’s some nineties ‘tude for ya!!

3D printing is amazing XD

Let’s finally get this on Switch! (In my dreams)

@pintofsimilar yup, I’ve no interest in spending my money on a segmented / incomplete game with updates rolling out over years. 🤢

I see these, I want these.

The logos are still cool as hell and the Double Dragon II box art print is my favorite in the series. Still have my boxed NES copy I got for like $6. Definitely going to play through it soon now that I saw these!

I most enjoy shorter, replayable games. If I like a game I’ll beat it and then often seek out a hard copy for the collection. 2x the sales, though I typically start with a hard copy if there is one.

Difficulty in retro games can definitely sometimes be frustrating, but it’s how they were, and now we know why—excellent article! These days I don’t look for that but I do look for new takes on the old style, gameplay and aesthetics. Luckily, many of these include some QoL updates and difficulty levels that allow a wide range of players to enjoy.

I find myself getting exhausted by most bigger AAA modern games; they never end, and because of that it’s just a slog. I want to achieve the goal and love it every step of the way, then immediately start playing again. These types of games also fit most people’s schedules. Guess I’m rambling now so I’ll get back to reading 👍

Okay, so in addition the sticker is on the cardboard? These are amateur reseller no-nos. I’d beat them up on that price.

And I’m selling it for $399.99. Best price right here 😜

@Bunkerneath 9.9.99 was a day I’ll never forget. Amazing times.

Nintendo legal team incoming—RUN!!!!

If I was making a motion picture, I certainly wouldn’t announce it two years in advance. A year maybe? Not sure about others, but my hype levels tend to plummet when things like video games, albums, or movies are announced years in advance. I may be overcome with momentary excitement, but then the wait is so long and sometimes that same feeling of awe or want never returns. Anyone else? I realize I may be the only one 😜

I’m not sure what I think about this yet, but I want to like it.

Love me some Metal Slug! This sounds pretty cool. Still have my PS2 collection and have on Switch too. Never gets old!!

I’ve never tried to speed run any other game, but after months of trying on and off a few years back, my fastest clear was around 16 minutes.

The people that do this stuff are super fast!!!

He talks? I only play SFII 😂

I have a large collection but often use everdrives 😊

@Nontendo_4DS haha it definitely looks like gameplay moves faster but I don’t mind the methodically slower movement speed in the early games. You have time to react to your inevitable death lol 😂 Tough but fair, usually.

The Genesis processor is faster than in the SNES hardware 👍 two amazing pieces of hardware

@NinChocolate Blast to infinity!!! 👍

Looks and sounds impressive! I do have to say though, the gameplay looks much faster and more frantic than the SNES game, which I’m not sure I like. I’m so used to the way the SNES version plays.

If all games are on the cart, good performance and right price I’ll grab a copy. Otherwise I’ll stick to my original copies.

@KitsuneNight thanks for the info, I’ll check these videos out soon! 👍

@MysticWangForce I hear you with the console wars haha. I didn’t have a 32X until about 10 years ago but I do enjoy Doom on it. I hear the Jaguar has an excellent port too!

@NinChocolate I would be down for Legendary Axe!

Also, isn’t Rastan II just horrible? I recall I and III being really great. The first is an arcade classic, while the third game is a respectable hack ‘n slash side-scrolling beat ‘em up, more along the lines of Golden Axe.

@MysticWangForce I have both the SNES and PS1 (oh…and the 32X) ports and I know what you mean! Good fun but wow does the SNES drag. Very impressive for the hardware though 👍

@amongtheworms lol I enjoyed this!

I wonder if this vinyl collection will require day one and/or continuous patches until it fixes the RPMs just like the Switch port FPS 👶

I’m planning on following this and buying one if the performance tests are okay. I don’t care what it’s called.

Just planning on using it to play video games—it’s not my entire identity.

This looks pretty awesome, and oh how I’d like a Curse of the Moon 3… I downloaded it though don’t have a way to play it yet. Congrats to the developers! Looks amazing!

Social media is cancer and the gaming community is almost as bad.

The culture of judgment we live in is just gross.

Goes back to enjoying a video game

The only thing I’m interested in, with the right features and cost, is a FPGA home console designed for HDMI out to the tv.

The handheld options seem insanely oversaturated at this point and I’’m awaiting news on a couple console options still in development.

Either way, I have all the original hardware and OSSC, Framemeister, Raspberry Pi, dedicated FPGA consoles like AVS, SuperNt, MegaSg, Duo, and a 4-player MAME (pi) cabinet, so at this point it’s more a fascination with wondering if the experience can get any better or the minor tinkering will yield results that speak to me personally. I’ll be pre-ordering the Analogue 3D when that’s ready to go, and hope one of these FPGA all-in-one consoles comes to fruition, but I don’t have a need for the myriad of handhelds, unfortunately.

I’m excited to see how it all turns out!

@KitsuneNight pretty much, though let’s be happy about the Cowabunga Collection. I don’t know how that happened but I’m certainly very happy that it did 😂

Waiting and waiting and waiting…for a Switch release date and announcement of physical copy, which I am expecting from play-asia. Looking forward to it but don’t want to spoil it with gameplay videos!

I love my AVS. Sticking with it, but this is pretty cool anyways.

“—assuming no other issues come to light.”

Nintendo is assembling their legal team, hiring their snipers, and strategizing their auto-turret placements. Be somewhere else.

I’ll probably pick this up. My buddy and I have really enjoyed playing this on my retropie arcade cab and have never beaten it, even have a custom made repro marquee to get the feel of the og, and maybe I’ll give it another go on switch.

LMAO I had one and only one madcatz controller for my Dreamcast. It was known by all of us as the “ass pad” and it was bulky, uncomfortable and more or less a punishment when it was handed to you.

@RetroGames I second this. The Super Scope, by comparison, was Super Junk.

@Uncharted2007 yes, I want a patched hard copy or I’ll just play them somewhere else.

@no_donatello I’m definitely going to have to replay this soon and check that reference out hahaha! I love the Genesis “quirk” titles. Dinosaurs For Hire is absolutely one of them, and that’s a good thing. Like it or not, it helped give an identity to the Genesis. Miss those days when everything felt new and exciting in gaming. I think if you were a kid then you/we were spoiled to experience all the major generation leaps in games every 5 years or so. So many great games to return to or discover in hindsight. Still love it but it’s different.

@OldManHermit easily one of his best reviews of a game ever. That and “hey Joe, wanna play a zombie game?” Lol!

I am interested in the first game and have been watching it on the eshop. If they did a deep sale I would definitely grab it quick but — for me — it is too expensive for a digital version of an arcade game.

Loved Dino Crisis, but I think I loved Dino Crisis 2 even more!! I know they’ll never make the games like that again so I should just go play the originals.

@farrgazer it was a general comment, not specific to this duo of games 👍

Jeez, 5 volumes? I still have my PS2 collections, some containing 20+ games per disc and those are my benchmark reference when appraising a game collection in one package. Guess that’s why they’re called the good old days 😜

Collection applied to just two games? Used to get much better value in these “collections.” Sadness.

Loved this article. Well done, thank you. More like this please!

A quick google search has revealed that Intellivision has raised about $40M off the announcement / crowdfunding of the amico, and that it was announced in May 2018 and was slated for an October 2020 release. Take about $25M with a grain of salt as that was reported by Intellevision themselves. The introductory pricing was between $249-299…the Switch Lite is cheaper than that. I am aware of the drama surrounding this thing but have never looked into it until now out of curiosity.

Dude, it’s never coming. It’s over.

I miss the competitive ad campaigning of the early to mid 90s lol. So many hilarious slogans and scenarios!